{"id":241853,"date":"2025-09-20T16:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/241853\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:40:12","slug":"ghislaine-maxwells-former-nyc-mansion-for-sale-for-18m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/241853\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghislaine Maxwell&#8217;s former NYC mansion for sale for $18M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s former Upper East Side mansion is back on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan real estate mogul Frederick Rudd <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/05\/05\/real-estate-mogul-scoops-up-scandal-plagued-15m-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snagged the digs on East 65th Street<\/a> from Maxwell for $15 million in 2016 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/04\/28\/alleged-epstein-madam-sells-16m-manhattan-townhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$4 million under asking price<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/us\/obituaries\/nytimes\/name\/frederick-rudd-obituary?id=55398223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rudd, 70, died last year<\/a> of complications from heart disease, and the townhouse is on sale again for $17.75 million, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell had the Upper East Side townhouse from 2000 to 2016. SDNY<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elliman.com\/listing\/116-e-65th-st-new-york-ny-10065\/15195693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listing describes the luxurious five-story home<\/a>, whose neighbors have included Bill Cosby and Rudy Giuliani, as a \u201cstunning 1910 Beaux-Arts-style limestone and brick townhouse \u2026 situated on one of Manhattan\u2019s most coveted tree-lined streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It makes no mention of its past \u2014 though the agent insisted twice in the listing the pad is \u201cfully renovated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The main floor of the 7,000-square-foot house boasts high ceilings, two fireplaces and white oak flooring \u2014 \u201ccreating a perfect setting for sophisticated entertaining,\u201d according to the listing.<\/p>\n<p>The house at 116 East 65th Street is on the market for close to $18 million. Leonardo Munoz<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell is known to have hosted private dinners, cocktail parties and charity receptions there, like a 2013 launch party overflowing with Dom Perignon champagne, with guests over the years including the president and first lady of Iceland, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and actress Kelly Rutherford.<\/p>\n<p>The mansion has a separate service entrance for staff and a 750-square-foot garden.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The master suite spans the entire third floor, and features \u201ca corridor of closets\u201d leading to the \u201cserene\u201d bedroom, while the entire fourth floor is reserved for guest bedrooms.<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/17\/us-news\/jeffrey-epstein-case-dominates-kash-patel-house-hearing-as-fbi-director-insists-i-dont-give-a-damn-about-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pedophile Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> gave the 5-bedroom 6-bathroom townhouse in 2000 to the disgraced British socialite, who has allegedly never earned or inherited enough to make the purchase on her own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell hosted several parties at the East 65th Street mansion. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The parties at Maxwell\u2019s mansion over the years have included this Dom Perignon cocktail reception in 2013. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Her father, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/03\/story-of-robert-maxwell-ghislaines-disgraced-media-mogul-dad\/triggered%20the%20collapse%20of%20his%20publishing%20empire%20as%20banks%20called%20in%20loans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell<\/a>, drowned off his yacht in 1991, exposing the collapse of his empire and the embezzlement of his employees\u2019 pension funds, prompting Maxwell to flee to the Big Apple where she became romantically involved with Epstein before assuming the role of his madam.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell, 63, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/02\/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-associate-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was arrested in July 2020<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/28\/jeffrey-epstein-assistant-ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-to-20-years-for-sex-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced to 20 years in prison<\/a> in June 2022 for trafficking young girls for Epstein to abuse.<\/p>\n<p>During her trial, one of the victims testified Maxwell once told her of the mansion, just a few <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/05\/us-news\/jeffrey-epsteins-nyc-den-of-depravity-hidden-cameras-a-first-edition-lolita-and-1-bill-signed-by-bill-gates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">short blocks from Epstein\u2019s own sex den<\/a>: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/dec\/29\/ghislaine-maxwell-social-circle-jeffrey-epstein?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey had got it for her<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Douglas Elliman declined to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s former Upper East Side mansion is back on the market. 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