Paris Hilton has responded to allegations that Ghislaine Maxwell attempted to recruit her for Jeffrey Epstein after meeting at a party in 2000. In an interview with The Sunday Times, the 44-year-old media personality said she does not recall ever meeting Maxwell, adding: “I’m such a good clickbait name.”
The claims originated from Hilton’s former friend Christopher Mason, who stated in the 2020 docuseries Surviving Jeffrey Epstein that Maxwell noticed then-19-year-old Hilton at a New York party and declared, “She’d be perfect for Jeffrey.” Maxwell reportedly asked friends to introduce her to the heiress, who had just signed with Donald Trump’s modelling agency.
Despite Hilton’s lack of recollection, a photograph from September 2000 shows her speaking to Trump at a New York fashion show while Maxwell stands beside her, wearing sunglasses and smiling. Hilton has known Trump since childhood through family connections.
Maxwell, 63, was convicted of sex trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for her role as Epstein’s accomplice. Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting federal sex trafficking charges. Hilton, now a mother of two, works primarily as an activist and entrepreneur.
The denial comes as pressure mounts on the Department of Justice to release files on the Epstein investigation. Trump, who had a long friendship with Epstein, has agreed to release the documents, stating on Truth Social that he wants to “get it over with.”
