Ghislaine Maxwell could face renewed legal scrutiny following claims her longtime public relations ally Brian Basham paid a journalist around $100,000 to fund a book designed to discredit the late Virginia Giuffre – the woman who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse.

RadarOnline.com can reveal Basham, 82, a veteran PR consultant who has acted as a spokesperson for the Maxwell family, is reported to have bankrolled journalist Jay Beecher's investigation into Giuffre, who died by suicide aged 41 in April. Article continues below advertisement

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