Scott Borgerson before, during and after Madam Maxwell:
He apparently ended his first marriage to be with GM, captivated by the circles of power she made available to him, friends say.
They secretly married in 2016 but he left her to face the music alone in the courtroom while he jaunted around his exclusive New England town in sports cars, often in the company of an attractive new female friend, Kris McGinn.
As lurid details unfolded in GM's trial, he remained 200 miles away at the secluded, $3.9 million waterfront estate he once shared with her. A neighbour said he “Apparently has more important things to do” than appear by her side in court.
His girlfriend is a well-connected journalist for a local newspaper and is in the process of divorcing her husband. In June 2020 she dropped her married name and her husband lists his relationship status as “single” on social media. While SB lives in luxury, she rents a home, humble by Manchester standards. A source says the two have spent weekends together when she didn’t have to watch her children and that she was “bubbling” about the relationship. Most of their time appears spent trying to avoid the public eye, often at his isolated oceanfront home. He “doesn’t seem to have a lot of friends around right now. I haven’t seen him in a month,” the source added.
He founded a shipping data company that was valued at $100 million in 2016, Business Insider reported. He reportedly stepped down as CEO last year due to intense media interest surrounding his rumoured links with GM. His personal profile and the success of his company began to rise soon after meeting her in 2013. He was painted as a social climber “famous for name-dropping,” happily latching onto her for her powerful connections. He bragged that he and GM enjoyed lunch with former President Bill Clinton, “just the three of them.”
SB and GM appeared to hide their marriage, even among friends in their tight-knit Massachusetts community. The romantic nature of their pre-marriage relationship had also been kept a secret for years. GM’s siblings only learned of the marriage in 2020 when helping to prepare her $28.5 million bail package.
SB was married to his first wife when he reportedly grew infatuated by GM and her high-powered international lifestyle. He left his wife for GM around 5 years ago and they divorced in 2015. Divorce records paint a disturbing picture of SB, with accusations of him being physically violent, abusive, ‘extremely controlling’ and having an alcohol problem the Daily Mail reported in 2019. “Borgerson … once allegedly threatened her, saying: ‘Don’t make me beat you in front of the children.’”
Ghislaine Maxwell's mysterious hubby Scott Borgerson now MIA
She really knows how to mix with the lowlifes of this world so should feel quite at home in her new big house.