Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell ‘very popular’ in jail and ‘loves playing softball’

Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has become obsessed with playing softball in prison, representing her wing in competitive games.

The criminal loves the sport so much, inmates have dubbed her “Dottie” after the character in baseball movie A League of Their Own. Lockdown conditions in Florida's Tallahassee jail, where Maxwell is serving 20 years, have recently been eased – allowing cons more recreation time.

A prison source told the Mirror : “Ghislaine is very popular among the girls. She is very sociable. Straight away, she began mixing with others taking part in all manner of activities.

“She almost won musical chairs one day, getting down to the last two. But it's her love of softball she seems to most enjoy.

“Whenever there is a game, Ghislaine want to play. When she took to the field, they called her Dottie. It stuck.”

The Mirror yesterday exclusively revealed how 60-year-old Maxwell keeps fit by jogging on the ­ prison 's running track every day. And she is now a key player in her B South unit's softball team, beating bitter rivals A South unit and another wing.

The 1992 movie A League of Their Own features Dottie Hinson, played by Geena Davis. Also starring Tom Hanks, it tells of two sisters who join the first female professional US baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their fierce rivalry. Although similar softball and baseball do differ slightly.

Baseball pitchers throw overhand, while softball players throw underhand – and use a bigger ball.