Was Ghislaine Maxwell spotted out and about in Québec, Canada? No, that's not true: This video shows a real street scene in Québec, but an AI tool has been used to swap the face of the woman with Ghislaine Maxwell's. The creator who published this face swap video does not have a disclaimer regarding the AI-generated content. But, in a comment to a social media user, they said this and others are face swap videos. Many of their videos also contain stealth advertising for the offshore crypto gambling platform, Rainbet.
The altered video appeared in a post (archived here) published on Instagram by clump.qc on Feb. 18, 2026. It was captioned:
How long she been free?!
This is a screenshot from the video's opening:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot from instagram.com/p/DU6k9rKDnC2.)
As the 13-second video opens, the voice of the man filming says to a woman on the street, "Ghislaine? Do I know you?" The woman shakes her head no, with no recognition. Then the video is edited to show a freeze frame of the AI-swapped face followed by a comparison to a real photo of Ghislaine Maxwell (two screenshots pictured below).
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshots from instagram.com/p/DU6k9rKDnC2.)
In the last second of the video, as the man turns away from the woman, his phone screen can be seen. The cursive raindrop R of the Rainbet logo appears at the top of the home screen (pictured below). The Rainbet promotion does not go beyond this in the Maxwell video. Other @clump.qc videos show seemingly candid encounters with people on the street, but feature more involved demonstrations of the Rainbet app on his phone.
(Image source: Lead Stories markup of screenshot from instagram.com/p/DU6k9rKDnC2.)
The Instagram account for @clump.qc (archived here) does not have a disclaimer regarding the altered AI face swaps. The account bio has an affiliate link to rainbet.com/?r=clump (pictured below). A Dec. 9, 2025 article in the New York Times (archived here) discussed the "Predatory World of Crypto Casinos" and the common promotional partnerships with video game streamers and prank video YouTubers, mentioning Rainbet by name.
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot from instagram.com/clump.qc/?g=5.)
There are other videos by @clump.qc which feature Jeffrey Epstein (archived here), Mark Carney (archived here), and Benjamin Netanyahu (archived here). One user who had been fooled by the Maxwell face swap posted an exchange (archived here) they had with @clump.qc where he said:
its a faceswap bro look at my other vids
you think i met benjamin netanyahu, mark carney, and ghislaine
The most recent public appearance of Ghislaine Maxwell was on Feb. 9, 2026. A C-SPAN video shows Maxwell's virtual deposition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. She was on a video feed from a minimum-security federal prison in Texas. She did not answer questions, invoking the Fifth Amendment.
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot from c-span.org/program/house-committee/ghislaine-maxwell-oversight-committee-deposition/673203.)
