US Says Ghislaine Maxwell Deserves No ‘Special Treatment,’ Calls for Detention
Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime affiliate of accused intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, speaks at a information convention on oceans and sustainable building on the United International locations in New York, US June 25, 2013 on this screengrab taken from United International locations TV report pictures. (UNTV/Handout by way of REUTERS)
Prosecutors recommended Maxwell’s detention at some point sooner than her scheduled arraignment on fees she helped Epstein recruit and in the end abuse ladies from 1994 to 1997, and lied about her position in depositions in 2016.
- Reuters
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Ghislaine Maxwell must be denied bail whilst going through fees she lured underage ladies for the past due financier Jeffrey Epstein, and merits no “particular remedy” on account of the chance she would possibly contract COVID-19 in prison, U.S. prosecutors stated on Monday.
Prosecutors recommended Maxwell’s detention at some point sooner than her scheduled arraignment on fees she helped Epstein recruit and in the end abuse ladies from 1994 to 1997, and lied about her position in depositions in 2016.
“As a result of there’s no set of stipulations in need of incarceration that may moderately guarantee the defendant’s look, the federal government urges the courtroom to detain her,” prosecutors stated in a submitting within the U.S. District Court docket in Long island.
Attorneys for Maxwell stated in a Friday courtroom submitting she had at all times denied having been fascinated about unlawful behavior associated with Epstein.
Maxwell was once arrested on July 2 in Bradford, New Hampshire, the place government stated she were hiding out at a 156-acre assets she purchased remaining December whilst shielding her identification.
Her legal professionals stated she had no longer been hiding out however was once merely escaping the media’s glare. They have got sought $five million bail, and residential confinement with digital tracking.
Epstein, recognized for his tough connections, was once looking forward to trial on federal fees of trafficking minors between 2002 and 2005 when he was once discovered hanged in a Long island prison remaining August. He was once 66.
