Category: Ghislaine Maxwell

‘Substantial International Ties’: Judge Denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s New Bail Request

A federal judge on Monday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s latest bail request, saying the defendant is a flight risk because of her “substantial international ties.” Maxwell, the ex-girlfriend of the late convicted sex offender and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, had offered to renounce her French and British citizenship in addition to having her and her…


Judge in Ghislaine Maxwell Case Agrees to Shield Some Information From the Public

A federal judge this week agreed to requested redactions in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, ex-girlfriend to the late sex offender and accused sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. Both government prosecutors and Maxwell’s lawyers asked for redactions because of concerns that certain information was too “sensitive or confidential,” U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan, an Obama nominee, wrote in…


Ghislaine Maxwell Makes Third Attempt at Bail on Sex Charges

NEW YORK—Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite awaiting trial on charges that she recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, says she’ll renounce her UK and French citizenships if she can be freed on bail, according to a court filing Tuesday. Maxwell’s attorneys made the offer in a third try at getting Maxwell out…


Epstein’s Ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell Alleges Abuse by Guard in Federal Jail

A former girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accusing a guard of abusing her in the jail where she’s being held on sex trafficking charges. Ghislaine Maxwell is “at the mercy of a revolving group of security officers who are used to guarding hundreds of inmates but now focus their undivided attention exclusively…


Epstein’s Ex-Girlfriend Asks Court to Dismiss All Charges She Faces

The former girlfriend of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein asked a judge on Monday to dismiss the charges she faces. Ghislaine Maxwell was charged in July 2020 with sex crimes, including enticing a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity and transporting a minor with the same intent. Maxwell’s lawyers in new court…


Ghislaine Maxwell Denied Bail by Judge Who Says She Poses a Flight Risk

Longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell was denied bail on Monday, with a judge saying she is a risk to flee the country if she were released. “The court concludes that the government has met its burden of persuasion that the defendant poses a flight risk and that pretrial detention continues to be warranted,” District Judge…


Ghislaine Maxwell Denied Bail by Judge Who Says She Poses Flight Risk

Longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell was denied bail on Monday, with a judge saying there would be a risk of her fleeing the country if she were released. “The court concludes that the government has met its burden of persuasion that the defendant poses a flight risk and that pretrial detention continues to be warranted,”…