Category: Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell Loses Bid to Ban Depositions From Trial

Two 2016 depositions of Ghislaine Maxwell in a civil case in which she was repeatedly questioned about financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual activities can be used at her criminal trial this year despite the objections of her lawyers, a judge ruled on Friday. U.S. District Judge Alison J Nathan in Manhattan rejected the request that she…


Ghislaine Maxwell Objects to Raw Sewage, Nosy Guards in NY Jail

NEW YORK—Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite fighting U.S. federal sex trafficking charges, remains subjected to raw sewage, water deprivation, “hyper-surveillance” by overbearing guards, and other unacceptable treatment in jail, according to her lawyer. Maxwell, 59, is preparing for a possible November trial on charges she procured four underage girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein…


Ghislaine Maxwell Loses Latest Bail Request

NEW YORK—Ghislaine Maxwell will remain in a New York jail after a federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected the British socialite’s latest request for bail. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan also denied Maxwell’s request for a hearing on what her lawyers called “horrific” confinement conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in…


Ghislaine Maxwell’s Sex Crimes Trial in New York Delayed Until Fall

NEW YORK—A U.S. judge on Monday granted Ghislaine Maxwell’s request to delay her trial on charges she procured teenage girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, and said the trial will begin in the fall. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan said a “short” postponement of the scheduled July 12 trial…


First Photo of Ghislaine Maxwell From Jail Shows Unexplained Black Eye

The first photo of Ghislaine Maxwell in jail has been released in court papers and shows the British socialite with an unexplained black eye. Maxwell, 59, is in custody ahead of her trial in New York City for accusations that she helped the late financier Jeffrey Epstein recruit and sexually abuse girls. The photo was attached to a…


Ghislaine Maxwell Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Trafficking

NEW YORK—British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal sex trafficking charges in the case accusing her of helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein recruit and sexually abuse girls. Maxwell, 59, entered her plea through her lawyer before U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan. The charges had been included in an…


Prosecutors Defend Newer Charges Against Ghislaine Maxwell

NEW YORK—Prosecutors hope to preserve a July trial date for Ghislaine Maxwell by defending a late-hour expansion of charges against her, saying they developed when a woman spoke after Maxwell’s arrest about her abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s. The rewritten indictment lodged against the 59-year-old British socialite on March…


Ghislaine Maxwell Prosecutors Have Disclosed Almost 3 Million Pages of Evidence

U.S. prosecutors have produced nearly 3 million pages of evidence in the case against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, they disclosed in a new court filing. “As the Court is aware, the Government has produced to the defendant more than 2.7 million pages of discovery pursuant to the Government’s various discovery obligations,” U.S. Attorney Audrey…


Ghislaine Maxwell Faces New Charges as Prosecutors Expand Case

NEW YORK—U.S. prosecutors on Monday expanded their criminal case against Ghislaine Maxwell, saying the British socialite helped procure a fourth girl for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. An amended indictment against Maxwell now covers alleged crimes stretching from 1994 to 2004 in New York and Florida, including accusations that she paid the…


Ghislaine Maxwell Faces New Sex Trafficking Charges

NEW YORK—U.S. prosecutors on Monday expanded their criminal case against Ghislaine Maxwell, saying the British socialite helped procure a fourth girl for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. An amended indictment against Maxwell now covers alleged crimes stretching from 1994 to 2004 in New York and Florida, including accusations that she paid the…