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…
Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard Applies to Supreme Court to Appeal Bail Decision
WINNIPEG—A Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is looking to the Supreme Court of Canada to get out of jail. Peter Nygard has applied to the country’s highest court for permission to appeal a Manitoba court’s ruling to keep him behind bars. Manitoba Court of Appeal Justice Jennifer…
Rescuing Sex-Trafficking Victims: ‘It’s Worth It If We Can Save One Life’
HOUSTON—Sex traffickers can be anyone, according to Lt. Michael Landrum of Texas’s Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. “You name it. You got everywhere from billionaires to street criminals,” he said. “We’ve seen everything you can think of: husbands, brothers, friends, grandfathers, neighbors, unknowns that they met online.” Landrum heads up the county’s narcotics, vice, and human…
Gaetz Associate Agrees to Cooperate in Federal Investigation
WASHINGTON—A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the federal investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz has agreed to cooperate with federal investigators and admits paying an underage girl to have sex with him and other men, according to court documents filed Friday. Joel Greenberg is expected to plead guilty to six federal charges—including…
Innocent Mall Encounter Ends in Teen Sex Trafficking
Sabrina Lopez, like many young teens in Holyoke, Massachusetts, hung out at the namesake mall. It was 2003. She always noticed a large group of kids near an arcade and, as an insecure 13-year-old, wanted to be part of it. One boy in particular caught her attention, so when two girls in his group approached…
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…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (March 22)
An activist explains what the southern border migration surge may mean for victims of sex trafficking, the U.S. and its allies sanction the Chinese regime over its human rights abuses, and South Dakota’s governor forms a new coalition to limit girls’ sports to biological girls only.
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