Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail in sex abuse case
Al JazeeraUS judge rejects $28.5m bail package for Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, who was arrested in July. A US judge on Monday denied bail to Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the risk the British socialite might flee from charges she assisted in the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking of girls. US District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan said federal prosecutors persuaded her that Maxwell “poses a flight risk” despite her proposed $28.5m bail package, and should remain jailed because “no conditions of release” reasonably assured she would appear in court. Maxwell’s lawyers wrote in Manhattan federal court filings that prosecutors were “entirely mistaken” and relying on “unsupported innuendo” in their attempt to dismiss the significance of Ghislaine Maxwell’s marriage. But Nathan, who rejected a $5m bail package for Maxwell in July, said none of the new arguments had a “material bearing” on whether Maxwell was a flight risk.