Ghislaine Maxwell must stay in Brooklyn jail until trial
Judge rejects plea for home detention
A federal judge on Tuesday again refused to let British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell trade a jail cell in Sunset Park for home detention. The judge cited previous rulings that the nature of charges alleging Maxwell recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, and her ability to flee, make it impossible to let her out.
It was the fourth time that U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan has rejected a bail application for Maxwell, 59. Previous applications were also twice rejected by a Manhattan federal appeals court.
Nathan made the rejection in a two-page order in which she also promised that Maxwell will be transported from her Brooklyn federal jail, the Metropolitan Detention Center, to her trial “in a way that is humane, proper, and consistent with security protocols.” The judge said lawyers for the MDC assured these protocols in a sealed letter.