Prosecutors oppose Ghislaine Maxwell’s bail plea, say she possess ‘extreme flight risk’
- Prosecutors told U.S. District Court in Manhattan that the charges against Maxwell are "incredibly serious"
- Maxwell has been lodged in a Brooklyn jail since July
- She faces up to 35 years in prison if found guilty
US prosecutors vehemently opposed Ghislaine Maxwell’s proposed $28.5 million bail package and said that the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein charged with helping enable his sexual abuses, should remain in jail.
Prosecutors told U.S. District Court in Manhattan that the charges against Maxwell are “incredibly serious,” the evidence against her is strong, and that she poses an “extreme flight risk”,Reuters reported.
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Maxwell has been lodged in a Brooklyn jail since July, after pleading not guilty to helping Epstein recruit and groom underage girls for sex in the mid-1990s, and not guilty to perjury for having denied involvement under oath.
The trial in the case is scheduled for next July, and she faces up to 35 years in prison if found guilty.
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