U.S. judge to decide whether Epstein companion Ghislaine Maxwell
deserves bail
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[July 14, 2020]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge is
expected to decide on Tuesday whether to grant bail to Ghislaine
Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate, who has been charged with
luring young girls so the late financier could sexually abuse them.
U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan is set to preside over
the arraignment of Maxwell, who prosecutors accused of helping Epstein
recruit and eventually abuse girls from 1994 to 1997, and lying about
her role in depositions in 2016.
Maxwell, 58, is expected to plead not guilty to six criminal charges,
including four related to transporting minors for illegal sexual acts,
and two for perjury.
She has been held since July 6 at the Metropolitan Detention Center, a
Brooklyn jail, and is expected to appear by video conference at the
arraignment, scheduled for 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT).
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Maxwell was arrested on July 2 in Bradford, New Hampshire, where
authorities said she was hiding out at a 156-acre (63 hectares) property
she bought last December in an all-cash transaction.
Her lawyers on Friday proposed a bail package including a $5 million
bond, secured by six co-signers and $3.75 million of property in
Britain, and home confinement with electronic monitoring.
They said Maxwell has always denied involvement in illegal conduct
related to Epstein, and that bail was justified because she might
contract COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the
Brooklyn jail.
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Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern
District of New York speaks alongside William F. Sweeney Jr.,
Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office, at a news
conference announcing charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her role
in the sexual exploitation and abuse of minor girls by Jeffrey
Epstein in New York City, New York, U.S., July 2, 2020.
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Prosecutors on Monday called Maxwell an "extreme" flight risk
reflecting her wealth, multiple citizenships - American, French and
British - and prior success in evading capture, and said she should
remain detained.
Maxwell's lawyers have previewed her possible defenses.
These include that her alleged misconduct occurred long ago and
would be hard to prosecute, and that she was shielded by Epstein's
2007 plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Miami, which covered
"any potential co-conspirators."
Epstein was charged last July with sexually exploiting dozens of
girls and women from 2002 to 2005 at his homes in Manhattan and Palm
Beach, Florida. He hanged himself last Aug. 10 at age 66 in a
Manhattan jail.
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(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Noeleen
Walder and Will Dunham)
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