On Monday, a federal judge rejected the $ 28.5 million bail package proposed by Ghislaine Maxwell, saying that she still believes that Mrs. Jeffrey Epstein is a risk of escape.
While the full order of U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan was filed under secrecy, she released a two-page summary describing her reasons for rejecting the British socialite’s second offer for confinement at home.
“The Court concludes that none of the new information that the Defendant has submitted in support of his claim has any bearing on the Court’s determination that it represents a flight risk,” wrote Nathan, who said that upon reaching his decision, she considered the nature of the crime, the weight of the evidence and Maxwell’s background.
Shortly after Maxwell’s arrest in July, the same judge refused to release her to house arrest on $ 5 million bail, calling her financial statements cautious and raising concerns about her owning a British and French passport.
In a desperate attempt to free her from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, Maxwell’s lawyers sent her the huge bail package – which she said represents all the assets held by her and her husband, technology CEO Scott Borgerson.
Maxwell, daughter of unfortunate media titan Robert Maxwell, has repeatedly complained about the unbearable conditions of incarceration.
She is accused of recruiting and preparing three girls to be sexually abused by her and Epstein in the 1990s and then lying about it.
Maxwell denied the charges.