Ghislaine Maxwell

However, Sternheim added that, after speaking in person to his client, Maxwell is “not suicidal,” and that she was placed on suicide watch without a ...

“A psychologist evaluated Ms. Maxwell and determined she is not suicidal,” the lawyer wrote. In August 2019, Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while in custody awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges; the disgraced financier’s death came 12 days after he was removed from suicide watch, where he was placed following an alleged failed suicide attempt a month earlier. However, Sternheim added that, after speaking in person to his client, Maxwell is “not suicidal,” and that she was placed on suicide watch without a psychological evaluation and “without justification,” CNN reports.

Maxwell, 60, is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday for her December conviction for helping her then-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, the globe-trotting financier ...

Maxwell refused to elaborate about why she feared for her safety, prosecutors said. On Sunday, prosecutors argued no delay was needed because Maxwell had her legal documents and could get the same amount of sleep. Prosecutors say she deserves between 30 and 55 years in prison.

Jailed former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch despite not being suicidal according to her lawyers. Her lawyer claimed that she ...

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) A psychologist evaluated the 60-year-old on Saturday and "determined she is not suicidal," he added. She has been denied access to legal documents and time to meet with lawyers and this has "prevented her from preparing for sentencing," which is set for Tuesday, he added.

Her counsel says now that Maxwell is in solitary confinement, she can't properly prepare for sentencing.

Their statements were put in the public case file late Friday by Manhattan prosecutors who have asked U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan to sentence Maxwell to 30 to 55 years in prison for "monstrous" crimes resulting in a December sex trafficking conviction for a socialite who has been jailed since her July 2020 arrest. Four women testified at Maxwell's monthlong trial, where they described sexual attacks on teenage girls from 1994 to 2004 by Epstein and Maxwell at Epstein's mansions and estates in Manhattan, New Mexico, Florida and the Virgin Islands. Seven women who say Maxwell helped Jeffrey Epstein steal the innocence of their youth and poison the promise of their future are asking a judge to consider their pain as she decides what prison sentence she will dispense Tuesday to the incarcerated British woman.

Red carpet, velvet ropes, bottle service and famous friends will not be on the itinerary for socialite-turned-sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

She had posed as a mentor to their parents, someone who could help them get into good schools or colleges,” Levine said. And there would be half as many victims if it wasn’t for her.” She didn’t even mind if they were under age,” Levine added. she had a fascination with finding new ways to find these girls, ordering them around and grooming them. Article content Article content

Ghislaine Maxwell, the ex-lover of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been placed on suicide watch ahead of her sentencing hearing, her attorneys ...

She was provided a ‘suicide smock’ and is given a few sheets of toilet paper on request," they continued in the letter. A psychologist took Epstein off of suicide watch some time before he was found hanged in his cell on Aug. 10. "Currently, she is unable to properly prepare for sentencing," the lawyer contended. "Ms. Maxwell was abruptly removed from general population and returned to solitary confinement, this time without any clothing, toothpaste, soap, legal papers, etc. "Dear Judge Nathan, I write to inform the Court of a recent development which may require postponement of Tuesday's sentencing proceeding. "This has prevented her from preparing for sentencing."

Maxwell is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday for her conviction for helping her Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls between 1994 and 2004.

Maxwell refused to elaborate about why she feared for her safety, prosecutors said. On Sunday, prosecutors argued no delay was needed because Maxwell had her legal documents and could get the same amount of sleep. Prosecutors say she deserves between 30 and 55 years in prison.

Ghislaine Maxwell reported Brooklyn jail staff threatened her safety, prompting employees to place her on suicide watch, prosecutors said on Sunday, ...

Maxwell refused to elaborate about why she feared for her safety, prosecutors said. In court filings on Saturday, Maxwell's lawyers said she was placed on suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) and asked for a delay to her sentencing. Maxwell, 60, is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday for her December conviction for helping her then-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, the globe-trotting financier and convicted sex offender, abuse girls between 1994 and 2004.

Lawyer argues observation will stop jailed socialite preparing for sentencing hearing in time.

They also noted that she had been in prison since shortly after her July 2020 arrest. Maxwell’s lawyers have argued she should be jailed for five years or less. She is due in Manhattan Federal Court for sentencing on Tuesday.

Prosecutors say there should be no delay in sentencing Maxwell, who was placed on suicide watch after reporting being threatened by jail staff.

They said Maxwell was transferred after reporting threats to her safety by MDC staff to the federal Bureau of Prisons' inspector-general. In court filings, Maxwell's lawyers said she was placed on suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) and asked for a delay to her sentencing. - Her lawyers said she was placed on suicide watch in a New York jail

Jailed former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch -- despite not being suicidal -- according to her lawyers, who said they would ...

Maxwell, who was convicted in New York federal court for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls, was placed on suicide watch without a psychological evaluation "and without justification," Sternheim said. She has been denied access to legal documents and time to meet with lawyers and this has "prevented her from preparing for sentencing," which is set for Tuesday, he added. "Ms. Maxwell was abruptly removed from general population and returned to solitary confinement" on Friday, attorney Bobbi Sternheim wrote in a letter Saturday to Judge Alison Nathan.

The socialite was convicted in December last year of sex trafficking minors, conspiracy to entice a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, and ...

Her attorneys had also previously moved for a retrial after it emerged one of the jurors in her trial had failed to disclose he was a victim of sexual abuse, ...

Throughout the trial, the court heard how she imposed a “culture of silence… The jury was told Maxwell asked Kate if she knew of anyone who could come to her house and give Epstein oral sex because it was “a lot for her to do”. The only accuser to testify under her full name, Annie Farmer, told jurors she was left “frozen” when the socialite asked her to undress for a massage and rubbed her breasts. Kate said the defendant then told her to take Epstein his tea in the outfit, and when asked by the accuser why the outfit was on her bed, Maxwell said she “thought it would be fun”. Maxwell’s trial also heard how she told another accuser, who testified under the pseudonym “Carolyn”, that she had a “great body for Epstein and his friends”. The socialite was convicted in December last year of sex trafficking minors, conspiracy to entice a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, and conspiracy to transport a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Ghislaine Maxwell was a “genuine and kind” person who volunteered to teach English and yoga in jail, a fellow inmate wrote in a letter to the judge who's ...

Jeffrey Epstein associate, convicted of sex trafficking, will learn her punishment Tuesday in federal court.