NEW YORK — Accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has been denied bail again by a New York court, US media reported. The British socialite has repeatedly denied that she recruited underage girls for her former partner, the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in prison last year. ADVERTISEMENTManhattan federal court judge Alison J. Nathan on Monday noted that Maxwell, who has been detained since her arrest on July 2, remains an extreme flight risk. Maxwell, the daughter of late newspaper baron Robert Maxwell, is due to go on trial in New York in July 2021. Maxwell faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted in the criminal case, which covers alleged crimes from 1994 to 1997.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 29, 2020 08:37 UTC