Ghislaine Maxwell, ex-girlfriend and longtime associate of the late convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, on Friday forcefully denied charges she lured underage girls so he could sexually abuse them and said she deserves bail. The 58-year-old Maxwell "vigorously denies the charges, intends to fight them and is entitled to the presumption of innocence," the filing said. 9:04She also said she is not a flight risk, citing her lack of a prior criminal record and her remaining in the United States after Epstein's arrest last July. "Sometimes, the simplest point is the most critical one: Ghislaine Maxwell is not Jeffrey Epstein," her legal team said in its filing. Prosecutors have accused Maxwell of recruiting girls as young as 14 for Epstein from 1994 to 1997.

Source: CBC News July 10, 2020 18:21 UTC