Ghislaine Maxwell has been denied bail. A US judge on Monday denied bail to Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the risk the British socialite might flee from charges she assisted in the late financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking of girls. READ | Ghislaine Maxwell pleads not guilty to luring girls for Jeffrey Epstein to abuseLawyers for Maxwell did not immediately respond to requests for comment. But Nathan, who rejected a $5 million bail package for Maxwell in July, said none of the new arguments had a "material bearing" on whether Maxwell was a flight risk. Epstein, 66, killed himself in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Source: News 24 December 29, 2020 08:48 UTC