EFTA00154326.txt

"Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell's renewed motion for release on bail, Dkt. No. 97, is DENIED."

"ALISON J. NATHAN United States District Judge"

"the incidence of COVID-19 among the inmate population where the Defendant is housed is truly alarming"

"leaving out her spouse's assets and assets that had been transferred to trust accounts"

"the Court's fundamental conclusion that flight would not pose an insurmountable burden to the Defendant"

"in July 2020 the Defendant represented to Pretrial Services that she possessed around $3.5 million worth of assets"

"the letter written by her spouse, whose identity and connection to the Defendant was withheld from the Court"

"Ghislaine Maxwell, Defendant. 20-CR-330 (MN)"

"ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell has been indicted"

"Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts"

"enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422 and 2"

"conspiracy to transport minors to participate in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371"

"transporting minors to participate in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2423 and 2"

"and two charges of perjury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623"

"she has been incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center since that time"

"The Defendant's indictment by a grand jury suffices to establish that there is probable cause to believe that she committed the offenses charged in th"

"charging her with facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of multiple minor victims between approximately 1994 and 1997"

"measures taken by BOP, including a recent lockdown due to COVID-19 that curtailed in-person legal visitations"

"the Defendant's French citizenship presented the opportunity that she could flee to France"

"evidence... will further support the main witnesses' testimony and link the Defendant to Epstein's conduct."

"the three witnesses will provide detailed and corroborating accounts of the Defendant's alleged role in enticing minors to engage in sex acts."

"a report on the Defendant's finances prepared by a prominent accounting firm for purposes of this motion"

"the representation that the New Hampshire property was owned by a corporation and that she was 'just able to stay there.'"

"some courts have expressly opined that such waivers are unenforceable. See, e.g., United States v. Epstein"