Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers say her prison treats her like Hannibal Lecter
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ghislaine-maxwell-hannibal-lecter-jeffrey-epstein-b1826188.html
Lawyers for Maxwell say her treatment in jail is ‘fitting for Hannibal Lecter but not a 59-year-old woman who poses no threat to anyone’
Maxwell is charged with trafficking underage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse in the 1990s, to which she has pleaded not guilty. As she waits in jail for her trial, which is scheduled to start in July, her lawyers have tried three times to release her on bail – and all three times, US District Judge Alison J Nathan has turned them down.
In court papers filed this week, attorney David Oscar Markus upped the ante on his rhetoric, saying Maxwell is not only treated as badly as Hannibal Lecter, but worse than Harvey Weinstein and other high-profile criminals.
“The truth is that wealthy men charged with similar or more serious offenses, many of whom have foreign ties, are routinely granted bail so that they can effectively prepare for trial,” Mr Markus wrote. “Bernie Madoff. Harvey Weinstein. Bill Cosby. John Gotti. Marc Dreier. Dominique Strauss-Kahn.”
As part of a deal to spring her on bail, Maxwell’s lawyers have offered to have her renounce her foreign citizenships. That has not been enough to persuade the judge.
Maxwell has denied the charges.