Ghislaine Maxwell advocates lighter jail sentence

Ghislaine Maxwell's legal staff is requesting that the courtroom grants her a lighter jail sentence.

Maxwell's legal professionals filed a sentencing memorandum on Wednesday, arguing the late Jeffrey Epstein was the "mastermind" of the occasions surrounding him and that Maxwell, 60, shouldn't be handled "as if she have been a proxy for Epstein just because Epstein is not right here."

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"Ms. Maxwell can not and shouldn't bear all of the punishment for which Epstein ought to have been held accountable," the legal professionals wrote within the memorandum.

Maxwell's staff additionally argued that the allegedly harsh remedy of Maxwell in jail, who has been in jail since July 2020, also needs to be accounted for within the sentencing. These situations have been "way more onerous and punitive than any skilled by a typical pretrial detainee," her staff argued, together with intensive isolation, a number of bodily searches, and "meager, stale, usually rancid meals." Additionally they word that Maxwell is the goal of a "credible" demise menace from a fellow inmate.

The previous Epstein confidant was discovered responsible on 5 of six counts associated to the trafficking of younger ladies in December 2021. Maxwell's trial has been seen as a proxy for Epstein after the person was discovered useless in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019. Maxwell tried to hunt a brand new trial on account of allegations of a jury member not disclosing that he was a sufferer of kid intercourse abuse, however a decide rejected the request on April 1.

Maxwell is scheduled to be sentenced in late June.