UPDATE: Ghislaine Maxwell Has Been Taken Off Suicide Watch At Brooklyn Jail
Ghislaine Maxwell previously expressed concern about dying in jail like her late pal, Jeffery Epstein. She was placed on suicide watch at the Brooklyn jail where she is being kept ahead of her sex crimes trial. But, according to the latest updates by the Daily Mail, she was recently taken off. However, lawyers say the 58-year-old British socialite is being subjected to multiple searches each day and is under constant watch of the guards.
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Although Maxwell reportedly had trouble adjusting to solitary confinement at the BK lockup, it looks like she’s getting a little comfortable with jail life as attorneys for Maxwell have asked a federal judge on Monday to direct the Bureau of Prisons to release her into the general population of the federal facility.
Her lawyers want the searches and surveillance to be stopped while requesting that she be taken out of solitary confinement and placed in with other prisoners. Her legal team notes that she is only being subjected to the “onerous” conditions because her friend Jeffrey Epstein died while awaiting trial, in what was ruled a “suicide.”
As the news site notes, they argue that she “has never been suicidal and was never diagnosed as exhibiting risk factors for suicide,” but is still woken up during the night and is forced to wear special clothing. Lawyer Chris Everdell also wrote in a letter that she has also been forced to undergo body scans, and is observed even while calling her attorneys.
“Ms. Maxwell is being treated worse than other similarly situated pretrial detainees, which significantly impacts her ability to prepare a defense,” he said in the letter which asks that Maxwell “be released to the general population and be granted the privileges given to other pretrial detainees.”
In order to properly prepare for trial, they’re also asking for her to be given more computer time in order to review the reams of documents relating to her case. “Maxwell cannot prepare for or receive a fair trial without this information,” her lawyers argued.
As we previously reported, Maxwell is facing a total of six counts: four relating to child sex trafficking, and two of perjury for lying under oath about the trafficking during a previous lawsuit. Now, if she is convicted on all charges, she is facing up to 35 years behind bars.
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