Ghislaine Maxwell 'physically abused' by officers in NY prison: Lawyer
The lawyer of Ghislaine Maxwell, the procurer and ex-partner of disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein, says she has been "physically abused" by a team of guards during a routine search in prison.
"Recently, out of view of the security camera, Ms. Maxwell was placed in her isolation cell and physically abused during a pat down search," Bobbi Sternheim wrote in a letter to New York judge Alison Nathan.
According to Sternheim, the same team of guards have forced Maxwell, the youngest daughter of newspaper mogul Robert Maxwell, into a shower "to clean, sanitize, and scrub the walls with a broom" after she threatened to report the abuse.
Sternheim also complained about his client’s overall condition at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, adding that “she is withering to a shell of her former self — losing weight, losing hair, and losing her ability to concentrate.”
The attorney further claimed that her client is under excessive physical searches and 24-hour surveillance by up to six guards at a time and approximately 18 cameras.
The jail authorities, however, argue that the strict rules are meant to prevent the incident that happed to Epstein.
Epstein, an old friend of former US presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, died in federal jail of Manhattan on August 10, 2019, from what has officially been ruled a suicide. But, there are significant public skepticism about the true cause of his death.
Nearly a year after Epstein’s death, Maxwell, 59, was charged with procuring three underage girls for her pedophile partner in the 1990s as well as perjury in a civil case in 2016.
Maxwell has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting her trial. In case of conviction, she will face up to 35 years in prison.
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