Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Wed 04/24/2024 View Tue 04/23/2024 View Mon 04/22/2024 View Sun 04/21/2024 View Sat 04/20/2024 View Fri 04/19/2024 View Thu 04/18/2024
2022-06-26 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced To Death Is On Suicide Watch
[CNN] ...but isn't suicidal, may need to postpone sentencing, lawyer says

Ghislaine Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch, even though she is not suicidal, and may need to postpone her sentencing, according to a letter filed on Saturday by her attorney.

Maxwell, 60, is set to be sentenced on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court after being found guilty of sex trafficking a minor and other charges related to a sprawling conspiracy to abuse young girls with the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. She is currently being held at a federal detention facility in Brooklyn.

Attorney Bobbi Sternheim said in the letter Maxwell was abruptly removed from the general population, sent to solitary confinement, and placed on suicide watch Friday without a psychological evaluation and "without justification."

"I met with Ms. Maxwell today..." Sternheim said in the letter. "She is not suicidal."

CNN has reached out to the Bureau of Prisons for comment on why Maxwell was placed on suicide watch.

It is unclear if Maxwell was placed on suicide watch because of her link with Epstein.

Sternheim said a psychologist evaluated Maxwell on Saturday morning and determined she is not suicidal. The attorney argues Maxwell is unable to properly prepare for sentencing. A spokesman for the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York declined to comment.

"If Ms. Maxwell remains on suicide watch, is prohibited from reviewing legal materials prior to sentencing, becomes sleep-deprived, and is denied sufficient time to meet with and confer with counsel, we will be formally moving on Monday for an adjournment," Sternheim said.

Federal prosecutors asked a judge in a court filing Wednesday to sentence Maxwell to 30 to 55 years in prison, arguing she "made the choice to sexually exploit numerous underage girls." Maxwell's lawyers last week asked a judge to sentence her to between 4.25 and 5.25 years in prison, saying her difficult childhood made her vulnerable to Epstein and she should not face a harsh sentence because of his actions

Epstein, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to state prostitution charges, was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges in July 2019 but died by suicide in a Manhattan federal detention facility a month later. The facility has since been closed down, possibly temporarily, to address "issues."

Maxwell, his confidante and former girlfriend, was arrested a year afterward and has been held in jail since. Prosecutors say Maxwell helped Epstein set up a scheme to lure young girls into sexual relationships between 1994 and 2004.

She was found guilty of five federal charges in December, including: sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and three related counts of conspiracy. However, she will only be sentenced on three counts after the judge presiding over her case agreed two of the conspiracy counts she faced were repetitive.
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2022-06-26 08:14|| || Front Page|| [10 views ]  Top

#1 Maxwell didn't kill herself
Posted by DarthVader 2022-06-26 11:02||   2022-06-26 11:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Frankly, I hope to live long enough to get to read the truth behind the entire Epstein saga, and how it has been so thoroughly suppressed in the media.
I am amazed she hasn't really spoken about what she knows, hoping for a deal, but once the terms are set, I expect her demise in some predictable way.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-06-26 11:32||   2022-06-26 11:32|| Front Page Top

#3 You mean arkancide watch, don't you?
Posted by Jatle Sinatra9653 2022-06-26 12:03||   2022-06-26 12:03|| Front Page Top

#4 

Last minute deal to declare Mistrial in exchange for her "protected and insured silence" maybe?
Or they still haven't found all her protection evidence
Posted by NN2N1 2022-06-26 12:04||   2022-06-26 12:04|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by KBK 2022-06-26 12:19||   2022-06-26 12:19|| Front Page Top

#6 #2, ditto.

I never expect to see it; but, then, I never expected to see the end of the abortion mandate.
Posted by Tom 2022-06-26 12:48||   2022-06-26 12:48|| Front Page Top

#7 I have a hunch none of this was in the Deep State's plan. Coming back (or being brought back) to the US to face trial and the potential of a long prison sentence, really doesn't pass the good judgment test.

I simply cannot bring this one into focus.


Posted by Besoeker 2022-06-26 12:53||   2022-06-26 12:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Is it too late to start a pool?
Posted by Raj 2022-06-26 14:02||   2022-06-26 14:02|| Front Page Top

#9 How do you know she didn't already told everything?

With the corrupt 'law enforcement' we have, they are most likely suppressing the testimonies.

And i'm willing to bet that most of the MSM heads and other highly placed people were 'clients' of Epstein.
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-06-26 16:29||   2022-06-26 16:29|| Front Page Top

#10 Pool: Maxwell will die from 'self inflected suicide' just before sentencing.
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-06-26 16:32||   2022-06-26 16:32|| Front Page Top

#11 The EffBeeEye is the place where evidence of wrong-doing goes to die if it threatens those on the left. If evidence does not exist to go after conservatives, it is fabricated.
Posted by JohnQC 2022-06-26 16:44||   2022-06-26 16:44|| Front Page Top

18:46 Spomonter+Speaking+for+Boskone8031
18:28 M. Murcek
18:28 Ululating Platypus
18:19 Rex Mundi
18:17 swksvolFF
18:12 Rex Mundi
18:11 Ululating Platypus
17:53 jpal
17:52 Frank G
17:44 Huputch Hatrack4765
17:39 jpal
17:38 ed in texas
17:23 jpal
17:00 Deacon+Blues
17:00 trailing wife
16:51 Deacon+Blues
16:44 Gleremble+Bucket3559
16:26 Procopius2k
16:24 Procopius2k
16:17 Procopius2k
16:16 Deacon+Blues
16:15 Procopius2k
15:48 Ulalet Brown4953
15:19 Angealing+B.+Hayes4677









Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com