“She did not flee, but fairly left the community eye, for the completely understandable intent of defending herself and individuals near to her from the crush of media and on the net notice and its pretty authentic harms—those close to her have endured the loss of employment, do the job options, and reputational damage only for knowing her,” her attorneys, Mark S. Cohen and Jeffrey S. Pagliuca, wrote.
A bail listening to in her situation is scheduled for July 14.
Instead than currently being held in jail while she awaits demo, her attorneys proposed she be launched on a bail deal that would consist of a $5 million own recognizance bond, travel constraints and residence confinement with GPS monitoring at a residence in the Southern District of New York. They did not specify wherever she might reside.
Prosecutors have claimed in courtroom filings that Maxwell ought to be denied bail since she “poses an excessive danger of flight,” citing her wealth, foreign citizenship and that she has “effectively been in hiding for somewhere around a 12 months,” since Epstein’s arrest in July 2019.
Lawyers for Maxwell disputed that characterization. “Far from ‘hiding,’ she has lived in the United States due to the fact 1991, has litigated civil circumstances arising from her intended ties to Epstein, and has not still left the place even as soon as considering that Epstein’s arrest a year in the past, even nevertheless she was aware of the pending, and very publicized, criminal investigation,” they wrote.
They also claimed that Maxwell, as a result of her lawyers, has been in “frequent get in touch with” with federal prosecutors from the working day following Epstein’s arrest via her have arrest previously this month. A spokesman for the Manhattan US Attorney’s place of work, Nicholas Biase, declined to remark on that declare.
In their quick, Maxwell’s attorneys also preview lawful arguments they strategy to make with regard to the indictment, which middle on a non-prosecution settlement Epstein signed with federal prosecutors in Miami in 2007 that appeared to immunize “any opportunity co-conspirators of Epstein.”
When Epstein himself was indicted, New York federal prosecutors said they considered the Florida settlement didn’t restrict their business from prosecuting him, but his legal professionals argued in any other case. That dispute wasn’t solved since Epstein died in jail although awaiting trial.