Ghislaine Maxwell has messy jail cell, doesn’t flush toilet
Accused Jeffrey Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell has let her Brooklyn jail cell become a mess — and frequently doesn’t flush her toilet after using it, prosecutors alleged in a letter Tuesday.
In the letter filed in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors
responded to a claim — which Maxwell’s lawyers made in February — that she was
abused by a jail guard during a search and forced to clean as a punishment at
the Metropolitan Detention Center.
In reality, prosecutors claimed that guards made Maxwell
clean her cell because she let it fall into disarray — letting a stench grow
because she often doesn’t flush the toilet after she uses it, prosecutors wrote.
“MDC staff directed the defendant to clean her cell because
it had become very dirty. Among other things, MDC staff noted that the
defendant frequently did not flush her toilet after using it, which caused the
cell to smell,” they wrote.
They added that all pat-down searches of Maxwell have been
recorded and jail officials do not believe she was abused during one of the
searches, as her lawyers claimed.
“After reviewing the camera footage, the MDC concluded that
the search was conducted appropriately and the defendant’s complaint about that
incident was unfounded,” they wrote.
Maxwell’s lawyers had also contended that their client was
losing weight and her hair due to the shoddy conditions in the lockup.
But prosecutors contended that she has not dropped a
significant amount of weight behind bars — and also noted she is also now
vaccinated against COVID-19.
“The defendant has received the COVID-19 vaccine and is now
fully vaccinated,” prosecutors wrote.
Maxwell was arrested in July 2020 and charged in Manhattan
federal court with procuring underage girls for Epstein to abuse and lying
about it under oath.
She was recently hit with two additional sex trafficking
charges in a superseding indictment unsealed in March based on allegations by a
fourth accuser.
She’s remained behind bars since her arrest and maintains
her innocence.
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