Attorney Bobbi Sternheim wrote in a letter to a Manhattan federal judge that the abuse occurred recently at the Metropolitan Detention Center as Ghislaine Maxwell was undergoing a pat-down search in her isolation cell. Days later, Maxwell was retaliated against for reporting the abuse when a guard ordered her into a shower to clean, sanitize and scrub the walls with a broom, the lawyer said. She added that Maxwell was denied a request that the encounter with the guard in the tight space be recorded. In late December, a judge rejected a $28.5 million bail proposal for Maxwell, saying she was a risk to flee and was not forthcoming with authorities about her finances after her arrest. "She is withering to a shell of her former self — losing weight, losing hair, and losing her ability to concentrate," Sternheim wrote.

Source: Fox News February 17, 2021 12:00 UTC