The lawyers say she is watched, via closed circuit cameras, by “multiple prison guards, many of whom do not appear to be regular (Metropolitan Detention Center) personnel. These prison guards observe Ms Maxwell and take notes on her every activity.”Epstein was found hanged at age 66 last August in a Manhattan jail, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges for abusing women and girls in Manhattan and Florida from 2002 to 2005. Surveillance standards among prison staff guarding the pedophile were allegedly found wanting in the hours leading up to his arrest, and security cameras in and around his cell were allegedly malfunctioning. Maxwell’s legal team now say she is being unfairly punished for these previous shortcomings. A U.S. appeals court recently delayed the release of a 2016 deposition about Maxwell’s sex life, after she argued it could destroy her ability to get a fair trial.

Source: National Post August 11, 2020 14:14 UTC