CNBC: “A federal judge on Monday for the second time this year denied bail to Ghislaine Maxwell, the wealthy British socialite accused of grooming underage girls to be sexually abused by money manager Jeffrey Epstein. Judge Alison Nathan found, just has she did when she first denied bail in July, that Maxwell poses a serious flight risk, given her wealth, possession of citizenship in multiple countries and the severity of the charges she faces. ‘The Court … finds that the Defendant’s proposed bail conditions would not reasonably assure her appearance at future proceedings,’ Nathan said in her ruling in Manhattan federal court. ‘The Court cocludes that none of the new information that the Defendant presented in support of her application has a material bearing on the Court’s determination that she poses a flight risk,’ the judge wrote. Maxwell, who is being held in a Brooklyn federal jail. has pleaded not guilty in the case.”
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