“Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and accused accomplice to wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was never offered a plea deal related to her sex-trafficking case, prosecutors said on Monday. Maxwell, 59, appeared in Manhattan federal court for a lengthy hearing that addressed issues over witness testimony and proposed exhibits ahead of her trial date later this month – including the Little Black Book of famous names and addresses which Epstein’s former butler claims he snatched from the financier’s Palm Beach lair. When Judge Alison J. Nathan asked Maxwell whether the government and her lawyer were correct in stating a plea bargain wasn’t offered to her, she confirmed before adding: ‘I have not committed any crime.’ One of Maxwell’s attorneys, Bobbi Sternheim, also indicated the defense never asked for a deal” – Daily Beast.