NEW YORK - Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of late financier Jeffrey Epstein, suffered dual setbacks in a US court on Thursday , as a judge authorised the release of new materials related to her, while another judge refused to block prosecutors and lawyers from publicly discussing her criminal case.
Maxwell, 58, is being held in a Brooklyn jail after pleading not guilty last week to charges she helped Epstein recruit and eventually abuse girls from 1994 to 1997, and committed perjury by denying knowledge of his abuse in depositions. Nathan, who oversees the criminal case, said a gag order was not needed to protect Maxwell's right to a fair trial, but that she"will not hesitate" to act if needed.Epstein was arrested in July last year and pleaded not guilty to separate sexual abuse charges. He was found hanged on Aug 10 in his jail cell at age 66, in a death ruled a suicide.
Giuffre has accused Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was underage, and Maxwell of aiding in the abuse. Maxwell has denied her claims.