A federal judge on Tuesday denied bail for Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite accused of facilitating the sexual abuse of young girls in the mid-1990s by her former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, the now-dead investor.
Maxwell, who will remain in jail pending trial, pleaded not guilty at the bail hearing in Manhattan federal court, where her lawyer had sought her release on a $5 million release bond.
Maxwell poses “a substantial risk of flight,” said Judge Alison Nathan.
“The risk is simply too great” for Maxwell to be released on bail, Nathan said.
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