In her motion opposing the government’s request for pretrial detention, Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team argued that she posed no flight risk and should be granted release on strict conditions. They emphasized her lack of recent travel, her willingness to surrender all passports, and her proposed $28.5 million bail package, which included assets from her spouse and family. Her lawyers framed her as a scapegoat for Epstein’s crimes and claimed the government’s detention request relied on inflammatory allegations rather than hard evidence of ongoing danger or risk of flight. They painted her as a cooperative defendant who had no history of evasion and asserted that the government was exploiting media narratives rather than adhering to legal standards.

The defense also challenged the claim that Maxwell had been in hiding, asserting instead that she had been deliberately keeping a low profile due to threats and public scrutiny—not to avoid prosecution. They insisted that the government had no factual basis for saying she would flee and argued that the strict bail package—including electronic monitoring and home confinement—would ensure her appearance at trial. Ultimately, Maxwell’s team portrayed the government’s push for detention as excessive, prejudicial, and grounded more in public outrage than legal necessity, framing their client as a nonviolent, cooperative individual unfairly targeted in the wake of Epstein’s death.


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