Geraldo Rivera publicly defended Ghislaine Maxwell during her pretrial detention, blasting the courts for repeatedly denying her bail and calling her treatment “outrageous.” On Fox News and social media, Rivera compared Maxwell’s situation to violent offenders who were granted bail, arguing that she had been held for over a year without conviction despite offering a $28.5 million bond package. He accused prosecutors and the judge of bowing to public outrage rather than adhering to the presumption of innocence, describing her confinement as a form of “political lawyering.” Rivera’s stance provoked backlash from both viewers and his fellow Fox commentators, who criticized him for sympathizing with an accused sex trafficker tied to Jeffrey Epstein.

Rivera went further, saying the judge “copped out to the mob” by refusing Maxwell’s bail requests, suggesting her incarceration was a symbolic appeasement to a furious public rather than a legal necessity. He maintained that the case had been “poisoned” by media hysteria and that Maxwell, like any defendant, deserved the right to fight her charges outside of jail. His remarks echoed earlier comments he made defending Donald Trump’s “wish her well” statement, suggesting both men were unfairly vilified for extending even minimal sympathy toward Maxwell. Rivera’s defense of her bail rights became one of his most controversial public positions, reigniting debate over double standards in pretrial detention.


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