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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,757 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 10:39 PM Nov 2020

Ghislaine Maxwell complains that NYC jail staff shine flashlight in her cell every 15 minutes

NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell, in quarantine in a Brooklyn federal jail due to coronavirus exposure, has endured a flashlight shined in her cell every 15 minutes while she sleeps, according to her defense attorney.

The new details from Maxwell’s lawyer Bobbi Sternheim came in response to the government’s claim the British socialite was still able to prepare a defense while in quarantine for at least 14 days at the Metropolitan Detention Center. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to charges of grooming victims of Jeffrey Epstein in the mid-1990s.

“The government highlights what Ms. Maxwell is permitted but not what she is denied: equal treatment accorded other inmates in general population. Ms. Maxwell has spent the entirely of her pretrial detention in de facto solitary confinement under the most restrictive conditions where she is excessively and invasively searched and is monitored 24 hours per day. In addition to camera surveillance in her cell, a supplemental camera follows her movement when she is permitted to leave her isolation cell,” Sternheim wrote.

“Despite non-stop in-cell camera surveillance, Ms. Maxwell’s sleep is disrupted every 15 minutes when she is awakened by a flashlight to ascertain whether she is breathing.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ghislaine-maxwell-complains-that-nyc-jail-staff-shine-flashlight-in-her-cell-every-15-minutes/ar-BB1bkohk?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP

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Ghislaine Maxwell complains that NYC jail staff shine flashlight in her cell every 15 minutes (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
She can thank Epstein the coward for her suicide watch. marylandblue Nov 2020 #1
... 2naSalit Nov 2020 #2
It's only when they stop that ya' gotta worry, Ghislaine. ret5hd Nov 2020 #3
Oh, that was good ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #6
Maybe the My Pillow Guy will help NT Rorey Nov 2020 #4
Those nice guards just want to make sure she is awake Blue Owl Nov 2020 #5
I'm sick of her whining Deuxcents Nov 2020 #7
Let's all feel sorry for those guards RainCaster Nov 2020 #8
So now she knows what it is to be "invasively searched" ... Those poor young girls ... fierywoman Nov 2020 #9
And just think, Ghislaine, you still have Hell to look forward to. LuvNewcastle Nov 2020 #10
This Hekate Nov 2020 #25
Yeah, I wish her well. dchill Nov 2020 #11
She'll get used to it over time. Laffy Kat Nov 2020 #12
I wonder if she is as uncomfortable as the girls she trafficked Happyhippychick Nov 2020 #13
I thought Bill Barr would have MontanaMama Nov 2020 #14
Barr has been a little hard to find of late. Blue_true Nov 2020 #17
I don't know why but this made me laugh out loud. LOL nt Quixote1818 Nov 2020 #15
Suicide Check. sarcasmo Nov 2020 #16
"Despite non-stop in-cell camera surveillance" JDC Nov 2020 #18
So she thinks she's a guest? lpbk2713 Nov 2020 #19
boo f'n hoo demtenjeep Nov 2020 #20
So sad, too bad... Talitha Nov 2020 #21
Deal with it! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #22
Who gives a damn what this POS is whining about now. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #23
Maybe that's why she is still alive JI7 Nov 2020 #24
They're making noise for a pardon. nt BlueLucy Nov 2020 #26
The Barrs are there for her protection. Right. Kid Berwyn Nov 2020 #27
In the psych units I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2020 #28

Blue Owl

(50,274 posts)
5. Those nice guards just want to make sure she is awake
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 10:44 PM
Nov 2020

in case she receives any 2:00 a.m. well-wishing tweets from little Donny

RainCaster

(10,842 posts)
8. Let's all feel sorry for those guards
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 10:53 PM
Nov 2020

If I had to look at her every 15 minutes all through my shift, I would need some serious attitude adjustment at the end of the day.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
17. Barr has been a little hard to find of late.
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 12:09 AM
Nov 2020

Maybe he is busy trying to cover his tracks before the rule of law returns to The DOJ.

JDC

(10,117 posts)
18. "Despite non-stop in-cell camera surveillance"
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 12:41 AM
Nov 2020

Didn't work out so well for Epstein. Her lawyer should be advocating a light check in conjunction with those cameras.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
23. Who gives a damn what this POS is whining about now.
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 01:52 AM
Nov 2020

She doesn't deserve to live, let alone to live in comfort. She can go to hell for all I care.

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