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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 106 Filed 12/30/20 Page 1 of 22

USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
DATE FILED: 12/28/20

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

United States of America,

-v-

Ghislaine Maxwell,

Defendant.

20-CR-330 (AJN)

OPINION AND ORDER

ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge:

Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy
to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; enticing a
minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422 and 2; conspiracy
to transport minors to participate in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; transporting
minors to participate in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2423 and 2; and two charges
of perjury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. The Court held a lengthy bail hearing on July 14,
2020. After extensive briefing and argument at the hearing, the Court concluded that the
Defendant was a clear risk of flight and that no conditions or combination of conditions would
ensure her appearance. Bail was therefore denied.

The Defendant has now filed a renewed motion for release on bail pending trial, which
the Government opposes. In her renewed motion, the Defendant attempts to respond to the
reasons that the Court provided in denying bail and proposes a substantially larger bail package.
But by and large, the arguments presented either were made at the initial bail hearing or could
have been made then. In any event, the new information provided in the renewed application
only solidifies the Court’s view that the Defendant plainly poses a risk of flight and that no

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