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From: [Redacted] <[Redacted]>
To: [Redacted] <[Redacted]>, BOBBI C STERNHEIM <[Redacted]>
Cc: Christian Everdell <[Redacted]>, "Mark S. Cohen" <[Redacted]>, [Redacted] <[Redacted]>
Subject: Re: Ghislaine Maxwell 02879-509
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:05:33 +0000

Good afternoon Bobbi:

We have receive your concerns and will be looking in to these matters.
All concerns will be properly addressed as needed.

Best,
[Redacted]

>>> BOBBI C STERNHEIM <[Redacted]> 1/6/2021 2:38 AM >>>
Counsel for Ghislaine Maxwell learned that she has been issued a
disciplinary charge. Please provide a copy of the Incident Report.
Members of the same team who physically mistreated and threatened Ms.
Maxwell on Sunday now claim that she is not tidy (See email below.)
The basis of the charge is unclear - because Ms. Maxwell has not
deviated from her routine of the past 7 months. But the fact that it
comes after Ms. Maxwell and counsel made complaints
about staff is concerning, disturbing, and questionable.
The policy of rotating in staff from other institutions has contributed
to lack of consistency and clarity in the management of Ms. Maxwell. One
team tells her one thing which is then contradicted by another team.
One team tells her she can't keep books in her locker; another team
tells her to put books in her locker. One team tells her to keep a set
of clothes in her isolation cell; another team faults her for doing so.
Ms. Maxwell's request for guidance is met with a terse response: "Read
the A&O handbook."

Ms. Maxwell cannot ask other inmates for help and is at the mercy of
guards who appear to delight is their power over her. The present team
was particularly harsh during a previous rotation and seem to have
increased their contempt for Ms. Maxwell.

Ms. Maxwell- and counsel- are concerned for her safety while in the
custody of the present team.
In lieu of an opportunity for Ms. Maxwell to be moved to another unit,
and the unlikelyhood that she would be
transferred to the MCC as a result of Epstein's death while BOP was
"asleep" on the watch, we are requesting that the present team be
removed from guarding Ms. Maxwell.

Issues still remain concerning Ms. Maxwell's meals.She still is not
receiving items on the menu.
Yesterday, she received the same meal for lunch and dinner. Tuesday
morning she was given an inedible black and rotting banana. Over the
weekend she was given bologna, despite being on a non-flesh diet. The
guard informed her that the meat had not been refrigerated and
recommended that she not eat it.
The MDC's inability to provide proper nutrition is reoccurring and
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problematic.

The problems keep escalating, giving rise to the belief that Ms.
Maxwell is being targeted and victimized. I urge you to address and
correct these problems. The failure to do so will
result in a request for court intervention.

BOBBI C. STERNHEIM, ESQ.
Law Offices of Bobbi C. Sternheim
33 West 19th Street - 4th Floor
New Yorlc, NY 10011

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> On Jan 4, 2021, at 7:07 PM, BOBBI C STERNHEIM <[Redacted]>
wrote:
> Counsel for Ghislaine Maxwell (02879-509) write to report that she
was physically mistreated and verbally threatened by MDC staff over the
weekend.
> Officer [Redacted] (sp) performed a body search of Ms. Maxwell inside her
isolation cell with her back to the handheld camera.
> During the search, Officer [Redacted] squeezed Ms. Maxwell's breast with
vice-like pressure equivalent to a mammography.
> Ms. Maxwell physically recoiled in response to pain caused by Officer
[Redacted]
> Another guard, Officer [Redacted] (sp)
> threatened to charge Ms. Maxwell with "assaulting an officer" should
she move again during a search of her person.
> Ms. Maxwell reported the physical incident to a staff psychologist
and to an associate warden and was examined by
> medical staff. In addition to written reports, the physical and
verbal incidents should have been captured on the hand-held
> camera, used constantly to surveil Ms. Maxwell.
> This is not the first time Ms. Maxwell has been touched
inappropriately by MDC staff, as MDC records should reflect.
>
> Counsel for Ms. Maxwell make this report to put the MDC on notice:
> Should Ms. Maxwell be further assaulted and threatened, we will file
an official complaint with the Attorney General's Office and notify the
Court. This will further blemish the BOP's reputation, already tarnished
by negligence resulting in the death of Jeffrey Epstein. The
restrictive conditions of Ms. Maxwell's detention in the MDC correlate
directly to the Epstein debacle in the MCC, making unprovoked rough
treatment of Ms. Maxwell baffling.
>
> Be further advised, should Ms. Maxwell face any retaliation as a
result of this email, this too will be promptly reported.
>
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> BOBBI C. STERNHEIM, ESQ.
> Law Offices of Bobbi C. Stemheim
> 33 West 19th Street - 4th Floor
> New York, NY 10011
>
> Main: [Redacted]
> Cell: [Redacted]
> Fax: [Redacted]
>
>>
>> **Covid-19 Notice: The West 19th Street office is currently closed
but we continue to work remotely.
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correspondence during this time.
>> We continue to work regular business hours throughout this
situation.
>> Thank you for your consideration. Our best wishes for your good
health and well being.
>
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