An email from Ghislaine Maxwell's defense attorney Bobbi Sternheim to prosecutors regarding proposed redactions to a letter about Maxwell's detention conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) during her 2021 federal criminal trial.

This June 2021 email is part of the legal correspondence in United States v. Maxwell (20 Cr. 330), the federal sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell. Defense attorney Bobbi Sternheim sent this message to prosecutors Christian Everdell and other defense team members including Laura Menninger and Jeff Pagliuca, attaching a letter with proposed redactions concerning Maxwell's conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Throughout her pre-trial detention, Maxwell's defense team repeatedly raised concerns about her treatment at MDC, including surveillance, lighting conditions, and other detention circumstances.

Key Highlights

• •Part of ongoing legal dispute over Maxwell's detention conditions at MDC Brooklyn
• •Involves her full defense team: Bobbi Sternheim, Laura Menninger, Jeff Pagliuca, and Christian Everdell
• •Relates to the federal sex trafficking case (20 Cr. 330) before Judge Alison J. Nathan
• •Maxwell was ultimately convicted in December 2021 and sentenced to 20 years in prison

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