A government email from prosecutors to Ghislaine Maxwell's defense team sharing the government's letter about the controversial flashlight checks conducted on Maxwell while she was detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

This email dated May 5, 2021, is from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York to Maxwell's defense counsel, including Christian Everdell and Laura Menninger. It was sent in response to Judge Alison Nathan's April 29, 2021 order requiring the government to explain the nightly flashlight checks conducted on Maxwell every 15 minutes while she slept. The government is sharing its letter with the defense team to allow them to identify any private medical information that should be redacted before public filing—though prosecutors indicated they believed no redactions were necessary.

Key Highlights

• •Part of widely-covered legal dispute over Maxwell's jail conditions, including 15-minute flashlight checks that her lawyers claimed caused sleep deprivation
• •Shows Judge Alison Nathan actively overseeing Maxwell's pre-trial detention conditions and ordering prosecutors to justify surveillance measures
• •Demonstrates procedural coordination between prosecution and defense regarding redaction of medical information before public court filings

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