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A federal prosecutor's certification filed in the Ghislaine Maxwell criminal case regarding a dispute over her detention conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
This December 1, 2020 court filing is an Affidavit of Certification from an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, filed pursuant to Local Criminal Rule 16.1. The document certifies that the prosecution and Maxwell's defense counsel attempted to reach agreement on how the MDC warden would report to the court about Maxwell's conditions of confinement, but failed to do so. The defense wanted Warden Tellez to report directly to the court, while the government proposed having MDC legal counsel address the matter instead.
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- •Defense counsel refused government's proposal to have MDC legal counsel address the court about Maxwell's detention conditions
- •Defense reiterated demand that Warden Heriberto Tellez personally report to the court
- •Filing documents ongoing dispute over Maxwell's conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center
- •Part of extensive litigation regarding Maxwell's treatment while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, • AFFIDAVIT OF CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL CRIMINAL RULE 16.1 GHISLAINE MAXWELL, • 20 Cr. 330 (MN) Defendant. x • STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ) SS.: pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 1746, hereby affirms under penalty of perjury: 1. I am an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office of Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. I am one of the Assistants who represents the Government in these proceedings. 2. I certify pursuant to Local Criminal Rule 16.1 that the Government has conferred in good faith with counsel to the defendant, Ghislaine Maxwell, regarding defense counsel's request that the warden of the Metropolitan Detention Center ("MDC") report directly to the Court and counsel on the defendant's conditions of confinement, and that the parties have been unable to reach agreement. 3. In particular, on November 30, 2020, the Government asked defense counsel whether they would consent to MDC legal counsel addressing the Court and counsel directly in writing on the defendant's conditions of confinement. On December 1, 2020, defense counsel EFTA00030411
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indicated that they would not consent and reiterated their request that the Court summon Warden Tellez to report directly to the Court and counsel on the defendant's conditions of confinement. 4. I hereby certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true. Dated: New York, New York December 1, 2020 Assistant United States Attorney Telephone: 2 EFTA00030412
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