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  • GULLANE Maxwell, the British socialite accused of procuring young girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, has pledged a Bell package worth nearly $30 million in a bid to get herself out over New York jail.

  • Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to helping Epstein recruit and groom underage girls as young as 14 to engage in illegal sexual acts in the mid 19 nineties.

  • She also maintains that she did not lie under oath.

  • Maxwell is scheduled to stand trial from July next year and, if found guilty, faces up to 35 years in prison.

  • In court filings released on Monday, she maintained her innocence and deny that she was a flight risk.

  • The filing reads it quote.

  • Miss Maxwell wants to stay in New York and have her day in court so that she can clear her name and returned to her family.

  • They also disclosed that Maxwell has been married since 2016 and that she and her husband would post a 22.5 million bond secured by all their assets towards Bale.

  • Most of the remaining bail money would come from her friends and family.

  • Maxwell was arrested in July at her New Hampshire home, which prosecutors said she used as a hideout and that she concealed her identity to buy it.

  • She's since being kept at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after being denied a previous request for bail in July.

  • Jeffrey Epstein killed himself back in August 2019 at another New York jail while awaiting his own trial on sex trafficking charges.

  • Prosecutors have until Wednesday to respond to Maxwell's bear request.

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Ghislaine Maxwell proposes $28.5 million bail package

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    林宜悉 posted on 2020/12/16
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engage

US /ɪn'gedʒ/

UK /ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ/

  • verb
  • To attract and hold someone's attention.
  • To employ or hire someone.
  • To start to fight with an enemy
  • To hire someone for a task or job
  • To have or hold the focus or interest of someone
  • To interlock or cause to interlock.
  • To carry out, participate in; be involved in
  • To participate or become involved in something.
  • other
  • To attract and hold someone's interest or attention.
  • To begin fighting or attacking.
  • To begin fighting or attacking.
  • To employ or hire someone for a specific task or role.
  • To hire or employ someone.
  • To interlock or cause to interlock.
  • To bind oneself by a promise or contract; to pledge.
  • To attract and hold someone's attention.
  • To employ or hire.
  • other
  • To participate or become involved in something.
  • To participate or become involved in.
previous

US /ˈpriviəs/

UK /ˈpri:viəs/

  • adjective
  • Coming or occurring before something else in time or order.
  • Existing or occurring immediately before in time or order.
  • Existing or happening before the present time.
  • Existing or happening before the present time
  • Existing or occurring before in time or order.
  • Having occurred or existed before.
  • Immediately preceding in time or order.
  • Immediately preceding in time or order.
  • Coming or occurring before something else; preceding.
  • noun
  • A button or link that allows navigation to a preceding item or page.
  • adverb
  • Before; previously.
trial

US /ˈtraɪəl, traɪl/

UK /ˈtraɪəl/

  • noun
  • Hearing and judgment of a case in court
  • A formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically a jury, in order to decide guilt or innocence in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.
  • Act or process of testing or experimenting
  • adjective
  • Being made or done as a test or experiment
  • verb
  • To be made or done as a test or experiment
guilty

US /ˈɡɪlti/

UK /'ɡɪltɪ/

  • adjective
  • Responsible for doing something wrong
  • Feeling or showing guilt; having a sense of remorse.
  • Expressing or suggesting guilt.
  • Responsible for doing something bad; deserving blame.
bond

US /bɑnd/

UK /bɒnd/

  • noun
  • Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
  • A certificate issued by a government or a public company promising to repay borrowed money at a fixed rate of interest at a specified time.
  • A strong force of attraction holding atoms together in a molecule or crystal.
  • Something that unites two or more people or groups; a connection.
  • Closeness that is shared between people or groups
  • Loan that a government must buy back by a set date
  • Written agreement to pay back borrowed money
  • Money paid as bail; a security.
  • An agreement with a surety company under which financial compensation is guaranteed should a specified act or failure to act occur.
  • Joint or connection, often using glue
  • Something used to tie someone or something; a restraint.
  • A formal agreement, especially one enforceable by law.
  • A building approved by a customs authority for the storage of goods until duties or taxes are paid.
  • other
  • To develop a close relationship.
  • verb
  • To develop a close relationship with
  • To become joined or connected, e.g. using glue
  • other
  • To join or be joined securely to something else, typically by an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure.
  • To join or be joined securely to something else, typically by an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure.
worth

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UK /wɜ:θ/

  • preposition
  • Deserving of (a particular action).
  • noun
  • The quality that renders something desirable or valuable.
  • The quality of being good or deserving praise.
  • The monetary or material value of something.
  • other
  • the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
  • adjective
  • Having a specified value.
  • other
  • having a particular value, especially in money
abuse

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UK /ə'bju:s/

  • verb
  • To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
  • To use in an inappropriate or excessive way
  • To use something wrongly or dishonestly
  • To insult someone or swear at them
  • noun
  • Improper/dishonest/excessive use of something
  • Insulting someone, e.g. by swearing at them
  • other
  • Rude and offensive words or behavior.
  • Cruel or violent treatment of a person or animal.
  • The improper or excessive use of something.
  • other
  • To insult or speak offensively to someone.
  • To treat someone cruelly or violently, especially regularly or repeatedly.
  • To use something improperly or excessively.
maintain

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UK /meɪn'teɪn/

  • other
  • To state something strongly as your belief.
  • To continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less.
  • To keep something in good condition by checking or repairing it regularly.
  • verb
  • To keep saying something a certain way
  • To keep (machine) working by checking, repairing
  • To keep, exist or continue without changing
court

US /kɔrt, kort/

UK /kɔ:t/

  • other
  • To seek the affections of someone with the intention of marrying them.
  • To take legal action against someone.
  • To try to gain the favor or support of someone.
  • verb
  • To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
  • To encourage dangerous behavior
  • To pay attention to someone to get their support
  • noun
  • Place king or queen meet people, makes laws etc.
  • A place where legal trials take place and where judgments are made.
  • Place where legal cases are decided
  • The residence or establishment of a monarch or sovereign.
  • Large, flat area, to play tennis or basketball
  • A marked-out area used for playing games such as tennis and basketball.
remain

US /rɪˈmen/

UK /rɪˈmeɪn/

  • other
  • To be left over or still existing
  • To continue to be something
  • To stay behind or in the same place
  • verb
  • To be left behind; to continue to exist
  • To stay in a place when other people have gone
  • To be left undone (after other things changed)