Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged former madam of the late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, just got a visit from her lawyers that was three times longer than usual.
Court documents obtained by Daily Mail [1] have confirmed that Maxwell saw her attorneys for three hours compared to one hour for usual visits. The 58 year-old British socialite met with two members of her legal team at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn on August 28, including white collar defense attorney Christian Everdell. However, only one lawyer is typically allowed in for inmate visits.
Maxwell had already faced backlash for being the first inmate at her prison to get an in-person visit amidst the coronavirus pandemic. She was allowed to have her lawyers visit in person last month despite the fact that she had only been incarcerated for a few weeks, while her fellow inmates had not been allowed visits from lawyers or loved ones in months.
Sean Hecker, a partner at the law firm Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, spoke out afterwards to call the visit “[a]bsurd & unjust.”
“We’ve been litigating for the Fed Defenders of NY to obtain a safe, in-person visiting option for many months,” Hecker tweeted. “MDC detainees have been waiting up to 6 months for such visits. And BOP-MDC decides that the 1st such visit should go to a wealthy British socialite? Absurd & unjust.”
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Hecker later doubled down on this, saying that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was flat-out “wrong” to allow this.
“The BOP’s decision is outrageous. And it’s wrong. It bolsters a widespread belief that well-heeled friends of the President are treated preferentially by the Department of Justice. When the MDC is safe for in-person attorney visits, everyone detained there – Ms. Maxwell included – should have regular opportunities to meet with counsel,” Hecker said. “But to learn that the very first in-person visit was provided to a well-connected detainee who has been at the MDC for just two months, rather than to one of the countless detainees who have been unable to meet with their lawyers for close to six months, is distressing.”
Attorney Susan Marcus agreed with him, saying that she has clients at the same facility where Maxwell is that are facing the death penalty, yet they have not gotten to meet with their lawyers as she has.
“I’m incredulous really that she was the first one when there are those of us who have been waiting for nearly six months to have an in person visit with our clients,” Marcus said. “It’s heartbreaking, actually.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com [2] and is used by permission.
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