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Ghislaine Maxwell put on suicide watch ahead of sentencing, lawyers say

Court drawing of Ghislaine Maxwell speaking by videoconference during a hearing on July 14, 2020. © Jane Rosenberg, Reuters

Jailed former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch – despite not being suicidal – according to her lawyers, who said they would move to postpone her sentencing for sex trafficking if she remained in isolation.

“Ms. Maxwell was abruptly removed from general population and returned to solitary confinement” on Friday, attorney Bobbi Sternheim wrote in a letter Saturday to Judge Alison Nathan.

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