Prosecutors want her to be jailed because she says she is in danger of flight

The prosecution wrote in a court on Monday, “If the defendants are given the opportunity to flee the jurisdiction, the victims will not be brought to trial, and there is every reason to think that she will do just that.”

Prosecutors at a US law firm in Manhattan have asked for the detention of Judge Maxwell, who was arrested on charges that he helped recruit, care for and eventually abuse minors, and said he was responsible for three passports and Many were at extreme flight risk with foreign nationals. Bank accounts.

Maxwell is scheduled to appear before a federal judge via video on Tuesday. He has denied any wrongdoing.

Prosecutors said at least one of Maxwell’s alleged victims is expected to speak at the hearing and request that he be detained. He also said that other people have been giving information since Maxwell’s arrest.

In Monday’s filing, prosecutors said her home restraint, GPS tracking and a $ 5 million bond, partially secured with a property in the UK, is her offer for “nothing”.

He said that Maxwell has shown that he can hide well. When FBI agents went to arrest Maxwell at a New Hampshire mansion on July 3, Maxwell, instead of following the agent’s order to open the door, fled to another room and, according to the courtroom, closed the door behind him. done. After the FBI broke the door, they found Maxwell inside and arrested him.

While the agents were checking the house through a security, they saw an aluminum foil-wrapped cell phone on a desk, a blatantly deceptive attempt by the press or the public to find out, who would surely be able to fix it. Will not done. Prosecutors wrote, “Trace or intercept her communications, but by law enforcement officers.”

Prosecutors said Maxwell’s brother hired former members of the British Army to protect his sister on the New Hampshire property. Prosecutors said Maxwell provided a guard with a credit card to purchase $ 1 million in assets in a cash deal to make purchases on his behalf, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors wrote, “As these facts make clear, there is no doubt that the defendant is adept at hiding.”

Prosecutors also challenged Maxwell’s proposal to co-sign six individuals with a $ 5 million bond, which would be partially secured by assets of $ 3.75 million in the United Kingdom. She also said that she would surrender her passports and restrict travel to the southern and eastern districts of New York.

The government said that Maxwell had not identified those individuals who would sign their bail by name and said that they would not be able to seize property in another country. He also said that France, where Maxwell has citizenship, is not surrendering its citizens.

Prosecutors also cited Maxwell’s own possessions as a means of fleeing the country. Maxwell told the US Treasury Department that in 2018 and 2019 he had occasional balances of $ 2 million with UK Bank and $ 4 million with Swiss Bank. But prosecutors say Maxwell’s finances are “ opaque, ” noting that he has not completed an affidavit describing his assets.

“Given the seriousness of the accused’s crimes, the defendant’s considerable resources, his desire to avoid detection, and his lies under oath, the court should take the proposed bail package for what it deserves: nothing,” prosecutors wrote.