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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 169 Filed 03/22/21 Page 1 of 12 USDC SDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT iaeaninaee: | SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELEC ERC ALLS eHLee DOC #: DATE FILED: 3/22/21     United States of America, _y_ 20-CR-330 (AJN) Ghislaine Maxwell, ORDER Defendant.   ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422 and 2; conspiracy to transport minors to participate in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; transporting minors to participate in illegal sex acts, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2423 and 2; and two charges of perjury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. On July 14, 2020, the Court held a lengthy bail hearing and concluded that the Defendant was a clear risk of flight and that no conditions or combination of conditions would ensure her appearance. It therefore denied bail. On December 8, 2020, the Defendant filed a renewed motion for release on bail pending trial, which was entered into the public docket on December 14, 2020. Dkt. No. 96. On December 28, 2020, the Court denied that motion, concluding that the Defendant posed a risk of flight and that no combination of conditions could ensure her appearance. Dkt. Nos. 104, 106. The Defendant then filed a third motion for release on bail on February 23, 2021. Dkt. No. 160. In this motion, the Defendant attempts to respond to the reasons that the Court DOJ-OGR-00002767 

Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 169 Filed 03/22/21 Page 2 of 12 provided in denying bail, proposing two additional conditions to the ones she proposed in her second motion for bail. Specifically, she offers to renounce her French and British citizenship, and she also proposes to have her and her spouse’s assets placed in a new account that will be monitored by a reti…

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