Ghislaine Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch, her attorney has revealed. As reported by <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/25/us/ghislaine-maxwell-on-suicide-watch/index.html">CNN</a>, 60-year-old Maxwell is set to be sentenced on Tuesday (June 28) in Manhattan federal court after being found guilty on five of the six charges brought against her in late December. These charges include sex trafficking a minor. The other charges are related to the allegations of abuse against young girls in conjunction with wealthy American financier Jeffrey Epstein Now, Maxwell's attorney - Bobbi Sternheim - has revealed in a letter filed on Saturday that the former socialite has been removed from general population at the Metropolitan Detention Center and placed in solitary confinement on suicide watch. <img class="size-large wp-image-1263111363" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/06/2D7E7RR-683x1024.jpg" alt="" width="683" height="1024" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: MediaPunch Inc / Alamy]] What's more, Sternheim says that the decision to move his client - which happened on Friday - was made without a psychological evaluation and "without justification". In her letter, Sternheim writes that she met with Maxwell at the federal detention facility in Brooklyn yesterday and states that "she is not suicidal." Sternheim added that a psychologist evaluated Maxwell on Saturday morning and also determined that the former socialite is not suicidal. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/ghislaine-maxwell-put-suicide-watch-may-seek-sentencing-delay-lawyer-says-2022-06-26/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a> adds that Sternheim is now fighting to have Tuesday's sentencing delayed due to the fact that Maxwell is "unable to properly prepare, for sentencing". Steinheim writes: "If Ms. Maxwell remains on suicide watch, is prohibited from reviewing legal materials prior to sentencing, becomes sleep deprived, and is denied sufficient time to meet with and confer with counsel, we will be formally moving on Monday for an adjournment." <img class="size-full wp-image-1263159804" src="https://img.vt.co/2022/06/Screenshot-2022-06-26-at-13.36.37.png" alt="" width="862" height="659" />[[imagecaption|| Defence attorney Bobbi Sternheim. Credit: Lev Radin / Alamy]] In a letter to the judge overseeing Maxwell's case, Maxwell's lawyer, Bobbi Sternheim, said her client is "unable to properly prepare, for sentencing," after officials at the Metropolitan Detention Center on Friday declared the suicide watch and abruptly moved Maxwell to solitary confinement. CNN reports that Maxwell could have been placed on suicide watch as a result of her connections with Epstein. <img class="size-large wp-image-1263159803" src="https://img.vt.co/2022/06/2C5G02H-e1656246884458-896x1024.jpg" alt="" width="896" height="1024" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy]] Epstein first came under investigation by police back in 2005 after being accused of committing crimes against minors. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to state charges in Florida of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution - this plea deal was later ruled to be illegal as a number of his victims weren’t consulted during the sentencing. He was arrested once again in July 2019, and later found unresponsive in his cell on August 10. At the age of 66, Epstein was pronounced dead after being transported to a nearby hospital. His death was ruled an apparent suicide. Per Reuters, prosecutors will be arguing that Maxwell should be sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison. <h6>Featured image credit: Alamy / WENN Rights Ltd</h6>

Ghislaine Maxwell placed on suicide watch, attorney says sentencing may need to be delayed

Top Stories

News

Tributes flood in following the 'unexpected' death of Paul O'Grady

News

What we currently know about the Nashville School shooting victims

News

One 'small detail' about girl who believes she may be Madeleine McCann convinced PI to take case

News

Mom of Nashville school shooter shared number of gun control posts on social media prior to shooting

News

TikTok star, 18, killed in horrific crash weeks after posting about never being in an accident

News

Police investigation begins as shoe washes up on beach with a foot still inside