Ghislaine Maxwell has $28.5m bail application rejected

Ghislaine Maxwell has had her latest bail application rejected by a US judge (Chris Ison/PA)

A judge has rejected a $28.5m proposed bail package for Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.

US District Judge Alison J Nathan  said Maxwell’s imprisonment is necessary to ensure she faces trial on charges she recruited teenage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse.