Family of Ghislaine Maxwell confident of acquittal, says brother

The brother of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has said the family is ‘convinced’ she will be acquitted of charges she faces in the US. Picture: Chris Ison/PA

The brother of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has said the family is “convinced” she will be acquitted, adding that she is being subjected to “brutal” and “degrading” conditions.

Maxwell is in a US prison, awaiting trial on charges that she recruited three teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse between 1994 and 1997.