Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team looking to delay trial

Ghislaine Maxwell, who is facing a trial in July after being accused of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual exploitation of underage girls (Chris Ison/PA)

Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer has asked for a delay to her proposed trial after new sex trafficking charges were added.

Bobbi Sternheim wrote in a letter to a Manhattan federal judge that a superseding indictment last month makes it impossible to be ready for trial by July 12.