Another bail application rejected for Ghislaine Maxwell ahead of trial

Ghislaine Maxwell, centre, listens during a court hearing flanked by her lawyer (Elizabeth Williams/PA)

A US judge again refused to let British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell trade a jail cell for home detention, citing previous rulings that the nature of charges alleging Maxwell recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse and her ability to flee make it impossible to let her out.

It was the fourth time that US District Judge Alison J. Nathan has rejected a bail application for Maxwell, 59.