Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail and hearing on jail conditions
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British-born socialite who has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and other charges faces up to 80 years in prison
Ghislaine Maxwell will remain in a New York jail after a federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected the British socialite's latest request for bail.
The second US circuit court of appeals in Manhattan also denied Maxwell's request for a hearing on what her lawyers called horrific" confinement conditions at the Metropolitan detention center in Brooklyn. It did not explain its reasons.
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