Ghislaine Maxwell jail conditions rival Hannibal Lecter’s, lawyers say

Attorneys make another bail request and say conditions of detention are reprehensible and utterly inappropriate'

The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is subjected to such invasive surveillance in jail that it rivals scenes of Dr Hannibal Lecter's incarceration" from The Silence of the Lambs, her lawyer has argued in making yet another request for bail pending her trial.

Maxwell is charged in Manhattan federal court for allegedly procuring teenage girls for the disgraced wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. Opening arguments in Maxwell's case are scheduled to begin on 29 November.