Ghislaine Maxwell put on suicide watch, but isn’t suicidal, ahead of sentencing

Move prompts Maxwell's attorney to seek to postpone her sentencing because she can't properly prepare for the hearing

Guards at the federal prison where Ghislaine Maxwell awaits her sentencing for her role in an elaborate child sexual abuse case have placed her on suicide watch, though she isn't suicidal, according to court records.

The move prompted the British socialite's attorney to write a letter telling the judge in the case that Maxwell would seek to postpone her sentencing Tuesday because she can't properly prepare for the hearing. Prison officials on Friday took away Maxwell's legal papers - along with her regular clothes, toothpaste and soap - while putting her in solitary confinement and on suicide watch, said the letter from her attorney Bobby Sternheim.