Maxwell marriage motive aired in new bid for bail

Ghislaine Maxwell discussed divorce with her husband because of the “terrible consequences of being associated with her,” her attorney wrote in a new filing Wednesday, asking a judge to approve a $28.5 million bail package.

The Manhattan Federal Court filing by attorney Mark Cohen is the latest salvo in a dispute over the nature of Maxwell’s marriage.

Prosecutors said her husband, whose name is redacted from public court documents, is not a trustworthy co-signer of her proposed bail package while she awaits trial on charges of grooming Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking victims in the mid-1990s.

It was revealed last week that Maxwell told authorities after her arrest that she was in the process of getting a divorce.

But that’s not because the British socialite is estranged from her hubby, Cohen wrote.

“Prior to her arrest, Ms. Maxwell and her spouse had discussed the idea of getting a divorce as an additional way to create distance between Ms. Maxwell and her spouse to protect him ... from the terrible consequences of being associated with her,” Cohen wrote in a sentence that was partially redacted in public records.

The filing appeared to indicate the couple’s thoughts on divorce changed once her husband was widely reported to be maritime expert and investor Scott Borgerson — though key portions are redacted.

“She and her spouse ... had no reason to continue discussing divorce, which neither of them wanted in the first place,” Cohen wrote.

Maxwell is being held at a Brooklyn federal jail and pleaded not guilty. She’s asked Judge Alison Nathan to release her into home confinement, where she would be monitored by private security guards.

The feds fear if Maxwell is freed awaiting trial, she might flee to the United Kingdom or France, where she has citizenship.