Maxwell proposes deal

New York: Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite charged with aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, has offered to renounce her UK and French citizenship in an attempt to secure bail.

Maxwell (59) has been denied bail twice, a judge deeming her a flight risk.

She is being held in a jail in New York after being charged in July with helping Epstein, a convicted sex offender, recruit three teenage girls for sex.

Maxwell’s lawyers said renunciation of her UK citizenship could be formalised immediately upon her being granted bail. — Guardian News and Media