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Case 21-770, Document 40-1, 04/12/2021, 3075763, Page1 of 25
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
: Dkt. Nos. 21-58, 21-770
Appellee,
: AFFIRMATION IN OPPOSITION
- v. - TO DEFENDANT’S APPEAL
: OF ORDERS DENYING
GHISLAINE MAXWELL, PRE-TRIAL RELEASE
:
Defendant-Appellant.
:
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF NEW YORK : ss.:
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK )
LARA POMERANTZ, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code,
Section 1746, hereby declares under penalty of perjury:
1. I am an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office of Audrey
Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and I
represent the United States of America in this matter. I submit this affirmation in
opposition to defendant-appellant Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal from the District
Court’s orders denying pre-trial release.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
2. Maxwell appeals from orders denying her pre-trial release that
were entered on December 28, 2020 and March 22, 2021, in the United States
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District Court for the Southern District of New York, by the Honorable Alison J.
Nathan, United States District Judge.
3. Indictment 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) was filed on June 29, 2020,
charging Maxwell in six counts. On July 2, 2020, Maxwell was arrested. On July 8,
2020, Indictment S1 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) (the “Indictment”) was filed containing the
same charges with ministerial corrections. (Dkt. 17 (“Ind.”)).1 Count One charges
Maxwell with conspiracy to entice mino
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