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Ghislaine Maxwell's Application For Bail (Part 1) (5/3/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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  Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
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  In this episode, we're going to keep it rolling with
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  our exploration of the underbelly of the Jeffrey Epstein criminal
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  enterprise by taking a look at Golen Maxwell and her
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  attempt to get bail. So let's dive in preliminary statement,
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  Glaiin Maxwell respectfully submits this memorandum in opposition to the
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  government's July second, twenty twenty memorandum in support of detention.
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  It's difficult to recall a recent case that has garnered
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  more public attention than the government's prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein.
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  In July of twenty nineteen, Epstein was indicted for offenses
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  relating to sexual misconduct, amid overwhelming media attention focused on
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  the nature of the charges in Epstein's wealth and lifestyle.
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  On August tenth, twenty nineteen, Epstein died in federal custody,
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  and the media focus quickly shifted to our client wrongly
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  trying to substanceitude her for Epstein, even though she had
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  no contact with Epstein for more than a decade, had
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  never been charged with a crime or been found liable
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  in any civil litigation, and has always denied any allegation
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  of claim as conduct. Many of these stories and online
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  posts were threatening and harassing to our client and those
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  close to her, but sometimes the simplest point is the
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  most critical one. Glenn Maxwell is not Jeffrey Epstein. She
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  was not named in the government's indictment of Epstein in
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  twenty nineteen, despite the fact the government has been investigating
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  this case for years. Instead, the current indictment is based
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  on allegations of conduct that allegedly occurred roughly twenty five
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  years ago. Miss Maxwell vigorously denies the charges, intends to
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  fight them, and is entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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  Far from hiding, she has lived in the United States
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  since nineteen ninety one, has litigated civil cases arising from
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  her supposed ties to Epstein, and has not left the
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  country even once Epstein was arrested years ago, even though
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  she was aware of the pending and highly publicized criminal investigation.
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  She should be treated like any other defendant who comes
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  before the court, including as to Belle. Under the Bell
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  Reformact case law in this circuit and other circuits, as
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  well as decisions of this Court, Miss Maxwell should be
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  released on bond, subject to the strict conditions proposed below. Background.
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  Miss Maxwell fifty eight is a naturalized US citizen who
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  has resided in the United States since nineteen ninety one.
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  She is also a citizen of France, where she was born,
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  and of the United Kingdom, where she was educated and
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  spent her childhood in formative years. Miss Maxwell graduated from
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  Oxford University. She moved to the United States in nineteen
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  ninety one and has lived in this country ever since.
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  Miss Maxwell has maintained extremely close relationships with her six
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  siblings and her nephews and nieces. Oh you mean the
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  nephew that Hillary Clinton got a job at the State Department.
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  That nephew. They all stood by her in the aftermath
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  of the July twenty nineteen indictment of Epstein and continue
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  to stand by her now. She especially is close to
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  two of her sisters and their children, all of whom
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  reside in the United States. Miss Maxwell also has numerous
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  friends in the United States who themselves have children, and
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  she is a godmother too many of them. Imagine being
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  a parent and having Glaine Maxwell as the godmother to
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  your kid. I know, I know, nobody had any idea
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  what she was up to Miss Maxwell's family and friends
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  have remained committed to her because they do not believe
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  the allegations against her, which do not match the person
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  that they have known for decades. The government's position the
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  government has the burden of persuasion in showing that detention
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  is warranted and that there is no condition or combination
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  of conditions that will secure a defendants appearing in court.
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  In seeking to carry this burden, the government relies on
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  the presumption of detention US Code eighteen, Section thirty one
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  forty two, E three and E and argues that Miss
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  Maxwell poses a flight risk because she supposedly lacks ties
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  to the United States, is a citizen of the United
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  Kingdom in France as well as the citizen of the
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  United States, and has passports for each country, has traveled
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  internationally in the past, and has financial means and echoing
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  recent media stories, the government speculates that Miss Maxwell was
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  hiding from law enforcement during the pendency of the investigation,
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  even though she has been in regular contact with the
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  government through council since Epstein's first arrest. Yeah, how come
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  the government couldn't find her when they had the lawsuit
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  against her? They had the file via email, nobody could
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  find the lady, but now she wasn't hiding. Finally, the
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  government argues that the nature and circumstances of the offense
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  and the weight of the evidence warrant detention. Importantly, it
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  contrasts with the Bell position it took with Epstein. The
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  government does not and cannot assert that Miss Maxwell presents
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  a danger to the community under Section thirty one forty
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  two G four. Miss Maxwell's response, the Court should exercise
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  its discretion to grant Bell to Miss Maxwell on the
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  strict conditions proposed below or modified by the Court for
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  two compelling reasons. Oh this is a doozy right here, folks. First,
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  the COVID nineteen crisis. Boy, how many people tried to
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  use the COVID nineteen crisis for their own purposes, and
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  its impact on detained defendants warrants release. As the Court noted,
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  the COVID nineteen pandemic represents an unprecedented health risk to
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  incarcerated individuals, and COVID nineteen related restrictions on attorney communications
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  with prechriald detainees significantly impairs a defendant's ability to prepare defense.
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  Literally everybody in prison was under this same exact strict standards,
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  not just Maxwell. Second, the court should grant Bell because
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  the government has not met its burden under the Bell
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  Reform Act and controlling case law. The presumption relied on
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  by the government may be rebutted, and is so here.
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  Miss Maxwell has strong ties to the community. She is
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  a US citizen and has lived in the country for
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  almost thirty years. She ran a nonprofit company based in
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  the United States until the recent media frenzy about this
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  case forced her to wind it down to protect her
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  professional colleagues and their organizations. Well, here's an idea. Don't
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  hang out with Glenne Maxwell. I know, I know, novel idea.
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  And she also has very close ties with family members
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  and friends in New York and the rest of the country.
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  Nor does her conduct indicate that she has a flight risk.
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  She has no prior criminal record, has spent years contesting
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  civil litigation arising from her supposed ties to Epstein, and
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  has remained in the United States from the time of
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  Epstein's arrest, present with her counsel in regular contact with
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  the government. She did not flee, but rather left the
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  public eye for the entirely understandable purpose of protecting herself
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  and those close to her from the crush of media
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  and online attention and its very real harms. Those close
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  to her have suffered the loss of jobs, work opportunities,
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  and reputational damage simply for knowing her. The government's remaining
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  arguments about Miss Maxwell's passports, citizenship, travel, and financial means
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  also fell because they would require that every defendant with
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  multiple citizenships and financial means be denied BELL, which is
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  simply not the law. Finally, as discussed below, the government's
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  position regarding the nature and circumstances of the offense and
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  the weight of its evidence, which relates to alleged conduct
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  that is roughly twenty five years old, is not persuasive
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  and does not alter the Bell analysis proposed BELL conditions.
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  In light of the above, we propose the following Bell conditions,
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  which are consistent with those that the Court in this
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  circuit have imposed in other situations. One a five million
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  dollar personal recognaissance bond co signed by six financially responsible people,
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  all of whom have strong ties to Miss Maxwell and
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  secured by real property in the United Kingdom worth over
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  three point seventy five million. Two. Travel restricted to the
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  Southern and Eastern districts of New York. Three surrender of
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  all travel documents with no new applications. Four strict supervision
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  by pre trial services. Five home confinement at a residence
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  in the Southern District of New York with electronic GPS monitoring.
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  Six visitors limited to Miss Maxwell's immediate family, close friends,
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  and council. Seven travel limited to court appearances and to
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  Council's office, except upon application to pre trial Services and
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  the Government. And eight such other terms as the Court
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  may deem appropriate. Under Section thirty one forty two. The
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  ball reformat does not discard the presumption of innocence. Miss
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  Maxwell is entitled to the presumption here as she is
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  in all aspects of this case. See US Code eighteen,
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  Section thirty one forty two. Jay. Nothing in this section
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  thirty one forty two shall be construed as modifying or
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  limiting the presumption of innocence. The Government has failed to
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  meet its burden of establishing that Miss Maxwell presents an
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  actual risk of flight and must be detained under section
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  thirty one forty two. The strict bail conditions outlined above
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  are appropriate under the circumstances and are the least restrictive
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  set of conditions that will reasonably assure Miss Maxwell's appearance
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  in court without the health and access to council risks
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  inherent in the government requests that Miss Maxwell be detained
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  pending trial see US Code eighteen, section thirty one forty two, C.
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  One and b. Under the controlling legal standards, miss Maxwell
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  should be released on Bell. The argument there are two
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  compelling reasons why the court should order Miss Maxwell's release
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  on Bell pursuant to the strict conditions she has proposed. First,
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  Miss Maxwell will be a significant risk of contracting COVID
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  nineteen if she is detained, and she will not be
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  able to meaningfully participate in the preparation of her defense
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  due to the restrictions that have been placed on attorney
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  visits and phone calls in light of the pandemic. Second,
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  the government has failed to carry its burden under US
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  Code eighteen, section thirty one forty two that no combination
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  of conditions can be imposed that will reasonably assure Miss
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  Maxwell's presence in court. All right, folks, we're gonna wrap
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  up well part one there, and in the next episode
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  we're gonna pick up with part two. All of the
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  information that goes with this episode can be found in
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  the description chin box