Chislaine Maxwell trial set to begin

Ghislaine Maxwell in court in Manhattan on Monday for a hearing. Opening arguments in her case are scheduled to begin on 29 November. Photograph: Elizabeth Williams/AP

 

The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is subjected to such invasive surveillance in jail that it “rivals scenes of Dr Hannibal Lecter’s incarceration” from The Silence of the Lambs, her lawyer has argued in making yet another request for bail pending her trial.