The family of convicted sex trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell say they are concerned for her safety after Jean-Luc Brunel, an associate of billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was found hanged in his prison cell.
Brunel, 76, a French modeling agent was accused of procuring women and girls for Epstein to have sex with. He was found hanged in his jail cell by guards at La Santé prison in Paris on Saturday where was awaiting trial.
Epstein himself died by hanging in an apparent suicide in his jail cell at a Manhattan prison in August 2019.
Now, Maxwell’s family is worried she might meet the same fate.
“Another death by hanging in a high-security prison. My reaction is one of total shock and bewilderment,” Ian Maxwell, one of Ghislaine’s siblings, told The New York Post.
He said the family “fears for her safety” at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where she is being kept under suicide watch even though he claims she is not suicidal.
“Despite the psychiatrist advising to the contrary, she was deemed a suicide risk and they are continuing to wake her up every 15 minutes in the night. It’s a complete violation of prisoner rights and human rights,” Maxwell said.
Maxwell was found guilty of sex trafficking minors in December. Her lawyers have since requested a federal judge grant her a new trial, saying questions asked to a juror about sexual abuse violated Maxwell’s right to a fair trial.
