LAW OFFICES OF BOBBI C. STERNHEIM

LAW OFFICES OF BOBBI C. STERNHEIM Main Cell Fax August 24, 2021 Honorable J. Nathan United States District Judge United States Courthouse 40 Foley Square New York, NY 10007 Re: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell S2 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) Dear Judge Nathan: The government cannot resist the opportunity to gratuitously cast Ghislaine Maxwell in a negative light while it defends the Metropolitan Detention Center at all costs, regardless of the facts. [Dkt. 326]. The government accuses Ms. Maxwell of using a cart to barricade the door to the VTC room. The cart was never used to barricade. The government has chosen to make this an issue - when it never was - to justify the restriction placed on the amount of legal materials Ms. Maxwell can bring into the VTC room on any given day. The government mischaracterizes facts to which it does not have first-hand knowledge. Ms. Maxwell continues to use the cart daily to bring legal material into the VTC room and to remove those docume