Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.Credit:AP
In a lawsuit filed on Monday in a Colorado state court in Denver,the law firm Haddon,Morgan and Foreman said Maxwell’s brother Kevin promised before trial to pay a $US1 million retainer but paid just $US143,500,“a small fraction of the amount owed”.
Two of the firm’s lawyers,Laura Menninger and Jeffrey Pagliuca,represented Ghislaine Maxwell throughout the case.
Other defendants include Kevin Maxwell and Scott Borgerson,described in the lawsuit as Ghislaine Maxwell’s husband. The lawsuit said Kevin Maxwell told the Haddon firm that Borgerson controlled Maxwell’s money.
Jeffrey Epstein.Credit:AP
Neither Menninger nor Pagliuca immediately responded to requests for comment. Two of Maxwell’s other lawyers,Bobbi Sternheim and Christian Everdell,also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Kevin Maxwell and Borgerson could not immediately be reached for comment. Another brother,Ian Maxwell,told the Associated Press that the Maxwell family would not comment.
Ghislaine Maxwell and her husband have separated,Maxwell’s lawyers wrote in a sentencing submission earlier this year.