Federal officials were so worried Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell might take her own life after her arrest that they took away her clothes and sheets and made her wear paper attire while in custody, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
The steps to ensure Maxwell's safety while she's locked up at a federal jail in New York City extend far beyond the measures federal officials took when they first arrested her in New Hampshire last week.
Maxwell was sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, over the Brooklyn Bridge from where Epstein was held. Maxwell was arrested last Thursday on charges she helped lure at least three girls -- one as young as 14 -- to be sexually abused by Epstein, who was accused of victimizing dozens of girls and women over many years.
She had switched her email address, ordered packages under someone else's name and registered at least one new phone number under an alias "G Max," prosecutors have said.
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