FOX NEWS - An attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of disgraced sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein, claimed in a court filing Thursday night that the federal indictment against the British socialite on perjury and sex crimes against minors is "meritless.""The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York on June 29, 2020, caused a meritless indictment to be issued against Ms.
Maxwell," attorney Laura Menninger wrote.RELATED: Feds feared Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell might kill herself, AP source saysMenninger is a Colorado-based attorney who represents Maxwell in both the criminal case as well as in several civil lawsuits.The filing was a response to a civil lawsuit brought against Maxwell and.