NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Ghislaine Maxwell is not to blame for having a dirty jail cell and not flushing the toilet, making it necessary to "flush out" the persistent filth that Jeffrey Epstein's former associate must endure behind bars, her lawyer said.

The lawyer, Bobbi Sternheim, accused prosecutors of trying to "publicly embarrass and humiliate Ms Maxwell in the hostile court of public opinion," jeopardising her right to a fair trial on charges she enabled Epstein's sexual abuse of girls.