The longtime confidante of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been placed under heightened surveillance for alleged suicidal tendencies, according to her lawyer before her sentence was announced.

Lawyer Bobbi Sternheim explained that the prison had not previously ordered a psychological examination and did not justify the measure.

On Saturday, a psychologist examined the 60-year-old and "found that she was not suicidal."

Maxwell has been in prison for two years.

Last December, a New York jury found the British woman guilty of child sex trafficking.

Her sentence is expected to be announced on Tuesday.

The 60-year-old faces a decade of imprisonment.

Maxwell has been in solitary confinement since Friday, Sternheim wrote in a letter to Judge Alison Nathan.

The prison also denied her access to court documents and time to meet with her lawyers.

Therefore, his client could not prepare for the pronouncement of the sentence.

If Maxwell remains in solitary confinement and continues to be under increased surveillance, Sternheim says he wants to apply on Monday to postpone the sentence.

Organized sexual abuse network

After Epstein's alleged suicide in a prison cell in 2019, the US judiciary promised to hold his accomplices accountable.

Maxwell was eventually found guilty of years of recruiting young girls to be sexually abused by the well-connected financial investor, who was also accused of placing girls with other men.

The daughter of the late British media mogul Robert Maxwell is said to have acted in a highly perfidious manner.

According to the indictment, she befriended young girls, the youngest of whom was only 14, took them to the movies or went shopping and then handed them over to the multi-millionaire.

"Key in the System" Epstein

Maxwell persuaded the teens to travel to Epstein's homes in New York, Florida and New Mexico and massage the multi-millionaire naked before they were abused.

Maxwell was a "sophisticated sex offender who knew exactly what she was doing," prosecutor Alison Moe said in her closing argument in December.

“Epstein liked underage girls, he liked touching underage girls.

Maxwell knew that.” She was “the key” in the Epstein system.

According to prosecutors, Maxwell was handsomely rewarded for this: Between 1999 and 2007, Epstein transferred $30 million to her.

Maxwell maintains his innocence

Maxwell has denied all allegations.

Their defense argued that Maxwell had to be used as a "scapegoat" because Epstein could not be tried after his death.

After the guilty verdict, the defense called for a new trial because of a jury's abuse experiences that only became known afterwards.

The application was rejected in early April.

Prosecutors are asking for a minimum of 30 years in prison.

Maxwell's attorneys have sought a sentence of less than 20 years in prison.

They argued that Maxwell's "traumatic childhood with a domineering, narcissistic, and demanding father" made her "vulnerable to Epstein."