Ghislaine Maxwell offered to give up her French and British citizenships to convince a judge to grant her bail

• Ghislaine Maxwell has requested bail a third time in court papers filed on Tuesday.
• She was previously denied bail over concerns that she would be a flight risk.
• Maxwell's lawyers say she has "no intention or desire to leave this country" if she's granted bail.

Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of now-dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has requested to be granted bail a third time, and she has offered to give up her French and British citizenship as part of the deal.

Maxwell, who is being held at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center as she awaits trial on charges tied to allegations of sexually trafficking minors with Epstein, filed her third request for bail on Tuesday.

"As Ms. Maxwell has stated on numerous occasions and reaffirms here: she has no intention or desire to leave this country," the bail request, seen by Insider, says. "She is an American citizen, has lived in United States for 30 years, has strong family ties and the support of friends and family residing in this country. She wants nothing more than to remain in the United States under whatever conditions the Court deems necessary so that she can effectively prepare for trial and vigorously defend against the 25-year-old charges in the Indictment."

As part of the bail request, Maxwell offered to renounce her citizenship to France and the UK "to eliminate any opportunity for her to seek refuge in those countries," and offered to have her and her spouse's assets placed in an account that could be monitored by either a retired federal district court judge or a former US attorney.

"Citizenship is a precious and priceless asset," her legal team says in the bail request. "Ms. Maxwell's decision to give up citizenship from the county of her birth and the country of her upbringing demonstrates her earnestness to abide by the conditions of her release and underscores that she has no intention to flee and reflects her deep need to communicate freely with counsel to prepare for her defense."

A judge has not yet ruled on Maxwell's request.

But her bail requests have been denied twice in the last year over concerns of her being a flight risk.

In her last bail request, Maxwell's lawyers offered a $28.5 million bail application that included $22.5 million in attests belonging to Maxwell and her husband, Scott Borgerson.

Maxwell was arrested in July 2020. Prosecutors say she helped Epstein recruit and groom minors for sexual abuse, took part in the abuse of minors, and later lied about it in a deposition.

Maxwell has pleaded not guilty.