Prince Andrew's friend Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer talks about putting up a suicide watch

Maxwell's lawyer Bobby Sternheim said his client was "unable to properly prepare for sentencing".

NEW YORK: Prince Andrew's friend Ghislaine Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch at a Brooklyn prison

, and may seek to delay Tuesday's sentencing of Jeffrey Epstein for sexually abusing underage girls, his lawyer said Saturday night. .

In a letter to the judge overseeing Maxwell's case, Maxwell's attorney, Bobby Sternheim, 

said his client was "unable to properly prepare for sentencing," as Metropolitan Detention Center officials clocked suicide Friday.

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