Lawyers for Anna Gristina, the woman accused of running an Upper East Side brothel, argue in court papers that her $2 million bond is “completely inappropriate” and she doesn’t have the means to post bail. “For bail to have been set in the millions for a D felony, on a defendant with no prior record and who enjoys the presumption of innocence, is outrageous,” her lawyer, Gary Greenwald, writes in a memorandum of law in support of a writ of habeas corpus filed this week. “While (Gristina) has been trying to start a legitimate online dating service, and her husband is a real estate agent, they are not a family of means.”
Gristina, 44, was accused of promoting prostitution and has pleaded not guilty. Her attorneys are asking Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan (See Profile) to grant the writ and issue an order setting a “reasonable bail.” The judge earlier denied Greenwald’s request to change the bail, saying in court that “ultimately it goes to the risk of flight.”
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