No bail for multimillionaire mom accused of killing autistic 8-year-old son in NY luxury hotel
By APFriday, April 23, 2010
No bail for mom accused of killing son in NY hotel
NEW YORK — A multimillionaire charged with killing her autistic 8-year-old son in a posh New York City hotel won’t get to await her trial at her town house.
A Manhattan judge turned down Gigi Jordan’s $5 million bail request Friday. The judge said her wealth and apparent psychological problems make her a flight risk. Jordan had offered to freeze her access to her $40 million fortune and hire security guards to watch her.
The decision means Jordan will remain in a hospital jail ward. She has pleaded not guilty to murder.
Jordan wrote a letter indicating she planned to kill herself and her son before he was found dead and she incoherent Feb. 5 at the Peninsula Hotel.
Prosecutors say she may have staged the suicide attempt. Her lawyer calls the claim baseless.
