Lawyers representing Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged former madam of the late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, bizarrely brought up the murder of New Jersey Judge Esther Salas’ son to argue that the British socialite’s renewed motion for bail should remain for the most part under seal.

“Given the sensitive subject matter of this case, the sureties have legitimate fears for their safety if they are publicly identified,” wrote Maxwell’s lawyer Christian Everdell in a federal filing, according to The New York Post.

“As we have all been recently reminded with the tragic case of the death of Judge Esther Salas’s son, there are people who are capable of committing horrible acts of violence — even against innocent third parties — by convincing themselves that their actions are justified,” he added.

The murder of Salas’ son Dan Anderl, who was killed by a deranged defense attorney earlier this year, was mentioned as a footnote in the document.

The filing went on to say that Maxwell has received numerous online death threats in the months she’s been locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. After her arrest back in July, the 58 year-old Maxwell was remanded to federal custody due to the fact that a judge deemed her to be a potential flight risk given her immense wealth and international connections. She is set to remain behind bars until next July, when she is scheduled to go to trial on various charges related to her grooming young girls for sex with Epstein, and sometimes participating in the abuse herself.

The latest filing of Maxwell’s lawyers came in response to US District Judge Alison Nathan’s requesting that they elaborate on their reasons for pushing for the sealing of parts of her bail application and a closed-door hearing to talk about it.

“Many of the people who want to support Ms. Maxwell’s renewed bail application are older and do not have the financial means to hire a personal security detail to protect themselves,” the filing stated.

Though the judge denied the request for a private hearing, she allowed the defense to redact the names and identifying information of friends and family willing to co-sign Maxwell’s bond.