FEARS that a Scottish mother-of-four accused of masterminding a Manhattan prostitution ring would use wealthy friends to help her flee the US were "ludicrous", her lawyer said after an application for reduced bail was denied.
But Anna Gristina, 44, originally from Kirkliston, near Edinburgh, could be freed as early as next week after a judge indicated he might be willing to accept the apartment of her former lawyer as bail.
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