Overview
- Columbia Primary School said Matilda (Tilly) Munro stepped down from its Local Governing Board, named Anita Barzey as acting chair, and plans to choose a permanent replacement on May 18.
- Her exit came after media reports drew on new Justice Department releases that included a letter she wrote in 2020 urging bail for her aunt, Ghislaine Maxwell.
- In that letter, Munro called Maxwell "of no danger to the public," argued she was not a flight risk, and said pretrial conditions at New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center were "inhumane and degrading."
- Most parents did not know Munro was related to Maxwell until the letter surfaced, according to the school community accounts reported by the Daily Mail.
- Maxwell was denied bail before trial, was convicted in 2022 on sex-trafficking charges, and is serving a 20-year prison sentence in the United States.