Doctor in genital cutting case freed on a $4.5M bond

GOP USA reports:

After seven months in jail, a doctor charged with cutting the genitals of numerous minor girls as part of a religious tradition was freed Tuesday after 16 of her friends offered more than $4.5 million in property to secure her release.

While it’s been two months since U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman agreed to grant bond to Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, she wasn’t released until Tuesday as it took weeks for prosecutors to verify the friends’ assets and confirm their worth. Of the 16 friends, 14 of them showed up in person in court Tuesday and vowed to post the $4.5 million bond should Nagarwala flee pending trial.

That’s the largest unsecured bond in the history of Detroit’s federal court, where Nagarwala, 44, and seven other defendants — including four mothers — are accused of subjecting minor girls belonging to a small Muslim sect to genital cutting procedures over a 12 year period.

“Dr. Nagarwala is looking forward to spending time with her family and children over the next few days. After being jailed since April, today brought tremendous relief to her and her family,” Nagarwala’s lawyer, Shannon Smith, told the Free Press.

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