Ghislaine Maxwell discussed Jeffrey Epstein's 'lewd and lascivious' plea deal with him and fertility treatment so they could have a baby, new emails show.

The British socialite and on-off girlfriend of the paedophile has claimed she was kept in the dark about his sexual crimes.

But in a fresh tranche of emails obtained by Bloomberg News, she appears to have had a direct involvement in his prosecution negotiations.

When Epstein's lawyers were trying to cut a plea deal, Epstein emailed her in May 2008, in his customary style riddled with typos, to ask: 'Question: Which one do you prefer,,, lewd and lscivious conduct,, or procuring minors for prostituion.'

Maxwell's reply, from her 'gmax@' email account, states: 'I suppose Lewd and lecivious conduct..I would prefer lewd and lescivious conduct w/a prositute if possible'.