The Department of Homeland Security on Sunday slammed a plea deal for a transgender illegal alien who admitted to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in New York City, raising new questions about a case that may result in no additional jail time.

DHS criticized the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office after reports that Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a 31-year-old Colombian national, could receive a six-month sentence with credit for time served following a guilty plea in the case.

“DISGRACEFUL plea deal offered to transgender criminal illegal CHILD RAPIST,” DHS wrote on X. “The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has offered ‘Nicol Alexandra’ Contreras-Suarez…an insane SIX-MONTH plea deal in exchange for admitting to following a 14-year-old into the bathroom and RAPING him in February 2025.

“Contreras-Suarez was let into our country by the Biden administration and then again released from jail following his arrests for armed robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon, and prostitution,” DHS continued. “This pervert should have NEVER been in our country. Under @POTUS Trump and Secretary Mullin, we will continue to put the safety of Americans first and fight to get criminal illegal aliens like this out of our communities to no longer prey on and victimize innocent children.”

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Last week, Contreras-Suarez pleaded guilty to second-degree rape after initially being charged with first-degree rape of a child under age 17 and stalking.

Contreras-Suarez was promised a six-month sentence by a Manhattan Supreme Court judge on Tuesday. However, the defendant is expected to receive credit for time served and be released from custody at sentencing on April 27 unless federal immigration officials intervene, the New York Post reported.

“We expect the defendant to remain detained and be deported following sentencing due to the felony conviction,” a spokesperson for the DA’s Office said in a statement to the outlet.

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The deal was reportedly reached by prosecutors working with the teenage victim’s family in an effort to keep the boy from having to testify before a grand jury and at trial in Manhattan Supreme Court.

At the time of the arrest, Contreras-Suarez was facing prostitution, robbery, and weapons charges in Massachusetts, DHS said.

But due to sanctuary policies, DHS added, the suspect was subsequently released.

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According to DHS, Contreras-Suarez was apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in March 2023 after illegally crossing the border near San Ysidro, California.

Following the New York City arrest, then-DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin criticized the release, saying the suspect should not have been allowed to remain in the country and blaming federal immigration and local sanctuary policies.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement later lodged a detainer against Contreras-Suarez after the Manhattan arrest.

McLaughlin said at the time that ICE would seek to ensure the defendant could not continue to pose a threat to the public.

Fox News Digital’s Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.

“The Real Housewives of New York City” alum Carole Radziwill is speaking out after her name resurfaced in files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein. 

The 62-year-old television personality was once close friends with Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of Epstein and a convicted child sex offender.

During a recent interview with The New York Times, Radziwill reflected on her years-long relationship with Maxwell, the British socialite who was later convicted for her role in Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. 

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“Imagine knowing someone… and then they turn out to be, like, a monster,” Radziwill told the outlet in an interview published on Thursday.

“I was friends with her in the early 2000s, I don’t know, like, for five or six years,” she added.

Radziwill emphasized that, at the time, Maxwell did not strike her or others in their group of friends as someone capable of such behavior, and she was stunned to learn of her crimes.

“The thing about her that made it easy for me to spend any time with her at all was that she was very intelligent, she was educated,” Radziwill said. “If you lined up 10 women, and you asked, like, pick the woman who would be involved in an international sex trafficking ring, it would not be her.”

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Maxwell is credited as the photographer of Radziwill’s author photo in her 2005 memoir “What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love.” Radziwill’s name appears in a tranche of Epstein-related documents made public in recent months, which prompted renewed scrutiny of individuals who had any connection to Epstein or Maxwell. 

The documents include contact lists, emails and social references, many of which have drawn attention despite no alleged wrongdoing on the part of the individuals mentioned.

The files contain emails between the former reality star and Maxwell, along with messages the socialite sent to others about her, including Bill Clinton donor and billionaire Ted Waitt and Teresa DiFalco, Radizwill’s sister-in-law and memoir editor, who died in 2021.

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While speaking with the NYT, Radziwill explained that she originally connected with Maxwell since both women moved in overlapping New York and international social circles. 

Radziwill clarified that her connection to Epstein was indirect and rooted in that friendship, which she said ended long before Maxwell’s crimes became public.

At the time of their friendship, Radziwill said she was working as a journalist and author following the 1999 death of her husband, Anthony Radziwill, a cousin of John F. Kennedy Jr. Maxwell, meanwhile, was known as a well-connected socialite with ties to high-profile figures in media, politics and royalty.

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Radziwill shared that Maxwell once helped facilitate an introduction to former Prince Andrew, who is now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Winsor after recently losing his royal title due to his own ties to Epstein, for a magazine interview.

Radziwill spoke with the former prince for her “Lunch Date” column, a celebrity interview feature that she contributed to Glamour magazine in the early 2000s.

During her interview with the NYT, Radziwill said she and Maxwell went to events together. In one instance, she remembered attending a cocktail party at Maxwell’s home where she recalled seeing Epstein, but said her friend never mentioned him.

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“I never knew Jeffrey Epstein,” she said. 

Raziwill said the renewed spotlight has meant revisiting a chapter of her life she says she had long since closed.

According to Radziwill, her relationship with Maxwell was social rather than deeply personal, and she has previously said that she was never privy nor did she witness any of the criminal activity for which her former friend would later be convicted.

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In December 2021, Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to entice and transport minors for illegal sex acts. She was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in June 2022.

Epstein died in prison in August 2019 while facing federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges.

As the Epstein scandal exploded into public view years later, Radziwill distanced herself from Maxwell and has since spoken about the unsettling realization that someone she once knew socially was involved in such serious crimes.

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Her comments to The New York Times echo similar statements she has made previously, in which she described her association with Maxwell as an example of how proximity to high-profile social circles can lead to unexpected and, in hindsight, troubling connections.

The release of Epstein-related documents has ensnared a wide range of public figures, from politicians to celebrities, many of whom have stressed that being named in the files does not imply involvement in wrongdoing. Legal experts have similarly cautioned that the documents often reflect loose associations, such as being listed in an address book or mentioned in correspondence.

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Still, the renewed attention has forced those named, including Radziwill, to publicly reckon with past relationships that now carry a different weight.

Today, Radziwill told the NYT that she is focused on moving forward, even as her name reenters the public conversation in connection with one of the most notorious scandals in recent memory.

Radizwill explained that she sought solace from the advice of her late mother-in-law Lee Radziwill, who passed away in 2019.

“She knew that part of being very, very public and very famous, like she was, was that people are going to misunderstand, and you had to be OK with that,” Radziwill said. “And for a very, very long time, I was not OK with it, but now I am. It’s a really hard place to get to, but once you’re there, it’s, like, a peaceful feeling. You’re going to be misunderstood, and it’s OK.”

The Miami Marlins turned back the clock on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies and presented fans with a throwback uniform to kick start Teal Sundays.

The nostalgic look of the uniform may have been the lucky charm they needed to get a win over the Rockies. Owen Caissie came up to the plate with one on and two outs. He took a Victor Vodnik pitch deep to right field for the walk-off home run.

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Miami defeated Colorado, 4-3.

The Marlins announced the organization would be hosting Teal Sundays for their home games during the season. The jersey featured the old teal uniforms with the original Florida Marlins logo stitched in.

“This jersey is so much more than just a uniform,” a message on their website read. “It’s an ode to those moments where fans fell in love with the team. It honors the Fightin’ Fish who started it all and the players who carry that legacy into the next era of Marlins baseball.”

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The Marlins were established as an MLB franchise with the Rockies in 1993. While Miami has had their share of teardowns and rebuilds, the team won World Series titles in 1997 and 2003.

Miami will look to get back to the playoffs this season under second-year manager Clayton McCullough. The Marlins haven’t made the postseason since 2023.

With the win over Colorado, the Marlins moved to 3-0 to start the season. The team is back in action on Monday against the Chicago White Sox.

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