Gerichtsentscheidung: Einspruch von Epstein-Vertrauter gegen Urteil abgelehnt
Ein Einspruch von Ghislaine Maxwell zu ihrer Haftstrafe scheitert. Ein Bundesrichter weist ihre Vorwürfe als „unbegründet“ ab.
Washington, Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will continue serving her prison sentence. A bid to challenge the verdict against the 64-year-old was rejected by a US federal judge. Maxwell had previously sought the dismissal of her conviction and her sentence. According to court documents, she claimed that her "constitutional rights were violated in several ways during the proceedings and in sentencing."
In the reasoning of Judge Paul Engelmayer, Maxwell's claims were "all unsubstantiated and all or almost all frivolous." The alleged evidence Maxwell refers to is "generally irrelevant and does not support her claims of legal errors." Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022. She is currently serving her term in a prison in the US state of Texas.
According to the judgment, Maxwell played a central role in building a ring for the sexual abuse of girls and allegedly facilitated Epstein in bringing girls and young women to him. Epstein, who systematically abused minors over many years, committed suicide in his prison cell in 2019, according to official reports. In 2025, the US Supreme Court had already rejected an application from Maxwell. Her lawyers sought to legally determine that Maxwell should never have been convicted.
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