Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to throw out conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein
A US judge ruled that Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn her 20-year prison sentence was meritless and that the newly released Epstein files did not exonerate her.
A US judge has ruled that Ghislaine Maxwell's attempt to overturn her 20-year prison sentence for aiding Jeffrey Epstein is without merit. The judge stated that the newly released Epstein files and other evidence do not exonerate her. Instead, they may actually strengthen her conviction. The judge also dismissed Maxwell's claims that prosecutors illegally withheld evidence, calling them "conclusive," "cynical," and "wrong."
Maxwell represented herself during the trial, which resulted in her conviction on five charges of recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein's abuse. The case is the most significant successful prosecution to come out of the Epstein scandal. Maxwell is currently housed at a minimum-security federal prison camp in Texas and is eligible for release in 2037.
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