Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's effort to overturn sex-trafficking conviction
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's effort to toss out her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking charges and 20-year prison sentence.
U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer dismissed Ghislaine Maxwell's attempt to overturn her 2021 sex-trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence on Tuesday. In a comprehensive 67-page ruling, Judge Engelmayer deemed Maxwell's arguments for relief as "meritless" and "frivolous". The majority of her claims were found to be procedurally barred, either due to her earlier unsuccessful efforts on direct appeal or because she could have made these arguments during her appeal but chose not to.
Judge Engelmayer criticized Maxwell's filing as "lengthy and rambling", highlighting that the new evidence she presented, including recently released documents from the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, either incriminates her or supports the legitimacy of the legal decisions challenging her conviction.
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