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  "id": 3273548,
  "title": "Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's effort to overturn sex-trafficking conviction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-effort-to-overturn-sex-trafficking",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T13:56:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-judge-conviction-sentence/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s Request To Overturn Conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-request-to-overturn-conviction",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:20:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn conviction rejected",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/ghislaine-maxwells-bid-to-overturn-conviction-rejected",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:34:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘miscarriage of justice’ claims and bid for prison release",
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        "published": "2026-08-25T13:35:40.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to overturn conviction for aiding Epstein",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-to-overturn-conviction-for-aiding-epstein",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:41:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to overturn conviction for aiding Epstein",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-to-overturn-conviction-for-aiding-epstein-3274553",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:41:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Federal judge declines Maxwell bid to toss conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/federal-judge-declines-maxwell-bid-to-toss-conviction",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:41:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘miscarriage of justice’ claim and bid for prison release",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/federal-judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-miscarriage-of-justice-claim",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:53:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's 'miscarriage of justice' claim and bid for prison release",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/federal-judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-miscarriage-of-justice-claim-3275438",
        "published": "2026-08-25T14:00:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "US judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's 'frivolous' appeal against conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/us-judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-frivolous-appeal-against",
        "published": "2026-08-25T14:01:50.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Epstein’s accomplice Maxwell loses bid to overturn US conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/epsteins-accomplice-maxwell-loses-bid-to-overturn-us-conviction",
        "published": "2026-08-25T14:30:05.000Z"
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