{
  "id": 3418291,
  "title": "Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to throw out conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-to-throw-out-conviction-for-aiding",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T02:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-to-throw-out-conviction-for-aiding-jeffrey-epstein/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer dismissed Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to revoke her conviction and 20-year sentence for aiding Jeffrey Epstein in sexually abusing teenage girls. The decision, made public on Tuesday, stated that Maxwell's claims were all meritless and frivolous, often based on arguments she had previously lost or failed to raise. Engelmayer noted that any new evidence disclosed this year through the Epstein Files Transparency Act was largely irrelevant, either exculpatory or reinforcing the correctness of the legal rulings Maxwell challenges. He also dismissed her claim of prosecutorial misconduct as \"conclusory, cynical, and wrong.\" Maxwell represented herself during her trial, where she was found guilty on five counts of recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004. Prosecutors dismissed Maxwell's latest claims as baseless, filed too late, or failing to demonstrate an unfair trial. Maxwell had previously sought a writ of habeas corpus, arguing her punishment was unlawful. This was the most significant effort by the former British socialite to overturn her conviction, following Epstein's guilty plea in 2008 to a Florida state prostitution charge, which the U.S. Supreme Court rejected in October. Maxwell's spokesman declined to comment on the matter.",
  "summary": "A U.S. judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to throw out her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to throw out conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-to-throw-out-conviction-for-aiding",
        "published": "2026-08-25T16:13:09.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}