Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘miscarriage of justice’ claim and bid for prison release
The judge said newly released Epstein files were largely irrelevant and, where relevant, reinforced the evidence that led to Maxwell’s 20-year sentence.
- On Tuesday, New York District Judge Paul Engelmayer rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's habeas petition, dismissing her attempt to overturn her 2021 sex trafficking conviction.
- Maxwell, a British socialite, was convicted in 2021 for recruiting and grooming young women for Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 before his own trial.
- Claiming a 'complete miscarriage of justice,' Maxwell argued that new evidence from the Justice Department proved her rights were violated at trial and sentencing.
- Engelmayer rejected the arguments, calling them 'lengthy and rambling' and noting her assertions were based on 'speculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods' instead of credible facts.
- The judge ruled that alleged 'new' evidence from the Justice Department's Epstein files is 'largely irrelevant' to her case, stating no fact 'fairly puts in dispute' the trial outcome.
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A federal judge in New York this Tuesday refused to revoke the conviction and sentence for child sex trafficking of Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, after...
Judge considers that the alleged new evidence submitted by Ghislaine Maxwell, “far from exculpating her, incriminates her or reinforces the correction of the judicial decisions she challenges”.
In his decision, Justice Paul Engelmayer found that the arguments raised by Robert Maxwell's daughter, according to which his constitutional rights had been violated, had no serious basis.
‘Meritless’: Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s claim to toss her prison sentence
A New York federal judge Tuesday denied convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s last-ditch effort to throw out her 20-year-sentence, calling her self-filed legal petition “lengthy,” “rambling” and “meritless.” In a brutally worded 67-page order, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer further warned Maxwell against continuing her quest to overturn her conviction, noting that her ...
NEW: Judge Rules On Ghislaine Maxwell's Request To Toss Conviction
A federal judge has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s request to vacate her 2021 conviction and 20-year prison sentence stemming from her role in notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. Maxwell, who is serving her sentence at a minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas, filed the petition pro se on December 17, 2025. She later supplemented it on April 20, 2026, and submitted an additional unauthorized supplement on July 27. The governme…
‘Demonstrably meritless’: Obama-appointed judge rejects Maxwell’s bid to escape 20-year sentence
Ghislaine Maxwell has suffered a fresh legal blow as a federal judge rejected her bid to overturn her Epstein-linked sex trafficking conviction and escape her 20-year prison sentence. Judge Paul Engelmayer called Maxwell’s claims “demonstrably meritless,” while dismissing her arguments over newly released Epstein files, alleged withheld evidence and selective prosecution.
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