GHISLAINE Maxwell’s appeal against her conviction for sex trafficking teen girls for Jeffery Epstein has been rejected.
The British-born socialite’s conviction on three counts and 20-year prison sentence remain intact after the Supreme Court ruling.
Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of trafficking girls for her partner Jeffery Epstein to abusePA
AFPMaxwell appeared in the infamous photo of Prince Andrew – former friend of Epstein – and his late accuser Virginia Giuffre[/caption]
Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, argued in court papers that one of the three counts should be thrown out due to an agreement Epstein made with prosecutors in Florida in 2008.
The then-US attorney pledged not to prosecute him or potential co-conspirators.
Following the ruling, Markus said: “We’re, of course, deeply disappointed that the Supreme Court declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s case.
“But this fight isn’t over. Serious legal and factual issues remain, and we will continue to pursue every avenue available to ensure that justice is done.”
At the heart of the court’s decision was whether Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement applied across the US or only in the district where it was negotiated.
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to throw out the appeal, arguing that the US attorney would have needed to apply to his superiors in order for the agreement to apply nationwide.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer said there was no evidence that had happened.
Maxwell was convicted in 2022 of three counts relating to her role as Epstein’s assistant groomer of victims as young as 14.
Slippery Maxwell would win the girls’ trust with promises of money and glamorous careers before carting them off the Epstein’s island of horrors or another of his lairs.
She sometimes even watched on as Epstein abused the girls, prosecutors alleged.
In July, during the lead up to the court’s decision, Maxwell seemingly tried to charm Donald Trump by asserting he was “never inappropriate with anybody”.
This came amid unfounded accusations that Trump has refused to release all the Epstein files because he is somehow implication in them.
Maxwell also claimed the infamous photo of Prince Andrew and his late accuser Virginia Giuffre was a fake.
She further insisted that Andrew had never had sex with Giuffre – despite her accusations that they did when she was underage.
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