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DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Reject Maxwell’s Appeal Over Epstein Pact

Her petition hinges on whether an obscure clause in Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution agreement was intended to shield her from federal charges outside Florida

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Overview

  • Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence after her 2021 conviction for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls
  • She argues that an unusual co-conspirator clause in Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution agreement bars any prosecution of his co-conspirators beyond the Southern District of Florida
  • A federal district court and the Second Circuit previously rejected her interpretation of the co-conspirator clause
  • The DOJ contends the Florida agreement lacked authority to bind other districts and did not explicitly include Maxwell as a protected party
  • Her petition for Supreme Court review remains pending after the Solicitor General urged the justices to deny certiorari