Ghislaine Maxwell's Appeal Reconsideration Denied by US Appeals Court

The court rejected Maxwell's request to revisit her sex trafficking conviction, upholding her 20-year sentence for aiding Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minors.

• The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Ghislaine Maxwell's request for an en banc review of her 2021 sex trafficking conviction.
• Maxwell was convicted of recruiting and grooming underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein's abuse between 1994 and 2004, and is serving a 20-year sentence.
• The court upheld the trial judge's finding that Maxwell played a pivotal role in facilitating abuse causing significant harm to victims.
• Arguments by Maxwell's legal team, including claims tied to a 2007 non-prosecution agreement for Epstein, were dismissed by the court.
• Maxwell plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, though the court is not obligated to hear her case.

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