Overview

• The Supreme Court declined to hear Maxwell’s petition, leaving her 2022 New York conviction and 20-year federal sentence in place.
• Maxwell had argued that Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 agreement with Florida prosecutors barred her prosecution nationwide, a position lower courts rejected.
• The Justice Department urged the Court to deny review, noting internal policies and the agreement’s context show it did not bind prosecutors beyond the Southern District of Florida.
• Maxwell’s attorney said they are disappointed by the decision and will continue to pursue other available legal avenues.
• This year DOJ and the FBI reported finding no Epstein “client list” and reaffirmed his 2019 death as a suicide; Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche interviewed Maxwell under limited immunity before her transfer to a minimum-security camp in Texas.