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Supreme Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal Over Epstein Non‑Prosecution Deal

The Court declined to revisit her claim that Epstein’s 2007 Florida agreement barred federal charges in New York.

Overview

  • The unsigned order leaves Maxwell’s New York conviction and 20‑year sentence in place.
  • Her petition asked whether Epstein’s Florida non‑prosecution agreement bound prosecutors nationwide or only in that district.
  • The appeal focused on a jurisdictional legal question rather than her guilt or innocence.
  • The justices provided no explanation for denying review, and Maxwell’s attorney David Oscar Markus vowed to continue pursuing other legal avenues.
  • The Trump administration had urged the Court not to take the case, and the president faces pressure over unreleased Epstein‑related records he previously pledged to disclose.