Key facts
- Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn her conviction and sentence has been rejected by a U.S. judge.
- Maxwell was convicted of aiding Jeffrey Epstein in sex trafficking offenses.
- She was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
- The judge denied Maxwell's claims of a miscarriage of justice.
- Maxwell's request for release from prison was also denied.
A U.S. judge has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's attempt to overturn her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for her role in aiding Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking offenses. The judge denied Maxwell's claims of a miscarriage of justice and her request for release from prison.
Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 on five counts related to her involvement in recruiting and grooming young girls for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004. She was sentenced in June 2022.