Federal Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Habeas Petition for Prison Release
A federal judge has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s habeas petition seeking to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and release from prison, calling her claims of a 'miscarriage of justice' as based on speculation and falsehoods. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ruled that the petition lacked merit and did not present any new evidence capable of altering the outcome of her 2021 trial. Maxwell had argued in December 2023 that constitutional violations, including withheld exculpatory information and false testimony, led to an unjust conviction. However, Engelmayer found no factual basis for these claims. Maxwell was convicted alongside Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case after his death by suicide in August 2019.
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