Ghislaine Maxwell Petitions Supreme Court to Overturn Sex Trafficking Conviction By Liam Quinn

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime co-conspirator, is attempting to have her sex trafficking conviction overturned.

Maxwell’s attorneys wrote in a Supreme Court petition obtained by PEOPLE that she should have received immunity as part of Epstein’s controversial deal with federal prosecutors that they claim shields her from prosecution.

Epstein served just over a year in prison after pleading guilty in 2008 to state prostitution charges, following an agreement with the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida.

As part of the deal, federal prosecutors dropped the charges against Epstein as long as he pleaded guilty to state charges. According to Maxwell’s attorneys, the non-prosecution agreement stated that “the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein.”

Maxwell’s attorneys contend that Maxwell is covered by that agreement.

“…This case is about what the government promised, not what Epstein did,” the attorneys wrote.

Epstein was indicted in New York in 2019 on sex trafficking charges. He controversially died by suicide while in custody in Manhattan.

In 2021, Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking and was later sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Maxwell recently met with federal prosecutors following backlash over the Trump administration’s handling of files related to the Epstein case.

Epstein, the billionaire financier, has been linked to high-profile individuals like Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals previously denied Maxwell’s petition to have her conviction overturned, leading to her bid for the Supreme Court to intervene.