Ghislaine Maxwell, found guilty in 2021 of grooming and trafficking minors allegedly abused by her former boyfriend and employer, Jeffrey Epstein, lost an appeal to undo the convictions at the Second Circuit on Tuesday.
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit also rejected Maxwell’s challenge to her 20-year prison sentence.
Among other things, Maxwell claimed the charges against her were barred by an extremely controversial 2007 non-prosecution agreement between Epstein and the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. But the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York isn’t bound by the agreement, Judge ...
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