Ghislaine Maxwell launches Hail Mary bid to wipe away her conviction
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Ghislaine Maxwell, once known as the companion of Jeffrey Epstein, is embarking on a renewed attempt to overturn her conviction for child sex trafficking and related offenses. Recent court filings from Wednesday highlight her argument that emerging evidence indicates she was not afforded a fair trial.

This latest legal effort appears rather daunting, considering Maxwell’s previous attempts to contest her conviction have been dismissed by various courts, including the Supreme Court. Facing a dead-end with conventional appeals, she is now resorting to a rare legal strategy known as a habeas petition, which requests exceptional intervention from the judiciary.

Maxwell’s submissions to the federal court in Manhattan were notably filed pro se, meaning she undertook this legal step without the representation of her attorneys, opting to act on her own behalf. In her filings, she contends that several prosecutorial errors remain unaddressed, citing newfound evidence that has surfaced amid the ongoing investigations, legal proceedings, and media scrutiny surrounding the Epstein case.

Ghislaine Maxwell is making another effort at overturning her conviction for child sex trafficking and other crimes.
Ghislaine Maxwell is making another effort at overturning her conviction for child sex trafficking and other crimes. (CNN)

Furthermore, Maxwell accuses lawyers representing Epstein’s victims of alleged collusion with government investigators. She also claims that some jurors during her trial were biased, which she argues compromised the fairness of her trial.

She argued that there were a number of flaws in her prosecutions that have not been addressed by courts, pointing to evidence she claims has newly surfaced with the various investigations, legal cases and media reports surrounding the Epstein saga.

She also alleged that lawyers for Epstein’s victims “conspired and colluded” with government investigators, while also claiming the some jurors were biased.

Maxwell is the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell is the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry/AP)

“The newly discovered evidence referenced above is such that when taken as a whole it constitutes a miscarriage of justice in that, the Petitioner did not receive a fair trial by independent jurors coming to Court with an open mind,” she wrote.

Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking minors in 2021.

She was held at a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida, but moved to a less restrictive minimum-security prison in Bryan, Texas, following a two-day interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche this summer.

The transfer ignited controversy over whether she was receiving preferential treatment to help the Trump administration.

The court filings were first reported by ABC News in the US.

The Justice Department declined to comment on the new petition.

It faces a Friday deadline to release a collection of documents related to its Epstein investigations.

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