Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to toss conviction and warns against further appeals

A judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid ​to throw out her conviction ‌and 20-year prison sentence for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

A judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid ​to throw out her conviction ‌and 20-year prison sentence for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

In ​a decision made public on ​Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer ⁠said Maxwell’s claims were all ​meritless, and all or almost all were ​frivolous.

Maxwell, 64, who represented herself, challenged her December 2021 conviction and sentence in Manhattan ​federal court, and sought a writ ​of habeas corpus declaring her punishment unlawful.

Prosecutors said ‌her ⁠latest claims were baseless or filed too late.

Maxwell said many documents disclosed earlier this year through the Epstein ​Files Transparency ​Act ⁠show that her due process rights were violated because ​lawyers representing Epstein’s accusers served ​as “De ⁠Facto Prosecutors and agents of the government.”