Ghislaine Maxwell Files Petition to Overturn Conviction

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted of aiding Jeffrey Epstein in the sex trafficking of underage girls, filed a habeas corpus petition in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday seeking to overturn her 20-year prison sentence. The filing, submitted just two days before a deadline for the public release of additional Epstein-related records, alleges that new evidence reveals constitutional violations during her 2021 trial, including withheld exculpatory information, false testimony and misrepresented facts.

Maxwell, 63, argued in the pro se petition that evidence emerging from civil litigation against the Federal Bureau of Investigation, financial institutions and Epstein's estate, along with sworn depositions and government disclosures, demonstrates she did not receive a fair trial. "This newly available evidence... shows that exculpatory information was withheld, false testimony presented, and material facts misrepresented to the jury and the Court," the document states. It claims the cumulative errors led to a miscarriage of justice and that, with the full record, no reasonable juror would have convicted her. Maxwell has exhausted her direct appeals, making the...