Ghislaine Maxwell’s Sex Crimes Conviction Is Upheld By Appeals Court

OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
2:55 PM – Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime accomplice, friend, and lover of deceased pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, had her sex crimes conviction upheld by a federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday.

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Maxwell previously tried to argue that she was immune from prosecution due to an agreement that federal prosecutors in Florida arranged with Epstein in 2007.

In a 2016 deposition, Maxwell—the late media magnate Robert Maxwell’s daughter—claimed that she had met the wealthy financier, Epstein, in 1991 at a party after a mutual friend introduced her to him.

In March of this year, Maxwell asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to overturn her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for recruiting and grooming underage girls that Epstein and his colleagues went on to sexually abuse.

However, the appeals court decided on Tuesday that her crimes were not covered by the statute of limitations and that Maxwell was not subject to Epstein’s agreement.

Meanwhile, attorneys representing Maxwell argued that she was taken advantage of and used as a “proxy” for Epstein, who allegedly committed suicide in prison while he was awaiting prosecution, in order to “satisfy public outrage” over his actions.

Between 1994 and at least 2004, Maxwell collaborated with Epstein to find underage girls, sexually groom them, and then bring them to his estates in New York, Florida, New Mexico, and other locations like his secret island “Little Saint James.”

“The guests to Epstein’s islands came from across the world and from the highest ranks of society: celebrities and scientists and members of royal families, touching down in a private jet and then boarding a helicopter to the island,” The Independent reported.