Maxwell Asks to Reverse Conviction as Epstein Deadline Looms

Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to throw out her sex-trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence on the eve of a deadline for the Justice Department to turn over a trove of documents relating to her ex-boyfriend, the disgraced financier, Jeffrey Epstein.

Maxwell filed a long-shot petition for a judge to upend the guilty verdict based on what she claims is “substantial new evidence” that has emerged since her 2021 trial. The 63-year-old filed the request pro se, or without a lawyer, from the Bryan, Texas, federal prison where she is serving her sentence.