Supreme Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her sex trafficking conviction

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid from Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned ex-girlfriend, to overturn her conviction on federal charges of grooming and sexually abusing young women.

The high court included Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction on a long list of cases it declined to review – meaning the convicted sex pest’s only hope now to escape her two-decade prison term is a pardon or sentence commutation from President Trump.

As is its custom, the justices did not provide a reason for deciding not to revisit the 63-year-old convict’s case.

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Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence after a Manhattan jury convicted her in 2021 for serving as Epstein’s right-hand woman. Prosecutors described her as a  “sophisticated predator” who lured girls into the dead financier’s orbit from at least 1994 to 2004. 

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In July, the Trump Administration quietly moved her to a relatively cushy low-security Texas lockup just days after she met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who was formerly Trump’s defense lawyer. The Justice Department has not provided a reason for Maxwell’s sudden transfer to a facility that normally does not house sex offenders.

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Maxwell has argued that a clause in Epstein’s infamous 2007 sweetheart deal with then US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Alex Acosta should have barred prosecutors in Manhattan from bringing a case against her. But a mid-level appeals court in New York rejected that claim after the feds successfully argued that the widely criticized plea deal did not cover her case.

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Maxwell’s attorney, David Oskar Markus, said in a statement Monday that the disgraced British socialite’s “fight isn’t over” — without specifying what her next steps would be.

“We’re, of course, deeply disappointed that the Supreme Court declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s case. But this fight isn’t over,” Markus said. “Serious legal and factual issues remain, and we will continue to pursue every avenue available to ensure that justice is done.”

Four women testified at the convicted sex fiend’s trial about Maxwell courting them and trafficking them to Epstein to be sexually abused.Maxwell’s attempted appeal had come as the White House has faced renewed pressure in recent months to release more information about the government’s probe into Epstein. 

US Attorney Pam Bondi vowed earlier this year to release a cache of Epstein files, which were expected to include juicy information on what the feds seized from the financier’s mansions. But she later backtracked, saying in a joint statement with the FBI that no further disclosures would be warranted.