Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn conviction rejected
Summary
A federal judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's request to overturn her criminal conviction. The judge said her legal arguments were mostly without merit and that new evidence actually supported her guilt.Key Facts
- Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to overturn her conviction.
- The judge, Paul Engelmayer, wrote a 67-page opinion rejecting her request.
- Maxwell's arguments were called "frivolous," meaning they lacked serious legal merit.
- Most of her claims were blocked because they were already decided in earlier appeals or could have been raised then.
- She used new evidence from the Epstein Files Transparency Act to support her case.
- The judge said the new evidence did not help her and mostly made her look more guilty.
- The ruling confirmed the earlier decision that found Maxwell guilty of criminal charges.
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