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Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn conviction rejected

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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