# The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell against her sex-trafficking conviction. She was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in 2022 for carrying out a years-long scheme with Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls. Epstein died in prison in 2019. Maxwell’s appeal centred on an argument that she was protected by a 2008 non-prosecution agreement made between Epstein and Florida prosecutors that covered co-conspirators. The 63-year-old has presidential clemency as her only option left for early release.
Supreme Court rejects hearing Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her sex-trafficking conviction