Ghislaine Maxwell back in court as she appeals 2021 sex trafficking conviction: Live updates
Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell returns to the spotlight this week as lawyers launch an appeal over her conviction for sex trafficking in 2021.
Maxwell, 62, was sentenced to 20 years behind bars last year, after being found guilty of five counts of trafficking and abusing young girls over decades with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Her appeal, which is taking place at a federal court in New York, is set to begin on Tuesday. Lawyers have argued that if her conviction is not overturned then she should be given a new trial or re-sentenced.
It is expected that during the appeal, Maxwell will claim that the four victims who testified against her at trial had “faded, distorted and motivated memories”. Her lawyers will argue that she was prosecuted as a “proxy” for Epstein to satisfy public outrage after his death in custody while awaiting trial in 2019.
Maxwell has previously refused to apologise to her victims and said they should blame US authorities for “allowing Epstein to die” in an interview broadcast on TalkTV in January 2023.
She has continued to protest her innocence since the conviction.
Ghislaine Maxwell took child sex offender Epstein to England ‘to meet royalty’
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Ghislaine Maxwell took the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to England to introduce him to Prince Andrew and other royalty, according to court documents that were unsealed earlier this year.
The never-before-seen allegation, made by Alfredo Rodriguez, the manager of Epstein’s mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, casts doubt on Maxwell’s repeated claim that she did not introduce the paedophile to Prince Andrew.
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Ghislaine Maxwell took child sex offender Epstein to England ‘to meet royalty’
In pictures: Maxwell behind bars
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Photos of Ghislaine Maxwell on Epstein’s ‘paedophile island’ resurface in new documents
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Photos of Ghislaine Maxwell on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island emerged in a trove of documents relating to the late convicted paedophile unsealed earlier this year in New York.
Thousands of pages were unsealed in January following a decision by Judge Loretta Preska in December to unseal filings in the now-settled litigation between Maxwell and Virginia Giuffre.
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Photos of Ghislaine Maxwell on Epstein’s ‘paedophile island’ resurface in new filings
Watch: Most damning moments from Ghislaine Maxwell’s TalkTV interview
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Ghislaine Maxwell breaks silence after Epstein files unsealed
02:00 , Mike Bedigan
Earlier this year a trove of documents containing information about the associates of late paedophil Jeffrey Epstein were unsealed. Ghislaine Maxwell – his accomplice and former girlfried was named multiple times in the documents.
The documents were part of a defamation lawsuit brought against Maxwell back in 2015 by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre – documents which years later a judge finally ordered to be released.
Shortly after the unsealing, Maxwell’s attorneys Arthur Aidala and Diana Fabi Samson released a statement in which she continued to insist her innocence and vowed to plough ahead with her appeal.
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Ghislaine Maxwell breaks silence after Epstein files unsealed
Ghislaine Maxwell’s former personal assistant settles Jeffrey Epstein libel claim
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Last month, a former personal assistant of Ghislaine Maxwell settled a High Court libel case in the UK after a journalist linked her to Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of a teenage girl in a book.
Emmy Tayler took legal action against international publisher Harper Collins over a passage from the book Perversion Of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story, written by Julie K Brown and published in the UK in July 2021.
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s former personal assistant settles Jeffrey Epstein libel claim
Ghislaine Maxwell: The life of the Jeffrey Epstein associate found guilty of sex trafficking
00:00 , Mike Bedigan
Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite daughter of the late British press baron Robert Maxwell, was jailed after being found guilty of federal sex trafficking charges for her role in procuring and grooming underage girls for billionaire paedophile ex-boyfriend.
As her lawyers gear up to launch an appeal in the case, here is a look at her life:
Ghislaine Maxwell: The Jeffrey Epstein associate found guilty of sex trafficking
Ghislaine Maxwell appeal over 2021 sex trafficking conviction to begin in New York
Monday 11 March 2024 23:00 , Mike Bedigan
Ghislaine Maxwell appeal over 2021 sex trafficking conviction to begin in New York
Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell returns to the spotlight this week as lawyers launch an appeal over her conviction for sex trafficking in 2021 is due to begin this week.
Maxwell, 62, was sentenced to 20 years behind bars last year, after being found guilty of five counts of trafficking and abusing young girls over decades with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Read the full story here:
Ghislaine Maxwell appeal over 2021 sex trafficking conviction to begin in New York
Ghislaine Maxwell’s case to return to court this week
Monday 11 March 2024 22:39 , Mike Bedigan
Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell returns to the spotlight this week as lawyers launch an appeal over her conviction for sex trafficking in 2021 is due to begin this week.
Maxwell, 62, was sentenced to 20 years behind bars last year, after being found guilty of five counts of trafficking and abusing young girls over decades with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Her appeal, which is taking place at a federal court in New York, is set to begin on Tuesday.
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Monday 11 March 2024 22:39 , Mike Bedigan
