
As the US Supreme Court rejected her final appeal on 14 October 2025, former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell entered the final stretch of a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.
Her only remaining glimmer of hope centres on a potential pardon by President Donald Trump, a possibility he has publicly left open but never committed to, creating a swirl of speculation around whether this is a genuine lifeline or simply a faint, politically untenable mirage.