Imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer has appealed to a federal appeals court to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence. The lawyer argued that Jeffrey Epstein's 2007 non-prosecution deal with a U.S. attorney in Florida should have shielded Maxwell from prosecution.
During the oral arguments, Maxwell's attorney faced challenges from a judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The focus of the appeal was whether Epstein's Florida deal should have protected Maxwell in New York. Maxwell, currently serving her sentence in a low-security federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, is contesting her conviction on multiple grounds.
