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Ghislaine Maxwell's Latest Bid To Escape 20-Year Sentence Branded as 'Meritless' By Judge

Ghislaine Maxwell's latest challenge to her 20-year sentence was rejected after a US judge found her claims unsupported (Credit: White House photographer, Ralph Alswang / Wikimedia Commons)

Ghislaine Maxwell's latest attempt to overturn her 20-year prison sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls has been rejected by a US federal judge, who described her constitutional claims as 'meritless' and largely 'frivolous'.

US District Judge Paul Engelmayer rejected Maxwell's habeas corpus petition in a 67-page decision issued in Manhattan on Tuesday. The 64-year-old former British socialite had argued that newly released documents from the US Department of Justice supported her claim that she was wrongly convicted.

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