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.