The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction for getting teenage girls ready for sexual assault by Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell’s conviction on three counts and her 20-year prison sentence are still in effect because of the judgment, NBC News
Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, said in court papers that an agreement Epstein made with Alex Acosta, the U.S. attorney for the southern district of Florida at the time, not to prosecute him or any potential co-conspirators should apply to one of the three counts in her case, which was tried in New York.
“We’re, of course, deeply disappointed that the Supreme Court declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s case,” Markus said in a statement. “But this fight isn’t over. Serious legal and factual issues remain, and we will continue to pursue every avenue available to ensure that justice is done,” he added.
