Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's 'miscarriage of justice' claim and bid for prison release

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“Maxwell’s petition falls very far from the mark,” the judge said, saying the convicted sex trafficker failed to put any evidence from her original trial in doubt.

NEW YORK — Claims by Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell that her sex trafficking conviction was a “complete miscarriage of justice” were rejected Tuesday by a federal judge who said her assertions were based on “speculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods.”

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling that Maxwell’s habeas petition seeking to set aside her conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence on the grounds that there was “substantial new evidence&rdquo...

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