Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to toss conviction over miscarriage of justice

Published August 25, 2026 10:56am ET | Updated August 25, 2026 10:56am ET



A federal judge denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to toss her conviction on Tuesday after the defendant unsuccessfully argued that her punishment for being an accomplice to Jeffrey Epstein was a “complete miscarriage of justice.”

Maxwell, representing herself in a New York court, attempted to overturn her December 2021 conviction and sentence by seeking a writ of habeas corpus that would have declared her court-ordered punishment unlawful.

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