USA v. Maxwell

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Case Number:

1:20-cr-00330

Court:

New York Southern

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Judge:

Paul A. Engelmayer

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  1. August 11, 2025

    NY Judge Won't Unseal 'Redundant' Maxwell Grand Jury Docs

    A New York federal judge on Monday denied the Trump administration's bid to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, who is appealing a 20-year prison sentence for trafficking teenage girls for sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, concluding that the materials contain almost nothing new.

  2. August 05, 2025

    Ghislaine Maxwell Slams Feds' Bid To Unseal Grand Jury Docs

    Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for trafficking children for late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, urged a New York federal judge Tuesday to deny the government's bid to unseal grand jury transcripts, saying release of the sealed materials could jeopardize the appeal of her 2021 conviction.

  3. June 28, 2022

    Ghislaine Maxwell Gets 20 Years In Epstein Case

    A Manhattan federal judge hit socialite Ghislaine Maxwell with 20 years in prison Tuesday after a jury convicted her of trafficking underage girls for deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying the 60-year-old defendant played a key role in a "horrific" course of criminality.

  4. June 24, 2022

    Maxwell Wants To Nix 4 Accusers' Testimony At Sentencing

    Ghislaine Maxwell told a Manhattan federal judge on Friday that four women who say they were abused by her and Jeffrey Epstein shouldn't be allowed to give victim impact statements at her sex-trafficking sentencing on Tuesday, saying the proceeding "should not be an open-mike forum for any alleged victim."

  5. June 23, 2022

    Ghislaine Maxwell Deserves At Least 30 Years, Feds Say

    Ghislaine Maxwell should receive a sentence no shorter than 30 years behind bars for her sex-trafficking conviction, federal prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge Thursday, saying she and Jeffrey Epstein were "partners in crime" who caused "devastating harm to vulnerable victims."

  6. June 15, 2022

    Maxwell Calls Epstein 'Mastermind,' Slams 20-Year Term Rec

    Ghislaine Maxwell on Wednesday asked a Manhattan federal judge to give her a lighter sentence than the 20 years that U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services recommended she serve following her sex-trafficking conviction, saying she shouldn't bear the punishment that "would have been appropriate for Jeffrey Epstein."

  7. April 29, 2022

    Maxwell Loses 2nd Bid To Overturn Trafficking Verdict

    Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday lost another bid to overturn her sex-trafficking conviction, after a New York federal judge ruled there was extensive evidence to support the jury's verdict, but the judge did knock off two of the British socialite's overlapping convictions.

  8. April 01, 2022

    Maxwell Can't Have New Trafficking Trial, Judge Says

    Ghislaine Maxwell can't overturn her sex-trafficking conviction after a juror revealed post-verdict that he had been the victim of sexual abuse as a child, a New York federal judge ruled Friday, saying she wouldn't have struck the juror even if he had accurately answered the voir dire questionnaire.

  9. March 11, 2022

    Maxwell Wants New Trial Due To Juror's Undisclosed Abuse

    Ghislaine Maxwell told a New York federal judge Friday that her sex-trafficking conviction cannot stand after a juror revealed after the verdict that he had been the victim of sexual abuse as a child, saying the tainted voir dire process resulted in a jury that wasn't fair and impartial.

  10. March 08, 2022

    Maxwell Juror Says Failure To Flag Abuse An 'Honest Mistake'

    The juror who threw Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking conviction into disarray by misreporting his personal history of sexual abuse prior to being seated told a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday that his failure to properly answer a screening questionnaire was not deliberate.