A 67-page ruling from U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer denied Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to vacate her 2021 sex-trafficking conviction and 20-year prison term.
Engelmayer said Maxwell failed to show any constitutional violation, calling her claims "meritless" and "frivolous" and finding most were procedurally barred because they were already raised—or could have been raised—on appeal.
Newly released Epstein investigation records cited by Maxwell did not help her case, the judge wrote; he said the material instead incriminated her or reinforced the trial court's rulings.
The decision leaves intact a conviction Maxwell has repeatedly failed to overturn, including after the Supreme Court last year declined to hear her challenge tied to Epstein's 2007 nonprosecution agreement.