Appeals Court Upholds Jeffrey Epstein Associate’s Sex Trafficking Conviction

Published on September 17, 2024

A federal appeals court on Sept. 17 dismissed an appeal from Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, finding that a non-prosecution agreement that Epstein reached with prosecutors did not cover Maxwell. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit also said that Maxwell’s crimes took place within the statute of limitations. Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Jurors also said Maxwell violated laws barring sex trafficking of minors. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison. She is still behind bars. In an appeal, Maxwell said that the counts should be dismissed because of the non-prosecution agreement (NPA) Epstein reached with Department of Justice prosecutors in Florida in which he pled guilty to a count of procuring minors for prostitution in exchange for other charges being dropped....

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