The former girlfriend and convicted accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein is seeking the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of her 2021 sex trafficking conviction.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team filed a request for the Supreme Court to hear her appeal on Monday, as per court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
In the filing, Maxwell’s attorneys argue that the federal government is obligated to uphold a 2007 non-prosecution agreement made by Epstein, which they believe should protect Maxwell from criminal charges.
The brief stated, “Even more remarkably, the government advances an interpretation of its non-prosecution agreement that flips its plain meaning on its head. Promising ‘not to prosecute’ somehow meant preserving the right to prosecute. That is not contract interpretation; it is alchemy.”
Prosecutors have previously maintained that the agreement made by Epstein only applied in Florida, while Maxwell’s charges were brought in New York, therefore disqualifying her from the deal. However, Maxwell’s defense team argued in the brief that the terms of the agreement did not include a geographical restriction.
“It is not geographically limited to the Southern District of Florida, it is not conditioned on the co-conspirators being known by the government at the time, it does not depend on what any particular government attorney may have had in his or her head about who might be a co-conspirator, and it contains no other caveat or exception. This should be the end of the discussion,” the brief stated.
Maxwell’s legal team also refuted prosecutors’ argument that she could not benefit from the agreement as she was not a named party, asserting that she had standing to enforce the agreement as a third-party beneficiary.
This move marks the initial step in petitioning the Supreme Court to consider Maxwell’s appeal in her ongoing efforts to overturn her conviction.
“No one is above the law — not even the Southern District of New York,” said David Markus, Maxwell’s attorney. “Our government made a deal, and it must honor it. The United States cannot promise immunity with one hand in Florida and prosecute with the other in New York.”
The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison after being found guilty of collaborating with Epstein to sexually abuse and exploit young girls.
