Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted child trafficking accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has requested that the United States Supreme Court hear her appeal.
Maxwell’s high-priced lawyers filed a 159-page petition to the high court on Thursday.
He legal team is asking the Supreme Court Justices to throw out her 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking.
63-year-old Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence in Tallahassee State Prison in Florida.
In December 2021, Maxwell was convicted on five counts of aiding convicted of her role in pedophile Epstein‘s child sex trafficking operation.
Maxwell, a former close friend of Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton, continues to vehemently deny all the charges against her.
She is asking the Supreme Court to throw out the conviction, a move that would see her walk free.
Maxwell argues she should never have been charged as Epstein’s “co-conspirator” because of a 2007 plea deal Epstein made in Florida.
Under the deal, Epstein agreed to plead guilty to two counts of child sex abuse and serve 13 months in jail in exchange for any of his “co-conspirators” avoiding prosecution.
A federal appeals judge rejected her appeal last year, however.
The appeals court determined that the Southern District of New