Ghislaine Maxwell, the former romantic partner and longtime confidant of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to overturn her conviction on sex trafficking.
The news comes after Maxwell, who is currently three years into a 20-year federal prison sentence, met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for questions about the Epstein affair, as noted by a report from CNN.
Maxwell claimed in her appeal to the Supreme Court that a non-prosecution agreement Epstein signed before his death also covers her.
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But the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals previously ruled against her, asserting that the agreement, which was made with Florida prosecutors, did not necessarily cover her in New York.
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