Ghislaine Maxwell is asking a federal judge to erase her sex trafficking conviction, arguing that newly released Jeffrey Epstein files show her rights were violated before she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the late financier sexually abuse minors.

Maxwell, 64, first launched this post-conviction challenge in December 2025, when she filed a habeas petition seeking to vacate her conviction and sentence. She expanded that effort around April 20 in an amended petition that relied heavily on documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, arguing the materials showed that “no reasonable juror would have convicted her.“