Appeals court considers Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn prison sentence

Published March 12, 2024 12:43pm ET



A federal appeals court on Tuesday will weigh Ghislaine Maxwell‘s bid to overturn her 20-year prison sentence for helping the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit is slated to hear oral arguments over Maxwell’s appeal after her attorneys filed to have her conviction overturned. Arguments are scheduled for 2 p.m. ET, according to the docket reviewed by the Washington Examiner, and the court is not expected to rule immediately.

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