A federal court in New York refused to overturn the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell in the case of scandalous financier Jeffrey Epstein. She will remain in prison and continue serving her 20-year sentence. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The decision was made on August 25 by Judge Paul Engelmayer. He stated that Maxwell's arguments lack merit and that most of them had already been considered by the court earlier.
Maxwell sought to overturn her conviction, citing documents released under the law on disclosure of Epstein's case materials on sexual exploitation of minors. She claimed that new information could cast doubt on her guilt.
However, the judge came to the opposite conclusion.
"To the extent these materials are relevant, they do not exonerate her but rather confirm her involvement," Engelmayer wrote in a 67-page ruling.
Maxwell also alleged that prosecutors withheld some evidence and that victims' lawyers effectively acted as representatives of the prosecution. The court rejected these arguments.
Jurors found Maxwell guilty in December 2021. According to investigators, from 1994 to 2004, she helped Epstein find and prepare underage girls for sexual exploitation.
Maxwell had previously attempted to appeal her sentence. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected her appeal in October 2025.
She is currently held in a federal minimum-security prison in Texas. Maxwell will not be eligible for release until July 2037, when she will be 75 years old.
Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier who became the subject of one of the most high-profile criminal cases in recent decades.
In 2008, he pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution and received a prison sentence. In 2019, Epstein was arrested again on charges of sex trafficking and systematically engaging girls in sexual exploitation. He died by suicide in a detention center before sentencing.
On January 30, 2026, the United States released a portion of archival materials — correspondence, photographs, and videos related to Epstein.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 1,200 victims were identified during the investigation. It was also announced that they would receive $72.5 million from Bank of America.
Earlier, Kursiv reported that Kazakhstan is mentioned about 400 times in documents related to the Epstein case. Among the names mentioned was former KNB head Karim Masimov. The correspondence also surfaced the name of former son-in-law of Nursultan Nazarbayev, Rakhat Aliyev, who, according to the documents, asked for help with moving to the U.S. and returning about $2 billion.