Ghislaine Maxwell will plea for prison release, new court filing says [View all]
Source: USA Today
Updated Dec. 3, 2025, 10:53 pm. ET
Ghislaine Maxwell, the close associate and convicted accomplice of the late disgraced financier and accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, intends to file a petition asking a judge to release her from prison. In a court filing to US District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer on Wednesday, Dec. 3, Maxwell's attorneys did not provide specific details on what legal grounds she would argue in her habeas corpus petition seeking her prison release.
The court filing also states that Maxwell plans to file her petition “pro se,” meaning she would represent herself and pursue her early release without the help of a lawyer. The filing is in response to the Justice Department's request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Maxwell's case.
Maxwell's petition also comes almost two months after the US Supreme Court rejected the appeal of her conviction and sentence. She was convicted in a New York federal court in 2021 on five counts related to sex trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Maxwell is the only associate of Epstein to face prison time. Epstein died in custody while awaiting trial in 2019.
She is currently in a minimum-security women’s prison in Texas after being transferred from a federal prison in Florida. The move came shortly after she was interviewed about Epstein by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's former defense attorney.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/03/ghislaine-maxwell-seeks-prison-release-new-court-filing/87594761007/
Link to FILING (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612.815.0.pdf
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