Ghislaine Maxwell (63 years old), accomplice and ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epsteinwill request again your release from prison and will appeal his conviction for sexual trafficking of minors through an appeal you have a bodyaccording to court documents.
It is about a move that could delay the release of new Epstein case files.
In a letter to Judge Paul Engelmayer, his attorney, David Markushas reported that it will soon present the petition for review 20 year sentence that Maxwell meets in Texas.
The defender further states that Maxwell “does not take a position” on the disclosure of the files, but warns that publishing grand jury materials with “unproven accusations“could seriously prejudice a possible new trial.
The request comes after Congress approved in November a law that requires the Department of Justice to declassify documents linked to the Epstein and Maxwell case, which have not yet been revealed.
Donald Trump (79), who decades ago maintained a friendly relationship with Epstein, initially opposed the publication of the files, considering that it was a Democratic attempt to harm him politically, although finally passed the law and left its implementation in the hands of the Department of Justice.
Ghislaine Maxwell y Jeffrey Epstein.
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Maxwell She was sentenced in 2021 on several counts of conspiracy and sex trafficking of minors, and received a sentence of 20 years in prison in 2022, a ruling that remains in force.
In October 2025, The United States Supreme Court rejected his appeal without explanation against the conviction, which closed that ordinary route and left only extraordinary measures or a possible presidential pardon as options.
After spending several years in a low-security federal prison in Tallahassee (Florida), was transferred in August 2025 to a federal minimum security camp for women in Bryan, Texas.
This center is described as a relatively prison ‘open‘, without bars in the cells, with greater freedom of movement and activities such as work programs and, according to the British press, even dog training, although it is still a penitentiary institution with controls and discipline.
Ghislaine Maxwell continues serving a sentence 20 years in prison in the United States for crimes linked to Jeffrey Epstein, and his situation in prison has changed both legally and in his daily living conditions.
Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein
His relationship with politics
In 2025 it was learned that Maxwell kept long meetings with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanchein the middle of the debate on the declassification of documents from the Epstein case.
His later transfer to a minimum security prison further fueled speculation.
Today, the authorities They have not explained either the content of these meetings or the formal reasons. of the change of center.
In parallel, some media outlets suggested that Maxwell would be considering requesting a pardon from President Donald Trump. His lawyer, however, denied that there is a formal petition in progress.
The president, for his part, simply commented that “I would have to look at it“, without announcing any specific decision.
For now, the sentence remains unchanged and any possible turn depends on two paths: a request for you have a body or a presidential pardon. None of them have been confirmed.