GHISLAINE Maxwell has asked a court to throw out her sex trafficking conviction – just hours before the latest trove of Jeffrey Epstein files are set to be released.
The convicted sex offender’s former partner is currently serving 20 years behind bars for helping recruit and traffic underage girls for sex.
Maxwell has now filed a habeas petition – which claims “substantial new evidence has emerged” showing that she did not get a fair trial, ABC News reported.
The disgraced socialite, who submitted the eleventh-hour plea without an attorney, said “exculpatory information” had been “withheld”.
The claim read: “This newly available evidence – derived from litigation against the Federal Bureau of Investigation, various financial institutions, and the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein, as well as from sworn depositions, released records, and other verified sources – shows that exculpatory information was withheld, false testimony presented, and material facts misrepresented to the jury and the Court.”
Maxwell’s desperate bid comes amid a string of attempts to appeal her conviction.
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