Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend who was convicted of recruiting younger women into intercourse trafficking, is planning to ask a judge to launch her from prison, in accordance to a new court filing.
In a letter to Judge Paul Engelmayer filed Wednesday, Maxwell’s lawyer stated the one-time British socialite would quickly file a habeas corpus petition looking for her launch from the prison the place she is serving a 20-year sentence. The lawyer, David Oscar Markus, stated Maxwell plans to file “pro se,” which means she would symbolize herself and never use an lawyer.
Markus knowledgeable the judge in response to the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts and modify a protecting order in her legal case.
He stated Maxwell “does not take a position” as to launch of supplies however writes, “releasing the grand jury materials from her case, which contain untested and unproven allegations, would create undue prejudice so severe that it would foreclose the possibility of a fair retrial should Ms. Maxwell’s habeas petition succeed.”
The submitting didn’t state what grounds Maxwell would argue to search her launch. Markus couldn’t instantly be reached for remark. The Supreme Court recently rejected Maxwell’s enchantment of her conviction and sentence.
Maxwell was convicted of intercourse trafficking minors in 2021. She was held at a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida, however moved to a much less restrictive minimum-security prison in Bryan, Texas, following a two-day interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche this summer season. The switch ignited controversy over whether or not she was receiving preferential therapy to assist the administration.
Markus has beforehand denied that Maxwell is looking for a pardon. Trump has stated he’d have to “take a look” at whether or not he would grant her one.
The Trump administration has been beneath fireplace for not releasing data associated to its investigations into Epstein and Maxwell. After months of refusing to give the general public entry to the data, Trump reversed course final month and signed a invoice overwhelmingly supported in Congress, requiring the discharge of data inside 30 days.
The Justice Department asked the judges overseeing the Epstein and Maxwell instances to launch grand jury transcripts and modify protecting orders that will enable them to make public monetary data, journey paperwork, search warrants, and notes from sufferer interviews.
On Wednesday, attorneys for Epstein’s property advised the judge they don’t take a place as to the unsealing of data given the federal government’s “commitment” to redacting sufferer and personally figuring out data.