Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein who later was convicted in federal court of sex-trafficking and related crimes, filed a motion with a U.S. federal court asking a judge to dismiss the criminal case against her before her trial began. In her legal filings, Maxwell and her attorneys argued that the charges should be thrown out on constitutional grounds, saying she was not prosecuted fairly and that fundamental legal errors and violations of her rights undermined the government’s ability to proceed with the case. This type of filing, known as a motion to dismiss, contended that due process issues amounted to a miscarriage of justice and warranted dismissal of the indictment.

At the time of that motion, Maxwell was facing allegations that she had helped recruit and groom underage girls in the 1990s for Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation — charges that would later lead to her conviction and a 20-year federal prison sentence. Though her pre-trial motion sought to derail the government’s case based on legal arguments, it was ultimately unsuccessful, and she was eventually tried, convicted, and sentenced in 2021. Even after conviction, Maxwell continued to challenge her sentence and conviction through appeals and habeas petitions, arguing that legal and procedural errors should entitle her to a new trial.









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