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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4e104f9b22f362d2f48973ebcbf532a6 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200303;font-size:14px"><strong>Ghislaine Maxwell claims 29 friends cut &#8216;secret deals&#8217; with DOJ, and she was the sole individual prosecuted in affiliation to allegations brought against Jeffrey Epstein </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-63d96846957a82ea2a0c949d951e02db wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200303;font-size:14px"><strong>Maxwell alleges that 25 men reached undisclosed deals, while four alleged co-conspirators were known to investigators but never charged, without naming the individuals</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5933af3e71d40734ed590c94ab658545 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200303;font-size:14px"><strong>Maxwell who is serving a 20-year sentence since 2022, following conviction for sex trafficking &#8211; recruiting and grooming underage girls abused by Jeffrey Epstein </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a09f4b83e4173785c8ea961e09259534 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200303;font-size:14px"><strong>On December 17 2025, representing herself, Maxwell filed a habeas corpus petition seeking to overturn her conviction </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5ef83e1aea4d1ad3a040b62ba328fb5b wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200303;font-size:14px"><strong>She is arguing that prosecutors cut deals with Epstein associates while prosecuting her, which undermined the fairness of her trial and violated her constitutional rights </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7a4a62a18dfa877c9f28418fd3f1e990 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#200303;font-size:14px"><strong>Her filing for habeas corpus also includes allegations of juror misconduct and suppression of evidence</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>&#8216;None of the four named co-conspirators or the 25 men with secret settlements were indicted,&#8217; jailed sex predator Ghislaine Maxwell, [photo], has said in court filings for habeas corpus</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jailed sex predator Ghislaine Maxwell, in her habeas corpus in court filings is claiming 29 friends of Jeffrey Epstein were shielded from prosecution through &#8216;secret settlements&#8217; by the Justice Department.<br>The disgraced socialite in a habeas corpus petition filed on December 17, is seeking to “vacate, set aside, or correct her conviction and sentence” on federal sex trafficking charges linked to a sexual exploitation scheme for Jeffrey Epstein, according to the petition.<br>The 64-year-old inmate is arguing that prosecutors cut deals with Epstein associates while prosecuting her as if no such agreements existed. <br>*Maxwell alleges that 25 men reached undisclosed deals, while four alleged co-conspirators were known to investigators but never charged. She does not name any of the individuals.<br>&#8216;None of the four named co-conspirators or the 25 men with secret settlements were indicted,&#8217; the court filing says.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong><strong>Maxwell&#8217;s downward spiral began with a romantic relationship with financier, Jeffrey Epstein, [photo], lasting several years in the early 1990s.</strong></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The alleged concealment of these deals undermined the fairness of her trial and violated her constitutional rights, Maxwell&#8217;s lawyer argue. <br>&#8216;New evidence reveals that there were 25 men with which the plaintiff lawyers reached secret settlements &#8211; that could equally be considered as co-conspirators,&#8217; the legal document states.<br>&#8216;None of these men have been prosecuted and none has been revealed to Petitioner; she would have called them as witnesses had she known.&#8217;<br>The multi-count habeas corpus argument, includes allegations of juror misconduct and suppression of evidence.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The pair remained closely associated for more than 25 years, up to August 2019, when Epstein, [photo], who was awaiting trial on sex trafficking allegations was found hanged in his jail cell &#8211; before he could be charged </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maxwell who filed her petition pro se, indicating that she is representing herself in the proceedings, is alleging that prosecutors violated the terms of Epstein&#8217;s 2007 non-prosecution agreement in Florida.<br>That agreement she claims, extended immunity to co-conspirators. <br>She is alleging that she was prosecuted for political reasons while other individuals escaped justice. <br>Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum-security federal women&#8217;s prison in Bryan, Texas. She is scheduled scheduled to be released in July 2037.<br>She was convicted in New York in December 2021 of sex trafficking over her role in recruiting and grooming underage girls for abuse by Epstein between 1994 and 2004. <br>Prosecutors were seeking a 30 year sentence. However, on 28 June 2022, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison.<br>She has since been fighting her conviction. In September 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld all five convictions and sentence.<br>In April 2025, her lawyer asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal. On October 6, the Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal, leaving her conviction and sentence intact.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum-security federal women&#8217;s prison in Bryan, Texas. Barring success in her habeas corpus filing, she is scheduled scheduled to be released in July 2037</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Against the prospect of serving out her sentence, Maxwell appears to be hoping for lawyers describe as &#8216;extraordinary relief&#8217; via a habeas corpus petition filed in the Southern District of New York.<br>The filing seeks to &#8216;vacate, set aside, or correct&#8217; her sentence based on alleged constitutional violations.<br>However, according to legal experts, a habeas corpus petition is a rare &#8216;collateral attack&#8217;, permitted only after appeals fail and typically requiring proof of new evidence or fundamental flaws. <br>Such challenges they said, succeed in exceptional cases as judges are wary to avoid endless re-litigation. <br><br></p>

Ghislaine Maxwell in ‘Hail Mary’ legal challenge, claims 29 friends cut ‘secret deals’ with DOJ to avoid prosecution in Epstein scandal
