Ghislaine Maxwell Takes Her Case to the Supreme Court, Says Feds Broke Their Deal

Ghislaine Maxwell is taking her legal fight all the way to the top.

In a new filing, Maxwell’s legal team asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her 2021 sex trafficking conviction, arguing that the government violated a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) it signed with Jeffrey Epstein back in 2007. According to her attorneys, that deal wasn’t just for Epstein—it also covered his co-conspirators, which they say includes Maxwell.

The controversial argument centers on whether that 2007 agreement—struck in Florida—should’ve blocked New York prosecutors from bringing charges against Maxwell more than a decade later. Her legal team says yes, calling the government’s move a betrayal.
“If federal plea deals don’t mean the same thing everywhere, then the justice system doesn’t work,” her lawyers argued in the filing submitted Monday.

Federal prosecutors, however, insist the original deal applied only to Epstein and only within Florida. They claim Maxwell wasn’t part of the agreement and had no standing to enforce it.

Maxwell’s lawyers strongly disagree. They say the NPA had “no geographic limitation,” didn’t require the government to know the co-conspirators at the time, and included no exceptions. In their words, “This should be the end of the discussion.”
Even more surprising, her attorney David Oscar Markus took a political turn in his public statement, calling on Trump to step in and recognize the injustice.

“The United States cannot promise immunity in Florida and then prosecute in New York,” he said. “President Trump built his legacy on deals—and surely he’d agree that the U.S. has to keep its word. We’re not just appealing to the Court; we’re appealing to the President himself.”

While the Justice Department has already urged the high court to reject the petition, Maxwell’s team isn’t backing down. They say the entire case was built around her alleged connection to Epstein, and if he had immunity, she should’ve had it too.

Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 on federal sex trafficking charges for helping Epstein exploit underage girls, is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence. The Supreme Court has not yet said whether it will take up the case.