Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, the one time girlfriend of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, have asked a U.S. district court in New York for a sentence that is “well lower” than the 20 years recommended by the Probation Department.
Maxwell was convicted in late 2021 for sex trafficking minors to the late Epstein, a wealthy financier with ties to elite figures in the British royal family and the U.S. business and political spheres. Maxwell’s bid for a new trial was thrown out of court in April.
