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Maxwell Defense Files Motion for New Trial Over Sex Trafficking Charges

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Maxwell Defense Files Motion for New Trial Over Sex Trafficking Charges
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell sits as the guilty verdict in her sex abuse trial is read in a courtroom sketch in New York City, on Dec. 29, 2021. Jane Rosenberg TPX Images of the day/Reuters
Dave Paone
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NEW YORK—Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense team filed a motion in federal court on Jan. 19 requesting a new trial for the British socialite.

On Dec. 29 Maxwell was found guilty of five out of six sex-trafficking charges on behalf of the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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