Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime companion of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, plans to ask a court to release her, according to a letter filed Wednesday in New York City federal court.

The letter, submitted by her lawyer, offers no details about what grounds Maxwell will cite in her filing, known as a habeas petition. But the letter indicated that she would file the request shortly and that it would be done without a lawyer representing her.

Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, declined to comment Wednesday when asked about the letter.

Maxwell has already been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security camp in Texas. The move occurred about a week after she was interviewed over two days about the Epstein case by Todd Blanch

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