Jeffrey Epsteinâs convicted sex trafficking associate Ghislaine Maxwell plans to represent herself in a new long-shot legal bid to get out of prison, her attorney said in court filings Tuesday.
Maxwell, 63, who recently failed to persuade the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of her conviction and 20-year sentence, intends to represent herself in an upcoming petition challenging the lawfulness of her detention.
Her attorney, David Oscar Markus, revealed the plan in correspondence with Manhattan Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer regarding the Justice Departmentâs request to unseal transcripts from the 2020 grand jury proceedings that produced Maxwellâs indictment.
Markus said that the British former socialite took no position on the governmentâs unsealing request, given President Trump

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