‘She’s innocent’: Family’s bombshell claim on Epstein’s right-hand woman Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell’s family have broken their silence, making bombshell claims about Jeffrey Epstein’s right-hand woman.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s family have claimed Jeffrey Epstein’s right-hand woman – convicted for sex trafficking offences linked to the deceased millionaire – is innocent.

The disgraced British socialite was sentenced to 20 years in jail in 2021, two years after Epstein was found dead in his cell while awaiting trial for child sex offences.

Her family claim she was on the receiving end of “government misconduct” and “did not receive a fair trial” as prosecutors convicted her on behalf of Epstein’s crimes for the public’s appetite to see justice.

The family’s statement says Maxwell is prepared to “file a writ of habeas corpus” which would “allow her to challenge her imprisonment” before the US Congress.

The family argue the 63-year-old should have been protected under an agreement Epstein entered into with the Department of Justice in 2007, in which they vowed not to prosecute any partners in crime after “he paid fines, paid ‘victims’ millions of dollars and served 13 months in prison”.

Ghislaine Maxwell in prison.

The deal stated Epstein had to “successfully fulfill all terms and conditions” of the agreement, with the US also agreeing to not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to four of Epstein’s assistants.

This did not name Maxwell specifically.

Because the 2007 deal applied only to the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida, prosecutors found a loophole to target Maxwell in New York, which treats agreements differently to other American states.

Maxwell’s family want her sentence to be vacated and for her to be referred for a resentencing.

The family accused the court of “applying an incorrect guideline range and offense level”.

This comes after the US Department of Justice and the FBI released a joint two-page memo this month which attempted to shut down the interest over ‘the Epstein files’, reporting the systemic review conducted by the two government bodies “revealed no incriminating ‘client list’”.

Maxwell’s brother Ian said her sister has always denied any such list existed.

DOJ URGES SUPREME COURT TO REJECT GHISLAINE MAXWELL APPEAL

The US Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to reject Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn her sex-trafficking conviction — doubling down on its stance that the disgraced British socialite was never protected by Jeffrey Epstein’s controversial 2007 plea deal.

The move comes as the department faces mounting scrutiny over its handling of Epstein-related case files, with Attorney-General Pam Bondi under fire for delays in releasing key documents.

Maxwell, 63, has argued she was covered by Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement and should be immune from charges. But Department Of Justice (DOJ) lawyers dismissed that claim in a filing, saying: “That contention is incorrect.”

A Manhattan federal jury in 2021 found the heiress and longtime Epstein associate guilty of grooming and sexually abusing young girls as part of the financier’s underage sex ring.

Maxwell has since argued the courts have issued conflicting rulings about the scope of immunity granted by non-prosecution agreements like Epstein’s, and asked the Supreme Court to weigh in.

Donald Trump and Melania Trump with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2000. Picture: Getty Images

Epstein was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on new federal charges. His death was ruled a suicide.

Ms Bondi earlier this year suggested in an appearance on Fox News that a stack of newsworthy Epstein files was “sitting on my desk” and that she planned to release the documents to the public.

But the Attorney General last week abruptly changed course, saying that the government would not be releasing the records after all — drawing criticism from across the political spectrum, including from MAGA influencers who had previously supported President Trump.

Mr Trump has publicly defended Ms Bondi, and thumbed his nose at those demanding more transparency about the Epstein case.

Donald Trump has publicly defended Pam Bondi, and thumbed his nose at those demanding more transparency about the Epstein case.

“Are people still talking about this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable,” the irked president said after The Post asked him about the notoriously headline-grabbing case during a Cabinet meeting last week.

In a TruthSocial missive over the weekend, Trump wrote: “Let’s … not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about.”

“LET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB — SHE’S GREAT!” the president added in all caps.

Maxwell, meanwhile, has been cooling her heels in a Florida prison where she’s serving a 20-year sentence.

Her lawyers have urged the Supreme Court to consider their argument — already rejected by a mid-level federal appeals court — that her bombshell prosecution should have been blocked under the feds’ 2007 deal with Epstein.

The shocking agreement allowed the convicted predator to serve just 13 months in a county jail where he could come and go during the day, despite several underage victims testifying he raped them.

Maxwell, 63, has argued she was covered by Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement and should be immune from charges.

The deal mentioned not bringing future cases against either Epstein or his “conspirators,” but prosecutors at the Southern District of New York have successfully argued that the agreement was only binding to Florida federal prosecutors, and not to others around the country.

With the 2nd Circuit of Appeals having already rejected Maxwell’s appeal, only the Supreme Court is left to potentially review the case.

“I’d be surprised if President Trump knew his lawyers were asking the Supreme Court to let the government break a deal. He’s the ultimate deal-maker — and I’m sure he’d agree that when the United States gives its word, it should keep it,” Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, told The Post.

Maxwell was portrayed during her trial as a “sophisticated predator” who served as Epstein’s right hand and abused young girls with him from at least 1994 to 2004.

“With all the talk about who’s being prosecuted and who isn’t, it’s especially unfair that Ghislaine Maxwell remains in prison based on a promise the government made and broke,” the lawyer said.

Maxwell was portrayed during her trial as a “sophisticated predator” who served as Epstein’s right hand and abused young girls with him from at least 1994 to 2004.

It comes as Maxwell’s former New Hampshire mansion has been listed for US2.5 million ($A3.8m) nearly five years to the day after the FBI tracked her to the property ahead of her arrest and conviction on sex trafficking charges, according to a new report.

The 156-acre mountaintop property sold for US1.1 million ($A1.6m) in 2019, according to Realtor.com — purportedly to a limited liability company with ties to Maxwell.

Originally published as ‘She’s innocent’: Family’s bombshell claim on Epstein’s right-hand woman Ghislaine Maxwell