Latest / Fresh Intelligence / EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell's Supreme Court Appeal Rejected as Victims Rage Over Her New Cushy Life at Texas Prison – 'It's a Slap in the Face to Survivors'
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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Notorious sex offender Elaine Maxwell remains behind bars following the Supreme Court's rejection of her appeal to overturn her conviction for trafficking young women and girls, radar online.com reports.
- 0:29[SPEAKER_00]: Maxwell, 63, long associated with Jeffrey Epstein, argued that a controversial 2007 sweetheart deal between Epstein and Florida prosecutors invalidated her conviction.
- 0:40[SPEAKER_00]: However, the Supreme Court declined to review the case without offering a reason.
- 0:45[SPEAKER_00]: Maxwell's last chance for a release may hinge on a pardon or sentence commutation from President Donald Trump, who indicated he would take a look at the possibility.
- 0:53[SPEAKER_00]: During her 2021 trial, four victims testified about how Maxwell groomed them and lured them to Epstein's estate for sexual abuse, some in during this exploitation for years.
- 1:03[SPEAKER_00]: She was convicted of sexually exploiting, abusing, and trafficking women and underage girls, some as young as 14, between 1994 and 2004.
- 1:13[SPEAKER_00]: Epstein died in a New York jail in 2019 in what was ruled a suicide while awaiting trial.
- 1:18[SPEAKER_00]: In July, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously worked for Trump, met with Maxwell at the Florida Prison.
- 1:25[SPEAKER_00]: She remarked, the president was never inappropriate with anybody.
- 1:29[SPEAKER_00]: In the times I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects.
- 1:33[SPEAKER_00]: Shortly after this meeting, Maxwell was transferred to a low-security Texas facility known as Camp Cup Cake, where sex offenders are not typically housed.
- 1:42[SPEAKER_00]: Reports indicated she has been enjoying amenities like yoga classes, prompting outrage from her victims.
- 1:47[SPEAKER_00]: One victim stated, it's a slap in the face to survivors.
- 1:51[SPEAKER_00]: We've been left with scars that never heal, while she gets to do yoga and 10 gardens.
- 1:56[SPEAKER_00]: Following the Supreme Court's decision, Maxwell's attorney David Oscar Marcus asserted they would continue to pursue every avenue available to ensure that justice is done.