Maxwell’s Prison Bid Rejected | Calgary News

Calgary News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 25, 2026 · 1m

Ghislaine Maxwell’s last-ditch effort to escape prison has been crushed by a federal judge who called her claims of new evidence and wrongful conviction “completely baseless.” After being sentenced to 20 years in 2021 for sex trafficking, she argued that hidden documents and false testimony doomed her — but the judge shot down every point, calling her arguments procedurally flawed and legally hollow. He noted that much of her “new” evidence was already public under transparency laws and even incriminating. Her claim she was unfairly scapegoated? The judge said she could’ve raised it on appeal…