The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. File Photo by Rick Bajornas/EPA
Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Ghislaine Maxwell Monday of her conviction for aiding the late Jeffrey Epstein in trafficking underage girls.
Maxwell's defense attorney argued in March to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York that her client should have been legally immune in a previous agreement made with convicted sex trafficker Epstein by Florida prosecutors in 2007.
The appeals court didn't agree with her attorneys, and the Supreme Court refused to take up the case.
"We're, of course, deeply disappointed that the Supreme Court declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell's case," Maxwell's defense attorney David Oscar Markus said in a statement. "But this fight isn't over. Serious legal and factual issues remain, and we will continue to pursue every avenue available to ensure that justice is done."
