Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to overturn sex trafficking conviction - but has maximum sentence cut by 10 years

Ghislaine Maxwell has lost a bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction, paving the way for her to be sentenced to decades in prison

Judge Nathan wrote:"This legal conclusion in no way calls into question the factual findings made by the jury.

"Rather, it underscores that the jury unanimously found - three times over -that the defendant is guilty of conspiring with Epstein to entice, transport, and traffic underage girls for sexual abuse."Earlier this month, the judgeGhislaine Maxwell pictured with Jeffrey Epstein. Pic: US Department of Justice

The juror had not revealed that fact during pre-trial screening in response to questions about prior sex abuse posed in a written questionnaire. The juror said he"skimmed way too fast" through the questionnaire and did not intentionally give the wrong answer. In her ruling, Judge Nathan said the juror's failure to disclose his prior sexual abuse during the selection process was highly unfortunate but not deliberate.

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