Ghislaine Maxwell to represent herself in a new long-shot legal bid to get out of prison

"Jeffrey Epsteinas convicted sex trafficking associate Ghislaine Maxwell plans to represent herself in a new long-shot legal bid to get out of prison, her attorney said in court filings Tuesday. Maxwell, 63, who recently failed to persuade the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of her conviction and 20-year sentence, intends to represent herself in an upcoming petition challenging the lawfulness of her detention."

"Her attorney, David Oscar Markus, revealed the plan in correspondence with Manhattan Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer regarding the Justice Departmentas request to unseal transcripts from the 2020 grand jury proceedings that produced Maxwellas indictment. Markus said that the British former socialite took no position on the governmentas unsealing request, given President Trump had signed off on the Epstein Transparency Act, which orders the Justice Department and the FBI to release information gathered in investigations into the deceased financieras serial sexual exploitation of teenage girls."

"aAt the same time,a Markus continued, aMs. Maxwell respectfully notes that shortly she will be filing a habeas petition pro se. Releasing the grand jury materials from her case, which contain untested and unproven allegations, would create undue prejudice so severe that it would foreclose the possibility of a fair retrial should Ms. Maxwellas habeas petition succeed.a It was not clear why Maxwell is handling this herself, and Markus did not immediately respond to a Daily News inquiry."

Ghislaine Maxwell, 63, intends to represent herself in a habeas petition challenging the lawfulness of her detention after failing to convince the Supreme Court to hear her appeal. Her attorney David Oscar Markus disclosed the plan while corresponding with Judge Paul Engelmayer about the Justice Department's request to unseal 2020 grand jury transcripts that led to Maxwell's indictment. Markus said Maxwell took no position on the unsealing given the Epstein Transparency Act. Markus warned that releasing the grand jury materials could create undue prejudice that might foreclose a fair retrial if her habeas petition succeeds.

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