Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal against her sex trafficking conviction was unanimously rejected by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, upholding her 20-year sentence. The court found that a 2008 non-prosecution agreement Epstein secured did not protect Maxwell from prosecution in New York. Maxwell's defense argued that the government was motivated by public outrage over Epstein's previous plea deal, but the court dismissed this claim, emphasizing the validity of the charges against her. The judges also upheld the trial court's rejection of her request for a new trial based on juror misconduct. Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 for facilitating Epstein's abuse of underage girls from 1994 to 2004. She is currently serving her sentence at a low-security federal prison in Florida and will be eligible for release in 2037.