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Ghislaine Maxwell’s last-ditch appeal to avoid her 20-year prison sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein traffic underage girls has been crushed by a New York judge, who called it “frivolous” and “meritless.” Convicted in December 2021 on five felony counts, Maxwell tried to argue constitutional violations and even leveraged newly released Epstein documents — which the judge said only strengthened the case against her. The ruling warns her any future appeals won’t be taken seriously, and she’s now officially on the hook for her role in grooming girls as young as 14 over a decade. Despite appearing before Congress and dodging questions under the Fifth Amendment, and rumors of a Trump pardon (which the Senate recently blocked), her legal fight is all but over.

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