‘Weird’ deal should have stopped Ghislaine Maxwell prosecution, lawyers claim

Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers said she ‘should never have been prosecuted’ (US Department of Justice/PA)

Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell “should never have been prosecuted” due to a “weird” agreement drafted more than 15 years ago, her lawyers have told a court.

The 62-year-old was found guilty in December 2021 of luring young girls to massage rooms for paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein to molest between 1994 and 2004.