US Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell

Lawyers for British socialite Maxwell argued that she never should have been tried or convicted for her role in luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein, a New York financier

US Supreme Court justices declined to take up the case. Picture: Alamy/PA

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

On the first day of their new term, the justices declined to take up a case that would have drawn renewed attention to the sordid sexual abuse saga after President Donald Trump’s administration sought to reduce criticism over its refusal to publicly release more investigative files from Epstein’s case.