A federal court in New York has refused to reconsider the sentence of Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of aiding disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. She will continue serving her 20-year term, reports infohub.kz.

The decision was issued on August 25 by Judge Paul Engelmayer, who stated that Maxwell's arguments lack merit and that most had already been considered by the court.

Maxwell sought to overturn her conviction, citing documents released under a law requiring disclosure of materials from Epstein's case involving sexual exploitation of minors. She argued that new information could cast doubt on her guilt. However, the judge reached the opposite conclusion.

"To the extent these materials are relevant, they do not exonerate her but rather confirm her involvement," Engelmayer wrote in a 67-page ruling.

Maxwell also claimed that prosecutors withheld evidence and that victims' lawyers effectively acted as agents of the prosecution. The court dismissed these arguments.

A jury found Maxwell guilty in December 2021. According to investigators, from 1994 to 2004 she helped Epstein find and groom underage girls for sexual exploitation.

Maxwell had previously attempted to appeal her sentence. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected her petition in October 2025. She is currently held in a minimum-security federal prison in Texas. She will not be eligible for release until July 2037, when she will be 75 years old.

Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier who became the subject of one of the most high-profile criminal cases in recent decades. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution and served time. In 2019, Epstein was arrested again on charges of sex trafficking and systematically recruiting underage girls for sexual exploitation. He died by suicide in jail before trial.

On January 30, 2026, part of the Epstein archive—correspondence, photos, and videos—was made public in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 1,200 victims have been identified in the investigation. It was also announced that they would receive $72.5 million from Bank of America.

Earlier, Kursiv reported that Kazakhstan is mentioned about 400 times in documents related to the Epstein case. Among the names mentioned is former KNB head Karim Masimov. Also surfacing in correspondence was the name of former son-in-law of Nursultan Nazarbayev, Rakhat Aliyev, who, according to the documents, asked for help with moving to the U.S. and recovering about $2 billion.