Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted child sex trafficker and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's most high-profile accomplice is back in court as she tries to appeal her 2021 sex trafficking conviction. She was previously found guilty of five counts of trafficking and abusing young girls.

The 62-year-old former socialite and former heiress to a tabloid empire had her attorneys appeal her convictions on Tuesday. her team, led by Diana Fabi Samson, referenced the 2008 non-prosecution agreement that was offered by Florida state prosecutors with Epstein while he was still alive.

The Maxwell lawyer argued that her conviction did not honor the terms of the agreement that Epstein had and that this would "strike a dagger in the heart of the trust between the government and its citizens."

"In the end, Ms. Maxwell was prosecuted for crimes that she as a third party beneficiary to the plea agreement in Florida should not have been prosecuted," the lawyer argued during a hearing inside a New York federal court.

However, The Independent noted that Ghislaine Maxwell herself was not present during the Tuesday hearing, but she was listening to the case from her jail cell in Florida.

Federal Prosecutors Argued Jeffrey Epstein's Florida Deal Does Not Apply in New York

While Maxwell and her lawyers argued that the prosecution against her went against Epstein's deal with Florida prosecutors, federal prosecutors shot back by pointing out that the deal in Florida only stays in Florida and would not apply to the federal case against the disgraced former socialite.

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"The central promise in the non-prosecution agreement is a promise by the Southern District of Florida not to prosecute Epstein in that district," Assistant US Attorney Andrew Rohrbach told the court. "This is a document entered into by the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of Florida intended to bind the Southern District of Florida and that district alone."

Maxwell's lawyers argued that their client was made a "proxy" for Epstein who passed away after committing suicide inside his jail cell. They argued her persecution was to "satisfy public outrage" about his conduct and that "Maxwell was denied a fair trial, in part because one of the jurors failed to disclose his own history of sexual abuse during jury selection." according to ABC News.

Jeffrey Epstein's Madame, Ghislaine Maxwell, Working on Memoir

Aside from working on her appeal, Maxwell, who previously wrote a book about her life as a British socialite, is planning to write a new memoir in an effort to combat her ties to Jeffrey Epstein and his sex trafficking operation.

According to The Daily Mail, she promised to share "the truth" in that new book that she is writing as she serves out her 20-year sentence in a federal prison in Florida. However, insiders have warned that the convicted sex trafficker would not finally come clean as her intention was to prove she did nothing wrong.

Maxwell, a well-known socialite, became infamous when it was revealed that she was the one recruiting underaged girls to be part of Jeffrey Epstein's infamous sex trafficking ring, as well as taking part in their sexual harassment in the late pedophile's mansions and his island at the US Virgin Islands.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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