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    'Weird' Florida plea agreement should have stopped Ghislaine Maxwell prosecution, lawyers claim

    by Josh Payne Mar 12, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Media

    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.

    At an appeals court in the southern district of on Tuesday, in 2007, which “promised” his co-conspirators would not be prosecuted, should have prevented Maxwell’s prosecution.

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