NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Claims by Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell that her sex trafficking conviction was a 鈥渃omplete miscarriage of justice鈥� were rejected Tuesday by a federal judge who said her assertions were based on 鈥渟peculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods.鈥�
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling that Maxwell鈥檚 habeas petition seeking to set aside her conviction and free her from a on the grounds that there was 鈥渟ubstantial new evidence鈥� was 鈥渄emonstrably meritless.鈥�
鈥淢axwell鈥檚 petition falls very far from the mark,鈥� Engelmayer said. 鈥淭here is no fact that Maxwell fairly puts in dispute that has any potential to disturb the outcome of her trial.鈥�
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