Maxwell, 64, who represented herself, challenged her December 2021 conviction and sentence in Manhattan federal court and sought a writ of habeas corpus after claiming her punishment was unlawful. Ghislaine Maxwell has had her bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction thrown out of court. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Maxwell, 64, who represented herself, challenged her December 2021 conviction and sentence in Manhattan federal court and sought a writ of habeas corpus after claiming her punishment was unlawful.S1

• Ghislaine Maxwell has had her bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction thrown out of court.S2

• She maintained in a habeas petition that information that would have resulted in her exoneration at her 2021 trial was withheld and false testimony was presentedS3

• A US judge said Maxwell’s bid to set aside her conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence on the grounds that there was “substantial new evidence” was “demonstrably meritless”.S4S5

• A federal judge in New York on Tuesday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's challenge to her conviction, finding her claims "meritless" or "frivolous."S8