The former girlfriend and convicted accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her appeal of her 2021 sex trafficking conviction. 

On Monday, Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team submitted a filing asking the Supreme Court to hear her appeal, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. 

In the brief, Maxwell’s attorneys argue the federal government “has an obligation to honor” a 2007 non-prosecution agreement made by Epstein that they say should also shield Maxwell from criminal charges. 

Ghislaine Maxwell jogs around the track at FCI Tallahassee, Tallahassee, Florida, Thursday, July 10, 2025. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking in connection with Jeffrey Epstein. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)

The move is the first step in asking the Supreme Court to take up Maxwell’s appeal in her longstanding bid to have her conviction overturned. 

“No one is above the law — not even the Southern District of New York,” David Markus, Maxwell’s attorney, said in a statement. “Our government made a deal, and it must honor it. The United States cannot promise immunity with one hand in Florida and prosecute with the other in New York. President Trump built his legacy in part on the power of a deal — and surely he would agree that when the United States gives its word, it must stand by it. We are appealing not only to the Supreme Court but to the President himself to recognize how profoundly unjust it is to scapegoat Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein’s crimes, especially when the government promised she would not be prosecuted.” 

The DOJ did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

Maxwell is currently serving 20 years in federal prison after she was found guilty of working alongside Epstein to sexually abuse and exploit young girls.