when did ghislaine maxwell's appeal end

Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal effectively came to an end on 6 October 2025, when the US Supreme Court declined to hear her case, leaving her 20‑year sex‑trafficking sentence in place.

Quick Scoop: What Happened?

• On 17 September 2024, the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Maxwell’s appeal and upheld all five of her sex‑trafficking convictions, calling her 20‑year sentence “procedurally reasonable.”

• After losing there, her legal team said they would take the fight to the US Supreme Court.

• On 6 October 2025, the Supreme Court refused to hear her appeal (denied her petition for certiorari), without giving any explanation.

That Supreme Court refusal closed off her main appeal route and is widely treated as the point at which “Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal” ended, barring extraordinary options like a future presidential pardon or other unusual legal maneuvers.

Why That Date Matters

• The Second Circuit’s 2024 ruling kept her conviction and sentence intact, but still allowed her to try the Supreme Court.

• Once the Supreme Court said no in October 2025, it left the lower‑court decisions standing, so she continues serving her 20‑year federal sentence with no standard appeal left.

In simple terms: the appeal journey stretched from the 2024 circuit‑court decision to the Supreme Court’s rejection on 6 October 2025, which is the end point most news outlets and legal commentators point to when answering “when did Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal end?”

TL;DR: Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal ended on 6 October 2025, when the US Supreme Court declined to hear her case, leaving her 20‑year sentence intact.

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