Ghislaine Maxwell is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her 2021 sex trafficking conviction, arguing that federal prosecutors violated a binding immunity agreement struck with Jeffrey Epstein more than a decade ago.

In a petition filed Monday and obtained by Fox News Digital, Maxwell’s legal team contends that the federal government broke its word by prosecuting her despite a 2007 non-prosecution agreement (NPA) made with Epstein — one Maxwell's lawyers say explicitly shields unnamed co-conspirators, including her.

“Even more remarkably, the government advances an interpretation of its non-prosecution agreement that flips its plain meaning on its head,” her legal brief states. “Promising ‘not to prosecute’ somehow meant preserving the right to prosecute. That is not contract interpretation; it is alchemy.”

Federal officials have long maintained that the Epstein agreement applied only to cases in Florida, but Maxwell’s team argues it was never geographically limited — a key distinction, since she was prosecuted in New York.

“It is not geographically limited to the Southern District of Florida,” the filing argues. “It is not conditioned on the co-conspirators being known by the government at the time... and it contains no other caveat or exception. This should be the end of the discussion.”

The core of Maxwell’s legal argument rests on contract law: that as a third-party beneficiary of the Epstein deal, she was entitled to its protections.

“The government also suggests that Petitioner is not entitled to enforce the NPA because she was not a party to it and was not named in it,” her attorneys wrote. “But as the court below recognized and as hornbook contract law dictates, Maxwell has standing to enforce the agreement as a third-party beneficiary.”

This marks Maxwell’s first formal step in trying to bring her case before the Supreme Court. The justices are not required to hear the appeal but may choose to do so, particularly if constitutional questions about the binding power of federal agreements are at stake.

David Markus, one of Maxwell’s attorneys, blasted federal prosecutors for what he characterized as selective and politically motivated justice:

“No one is above the law — not even the Southern District of New York. 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.”

Markus also invoked President Donald Trump, pointing to his legacy of upholding the value of a deal.

“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,” Markus said.
“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.”

Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison for her role in a high-profile sex trafficking ring involving underage girls, run in coordination with Jeffrey Epstein.

President Trump, asked Friday whether he’s considering a pardon or commutation, said:

“It’s something I haven’t thought about. I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not thought about.”

Pressed again, Trump added: “I can’t talk about that now. … it’s very sensitive,” before going on to praise Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who reportedly met with Maxwell twice last week. No details about those meetings have been released.