British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has officially appealed against her conviction and sentence in the US for sex trafficking
In a written ruling, Judge Alison Nathan said the jury's guilty verdicts were "readily supported" by witness testimony and documentary evidence as Maxwell's bid to overturn the conviction was dismissed.
However, she received a much longer sentence, with the judge saying she "repeatedly, and over the course of many years participated in a horrific scheme to traffic young girls, some the age of 14". Before passing sentence, Judge Nathan heard from four of Maxwell's victims, Annie Farmer, Sarah Ransome, Elizabeth Stein and the accuser known by the pseudonym "Kate", who read victim impact statements to the court, in which she was described as a "manipulative, cruel and merciless person".
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