Now their efforts could sink a key legal defense for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was charged this month with luring girls so Epstein could abuse them. Before the issue could be resolved in court, Epstein was found hanged in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial. Several alleged victims of Epstein have been challenging the plea deal since 2008 arguing it violated the Crime Victims Rights Act (CVRA) by concealing the Epstein plea and nonprosecution agreement until after it was signed. On Monday, prosecutors dismissed Maxwell’s plea deal defense. The trio filed a brief urging the Atlanta federal appeals court to revisit the Epstein plea deal and CVRA case.

Source: Standard Digital July 14, 2020 12:11 UTC