Ghislaine Maxwell filed this week a pro se petition in federal court asking to vacate, set aside or correct her conviction and 20‑year sentence, saying substantial new evidence undermines the 2021 sex‑trafficking verdict tied to Jeffrey Epstein.Her petition in the Southern District of New York alleges juror misconduct, collusion between victims' attorneys and the DOJ, and that exculpatory information was withheld, citing records from civil litigation, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, financial institutions and the Epstein estate.Maxwell, who met this year for nine hours with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche during a DOJ review that found Epstein died by suicide, was transferred to a Texas prison camp and now faces prosecutors who point to prior rulings and a Supreme Court rejection in October while victim attorneys James Marsh and Lisa Bloom say newly disclosed materials have retraumatized survivors including Virginia Giuffre.