Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has claimed that 25 alleged accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein quietly reached “secret settlements” with his accusers — while four other Epstein employees named in past court filings were never charged — according to new court documents filed by Maxwell as part of her ongoing bid to overturn her conviction.
In a handwritten motion filed in December without the assistance of her attorneys, the 63-year-old British socialite alleged that “new evidence” shows that plaintiff attorneys made confidential settlement agreements with 25 men she described as potential co-conspirators in Epstein’s sex-trafficking network.
“New evidence reveals that there were 25 men with which the plaintiff lawyers reached secret settlements — that could equally be considered as co-conspirators,” Maxwell wrote. “None of these men have been prosecuted and none has been revealed to [me]; I would have called them as witnesses had I known.”
Maxwell also alleged that four of Epstein’s former employees, who were mentioned in both his non-prosecution agreement and 2019 federal indictment, were never charged despite their names appearing in the documents. She claimed that prosecutors and civil attorneys “colluded” to conceal the information, depriving her of a fair trial.
“If the jury had heard of the new evidence of the collusion between the plaintiff’s lawyers and the government to conceal evidence and the prosecutorial misconduct, they would not have convicted,” Maxwell wrote.
Epstein’s former confidante was convicted in 2021 on five federal charges, including sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to entice minors to travel for illegal acts. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison for recruiting and grooming young women and girls for Epstein, who died by suicide in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
Maxwell’s latest filing revives longstanding questions about the extent of Epstein’s network and whether additional individuals involved in his operations have evaded accountability. The claim coincides with the ongoing implementation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Congress passed in November to require the Justice Department to release all materials related to Epstein’s federal investigations and plea agreements.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in December that the department is reviewing the extensive trove of evidence for release. “It truly is an all-hands-on-deck approach and we’re asking as many lawyers as possible to commit their time to review the documents that remain,” Blanche said. “Required redactions to protect victims take time but they will not stop these materials from being released.”
The act required the full release of Epstein-related documents by December 19, 2025, but as of last week, only 12,285 files had been published through the Department of Justice’s “Epstein Library,” which went live on the mandated release date. Officials have cited ongoing redaction efforts to protect the identities of victims.
The documents include evidence collected during Epstein’s controversial 2008 plea deal in Florida, which allowed him to serve just 13 months in a county jail despite federal prosecutors initially identifying more than 30 underage victims. The deal also granted immunity to several unnamed “potential co-conspirators,” language that has drawn renewed scrutiny as Maxwell continues to fight her conviction.
It remains unclear whether the 25 individuals referenced in Maxwell’s new filing are among those protected under the 2008 non-prosecution agreement or whether they entered separate civil settlements that shielded them from potential criminal exposure. To date, only Epstein and Maxwell have been charged in connection with Epstein’s sex-trafficking network.
Maxwell is currently serving her sentence at a minimum-security federal prison in Texas, where she was transferred last year from a Florida facility. Her transfer came after she participated in an interview with federal officials, reportedly conducted by Deputy Attorney General Blanche, concerning the broader scope of Epstein’s operations and ongoing transparency efforts.
She is scheduled to sit for a deposition before the House Oversight Committee on February 9, part of a congressional inquiry into Epstein’s federal handling and alleged institutional failures. Her attorney has since filed a motion seeking to delay the testimony unless Maxwell is granted clemency for her conviction.
