Ghislaine Maxwell will appeal against her conviction for luring young girls for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to molest, her brother has said.
The 60-year-old, who was labeled "dangerous" by the prosecution, faces the rest of her life in jail for helping to entice vulnerable teenagers to Epstein's various properties for him to sexually abuse between 1994 and 2004.
Maxwell was found guilty of five federal charges, including sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and three related counts of conspiracy.
She was acquitted on the charge of enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, per BBC News.
In a statement, Maxwell's brother Kevin said: "We believe firmly in our sister’s innocence – we are very disappointed with the verdict. We have already started the appeal tonight and we believe that she will ultimately be vindicated."
Lisa Bloom, who represents a number of Ghislaine Maxwell’s and Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, said she does not see "any chance" of Maxwell's legal team successfully appealing against the verdict.
Maxwell showed no emotion when the verdicts were read. Judge Alison Nathan did not set a sentencing date after the verdict.
Maxwell's trial heard how she summoned a 14-year-old girl to an orgy, groped another victim, and laid a schoolgirl outfit out for a third accuser before a sexualized massage with Epstein because she "thought it would be fun".
The full indictment against Maxwell listed six charges, including conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, enticement of a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, and conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Maxwell was also accused of transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking of a minor, and lying under oath by hiding her participation in Epstein's offenses during a separate civil case.
Maxwell was arrested in July 2020 at her New Hampshire home.
Epstein's final cause of death was revealed to be suicide by hanging in his jail cell in August 2019. This took place as he awaited, without the chance of bail, his trial on sex trafficking charges.
While the medical examiner ruled the death a suicide, his death had sparked numerous conspiracy theories including that he was murdered.