Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell have filed a motion for a re-trial, just weeks after she was found guilty of recruiting underage girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein.

The 60-year-old Briton, who is an ex-girlfriend of the late billionaire paedophile, is due to be sentenced in June after her conviction in a New York court.

She was accused of recruiting and grooming four teenagers for Epstein to molest at his various properties between 1994 and 2004.

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The court had heard her described as “dangerous” and Epstein’s “partner in crime” before she was found guilty of five out of six counts she faced.

But after the verdict, a juror – who has not been publicly identified – admitted telling other jurors he was sexually abused as a child and used his experiences to persuade others to convict Maxwell.

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Earlier this month Maxwell’s lawyers wrote to Judge Alison Nathan saying the issue “presents incontrovertible grounds for a new trial”.

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