Maxwell's attempt at freedom 'deeply troubling': Survivor

(NewsNation) — Ghislaine Maxwell, who was charged as a co-conspirator of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was recently denied a bid to overturn her sexual abuse crimes conviction on Tuesday. Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for her part in the alleged sex trafficking scheme, which involved minors, attempted to have her conviction thrown out earlier this year. In a motion made public Tuesday, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ruled Maxwell was unauthorized to file any more requests to toss out her conviction.  The summary read in part, “Maxwell, however, is not to submit any further filings. Any such filings will not be considered.” After the judge's decision was made public, former Playboy Playmate Audra Christiansen called Maxwell's motion to try to overturn her conviction "deeply troubling." "For decades, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s network fought to be taken seriously. Many were children or very young women like me when they were exploited," she told NewsNation. "They lived with the consequences while powerful people had access to money, attorneys, influence and institutions that repeatedly failed to protect victims.""Maxwell now argues that attorneys representing Epstein’s accusers somehow acted as 'de facto prosecutors' and that newly released documents prove her due process rights were violated," Christiansen continued. "A federal judge has rejected those claims, finding that the supposed new evidence was largely irrelevant to her case." She …