Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers cite Cosby case in bid to have charges dropped

Lawyers claim Florida plea deal should protect socialite but tactic is unlikely to work

Lawyers for the disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell have asked a judge to throw out her case on sex trafficking charges, citing the recent release from prison of actor Bill Cosby.

Cosby, 83, was convicted in 2018 of drugging and assaulting Andrea Constand, a Temple University employee, at his suburban estate in 2004. But he was released when Pennsylvania's highest court overturned the conviction after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.