Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, urged the Supreme Court on Monday to take up her pending appeal and overturn her sex-trafficking conviction, claiming she was covered by an agreement Epstein made with federal authorities that shielded her from prosecution.

The new filing responds to a Justice Department brief that argued the justices should leave Maxwell's criminal convictions in place.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein associate who was convicted of sex trafficking, has said she was improperly prosecuted and wants the Supreme Court to hear her appeal.