Ghislaine Maxwell plea deal resurfaces as Nadia Marcinko faces scrutiny

Nadia Marcinko may face renewed scrutiny over her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s circle after a 2008 plea deal named four women as potential co-conspirators and granted them immunity from prosecution. The issue has returned as US legislators move to question two Epstein assistants, Sarah Kellen and Lesley Groff.

2008 plea deal and immunity

Epstein received a 13-month sentence in 2008 for soliciting sex from an under-age girl. The plea deal identified Sarah Kellen, Lesley Groff, Adriana Ross and Marcinko as potential co-conspirators and shielded them from prosecution.

That agreement now sits at the center of the latest review of Epstein’s network. A congresswoman wants all four women named in the deal, including Marcinko, to be investigated, even though the document had already tied their names to Epstein’s case.

Marcinko and Epstein's circle

The described Marcinko as Epstein’s main girlfriend for seven years and later as an assistant pilot of his private plane. It also reported that she first met him in New York in 2003, when she was 18, through Jean-Luc Brunel, who organized the birthday party where they met.

Her lawyers say she was one of Epstein’s victims. But girls in Palm Beach, Florida, told police in 2008 that she participated in the abuse that led to Epstein’s conviction, placing her in the split account that now follows her back into public view.

Questions after Epstein's death

Epstein died in prison in 2019 while awaiting further sex charges. In January 2026, the US Department of Justice released a heavily redacted document with five pages of testimony that matched Marcinko’s account in detail.

For Marcinko, the practical consequence is immediate: her name is back in play because lawmakers are widening their review of Epstein associates, and the 2008 immunity deal did not erase the record that first tied her to the case.