NEW YORK: Jeffrey Epstein, the US financier facing federal sex trafficking charges, committed suicide in his lower Manhattan jail cell, several US ...
Epstein, who was arrested on Jul 6, had pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls as young as 14, from at least 2002 to 2005.The girls were paid hundreds of dollars in cash to massage him, perform sexual acts and to recruit other girls, prosecutors allege.
They say Epstein had an army of recruiters, often not much older than their targets, who would approach vulnerable teens. Epstein is also accused of paying off possible co-conspirators to"influence" them, US media have reported. Epstein, whose friends have included President Donald Trump, former president Bill Clinton and Britain's Prince Andrew, was convicted previously of paying young girls for sexual massages at his Palm Beach mansion.
But he avoided federal prosecution under a plea deal that required Epstein to admit to a single Florida state charge of soliciting prostitution from a minor and register as a sex offender.The new charges would have seen him face up to 45 years in prison - effectively the rest of his life - if convicted.
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