New York Times: Jeffrey Epstein Is Accused of Luring Girls to His Manhattan Mansion and Abusing Them
The billionaire financier is charged with running a sex-trafficking operation that brought dozens of girls as young as 14 to his opulent Upper East Side home.
Federal prosecutors appear to have resurrected a federal sex crimes case against the billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein by focusing on accusations that he sexually assaulted girls at his mansion in Manhattan — more than a decade after a widely criticized plea deal shielded him from similar charges in Florida.
Federal prosecutors are expected to unseal the new charges on Monday accusing Mr. Epstein, 66, of running a sex-trafficking operation that lured dozens of underage girls, some as young as 14, to his Upper East Side home, according to three law enforcement officials.
He was arrested on Saturday at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, after arriving on a private flight from France, two law enforcement officials said. The sex trafficking charges carry a combined maximum sentence of up to 45 years in prison.
The new charges are a revival of a yearslong case against Mr. Epstein, who faced similar accusations involving girls who told the police they were brought to his mansion in South Florida and assaulted.
That case unraveled in 2008 after Mr. Epstein was offered a secret plea deal by federal prosecutors, one of whom is now in President Trump’s cabinet.
In fact, Mr. Epstein has long had links to a wide array of high-profile officials, celebrities and business moguls — from Mr. Trump to Bill Clinton to Prince Andrew.
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Update #1: Jeffrey Epstein is being detained in the same prison as El Chapo and facing 45 years behind bars for allegedly paying dozens of underage girls for massages and then sexually assaulting the teens (Daily Mail)
Update #2: Financier Epstein arrested in U.S. sex trafficking case: source (Reuters)
WNU Editor: He does know a lot of people .... Miami Herald Investigative Reporter: 'Quite A Few Powerful, Important People' May Be Named in Jeffrey Epstein Case (Newsweek). More here .... Nancy Pelosi daughter: 'Quite likely some of our faves are implicated' in Epstein case (Washington Examiner).
