The 66-year-old wealthy financier was charged with sex trafficking and held without bail after being arrested July 6.
Edward Hellmore in New York.
Jeffrey Epstein July 30, 2008 in court in West Palm Beach, Florida.
According to New York officials and media reports, wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein has killed himself in a New York jail.
"On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at 6.30pm, prisoner Jeffrey Edward Epstein found an irresponsible body in his cell. As a result, hospital staff pronounced him dead," Epstein, 66, from the Metropolitan Correctional Center. Was held without bail. Since the age of 14, girls were arrested for sex trafficking since their July 6 arrest.
Several media reports say that Epstein died of suicide.
The FBI is investigating the incident, and the attorney general, William Barr, said he had also begun an investigation by the Justice Department Inspector General and was "disturbed" by the death. "Epstein's death raises serious questions that need answers," Barr said.
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Several attorneys for the alleged victims of Epstein, including Virginia Geoffrey, whose statements were described as "slave" by one of the financiers when she was just 14, led to her death. Despite demanding that their crimes be investigated. General Chat Chat Lounge
"We hope the government will continue to investigate and focus on those who participated in and assisted in Epstein's horrific sex trafficking scheme, which has hurt so many people," said Sigrid McCauley.
Shortly after Epstein's death was reported, New York correspondent Alexandria Ocasio Cortese tweeted: "We need answers. Many of them. "
One day after unsold documents in New York, Epstein's death came as he abused young women at his home in Palm Beach, New York, and the Virgin Islands.
Epstein was arrested, at least from 2002 to 2005, on allegations of sexual misconduct. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Initial attempts to prosecute him on similar charges came to an end when authorities gave him an extraordinarily generous deal to prove guilt in Florida on charges of prostitution.
US media reported, citing anonymous sources, that he died a day after he was found unconscious in the neck of a Manhattan prison cell.
It was unclear how he suffered those injuries. Two anonymous sources have told New York Local NBC News 4 that Epstein's injuries may have been self-inflicted, while another said the attack by another inmate had not been ruled out.
After the incident, Epstein was placed on suicide watch.
The Brooklyn-based financier made his name at Investment Bank Beer Starnes before opening his firm in 1982, managing clients with more than $ 1 billion in assets. The business came with a very social schedule. Epstein has established himself as a party personality in Manhattan, Florida and Palm Beach, Florida, and has served the richest, most famous and powerful figure in the United States and around the world.
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Donald Trump is included in Epstein's circle of friends and acquaintances. Bill Clinton; Prince Andrew; Leslie Wexner, founder of the company that owns Victoria's Secret Lingerie brand. And there are many other names in law, entertainment and politics.
The first allegations of sexual abuse were brought about in 2005 when a woman contacted Palm Beach police, alleging that her 14-year-old stepdaughter had been taken to Epstein by a large girl. The girl was allegedly paid $ 300 to remove and massage Epstein's belt.
It launched an 11-month investigation that attracted the FBI. Interviews with the alleged victims and witnesses revealed that some of the girls involved were under the age of 18.
A large amount of documents were purchased by Gusheen Maxwell on Friday for lawsuits against girls - who allegedly denied and denied world leaders' involvement in sex trafficking.
Geoffrey, one of Epstein's many accusers, sued Maxwell in 2015, and the daughter of British socialite and former media tycoon Robert Maxwell defamed her by claiming that she was against Maxwell and Epstein. The charges are false.
Documents have reinforced claims that many people in Epstein's circle participated in her hospitality, including the "massage" of dozens of underage girls.
After actual attempts to sue Epstein were dropped, Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta was repeatedly examined
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