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Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested on Saturday for allegedly sex trafficking dozens of minors in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005. The pedophile will appear in court in New York on Monday, according to three law enforcement sources.
The arrest by the FBI-NYPD Crimes Against Children Task Force comes roughly 12 years after the 66-year-old financier essentially got a slap on the wrist for allegedly molesting dozens of underage girls in Florida.
For over ten years, Epstein’s alleged abuse of underage girls has been the subject of lawsuits brought by victims, investigations by local and federal authorities, and exposés in the press.
Despite all the attention cast on his alleged sex crimes, the hedge-funder has managed to avoid any meaningful jail time, let alone federal charges.
Money has its privileges.
The new indictment will be unsealed Monday in Manhattan federal court, according to sources. It will reportedly allege that Epstein sexually exploited dozens of underage girls in his go-to scheme: paying them cash for "massages" and then molesting or sexually abusing them in his Upper East Side mansion or his palatial residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
The new indictment will be unsealed Monday in Manhattan federal court, according to sources. It will reportedly allege that Epstein sexually exploited dozens of underage girls in his go-to scheme: paying them cash for "massages" and then molesting or sexually abusing them in his Upper East Side mansion or his palatial residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Epstein will be charged with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors—which could put him away for a maximum of 45 years, making him 111 years old when he's released. If he makes it, he will have a significantly reduced libido.
The pedophile's case is being handled by the Public Corruption Unit of the Southern District of New York, with assistance from the district's human-trafficking officials and the FBI.
Several of the billionaire's employees and associates allegedly recruited the girls for Epstein's deviant pleasure, and some victims eventually became recruiters themselves, according to law enforcement, kind of like the Stockholm syndrome.
The girls were as young as 14-years-old; that's about 170 weeks old! What is most important is that Epstein knew they were underage, according to the arrest details and indictment shared by two officials.
“It’s been a long time coming—it’s been too long coming,” said attorney David Boies, who represents Epstein accusers Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Sarah Ransome. “It is an important step towards getting justice for the many victims of Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking enterprise.
“We hope that prosecutors will not stop with Mr. Epstein because there were many other people who participated with him and made the sex trafficking possible," he told The Daily Beast.
The FBI is expected to provide a phone number of additional victims to contact SDNY on Monday.
If you stick your nose in the air, you can smell the panic in Washington, D.C.
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Several of the billionaire's employees and associates allegedly recruited the girls for Epstein's deviant pleasure, and some victims eventually became recruiters themselves, according to law enforcement, kind of like the Stockholm syndrome.
The girls were as young as 14-years-old; that's about 170 weeks old! What is most important is that Epstein knew they were underage, according to the arrest details and indictment shared by two officials.
“It’s been a long time coming—it’s been too long coming,” said attorney David Boies, who represents Epstein accusers Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Sarah Ransome. “It is an important step towards getting justice for the many victims of Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking enterprise.
“We hope that prosecutors will not stop with Mr. Epstein because there were many other people who participated with him and made the sex trafficking possible," he told The Daily Beast.
The FBI is expected to provide a phone number of additional victims to contact SDNY on Monday.
If you stick your nose in the air, you can smell the panic in Washington, D.C.
If you enjoyed this post, please consider following my blog, but even if you choose not to do so, please check out the sponsors on this page.
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