Jeffrey Epstein Arrested on Charges of Sex Trafficking Minors

He's set to appear in federal court on Monday.

July 7, 2019

jeffrey epstein arrested — Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA on 9/8/04. Epstein is connected with several prominent people including politicians, actors and academics. Epstein was convicted of having sex with an underaged woman. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
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The FBI-NYPD Crimes Against Children Task Force have arrested convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the Daily Beast reports.

The 66-year-old financier and registered sex offender is being charged with sex trafficking minors between 2002 and 2005. He's set to appear in federal court on Monday.

Per the Daily Beast:

Epstein previously plead guilty to a charge of soliciting prostitution from a minor after agreeing to a plea deal. The deal halted a federal investigation against him. Epstein was being investigated for paying dozens of underage girls to perform sexual acts and was facing life in prison. He eventually served 13 months. While in jail, he was allowed to go to his office to work six days a week.

“It’s been a long time coming—it’s been too long coming,” David Boies, a lawyer that represents Epstein accusers Sarah Ransome and Virginia Roberts Giuffre, told the Daily Beast. "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."