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Jeffrey Epstein, billionaire and former friend of Duke of York, 'charged with sex trafficking'

https://ift.tt/2S484k6 effrey Epstein, the Duke of York’s former friend, has reportedly been charged with the sex trafficking of minors. Epstein, a wealthy financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls, struck a controversial plea deal in 2008 under which he served only 13 months in jail, and reached financial settlements with many of his alleged victims. The plea deal allowed Epstein, who is now 66, to plead guilty to lesser state charges of soliciting and procuring a person under age 18 for prostitution. The deal also required he reach financial settlements with dozens of his once-teenage victims and register as a sex offender. The 66-year-old, who had been friendly with Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton, was arrested in the New York area on Saturday and was in federal custody, according to the New York Times and the Daily Beast. He is expected to appear before a federal magistrate on Monday to face charges involving allegations that date to the 2000s on Monday, the websites reported. The arrest comes seven months after he reached a last-minute settlement in a long-running case in Florida that could have led to allegations relating to the duke being aired in court. Bradley Edwards, a lawyer who represented the alleged victims 11 years ago, was accusing Epstein of trying to ruin his reputation. Had the case gone ahead it would have allowed alleged victims to finally testify in open court. Those women could have included Virginia Roberts, who in court papers in 2015 claimed she was kept as a "sex slave" by Epstein, and that she had sex with the Duke when she was 17. In 2015 sources close to the Duke told The Telegraph he categorically denied the accusation, and that he had been a "fool" over his friendship with Epstein.

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