LIVE: Federal prosecutors announce sex trafficking-related charges against Jeffrey Epstein.
According to the indictment, he would initially ask his victims for"massages," which would be done either fully or partially nude, and then become"increasingly sexual in nature." He would then pay his victims to recruit additional girls, federal prosecutors said.
His arrest is part of a larger investigation by the Southern District of New York's Public Corruption Unit, multiple people briefed on the matter earlier told NBC News.in 2005, when investigators sought to charge Epstein and two assistants with crimes tied to his sexual behavior with underage females at his home. Palm Beach investigators interviewed five alleged victims and 17 witnesses, according to the police files.
The deal was widely criticized as too lenient, and was worked out by attorneys for Epstein and agreed to by former Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, who is now President Donald Trump's labor secretary.telling a House Appropriations subcommitteeEpstein's accusers, who say they were not told of the non-prosecution agreement in advance, are suing to have it thrown out.
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