Apparent suicide of US financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was awaiting trial on charges that he trafficked underaged girls for sex, has triggered an outcry over the high-profile detainee's death while in custody
US financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.
Epstein, a convicted pedophile who befriended numerous politicians and celebrities over the years, was found unresponsive around 6:30 am at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York from "an apparent suicide," the US Department of Justice said. US Attorney General Bill Barr said he was "appalled" to learn of Epstein's death and instructed the Justice Department's inspector general to probe the circumstances.
Epstein, who denied the charges, had faced up to 45 years in prison -- effectively the rest of his life -- if convicted. The two thousand pages of previously sealed court documents released Friday focused on testimony by a woman who claimed she was Epstein's "sex slave." Epstein is also accused of paying off possible co-conspirators to "influence" them, US media have reported.
He served 13 months in a county jail before being released. Acosta resigned last month amid a backlash over the deal.
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