Jeffrey Epstein

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Epstein's Only Named Client Absolutely Savages Him

'My trust in him was grossly misplaced,' says Leslie Wexner

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein is a fraudster as well as a sex offender, according to retail mogul Leslie Wexner. The billionaire founder of L Brands, parent company of Victoria's Secret, was the financier's only named client for many years in an arrangement seen as highly unusual . In a letter to...

As Epstein Awaits Trial in New York, a New Move by Florida

Governor has ordered state criminal investigation into why Epstein's 2008 plea deal was so cushy

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein was alleged to have sexually abused dozens of teen girls, but in the end he received a deal in Florida that let him plead guilty on lower charges involving just one of those girls. Now the state's governor has ordered a state criminal investigation into why...

New Yorker Profiles Dershowitz, and He Is Not Happy
Dershowitz's Harvard Lectures
Bothered Female Students
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 4, 2019 7:12 AM CDT

Dershowitz's Harvard Lectures Bothered Female Students

'New Yorker' is out with a lengthy, unflattering profile of the law professor

(Newser) - The New Yorker is out with a deep dive into the professional and personal life of Alan Dershowitz, the 80-year-old emeritus professor of Harvard Law who maintains a near-constant presence on TV as a legal analyst. In fact, his public profile has only increased since the election of Donald Trump,...

Report: Epstein Planned 'Baby Ranch' in New Mexico

He spoke to prominent scientists about his plans to 'improve' human race, sources say

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein is an even more disturbing character than his arrest on sex-trafficking charges suggests, according to a report in the New York Times . Sources say the billionaire financier used his wealth and influence to build connections with prominent scientists, and he spoke to some of them about his interest...

Key to Epstein&#39;s Fortune: One Unusual Arrangement
Key to Epstein's Fortune:
One Unusual Arrangement
the rundown
Jul 26, 2019 12:55 PM CDT

Key to Epstein's Fortune: One Unusual Arrangement

Retail mogul Leslie Wexner gave Epstein virtually complete control over his financial life

(Newser) - Little new has emerged about Jeffrey Epstein since Thursday's reports that he was found injured in his jail cell. Epstein reportedly had bruises on his neck, but as the AP notes, it remains unclear whether they were self-inflicted or caused by an attacker. According to the US Bureau of...

Report: Epstein Found Injured in Jail Cell

Sources say financier is now on suicide watch

(Newser) - Financier Jeffrey Epstein is on suicide watch at the Metropolitan Correction Center in New York City after being found injured in his cell, according to multiple reports. Sources tell the New York Daily News that the billionaire was found semiconscious on the floor of his cell with marks on his...

Florida Sheriff Will Investigate Epstein's Cushy Work Release

Back in 2008, it appears he was allowed to bend the rules quite a bit

(Newser) - A Florida sheriff launched an investigation Friday into whether his department properly monitored the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein while he was serving a sentence for soliciting prostitution from underage girls, the AP reports. The inquiry will focus on whether deputies assigned to monitor Epstein in a work-release program violated any...

No Bail for Epstein: He'll Fight Charges From Jail

Prosecutors argued he was too much of a flight risk

(Newser) - A judge denied bail Thursday for jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges after prosecutors argued the jet-setting defendant is a danger to the public and might flee the country. The federal judge's ruling means Epstein will remain behind bars while he fights charges that he exploited dozens...

Epstein Lawyers: This Is Why He Had a Fake Passport

They say it was in case of hijacking in 1980s

(Newser) - Billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had a good reason for possessing a fake passport, his lawyers argued in a court filing Tuesday. The attorneys said the doctored Austrian passport — cited by prosecutors as a reason why the 66-year-old should be considered a flight risk—was acquired by Epstein to...

Prosecutors Say They Found Odd Passport in Epstein's Safe

It was fake, for one

(Newser) - A judge won't decide whether Jeffrey Epstein is granted bail until Thursday, and both sides were given 20 minutes on Monday to make their case, reports CNN . Prosecutors argued he's a flight risk and could tamper with witnesses; his attorneys say the 66-year-old followed the terms of his...

Prosecutors Say Epstein Paid Off Potential Witnesses

Financier reportedly sent $350K to two people

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein wired $350,000 to two people in November and December—an attempt to sway possible witnesses in the sex-trafficking case against him, prosecutors say. The payments were made soon after publication of the Miami Herald investigation into the behind-the-scenes plea deal between Epstein and prosecutors in Florida in...

Acosta Is Out as Labor Secretary
Acosta Is Out
as Labor Secretary
Jul 12, 2019 8:53 AM CDT

Acosta Is Out as Labor Secretary

'I thought the right thing was to step aside,' he says amid Jeffrey Epstein controversy

(Newser) - Alex Acosta will not weather the storm over the Jeffrey Epstein plea deal he orchestrated 11 years ago. President Trump said Friday that Acosta has resigned as labor secretary, reports CNN . Trump addressed reporters with Acosta at his side, notes USA Today . “I thought the right thing was to...

More Epstein Accusers Are Coming Forward

Lawyers say they have been contacted by at least a dozen women

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein is already accused of abusing enough underage girls to fill more than one school bus—and they are still coming forward. Lawyers say that since the 66-year-old's arrest on Saturday, they have been contacted by more than a dozen women, most of whom say they were minors...

Epstein Attorneys Push for Cushy Bail Terms

They say he should live at his mansion before trial

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's attorneys made the case Thursday that their client should be released from jail and allowed to live in his New York City mansion before his upcoming trial on charges of molesting young girls. The disgraced financier's legal team said he'd wear a GPS bracelet, ground...

Former Florida Prosecutor: Acosta's Account Is 'Wrong'

Barry Krischer pushes back on Acosta's version of what happened with Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - A former Florida state attorney says Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta's account of the plea deal he offered to billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is "completely wrong." Barry Krischer, who was the state attorney for Palm Beach County from 1993 until 2009, says Acosta is trying to "...

'Unapologetic' Acosta: We Kept Epstein From Walking Free

Labor Secretary says his relationship with the president remains great

(Newser) - Labor Secretary Alex Acosta says that when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida, his office got the best deal it could at the time when it came to the secret plea deal offered to Jeffrey Epstein a decade ago in a molestation case. At a news conference Wednesday, the...

The Very Odd Things Found in Epstein&#39;s Mansion
The Very Odd Things
Found in Epstein's Mansion
the rundown
Jul 10, 2019 12:54 PM CDT

The Very Odd Things Found in Epstein's Mansion

A prison mural, for one

(Newser) - In stepping forward to tell her story to NBC News , accuser Jennifer Araoz described being given a tour of Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan home nearly two decades ago. Among the stranger things she recalls seeing: a bathroom that had a set of prosthetic breasts within arm's reach of the...

New Epstein Accuser Says She Was Recruited as a Freshman

Jennifer Araoz speaks to NBC News

(Newser) - The federal indictment against Jeffrey Epstein references three unidentified victims. Jennifer Araoz is not one of them. But the 32-year-old tells NBC News ' Today Show she was raped by Epstein at age 15; she never went to police, but she says she did tell four people, who confirmed her...

Acosta Defends Plea Deal, and Trump Disses Epstein

President says they had a 'falling out' years ago and he is 'not a fan'

(Newser) - The ugly Jeffrey Epstein case involving allegations of sex with underage girls continued to reverberate Tuesday, with Labor Secretary Alex Acosta defending the controversial plea deal he helped orchestrate in 2008 and President Trump distancing himself from the imprisoned financier. Developments:
  • Trump: The president told reporters he knew Epstein years
...

Pelosi Says Labor Secretary Must Resign

House Speaker criticizes 'unconscionable' plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta "must step down." That's the opinion of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi following federal sex-trafficking charges against billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, who escaped a life sentence as part of a 2008 plea deal Acosta orchestrated while US attorney in Miami. Epstein avoided federal charges...

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