SUPPLIED Wealthy financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested in New York on sex trafficking charges. Epstein gained public recognition through the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, which put his high-profile connections on display with a US$30 million donation to Harvard University to establish a mathematical biology and evolutionary dynamics programme. "He is this mysterious, Gatsbyesque figure," someone familiar with Epstein told NYMag in 2002. EMILY MICHOT/MIAMI HERALD/TNS Courtney Wild, 30, was a victim of serial sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein beginning at the age of 14. Joseph Recarey, the lead Palm Beach detective on the case, said Epstein was essentially operating a "sexual pyramid scheme."

Source: Stuff July 08, 2019 07:30 UTC