Mr. Epstein is said to have lured girls as young as 14 to engage in sex acts with him and paid them hundreds of dollars in cash. Investigators said they seized hundreds — possibly thousands — of nude or partially nude photographs of underage girls from his mansion in Manhattan. The site: Mr. Epstein’s mansion is one of the largest in Manhattan — a sprawling $56 million seven-story home with a heated sidewalk to melt the winter snow. Background: In 2008, Mr. Epstein avoided similar federal charges in Miami after striking a plea deal that shielded him from prosecution, as revealed by The Miami Herald. One of the federal prosecutors who offered him the secret deal is now in President Trump’s cabinet.

Source: International New York Times July 08, 2019 20:09 UTC