On July 6, wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested and charged with sex trafficking. He’s being held without bond on the charges, which were brought by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. In 2008, Epstein pled guilty to related conduct in state court in Florida, pursuant to a non-prosecution agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. Is the government trying to take a second bite at the apple? Can they do that? Could something like that happen in North Carolina? The Florida charges. Epstein pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution in state court in Florida in 2008. The plea resulted from a state and federal investigation into Epstein’s sexual contact with minors. As part of the deal, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida entered into this nonprosecution agreement with Epstein, agreeing that it would not prosecute him for “any offenses that have been the subject of the joint investigation,” including various prostitution and sex trafficking crimes involving minor females allegedly committed by Epstein between 2001 and 2007. The New York charges. The current charges against Epstein are contained in this two-count indictment. It alleges that between 2002 and 2005, Epstein “sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes in Manhattan . . . and Palm Beach.” He allegedly enticed girls as young as 14 to engage in sexual activity in exchange for cash payments, and used his employees to recruit new [...]
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