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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document2_ Filed 07/02/19 Page1of14 ORIGINAL UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ee -- - = - - = : SEALED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : INDICTMENT -~ Ve. - 2 19 Cr. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, i 1 9 CRIM 4 9 0 Defendant. mmm mmm mmm mmm ee x COUNT ONE The Grand Jury charges: OVERVIEW    1. As set forth herein, over the course of many years, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes in Manhattan, New | York, and Palm Beach, Florida, among other locations. 2. In particular, from at least in or about 2002, up to and including at least in or about 2005, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, enticed and recruited, and caused to be enticed and recruited, minor girls to visit his mansion in Manhattan, New York (the “New York Residence”) and his estate in Palm Beach, Florida (the “Palm Beach Residence”) to engage in sex acts with him, after which he would give the victims hundreds of dollars in cash. Moreover, and in order to maintain and increase his supply of victims, EPSTEIN also paid certain of his victims to recruit additional girls to be similarly abused by EPSTEIN. In DOJ-OGR-00000258 

ae Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document2 Filed 07/02/19 Page 2 of 14 this way, EPSTEIN created a vast network of underage victims for him to sexually exploit in locations including New York and Palm Beach. 3. The victims described herein were as young as 14 years old at the time they were abused by JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, and were, for various reasons, often particularly vulnerable to exploitation. EPSTEIN intentionally sought out minors and knew that many of his victims were in fact under the age of 18, including because, in some instances, minor victims expressly told him their age. 4. In creating and maintaining this network of minor victims in multiple states to sexually abuse and exploit, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, worked and conspired with others, including employees and associates who facil…

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