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Subject: NYT; `Uncontrollable' Jeffrey Epstein: 5 Takeaways From Judge's Bail Decision 
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 23:03:13 +0000 
'Uncontrollable' Jeffrey Epstein: 5 Takeaways 
From Judge's Bail Decision 
By Ben Weiser 
Mr. Epstein was willing to pay almost anything to stay out of jail. But the judge suggested he 
could not curb his sexual fixation with minors. 
July 19, 2019 
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New 
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A federal judge on Thursday denied Jeffrey 
Epstein's request for bail pending his trial on sex-
trafficking charges in Manhattan. As a result, Mr. 
Epstein, 66, a wealthy financier who owns a private 
jet, luxury homes around the world and a private 
island in the Caribbean, will have to spend months 
in a Manhattan jail that typically holds accused 
mobsters, drug dealers and terrorists. 
The judge, Richard M. Berman of Federal District 
Court, agreed with prosecutors that Mr. Epstein was 
not only a flight risk, but posed a threat to others —
particularly teenage girls - if released. 
The judge's strong rebuke of Mr. Epstein's conduct 
and request to be allowed house arrest stood in 
sharp contrast to how the authorities in Florida had 
treated the financier in 2007. 
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That year, he reached a widely criticized deal that 
let him avoid federal prosecution on charges he 
sexually abused and trafficked minors. Instead, he 
pleaded guilty to state charges of soliciting a minor 
for prostitution and ended up serving 13 months in 
jail. He was allowed to leave the facility six a days 
a week,  ostensibly to work. 
Here are five takeaways from Judge Berman's 
opinion. 
Mr. Epstein was willing to pay almost any price 
to stay out of jail 
Unlike so many people charged in state and federal 
courts, affording bail was not a problem for Mr. 
Epstein. He had offered to post a gargantuan bond, 
secured by his $56 million mansion on East 71st 
Street in Manhattan and his  private jet. 
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