EFTA00021252.pdf

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
 
 
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
INDICTMENT 
19 Cr. 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 
Defendant. 
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 minor girls to be similarly abused by 
EPSTEIN. In this way, EPSTEIN created a vast network of 
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underage victims for him to sexually exploit, often on a daily 
basis, 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. Moreover, EPSTEIN, who 
intentionally sought out minors, knew that many of victims were 
in fact under the age of 18, including because, in some 
instances, victims expressly told him that they were underage. 
4. 
In creating and maintaining this network of minor 
victims in multiple states to sexually abuse and exploit, 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, worked with others, including 
employees and associates who facilitated his conduct by, among 
other things, contacting victims and scheduling their sexual 
encounters with EPSTEIN at the New York Residence and a…
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