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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 2 Filed 07/02/19 Page 1 of 14
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
OR\G\NAL
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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SEALED
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INDICTMENT
- V. - 19 Cr.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
19CRW 490
Defendant.
The
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 rls 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 mainta and increase his
supply of victims, EPSTEIN also paid certain of s victims to
recruit additional girls to be similarly abused by EPSTEIN. In
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this way, EPSTEIN created a vast network of underage victims r
him to sexually exploit in locations including New York and
Palm Beach.
3. The victims scribed 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
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