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Investigators seized nude photographs of underage girls from the Manhattan townhouse of Jeffrey Epstein
as part of a new investigation into allegations he exploited dozens of minors for sex, prosecutors revealed
on Monday.
That detail was mentioned by federal prosecutors on Monday as they unsealed an indictment charging Mr.
Epstein with sex trafficking and made an appeal to other women who may have been abused by him to
come forward.
"They deserve their day in court and we are proud to stand up for them by bringing this indictment," the
United States attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey S. Berman, said.
Mr. Epstein, 66, is accused of engaging in sex acts with dozens of vulnerable minors, some as young as 14,
during naked massage sessions, then paying them hundreds of dollars in cash. He also asked some of the
girls to recruit other underage girls, the indictment said.
"In this way, Epstein created a vast network of underage victims for him to sexually exploit in locations
including New York and Palm Beach," the indictment said.
Mr. Berman's decision to seek an indictment in Manhattan was an implicit rebuke to the decision by
prosecutors in Miami in 2008 to enter an agreement with Mr. Epstein that allowed him to avoid federal
prosecution and a possible life sentence.
Under that deal, Mr. Epstein pleaded guilty to state prostitution charges and spent about a year in a Palm
Beach jail. He was permitted to leave the facility six days a week to work.
Mr. Berman made it clear his office was not bound by the agreement, which was overseen by Alexander
Acosta, then the United States attorney in Miami who is now President Trump's secretary of labor.
"That agreement, by its terms, only binds the Southern District of Florida," Mr. Berman said.
The agreement has been examined in a series of reports in The Miami Herald and is being challenged in
court. A federal judge ruled earlier this year Mr. Epstein's accusers should have been consulted about the
deal before it was signed.
The indictment unsealed in Manhattan on Monday said that from 2002 to 2005 Mr. Epstein and his
employees engaged in a sex trafficking scheme, bringing underage girls to his Upper East Side mansion
and his palatial compound in Palm Beach, Fla., to engage in sex acts with him.
The indictment said Mr. Epstein used employees and assistants to arrange sexual rendezvous with at least
one girl at his New York residence and two at his home in Palm Beach.
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