Case overview
In 2008, he was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution, and was indicted in 2019 for sex trafficking minors in the 2000s. In 2005, police in Palm Beach, Florida, began investigating Epstein after a parent reported that Epstein had paid her 14-year-old stepdaughter to strip and massage him. [1]
He died in custody awaiting his trial and his death was ruled a suicide. On November 19, 2019, prosecutors charged guards Michael Thomas and Tova Noel with creating false records, and conspiracy, after footage revealed that Epstein had, against regulation, been in his cell unchecked for eight hours prior to being found dead. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General in addition to the FBI investigation, saying he was "appalled" by Epstein's death in federal custody. [2]
