CH it- r> p RoST Tat() Ni 5/19/22, 3:52 PM WIKIPEDIA Jeffrey Epskin-WIldpedia Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Edward Epstein (I' apstiti 172-Steen; l January 20, 1953 — August io, 2019) was an American financier and convicted sex offender.(31/41 Epstein, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York Cif, began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School in Manhattan, despite lacking a college degree. After his dismissal from the school, he entered the banking and finance sector, working at Bear Stearns in various roles; he eventually started his own firm. Epstein developed an elite social circle and procured many women and children; he and some of his associates then sexually abused them.1,5,11.46271 In 2005, police in Palm Beach, Florida, began investigating Epstein after a parent complained that he had sexually abused her 14-year-old daughter.ai Epstein pleaded guilty and was convicted in 2008 by a Florida state court of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a vrostitute.(51(21 He served almost 13 months in custody, but with extensive work release. He was convicted of only these two crimes as part of a controversial plea deal; federal officials had identified 36 girls, some as young as 14 years old, whom Epstein had allegedly sexually abused [Quo) Epstein was arrested again on July 6, 2019, on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York-M(14J He died in his jail cell on August r.o, 2,319.M The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide.M Epstein's lawyers have disputed the ruling, and there has been significant public skepticism about the true cause of his death, resulting in numerous conspiracy theories 1'5)[161 Since Epstein's death precluded the possibility of pursuing criminal charges against him, a judge dismissed all criminal charges on August 29, 2019.M(181 Epstein had a decades-long association with the British socialite Ghi.slaine Maxwell, leading to her 2021 convicti