5122/22, 1:31 PM Jeffrey Epstein - Wildpedla WIKIPEDIA SEXOnt "TORCET1 NC - le-I VERA OLD CH I t-DReN • Jeffrey Epstein PROST I TOT1 Ot Jeffrey Edward Epstein (/' cpstin/ EP-steen;[2] January 20, 195 10, 2019) was an American financier and nvict-. sex offender. kid Epstein, who was born and raised in City, began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School in Manhattan, despite lacking a college dcE,LLe. After his dismissal from the school, he entered the banking and finance sector, working at Bear Steams 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 JsItligil In 2005, police in Palm Beach, Florida, began invaati hea4.- ear-old daughter. 1 Epstein pleaded illy ana-awas Epstein m lathed that he ha4exifallirbus:..) ‘ e convicted in 2008 by a-Florid o malting a child'2 for rostitutiirr d o solici • a prostitut . tiAl He serval Born almo s in custody, out with extensive work release. He was convicted of only these two crimes as part of a officials had identified 36 girls. whom Epstein had allegedly controversial plea de some as young sexually abused. Epstein was arrested again on July 6, 2019, on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York.[111['?JHe died in his jail cell on August 10, 2019.[L3] The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide.(14] 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 .M['61 Since Epstein's death precluded the possibility of pursuing criminal charges against him, a judge dismissed all criminal charges on August 29, 2019.0:n[183 Epstein had a decades-long association with the British socialite Ghislaine Maxw to her 2021 conviction on U.S. federal char and con i el in him rocure Epstein • so