Disgraced US financier Epstein commits suicide in prison

Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. He has been found dead in his prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, US media report. PHOTO | AFP | FILE

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Epstein had pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and conspiracy charges and was being held without bail.
  • Epstein was accused of paying girls under the age of 18 to perform sex acts at his Manhattan and Florida mansions between 2002 and 2005.
  • Epstein, 66, had been found unconscious in his cell in late July with marks on his neck after an apparent suicide attempt.

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