UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Southern District of New York U.S. ATTORNEY GEOFFREY S. BERMAN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 8, 2019 hup://www.justice.gov/usao/nys CONTACT: ATT R EY' FFI E NYPD FBI JEFFREY EPSTEIN CHARGED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT WITH SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS Alleged Conduct Occurred in both New York and Florida over Multiple Years, Involving Dozens of Victims Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, , the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), announced that JEFFREY EPSTEIN was arrested Saturday and charged with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors. The indictment unsealed today alleges that, between 2002 through 2005, EPSTEIN sexually exploited and abused dozens of underage girls by enticing them to engage in sex acts with