Subscriber Account active since. Epstein ran a years-long "trafficking pyramid scheme" from the US Virgin Islands, prosecutors alleged in a lawsuit against the former wealth manager's estate in January. Meanwhile, the convicted sex offender maintained a vast social and professional network both on and off the Islands, which even included the wife of the US Virgin Islands' former governor. The former hedge-fund manager kept his client list under wraps, but he often bragged of his elite social circle that included presidents and Hollywood stars. More recently on July 2, the British socialite who allegedly introduced Epstein and helped him recruit girls to abuse was arrested on charges of sex trafficking and perjury in New Hampshire, The New York Times reported. Ghislaine Maxwell, who is also believed to have been Epstein's ex-girlfriend, worked with Epstein to "recruit, groom and ultimately abuse" children, her indictment states. Epstein, 66, died by suicide in a Manhattan jail on August 10, as he awaited trial on charges of sex trafficking of minors. He had been in police custody since he was arrested on July 6, shortly after exiting his private jet in New Jersey's Teterboro Airport. He pleaded not guilty on July 8 and was being held without bail in New York City. On July 25, Epstein was placed on suicide watch after a reported suicide attempt that had led to his hospitalization.


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Go to parties. Deal with it. Whilst I remained on friendly terms with him up until his plea, I have had limited contact since. She pleaded not guilty. District Judge Loretta Preska, who is presiding over the now-settled defamation lawsuit, ordered the documents to be unsealed. Federal prosecutors say Maxwell conspired with Epstein to lure girls as young as 14 to be sexually abused by the financier and that she sometimes participated in the assaults.