UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Southern District of New York
U.S. ATTORNEY GEOFFREY S. BERMAN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Friday, August 9, 2019 James Margolin, Dawn Dearden
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys Nicholas Biase
(212) 637-2600
STATEMENT OF MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY ON THE DEATH OF DEFENDANT
JEFFREY EPSTEIN
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: "Earlier this morning, the Manhattan
Correctional Center confirmed that Jeffrey Epstein, who faced charges brought by this Office of
engaging in the sex trafficking of minors, had been found unresponsive in his cell and
pronounced dead shortly thereafter. Today's events are disturbing, and we are deeply aware of
their potential to present yet another hurdle to giving Epstein's many victims their day in Court.
To those brave young women who have already come forward and to the many others who have
yet to do so, let me reiterate that we remain committed to standing for you, and our investigation
of the conduct charged in the Indictment — which included a conspiracy count — remains
ongoing.
We continue to urge anyone who feels they may be a victim or have information related
to the conduct in this case to please contact 1-800- CALL FBI."
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