Charging Document Analysis - Epstein Indictment Counts & Penalties

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Case No. 19-cr-490 (RMB) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. INDICTMENT The Grand Jury charges: COUNT ONE — SEX TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY (18 U.S.C. § 1591(b)(2) and § 1594(c)) 1. From at least in or about 2002, up to and including in or about 2005, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, knowingly and intentionally conspired with others to commit sex trafficking of minors, to wit, EPSTEIN and his co-conspirators recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, and maintained minor victims, knowing that the victims would be caused to engage in commercial sex acts. 2. The defendant devised a scheme and plan to facilitate his ability to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls through the use of paid employees and associates to recruit victims. MANNER AND MEANS OF THE CONSPIRACY 3. EPSTEIN and his co-conspirators recruited minor girls through promises of cash payments in exchange for so-called "massages" at EPSTEIN's residence at 9 East 71st Street, New York, New York. 4. When victims arrived, they were directed to one or more rooms within the residence and instructed to partially or fully undress before EPSTEIN engaged in sex acts with them. 5. After each encounter, the victims were paid hundreds of dollars in cash and were encouraged to recruit additional girls to perform similar "massages." COUNT TWO — SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS (18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)(1), (b)(2), and § 2) 6. From at least in or about 2002, up to and including in or about 2005, JEFFREY EPSTEIN knowingly recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, and maintained minor victims for the purpose of causing them to engage in commercial sex acts. FORFEITURE ALLEGATION 7. As a result of committing the offenses charged in Counts One and Two, EPSTEIN shall forfeit all property constituting or derived from proceeds of such offenses, including but not limited to the property located at 9 East 71st Street, New York, New York, valued at approximately $77 million. A TRUE BILL FOREPERSON Filed: July 8, 2019 Source: U.S. Department of Justice, SDNY Available at: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1180481/download