SDNY Indictment Vote & Proceedings
From: U.S. Attorney's Office, S.D.N.Y.To: Grand Jury, S.D.N.Y.
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SDNY GRAND JURY — 2019 EPSTEIN INDICTMENT
The Southern District of New York convened a grand jury that returned an indictment against Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges.
PROCEEDINGS:
- Grand jury presented with evidence from reopened investigation
- Multiple victim witnesses testified
- Physical evidence from property searches presented
- Documents and records submitted
- Resulted in two-count indictment (sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking)
SIGNIFICANCE:
- Represented the first serious federal prosecution of Epstein
- Bypassed the controversial 2007 NPA by bringing charges in a different jurisdiction (SDNY vs. S.D. Florida)
- SDNY prosecutors argued the NPA did not bind their office
- Indictment covered conduct from 2002-2005 in New York and Florida
The grand jury's work led to Epstein's arrest on July 6, 2019, at Teterboro Airport upon returning from Paris.
Grand jury proceedings are sealed by law; public information comes from the indictment and related court filings.
Source: SDNY / DOJ
Available at: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/court-records
The Epstein Case in 2019
The year 2019 was the most consequential in the Epstein case. In July, Epstein was arrested by the FBI on federal sex trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York. He was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019, in a death ruled a suicide by the medical examiner but disputed by independent pathologist Dr. Michael Baden. The documents from 2019 are among the most extensive in the archive, including the indictment, bail hearing transcripts, autopsy reports, Bureau of Prisons records, and the beginning of the Maxwell investigation.
All 2019 documents in the timeline →