Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein commits suicide
By DW
12 August 2019 |
7:42 am
The financier faced charges that he recruited and abused dozens of underage girls in the early 2000s. The FBI and the US Justice Department are investigating Epstein's death.
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