Jeffrey Epstein reportedly arrested for alleged sex trafficking

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Jeffrey Epstein, a multimillionaire financier and convicted sex offender, was reportedly arrested on Saturday in New York and charged with sex trafficking minors, The Daily Beast reports.

The charge reportedly relates to incidents that allegedly occurred in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005, three law enforcement sources told The Daily Beast.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.