Jeffrey Epstein, accused sex trafficker, dies by suicide | 2019-08-10 22:57:22 (Visits: 742 Times) |  | | By aaron katersky , ella torres and luke barr
Aug 10, 2019, 12:45 PM ET
Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced millionaire who was facing federal sex trafficking charges, died by suicide early Saturday, law enforcement sources and the Bureau of Prisons confirmed to ABC News.
Epstein hanged himself, the sources said.
He was found unresponsive in his cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan around 6:30 a.m., the Bureau of Prisons said. He was transported in cardiac arrest at 6:39 a.m. to New York Downtown Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to sources.
(MORE: The rise and fall of Jeffrey Epstein: A timeline of the financier's legal troubles)
Epstein, 66, was set to stand trial next year for allegedly sexually abusing dozens of girls in New York and Florida. |
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