EPSTEIN PLEA PROFFER

EPSTEIN PLEA PROFFER From at least as early as 2001 through October 2005, the defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, procured 33 identified minor females between the ages of 14 and 17 in Palm Beach County to come to his home in Palm Beach to engage in sexual conduct in exchange for money. In particular, the defendant would pay the minor females between $200 and $1,000 depending upon the type of sexual activity that they engaged in, and the defendant would pay females to recruit other females, including minors. In some instances, the defendant did not know the correct age of the minor female, but in more than half of the instances he did. For example, the defendant purchased gifts for some girls for their 18th birthdays, promised to send them on trips when they turned 18, talked with them about activities at their high schools; and provided transportation for those who could not drive. The sexual activity the defendant engaged in with the minor females included: requiring minor females to perform topless or nude massages while the defendant masturbated himself; fondling the of the minor females; of minors; the use of a massaging device on the of minors; requiring a minor female to pose for nude photographs; requiring minor females to watch others (including himself) engage in sexual intercourse; requiring minor females to of his adult female companion; performinaon minor females; requiring minor females to perform on his adult female companion; and sexual intercourse with minor females. There are four minor females who engaged iantercourse with the defendant in exchange for money. EFTA00214744