Thirteen years before he was charged with federal sex trafficking offenses in one of the most well-known instances in recent memory, the grand jury investigation started in Florida in 2006.
Transcripts were unexpectedly made public on Monday, following the approval in February of a new statute pertaining to these cases.
Transcripts from Florida grand juries are often kept confidential indefinitely.
According to the court records, Epstein, who was in his 40s at the time, had sexually assaulted kids as young as 14 at his Palm Beach estate.
According to the victims, they were frequently compensated, and if they brought him other girls, they would get extra money and a rental car.
Circuit Judge Luis Degado stated on Monday that the Grand Jury’s testimony covered a wide range of behaviors, from rape to outrageously inappropriate behavior. All of the conduct under investigation is repugnant, criminal, and sexually deviant.
He declared that Epstein was “the most infamous paedophile in American history” and that the transcripts demonstrated why.
