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What revived the case against Jeffrey Epstein

REVISITED The door to Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan home on July 8, the day charges against him were announced

THE CHARGES FACING FINANCIER JEFFREY Epstein involve child sex trafficking. But when prosecutors presented the details, this one stood out: the girls he’s accused of sexually abusing are no longer children.

“While the charged conduct is from a number of years ago, it is still profoundly important to the many alleged victims, now young women,” Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said at a press conference on July 8. “They deserve their day in court, and we are proud to be standing up for them by bringing

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