NEW: Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused and trafficked young women and girls, some as young as 13, on 2 private islands in the Caribbean over nearly 2 decades, the top law enforcement official in the U.S. Virgin Islands announced at a news conference.
"The complaint speaks for itself and lays out allegations of a pattern and practice of human trafficking, sexual abuse and forced labor of young women and female children as young as 13 years old," George told reporters at a news conference.
She added that the alleged activities often took place at Epstein's private islands, known as Little Saint James and Great Saint James. A small building on the opposite end of the Caribbean island estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Little St. James.Epstein, who was found hanged inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan in August, was previously charged by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. He was facing up to 45 years in prison if convicted on those charges.
The prosecutors in that case said Epstein, who was 66 at the time of his death, sexually abused dozens of underage girls at his properties in New York and Florida in the early 2000s. He was also accused of paying his victims to recruit others, allowing him to build a vast network of girls to exploit.
Epstein and his lawyers had denied the charges against him. NBC News was unable to reach Epstein’s executor, Darren Indyke, for comment.
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