jeffrey epstein
Jeffrey Epstein and partner Ghislaine Maxwell attend a charity benefit in New York City.
  • Jeffrey Epstein, a primarily New York-based financier, died in jail at the age of 66 in August 2019.
  • He had been arrested on charges of sex trafficking minors and had pleaded not guilty.
  • Epstein ran a money-management firm and was connected to dozens of rich and powerful people.

Financier Jeffrey Epstein, 66, died by suicide in August 2019 while being held at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center.