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- Grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein's first Florida case were released this week.
- In 2006, prosecutors heard testimony that Epstein raped girls as young as 14, according to the documents.
- Epstein cut a deal for 1-and-a-half years in jail, with near-daily work release.
Grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein's first Florida investigation were released Monday.
They show prosecutors cut a lenient plea deal with the disgraced financier even after hearing testimony that Epstein had raped girls as young as 14 and paid them to recruit others.
A detective testified before a grand jury in 2006 that the Epstein investigation began the year prior when a woman reported her high school-aged stepdaughter had received $300 for "sexual activity" with a man in Palm Beach, the transcript shows.