Jeffrey Epstein Allegedly Continued Predatory Behavior ‘While He Was Supposed to Be in Custody’

Nearly seven years after the death of Jeffrey Epstein, more details regarding the late sex offender’s dark and vile behavior are coming to light.

A CBS News report published Monday, April 6, highlights the late financier’s lenient plea deal after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to state charges of procuring a minor for prostitution, and soliciting a prostitute.

After just a few months spent in jail, Epstein was part of a work release program that allowed him to leave custody for hours at a time for six days a week to allegedly work at a charity foundation. He reportedly used his own driver.

CBS News, citing documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, reported that Epstein’s SUV had a bed in it — and one woman reportedly told the FBI that he engaged in sexual activity with her while the vehicle was parked in the jail lot.

Spencer Kuvin, an attorney who represented Epstein accusers and says he deposed the woman in 2010, told the news organization, “If all of this is true, they allow a sexual predator to continue his activities even while he was supposed to be in custody and it just highlights the nature of the sweetheart deal that he got and the preferential treatment he received because of his wealth.”

According to CBS News, transcripts of that deposition show her pleading the Fifth and declining to answer questions.

Later, during a 2020 interview conducted by FBI agents, the woman — who recently identified herself as an Epstein victim, according to CBS — reportedly claimed Epstein’s relationship with members of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department was friendly.

She also reportedly claimed in the interview that Epstein paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars after their relationship had ended because she allegedly had trouble finding employment due to bad press.

“These interviews really show how grooming works,” Adam Horowitz, another attorney who represented Epstein victims, told CBS News. “You’re hearing the voice of someone who was conditioned to protect Epstein, even while describing the system he used to exploit young women.”

Lauren Hersh, director of the anti-trafficking group World Without Exploitation, told CBS that “Epstein’s highly unusual arrangement demonstrates law enforcement’s negligence,” adding: “A number of survivors have made clear that Epstein’s exploitation did not stop during his incarceration.”

Epstein was indicted in 2019 for sex trafficking minors in the 2000s. The businessman died in his jail cell on August 10, 2019, at age 66, and his death has since been ruled a suicide.