Prosecutors knew about Epstein rapes before deal

Florida prosecutors knew the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted teenage girls two years before they cut a plea deal that has long been criticized as too lenient and a missed opportunity to imprison him a decade earlier, according to transcripts released Monday.

- TERRY SPENCER

The 2006 grand jury investigation was the first of many by law enforcement over two decades into Epstein's rape and sex trafficking of teens-and how his ties to the rich seem to have allowed him to avoid prison or a serious jail term for more than a decade.