Jeffrey Epstein was born on January 20 1953 in Brooklyn New York City New York USA as Jeffrey Edward Epstein Hes said to have died on August 10 2019 in Manhattan New York City He was a financier and convicted sex offender He began his professional life as a teacher but then switched to the banking and finance sector in various roles working at Bear Stearns before forming his own firm He developed an elite social circle and procured many women including underage girls who were then sexually abused by Epstein and some of his contacts In 2005 police in Palm Beach Florida began investigating Epstein after a parent complained that he had sexually abused her 14yearold daughter Epstein pleaded guilty and was convicted in 2008 by a Florida state court of procuring an underage girl for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute He served almost 13 months in custody but with extensive work release He was convicted of only these two crimes as part of a plea deal federal officials had in fact identified 36 girls some as young as 14 years old whom Epstein had allegedly sexually abused Epstein was arrested again on July 6 2019 on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York He died in his jail cell on August 10 2019 The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide although Epsteins lawyers have disputed the ruling Because his death eliminated the possibility of pursuing criminal charges a judge dismissed all criminal charges on August 29 2019