[48][49][182][183][184] According to his attorneys, Epstein had been advised to acquire the passport because "as an affluent member of the Jewish faith", he was in danger of being kidnapped while traveling abroad. [96] As a result, the sex-trafficking investigations and media attention shifted attention towards his alleged associates, such as Brunel, Prince Andrew, and Ghislaine Maxwell. [28] Epstein was romantically linked to Andersson-Dubin for an 11-year period[197] in the 1980s and the two later remained friendly well after her marriage to Glenn Dubin. [94] Harvard University announced it would not return any money. The suit was settled in 2018 under undisclosed terms. Other unconventional ideas Epstein adopted included his desire to freeze his head and penis, believing that genetic technology could bring them back to life someday. [66], In August 2006, Epstein, a month after the federal investigation of him began,[67] invested $57 million in the Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage hedge fund. [283] The preliminary result of the autopsy found that Epstein sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones. Epstein's infamous sex plane included VIPS like Bill Clinton", "A match made in hell: Epstein, Fidel Castro, and the Lolita Express that flew to Cuba", "Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partied together. [31][37][38] Greenberg offered him a job at Bear Stearns. [106] It resulted in a 53-page indictment in June 2007. It was later revealed that Alexander Acosta, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida at the time, felt he had no choice but to offer the lenient deal to Epstein, because according to Acosta, he was told the financier was secretly working for the government. [9][10], Epstein was arrested again on July 6, 2019, on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York. Farmer met Epstein and Maxwell at her graduate art gallery reception at the New York Academy of Art in 1995. Consequently, Barr removed the Bureau's director and several lawmakers called for reforms to the federal prison system. [27] He began playing the piano when he was five. He is best known for his primitive style and his collaboration with pop artist Andy Warhol. Modernist abstract painter and collage artist Lee Krasner, wife of Jackson Pollock, created the 'Little Image' painting series and the multimedia collage 'Milkweed.'. [80] During this trip, he thought about staying in Israel in order to avoid trial, and possible jail, for charges he was facing for sex crimes; however, he opted to return to the United States. His luck ran out in July 2019 when authorities in Florida arrested him for suspicion of sex trafficking minors. [98], After a contested hearing in January 2011, and an appeal, he stayed registered in New York State as a "level three" (high risk of repeat offense) sex offender, a lifelong designation. Lifetime's two-night special Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, which premiered August 9 at 8/7c, investigated the billionaire New York financier who is alleged to have used his connections to the rich and famous to shield his predatory behavior with young girls. [87] As Barr received more information surrounding Epstein's death, however, he came to believe that it was only "a perfect storm of screw-ups. [94][95], All charges against Epstein were officially dismissed on August 29. There she was allegedly paid $300 (equivalent to $390 in 2019) to strip and massage Epstein. In 1980, four years after joining Bear Stearns, Epstein became a limited partner. Epstein himself said he recollected nothing. Young said union officials had long been raising concerns regarding staffing, as the Trump administration had imposed a hiring freeze and budget cuts on the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), adding "All this was caused by the administration. In May 2003, Epstein pledged a series of donations totaling US$30 million to create a mathematical biology and evolutionary dynamics program at Harvard which was run by Martin Nowak. [77] Epstein and Barak, the head of Carbyne, were close, and Epstein often offered him lodging at one of his apartment units at 301 East 66th Street in Manhattan. [158], Farmer's affidavit also stated that during the same summer, Epstein flew her then-15-year-old sister to his New Mexico property where he and Maxwell sexually abused her on a massage table. [24] In the hours after the death, the hashtag #ClintonBodyCount and the countering #TrumpBodyCount were trending on Twitter as users accused Bill and Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump of being involved in Epstein's death. While awaiting trial, he was found dead in his jail cell on August 10, 2019. [15], One week after having signed his final will; it had been reported that at least one camera in the hallway outside Epstein's cell had footage that was unusable, although other usable footage was recorded in the area.