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    Jeffrey Epstein Is Denied Bail In Sex Trafficking Case

    U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman ordered the 66-year-old multimillionaire to remain in jail until trial. Federal prosecutors had called Epstein a flight risk.
    by Bobby Allyn Jul 18, 2019 2 minutes

    Updated at 3:17 p.m. ET

    A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered that multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein remain confined while he awaits trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

    U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman announced his decision that the 66-year-old financier be held without bail on Thursday, following a hearing Monday in which Epstein's lawyer asked that his client be placed on house arrest.

    In denying that request, the

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