Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier and convicted sex offender. He began his career in education before transitioning to finance, eventually starting his own firm. Epstein cultivated a network of powerful individuals and was accused of sexually abusing numerous underage girls and women. His crimes led to investigations, charges, and ultimately, his death by suicide in jail while awaiting trial.
In 1916, Seymour George Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein's father, was born. He later married Pauline Stolofsky.
In 1918, Pauline "Paula" Stolofsky, Jeffrey Epstein's mother, was born. She later married Seymour George Epstein.
In 1952, Pauline "Paula" Stolofsky and Seymour George Epstein married shortly before Jeffrey Epstein's birth.
On January 20, 1953, Jeffrey Edward Epstein was born in New York City. He later became an American financier and convicted sex offender.
In 1967, Jeffrey Epstein attended the National Music Camp at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.
In 1969, Jeffrey Epstein graduated from Lafayette High School at the age of 16, having skipped two grades.
In September 1971, Jeffrey Epstein attended the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, where he studied mathematical physiology.
In June 1974, Donald Barr, the headmaster of the Dalton School, left his position. It is unclear if Barr was involved in hiring Epstein.
In June 1974, Jeffrey Epstein left the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University without receiving a degree.
In September 1974, Jeffrey Epstein started working as a physics and mathematics teacher for teens at the Dalton School in Manhattan.
In August 2020, it was revealed that a lawsuit was filed against Epstein by a Jane Doe for abuse that occurred in 1975.
In June 1976, Jeffrey Epstein was dismissed from Dalton School for "poor performance" and was subsequently offered a job at Bear Stearns by Alan Greenberg.
In 1976, Jeffrey Epstein joined Bear Stearns as a low-level junior assistant to a floor trader.
In 1976, Jeffrey Epstein was dismissed from the Dalton School where he had been teaching despite not having a college degree, and subsequently began working at Bear Stearns.
In 1980, four years after joining Bear Stearns, Jeffrey Epstein became a limited partner at the firm.
In August 1981, Jeffrey Epstein founded his own consulting firm, Intercontinental Assets Group Inc. (IAG), which assisted clients in recovering stolen money from fraudulent brokers and lawyers.
In 1981, Jeffrey Epstein was asked to leave Bear Stearns for a "Reg D violation".
In 1982, Jeffrey Epstein helped Spanish actress and heiress Ana Obregón to recover her father's millions in lost investments.
In 1985, the claims of abuse began. These claims were among those included in a lawsuit filed in December 2019, alleging battery, assault, and intentional emotional distress.
In 1986, Jeffrey Epstein met Leslie Wexner through mutual acquaintances in Palm Beach.
In 1987, Steven Hoffenberg hired Jeffrey Epstein as a consultant for Towers Financial Corporation.
In 1987, Steven Hoffenberg set up offices for Epstein in the Villard House at 457 Madison Avenue.
In 1987, one of Jeffrey Epstein's first assignments for Hoffenberg was to implement an unsuccessful bid to take over Pan American World Airways.
In 1987, the fraudulent Austrian passport found in Epstein's safe had already expired, and had numerous entrance and exit stamps, including entrance stamps that showed the use of the passport to enter France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia in the 1980s.
In 1988, Jeffrey Epstein founded his financial management firm, J. Epstein & Company.
In 1988, Les Wexner purchased the adjacent townhouse at 11 East 71st Street.
In 1988, an unsuccessful bid was made to take over Emery Air Freight Corp while Jeffrey Epstein was working with Hoffenberg.
By 1989, Jeffrey Epstein had left Towers Financial Corporation.
From 1989 until 2003, Epstein donated more than $139,000 to U.S. Democratic Party federal candidates and committees.
In 1989, Les Wexner, Epstein's mentor, purchased the Herbert N. Straus House for $13.2 million.
In July 1991, Leslie Wexner granted Jeffrey Epstein full power of attorney over his affairs.
In 1991, Epstein was one of four donors who pledged to raise US$2 million for a Hillel student building at Harvard University.
In 1991, Jeffrey Epstein met Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of media baron Robert Maxwell. Epstein had Maxwell come to the United States in 1991 to recover from her grief following the death of her father.
In 1991, Seymour George Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein's father, passed away.
Around 1992, Ghislaine Maxwell began handling the hiring, supervising, and firing of staff for Jeffrey Epstein, as testified by his household employees in 2009.
From 1992 to 1995, Epstein rented a townhouse at 34 East 69th Street for $15,000 a month.
In 1992, Footage of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein talking at the Mar-a-Lago party appears in the 2020 comedy mockumentary Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
In 1992, a video surfaced showing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partying together at Mar-a-Lago.
In 1993, Epstein purchased the 7,500-acre Zorro Ranch near Stanley, New Mexico.
In 1993, Jeffrey Epstein attended a donor event at the White House with Ghislaine Maxwell and met with President Clinton's aide Mark Middleton on at least three occasions at the White House around the same time.
In 1993, Towers Financial Corporation imploded when it was exposed as one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in American history.
In 1994, Maxwell and Epstein allegedly recruited a 13-year-old music student at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, subjecting her to sexual abuse. This allegation was part of a lawsuit filed in January 2020.
In April 2016, a federal lawsuit was filed in California against Epstein and Donald Trump alleging sexual assault at a series of parties at Epstein's Manhattan residence in 1994, when the plaintiff was 13 years old.
By 1995, Jeffrey Epstein was a director of the Wexner Foundation and Wexner Heritage Foundation.
In 1995, Epstein stopped renting the townhouse at 34 East 69th Street.
In 1995, Jeffrey Epstein moved into the Herbert N. Straus House after Les Wexner moved to Ohio.
In 1995, Jeffrey Epstein renamed one of his companies the Ghislaine Corporation in Palm Beach, Florida. The company was dissolved in 1998.
In 1995, Lynn Forester discussed "Jeffrey Epstein and currency stabilization" with Bill Clinton. In 1995, Epstein also attended a small political fundraiser dinner for Bill Clinton which included fourteen other people including Ron Perelman, Don Johnson, Jimmy Buffett, and dinner organizer Paul Prosperi.
In 1995, Maria Farmer met Epstein and Maxwell at her graduate art gallery reception at the New York Academy of Art.
In 1996, Jeffrey Epstein changed the name of his firm to the Financial Trust Company and based it on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands for tax advantages.
In 1996, Maria Farmer reported the incident to the New York City Police Department and the FBI, in which she and her 15-year-old sister, Annie, had been sexually assaulted by Epstein and Maxwell.
In 1996, Maria Farmer, an artist who worked for Jeffrey Epstein, noted that Epstein showed her a media room in the New York mansion where there were individuals monitoring pinhole cameras throughout the house.
In 1996, the townhouse at 11 East 71st Street was sold to the Comet trust.
In February 1997, Jeffrey Epstein became a client of Appleby, a Bermuda-based law firm specializing in offshore companies and investment vehicles for the ultra-wealthy. His client profile described his job as "Manager of Fortune".
Between 1998 and 2018, Epstein donated $30 million through three private charities.
From 1992 to 1998 Epstein owned a mansion outside Columbus, Ohio, near Wexner's home which he purchased from his mentor.
In 1998, Epstein paid Les Wexner $20 million for the Herbert N. Straus House, taking full possession.
In 1998, Epstein purchased Little Saint James, a private island near Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In 1998, Ghislaine Corporation, a company that Jeffrey Epstein renamed in 1995, was dissolved.
In 1998, a Towers Financial Company was founded (unaffiliated with the company of the same name that Epstein consulted for.)
In 1998, there was a reported inmate suicide in the MCC facility in Manhattan. The statement was made in context to staffing concerns and the Trump administration's hiring freeze and budget cuts on the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
In December 2014, Virginia Giuffre alleged in a sworn affidavit that she had been sexually trafficked by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell starting in 1999, for their own use and for use by several others, including Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz.
Between 2000 and 2007, Jeffrey Epstein was the president of the company Liquid Funding Ltd.
In 2000, Epstein established the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, which funds science research and education.
In 2000, Ghislaine Maxwell moved into a 7,000-square-foot townhouse, less than ten blocks from Jeffrey Epstein's New York mansion. The townhome was purchased by an anonymous limited liability company with an address matching Epstein's office.
In September 2002, Jeffrey Epstein flew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa in his private jet.
In 2002, Donald Trump remarked in a New York magazine profile that he had known Jeffrey Epstein for fifteen years, calling him a "terrific guy" and noting Epstein's enjoyment of "beautiful women" who were "on the younger side".
In 2002, Epstein stated "I invest in people — be it politics or science. It’s what I do".
In 2002, Jeffrey Epstein invested $80 million in the D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund, a hedge fund that invested in illiquid debt securities.
In 2002, a spokesman of Bill Clinton lauded Jeffrey Epstein as "a committed philanthropist" with "insights and generosity".
In 2002, flight logs did not list any Secret Service detail for at least five flights on a trip to Asia on Jeffrey Epstein's plane.
In December 2014, Virginia Giuffre alleged in a sworn affidavit that she had been sexually trafficked by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell until 2002, for their own use and for use by several others, including Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz.
In September 18, 2019, a New York accuser of Epstein, known only as Jane Doe, announced a federal lawsuit against his estate stating that she was recruited in 2002 and sexually abused by Epstein for three years starting at age 14.
In April 2003, New York magazine reported that Jeffrey Epstein hosted a dinner party in his Manhattan residence to honor Bill Clinton, who did not attend, although Donald Trump did attend.
In May 2003, Epstein pledged US$30 million to create a mathematical biology and evolutionary dynamics program at Harvard.
Epstein used the offices in the Villard House at 457 Madison Avenue until at least 2003.
From 1989 until 2003, Epstein donated more than $139,000 to U.S. Democratic Party federal candidates and committees.
In 2003, Jeffrey Epstein bid to acquire New York magazine, but Bruce Wasserstein ultimately bought it.
In 2003, Jeffrey Epstein flew to Cuba aboard his plane with Colombian president Andrés Pastrana Arango at the invitation of Cuban president Fidel Castro.
In 2003, a Clinton spokesperson stated in 2019 that Bill Clinton took four trips on Jeffrey Epstein's airplane with staff and Secret Service detail.
In a 2003 Vanity Fair article, Jeffrey Epstein referred to Ghislaine Maxwell as "my best friend".
In November 2004, Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump's friendship ran into trouble when they became embroiled in a bidding war for a $40 million mansion, Maison de L'Amitié, which was being auctioned in Palm Beach.
In 2004, JJ Doe was abused by Jeffrey Epstein when she was a 14-year-old resident of Palm Beach County. This information was revealed in a lawsuit filed in December 2019.
In 2004, Jane Doe No. 2 alleged that she was recruited at 16 years old to give Epstein a massage.
In 2004, Jeffrey Epstein and Mortimer Zuckerman committed up to US$25 million to finance Radar, a celebrity and pop culture magazine.
In 2004, Pauline "Paula" Stolofsky Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein's mother, passed away.
In March 2005, a woman contacted Florida's Palm Beach Police Department and alleged that her 14-year-old stepdaughter had been taken to Jeffrey Epstein's mansion and paid to strip and massage him.
By 2005, Epstein's initial $80 million investment in the D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund had grown to $140 million.
In 2005, Jane Doe No. 2 alleged that she was recruited at 16 years old to give Epstein a massage.
In 2005, police in Palm Beach, Florida, began investigating Jeffrey Epstein after a parent reported that he had sexually abused her 14-year-old daughter.
In 2005, the Palm Beach Police began a thirteen-month undercover investigation of Jeffrey Epstein after an allegation that he paid a minor to massage him. The police search of Epstein's home found hidden cameras and photos of girls.
In May 2006, Palm Beach police filed a probable cause affidavit stating that Jeffrey Epstein should be charged with multiple counts of unlawful sex with minors and sexual abuse.
In July 2006, the FBI began its own investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, nicknamed "Operation Leap Year."
On July 27, 2006, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested by the Palm Beach Police Department on state felony charges of procuring a minor for prostitution and solicitation of a prostitute and was later released on bond.
In August 2006, Jeffrey Epstein pleaded not guilty to a felony solicitation of prostitution charge after a Palm Beach County grand jury returned the single charge.
In August 2006, a month after the federal investigation of him began, Jeffrey Epstein invested $57 million in the Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage hedge fund.
In November 2006, Jeffrey Epstein attempted to redeem his $140 million investment in the D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund after being informed of accounting irregularities.
In 2006, Epstein contributed $50,000 to Democrat Bill Richardson's successful campaign for Governor of New Mexico
In 2006, Epstein donated $25,000 to the Clinton Foundation.
In 2006, during a police raid on his Palm Beach residence, two hidden cameras were discovered in Jeffrey Epstein's home.
On April 18, 2007, an investor in the fund, who had $57 million invested, discussed redeeming his investment. At this time, the fund had a leverage ratio of 17:1, which meant for every dollar invested there were seventeen dollars of borrowed funds
By May 2007, Jeffrey Epstein had begun to negotiate a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney's Office concerning imminent charges for sex with minors.
In June 2007, the FBI's "Operation Leap Year" resulted in a fifty-three page indictment; however, Alexander Acosta agreed to a plea deal that granted immunity from all federal criminal charges to Epstein.
In August 2007, Alexander Acosta, the U.S. attorney in Miami, entered into direct discussions about the plea agreement with Jeffrey Epstein's legal team.
Between 2000 and 2007, Jeffrey Epstein was the president of the company Liquid Funding Ltd.
By 2007, Donald Trump reportedly banned Jeffrey Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club for unseemly pursuit of young girls, though this was later said to be a rumor.
In 2007, The implosion of complex securities, because of their inaccurate ratings, set in motion the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and the subsequent Great Recession.
On February 6, 2008, an anonymous Virginia woman, known as Jane Doe No. 2, filed a $50-million civil lawsuit in federal court against Epstein, saying that when she was a 16-year-old minor in 2004 and 2005, she was "recruited to give Epstein a massage".
In March 2008, A similar $50-million suit was filed by a different woman, who was represented by the same lawyer.
In March 2008, Bear Stearns collapsed; this occurred after the repricing of CDO assets due to redemption requests in April 2007 led to the collapse of the fund in July, and the eventual collapse of Bear Stearns.
In March 2008, the collapse of Bear Stearns occurred, partly due to the implosion of complex securities with inaccurate ratings. Liquid Funding was initially 40 percent owned by Bear Stearns.
In April 2008, Jeffrey Epstein visited Israel and met with research scientists and visited Israeli military bases.
According to the Miami Herald, Jeffrey Epstein was supposedly an unnamed key witness for the New York federal prosecutors in their unsuccessful June 2008 criminal case against the two managers of the failed Bear Stearns hedge fund. Alan Dershowitz denied this.
On June 30, 2008, Jeffrey Epstein was sentenced to eighteen months in prison after pleading guilty to a state charge of procuring for prostitution a girl below age 18.
In 2008, Alexander Acosta reached a settlement with Epstein's lawyers that allowed him to receive a very light prison sentence.
In 2008, Alexander Acosta, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, handled Jeffrey Epstein's criminal case.
In 2008, Bear Stearns collapsed; Epstein remained a client of the firm until its collapse.
In 2008, Jeffrey Epstein was convicted by a Florida state court of procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute as part of a controversial plea deal.
In 2008, a Broward County woman claimed that she was trafficked and repeatedly raped by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in Florida. She made the claim in a civil suit filed in March 2021.
In 2008, the D.B. Zwirn fund closed, and its remaining assets of approximately $2 billion, including Epstein's investment, were transferred to Fortress Investment Group.
When Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting and procuring prostitution, his lawyers stated he was a billionaire with a net worth of over one billion dollars.
On July 22, 2009, Jeffrey Epstein was released from prison after serving almost thirteen months and began a year of probation on house arrest.
In 2009, Fortress Investment Group bought the assets of the closed D.B. Zwirn fund, including Epstein's investment, and Epstein later went to arbitration with Fortress over his redemption attempt.
In 2009, Jeffrey Epstein's brother, Mark, claimed that Donald Trump had flown on Epstein's plane at least once.
In 2009, Jeffrey Epstein's household employees testified that Ghislaine Maxwell had a central role in his life, referring to her as his "main girlfriend" who handled hiring, supervising, and firing of staff, starting around 1992.
On June 18, 2010, Alfredo Rodriguez, Epstein's former house manager, was sentenced to eighteen months' incarceration for obstructing justice by failing to turn over a journal detailing Epstein's activities.
In August 2010, Jeffrey Epstein's year of probation on house arrest concluded.
A 2010 study found broken hyoids in twenty-five percent of cases of hangings.
In 2010, Epstein received a notice from New Mexico Department of Public Safety that said he was not required to register as a sex offender.
In 2010, the Mindshift Conference took place on Epstein's private island Little Saint James.
In January 2011, after a contested hearing, Jeffrey Epstein remained registered in New York State as a "level three" (high risk of repeat offense) sex offender, a lifelong designation.
According to a New York Times article, Bill Gates's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein started in 2011, just a few years after Epstein's conviction, and continued for some years.
On August 6, 2012, Pedro Gaspar, a model and party promoter associated with MC2, died of what some consider to be a suspicious drug overdose.
In 2013, Forbes published an article that called Epstein "one of the largest backers of cutting edge science".
In December 2014, Virginia Giuffre alleged in a sworn affidavit that she had been sexually trafficked by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell from 1999 to 2002, for their own use and for use by several others, including Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz.
On December 30, 2014, a federal civil suit was filed in Florida by Jane Doe 1 (Courtney Wild) and Jane Doe 2 against the United States for violations of the Crime Victims' Rights Act.
In 2014, Epstein contributed $35,000 to Gary King's unsuccessful campaign for Governor
In 2014, Towers Financial was acquired by Old National Bancorp.
On April 7, 2015, Judge Kenneth Marra ruled that allegations made by Virginia Roberts against Prince Andrew had no bearing on the lawsuit by alleged victims seeking to reopen Epstein's non-prosecution plea agreement with the federal government, and ordered that allegation to be struck from the record.
In September 2015, Giuffre sued Maxwell for defamation as a result of Giuffre's allegations and Maxwell's comments about them.
In 2015, Jeffrey Epstein invested in the startup Reporty Homeland Security, which was later rebranded as Carbyne in 2018. The startup was connected with Israel's defense industry.
In 2015, the Attorney General of the state of New York was reported to be trying to gain information but was refused since the charities were based outside of the state and did not solicit in New York State.
In April 2016, a federal lawsuit was filed in California against Epstein and Donald Trump alleging sexual assault in 1994 when the plaintiff was 13 years old.
In May 2016, the federal lawsuit filed in California against Epstein and Donald Trump was dismissed by a federal judge.
In June 2016, a second federal suit was filed in New York against Epstein and Donald Trump, but it was later withdrawn.
In September 2016, a third federal suit was filed in New York against Epstein and Donald Trump.
On November 4, 2016, the federal lawsuit filed against Epstein and Donald Trump was dropped.
A larger study conducted from 2010 to 2016 found hyoid damage in just 16 of 264, or six percent, of cases of hangings.
In 2016, Epstein purchased the neighboring island of Great Saint James.
In 2016, flight records showed that Bill Clinton flew twenty-seven times to at least a dozen international locations on Jeffrey Epstein's private jet.
In May 2017, the defamation case between Giuffre and Maxwell was settled under seal, leading to legal efforts to unseal the documents.
According to Michael Wolff, former Trump chief Strategist Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein were introduced in December 2017.
In 2017, Sarah Ransome filed a suit against Epstein and Maxwell alleging sexual coercion and threats.
In 2017, a former senior White House official reported that Alexander Acosta claimed Epstein 'belonged to intelligence' and should be left alone during Trump's transition team interviews.
In March 11, 2019, the appeal of the district judge's refusal to unseal the documents relating to the 2017 defamation settlement of Giuffre v. Maxwell was being processed.
In a 2017 recording, Jeffrey Epstein stated that he was "Donald’s closest friend for ten years."
In December 2018, a state civil lawsuit against Epstein was settled on the first day of trial, with Epstein publicly apologizing to attorney Bradley Edwards.
Between 1998 and 2018, Epstein donated $30 million through three private charities.
In 2018, Jeffrey Epstein implied to a New York Times reporter, off the record, that he had blackmail material on powerful people, including information about their sexual proclivities and recreational drug use.
In 2018, Reporty Homeland Security, in which Epstein invested in 2015, was rebranded as Carbyne.
In 2018, Sarah Ransome's suit against Epstein and Maxwell was settled under undisclosed terms.
In January 2020, a lawsuit alleged that Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking conspiracy ran through 2018, involving children on his Caribbean islands.
In late 2018, a stop-work order was issued for Epstein's compound construction on Great Saint James.
On February 21, 2019, Judge Kenneth Marra ruled that federal prosecutors violated the law by failing to notify victims before allowing Epstein to plead guilty to only the two Florida offenses.
On March 11, 2019, in the appeal of the district judge's refusal to unseal the documents relating to the 2017 defamation settlement of Giuffre v. Maxwell, the Second Circuit Court gave parties one week to provide good cause as to why they should remain under seal.
On March 19, 2019, the Second Circuit Court ordered the documents relating to the 2017 defamation settlement of Giuffre v. Maxwell to be unsealed after having them redacted.
On April 16, 2019, Maria Farmer went public and filed a sworn affidavit alleging that she and her 15-year-old sister, Annie, had been sexually assaulted by Epstein and Maxwell in 1996.
On July 6, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested again on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York.
On July 12, 2019, federal prosecutors stated in court documents that, based on records from one financial institution, Jeffrey Epstein was "extravagantly wealthy" with assets worth at least $500 million and earned more than $10 million a year.
In July 2019, Donald Trump said he "knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him", stating four times he had not been "a fan" of Jeffrey Epstein and had not spoken to him in about fifteen years.
In July 2019, the immunity agreement and Epstein's lenient treatment became the subject of public dispute, with accusations of preferential treatment and a "deal of a lifetime" given by U.S. Attorney Acosta.
On July 19, 2019, following Jeffrey Epstein's arrest on sex trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Acosta resigned from his position as Secretary of Labor.
On July 22, 2019, while in jail awaiting trial, Epstein was served with a petition regarding a pending state civil lawsuit filed by Jennifer Araoz.
On July 23, 2019, Epstein was found injured and semiconscious in his cell with marks around his neck.
On July 29, 2019, Epstein was taken off suicide watch and placed in a special housing unit.
On August 8, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein signed his last will and testament, witnessed by two attorneys, two weeks after being found injured in his cell and two days before his death. The will named two longtime employees as executors, and gifted all of his assets to a trust.
On August 9, 2019, Epstein's cellmate was transferred out, and Epstein was not checked every thirty minutes.
On August 10, 2019, Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.
On August 10, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein died in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide, although this remains controversial.
On August 11, 2019, an autopsy was performed and found that Epstein sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones, including the hyoid bone.
On August 14, 2019, Jennifer Araoz filed her suit, when New York State law was updated to allow one year for adult survivors of child sexual abuse to sue for previous offenses, regardless of how long ago the abuse took place.
In August 2019, it was reported that Epstein had planned to "seed the human race with his DNA".
On August 16, 2019, the New York City medical examiner, Barbara Sampson, ruled Jeffrey Epstein's death a suicide by hanging, based on limited security camera footage. However, Epstein's defense team disputed the conclusion and launched an independent investigation, suggesting the evidence was more consistent with murder.
On August 18, 2019, it was reported that Jeffrey Epstein had signed his last will and testament on August 8, 2019, two weeks after being found injured in his cell and two days before his death. The will named two longtime employees as executors, and gifted all of his assets to a trust.
On August 20, 2019, Three women (Katlyn Doe, Lisa Doe and Priscilla Doe) sued the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, alleging they were recruited, subjected to unwanted sex acts, and controlled by Epstein and a "vast enterprise" of co-conspirators.
On August 23, 2019, the prosecutor's office in Paris, France, opened a preliminary investigation into Epstein, after Yael Mellul reported the international dimensions of the pedophile network involving Jeffrey Epstein, criticizing the slow pace of justice.
On August 29, 2019, all criminal charges against Jeffrey Epstein were dismissed following his death, precluding the possibility of pursuing criminal charges against him.
On September 5, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein's body was buried in an unmarked grave next to those of his parents at the I.J. Morris Star of David Cemetery in Palm Beach, Florida. The names of his parents were also removed from their tombstone in order to prevent vandalism.
On September 18, 2019, a New York accuser of Epstein, known only as Jane Doe, announced a federal lawsuit against his estate stating that she was recruited in 2002.
In October 2019, Jennifer Araoz amended her complaint to include over twenty corporate entities associated with Epstein and named the additional individuals Lesley Groff and Cimberly Espinosa as enablers.
In October 2019, Michael Baden, an independent pathologist hired by Epstein's estate, observed the autopsy and suggested that injuries, including a broken bone in Epstein's neck, pointed more towards homicidal strangulation than suicide.
In November 2019, Five women (Teresa Helm, Annie Farmer, Maria Farmer, Juliette Bryant, and an unidentified woman) sued Epstein's estate, accusing him of rape, battery and false imprisonment.
On November 18, 2019, Jane Doe 15 announced that she was suing the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, alleging that he manipulated, trafficked, and sexually abused her in 2004, when she was 15-years-old.
On November 19, 2019, federal prosecutors in New York charged Metropolitan Correctional Center guards Michael Thomas and Tova Noel with creating false records and conspiracy after video footage revealed Epstein was unchecked in his cell for eight hours before his death.
On November 21, 2019, Teala Davies announced her lawsuit against Epstein's estate, stating that after meeting Epstein in 2002, he sexually assaulted and trafficked her in multiple locations.
On December 3, 2019, Jordan Merson filed a lawsuit in New York representing nine anonymous accusers against Jeffrey Epstein's estate, alleging battery, assault, and intentional emotional distress. The accusations spanned from 1985 through the 2000s, involving individuals who were reportedly 13 to 15 years old when they first encountered Epstein.
In late December 2019, Bradley Edwards filed a lawsuit on behalf of his client, JJ Doe, who claimed to have been abused by Jeffrey Epstein in 2004 when she was a 14-year-old resident of Palm Beach County.
In 2019, Forbes deleted a 2013 article that called Epstein "one of the largest backers of cutting edge science".
In 2019, a Clinton spokesperson stated that in 2002 and 2003, Bill Clinton took four trips on Jeffrey Epstein's airplane with staff and Secret Service detail, and hadn't spoken with Epstein in well over a decade.
In January 2020, a lawsuit was filed against Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein alleging the recruitment and sexual abuse of a 13-year-old music student starting in 1994 at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.
In January 2020, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Virgin Islands alleging that Jeffrey Epstein ran a sex trafficking conspiracy for over two decades, up through 2018. The suit claimed the abuse involved children as young as 11 years old on Epstein's Caribbean islands.
In May 2020, the Netflix documentary series Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich premiered, exploring Epstein's life and crimes.
In 2020, Jeffrey Epstein's estate's finances revealed that it had paid out nearly $50 million between June 2020 and December 2020 to more than one-hundred women who brought claims to the "Epstein Victims Compensation Fund" set up in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
On July 1, 2020, a statue of Jeffrey Epstein was left outside the City Hall in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a satirical commentary on opposition to the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials.
In August 2020, a Jane Doe sued Jeffrey Epstein, accusing him of sexually abusing her for over a year, beginning when she was 18 years old.
In August 2020, nine Jane Does filed a lawsuit accusing Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, including allegations from an 11-year-old and a victim from 1975.
In August 2020, the Lifetime documentary Surviving Jeffrey Epstein premiered, focusing on the survivors of Epstein's abuse.
In November 2020, the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility released an internal review stating that Alexander Acosta showed "poor judgment" in granting Jeffrey Epstein a non-prosecution agreement and failing to notify Epstein's alleged victims about the agreement.
Between June 2020 and December 2020, Jeffrey Epstein's estate's finances revealed that it had paid out nearly $50 million to more than one-hundred women who brought claims to the "Epstein Victims Compensation Fund" set up in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
By February 2021, Jeffrey Epstein's estate was valued at about $240 million, down from estimates of $630 million a year earlier, leading the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands to file an emergency motion seeking the immediate asset freeze.
In March 2021, a Broward County woman filed a civil suit against Jeffrey Epstein's estate, accusing Epstein and Maxwell of trafficking her after repeatedly raping her in Florida in 2008.
On May 22, 2021, Metropolitan Correctional Center guards Michael Thomas and Tova Noel admitted they falsified records related to Jeffrey Epstein's supervision but were spared jail time under a deal with federal prosecutors.
In August 2021, Bill Gates said that he met with Jeffrey Epstein hoping Epstein could provide money for philanthropic work, calling it a "huge mistake".
In 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted on U.S. federal charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy for helping Jeffrey Epstein procure girls for child sexual abuse and prostitution.
In 2022, the U.S. government sued JP Morgan Chase Bank, alleging that the bank "facilitated, sustained, and concealed the human trafficking network operated by Jeffrey Epstein."
On June 27, 2023, the United States Department of Justice's Inspector General's investigation report criticized jail officials for negligence in connection with Epstein's incarceration and death and denied that it was anything other than a suicide.
On December 19, 2023, a New York judge Loretta Preska ordered a list with names of more than 170 Epstein associates to be unsealed on January 1, 2024.
January 1, 2024, was the deadline for individuals on the list of more than 170 Epstein associates to appeal to have their names removed before unsealing.
In 1987, Jeffrey Epstein made US$25,000 per month for his consulting work, the equivalent of $69,000 in 2024.
In March 2005, it was alleged a victim was paid $300 which is equivalent to $480 in 2024.