(The Hill)
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the sex trafficking case in New York against Jeffrey Epstein to be formally dismissed following the financier's death in a Manhattan jail earlier this month.
U.S. District Judge Richard Berman signed a "nolle prosequi," ruling that the case will be dismissed, according to a copy of the document obtained by The Hill. Prosecutors had requested the charges be dropped last week.
A spokesperson with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York confirmed to The Hill that an investigation into any alleged co-conspirators in the case would continue.
“Because Jeffrey Epstein, the defendant, died while this case was pending, and therefore before a final judgment was issued, the Indictment must be dismissed under the rule of abatement,” Thursday's filing reads. Read more
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