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Epstein Prosecutors Chose Older Victim for Sweetheart Plea Deal

Decision loosened restrictions placed on him as a registered sex offender.

The lenient plea deal struck between federal prosecutors and millionaire Jeffrey Epstein was made even more lenient when the feds chose not to charge him with soliciting a 14-year-old girl, the Washington Post reports. Epstein was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 16-year-old—despite at least one complainant being as young as 14—as part of a plea that eased his obligations to register as a sex offender. When he pleaded guilty in 2008, the 16-year-old was the only minor Epstein was convicted of soliciting, according to documents obtained by the Washington Post. The 14-year-old girl who initially notified police about Epstein believed her case was the one referenced in the guilty plea. Choosing the older teen loosens the restrictions placed on him as a registered sex offender. In New Mexico where Epstein owns a ranch, he isn't required to register because his victim wasn't under 16. Attorneys for the alleged victims are now seeking to void the non-prosecution agreement. “They were cutting a plea deal. It wasn’t a prosecution,” said attorney Spencer Kuvin, who represented the 14-year-old girl. “They had a grab bag of 40 girls to choose from.”

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