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‘You are clearly a danger to the community!’ Wealthy pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is denied bail in child sex-trafficking case, considered a flight risk

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"flag-region">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2628&semi;"><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The government has established danger to others and to the community by clear and convincing evidence&comma; and the government has established a risk of flight by a preponderance of evidence&period;” &&num;8211&semi; Judge<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2628&semi;"><strong>Jeffrey Epstein was denied bail Thursday in child sex-trafficking case in NYC&&num;8217&semi;s Manhattan state Supreme Court&comma; by Justice Ruth Pickholz<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2628&semi;"><strong>On Monday&&num;8217&semi;s kick off of bail hearing&comma; Justice Pickholz&comma; observed that previously NYPD failed to enforce Epstein required check-ins as a convicted sex offender<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2628&semi;"><strong>Epstein&comma; 66&comma; was busted July 6 in the alleged sexual abuse of dozens of girls as young as 14 in his Upper East Side townhouse and his waterfront mansion in Palm Beach&comma; Fla&comma; between 2002 and 2005<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2628&semi;"><strong>He faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2628&semi;"><strong>His indictment followed an award-winning series of stories last year by the Miami Herald that revealed how Epstein scored a sweetheart plea bargain in 2008 following similar allegations in Florida<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2628&semi;"><strong>The uber wealthy pedophile is being held since his arrest at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"featured-image-wrapper">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-323056" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Jeffrey-Epstein-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Jeffrey Epstein 2" width&equals;"653" height&equals;"433" &sol;><strong>Jeffrey Epstein during a bail hearing Thursday&comma; learned he was going to be in custody for the long haul&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Multimillionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein denied bail&comma; will remain in jail to await sex trafficking trial&period; <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry-content-read-more">&NewLine;<p>U&period;S&period; District Judge Richard M&period; Berman said prosecutors showed &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;clear and convincing evidence” that Epstein was a flight risk&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;The government application for continued remand is hereby granted&comma;” Berman said just minutes after the pretrial proceeding began&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jeffrey Epstein found out he will remain behind bars for the remainder of his se-offense trial after he<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;15&sol;keep-him-away-from-society-accuser-wealthy-pedophile-jeffrey-epstein-sent-back-to-solitary-confinement-until-his-bail-hearing-on-thursday-after-feds-said-they-found-diamonds-piles-of-cash-and&sol;"> was denied bail Thursday pending trial<&sol;a> on child sex trafficking charges&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Starting with my conclusions&comma; the government’s application for continued remand is hereby granted and the defense’s application for pretrial release is respectfully hereby denied”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Judge Berman rejected the multimillionaire sex offender’s request of home confinement at the Upper East Side mansion where he is accused of abusing girls between 2002 and 2005&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The defense had proposed a &dollar;77 million bail package&comma; with Epstein&&num;8217&semi;s private jet and Manhattan mansion as collateral&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I doubt any bail package can overcome&&num;8221&semi; any danger to the community&comma; Berman said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Berman cited Monday’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;compelling testimony” by accusers Annie Farmer and Courtney Wild and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;evidence of intimidation and threats&comma; and compensation paid to potential witnesses&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Related Article&colon; <&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;15&sol;keep-him-away-from-society-accuser-wealthy-pedophile-jeffrey-epstein-sent-back-to-solitary-confinement-until-his-bail-hearing-on-thursday-after-feds-said-they-found-diamonds-piles-of-cash-and&sol;"><img class&equals;"attachment-loop size-loop wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Jeffrey-Epstein-center-with-lawyers-Martin-Weinberg-and-Marc-Fernich-in-court-1-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" sizes&equals;"&lpar;max-width&colon; 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with lawyers Martin Weinberg and Marc Fernich in court 1" data-image-description&equals;"" data-medium-file&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Jeffrey-Epstein-center-with-lawyers-Martin-Weinberg-and-Marc-Fernich-in-court-1-1&period;jpg&quest;fit&equals;300&percnt;2C211&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" data-large-file&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Jeffrey-Epstein-center-with-lawyers-Martin-Weinberg-and-Marc-Fernich-in-court-1-1&period;jpg&quest;fit&equals;620&percnt;2C436&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" data-lazy-loaded&equals;"1" &sol;><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;15&sol;keep-him-away-from-society-accuser-wealthy-pedophile-jeffrey-epstein-sent-back-to-solitary-confinement-until-his-bail-hearing-on-thursday-after-feds-said-they-found-diamonds-piles-of-cash-and&sol;">Billionaire pedophile&comma; Jeffrey Epstein sent back to solitary confinement until his bail hearing on Thursday Feds reveal at bail hearing that they found &OpenCurlyQuote;piles of <&sol;a><a title&equals;"&OpenCurlyQuote;Keep him away from society’ – accuser&semi; Wealthy pedophile Jeffrey Epstein sent back to solitary confinement until his bail hearing on Thursday after feds said they found diamonds&comma; piles of cash and a fake passport saying he lived in Saudi Arabia when they raided his NY mansion" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;15&sol;keep-him-away-from-society-accuser-wealthy-pedophile-jeffrey-epstein-sent-back-to-solitary-confinement-until-his-bail-hearing-on-thursday-after-feds-said-they-found-diamonds-piles-of-cash-and&sol;">&lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Berman also said there were questions about whether Epstein &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;has been compliant in legal obligations as a registered sex offender&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;During Monday’s hearing&comma; the judge had noted a front-page Post report about how Epstein never checked in with the NYPD&comma; despite a 2011 order by Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Ruth Pickholz requiring him to do so every 90 days&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">The Manhattan federal judge overseeing the Epstein case Monday cited media<&sol;span> reports<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"> revealing how the pedophile hadn’t ever checked in with the NYPD as required for sex offenders&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Judge Richard Berman was responding to an argument from Epstein’s lawyers asking for their client be released on bail in the new sex trafficking case against him&comma; o the grounds that he’s been &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;careful” in his obligations as an already-convicted offender&comma; but Judge Berman said he read reports and it indicates differently&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-323057" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Jeffrey-Epstein-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Jeffrey Epstein 4" width&equals;"683" height&equals;"455" &sol;><strong>NYPD let convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein skipped judge-ordered check-ins with police&comma; now he will not get a second chance at being free while under indictment<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The thrust of that story … was that Mr&period; Epstein was not in compliance in New York state&comma;” Berman told Epstein’s lawyer&comma; Martin Weinberg&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">As Epstein was ordered by another Manhattan judge in 2011&comma; after his conviction on solicitation-of-a-minor charges in Florida&comma; to check in with the cops here every 90 days&period; Epstein has an Upper East Side manse&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">The NYPD&comma; claims it never followed up on Epstein failing to report in&comma; because Epstein wasn’t required to come to them&comma; since he maintains that his primary <&sol;span>residence is in the Virgin Islands<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-323058" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Jeffrey-Epsteins-retreat-in-the-Virgin-Islands-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Jeffrey Epstein's retreat in the Virgin Islands 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"713" height&equals;"473" &sol;>Primary residence&colon; <strong>Jeffrey Epstein&&num;8217&semi;s staying primarily at his retreat in the Virgin Islands&comma; dubbed &&num;8220&semi;Pedophile Island&&num;8221&semi; by locals&comma; facilitated hes ability to evade law enforcement&comma; and the judge was having none of it<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">A judge had already rejected that argument years ago&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>Epstein&comma; 66&comma; was busted July 6 in the alleged sexual abuse of dozens of girls as young as 14 in his Upper East Side townhouse and his waterfront mansion in Palm Beach&comma; Florida&comma; between 2002 and 2005&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His indictment followed an award-winning series of stories last year by the Miami Herald that revealed how Epstein scored a sweetheart plea bargain in 2008 following similar allegations in Florida&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He’s been held since his arrest at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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