How We Got the Scoop on Jeffrey Epstein’s Arrest
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Jeffrey Epstein was an investigative bullseye for The Daily Beast—long before the rest of the national media woke up to his sex crimes and pattern of abuse.
The self-styled “billionaire,” whose source of lucre was as mysterious as his climb to high society, had mansions in New York, Paris, and Palm Beach, Florida, along with secluded compounds in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Stanley, New Mexico. Movie stars, moguls and dignitaries took jaunts on his private jet and vacationed at his properties.