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    Court To Decide If Jeffrey Epstein Will Remain Behind Bars Ahead of Sex Crimes Trial

    The financier's lawyers want him on house arrest at his mansion. Prosecutors say he should stay in a Manhattan jail. Epstein faces sex trafficking charges and 45 years in prison if convicted.
    by Brakkton Booker Jul 17, 2019 4 minutes
    Federal prosecutors announced charges of sex trafficking against wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein last week. He is seen here in 2005.

    Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier and sex offender, is due back in a New York court Thursday. Epstein is expected to learn from a federal judge whether he will be granted bail or has to remain behind bars as he awaits trial on new sex crimes charges involving underage girls.

    Lawyers for Epstein argue their client should await trial at his multimillion-dollar Manhattan mansion on house arrest. Prosecutors argue the well-connected money man is a flight risk, adding if he's not detained, Epstein's victims could be subjected to "harassment and abuse by the defendant."

    Epstein is jailed at Metropolitan Correctional Center where he has been since his July 6 at an airport in New Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, who got a sentence of life in prison plus 30 years on Wednesday.

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