Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in jail

Posted: Aug 10, 2019 / 09:15 AM EDT / Updated: Aug 10, 2019 / 12:33 PM EDT

FILE – This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. The retail titan behind Victoria’s Secret says the financier Jeffrey Epstein misappropriated “vast sums” of his fortune while managing his personal finances. Ohio billionaire Leslie Wexner said in a letter Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019 that he recovered “some of the funds” but severed ties with Epstein in 2007 as sexual abuse allegations first surfaced against him in Florida. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

(WSYR-TV/ABC News) –

Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide Friday night in his Lower Manhattan jail cell, law enforcement officials told ABC News.

The millionaire was facing federal sex trafficking charges.

The 66-year-old financier was set to stand trial in 2020 for allegedly sexually abusing dozens of minor girls in New York and Florida.

His death came less than three weeks after he was found unresponsive in his cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan, with marks on his neck that appeared to be self-inflicted, sources told ABC News.

Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in jail

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