Gov. Ron DeSantis has directed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to take over a criminal investigation into the case of multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw requested the state take over the criminal inquiry and said his office will continue to handle an internal review of how his deputies handled the detention of Epstein, who now faces federal charges of conspiracy of sex trafficking.Bradshaw wrote to DeSantis that the public interest would be served by an FDLE investigation into the aspects of the case, from sentencing to Epstein's time in jail.
During his 13-month sentence in 2008 and 2009, the hedge fund manager was allowed to leave jail to work in an office 12 hours a day, six days a week. Jeffrey Epstein's business relationship with Victoria's Secret owner Leslie Wexner was far deeper than the CEO let on, New York Times reportsEpstein, 66, pleaded not guilty in July to federal charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking.
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