Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyers asked a judge to allow Epstein to wait out his pretrial proceedings at his opulent Upper East Side townhouse
Epstein’s Upper East Side pad. Photo: Google When Jeffrey Epstein served a short-term prison sentence as part of a much-maligned plea deal more than a decade ago, he was given extraordinarily generous terms of incarceration that allowed him to roam far from the Palm Beach prison walls during most of his stay.
Epstein’s lawyers argue that he should be allowed this favorable treatment and that he isn’t a flight risk because what he was accused of does not technically constitute sex trafficking, since he didn’t charge any money for it. But Epstein’s lawyers argue that Berman’s decision in that case raised “equal protection” concerns, unduly punishing the rich simply because they happen to be rich.
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