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Prosecutors knew two years before the deal that Jeffrey Epstein had raped teenagers, according to a transcript

Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 at the age of 66 (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

Prosecutors in Florida heard graphic testimony about how the late millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused teenage girls two years before they agreed to a settlement, according to transcripts from the 2006 grand jury investigation released Monday.

The transcripts were at the center of a legal battle for about a decade after media investigations into how Epstein’s ties to the rich and powerful apparently allowed him to continue raping and having sex with underage girls without serving a lengthy prison sentence.