Jeffrey Epstein, the registered child sex offender who was recently arrested on charges of sex trafficking underage girls, has asked a federal judge to let him out of jail with bond proposal that would allow him to remain under house arrest in his Manhattan mansion while he awaits trial.
His lawyers argued in a federal court filing (pdf) that house arrest with electronic monitoring, 24-hour surveillance, and the surrendering of his passport and private jet would “ensure” that he was not a flight risk. They added that he had never sought to flee the country.
