U.S. District Judge Richard Berman officially ordered on Aug. 29 the dismissal of the criminal sex trafficking case against financier Jeffrey Epstein in wake of his death, according to court documents.
Berman signed a “nolle prosequi” ruling, a legal term signifying the formal abandonment of charges. Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan cell on Aug. 10 while awaiting trial, and the New York City Medical Examiner’s office ruled his death a suicide by hanging.
