Prosecutor Recommends Case Against Jeffrey Epstein be Dismissed

Jeffrey Epstein in a file photograph. New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP

Federal prosecutors in New York asked a court to dismiss the case against Jeffrey Epstein because he died.

Allison Moe, Alex Rossmiller, and Maurene Comey, assistant U.S. attorneys in the Southern District of New York, filed papers in the district on Aug. 19 (pdf) asking U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman to drop the case against Epstein.