'''Jeffrey Edward Epstein''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|p|s|t|iː|n}} {{respell|EP|steen}};<ref>[https://youtube.com/watch?v=cEiJF6eqhFQ Who is Jeffrey Epstein?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820220619/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEiJF6eqhFQ |date=August 20, 2019 }} - The New York Times</ref> {{lahirmati|[[New York City]], Amerika Serikat|20|1|1953|[[New York City]], Amerika Serikat|10|8|2019}}) adalah seorang [[ahli keuangan]] dan terdakwa [[penjajapelaku seks]] Amerika Serikat.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="guardian_2">{{cite news |url = https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/jeffrey-epstein-rise-and-fall-of-teacher-turned-tycoon |last = Lewis |first = Paul |title = Jeffrey Epstein: The rise and fall of teacher turned tycoon |work = [[The Guardian]] |date = January 4, 2015 |access-date = November 7, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161126103523/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/jeffrey-epstein-rise-and-fall-of-teacher-turned-tycoon |archive-date = November 26, 2016 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> Ia memulai kehidupan profesionalnya sebagai guru, namun kemudian beralih ke perbankan dan sektor keuangan dalam berbagai jabatan, bekerja di [[Bear Stearns]] sebelum membentuk firmanya sendiri. Ia mengembangkan lingkar sosial elit dan membujuk banyak wanita dan anak-anak yang kemudian dilecehkan secara seksual oleh Epstein dan beberapa orang yang dikontaknya.<ref name="A Rapist's Camouflage: Child Prosti">{{cite journal |last1=Goddard |first1=Chris |last2=De Bortoli |first2=Lillian |last3=J. Saunders |first3=Bernadette |last4=Tucci |first4=Joe |title=A Rapist's Camouflage: Child Prostitution |journal=Child Abuse Review |date=2005 |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=275–291 |doi=10.1002/car.894 }}</ref><ref name="guardian_2" /><ref name=":16">{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/jeffrey-epstein-high-society-contacts.html|title=Who Was Jeffrey Epstein Calling? A close study of his circle—social, professional, transactional—reveals a damning portrait of elite New York|date=July 22, 2019|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=July 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914004217/http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/jeffrey-epstein-high-society-contacts.html|archive-date=September 14, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/10/an-actual-conspiracy-kept-jeffrey-epsteins-accomplices-out-of-prison/|title=An Actual Conspiracy Kept Jeffrey Epstein's Accomplices out of Prison|last=Nally|first=Leland|date=October 1, 2019|work=Mother Jones|access-date=October 1, 2019|quote=According to [the facts for the] ruling by US District Judge Kenneth Marra in February 2019: 'In addition to his own sexual abuse of the victims, Epstein directed other persons to abuse the girls sexually. Epstein used paid employees to find and bring minor girls to him. Epstein worked in concert with others to obtain minors not only for his own sexual gratification, but also for the sexual gratification of others.'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001195543/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/10/an-actual-conspiracy-kept-jeffrey-epsteins-accomplices-out-of-prison/|archive-date=October 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
