Judge Orders Case Against Epstein Over

(The Hill) A federal judge on Thursday ordered the sex trafficking case in New York against Jeffrey Epstein to be formally dismissed following the financiers death in a Manhattan jail earlier this month. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman signed a nolle prosequi ruling that the case will be dismissed according to a copy of the document obtained by The Hill. Prosecutors had requested the charges be dropped last week. A spokesperson with the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York confirmed to The Hill that an investigation into any alleged co-conspirators in the case would continue. Because Jeffrey Epstein the defendant died while this case was pending and therefore before a final judgment was issued the Indictment must be dismissed under the rule of abatement" Thursdays filing reads.