Send him a letter
One law for the rich, and another for everyone else.
Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein never once checked in with city cops in the eight-plus years since a Manhattan judge ordered him to do so every 90 days — and the NYPD says it’s fine with that.
After being labeled a worst-of-the-worst, Level 3 sex offender in 2011, Epstein should have reported in person to verify his address 34 times before he was arrested Saturday on federal child sex-trafficking charges.
But hey. He’s rich. He’s white. He’s a man. Capeesh?
Violating requirements of the state’s 1996 Sex Offender Registration Act — including checking in with law enforcement — is a felony punishable by up to four years in prison for a first offense.
Subsequent violations carry a sentence of up to seven years each.
The police and the prosecutors are both saying “No it’s their fault.”
The NYPD cop assigned to monitor Epstein has repeatedly complained to Vance’s Sex Crimes Unit that Epstein wasn’t in compliance, according to a source familiar with the matter.
But prosecutors told the cop to merely send Epstein a letter reminding him of his reporting requirement.
A Vance spokesman denied that allegation, saying “the NYPD — which is the agency responsible for monitoring SORA compliance — has repeatedly told us that Mr. Epstein was in full compliance with the law.”
Has anybody checked in with Law and Order SVU?
We wouldn’t want Chris Meloni to go full Stabler on Epstein, would we?
Wow, this isn’t just a matter of there being a miscommunication somewhere, one party or the other is outright lying. And given the cosiness of prosecutors and attorneys general with the megarich, I’m slightly inclined to believe the cop.