Judge ends case against Epstein, with a nod to the accusers

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has formally ended the criminal case against financier Jeffrey Epstein .
U.S. District Judge Richard Berman on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to dismiss charges against Epstein after he killed himself in jail Aug. 10 while he was awaiting his sex trafficking trial.
The judge’s action was anticipated after Epstein’s death.
It comes after an unusual hearing Berman held Tuesday where sixteen women detailed how Epstein abused them. The women sai