Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyers repeatedly claimed in court filings that the wealthy jet-setter and accused child sex trafficker has been “diligent” and “scrupulous” about complying with the sex offender registration requirements stemming from his 2008 guilty plea.
The Thursday filing contradicts reports that Epstein had habitually ignored the required sex offender check-ins with authorities, saying Epstein had complied with all of his obligations under the non-prosecution agreement, saying he had “perfect compliance with onerous sex offender registration requirements – pinpointing his exact nightly whereabouts – across multiple jurisdictions over a 10-year period.”
The New York Post reported that Epstein, a level 3 sex offender, should have checked in with authorities in person to verify his address more than 34 times since 2011 but had not once done so in eight years, and was not required to do so by the New York Police Department.
“Epstein registered in New York State as required by law in 2010. BEFORE his legally mandated first check-in he changed his residence to the Virgin Islands requiring monitoring to take place in that jurisdiction, NOT in New York,” chief of detectives Dermot Shea tweeted.
But a state judge had said in 2011 that Epstein still had to check in with New York authorities.
“I am sorry he may have to come here every 90 days,” Justice Ruth Pickholz said sarcastically at the time, according to the New York Times. “He can give up the New York home if he does not want to come every 90 days.”
Epstein’s lawyers referred to his “spotless 14-year record of walking the straight and narrow” and a “10-year history of diligent sex offender registration and reporting” in the filings.
