Financier Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead on 10 August 2019 in his prison cell in New York while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Epstein, 66, had pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and conspiracy charges and was being held without bail. CAP/MPI/PLF Image supplied by Capital Pictures / MediaPunch

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the Manhattan Correctional Center where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the Manhattan Correctional Center where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the Manhattan Correctional Center where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the Manhattan Correctional Center where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the Manhattan Correctional Center where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the Manhattan Correctional Center where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the Manhattan Correctional Center where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the Manhattan Correctional Center where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan Hospital, where Jeffrey Epstein body transported in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the Manhattan Correctional Center where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the Manhattan Correctional Center where the US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan Hospital, where Jeffrey Epstein body transported in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NEW YORK, USA - AUGUST 10 : A general view of the New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan Hospital, where Jeffrey Epstein body transported in New York, United States on August 10, 2019. Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

Financier Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead on 10 August 2019 in his prison cell in New York while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Epstein, 66, had pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and conspiracy charges and was being held without bail. CAP/PLF Image supplied by Capital Pictures