Disgraced US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, facing a charge of s*x trafficking of minors in New York has committed suicide.
Reports said he committed suicide in his cell.
Epstein, a hedge fund billionaire who had ties to top politicians and celebrities, was charged on 8 July with s*xually exploiting dozens of young girls.
Epstein, 66, was arrested at an airport in New Jersey after returning to the United States from Paris on a private jet.
In an indictment unsealed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York, he was charged with one count of s*x trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to commit s*x trafficking of minors.
