Epstein's defense team offered $500 million in assets as bail collateral, proposing house arrest in his Manhattan mansion. Prosecutors argued he was an extreme flight risk with passports, private jets, and international properties. The judge denied bail, and for the first time in his life, Jeffrey Epstein could not buy his way out.

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