Accused Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein Dies by Suicide in Prison Cell.<br />NBC News reports that <br />the wealthy financier and <br />convicted sex offender hung himself <br />in a New York City prison cell.<br />Epstein, 66, was awaiting charges <br />of conspiracy and sex trafficking, <br />which he plead not guilty.<br />The billionaire was accused of paying girls as young as 14 to have sex with him at his homes in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005.<br />A new cache of documents had been released on Friday that provided new disturbing details.<br />and how his network of associates recruited underage girls. .<br />Epstein was well known in the political world, with connections to both President Trump and Bill Clinton. .