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Defense Lawyers Seek Detention At Home For South Florida Financier & Accused Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

NEW YORK (CBSMiami/AP) — Wealthy Florida financier Jeffrey Epstein was back in a courtroom on Thursday.

Epstein's lawyers argued he should be held under house arrest with electronic monitoring pending trial despite prosecutors' claims he could flee to dodge sex trafficking charges.

The lawyers argued for bail in court papers Thursday in Manhattan federal court. A bail hearing for the 66-year-old is set for Monday.

Read the bail memo here.

Prosecutors argued in court this week for Epstein to be jailed ahead of trial. They say a trove of what seems to be nude pictures of underage girls was found in his mansion after his arrest on charges that he sexually exploited and abused dozens of underage girls from 2002 to 2005.

Epstein's lawyer says the new charges are "ancient history" and can't be brought because of a decade-old federal non-prosecution agreement when he pleaded guilty in Florida state court.

(© Copyright 2019 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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