Jeffrey Epstein Was Arrested Yesterday
WHITFIELD: All right. Welcome back. Sources tell CNN that a Florida billionaire and convicted sex offender will be in court tomorrow to face new charges of sex crimes involving underage girls. Jeffrey Epstein was arrested yesterday. In 2008 he evaded similar charges when prosecutors brokered an extraordinary plea agreement that allowed Epstein to plead guilty to state charges and avoid serious federal charges. CNN's Sonia Moghe, sorry.. First time meeting you, Sonia. I misspoke your last name. I apologize for that. Talk to me about what's happening here.</s>SONIA MOGHE, CNN PRODUCER: Well, Fred, you know, there could be many reasons why we could be seeing new charges, these new charges coming forward. And we will learn more details once this indictment is unsealed, which we expect to be unsealed tomorrow. But what we do know is for several years there have been public allegations against Jeffrey Epstein, allegations that he was sexually abusing girls, some of whom were underage. And some of those allegations were coming out in the form of lawsuits. One woman who sued him about a decade ago alleged when she was about 14, 15 years old she met him through an associate. An associate lured her to Epstein's Florida mansion under the guise that she would learn about massage therapy. And when she went to that mansion, she was instead pressured into having sex for him and then given money. And she said she was lured into a life for several years where she was flown around the world and pressured into having sex with him and his associates. Now, an attorney for that woman spoke to me last night about these new charges. Here's what he had to say. He said we are very appreciative of efforts of prosecutors to begin to bring Mr. Epstein to justice. This has been a long time coming, but it is an important step toward getting justice for the many victims of Epstein's sex trafficking ring. We hope that the prosecutors will not stop with Mr. Epstein but will also turn their attention to the several people who were part of Mr. Epstein's enterprise. Now that attorney credits really these victims with, you know, just keeping on going on, keeping on telling their stories, continuing to talk to prosecutors about why their case should be reopened. But we also know that a federal judge ruled earlier this year that the justice department violated those victims rules when it didn't confer with them around the time that plea deal was reached with Epstein in 2008. So lots of factors there, and we will find more out tomorrow.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, let us know. Sonia Moghe, thank you so much, appreciate it.</s>MOGHE: Thank you.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. Coming up, customs and border patrol agents under fire after a secret Facebook group is exposed. What officials are now doing in response to the racist and offensive posts. But first, Nashville is the beating heart of country music. Whether it is music, food or even fashion. This booming city authors an authentic taste of the south in this week's "Wonder Must."</s>ANNE POWERS, NPR MUSIC CRITIC: Nashville is known as music city USA for a reason. There are more musicians and song writers who live here than maybe any other city in the world. If you want to party Nashville style, go to lower Broadway and find a honky-tonk like toot see's lounge or try some line dancing at the wild horse saloon. If you want to look like a classic country star visit Taylor to the stars.</s>MANUEL CUEVAS, STYLIST TO THE STARS: Every piece has a piece of my heart. What we put into our pieces is unique. There's no time limit. There's no money limit. There's no price limit. When you say country style, it's like who represents America in the picture of the world, a cowboy, a cowgirl. They have the uniqueness of dressing.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For a taste of Nashville, come on down to Arnold's country kitchen, grab you a tray and get your meat in three. A meat in three is something a tradition you found in the south. You have your poultry, you have your meat or your fish, then your southern sides like okra, green beans, turnip greens, mac and cheese, succotash, anything you would have found at grandma's table. Come on down for delicious food and wonderful music.