Jeffrey Epstein reportedly used $128,000 from his nonprofit, the Florida Science Foundation, to pay the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office for off-duty deputies to guard him during his 2008 work-release program.

Epstein was given work-release during a 13-month jail term as part of a once-secret plea deal

The six-day-a-week, 12-hour work-release days were taken at his private office, where he had to pay off-duty deputies to keep detailed daily reports of his visitors and activities.

PBSO spokeswoman Therese Barbera told INSIDER that Epstein paid the sheriff's office for the deputies. INSIDER has not verified WPTV's report that the funds came from his nonprofit.

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Jeffrey Epstein reportedly used money from his nonprofit to pay the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office $128,000 bill for off-duty deputies to guard him during his 2008 13-month sentence and work-release program.

At the time, Epstein, who pleaded not guilty to sex-trafficking charges on July 8, was given work-release as part of a once-secret plea deal when facing allegations of sexually abusing more than 30 underage girls.

The six-day-a-week, 12-hour work-release days were taken at his office, where he had to pay off-duty deputies to keep detailed daily reports of his visitors and activities.

PBSO spokeswoman Therese Barbera told INSIDER that Epstein paid the sheriff's office for the deputies.

According to financial records seen by WPTV, Epstein paid PBSO $128,136 during his incarceration, through his company, Florida Science Foundation.

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It remains unclear why the funds for deputies came from the foundation rather than Epstein himself. INSIDER could not verify any record of the foundation paying the sheriff's office.

Florida Science Foundation is also where Epstein served his community service requirements once out on probation, according to WPTV.

Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown, who has reported extensively on Epstein, said on Twitter that a Palm Beach sheriff's deputy told her that off-duty deputies would not check on what Epstein was doing when he was in his office, and that some visitor logs from the work-release have disappeared.

Epstein pleaded not guilty to sex-trafficking charges on July 8. In the indictment, prosecutors alleged that Epstein molested girls as young as 14 in a sex trafficking operation that ran from at least 2002 to 2005.

Epstein will remain at Manhattan Correctional Center until at least Thursday, when a judge will decide if the financier can be released while awaiting trial.