New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in federal custody in 2019, had once denied being a "sexual predator." He rather called himself an "offender."

"I'm not a sexual predator, I'm an 'offender,'" the financier had told The New York Post during an interview published in February 2011.

"It's the difference between a murderer and a person who steals a bagel," Epstein had said as he downplayed the gravity of his actions.

He further justified, saying, "The crime that was supposedly committed in Florida is not a crime in New York."

The financier's statement had come after a New York judge had reportedly ruled that he "is the most dangerous kind of sex offender: a Level 3."

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