Jeffrey Epstein’s first criminal conviction was far earlier than thought

The release of a 1981 deposition transcript reveals an earlier conviction for the late sex offender… and not for the reasons you might think.

In the late 1970s and into the early 1980s, Jeffrey Epstein was working at Bear Stearns, the New York-based investment bank and trading firm that eventually collapsed in 2008.

At this time, Epstein li…