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Colleagues cite chief's professionalism, 
P; REITER from IB 
rey's office for two reasons. 
First, he pressed for Epstein 
:o be charged with the more 
serious crimes of sexual ac-
ivity with minors. Second, he 
slammed State Attorney Bar-
ry Krischer in blunt language 
seldom used by one law-
enforcement official con-
cerning another because of 
what he perceived as that of. 
fice's mishandling of the 
case. 
In a letter to Krischer 
written May 1, Reiter called 
his actions in the Epstein 
case "highly unusual." He 
added, "Imusturge you to ... 
consider if good and suffi-
cient reason exists to require 
your disqualification from the 
prosecution of these cases." 
In short, Reiter told the 
county's top prosecutor for 
the past 13. years that he 
ought to get off the case. "It 
looks hire a departure from . 
professionalism," Miami-
Dade State Attorney 
Katherine Fernandez Rundle 
said of Reiter's letter. 
Following Epstein's in-
dictment, Reiter referred the 
case to the FBI to determine 
whether the super-rich, 
super-connected defendant 
had violated any federal laws. 
Reiter won't discuss the 
case or the broadsides aimed 
at him. But others almost 
uniformly use one word to 
describe the chief: profes-
sional 
"I have always been im-
pressed by Milce's profes-
sionalism and his leader-
ship," said Rick Lincoln, chief 
of the Lantana Police Depart-
ment and a Palm Beach 
County cop for 32 years. 
"The town of Palm Beach 
has a very professional police 
department. We all consider 
Mike to be our peer and a 
man of integrity." 
Reiter Town 
Manager Peter 
Elwell says the 
Palm Beach 
police chiefs 
well worth his 
$144,000 sal-
ary. 
• 
Juno Beach Police Chief 
H.C. Clark II agreed. Al-
though he doesn't know Re-
iter well, he has, met with him 
on countywide law enforce-
ment issues. "I've never seen 
him lose his cool. I've never 
seen anything but a profes-
sional demeanor from him." 
Reiter joined the Palm 
Beach Police Department in 
1981, leaving a $20,000-ayear 
patrol job at the University of 
Pittsburgh. . His personnel 
jacket shows consistently ex-
cellent job evaluations. 
Posh Palm Beach is no 
hotbed of crime, and in his 
first year on the job, a resi-
dent confined to his home 
with a sick child thanked Re-
iter for delivering a few Cokes 
to the house. Reiter refused 
payment for the beverages. 
Another resident thanked 
Reiter for shutting off his 
car's headlights in his drive-
way, saying a valet must have 
been at fault 
Reiter worked everything 
from road patrol to organized 
crime, vice and narcotics. 
And he's no novice at investi-
gations involving the island's 
rich and famous. He was the 
lead detective probing the 
drug overdose death of David 
Kennedy in 1984. He also was 
one of the officers who 
worked the investigation of 
William Kennedy Smith, who 
was charged in 1991 — and 
later acquitted —with raping 
a woman at the Kennedy 
family compound in Palm 
Beach 
Reiter, who has a master's 
degree in human resource 
ME PALM BEACH POST 
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MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 
integrity 
development from Palm 
Beach Atlantic UniversiW, al-
so has attended the FBI Na-
tional Academy in Quantico, 
Va., and management cours-
es at Harvard. He's been ac-
tive in countywide interagen-
cy law enforcement 
organizations and has a "top 
secret" national security 
clearance. 
"He has a perspective 
that's broader than just ad-
dressing the needs of the 
town," said Town Manager 
Peter Elwell, who promoted 
Reiter from assistant chief to 
chief in March 2001. Reiter 
makes more than $144,000 as 
the town's top cop. Elwell 
thinks he's worth it. 
"He's very businesslike, 
very straightforward. He's 
not easily agitated or flam-
boyant. He's about the work," 
Elwell said. "I think that his 
service as chief has been 
outstanding in, five-plus 
years." 
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Expert: Ignorance of age 
isn't defense in sex eases 
By LARRY KEU ER 
Palm Beath Post Site Writer 
Even if Palm Beach mon-
ey manager Jeffrey Epstein 
didn't know that girls who 
police say gave him sexual 
massages at his Intracoastal 
home were under the legal 
age, that alone wouldn't have 
exempted him from criminal 
charges of sexual activity with 
minors. 
"Ignorance is not a valid 
defense," said Bob Delde, a 
legal skills professor who was 
a Lake City prosecutor for 
nearly 30 years, half of that 
time specializing in sex 
crimes against children. 
'There is no knowledge 
element as far as the age is 
concerned," Dekle said. 
After an 11-month investi-
gation, Palm Beach police 
said there was probable cause 
to charge Epstein, 53, with 
unlawful sex acts with a minor 
Emily J. Minor's column will return soon. 
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Epstein: Two 
politicians have 
returned dona-
tions since he 
was charged 
with soliciting 
minors. 
and lewd and lascivious mo-
lestation. They contend that 
Epstein — friend of the rich 
and famous and financial pa-
tron of Democratic Patty or-
ganizations and candidates—
committed those acts with 
five underage girls. 
In the past week, New 
York Attorney General and 
gubernatorial candidate Eliot 
Spitzer has returned about 
$50,000 in campaign contri-
butions he received from Ep- , 
stein, and Mark Green, a / 
candidate to replace Spitzer in / 
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his current job, has returned 
$10,000 to him because of the 
Palm Beach scandal, the New 
York Daily News has reported. 
Rather than file charges, 
the state attorney's office 
presented the case to a 
• county grand jury. The panel 
indicted Epstein last week on 
• a single, less serious charge 
of felony solicitation of pros-
titution. 
The case raised eyebrows 
' because the state attorney's 
office rarely, if ever, kicks 
such charges to a grand jury. 
And it increases the difficulty 
of prosecuting child sex 
abuse cases, especially when 
the defendant is enormously 
wealthy and can hire high-
priced, top-tier lawyers. 
At least one of Epstein's 
alleged victims told police he 
knew she was underage 
when the two of them got 
naked for massages and sex-
ual activity. She was 16 years 
old at the time and said Ep-
stein asked her questions 
about her high school, ac-
cording to police reports. 
• 
A girl who said she met 
Epstein when she was 15 said 
he told her if she told any-
body what happened at his 
house, bad things could hap-
. pen, the police reports state. 
Epstein's youngest al-
leged victim was 14 when she 
' says she gave him a massage 
that included some sexual 
activity. She is now 16. The 
girl's father says he doesn't 
know whether she told Ep-
stein her age. 
"My daughter has kept a 
lot of what happened from me 
because of sheer embarrass-
ment," he said. "But she very 
much looked 14. Any prudent 
man would have had second 
thoughts about that" 
Defense attorney Jack 
Goldberger maintains that 
not only did Epstein pass a 
polygraph test showing he 
did not know the girls were 
minnre hitt their Atnrioe 
Child sex abuse cases 
often are difficult 
to prosecute, an 
attorney says. 
If two teens are in a sexual 
relationship and the boy 
turns 18 before the girl, he 
could be charged with a sex 
crime if the sex continues. 
There would be no public in-
terest in pursuing that, Dekle 
said. 
But where there is al 
e 
gap in ages — and espec 
y 
m cases of teachers with stu-
dents — there is a public in-
terest in prosecuting, he said. 
Likewise if the accused has a 
track record of sex with mi-
nors. 
Still there is a "universal 
constant" in prosecuting 
these cases, Dekle said. Men 
who exploit underage chil-
dren for sex often carefully 
choose their victims in ways 
that will minimize the risk to 
them, he said. 
Victims usually are from a 
lower social status, and they 
may suffer from psychologi-
cal problems, Dekle said. 
"Lots of child sexual 
abuse victims have been vic-
timized by multiple people 
over a period of time. Then 
the act of abuse produces 
behavior in the victims that 
further damages their credi-
bility." Examples include 
promiscuous behavior and 
drug abuse. 
Some of the alleged vic-
tims in the Epstein case re-
turned to his home multiple 
times for the massage ses-
sions and the $200 to $300 he 
typically paid them per visit 
"That would be a definite 
problem for the prosecutor," 
said Betty Resch, who prose-
cuted crimes against children 
in Palm Beach County for five 
years and now is in private 
practice in Lake Worth. 
'Ile victim becomes less 
sympathetic" to a jury, Resch 
said. "But she's a victim nev-
ertheless. She's a kid." 
Most men charged with 
sex crimes against minors 
look normal, Dekle said. A 
jury expecting to see a mon-
ster seldom will. And the vio-
tins' ages work again 
and in favor of the deft 
in a trial, Dekle said. 
If a child and an ad 
different stories and 
swear they're telling 
truth, adult jurors are 
likely to believe the 
Dekle said. 
"You have all these l 
working against you in 
sex abuse case. Preset 
normally try to be very 
ful in filing those cast 
cause they knowwhattl 
getting into. There is nc 
thing as an iron-clad 
sexual abuse case." 
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not only did Epstein pass a 
polygraph test showing he 
did not know the girls were 
minors, but their stories 
weren't credible. The state 
attorney's office also implied 
that their credibility was an 
issue when it decided not to 
charge Epstein directly, but 
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"A prosecutor has to look 
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spokesman said last week. 
Epstein hired Harvard 
law Professor Alan Der-
showitz when he became 
aware he was under investi-
gation, and Dershowitz gave 
prosecutors information that 
some of the alleged victims 
had spoke of using alcohol 
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body with sex-related offens-
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there is sufficient evidence 
and whether there is a public 
interest in doing so, Delde 
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Police say 
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to discredit 
teenage girls 
By LARRY KELLER 
RIMBeftch IS SteMiter 
Famed Harvard law professor Alan 
Dershowitz met with the Palm Beach 
'County State Attorney's Office and pro-
vided damaging information about ?teen-
age girls who say they gave his client, 
Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, 
sexually charged massages, according to 
police reports. 
The reports also state that another 
Epstein attorney agreed to a plea bargain 
that would have allowed Epstein to have no 
criminal record. His current attorney de-
nies this happened. 
• 
And the doctiraents also reveal that the 
father of at leant one girl complained that 
private investigators aggressively fol-
lowed his car,johotographed his home and 
chased off vihitors. 
Police altio• talked to 
somebody who said she 
was offered money if she 
refused to cooperate with 
the Palm Beach Police 
Department probe of, EP-
stein. 
The state attorney's 
office said it presented the 
Epstein case to a county 
grand jury this month former 
former attorney 
rather than directly 
charging Epstein because pag
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leamebargain, 
of concerns about the 
girls' credibility. The Police say. 
grand jury indicted Ep-
stein, 53, on a single count of felony solic-
itation of prostitution, which carries a 
maximum penalty of five years in prison. 
Police believed there was probable 
cause to charge Epstein with the more 
serious crimes of unlawful sex acts with a 
minor and lewd and lascivious molesta-
tion. Police Chief Michael Reiter was so 
angry that he wrote State Attorney Barry 
Krischer a memo in May suggesting he 
disqualify himself from the case. 
The case originally was going to be 
presented to the grand jury in February, 
but was postponed after Dershowitz pro-
duced information gleaned from the Web 
site myspace.com showing some of the 
alleged victims commenting on alcohol 
and marijuana use, according to the police 
report prepared by Detective Joseph Re-
a 20-year-old Royal 
PaknTeacliwoman who told police she 
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Famed Harvard law professor Alan 
Dershowitz met with the Palm. Beach 
County State Attorney's Office and pro-
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Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, 
sexually charged massages, according to 
police reports. 
The reports also state that another 
Epstein attorney agreed to a plea bargain 
that would have allowed Epstein to haven 
criminal record. His current attorney.0e-
nies this happened. 
• 
And the documents also reveal that the 
father of at lent one girl complained that 
private investigators ,aggressively fol-
lowed his cart photographed his home and 
chased off vihitors. 
Poke also talked S.
somebody who' said she 
was offered money if she 
refused to cooperate with 
the Palm Beach Police 
Department probe of Ep-
The state attornmi 
office said it presented the 
F.perein case to a 
Epstein: His 
grand jury this mon 
former attorney 
rather than directly 
charging Epstein because apfenled
a bargain,
of concerns about the 
girls' credibility. The Nike saY• 
grand jury indicted Ep-
stein, 53, on a single count of felony solic-
itation of prostitution, which carries a 
maximum penalty of five years in prison. 
Police believed there was probable' 
cause to charge Epstein with the more 
serious crimes of unlawful sex acts with a 
minor and lewd and lascivious molesta-
tion. Police Chief Michael Reiter was so 
angry that he wrote State Attorney Barry 
Krischer a memo in May suggesting he 
disqualify himself from the case. 
The case originally was going to be 
presented to the grand jury in February, 
but was posoned after Dershowitz pro-
duced information gleaned from the Web 
site myspace.com showing some of the 
alleged victims commenting on alcohol 
and marijuana use, according to the police 
report prepared by Detective Joseph Re-
car :awn 
woman who told police she 
a 20-year-old Royal 
recruited girls for Epstein, also is profiled 
on myspace.com. Her page includes pho-
tos of her and her friends, including one 
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According to Recarey, 
prosecutor Lanna Belohlavek 
offered Epstein attorneys 
Dershowitz and Guy &origin 
a plea deal in April. Fronstin, 
after speaking with Epstein; 
accepted the deal, in which 
Epstein would plead guilty to 
one count of aggravated as-
sault with intent to commit a 
felony, be placed on five 
years' probation and have no 
criminal record. The deal al-
so called for Epstein to sub-
mit to a psychiatric and sex-
ual. evaluation and have no 
unsupervised visits with mi-
nors, according to Recarey's 
report The plea bargain was 
made in connection with only 
one of the five alleged vic-
tims, the report states. 
Fronstin — who declined 
to comment on the case —
was subsequently fired and 
veteran defense attorney 
Jack Goldberger was hired. 
He denies there was any 
agreement by any of Ep-
stein's attorneys to a plea 
deal. 
"We abiolutely did not 
agree to a plea in this case," 
he said. Neither BeJohlavek 
nor a state attorney's 
spokesman could be reached 
for comment.
The parent or parents of 
alleged • victims who. com-
. 
planted of being harassed by 
private investigators provid-
ed lkense tag numbers of two 
of the men. Police found the 
vehicles were registered to a 
private eye in West Palm 
Beach and another in Jupiter, 
according to Recarey's re-
Port 
"I have no knowkdge of 
it" defense attorney Gold-
berger said. 
The report also says a 
woman connected to the Ep-
stein case was contacted by 
somebody who was still in 
touch with Epstein. That 
person told her she would be 
compensated if she didn't 
cooperate with police, Re-
carey's report says. Those 
who did talk "will be dealt 
with," the woman said she 
was told. Phone records 
show the woman talked with 
the person who allegedly in-
timidated her around the 
time she said, Recarey re-
ported. 
Phone records also show 
that the person said to have 
made the threat then placed a 
call to Epstein's personal as-
sistant who in turn called a 
New York corporation affili-
ated with Epstein, the report 
states. 
The issue in the Epstein 
case is not whether females 
came to his waterfront home, 
but whether he knew their 
ages. 
"He's never denied girls 
came to the house," Gold-
berger said. But when Ep-
stein was given a polygraph 
test "he passed on knowl-
edge of age," the attorney 
said. 
After the indictment 
against Epstein was unsealed 
this week Police Chief Reiter 
referred the matter to the 
FBI. "We've received the re-
ferral, and we're reviewing 
it," said FBI spokeswoman 
Judy Orihuela in Miami. 
The chief himself has 
come under attack from Er, 
stein's lawyers and friends in 
New York, where he has a 
home. The New York Post 
quoted Fob-la's prominent 
New York lawyer, Gerald 
Lefcourt, as saying his client 
was indicted only "because of 
the craziness of the police 
chief." 
Reiter has declined to 
comment on the case. 
Prosecutors have not 
presented a sex-related case 
like Epstein's to a grand Fury 
before, said Mike Edmond-
son, spokesman for the state 
attorney's office. "That's what 
you do with a case that falls 
into a gray area," he said. 
The state' ttorney's office 
did not recommend a partic-
ular criminal charge on 
which to indict Epstein, Ed-
mondson said. The grand ju-
ry was presented with a list of 
charges from highest to low-
est then deliberated with the 
prosecutor out of the room, 
he said. . 
"People are surprised at 
the grand jury proceeding," 
West Palm Beach defense 
attorney Richard Tendler 
said. "Ws a way for the pros-
ecutor's office to not take the 
full responsibility for not fil-
ing the (charge), and not do-
ing what thh Palm Beach Po-
lice Department wanted. I 
think something fell apart 
with those underage wit-
nqsses." 
Defense attorney Robert 
Gersbman was a prosecutor 
for sbc years. 'Those girls 
must have been incredible or 
untrustworthy, I don't know," 
he said. 
Other attorneys said Ep-
stein's case raises the issue of 
whether wealthy, connected 
defendants like Epstein —
whose friends include former 
President Clinton and 
Donald Thimp 
are treated 
differently from others. Once 
he 'mew he was the subject of 
a criminal probe, Epstein 
hired a phalanx of powerful 
attorneys such as Dershowitz 
and Lefcourt, who is a past 
president of the National As-
sociation of Criminal Defense 
Lawyers. 
Miami lawyer Roy Black 
— who became nationally 
known when he successfully 
defended William Kennedy 
Smith on a rape charge in 
Palm Beach — also was in-
volved at one point. 
Said defense attorney 
Michelle Suslcauer. "I think 
Ws unfortunate the public 
may get the perception that 
with power, you may be 
treated differently than the 
average Joe." 
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members of the local yoga community. 
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By LARRY KELLER 
Pall &adz Post Staff Writer 
• 
Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein 
paid to have underage girls and young 
women brought to his home, where he re-
ceived massages and sometimes sex, ac-
cording to an investigation 
by the Palm. Beach Police • 
Department, 
Palm Beach police spent 
months sifting through Ep-
stein's trash and watching 
his waterfront home and 
Palm Beach 'International 
Airport to keep tabs on his 
private jet. An indictment 
charging Epstein, 53, was 
unsealed Monday, charging him with one 
count of felony solicitation of prostitution. 
Palm Beach police thought there was 
probable cause to charge Epstein with un-
lawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and 
lascivious molestation. 
. Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry 
with State Attorney Barry Krischei's han-
dling of the case that he wrote a memo 
Epstein 
See EPSTEIN, 5B No. 
newly negotiated proposal for beachfront 
commission at 4 p.m. Thursday. If the com-
mission approves the agreement, the city will 
take it to the county to secure $5 million from 
a recreation bond that was slated for beach 
redevelopment three years ago. County com-
missioners extended the deadline unfilJuly 31 
so the city could present a beach redevelop-
ment plan to keep the bond money. 
If city commissioners endorse the $19.1 
million plan, city staff will draft development, 
lease and financial agreements with Greater 
Bay over the next few weeks. Greater Bay 
proposes to overhaul the casino building, the 
pool and parking lot and provide landscaping. 
This week, negotiations centered on the 
developer's and city's obligations for the 
project including fiscal, maintenance and 
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suggesting the county's top 
prosecutor disqualify himself 
q must urge you• to ex-
amine the unusual course that 
your office's handling of this 
matter has taken and consider 
if good and sufficient reason 
exists to require your dis-
qualification from the prose-
cution of these cases," Reiter 
wrote in a May 1 memo to 
Krischer. 
While not commenting 
specifically on the Epstein 
case, Mike Edmondson, 
spokesman for the state at-
torney, said his office pre-
sents cases other than mur-
ders to a grand jury when 
there are questions shout 
witnesses'. credibility and 
their ability to testify. 
By the nature of their jobs, 
police officers look at evi-
dence from a "one-sided per-
spective," Edmondson .said. 
"A prosecutor has to look at it 
in a much broader fashion," 
weighing the veracity of wit-
nesses and how they may fare 
under defense attorneys' 
questioning, he said.. 
Wein's attorney, Jack 
Gold
rger, said his client 
committed no crimes. 
silte reports and state-
ments in question refer to 
false accusations that were 
not charged because the Palm 
Beach County state attorney 
questioned the credibility of 
the witnesses," Goldberger 
said. A county grand jury 
"found the allegations wholly 
unsubstantiated and not 
credible," and that's why his 
client was not charged with 
sexual activity with minors, 
he said. 
Goldberger said Epstein 
passed a lie detector, test ad-
ministered by a reputable 
polygraph examiner in which 
he said he did not know the 
girls were minors. Also, a 
search warrant served on 
Epstein's home found no evi-
dence to corroborate the 
girls' allegations, Goldberger 
said. 
According to police docu-
ments: 
II A Palm Beach Commu-
nity College student said she 
gave Epstein a massage in the 
nude, then brought hint six 
girls, ages 14 to 16, for mas-
sage and sex4inged sessions 
at his home. 
WA 27-year-old woman 
who worked as Epstein's 
persong assistant also facili-
tated the liaisons, phoning 
the PBCC student to arrange 
for girls when Epstein was 
coming to town. And she es 
corted the girls upstairs when 
they arrived, puffing fresh 
sheets on a massage table and 
placing massage oils nearby. 
■ Police took sworn 
statements from five alleged 
victims and 17 witnesses. 
They contend that on three 
occasions, Epstein had sex 
with the girls. 
The chiefs letter 
See the letter Palm Beach Police 
Chief Michael Reiter wrote to 
State Attorney Barry Krischer 
on the Epstein case. 
PaImBeachPost.com 
A money manager for the 
ultra-rich, Epstein was named 
one of New York's most eligi-
ble bachelors in 2003 by The 
New York Post. He reportedly 
hobnobs with the likes of 
former President Clinton, 
former Hailt
rersity 
President 
Sum-
mers and Dona 
p, and 
. has lavish homes in Manhat-
tan, New Mexico and the Vir-
gin Islands. 
He has contributed tens of 
thousands of dollars to Dean-. 
ocratic Party candidates and 
organizations, including Sen. 
John Kerry's presidential bid, 
and the Senate cadSigns of 
Joe Lieberman, 
CUR-
ton, Christopher D d and 
Charles Schumer. 
Goldberger is one of five 
attorneys Epstein has re-
tained since he became the 
subject of an investigation, 
Edinondson said. Among the 
others: Man Dershowitz, the 
well-known Harvard law pro-
fessor and author, who is a 
friend of Epstein. Dershowitz 
could not be reached for 
comment. 
Police said the woman 
who enlisted
Epstein was 
20, of Royal Palm Beach. 
Robion has worked at an 01 
We Garden restaurant in 
Wellington and said she was a 
Journalism major' at Palm 
Beach Community College 
when she was questioned by 
police last October. She has 
an unlisted phone number 
and could not be reached for 
comment. 
Mel.", at age 17, a friend 
said she met Ep-
asked her if she would like to' 
make money giving him a 
massage. She said she was 
driven to his five-bedroom, 
71/2-bath home on the Intra-
coastal Waterway, then es-
corted upstairs to a bedroom 
with a massagad oils. 
and 
were 
Epstein 
both naked 
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grabbed her buttocks, she 
said . she didn't want' to be 
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to bring him more 
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In home, airport, sifted through trash 
The chief's letter 
See the letter Palm Beach Police 
Chief Michael Reiter wrote to 
State Attorney Barry Krischer 
on the Epstein case. 
PalmBeachPost.com 
A money mahager for the 
ultra-rich, Epstein was named 
one of New York's most e 
tie bachelors in 2003 by 
New York Post He reportedly 
hobnobs with the likes of 
former President Clinton, 
former Haillersity 
President 
Sum-
men and Dona 
p, and 
has lavish homes in Manhat-
tan, New Mexico and the Vir-
gin Islands. 
He has contributed tens of 
thousands of dollars to Dem-
ocratic Party candidates and 
organizations, including Sen. 
John Kerry's presidential bid, 
and the Senate campaigns of 
Joe Lieberman, Hillary 
ton, Christopher Dodd and 
Charles Schumer. 
Goldberger is one of five 
attorneys Epstein has re-
tained since he became the 
subject of an investigation, 
Edinondson said. Among the 
others: Alan Dershowitz, the 
well-known Harvard law pro-
fessor and author, who is a 
friend of Epstein. Dershowitz 
could not be reached for 
comment. 
Police said the woman 
who enlisted Nogg 
Epstein was 
Palm Beach. 
orked at an Ol-
restaurant in 
Wellington and said she was a 
journalism major' at Palm 
Beach Community College. 
• when she•was questioned by • 
police last October. She has 
an unlisted phone number 
and could not be reached for 
CO 
said she met Ep-
stei  wen, at age 17, a friend 
asked her if she would like to 
make money giving him a 
massage. She said she was 
driven to his five-bedroom, 
71/2-bath home on the Intra-
coastal Waterway, then es-
corted upstairs to a bedroom 
with a massagellid oils. 
Epstein and 
were 
both naked during e mas-
sage, she said, but when he 
grabbed her buttocks, she 
said she didn't want: to be 
touched. 
Epstein said he'd pay her 
to bring him more gi 
younger the better, 
told police. When she 
once to bring a 23-year-old 
woman to him, 
said 
she was Wp old, 
said. 
who 
not been 
charges m the case, said she 
eventually brought six girls to 
sad.
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Epstein wi
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paid $200 
each 
like a Herr 
ems; police • 
quoted her as saying. The 
gins knew what to exped 
to Ep-
stein's home, 
said. 
when they wereda 
Give a massage — maybe na-
ked — and allow some 
touching.
One 14-year-old girl. Rob-
son took to meet Epstein led 
police to start the mvestiga-
doh of him in March 2005. A 
relative of the girl called to say 
she thought the child had re-, 
cently engaged in sex with a 
Palm Beach man. The girl 
then got into a fight with a 
classmate who accused her of 
being a prostitute, and she 
couldn't explain why she had 
$300 in her purse. 
• 
The girl gave police this 
account of her meeting with 
Epstein: 
She accompanied 
and a second girl to ps em s 
house on a Sunday in Febru-
ary 2005. Once. there, a wom-
an she thought was Epstein's 
assistant told the girl to follow 
her upstairs to a room featur-
ing a mural of a naked woman, 
several photographs of naked 
women on a shelf, a hot pink 
and green sofa and a massage 
She stripped to her bra 
and panties and gave hint a 
massage. 
Epstein gave the 14-year-
old $300 and she and the oth-• 
eft, she said. She said 
told her that Fpctein 
ep
er $200 that day. 
Other. girls .told similar 
stories. In most accounts; 
the
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now 
tat 
27, escorted the 
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steillilit ioom
whose most re-
cen 
cnown address is in 
North Carolina, has not been 
charged in the case. 
Palm. Beach police often 
conducted surveillance of 
Epstein's home, and at Palm 
Beach International Airport 
to see if his private jet was 
there, so they would know 
when he was in town. Police 
also arranged repentediy to
receive his trash from Palm 
Beach sanitation workers, • 
collecting papers with names 
and phone numbers, sex toys 
and female hygiene products. 
One note stated that a fe-
male could not come over at 7 
p.m. because of soccer. -An-
other said a girl had to work 
Sunday 
"Monday after 
school?" And still another 
note contained the Work 
hours of a girl, saying the 
leaves school at 11:30 a.m. 
and would come over the next 
day at 10:30 am. 
Only three months before 
the police department probe 
began, Epstein donated 
$90,000 to the department for 
the purchase of a firearms 
sitnulator, said Jane &ruder, 
town finance director. The 
purchase Was never made. 
The money was returned. to 
Epstein on Monday, she said. 
• SYttff writers Andrew Mara; 
arid Tim °MMus and staff re-
searcher Angelica Cortez con-
tributed to this story. 
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TUESDAY, JULY25, 2006 
Indictment: Billionaire solicited 3 times 
Palm Beach police will report 
today about their prostitution 
probe of the money manager. 
By LARRY KELLER 
Palm Beach Post Ste' Wnter 
Billionaire. money manager and 
Palm Beach part-time resident Jeffrey 
Epstein solicited or procured prostitutes 
three or more times between Aug. 1 and 
Oct. 31 of last year, according to an in-
dictment charging him with felony so-
licitation of prostitution. 
Epstein, 53, was booked at the Palm 
Beach County jail at 1:45 a.m.. Sunday. 
He was released on $3,000 bond. 
Epstein's case is unusual in that 
suspected prostitution johns are usually 
charged with a misdemeanor, and even 
a felony charge is typically made in a 
criminal information — an alternative to 
an indictment charging a person with 
the commission of a 
crime. 
His attorney, Jack 
Goldberger, declined to 
discuss the charge. 
State attorney's of-
fice spokesman Mike 
Edmondson also had 
little to say. 
"Generally speak-
ing, there is a case that 
has a number of different aspects to it," 
Edmondson said of a prostitution-
related charge being submitted to a 
grand jury. "We first became aware of 
the case months ago by Palm Beach 
police." 
Prosecutors and police worked to-
gether to bring the case to the grand 
jury, he said. 
Palm Beach police confirmed that 
and said the department will release a 
report today regarding its investigation. 
Epstein has owned a five-bedroom, 
71/2-bath, 7,234-square-foot home with a 
pool and a boat dock on the Intracoastal 
Epstein 
Waterway since 1990, according to 
property records. A man answering the 
door there Monday said that Epstein 
wasn't home. A Cadillac Escalade reg-
istered to him was parked in the drive-
way, which is flanked by two massive 
gargoyles. 
Epstein sued Property Appraiser 
Gary Nikolits in 2001, contending that 
the assessment of his home exceeded 
its fair market value. He dismissed his 
lawsuit in December 2002. 
A profile of Epstein in Vanity Fair 
magazine said he owns what are be-
lieved to be the largest private homes in 
Manhattan — 51,000 square feet — and 
in New Mexico — a 7,500-acre ranch. 
Those are in addition to his 70-acre is-
land in the U.S. Virgin Islands and fleet 
of aircraft 
Epstein's friends and admirers, ac-
cording to the magazine, include prom-
inent businessmen, academics and sci-
entists and famed Harvard law professor 
Alan Dershowitz. 
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and in a strongly worded 
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around the globe. 
The Miami-Dade Student 
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from Epstein, who worked on 
s victorious 2000 campaign against 
ate Rep. Curt Levine. 
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me on the payroll," read Epstein's 
tememberwho got you where you 
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it closest confidante who has been 
rou right from the gitgo you throw 
.±1 says Slosberg ignored his advice 
ng peace with U.S. Rep. Robert 
rho has become Slosberg's chief 
id for calming the ruckus that led to . 
is removal from the county Health 
strict board. Had he been "on the 
' Epstein says, Slosberg might have 
a more heed. ■ 
≥ already had President Bush and VP 
aey in South Florida to headline 
gn fund-raisers, so it's only natural 
S. Rep. E. Clay Shaw, R-Fort 
:dale, would turn to the next figure in 
adenfial line of succession. Shaw's 
km says it has lined up House 
:ex Dennis Hastert for an Aug. 3 money 
in FortLauderdale. 
■ 
temotrafic National Chairman Howard 
is speaking gig at a sold-out Wednesday 
a in West Palm Beach is the latest coup 
to Democratic Professionals Forum, 
0-month-old group led by Gunster 
ley attorney Bryan Miller that has drawn 
dial 2008 Democratic presidential 
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WELLINGTON - Shadoe Stein, 17, of Palm Beach Gardens 
reacts to the weight of a mannequin — 130 to 165 pounds 
when wet — as she starts her leg of a mannequin pull relay 
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Raton and Palm Beach Gardens vied in six events on Sunday. 
Mystery money man faces soliciting charg 
By MCOLEJANOK 
Palm Read Post S&vf Writer 
A part-time Palm Beecher who has 
socialized with Donald Trump, Bill 
Clinton and Kevin Spacey was jailed 
early Sunday with accused drug dealers. 
drunken drivers and wife beaters after 
. he was charged with soliciting a prosti-
tute. 
Manhattan money manager Jeffrey 
Epstein, 53, was picked up at his hogne 
on El Brillo Way at 1:45 am. He tas 
released hours later on $3,000 bond. 
Epstein was indicted last week by a 
state grand jury, according to state at-
torney's spokesman Mike Edmondson. 
Despite Epstein's arrest, the indictment 
containing the allegations remained 
sealed Sunday and Edmondson provid-
ed no details. 
Unlike most accused johns. Epstein 
was charged with a third-degree felony 
instead of a misdemeanor. Under state 
th
I :, a solicitation charge usually is de-
mi to a more serious felony when the 
efendant has at least two solicitation 
convictions. 
However, checks of court records 
here and in New York Sunday turned up 
no such convictions. 
Epstein could not be reached. Ed-
mondson said he was being represented 
by West Palm Beach attorney Jack 
Goldberg, who declined comment 
Epstein is the president of3 Epstein 
& Co., a money management company 
based in Manhattan that caters to ultra-
wealthy clientele, according to pub-
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him as a "mysterious billion-
aire" who lives in a 45,000-
square-foot New York City 
mansion. 
He has been in trouble 
before. in 1993 he and two 
other defendants were 
charged in federal court with 
three counts of postal larceny 
and theft and one count of 
property theft Epstein plead 
guilty to a single charge of 
conspiring to steal U.S. 
Treasury checks from resi-
dential mailboxes and re-
ceived 5 years' probation. 
The remaining charges were 
dropped. 
Since then, Epstein's 
name has turned up in New 
York City's tabloids. The New 
York Post noted he flew Pres-
ident Clinton and Kevin 
Spacey to Africa on his pri-
vate Boeing 727.1n 2003, the 
paper dubbed him one of the 
Big Apple's lop studs." 
In 2004, Epstein bid 
against 'frump for a 43,000-
square foot Palm Beach es-
tate once owned by health-
care magnate Abe Gosman. 
Trump topped Epstein with a 
$41.35 million bid. 
Staff Researcher Angelica 
Cortez contributed to this story. 
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Frith said the boy, who 
was flown by helicopter to St 
Mary's, was properly re-
strained in the back seat of a 
car hit by the SUV believed to 
be the initial cause of the 
crashes. There were no re-
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FHP had cleared the in-
terstate by 4:50 p.m., but 
drivers experienced backups 
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He was over 50. And they were girls 
If the women whom Palm Beach 
police say a part-time town resident 
invited to his home and paid for 
sex acts were, in fact, women, the 
solicitation charge against Jeffrey 
Epstein might feel more sufficient. 
But, according to police records, 
they weren't. He was over 50. And 
they were girls. 
Elise 
Cramer 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17-yeavold girls. 
That 
should 
count for some-
thing — the dif-
ference 
between 
prostitution 
and 
pedophilia. 
So, it is baffling 
that Mr. Epstein, who was indicted 
last month by a grand jury on one 
felony count of solicitation of pros-
titution, has not been charged, as 
Palm Beach police strenuously 
urged, with unlawful sex acts with 
a minor and lewd and lascivious 
molestation. 
Conviction of crimes against mi-
nors would mean steeper penalties 
than the maximum five-year prison 
term Mr. Epstein faces if convicted 
of the single count of felony solicita-
tion. It also would help carry a mes-
sage of intolerance to perverts who 
prey on girls. 
Prosecutors did not pursue charg-
es against Mr Epstein reflecting 
the age of the victims because they 
assumed a jury would view the girls 
not as victims but as promiscuous, 
untrustworthy, willing participants. 
The presumption is offensive. 
Mr. Epstein, a 53-year-old Man-
hattan money manager who has 
hired Harvard law professor Alan 
Dershowitz and defense attor-
ney Jack Goldberger, has denied 
knowing how old the girls were. 
Jury should have decided 
if Epstein is a pedophile. 
But police interviews with five 
alleged victims and 17 witnesses 
under oath, as well as phone mes-
sages, a high school transcript and 
other items that police found from 
searching Mr. Epstein trash and 
7,234-square-foot waterfront home, 
provide evidence that he knew the 
girls were teenagers. 
One girl couldn't show up when 
Mr. Epstein wanted because she 
had soccer. Mother time, Mr. Ep-
stein had to wait for his "massage" 
session because the girl he wanted 
was still in class. 
Why didn't State Attorney Barry 
Krischer let a jury decide whether 
to believe the teenagers — in-
cluding a 16-year-old who went to 
Mr. Epsteinb house to "work" in 
December 2004 after being asked 
whether she needed to make money 
for Christmas gifts? 
Prosecutors gave greater weight 
to the details Mr. Dershowitz pro-
vided about the girls in an apparent 
effort to assail their character. ME 
Dershowitz pointed out to prosecu-
tors that some of the teenagers had 
talked on myspace.com about mari-
juana and alcohol use. 
The 20-yeaeold Royal Palm 
Beach woman who told police she 
recruited girls for Mr. Epstein has 
a Web page on myspace.com that 
features one girl using the name 
"Pimpin' Made EZ." 
Although no charges of witness 
tampering have been filed, the par-
ents of at least one of the teenage 
victims complained to police of be-
ing followed and intimidated by two 
men.' Police determined that their 
vehicles were registered to two pri-
vate investigators. Mr. Goldberger 
denied knowing anything about it. 
Police also note in their reports 
that the state attorneyb office of-
fered Mr. Epstein a plea deal that 
would have placed him on proba-
tion for five years, allowing him 
ultimately to walk away with no 
criminal record at all. 
I asked Mr. Krischer% spokes-
man, Mike Edmondson, why the 
case was referred to a grand jury in-
stead of Mr. Epstein being ch 
and facing a trial before a j 
shouldn't the victims credibility 
be a factor to determine whether a 
crime's been committed, not wheth-
er a jury will convict? (After all, as 
Mr. Goldberger told The Palm Beach 
Post of Mr. Epstein, "He's never de-
nied girls came to the house.") 
Especially, I asked Mr. Edmond-
son to explain: Why shouldn't the 
public look at this case and think 
there are two kinds of justice — one 
for the wealthy and one for the rest 
of us? 
Mr. Edmondson said he could 
not comment on the case because it 
is active, but on the latter point, he 
offered, for the sake of "philosophi-
cal debate": "Whether wealth buys a 
different standard of justice across 
the country ... the answer to that 
would, of course, be yes." 
But in this case, he said, "regard-
less of the battery of attorneys, the 
outcome would be the same. Every 
issue that was debated in public was 
debated in our office before this 
case went to the grand jury." 
In this case, it is not the victims' 
credibility but the state attorneys 
that deserves questioning. 
Elisa Cramer is an editorial writer* 
The Palm Beach Post. Her e-mail 
address is elisa_ctumerepbpostcom 
David Ignatius 
Turning disaster to opportunity 
Groping for a way to understand 
the ruinous mess in the Middle 
East I find myself looking back-
ward to an earlier ruinous mess, the 
Yom Kippur War of October 1973. 
That long-ago war, like the cue 
rent one in Lebanon, began with an 
Arab sneak attack — a potentially 
devastating Egyptian thrust across 
the Suez Canal, cruelly launched 
on Israel's holiest day. The Israelis 
bag past when Arab fighters would 
see the advancing Israeli army, dis-
card their boots and flee in terror. 
The strategy of Israel's (and 
Americab) enemies today is to lure 
the military superpower into a pro-
tracted conflict 'lb accept the bait, 
as the Israelis did in assaulting Leb-
anon and as America did in Iraq, is 
to risk stepping into a trap. As Law-
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By LARRY K.FilFR 
Pads Beach Post Sete TfLiter 
Attorneys and publicists for 
Palm Beach financier Jeffrey 
Epstein went on the offensive 
Monday, contending that 
teenage girls who have ac-
cused Epstein of sexual she-
nanigans at his waterfront 
home are liars and saying that 
the Palm Beach Police De-
partment is "childish." 
"There never was any sex 
between- Jeffrey Epstein and 
Epstein 
any underage 
women," his 
lead attorney, 
Jack Gold-
berger, said 
from Idaho 
where he was 
vacationing 
with his land-
13r. 
Epstein did have young 
women come to his house to 
give him massages, Goldberg-
er said. "Mr. Epstein absolute-
ly insisted anybody who came 
to his house be over the age of 
18. How he verified that, I don't 
know. The question is, did 
anything illegal occur. The law 
was not violated here." 
He had no explanation as to 
why Epstein would pay girls or 
women with no massage train-
ing — as the alleged victims 
said was the case — $200 to 
$300 for their visits. "the 
credibility of these witnesses 
has been seriously ques-
tioned," Goldberger said. 
Epstein, 53, was indicted 
by a county grand jury last 
month on a charge of felony 
solicitation of prostitution. Af-
ter an 11-month investigation 
that included sifting through 
Epstein's trash and surveilling
his home, Palm Beach police 
concluded there was enough 
evidence to charge him with 
sexual activity with minors. 
When the grand jury indicted 
Epstein on the less serious 
charge, Police Chief Michael 
Reiter referred the case to the 
FBI to determine whether 
there were federal law viola-
tions. 
After a spate of stories 
about the case last week, New 
York publicist Dan Klores —
whose client list has included 
Paris Hilton andJenniferLoppeeZz
— said on Saturday that Ep 
stein's camp was ready "to get 
their story out" 
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berger and a Los Angeles publicist 
for Miami criminal defense attorney 
Roy Black, who also has represented 
Epstein in the case. 
We just think there has been a 
distorted view of this case in the me-
dia presented by the Palm Beach po-
lice," Goldberger said. 
Reiter has consistently declined 
to comment on the case and did not 
respond to a request for comment 
Monday. 
The implication that State Attor-
ney Barry Krischer was easy on Ep-
stein by presenting the case to a 
grand jury rather than filing charges 
directly against him is wrong, Gold-
berger said. 
The Palm Beach Police Depart-
ment was "happy and ecstatic" that 
the panel was going to review the 
evidence. "I think what happened is 
they weren't happy with the result. 
They decided to use the press to 
embarrass Mr. Epstein." 
But records show that Reiter 
wrote Krischer on May 1— well be-
fore the case went to the grand jury—
suggesting that Krischer "consider if 
good and sufficient reason exists to 
require your disqualification from the 
prosecution of these cases." 
Rather than flat-out decline to 
charge Epstein, Krischer referred 
the case to the grand jury to "ap-
pease" the chief, Goldberger said. 
A state attorney's spokesman 
would say only that the office refers 
cases to the grand jury when there 
are issues with the viability of the 
evidence or witnesses credibility. 
Both the state attorney and the 
grand jury concluded there was not 
sufficient evidence that Epstein had 
sex with minors, according to Gold-
berger. "It was just a childish perfor-
mance by the Palm Beach Police 
Department," Goldberger said. 
The defense attorney said one of 
the alleged victims who claimed she 
was a minor was in fact over the age 
of 18. Another alleged victim who 
was subpoenaed to testify to the 
grand jury failed to do so. Epstein's 
Epstein investigation 
Read a letter from Palm Beach Police 
Chief Michael Reiter to State Attorney 
Barry Krischer on the Epstein probe. 
PalmBeachPostcom 
accusers, he added, have histories of 
drug abuse and thefts. 'These wom-
en are liars. We've established that" 
But why would they all invent 
their stories about meeting Epstein 
for sexual massages? 
"I don't have an answer as to what 
was the motivation for these women 
to come forward and make these al-
legations," Goldberger said. 
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Palm Beach Post Staff Writer 
Four dolphin research and edu-
cation programs will split about 
$300,000 that was raised in the past 
year by the "Protect Wild Dolphins" 
specialty license plate program, ac-
cording to Harbor Branch Oceano-
graphic Institution, which adminis-
ters the program. 
Mote Marine Laboratory in Sara-
sota will use $100,000 for public ser-
vice announcements on the dangers 
of feeding dolphins and another 
$60,000 to study how hurricanes and 
red tides in Port Charlotte have af-
fected dolphin habitats. 
Florida State University will use 
about S70,000 to study the use of 
acoustic technologies to 
phins, and the Whale and Dolphin 
Conservation Society's DolphinS-
MART project has been awarded 
about $72,000 to develop a voluntary 
code of conduct for dolphin tour op-
erators. 
Since it was created in 1999, the 
dolphin specialty license plate pro-
gram has raised more than 54.5 mil-
Harbor Branch, a research facility 
north of Fort Pierce, as well as $2.8 
million in grants for other dolphin 
research and conservation groups. 
Each year, an additional $30,000 
is set aside to reimburse groups that 
provide care to sick and injured ma-
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he said. 
"It's not a competitive thing" he 
said. 
The role reversal was part of a 
charity event of the PGA lbur Wives 
Association, a fund-raising group 
that supports needy children and 
families during tours. It takes place 
every other year, and this was the 
first time it made the switch from 
Phoenix to Palm Beach Gaits. 
wane ap., via 
of their significant other. 
"It's a nice change of pace," de-
fending champ Mark Wilson said. 
Wilson said the event showed 
him what hard work goes into
caddying. Keeping score. Raking 
the sand traps. And the pressure of 
trying to give the perfect piece of 
advice. 
"You're just hoping it was the 
players at SEW VLs 
Others had a little more trouble 
spotting them. 
When Bill Wallace learned that 
the man with the red polo shirt was 
Mark Calcavecchia, the fan couldn't 
help but be a little surprised. 
"Doesn't look like him with his 
pink bib," he said • 
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Girl drops lawsuit against Palm Beach man 
By LARRY KELLER
Patin Beach Post Staff Writer 
A girl who says that wealthy money 
manager and parttime Palm Beath 
resident Jeffrey Epstein engaged in 
• sexual activity with her when she was 
14, has dropped her lawsuit against 
him because her divorced parents are 
squabbling over the litigation. 
"It has to do with the fact that the 
parents aren't on the same page right 
c. now," said Jeffrey Herman, the attorney 
for the girl, identified in court papers 
only as Jane Doe. "It's like a sideshow." 
The girl turns 18 in May and can sue 
again at that time, without her parents' 
involvement, Herman said. 
Herman sued Epstein last month on 
° behalf of the girl, her father and her 
stepmother. Her birth mother, who lives 
near Atlanta, then asked to intervene 
on her daughifert behalf and asked that. 
4 
the litigation be halted 
until 
her 
daughter 
turns 18. 
The mother com-
plained that Jane Does 
father did not consult 
with her 
or 
their 
daughter before suing 
Epstein for 
$50 mil-
Epstein 
lion. The lawsuit al-
Accused of 
leges sexual assault 
sexuality 
intentional 
infliction 
assaultingthen. of emotional distress 
14-year-old girl. and loss of parental 
consortium. 
Herman 
also represents a Jane 
Doe No. 2 who, like Jane Doe, claims 
Epstein summoned her to his home for 
a massage when she was a minor and 
sexually touched her. 
Epstein, 55, induced several under-
, age girls to give him sexual massages 
at his Intracoastal home, a Palm Beach 
Police Department investigation con-
chided. He was indicted in July 2006 on 
a single count of felony solicitation of 
prostitution. The case is pending. 
Jane Doet parents separated two 
months after she was born at Good Sa-
maritan Medical Center, according to 
court records. The couplet subsequent 
divorce has been contentious. Each has 
had primary custody of the girl at various 
times. 
The father pleaded guilty to fed-
eral fraud charges in 2001 and was sen-
tenced to 21 months in federal prison, 
plus three years' probation. The US. 
attorney overseeing his prosecution 
Was Guy Lewis. Now in private practice, 
Lewis was hired by Epstein to defend 
him against the father's lawsuit filed on 
behalf of Jane Doe. 
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led a letter to residents 
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Epstein 
Now jailed, also to 
serve house arrest. 
And not in the good way. 
The Lake Worth City Commission voted 
unanimously Tuesday night to support a le-
gal challenge to the state's plans to issue Palm 
Beach a permit to dredge new sand onto the 
Reach 8 beach. 
The challenge was filed with the Depart-
ment of Environmental Protection by the 
Surfrider and Snook foundations and several 
individuals. 
The vote came at a packed meeting where 
even standing room was hard to come by. The 
large but well-behaved crowd of hundreds 
spilled out of the commission chambers, into 
the hallway and nearly out the door of Lake 
Worth City Hall. 
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Federal judge studying Epstein deal 
He asks for more information about victims' involvement, if 
any, in the plea negotiations for the billionaire sex offender. 
By MARGIE KACORA 
Daily News Staff Writer 
A federal judge is seeking more in-
formation before deciding whether to 
quash a plea agreement that put Palm 
Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein be-
hind bars for 18 months. 
Brad Edwards, a Hollywood attor-
ney representing three girls who claim 
they were sexually abused by Epstein, 
appeared before U.S. District Judge 
Kenneth Marra late last week in an at-
tempt to have the judge throw out the 
deal reached in Palm Beach County 
Circuit Court. 
That deal, which calls for 12 
months of house arrest at Epstein's El 
Brillo Way home and community ser-
vice after he leaves the Palm Beach 
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By DAVID ROGERS 
Daily News Staff Writer 
Casa Nana is again on the 
market, and its price has more 
than doubled since the last sale 
in 2003. 
To see more of 
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Ts available today. 
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t the beverage contained less 
ihol than bread that temper-
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proves toxic 
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960 when the U.S. Food and 
g Administration banned 
use of sassafras oil based on 
conclusion that it was a car-
igen. Sassafras root had been 
key ingredient in creating 
beer, and the ban all but ru-
t its place on the soda radar. 
uter experimenting with 
-natives, root beer makers 
e up with a solution. They 
ad that sassafras could be 
if is it treated first to re• 
e sweeteners used. 
Root beer flavor also can be 
found in candies, popcorn and 
cough drops. There is even a 
root beer shampoo. 
Frothy and flirty 
Now's a perfect time to grab 
a bottle of root beer and add it 
to your favorite recipes. Try a 
spicy root-beer glaze on bar-
becued baby-back ribs, juicy 
ham steaks or boneless chicken 
breast. Paired with a smooth, 
creamy sweet-potato purée, 
steamed vegetables and fresh, 
crisp greens, root beer-inspired 
entrees create an easy, tasty 
summertime supper. 
At the end of the day, it's the 
classic root-beer float that will 
bring a smile. Take a scoop of 
vanilla ice cream and drop it 
into a tall glass. Gently pour 
root beer over the ice cream. 
Add another scoop of ice cream 
and another pour of the soda. If 
you have enough room, repeat 
again. For a gourmet touch, add 
a flirty swirl of whipped cream 
and top it off with a shiny-red 
maraschino cherry. 
Here's another variation 
to prepare with ice-cream pop 
molds. Pour 4 cups root beer into 
a pitcher and place in the refrig-
erator for about 15 minutes. This 
will "flatten" the liquid and re-
move the excess foam. 
Then take the cold root beer 
and place it in the freezer for 10 
minutes. 
In the meantime, place a 
maraschino cherry into each 
pop mold, then pour in root beer 
until half-full. Gently place a 
small scoop of ice cream in the 
mold and add a little bit of root 
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cycling. The hotel skis it will "plant a tree.
for every RSVP." 
presenters will include Eco Decor, the 
Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce and 
the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation. 
General manager Jennifer Reichert 
said the state does a good job of connect-
ing hotels with services and products that 
can improve their environmental impact. 
The DEP helped Biba find highly efficient 
HEPA filters for its air-conditioning sys-
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direction our property is going." Reichert ' 
said. "In order for there to be Biba, there 
has to be Florida tourism. We want to sus-
tain Florida's environment." 
For information on the celebration, 
call (800) 789-9843. For environmental 
tips and news, visit the Green Wave blog 
at www.palmbeachdailynews.com 
— DAVID ROGERS 
EPSTEIN 
Attorney: Victims not consulted in plea negotiations 
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County Jail, includes an agreement that 
the federal government will not prosecute 
Epstein. 
Edwards said his clients were not con-
sulted when the plea deal was negotiated. 
The girls, each identified public-
ly as a "Jane Doe," were about to 
be named as victims in a federal 
indictment against Epstein, Ed-
wards said. 
U.S. Attorney 
said 
during Friday's hearing that the 
federal District Court has no ju-
risdiction over the plea agree-
ment approved in state Circuit 
Court. 
"The court has taken the mo-
tions under advisement and not 
ruled yet," U.S. District Court 
spokeswoman Alicia Valle wrote 
in an e-mail. "The parties are 
conferring to determine if an evidentiary 
hearing is necessary." 
Marra did not rule but asked for more 
information about the girls' involvement, 
if any, in the plea negotiations. Marra, ac-
cording to Edwards, also expressed con-
cern about the issue of federal versus state 
jurisdiction. 
Epstein, a 55-year-old Manhattan in-
vestment banker, was handcuffed and tak-
en to the Palm Beach Counts, Jail at the 
Ma 
U.S. Dist 
judge has 
rra 
rict Court 
not ruled. 
could not be reached for comment regard-
ing the question before the federal court. 
Guy Lewis, another of Epstein's attor-
neys, also was unavailable by telephone at 
his Miami office. 
The case drew the ire of Palm Beach 
Police Chief Michael Reiter, whose depart-
ment conducted a nearly year-
long investigation of Epstein 
that found he paid underage 
girls for massages and some-
times sex at his mansion. 
Reiter turned the findings 
over to State Attorney Barry 
Krischer's office with a rec-
ommendation that Epstein be 
arrested on four counts of un-
lawful sex acts with a minor, a 
second-degree felony, and one 
count of lewd and lascivious mo-
lestation, also a second-degree 
felony. 
But Krischer did not arrest 
Epstein, instead choosing to send the case 
to a grand jury, which indicted Epstein on 
one third-degree felony count of solicita-
tion of prostitution. 
Epstein's plea acknowledged solicita-
tion of one underage girl for prostitution. 
Edwards, the victims' attorney, on 
Tuesday referred to Epstein as a "serious 
sexual predator" who is receiving "clear, 
transparent, favorable treatment" and 
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University by moderator Brian Williams, 
from NBC Nightly News, a collective 
chant of F-A-U, 
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this is happening" said Krysta Barrett, 
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'This was a typical 14-year-old girl.... What happened here was despicable: 
JEFFREY HERMAN, lawyer for parents of girl, now 17, who accuses Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault 
Palm Beach man faces lawsuit in teen sex case 
By LARRY KELLER 
Palm Beath Past Staff Writer 
WEST PAIAM BEACH — The parents of a 
teenage girl sued part-time Palm Beach resi-
dent Jeffrey Epstein for more than $50 million 
on Thursday, alleging that the wealthy money 
manager had her brought to his mansion for 
a massage, then engaged in sexual activity 
with her. 
The girl, identified only as Jane Doe, was 
14 at the time. She was the youngest of sev-
eral alleged victims of Epstein, according 
to Palm Beach police, who spent 11 months 
investigating him. 
The federal lawsuit, filed by Miami at
torney Jeffrey Herman, says "Epstein has a 
sexual preference and obsession for under-
age minor girls." Epstein "gained access to 
primarily disadvantaged minor girls in his 
-T home, sexually assaulted these girls, and 
then gave them money." 
Herman, who specializes in child sex 
abuse litigation, sued on behalf of the girl, 
her father and her stepmother on grounds 
of sexual assault, intentional infliction of 
emotional distress and loss of parental con-
sortium. 
"Jane Doe ... fell into Epstein's trap and 
became one of his victims," the lawsuit says. 
"We're dismayed by the filing of the law-
suit, but not surprised," said Jack Goldberger, 
one of Epain's attorneys. "We think this 
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He and another Epstein attorney, Lilly Ann 
Sanchez launched an immediate counterof-
fensive, even showing up at Herman's news 
conference outside the federal courthouse in 
West Palm Beach They distributed copies of 
documents showing that the girl's father and 
Lawyer Jeffrey Her-
man (left) conducts 
a news conference 
Thursday with the fa-
ther and stepmother 
of a girl who claims 
wealthy money man-
ager Jeffrey Epstein 
assaulted her in 
2005. The parents 
seek more than 
S50 million, in their 
lawsuit Epstein, who 
faces a prostitution 
solicitation charge, is 
scheduled to enter a 
plea March 10. 
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stepmother have prior arrests for financial 
crimes the lawyers say show the lawsuit is fi-
nancially motivated. Another Epstein lawyer, 
Gerald Lefcourt, a prominent New York crim-
inal defense attorney, provided some of those 
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