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THE PALM BEACH POST 
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TUESDAY, JUNE 23. 2009 
Judge asked to name receiver 
to keep eye on Epstein's assets 
By SUSAN SPENCER-WEN0EL 
Palm Beach Pint SteWriter 
WEST 
PALM 
BEACH 
7-- An attorney represent-
ing one of the passel of 
young women now suing 
billionaire Jeffrey Epstein 
is asking a federal judge 
to appoint a receiver to 
take over Epstein's prop-
erty to prevent him from 
hiding or transferring as-
sets abroad. 
Bradley Edwards also 
has asked that the re-
ceiver order Epstein to 
post a $15 million bond 
to ensure money is avail-
able if the women prevail 
in their lawsuits seeking 
damages because of the 
sexual contact they say 
Epstein had with them as 
minors. 
In a request entered 
into the court record 
Friday, Edwards wrote 
that Epstein. a man 'of 
"phenomenal 
wealth," 
now faces more than two 
dozen lawsuits. The wom-
an Edwards represents is 
seeking more than $50 
million in damages. 
"Accordingly, Epstein 
has currently pending 
against him lawsuits seek-
ing more than $1 billion in 
damages. He thus faces 
financial ruin," Edwards 
wrote to US. District 
Judge 
Ken-
neth Marra. 
Edwards 
cited no di-
rect evidence 
that Epstein 
is 
transfer-
ring assets 
abroad. 
He 
argued that 
because 
Epstein is a 
sophisticated money man-
ager and is allowed out of 
the Palm Beach County 
Stockade each day to 
work at his office, he has 
the skill, the means and 
motive to be transferring 
assets abroad. 
Epstein is serving an 
18-month sentence after 
pleading guilty nearly a 
year ago to state charges 
of felony solicitation of 
prostitution and procuring 
teenagers for prostitution. 
Epstein is allowed out 
of the stockade, though, 
each day from 7 am. to 
11 p.m., a spokeswoman 
for the sheriff's office said 
recently. 
The saga began years 
ago when Palm Beach po-
lice investigated reports 
that young women were 
being brought to Epstein's 
manse on El Brillo Way to 
massage him and have 
sex with him in exchange 
Epstein 
Faces more 
than two 
dozen suits. 
for money. 
Attorneys 
represent-
ing 
the women have 
questioned Epstein about 
his sexual activities with 
their clients as well as 
his finances. Epstein has 
responded by invoking his 
right to remain silent and 
not incriminate himself. 
"The silence in the 
face of these questions 
speaks far louder than 
words," Edwards wrote. 
"As Justice (Louis) Bran-
deis recognized long ago 
'Silence is often evidence 
of the most persuasive 
character.' This is plainly 
one of those situations." 
An attorney who rep-
resented Epstein during 
the questioning Robert 
U Critton Jr. of West Palm 
Beach. did not respond to 
an e-mail seeking com-
ment. 
On Thursday, Circuit 
judge Jeffrey Colbath will 
consider whether to un-
seal a deferred-prosecu-
tion agreement Epstein 
entered with federal pros-
ecutors. Attorneys have 
said that they seek to 
unseal that document in 
part to use it in striking at 
Epstein's right to remain 
silent 
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