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TUFSOAY, FEBRUARY 12.2008 
Girl in sex-abuse suit alleges harassment 
The defendant .the 
accuses is a part-time 
Palm Beach resident. 
By LARRY KELLER 
Palm froth Post Staff Writer 
SWEET PALM BEACH — A 
lawyer representing one of 
two girls who recently sued 
part-time Palm Beach resi-
dent Jeffrey Epstein in fed-
eral court, claiming sexual 
assault, has asked a judge 
to stop Epstein and his attor-
neys from "continuous and 
systematic harassment" 
The girl, identified in 
court documents as "Jane 
. Doe," 1Z says a process 
server showed up at her 
place of employment on Feb. 
1 to serve a subpoena for 
her deposition, originally 
scheduled for Feb. 6, even 
though her attorney had 
told Epstein attorney twice 
that he would accept the sub-
poena on her behalf. Also, 
Jane Does attorney said he 
and Epstein% lawyer already 
had agreed to reschedule the 
deposition for another date. 
The girl's mother, who 
lives near Atlanta, also was 
served. About the same 
time, another man came to 
Jane Does workplace and 
said he was a lawyer who 
needed to contact her, the 
motion filed by West Palm 
Beach lawyer Ted Leopold 
alleges. 
"It can only be concluded 
that Epstein and/or his coun-
sel are purposefully attempt-
ing to harass Jane Doe and 
her mother," Leopold said in 
his motion. 
Epstein 
attorney Jack 
Goldberger filed a writ-
ten response saying there 
was no harassment, only a 
simple, routine serving of a 
subpoena. 
Its not the first time one 
of Jane DoeS parents has 
complained of harassment 
by the Epstein. camp: Her 
father said in 2006 that 
private 
investigators 
ag-
gressively followed his car, 
photographed his home and 
chased off visitors after his 
daughter accused Epstein. 
Jane Doe contends that 
when she was 14, she was 
recruited to go to Epstein 
mansion to give him a mas-
sage. She says he engaged 
in sexual conduct with her 
at that time. 
Epstein is a wealthy 
Manhattan money manager 
who was indicted by a Palm 
Beach County grand jury in 
July 2006 on a single count of 
felony solicitation of prostitu-
tion. Police investigated him 
for 11 months, concluding 
that he engaged in sexual 
activity with several under-
age girls whom he paid to 
give him massages at his wa- . 
terfront home. Epstein .has 
maintained he did not know 
the girls were minors. 
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Another suit alleges 
sex during massage 
By LARRY KELLER 
Palm Beach That Staff Writer 
WEST 
PALM 
BEACH 
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Another woman filed a 
federal lawsuit against Jef-
frey Epstein on Wednesday, 
alleging that he turned a 
massage she gave him at his 
Palm Beach mansion into a 
sexual episode when she was 
16 years old. 
Identified as "Jane Doe 
No. 3," she is seeking more 
than $50 million, the same 
as two other lane Does" who 
filed similar lawsuits in the 
past six weeks. All three suits 
were filed by Miami lawyer 
Jeffrey Herman. 
Herman 
subsequently 
withdrew the first Jane Does 
lawsuit because of squabbling 
by her patents over the litiga-
tion. The girl may refile the 
suit after she turns 18 in May 
and can make her own deci-
sions, Herman said. 
Other alleged victims also 
have contartpd him, Herman 
said. "I do anticipate more 
cases," he said. 
In the latest litigation, Jane 
Doe No. 3 alleges that she 
was recruited 
lege student, 
to give Epste 
money at his waterfront home 
late in 2004 or early in 2005. 
The lawsuit alleges that, 
while on the massage table, 
Epstein sexually touched 
Jane Doe No. 3, then mas-
turbated. She is suing on 
grounds of sexual assault and 
intentional infliction of emo-
tional distress. 
• 
"She felt intimidated. She 
felt scared," Herman said. 
Jane Doe No. 3 made only the 
one visit to Epsteinb home, 
he said. 
"It's just another copycat 
lawsuit filed by the same 
lawyer who appears less 
interested in the truth than 
in grandstanding with these 
press conferences," said Jack 
Goldberger, one of Epsteinb 
attorneys. "We now have 
sworn testimony that girls 
lied about their age to Jeffrey 
Epstein, and they were care-
ful in being convincing that 
they were over the ag 
Herman 
said 
instructed Jane Doe '140. , 
"When he asks how old you 
are, tell him 18 or 19 years 
old." But he said it doesn't 
matter. "They were underage 
girls," Herman said. "They 
were sexually assaulted." 
In addition to the civil law-
suits, Epstein was indicted 
on a single count of felony 
solicitation of prostitution 
in July 2006 after a lengthy 
Palm Beach Police Depart- 
ment investigation into his 
activities with underage girls 
at his home. A resolution has 
been delayed continually. The 
case is on Monday's court 
docket but is expected to be 
rescheduled once again. 
"One of the reasons (Jane 
Doe It. 3) came forward is 
she is tired of waiting for jus-
tice," Herman said. 
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edge to be able to see traffic on South County Road on Wednesday afternoon. 
if greenery has to go 
ILLIAM KELLY 
News Staff Writer 
r not to bring out those heavy-
;commendations of the town 
ionsultant, the Planning and 
voted 5.2 Tuesday to reject 
tandards for intersections. 
would force owners of corner 
s and other structures and cut 
taller than 30 inches within 
to drivers would have a better 
ing commissioners said they 
of the new rules would start a 
to have a huge uproar," einnts' 
iy Dowell said. He added then 
en" with existing intersection 
;ht rules. 
dsion is a recommendation to 
owners make improvements equal to at least 25 
accessory 
Percent of the value of their homes, ac
buildings or structures within the new sight tri-
angle measurements. 
Commissioner Gene 
said that 
would result in a dramatic loss of greenery at 
many intersections along North Lake Way. 
 
"Landscaping is extremely 
town," he said. 
important to this 
Brian Mirson, a traffic engineer and urban 
planner with American Consulting Engineers, 
said the new standards would reduce the town's
legal exposure if Poor intersection sight distance 
is found
e
 relevant to a crash.
Tor a car to be required to pull 8 feet out in 
the road to have safe space to make a turn — we 
don't think it's defensible" in court, Mirson said. 
The consultant's review of town intersections 
showed that trees, shrubs hedges, walls and oth-
er obstacles to night could cause or contribute to 
a vehicle crash at 235 of the town's 278 intersec-
tions. 
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against 
Epstein 
Lawsuit seeks $50 million, 
alleges billionaire touched girl, 
then 16, inappropriately during 
a massage at his PB home. 
By WILLIAM KELLY 
Daily News Staff Writer 
Another young woman is seeking 
more than $50 million in damages from 
part-time Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey 
Epstein, alleging he 
sexually 
assault-
ed her at his Palm 
Beach home when 
she was 16 years 
old. 
The federal law-
suit, filed Wednes-
day, 
claims 
the 
55-year-old 
Man-
hattan money man-
ager touched the 
girl inappropriately 
while she gave him 
a massage on one 
occasion in 2004 or 
2005.The girl's attor-
ney, Jeffrey M. Herman of Miami, an-
nounced the suit Wednesday at a news 
conference at Peruvian Park. 
It is the third lawsuit Herman has 
filed on behalf of young women who al-
lege Epstein sexually assaulted them 
while they were underage and while they 
performed massages on him at his El 
Brillo Way home. One of the earlier suits 
was dropped last week because the 17-
year-old girl's divorced parents couldn't 
agree on how to pursue the case, Her-
man said. 
None of the alleged victims have been 
publicly identified. The young woman on 
whose behalf Wednesday's suit was filed 
is called Jane Doe No. 3. She is now 19, 
Herman said. 
Epstein's attorney, Guy Lewis of Mi-
Epstein 
Miami attorney files 
third lawsuit against 
the part-time Palm 
Beacher. 
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Daily News Photo by Jeffrey Langlois 
edge to be able to see traffic on South County Road on Wednesday afternoon. 
if greenery has to go 
.LIAM KELLY 
lews staff Writer 
not to bring out those heavy-
onunendations of the town 
nsultant, the Planning and 
voted 5-2 Tuesday to reject 
indards for intersections. 
ould force owners of corner 
and other structures and cut 
alter than 30 inches within 
drivers would have a better 
g commissioners said they 
the new rules would start a 
have a huge uproar," Corn-
Dowell said. He added that 
" with existing intersection 
t rules. 
ion is a recommendation to 
vhich has the final say. 
:ommended enforcement of 
whenever affected property 
owners make improvements equal to at least 25 
percent of the value of their homes, accessory 
buildings or structures within the new sight tri-
angle measurements. 
Commissioner Gene 
said that 
would result in a dramatic oss of greenery at 
many intersections along North Lake Way. 
"Landscaping is extremely important to this 
town," he said. 
Brian Mirson, a traffic engineer and urban 
planner with American Consulting Engineers, 
said the new standards would reduce the town's 
legal exposure if poor intersection sight distance 
is found relevant to a crash. 
"Thar a car to be required to pull B feet out in 
the road to have safe space to make a turn — we 
don't think it's defensible" in court, Mirson said. 
The consultant's review of town intersections 
showed that trees, shrubs, hedges, walls and oth-
er obstacles to sight could cause or contribute to 
a vehicle crash at 235 of the town's 278 intersec-
tions. 
The new sight triangles would force the re-
moval of vegetation from 284 private proper-
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eges billionaire toiichedgirl, 
then 16, inappropriately during 
a massage at his PB home. 
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Daily Nem Scoff W,iirr
Another young woman is seeking 
more than $50 million in damages from 
part-time Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey 
Epstein, alleging he 
sexually 
assault-
ed her 
at his 
Palm 
Beach 
home 
when 
she was 16 years 
old. 
The federal law-
suit, filed Wednes-
day, 
claims 
the 
55-year-old 
Man-
hattan money man-
ager touched the 
girl inappropriately 
while she gave him 
a massage on one 
occasion in 2004 or 
2005. 
The girl's attor-
ney, Jeffrey M. Herman of Miami, an-
nounced the suit Wednesday at a news 
conference at Peruvian Park. 
It is the third lawsuit Herman has 
filed on behalf of young women who al-
lege Epstein sexually assaulted them 
while they were underage and while they 
performed massages on him at his El 
Brillo Way home. One of the earlier suits 
was dropped last week because the 17-
year-old girl's divorced parents couldn't 
agree on how to pursue the case, Her-
man said. 
None of the alleged victims have been 
publicly identified. The young woman on 
whose behalf Wednesday's suit was filed 
is called Jane Doe No. 3. She is now 19, 
Herman said. 
Epstein's attorney, Guy Lewis of Mi-
ami, issued a statement dismisshig the 
Epstein 
Miami attorney files 
third lawsuit against 
the part-time Palm 
Reacher. 
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His attorney says lawsuit is `wholly without merit' 
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latest allegations as "another copycat law-
suit." 
"This one repeats the identical allega-
tions of the first three lawsuits, including the 
absurd demand for $50 million," Lewis said. 
"These women, who are not 'victims' by any 
stretch of the imagination, have all confessed 
to lying about their ages. The latest lawsuit, 
like the three before it, is wholly without mer-
it. We will vigorously fight these allegations 
in court." 
The suit says Epstein engaged in a scheme 
to get access to minor girls at his home, sexu-
ally assaulted them, then gad 
A young woman named 
crusted Jane Doe No. 3 and o er 
no 
to 
give Epstein the massages, Herman said. 
Jane Doe No. 3 told Epstein that she was 18 
years old or older after being advised to do so 
before giving him the massage, Herman said. 
Jane Doe No. 3 was alone in a room with a 
massage table when Epstein arrived wearing 
only a towel to cover himself, the suit says. He 
told her to partially undress, then touched her 
inappropriately during the massage, the suit 
says. 
The girl then accepted a payment of $200 to 
$300 and left, Herman said. 
"She was sort of in a state of shock," Her-
man said. "She felt intimidated. She felt vul-
nerable." 
She never returned and did not tell her par-
ents about the incident until a criminal inves-
tigation began, he said. 
The girl decided to sue Epstein because she 
wants justice, he said. 
"For victims, it's very empowering to hold 
someone accountable," said Herman, who spe-
cializes in sex abuse cases. 
Herman said "a number of other young 
girls" have contacted him with similar allega-
tions against Epstein. 
An investigation by Palm Beach Police al-
leged that Epstein induced several underage 
girls to give him massages at his home. He 
was indicted in July 2000 on one felony charge 
of solicitation of prostitution. The charge is 
pending. 
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UNION 
CUSP sends e-mail urging residents to show police support 
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when buying a house or a car. 
"It's good job security," he 
said. "It's overdue." 
• 
The residents' groups also 
sent out e-mail messages to 
800 residents, asking them to 
contact police directly by call-
ing 838.6460, by mail at Palm 
Beach Police Department, 
• P.O. Box 2029, Palm Beach, FL 
33480 or by e-mail at chief® 
palmbeachpolice.com. 
Sgt. Fred Hess said he re-
• ceived a copy of Tuesday's let-
ter from the two groups in his 
, department mall slot. 
"Unions may have their 
„place in some situations," he 
kaid. "I don't think it Is right 
for Palm Beach." 
Citizens United for Sen-
sible Planning, a loosely knit 
group of primarily North End 
and Midtown bloggers, sent 
an e-mail message to about 
250 recipients Monday ask-
ing them to support the Police 
Department. 
The message says a union 
would create distance be-
tween the police and the 
residents. 
It urges town residents to 
"speak out directly to the po-
lice officers." 
"... the message they need 
to get loud and clear in the 
next few. days is that we are 
beldlid them ... ," the CUSP 
e-mail says. 
Co-chairwoman Jere Ze. 
nko said unions "don't sit well 
with a lot of people." 
"We come from northern 
communities where unions 
are anathema," she said. 
For either union to be se-
lected in next week's ballot-
ing, it must receive a majority 
vote. 
Tho department's chief, 
majors, captains and a ser-
geant who serves in the pro-
fessional standards unit are 
excluded from the union vote, 
as are non-sworn department 
employees. 
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• 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007 
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How will system judge 
Palm Beach predator? 
We soon will find out whether 
big money can buy from the crimi-
nal justice system what everyone 
assumes that big money can buy. 
The penalty news reports say 
part-time Palm Beach resident 
Jeffrey Epstein is expected to face 
suggests that he will plead guilty 
to something more than one felony 
count for solicitation of proititution. 
A Palm Beach County grand jury 
indicted the Manhattan money 
manager on that charge in July 
2006. But a guilty plea that does not 
recognize the age of the girls whom 
police say the billionaire paid for 
sex would be a disservice to the 
girls, an insult to the investigators 
who pressed the case and, for good 
measure, a general outrage. 
• 
Palm Beach police have said that 
Jeffrey Epstein, 54, paid underage 
girls, one as young as 14, to come to 
his 7,200-square-foot waterfront home 
.for "massage" sessions. Police said 
interviews with five alleged victims 
and 17 witnesses under oath, phone 
messages, a high school transcript 
and other items they found in Mr. 
Epstein's trash and home show that 
he knew how young the girls were. 
But after Mr. Epsteink attorneys told 
prosecutors about the girls' MySpace 
pages, which mentioned marijuana 
and alcohol use, State Attorney Barry 
Krischer sent the case to a grand jury, 
instead of filing charges himself. 
Blaming these victims, however, 
stow not make them any more de-
of what happened. And Mr. 
unnecessary handoff to a 
after an 11-month police 
n reinforced 
Jeffrey Epstein case 
comes to turning point. 
the public understanding that 
the more money the accused has, 
the bigger the break he gets. Mr. 
Epsteith legal team includes West 
Palm Beach defense attorney Jack 
Goldberger, Harvard Law School 
Professor Alan Dershowitz, who 
worked on the OJ. Simpson murder 
case, and Kenneth Starr, who once 
pursued a president based on his 
lies about sex with young women. 
Federal authorities also stepped 
in, which stalled the state's case 
for another year. On Nov. 9, citing 
an unnamed source close to Jeffrey 
Epstein, Jose Lambiet of The Post 
wrote that the federal investigation 
is over, and Mr. Epstein is expected 
to serve up to 18 months and could 
be labeled a sex offender in crimi-
nal records. The charge the grand 
jury returned more than a year ago 
carries a maximum five-year prison 
term and no "sea offender label. 
'his case," Mr. Goldberger told 
Lambiet, "is absolutely going to 
end without atrial within the next 
two months." State attorney spokes-
man Michael Edmondson would 
not confirm any plea deal. But, he 
noted: "The state attorney's hands 
are not tied by there being a single 
grand jury tharge. That does not 
preclude additional charges." 
Jeffrey Epstein, like too many 
mentilorida, preyed on teenaged 
girls. The system should not let him 
buy his way out of that reality. 
This time 
"With so much corruf 
around us, we are grateful to 
Palm Beach Post for reporting 
helped remove County Com 
sioners 'Ibny Masilotti and Wa 
Newell and City Commissio 
Ray Liberti and Jim aline," 
gie Williams wrote to The Fos( 
month. "... Now we want mor 
tention paid to stopping gangs 
gun-related 
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edly cheated on her, police said. Norman 
lege-.iffy enlisted the help of McGee, a crack
Caine dealer, police also contend. 
111 the August 2006 attack, llicicaberry 
killed and Elijah's throat was slashed. 
fin 'Packaberry discovered them after ar-
• jog home from a date. 
Prosecutors are seeking the death pen-
ty for Norman and McGee, said attorney 
ren Lerman, who represents Norman. 
erry's relatives filled the courtroom 
onday for the brief hearing, he said. A trial 
to for the pair may be set at their next 
urt appearance scheduled for May. 
Norman, who had no criminal history, 
et McGee at a gas station. When McGee 
offered to sell Norman drugs, she declined, 
"i amt anawcs um 
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he said. 
McGee also denied stabbing or slashing 
Elijah, who survived. 
"Don't do nothing to a little kid, man." He 
said that he entered the Tackaberry home to 
rob it to buy more crack. "A robbery that went 
bad," McGee said. 
Norman gave a much longer and detailed 
statement. She said McGee slashed Elijah's 
throat, then eventually admitted she cut the 
boy across the chest The wound was a stab, 
not a cut, an officer told her. 
"I didn't think I jugged him that hard," 
Norman said. "I didn't want him to die. I did 
it to spite John." 
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Girl in sex: abuse suit alleges harassment 
The defendant she . 
accuses is a part-time 
Palm Beach resident. 
poena on her behalf. Also, by the Epstein camp. Her 
Jane Doe% attorney said he father said in 2006 that 
and Epstein lawyer already private 
investigators 
ag-
had agreed to reschedule the photographed 
followed his car, 
deposition for another date. 
photographed his home and 
The girrs mother, who chased off visitors after his 
lives near Atlanta, also was daughter accused Epstein. 
served. About the same 
Jane Doe contends that 
time, another man came to when she was 14, she was 
WEST PALM BEACH — A Jane Does workplace and 
recruited to go to Epstein% 
lawyer representing one of said he was a lawyer who mansion to give him a mas-
two girls who recently sued needed to contact her, the saga She says he engaged 
part-time Palm Beach resi- motion filed by West Palm in sexual conduct with her 
dent Jeffrey Epstein in fed- Beach lawyer Thd Leopold at that time. 
eral court, claiming sexual alleges.
Epstein is a wealthy 
assault, has asked a judge 
"It can only' be concluded Manhattan money manager 
to stop Epstein and his attor- that Epstein and/or his coun- who was indicted by a Palm 
neys from 'continuous and' set arepurposefully attempt- Beach County grand jury in 
systematic harassment. 
ing to 
Jane Doe and July 2006 on a single count of 
The girl, identified in her mother," Leopold said in felony solicitationof rbstitu-
court documents as "Jane his Motion. 
. lion. Police investigated him 
Doe," 1Z says a process 
Epstein 
attorney 
Jack 
for 11 months, concluding 
server showed up at her Goldberger filed a writ- that he engaged in sexual 
place of employment on Feb. ten response saying there activity with several under-
1 to serve a subpoena for was no harassment, only a age girls whom he paid to 
her deposition, originally simple; routine serving of a give him massages at his wa-
scheduled for Feb. 6, even subpoena. 
terfront home. Epstein has 
though her attorney had 
It's not the first.time one maintained he did not know 
told Epstein attorney twice 
of Jane Doe's parents has the girls were minors. 
that he would accept the sub- complained of harassment 
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signs all of thicityla checks and has the 
right to inspect all documents through-
out the city. He suggested the original 
framers of the charter put the measure 
in place to provide some "checks and 
balances? within city government. 
Elected in March 200Z Masters has 
not suspended anyone. 
"Ira one thing to amend the char-
ter," Masters said. "But it's another 
thing to change the original intent of 
the charter." 
The city 
charter hasn't been 
amended since 1973. 
The council created a charter re-
view advisory board to comb the docu-
ment, which produced the 21 proposed 
amendments. The proposals include 
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PALM BEACH GARDENS - Jill Coulter of Palm Bea, 
Ash Wednesday at St. Ignatius Loyola Cathedral. ( 
for Christians, the faithful turned out at churches ti 
Gerald Barbarito, head of the Diocese of Palm Beac 
Part-time Palm Beacher 
faces another sex suit 
WEST' 
PALM 
BEACH, 
— For the second time in two 
weeks, part-time Palm Beach 
resident Jeffrey Epstein has 
been sued for more than 
$50 million by a woman who 
contends that he engaged 
in sexual activity with her 
when she was a minor after 
enticing her 
to give him 
a massage at 
his home. 
More 
lawsuits may 
follow, Miami 
lawyer 
Jef-
frey Herman 
said. 
"I'm 
aware of oth-
er 
he said. "I have been
victims 
con-
. lacted:' 
-1mrman filed a similar 
suit against Epstein on
2 en behalf of a girl 
 ldcntilicd as "Jane Doe," her 
lather ant ateptnother The
 
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now 17, says she
11 when :he gay: Epstein a 
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Epstein 
sexually tinged massage at 
his home. 
The latest alleged victim 
is identified as "Jane Doe 
No. 2." She went to Epsteinh 
Palm Beach mansion in 2004 
or 2005 when she was 16, 
the lawsuit alleges. She says 
another girl recruited her 
to go there to give Epstein a 
massage. 
Once there, she alleges, 
she was led to an upstairs 
room with a maggsge table. 
Epstein came in wearing 
only a towel around his waist 
and told her to remove her 
clothes. She did, except for 
her bra and panties, accord-
ing to the lawsuit. 
Epstein removed his towel, 
rolled onto his back, mastur-
bated and touched Jane Doe' 
No. 2 sexually, according to 
the lawsuit filed in federal 
court in West Palm Beach on 
Wednesday. 
Jane Doe No. 2 was paid 
$200 afterward, and the girl 
'who recruited her was given 
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$100, according to the lawsuit. 
The two attended. the same 
Palm Beach County high 
school Jane Doe No. 2 is now 
19 and living itrVirginia, Her 
man said:
Both 
lawsuits 
contend 
that Epstein, 55, targeted 
"economically disadvantaged 
ghis from western Palm 
Beach County" who were 
perceived as less likely to 
complain to authorities, or 
whose credibility would be 
questioned if they did. 
"Both complaints are full of 
lies," said Guy Lewis, former 
US. attorney in Miami and 
one of Epstein many attor-
neys. Jane Doe No. 2k lawsuit 
"is an outrageous, defamatory 
copycat of the first." 
There has been a twist in 
the first Jane Doe lawsuit Her 
mother in .Georgia contends 
that her former hushand. 
— Jane Doek father — con-
sulted with neither of them 
before filing the lawsuit She 
is asking a judge to halt the 
litigation until her daughter 
turns 18 in May and can make 
her own decisions. 
. 
The mother asked in court 
filings to be added to the law-
. suit, saying she "has suffered 
and will continue to suffer 
severe mental anguish and 
pain" as a result of Epstein% 
"reckless conduct" 
Jane Doe just didn't want 
the lawsuit going forward 
wjth the father's involve-
ment," said 'led Leopold, 
the Mother's attorney. 'She 
wanted to pursue it on her 
own. :The father essentially 
did this on his own." 
Jane Doe has been es-
tranged from her father since 
Thanksgiving, Leopold said. 
"That's why itS even stranger 
what he did," he said. 
The girl's mother is asking 
a judge in their divorce case 
to find the father in contempt 
of court for violating their 
divorce decree by not con-
ferring with her on a matter 
involving their daughter. 
"The father has sole custo-
dy and has the right to make 
decisions• on his daughter's 
rights," Herman-'said. 
Epstein is a wealthy New 
York money manager who 
has counted Bill Clinton, 
Donald 'Blimp and Britaink 
Prince Andrew among his 
friends. He was the target of 
a lengthy investigation into 
his activities with girls by the 
Palm Beach Police Depart-
ment that resulted in his in-
dictment in July 2006 on one 
'count of felony solicitation 
of prostitution. That case is 
pending. 
Epstein has been sued in 
New York by a woman who 
says he had sex with her 
when she was 16. Herman 
Said he has received calls 
from others snaking the same 
assertions in that state. 
Herman convened a news 
conference Wednesday .on 
the middle bridge connecting 
West Palm Beach and Palm 
Beach. 
"This is the bridge... these 
girls were recruited to come 
over and give a massage," he 
said. "When they crossed this 
bridge, they had no idea what 
was an store for them. This is 
a bridge of tears." 
Herman has described 
both Jane Does as typical 
teenage girls Epstein robbed 
of their innocence. 
But Harvard University la* 
Professor Alan Dershowitz, 
another Epstein attorney, pro-
vided the state attorney's of-
fice with information gleaned 
from the myspace.com Web 
site two years ago showing 
that some of Epsteink alleged 
victims boasted of their alco-
hol and marijuana use. 
Herman said the girls 
backgrounds aren't relevant 
to Epsteint purported be-
havior. "They don't have the 
mental capacity to consent 
to something like this with a 
grown man," he said. 
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Epstein's Palm Beach mansion at 358 El Brillo Way. 
Jeffrey Epstein craved big homes, elite friends 
and, investigators say, underage girls 
By ANDREW MARRA, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer 
WINGED GARGOYLES guarded the gate at Jeffrey 
Epstein's Palm Beach mansion. Inside, hidden cameras 
trolled two rooms, while the girls came and went. 
For the police detectives 
who sifted through the gar-
bage outside and kept 
records of visitors, it was the 
lair of a troubling target. 
Epstein, one of the most 
mysterious of the country's 
mega-rich, was known as 
much for his secrecy as for 
his love of fine things: mag-
nificent homes, private, jets, 
beautiful women, friendships 
else: the regular arrival of 
teenage girls he hired to give 
him massages and, police 
say, perform sexual favors. 
Epstein was different 
from most sexual abuse sus-
pects; he was far more pow-
erful. He counted among his 
friends former President Bill 
Clinton, Donald Trump and 
Prince Andrew, along with 
some of the most prominent 
legal. scientific and business 
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Epstein's Palm Beach mansion at 358 El Brillo Way. 
Jeffrey Epstein craved big homes, elite friends 
and, investigators say, underage girls 
By ANDREW MARRA, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer 
WINGED GARGOYLES guarded the gate at Jeffrey 
Epstein's Palm Beach mansion. Inside, hidden cameras 
trolled two rooms, while the girls came and went. 
For the police detectives 
who sifted through the gar-
bage outside and kept 
records of visitors, it was the 
lair of a troubling target. 
Epstein, one of the most 
mysterious of the country's 
mega-rich, was known as 
much for his secrecy as for 
his love of fine things: mag-
nificent homes, private jets, 
beautiful women, friendships 
with the world's elite. 
But at Palm Beach police 
headquarters, he was be-
coming known for something 
else: the regular arrival of 
teenage girls he hired to give 
him massages and, police 
say, perform sexual favors. 
Epstein was different 
from most sexual abuse sus-
pects; he was far more pow-
erful. He counted among his 
friends former President Bill 
Clinton, Donald Trump and 
Prince Andrew, along with 
some of the most prominent 
legal, scientific and business 
minds in the country. 
When detectives started 
See EPSTEIN, 6A ► 
Epstein's mysterious lifestyle 
began to unravel after claims 
of sexual activity with minors. 
■ Epstein's lawyers take on Palm Beach police chief. Local, 1B 
State suspends Boynton doctor, 
says he violated previous order 
By STACEY SINGER 
Paint Beath Post Staff Writer 
Mondays are supposed to be scalpel days for 
Boynton Beach plastic surgeon Mark D. Schreiber. 
But not today. 
The Florida Department of Health issued an 
emergency suspension order against the doctor late 
Friday, saying it believed that the last time the state 
suspended Schreiber's license, he continued to oper-
C 
Hostilities escalat 
Lebanon's Cabinet seems torn over Hezboi 
By HENRY CHU and BORZOU DARAGAHI 
Los Angeles Tinto 
BEIRUT- By air and on land, Is-
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battled fiercely to maximize their
positions Sunday in a last-minute 
surge of bloodletting before an 01E. 
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of the U.N.-b 
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THE PALM BEACH POST 
• 
MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2006 
Jeffrey Epstein has donated more than $1009000 
to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's presider 
the reelection campaign of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the SE 
of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Christopher Dodd and Charles Set 
Powerful legal team stymie 
EPSTEIN from 1,4 
king questions and teenage girls 
tried talking, a wave of legal 
sistance followed. 
If Palm Beach police didn't know 
ite who Jeffrey Epstein was, they 
md out soon enough. 
Epstein, now 53, was a quintes-
ntial man of mystery. He amassed 
3 fortune and friends quietly, 
ways in. the background as he 
vigated New York high society. 
When he first attracted notice in 
e early 1990s, it was on account of 
e woman he was dating: Ghislaine 
axwell, daughter of the late British 
edia tycoon Robert Maxwell. 
In a lengthy article, headlined 
he Mystery of Ghislaine Max-
ill's Secret Love," the British Mail 
Sunday tabloid laid out specula-
•e stories that the socialite's beau 
is a CIA spook, a math teacher, .a 
ncert pianist or a corporate head-
inter. 
"But what is the truth about 
rn?" the newspaper wondered. 
ike Maxwell, Epstein is both 
anboyant and intensely private." 
The media frenzy did not begin 
full until a decade later. In Sep-
mber 2002, Epstein was flung into 
e limelight when he flew Clinton 
id actors Kevin Spacey and Chris 
mker to Africa on his private jet. 
Suddenly everyone wanted, to 
tow who Epstein was. New York 
agazine and Vanity Fair published 
ngthy profiles. The New York Post 
ted him as one of the city's most 
igible bachelors and began 
!scribing him in its gossip columns 
ith adjectives such as "mysterious" 
id "reclusive." 
Although Epstein gave no inter-
ews, the broad strokes of his past 
arced to come into focus. 
ailding a fife of extravakance 
A life of luxury and secrecy 
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I New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the Senate bids 
ry Clinton, Christopher Dodd and Charles Schumer. 
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ittan townhouse dominatoc a block nn the UDDer East 
fuel extraordinary desires. 
. 
• In March 2005, a worried mother 
contacted Palm Beach police. She 
said another parent had overheard a 
conversation between their chil-
dren. 
Now the mother was afraid her 
14year-old daughter had been 
molested by a man on the island. 
The phone call triggered an 
extensive investigation, one that 
would lead detectives to Epstein but 
leave them frustrated. 
Palm Beach police and the state 
szp attorney's office have declined to 
discuss the case. But a Palm Beach 
zp police report .detailing the criminal 
probe offers a window into what 
detectives faced as they sought to 
close in on Epstein. 
Detectives interviewed the girl, 
who told them a friend had invited 
her to a rich man's house to perform 
a massage. She said the friend told 
her to say she was 18 if asked. At the 
house, she said she was paid $300 
after stripping to her panties and 
massaging the man while he mas-
turbated. 
Police Interview 5 alleged victims ' 
The iniestigation began in full 
after the. girl identified Epstein in a 
photo as the man who had paid her. 
Police arranged for garbage trucks 
to set aside Epstein's trash so police 
could sift through it. They set up a 
video camera to record the comings 
and goings at his home. They mon-
itored an airport hangar for signs of 
his private jets arrivals and depar-
tures. 
They quickly learned that the 
wonian who took the 14- 
d girl 
to Epstein's house 
minor a Palm Beach Co 
Col-
lege student from Loxahatchee. In a 
sworn statement at police head-
rtn.rfaro Rnhcan then 1R admit/PA 
enough dirt on the girls to make 
prosecutors skeptical. Not only did 
some of the girls have issues with 
drugs or alcohol hit also some had 
criminal records and other troubles, 
Epstebts legal team claimed. And at 
least one of them, they said, lied 
when she told police she was 
younger than 18 when she started 
performing massages for Epstein. 
After the meeting, prosecutors 
postponed their decision to take the 
case to a grand jury. 
In the following Weeks, police 
received complaintt that two of the 
victims or their families had been 
harassed or threatened. Epstein's 
legal team maintains that its private 
investigators did nothing illegal or 
unethical during their research. 
By then, relations between 
police and prosecutors were fraying. 
At a. key meeting with prosecutors 
and the defense, Detective Joseph . 
Recarey, the lead investigator, was a 
no-show, according to Epstein's 
attorney. 
'The embarrassment on the 
prosecutor's face was evident when 
the police officer never showed up 
for the meeting," attorney Jack 
Goldberger said. 
Later in April, Recarey walked 
into a prosecutor's office at the state 
attorney's office. and learned the 
case was taking in Unexpected turn. 
The prosecutor, ,• Leanne 
Belohlavek, told Recarey: the state 
attorney's office had offered Epstein 
a plea deal that, woidd- not require 
him to serve jail time or receive a 
felony conviction. • 
Recarey told her he disapproved 
of the plea offer." 
• 
The 'deal 'wirer came to pass, 
however. 
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the reelection 
A former friend claimed Epstein 
backed, out of a promise to reim-
burse him hundreds of thousands of 
dollars after their failed investment 
in Texas oil wells. A judge decided 
Epstein owed him nothing.
It's a bad memory: I would 
rather not have ever met Jeffrey 
Epstein," said Michael Stroll, the 
retired former president of WMiams 
Electronics and Seg. a Corp. "Suffice 
it to say I have nothing good to say 
about him." 
Among the characteristics most 
attributed to Epstein is a penchant 
for women. 
• He has been linked to Maxwell, 
a fixture on the high-society party 
circuits in both New York and Lon-
don. Previous girlfriends are said to 
Police interview 5 alleged victims 
The investigation began in full 
after the.girl identified Epstein in a 
photo as the man who had paid her. 
Police arranged for garbage trucks 
to set aside Epstein's trash so police 
could sift through it. They set up a 
video camera to record the comings 
and goings at his home. They mon-
itored an airport hangar for signs of 
his private jet's arrivals and depar-
tures. 
They quickly learned that the 
wonian who took the 14-y 
d girl 
's house was 
Palm Beach
lege 
Col-
student from Loxahatchee. in a 
sworn t
quarters, 
en 18, admitted 
ic police head-
she had 
six girls to visit 
Epstein, all between the ages of 14 
and 16. Epstein paid her for each 
visit, she said. 
house, 
id detectives, 'Tin 
like a 
drive
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. 'Police interviewed five alleged 
victims and 17 witnesses. Their 
report shows some of the girls said 
they had been instructed to have sex 
with another woman in front of 
Epstein, and one said she had direct 
intercourse with him. 
In October, police searched the 
Palm Beach mansion. They discov-
ered photos of naked, young-looking 
females, just as several of the girls 
had described in interviews. Hidden 
cameras were found in the garage 
area and inside a clock on Epstein'S 
desk, alongside a girl's high school 
transcript. 
• 
Two of Epstein's former 
employees told investigators that 
young-looking girls showed up to 
perform massages two or three 
times a day when Epstein was in 
town. 
They said the girls were permit-
ted many indulgences. A. chef 
cooked for them. Workers gave 
them rides and handed out hun-
dreds of dollars at a time. 
One employee told detectives he 
was told to send a dozen roses to one 
teenage girl after a high school 
drama. performance. Others were 
given rental cars. One, according to 
police, received a $200 Christmas 
bonus. 
The cops moved to cement their 
case. But as they tried to tighten the 
noose, they encountered other 
forces at work. 
In Orlando they interviewed a 
possible victim who told them noth-
mg inappropriate had happened 
between her and Epstein. They 
asked her whether she had spoken 
to amone else. She said yes; a pri-
vate investigator had asked her the 
am. im• • a neanna 
lilt 
fralla".
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jiaa 
Goldberger said. 
Later in April, Recarey walked 
into a prosecutor's office at the state 
attorney's office and learned the 
case was taking an unexpected turn. 
The prosecutor, Lanna 
Belohlavek, told Recarey' the state 
attorney's office had offered Epstein 
a plea deal that. would -not require 
him to serve jail time or receive a 
felony conviction. 
Recarey told her he disapproved 
of the plea offer.'. 
The 'deal never came to pass, 
however. 
Future unclear after charge 
On May 1, the department asked 
prosecutors to approve warrants to 
arrest Epstein on four counts of 
unlawful sexual activity with a minor 
and to 
his personal assistant, 
now 27, for her alleged 
role 
the visits. Police 
officials also wanted to charge Rob-
son, the selkescribed Heidi Fleiss, 
with lewd and lascivious acts:. 
By then, the departmetit was 
frustrated with the way the state 
attorney's office had handled the 
case. On the same day the warrants 
were requested, Palm Beach Police 
Chief Michael Reiter wrote a letter 
to State Attorney Barry Krischer 
suggesting he disqualify himself 
from the case if he would not'act. 
Two weeks 'later, Recarey was 
told that proseCtitarS had decided 
once again to take the case ..to the 
grand jury. 
It is not known how many of the 
girls testified before the grand jury. 
But Epstein's defense team said one 
girl who was subpoenaed — the one 
who said she had sexual intercourse 
with Epstein —never showed tip.' 
The grand jury's indictment was 
handed down in July. It was not the 
one the police department had 
wanted. 
• 
• 
Instead of being. slapped with a 
charge of unlawful sexual activity 
with a minor, Epstein was charged 
with one count of felony solicitation 
of prostitution, which carries • a 
maximum penalty of five years in 
prison. He was booked into the Palms 
Beach County Jail early July 23 and 
released hours -later. 
Epstein's legal team "doesn't 
dispute that he had girls over for 
massages," Goldberger said. But he 
said their claims that they had sex-
ual encounters with him lack credi-
bility. 
• 
'They are incapable of being 
believed," he said. "They had crimi-
nal records. They had accusations of 
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magazine an Vattity Fair published - 
lengthy profiles. The New York Post 
listed him as one of the city's most 
eligible bachelors and began 
describing him in its gossip columns 
with adjectives such as "mysterious" 
and "reclusive." 
Although Epstein gave no inter-
views, the broad strokes of his past 
started to come into focus. 
Building a life of extravagance 
He was born blue-collar in 1953, 
the son of a New York City parks 
department employee, and raised in 
Brooklyn's Coney Island neighbor-
hood. He left college without a 
bachelor's degree but became a 
math teacher at the prestigious 
Dalton School in Manhattan. 
The story goes that the father of 
one of Epstein's students was so 
impressed with the man that he put 
him in touch with a senior partner at 
Bear Stearns, the global investment 
bank and securities firm. 
In 1976, Epstein left Dalton for a 
job at Bear 
arris. By the early 
1980s, he had started J. Epstein and 
Co. That is when he began making 
his millions in earnest 
Little is known or said about 
Epstein's business except this: He 
manages money for the extremely 
wealthy. He is said to handle 
accounts only of $1 billion or great-
er. 
• 
It has been estimated he has 
roughly 15 clients, but their identi-
ties are the subject of only specula-
tion. All except for one: Leslie Wex-
ner, founder of The Limited retail 
chain and a former Palm Beacher 
who is said to have been a mentor to 
Epstein. 
Wexner sold Epstein one of his 
most lavish residences: a massive 
townhouse that dominates a block 
on Manhattan's Upper East Side. It 
is reported to have, among its finer 
features, closed-circuit television 
and a heated sidewalk to melt away 
fallen snow. 
That townhouse, thought to be 
the largest' private residenee in 
Manhattan, is only a piece of the 
extravagant world Epstein built over 
time. 
• 
In New Maim, he constructed 
27,000-square-foot hilltop mansion 
on a 10,0007acre ranch outside Santa • 
Fe. Many believed it to be the largest 
home in the state. 
In Palm Beach, he bought a 
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Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse dominates a block on the Upper Eas 
Side. Thought to be the largest private residehce in Manhattan, It is reported 
to have closed-circuit television and a heated sidewalk to melt fallen snow. 
Women in his ilf 
Ghistaine Maxwell, a 
fixture at elite parties 
and the intensely 
private daughter of a 
media tycoon, dated 
Epstein in the 1990s. 
'he odd thing is I never met 
him," said Dominick Dunne, the 
famous chronicler of the trials and 
tribulations of the very rich. "I wasn't 
even aware of him," except for a 
Vanity Fair article. 
Epstein's friendship with Clinton 
has attracted the most attention. 
Epstein met Clinton. as early as 
1995, when he paid tent of thou-. 
sands of dollars to join him at an 
intimate fund-raising dinner in Palm 
Beach. But from all appearances, 
they did not beconte cloge friends 
until after Clinton left the Oval Office 
and moved to New York.. 
Epstein has donated more than' 
$100,000 to Democratic candidates' 
campaigns, including John Kenya 
presidential bid, the • reelection 
campaiiin of New Mexico Gov. Bill 
PalmBeachPost.com 
Read previous stories, on the Epstein investigation. 
A former friend claimed Epstein 
backed, out of a promise ter reim-
burse him hundreds of thousands of 
dollars after their failed investment 
in Texas oil wells. A judge decided 
Epstein owed him nothing. 
'It's a bad memory. I would 
rather not have ever met Jeffrey 
Epstein," said Michael Stroll, the 
retired former president of Williams 
Electronics and Sega Corp- "Suffice 
it to say I have nothing good to say 
about him." 
Among the characteristics most 
attributed to Epstein is, a penchant 
for women. 
He has been linked to Maxwell, 
a fixture on the high-society party 
circuits in both New York and Lon-
don. Previous girlfriends are said to 
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s wealth, staff stood at the ready. From a 
disputes window in his mansion, he could 
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Epstein owed him nothing. 
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rather not have ever met Jeffrey 
Epstein," said Michael Stroll, the 
. retired former president of Williams 
Electronics and Sega Corp. "Suffice 
it to say I have nothing good to say 
about him." 
Among the characteristics most 
attributed to Epstein is a penchant 
for women. 
' He has been linked to Maxwell, 
a fixture on the high-society party 
circuits in both New York and Lon-
don. Previous girlfriends are said to 
include a former Ms. Sweden and a 
Romanian model. 
• "He's a lot of fun to be with," 
Donald Thunp told New York maga-
zine in 2002. It is even said that he 
likes beautiful women as much as I 
do, and many of them are on the 
younger side. , No doubt about it, 
Jeffrey enjoys his social life." 
Investigation leads to Epstein 
teenage girt alter a high school 
'drama performance. Others were 
given rental cars. One, according to 
police, received a $200 Christmas 
bonus. 
The cops moved to cement their 
case. But as they tried to tighten the 
noose, they encountered other 
forces at work. 
In Orlando they interviewed a 
possible victim who told them noth-
mg inappropriate had happened 
between her and Epstein. They 
asked her whether she had spoken 
to anyone else. She said yes; a pri-
vate investigator had asked her the 
same questions. 
When they subpoenaed one of 
Epstein's former employees, he told 
them the same thing. He and a pri-
vate eye had met at a restaurant days 
earlier to go over what the man 
would tell investigators. 
Detectives received complaints 
that private eyes were posing as 
police officers. When they told 
Epstein's local attorney, Guy Frons-
tin, he said the investigators worked 
for Roy Blitck, the high-powered 
Miami kwyer who has defended the 
likes of Rush Llinbaugh and William 
Kennedy Smith. 
While the private eyes were 
conducting a parallel investigation, 
Dershowitz, the Harvard law pro-
fessor, traveled to West Palm Beach 
with information about the girls.. 
From their own profiles on the pop-
ular Web site MySpace.com, he 
obtained copies of their discussions 
about their use of alcohol and mari-
juana. 
He took his research to a meet-
ing with prosecutors in early 2006, 
where he sought to cast doubt on the 
teens' reliability. 
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wats a minor, cpstem was cnarged 
with one count of felony solicitation 
of prostitution, which carries a 
maximum penalty of five years in 
prison. He was booked into the Palm 
Beach County Jail early July 23 and 
released hours later. 
Epstein's legal team "doesn't 
dispute that he had girls over for 
massages," Goldberger said. But he 
said their claims that they had sex-
ual encounters with him lack credi-
bility. 
'They are incapable of behag 
believed," he said. 'hey had crimi-
nal records. They had accusations of 
theft made against them by their. 
employers. There was evidence of 
drug use by some of them." 
What remains for Epstein is yet 
to be seen. 
The Palm Beach Police Depart-
ment has asked the FBI to investi-
gate the case. It also has returned 
the $90,000 Epstein donated in 2004. 
In New York, candidates for 
governor and state attorney general 
have vowed to return a total of at 
least $60,000 in campaign contribu-
tions from Epstein. Meanwhile, 
Epstein's powerful friends have 
remained silent as tabloids and 
Internet blogs feast on the public 
details of the police'investigation. 
Goldberger maintains Epstein's 
innocence but says the legal team 
has not ruled out a future plea deal. 
He insists Epstein will emerge in the 
end with his reputation untarnished. 
"He will recover from this," he 
said. 
Staff writer Larry Keller and staff 
researchers Bridget Bulger, Angelica 
Cortez, Amy Hanaway and Melanie 
Mena contributed to this story. 
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is reported to have, among its finer 
features, closed-circuit television 
and a heated sidewalk to melt away 
fallen snow. 
That townhouse, thought to be 
the largest private residence in 
Manhattan, is only a piece of the 
extravagant wind Epstein built over 
time. 
In New Mexico, he constructed a 
27,000-square-foot hilltop mansion 
on a 10,0004cre ranch outside Santa • 
Fe. Many believed it to be the largest 
home in the state. 
In Palm Beach, he bought a 
waterfront home on El Brillo Way. 
And he owns a 100-acre private 
island in the Virgin Islands. 
Perhaps as remarkable as his 
lavish homes is his extensive net . 
work of friends and associates at the 
highest echelons of power. This 
includes not only socialites but also 
business tycoons, media moguls, 
politicians, royalty and Nobel Prize-
winning scientists whose research 
he often.funds. 
"Just like other people collect 
art, he collects scientists," said 
Martin Nowak, who directs the 
Program for Evolutionary Dynamics 
at Harvard University and was 
reportedly the recipient of a $30 
million research donation from 
Epstein. 
Epstein is said to have 
befriended former Harvard Presi- 
dent Larry Stinuners, prominent law 
Professor Alan Dershowitz, Donald 
Trump and New York Daily News 
Publisher Mort Zuckerman. 
And yet he managed for decades 
to maintain a low profile. He avoids 
eating out and was rarely photo-
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Vanity Fair article. 
Epstein's friendship with Clinton 
has attracted the most attention. 
Epstein met Clinton as early as 
1995, when he paid tens of thou-
sands of dollars to join him at an 
intimate fund-raising dinner in Palm 
Beach. But from. all appearances, 
they did not become close friends 
until after Clinton left the Oval Office 
and moved to New York. 
Epstein has donated more than' 
$100,000 to Democratic candidates' 
campaigns, including John Kerry's 
presidential bid, the reelection 
campaign of New Mexico Got. Bill 
Richardson and the Senate bids of 
Joe Lieberman, Hillary Rodham 
Clinton, Christopher Dodd and 
Charles Schumer. 
PoWeiful friends and enemies 
A Vanity Fair profile found 
cracks in the veneer of Epstein's life • 
story. The 2003 article said he left 
Bear Stearns in the wake of a federal 
probe and a possible Securities and 
Exchange Commission violation. It' 
also pointed out that Citibank once 
sued him for defaulting on a $20 
million loan. 
The article suggested that one of 
his business mentors and previous 
employers was Steven Hoffenberg, 
now serving a prison term after 
"bilking investors out of more than 
$450 million in one of the largest 
Ponzi schemes in American histo-
ry?" 
• 
As he amassed his wealth, 
Epstein made enemies in disputes 
both large and small. He sued the 
man who in 1990 sold him his 
multimillion-dollar Palm Beach 
home over a dispute about less than 
$16,000 in furnishings. 
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Epstein owed him nothing. 
"It's a bad memory. I would 
rather not have ever met Jeffrey 
Epstein," said Michael Stroll, the 
retired former president of Williams 
Electronics and Sega Corp. "Suffice 
it to say I have nothing good to say 
about him." 
Among the characteristics most 
attributed to Epstein is a penchant 
for women. 
He has been linked to Maxwell, 
a fixture on the high-society party 
circuits in both New York and Lon-
don. Previous girlfriends are said to 
include a former Ms. Sweden and a 
Romanian model. 
"He's a lot of fun to be with," 
Donald Trump told New York maga-
zine in 2002. "It is even said that he 
likes beautiful women as much as I 
do, and many of them are on the 
younger side. No doubt about it, 
Jeffrey enjoys his social life." 
Investigation leads to Epstein 
Although he was not a fre-
quenter of the Palm Beach social 
scene, he made his presence felt. 
Among his charitable donations, he 
gave $90,000 to the Palm Beach 
Police Department and $100,000 to 
Ballet Florida. 
In Palm Beach, he lived in luxu-
ry. Three black Mercedes sat in his 
garage, alongside a green Harley-
Davidson. His jet waited at a hangar 
at Palm Beach Intematioqal Airport. 
At home, a private chef and a small 
staff stood at the ready. From a 
window in his mansion, he could 
look out on the Intracoastal Water-
way and the West Palm Beach sky-
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PI.Littv ATh. by Peter Davelet The ere Yoe: nee: 
y large crowd of brides- and grooms-to-be dashed to the 
y Marriage License Bureau just before midnight on Friday. 
Ity were sent notices of 
nd asked for feedback, 
iirre said, but she had 
We had an open public 
no one showed up;' she 
ally puzzling to me." 
, the city's marriage in-
bustling. There were 
• flowing gowns, some 
ters looking slightly ter-
suple — he with a cigar 
ween his teeth, she un-
ere wed under a tree at 
tile Chapel. When it was 
le gave her groom a pat 
Iht, outside the wedding 
mu in the courthouse, 
Ink neon lettering above 
"chapel rats," so called 
city guards for their 
fling of chapel services 
bewildered 
couples. 
tic tannins were etddv. 
or drive In. They think, 'Well, we 
need to do this, there are no lines, 
let's just do it now.' " 
Weddings have been a mainstay of 
the Las Vegas experience since the 
1920's, taking off with the wide-
spread use of the automobile in the 
1940's, when the Hitching Post and 
the Wee Kirk o' the Heather opened 
their doors. Inspired by the lax li-
censing laws— no blood test, no wait-
ing — couples flocked from around 
the region, and eventually the coun-
try, to wed. 
Among the earliest celebrity cli-
ents were the actors Clara Bow and 
Rex Bell, who tied the knot here in 
1931, said Guy Rocha, the state archi-
vist. 
Just like its casinos, restaurants, 
hotels and adult entertainers, Las 
Vegas wedding chapels cater to all 
tastes. Couples can combine a wed-
ding with a day package to the most 
Florida Sex Case Raises 
Questions About Charges 
By ABBY GOODNOUGH 
PALM BEACH, Fla. — In the sum-
mer and autumn of last year, when 
most of the mansions here stood 
empty behind their towering hedges, 
the police stealthily watched one at 
the end of a waterside lane. They 
monitored the comings and goings of 
its owner's private jet, subpoenaed 
his phone records and riffled through 
his trash. 
The owner was Jeffrey Epstein, 53, 
an intensely private New York 
money manager with several billion-
aire clients. Months earlier, the step-
mother of a 14-year-old girl told the 
Palm Beach police that a wealthy 
older man, whom the girl later Iden-
titled as Mr. Epstein, might have had 
inappropriate sexual contact with 
her. 
In sworn statements to the police, 
the 14-year-old and other teenage 
girls said a friend had arranged for 
them to visit Mr. Epstein's home and 
give him massages, usually in their 
underwear, in exchange for cash. 
Most of the girls, according to the 
police, said Mr. Epstein had mastur-
bated during the massages, and a 
few said he had penetrated them 
with his fingers or penis. They identi-
fied him in photos and accurately de-
scribed the inside of his home Some 
recalled that his employees had fed 
them snacks or rented them cars. 
Mr. Epstein pleaded not guilty In 
August to the crime he was ulti-
mately charged with, soliciting pros-
titution. But at a time when prosecu-
tors around the nation have become 
increasingly severe in dealing with 
people accused of sex offenses, the 
case has raised questions about 
whether Mr. Epstein's prominence 
won him preferential treatment. 
By the account of the police, they 
found probable cause to charge Mr. 
Epstein with much more serious of-
fenses: one count of lewd and lascivi-
ous molestation and four counts of 
unlawful sexual activity with a mi-
nor. 
But instead of proceeding with 
such charges on his own, the Palm 
Beach County state attorney took the 
rare step of presenting a broad range 
of possible charges to a grand jury, 
which indicted Mr. Epstein In July on 
the lesser count. In Florida, prosecu-
tors usually refer only capital cases 
to grand Juries. 
Even before the indictment, the 
Palm Beach police chief, Michael 
Reiter, had accused prosecutors of 
giving Mr. Epstein special treatment 
and asked the state attorney, Barry 
E. Krlscher, to remove himself from 
17 
college student, told the girl to say 
she was IS If Mr. Epstein asked, the 
report said. 
The girl told the police that Mr. 
Epstein's assistant had led her up-
stairs to a room with a massage ta-
ble and that Mr. Epstein had come in 
and told her to remove her clothes. 
She said Mr. Epstein had masturbat-
ed as she massaged him, had pressed 
a vibrator against her underwear 
and had given her $300 afterward. 
In mi., the police interviewed 
Ms. 
then 19, who told them 
Mr. Epstein had routinely paid her to 
bring teenage girls to his home. The 
police then interviewed a total of 5 al-
leged victims and 17 witnesses, 
many of whom told similar stories 
about what they had observed or par-
ticipated in at Mr. Epstein's home. 
According to the report, at least one 
said Mr. Epstein had engaged in in-
tercourse with her. 
Mr. Lefcourt, his lawyer, said one 
girl who told the police of having had 
sex with Mr. Epstein as a minor had 
lied about both the sex and her age 
and had not shown up for grand Jury 
questioning. He also said Mr. Epstein 
had passed a liedetector test clear-
ing him of any sexual Involvement 
with under-age girls. 
A spokeswoman for the Palm 
Beach police said that early this 
year, the police went to Mr. Krischer, 
the state attorney, intending to apply 
for warrants to arrest Mr. Epstein. 
Instead, she said, they were told that 
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charges than police wanted. 
Mr. Krlscher would convene a grand 
beet to examine the evidence and de-
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keeps careful watch oitl 
1, said that scores more 
in normal showed up Fri-
Mating the closing hoer. 
deadline won't stop drunk 
in getting married in the 
night," Mr. Williams said. 
n up drunk all day long. I 
from getting married." 
raguIrre said the majority 
who showed up for a wed-
se during the graveyard 
o intention of racing off to 
anyway. "We think there 
inception here." she said. 
le coining in during those 
normally not planning int-
night weddings, they fly in 
mute ceremony. For $365, you can 
get in the spirit of Lancelot, or step 
out of a coffin and bare fangs at your 
betrothed during a gothic ceremony. 
Several chapel owners said they 
were indifferent to the change. "They 
probably were losing money, and 
there is no point in it," said the Rev.
David Nye, who is a co-owner of A 
Las Vegas Wedding Chapel. 
"Who would this affect? Britney 
Spears, that's all," Mr. Nye said. "I 
am not sure why there is a contro-
versy. Most people are shocked to 
death that it was open in the middle 
of the night to begin with. If 8 to mid-
night isn't enough, I don't know what 
is.,, 
Tell that to poor Mr. Harris. 
ties for Indian Veterans 
dense Department's most 
y, from December 2005. By 
2006, there will be an esti-
it " 
.,361 Native K 
lean vet-
sirding to the 
. Ile Na-
ive American e erans As-
estimates that 22 patent of 
nericans 18 years or older 
ms. 
about recognizing that it's 
gates that have rights —
), should have rights," Mr. 
I in a recent Interview. 
ire 562 federally recognized 
he United States. New blex-
nas 22 tribal reservations; 
tpulation of Mr. Udall's dis-
Percent Indian. 
ling the importance of be-
rtnitl
ottlie /me vt,N 
I
) more titan 300 gray,* 
Ing buried close to home, Thomas 
Berry, a Navy veteran and a founder 
of the two-year-old National Native 
A mer lean Veterans Association, said 
tribes have sacred ceremonies and 
rituals to honor the dead and ease 
passage into the next life. 
"If a Native American Is buried In 
a national cemetery, a lot of the ritu-
als cannot be performed because of 
coding restrictions and regulations," 
Mr. Berry said. "So it's important to 
us to have a place on tribal land to 
bury our veterans." 
Leo Chischilly, 57, the department 
manager for the Department of Nav-
ajo Veterans Affairs in the Navajo 
capital, Window Rock, Ariz., said 
having veterans' cemeteries on trib-
al land was a matter of practicality 
as well as tradition. 
"The Navajo Nation would like to 
bury their loved ones within the four 
sacred mountains on Navajo land," 
Mr. Chischilly said. "But the closest 
veterans' cemetery is in Santa Fe, 
N.M., four hours' drive from Window 
Rock. Some families visit the grave 
sites on Veterans Day or Memorial 
Day, but most people would prefer 
something closer to home." 
Some reservations have cemeter-
ies dedicated to veterans, but they 
are maintained and paid for by the 
tribal %gilt-Mation or volunteers, not 
by the M. 
Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery 
In Arizona is one such exmple. 
graves 
It 
is 
s 
full with more than 300
Navajo veterans. 
Ten acres have been set aside in 
Chinle, Ariz., fora new veterans' 
cemetery,
ne 
yis needed.
hischilly said, but 
m 
o 
Mr
"Hopefully if president Bush signs 
t cemetery on 
the legislation we can submit a pm-
posal to get a veteran:
the Navajo Nation, 
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" Mr Chischilly 
said. "We'll be able to provide the 
land, but we will have to get other 
sources of funding for the opera-
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the public had been left "to wonder 
whether the system tilted in favor of 
a wealthy, well-connected alleged 
perpetrator and against very young 
girls who are alleged victims of sex 
crimes." 
The case has taken a toll on the 
reputation of Mr. Epstein, who owns 
a palatial home in Manhattan, has 
pledged $30 million to Harvard and 
once flew former President Bill Clin-
ton on his 727. Politicians including 
Eliot Spitzer, a Democratic candi-
date for governor in New York, and 
Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, 
also a Democrat, have returned 
campaign contributions from him. 
But Mr. Epstein fought back, as-
sembling a team of star lawyers, in-
cluding Gerald B. Lefcourt and Alan 
M. Dershowitz, a friend of his, to look 
into the backgrounds of his young ac-
cusers. 
Mr. Lefcourt says that the police 
acted "outrageously" and that his cli-
ent has been wrongfully dragged 
through the mud. 
"He disputes that he ever had sex 
with any under-age person or any-
thing like that," said Mr. Lefcourt, 
whose clients have included Russell 
Crowe, Martha Stewart and Abbie 
Hoffman. 
Neither the police nor the state at-
torney's office would discuss the 
case in detail. But the police released 
a thick report on the 13-month in-
vestigation after the indictment was 
unsealed in late July. 
The police started investigating 
Mr. Epstein in March 2005, almost 
immediately after they were con-
tacted by the stepmother of the 14-
year-old, who, according to the re-
port, was in a special school for stu-
dents with disciplinary problems. 
The girl, the report said, told the 
police that an older friend had "of-
fered her an opportunity to make 
money" and had driven her to Mr. 
Epstein's house one Sunday. The 
ed by the police as 
a local community 
I 
said, Mr. Denbo* it z met with pros-
ecutors to share information about 
the accusers, Including statements 
they had posted on MySpace.com, 
the social networking site, concern-
ing use of drugs and alcohol. Ac-
cording to the report, Mr. Krischer's 
office then decided to delay the 
grand Jury session for several 
months. 
The Palm Beach police grew frus-
trated, the report said, and on May 1 
the department asked prosecutors to 
approve warrants to arrest Mr. Ep-
stein. 
Chief Reiter also wrote Mr. 
Krlscher questioning "the unusual 
course that your office's handling of 
this matter has taken" and suggest-
ing that Mr. Krlscher disqualify him-
self. Chief Reiter refused several re-
quests to be interviewed, and his 
spokeswoman would not say explicit-
ly why he had urged the prosecutor 
to step aside. 
Mike Edmondson, a spokesman 
for Mr. Krischer, said the state at-
torney's office sometimes sent non-
capital cases to grand juries when 
there were questions about witness 
credibility. Mr. Krischer does not 
recommend a particular charge in 
such cases, Mr. Edmondson said, but 
gives the grand jury a list of possible 
charges. 
Bruce J. Winick, a law professor at 
the University of Miami, said that 
while prosecutors in Florida rarely 
referred noncapital cases to grand 
juries, they sometimes did so with - 
sensitive cases to be extra-cautious. 
Mr. Letcourt said the police were 
wrong to have released the report so 
soon, especially without correcting 
information that later proved wrong. 
He cited his assertion that one accus-
er had lied about her age, adding that 
she had also been arrested on drug 
charges and had been fired by her 
employer for stealing. 
"What I'm trying to focus on," Mr. 
Lefcourt said, "is, What's motivating 
the selective and misleading release 
of information to the public?" 
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GREENACRES — Michael Shible waves an 
Israeli flag as a rally supporting Israel's war 
effort in Lebanon gets under way Sunday at 
Temple Beth Tikvah. The public was invit-
ed to hear speakers including Michael Ha-
dar, executive director of the Friends of the 
Israel Defense Forces, and Col 13th Sharon 
of the Israel Defense Forces. At the close 
of the rally, a man (right) participates in a 
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state of Israel. 
Palm Beach chief focus of fire in Epstein case 
Defendant's lawyers take him on; he slams state attorney 
By LARRY allER 
Palm Beacit Pac Ste Writer 
In the case of Palm 
Beach financier Jeffrey Ep-
stein, it seems, at times, as if 
two men are accused of 
wrongdoing: Epstein and 
Palm Beach Police Chief 
Michael Reiter. 
Epstein, 53, was indict-
edlast month on a charge of 
felony solicitalion of prosti-
tution solely because of Re-
iter's "craziness," one of 
Epstein's lawyers said. His 
department disseminated 
"a distorted view of the 
case" and behaved in a 
"childish" manner when the 
grand jury didn't indict Ep-
stein on the charges it 
sought. another Epstein 
lawyer complained. 
To hear the Epstein 
camp tell it Reiter, 48, is a 
loose cannon better suited 
to be the sheriff of Mayber-
ry. They whisper that he's 
embroiled in a messy di-
vorce. 
Reiter did in fact file for 
divorce from his wife, Jill, 
last year, after 24 years of 
marriage. They have a son, 
18, and a daughter; 14. The 
couple is scheduled to go to 
mediation Wednesday. 
Nothing in the court file 
suggests their split is par-
ticularly ugly. 
Reiter incurred the 
wrath of the Epstein camp 
as well as the state attar-
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