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• 'Filing # 101840557 E-Filed. 01/17/202012:23:06 PM
IN THE CIRCUIT !COURT OF THE
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAI, CIRCUIT IN AND
FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
CA FLORIDA HQLDINOS, LLC,
Publisher of THE PALM BEACH POST,
Plaintiff,
v.
DAVE ARONBERG, as State Attorney of
Palm Beach County, Florida; SHARON R.
BOCK, as Clerk and Comptroller of Palm
Beach County, Florida,
Defendants.
CASE NO,: 50-2019-CA4014681,X=C-MB
Div.: AO
FIRST AMENDED COM 4PLA),_,ILNT
CA Florida Holdings, LLC, publisher o IlicalA Beach Post, for, its First Amended
to
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Complaint against Dave Aronberg, the S for Palm Beach County, Florida, in his
official capacity ("State Attorney"), . Bock, the Clerk of the Court for Palm Beach
County, Florida, in her official a 9. ourt Clerk"), alleges as follows:
JURISDICTION
within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Circuit Court pursuant to
Xi) and 86.011 et seq.
PARTIES
1. This is
TS ,Fla. Stat. Secti '6.012
0 The Palm Beach Post is a daily community newspaper published by Plaintiff:CA
Florida.I1oldings, LLC, with offices located at 2751 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, Florida.
3. Defendant Dave .Aronberg is the duly elected State Atkiiney for the Fifteenth
Judicial Circuit in and for Palm :Beach County, Florida, pursuant to Ha. Shat. Section 27.01 and
has .authority in grand jury proceedings pursuant toPla. Stat. Section 27.04. He is sued herein in
Party JOINT
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his official capacity as his office is in possession and/or control of documents that are the subject
of this action.
Defendant Sharon R. Bock is the duly elected Clerk and Comptroller of Palm Beach
County, Florida. She is sued herein in her official capacity as her office is in possession and/or
control of documents that are the subject of this action.
INTRODUCTION
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5. In what is now widely if belatedly recognized as a colossal mis e of justice —
which led to the further needless victimization of countless young girl n — a wealthy, C r)
politically connected, and powerful financier was not held accountab , nor even forced to
confront, allegations of serious sex trafficking crimes. Whil that Jeffrey Epstein's 2008
deal with the State of Florida was not consistent with ce gathered against him, what
remains shrouded in mystery is how that eviden w resented — and the extent to which it was
presented — to the grand jury that returned a ict nt far more limited in scope than expected
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8tyThrough this ac .0Yi, e ahn Beach Post seeks public access to the testimony, L
minutes, and other evidence pr d in 2006 to the Palm Beach County grand jury empaneled
during the first Epstein s apse investigation. Typically, access to such materials is limited, for
example, in ord revent the flight of those whose indictment may be contemplated and their
ability t r destroy evidence; to ensure jurors' candor in deliberations; and to protect an
accuse s later exonerated. However, these factors are inapplicable here. Also, Florida law
expressly authorizes the disclosure of grand jury proceedings under certain circumstances,
including, as here, in the furtherance of justice. Fla. Stat. § 905.27(I)(c).
7. It can no longer credibly be maintained that continued blanket secrecy over the
proceedings that led to the egregiously flawed 2006 Epstein indictment is warranted under the law.
and deserved.
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To the contrary, transparency is required to promote public understanding of the criminal justice
system and public confidence in the fair administration of justice. As detailed below, Epstein was
accused of sexually abusing and trafficking dozens of women and girls in south Florida (among
other locations) over a period of several years while exploiting his wealth and political connections
to obstruct the administration of justice at every turn. Public disclosure of the Epstein grand jury
proceedings will shed light on the extent to which those in our government entrusted-IVth the
solemn responsibility of enforcing our criminal laws equally as to all citizens their duties
in this instance. Justice will be furthered where it is either (I) demonstrated'th ein was treated
like others accused of similar heinous crimes, or (2) as appears more I key/to be the case, those
who chose to give Epstein favorable - "unusual," in the words own of Palm Beach Police
Chief - treatment, are exposed and held accountable. From Wimited information is now in the
public domain, the State Attomey's referral of Epsteiif s case to the grand jury — which would be >
out of the ordinary for this type of case rise to a strong inference of favoritism and
corresponding disregard for the right
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9 inor victims of Epstein's sex trafficking. Access to
the grand jury materials will all theprutil c to determine whether the grand jury process, and the
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secrecy that comes with it, was to further justice or, instead, operated to shield Epstein and
his co-conspirators from e nsequences of their criminal activities. Accordingly, Fla. Stat.
Section 905.27 ut zes the disclosure of Epstein's 2006 grand jury proceedings
in the absence of such a statutory basis, this Court is empowered to order
public sc osure pursuant to its inherent authority and supervisory powers over the grand jury.
Indeed, courts throughout the country in the past several decades have ordered the disclosure of
high-profile grand jury proceedings pursuant to their inherent authority where the public's interest
in those proceedings has outweighed the general need for secrecy. This is particularly so where,
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as here, many of the details of Epstein's criminal misdeeds have already been made available in
the public domain through extensive news reporting by, among others, The Palm Beach Post; by
the many civil suits brought against Epstein and his co-conspirators; and by the victims themselves.
9. In recognition of the sensitivity of the materials being sought, and in the interest of
protecting any victims who wish to remain anonymous, The Palm Beach Post has no objection to
copies of the testimony, minutes, and other evidence presented in 2006 to the Palm Beach' County = ,
grand jury first being submitted to this Court for in camera review, where t be redacted,
as appropriate, to protect those who deserve such protection.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
10. The following facts were gathered, in large part, from documents obtained by The
Palm Beach Post through various Florida Public Records Law requests, documents unsealed or
publicly available in other related judicial proceedings, and information and documents in the
public record.
A. First Epstein Sex Crimes investigation, Indictment, and Plea Agreement:
200.5-2008.
11. The investigation into Epstein's sex crimes began more than fourteen years ago,
when a 14-year-old girl' tepmother reported to police in the Town of Palm Beach, Florida, that
Epstein and othe ho wprked for him arranged for her to give Epstein a "massage." Epstein
required th stlrp, exposed himself, and masturbated while touching her. The girl was paid
$300. Ep~t@i1R4as 52 years old at the time.
Following this initial report in 2005, the Town of Palm Beach Police, and later, in
2006, the FBI, investigated Epstein. Interviews under oath with five additional alleged victims and
seventeen witnesses revealed that the events described by the 14-year-old girl occurred, with
disturbingly similar details, with each of the other victims.
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13. Both the victim/witness interviews, as well as evidence retrieved following a search
of Epstein's home, showed that some of the girls involved were under the age of 18. The police
search of Epstein's residence also found two hidden cameras and, throughout the house, large
numbers of nude photos of girls, including victims whom the police had not interviewed in the
course of their investigation.
14. In March 2006, a State grand jury was scheduled at which all of th s were
expected to testify. The proceeding was postponed, however, due to meetinc re een the State
Attorney's office and Epstein's prominent criminal defense lawyer n!!• .1 friend, Alan
Dershowitz.
15. Another grand jury was convened in April 2 'ow canceled the day before it was
to begin receiving evidence. z1-k,
(1) Police Chief Reiter's Letter to the State Attorney.
16. On May I, 2006, Town of(Pairtt Bach Police Chief Michael Reiter wrote a
61; e1"personal and confidential" letter toA m Beach County State Attorney, Barry Krischer,
stating:
I must renew my pno rvation to you that I continue to find your office's
treatment of [the Epstein] cases highly unusual. It is regrettable that I am forced to
communicate in this manner, but my most recent telephone calls to you and those
of the lead- detective to your assigned attorneys have been unanswered and
messages remain unreturned. After giving this much thought and consideration, I
must urge you to era mine the unusual course that your office's handling of this
matter has taken and consider if good and sufficient reason exists to require your
disqualification from the prosecution of these cases (Emphasis supplied)
17. Chief Reiter's letter to State Attorney Krischer enclosed the Town of Palm Beach
Police Department's probable cause affidavits charging Epstein and two of his assistants with
multiple counts of unlawful sex acts with a minor and one count of sexual abuse, and requested
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that either an arrest warrant be issued for Epstein or the State Attorney directly initiate the charges
against him, which would be public.
(2) The July 2006 State Grand Jury Presentation.
18. Instead, State Attorney Krischer elected to refer the case to a grand jury, which is
mandatory for capital cases but rarely used for all other crimes. According to an official
spokesperson, this was the first time that a sex crimes case was presented to a gran n Palm
Beach County
19. In July 2006, after State Attorney Krischer presented tes C• evidence from
one victim, the grand jury returned an indictment on a sole count of • ',Lion of prostitution.
There is no mention in the indictment of the victim being a
20. On information and belief, a second of st ictims was supposed to testify
before the grand jury, but was unable to st attend b a of a school exam. \
a‘s ,21. No reasonable explanation h n provided as to why the numerous other known
victims were not presented as witness daime victims to the grand jury convened in July 2006.
Nor has any reasonable explan tton
ct initially eager to investigate an _proSecute Epstein for his crimes, over time lost the desire to do
trprovided as to why State Attorney Krischer, who was
so.
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ormation and belief, during the grand jury appearance of the single victim
State Attorney presented evidence that vilified the victim and attacked her
credibila,yRcluding soliciting testimony regarding underage drinking and questionable personal
behavior that was unrelated to the charges against Epstein. Further upon information and belief,
this information was initially brought to the attention of the State Attorney's office by Epstein's
defense counsel.
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charges.
(3) The FBI's Investigation and Epstein's Non-Prosecution
Agreement With Federal Authorities.
23. On information and belief, following the deficient July 2006 indictment, and with
Chief Reiter's encouragement, the FBI began its own investigation of Epstein.
24. Records unsealed in 2015 revealed that the FBI compiled reports on "34 confirmed
Ai;minors" that were victims of Epstein's sexual predations. Based on evidence gathered the FBI,
a 53-page indictment was prepared by the U.S. Attorney's Office in June 2007. ever, at the
request of Epstein's lawyers, the indictment was never presented to a feder 1 fy•
25. Instead, then U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of lorida, exander Acosta,
Vnegotiated a plea deal with Epstein's team of lawyers to gran nity to Epstein (along with
four named co-conspirators and any unnamed potential c pt ors) from all federal criminal
S26. Throughout the remainder oft rough the first half of 2008, Epstein's c ltr
lawyers and the U.S. Attorney continu otia g the plea arrangement. Upon information and
belief, Epstein's lawyers insist h the victims not be notified, (2) the deal be kept
confidential and under seal, a rand jury subpoenas (including one that had already been
issued for Epstein's co
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as) be withdrawn. it 40t.
27. O ne 30 2008, Epstein pled guilty to State charges: one count of solicitation of
prostitutio e hunt of solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18. He was
sente ce onths in jail, followed by a year of community control or house arrest, and was
adjudicat as a convicted sex offender required to register twice a year in Florida.
28. The plea deal, called a non-prosecution agreement (`NPA"), allowed Epstein to
receive immunity from federal sex-trafficking charges that could have sent him to prison for life.
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On information and belief, based on public records, former State Attorney Krischer communicated
with then U.S. Attorney Acosta concerning the NPA's negotiation with Epstein's lawyers.
29. Indeed, Epstein was not incarcerated in a Florida prison for the State crimes for
which he was convicted. instead, he was placed in a private wing of the Palm Beach County
Stockade, where, after 3 12 months, he was allowed to leave the jail on "work release" for up to
12 hours a day, 6 days a week. His private driver provided his transportation to and korniicwork."
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30. Epstein was released five months early.
31. Upon information and belief, Epstein violated the terms:of his_probation, but was
not prosecuted
(4) The Crime Victims' Rights A5.1 Litigation.
32. Epstein's victims only learned after the fact about his plea in State court and filed
an emergency petition to force federal prosecutors toceimply with the Crime Victims' Rights Act
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(18 U.S.C. § 3771, "CVRA"), which mandattieertainc*rights for crime victims, including the right
to be informed about plea agreements inclitheyright to appear at sentencing. U.S. District Judge
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Kenneth A. Marra recently ruleditha e ral prosecutors violated the CVRA by failing to notify
Epstein's victims before allowkhith to plead guilty to only the two State offenses.
33. The pros s failure to keep the victims apprised, among other things, also
contravenes th da Constitution, Article 1, § 16(b) and Fla. Stat. § 960.001.
34 owing publicity exposing the extraordinary leniency of the plea deal, dozens of
Hscivil atril4i re brought against Epstein, most of which Epstein's lawyers settled out-of-court.
35. In 2010, Epstein was registered as a "level three" (i.e., high risk of repeat offense)
sex offender in New York, a lifelong designation. In 2011, the New York County District
Attorney's office unsuccessfully sought to lower his registration to low-risk "level one."
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36. Upon information and belief, during the course of the Town of Palm Beach and FBI
investigations, Epstein retained private investigators to follow, harass, and photograph his victims
and their families, as well as Chief Reiter and the Town of Palm Beach detective who investigated
the case against Epstein.
37. Upon information and belief, Epstein's victims were threatened against c perating
with law enforcement and told that they would be compensated only if they did not e te with
law enforcement.
B. Second Epstein Sex Crimes Investigation, Indictment. Si
%1/4 142g charges. ra38. On July 6, 2019, Epstein was arrested on federal sex t
39. Upon information and belief, the United Stat
allegations and charges stemmed, in part, from contin
ent's investigation of new
nvestigations into and reporting
on the mishandling of the 2006 charges and the ' i its that followed \
40. In a July 8, 2019, letter to t era district court by the U.S. Attorney for the
Southern District of New York, Epst cribed as "a serial sexual predator who preyed on
dozens of minor girls over ape ." The letter emphasized that "the Government has real
concerns — grounded in past ex ce with this defendant — that if allowed to remain out on bail,
the defendant could atter t pressure and intimidate witnesses and potential witnesses in this
case, including s and their families, and otherwise attempt to obstruct justice." It also
described the res Its of the FBI's search of Epstein's Manhattan townhouse: evidence of sex
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trafficking in-the form of "hundreds — and perhaps thousands — of sexually suggestive photographs
of fully- or partially-nude females," including underage females. In a locked safe, compact discs
were found with handwritten labels including the descriptions: "Young [Name] + [Name]," "Misc
nudes 1," and "Girl pits nude."
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41. On July 8, 2019, prosecutors with the Public Corruption Unit of the U.S. Attorney's
office for the Southern District of New York charged Epstein with sex trafficking and conspiracy
to traffic minors for sex. The grand jury indictment alleges that "dozens" of underage girls were
brought into Epstein's mansions for sexual encounters. A few days later, owing to public outcry
over the NPA with Epstein entered into by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida,
Alexander Acosta, who by then was serving as U.S. Secretary of Labor ir&tiwi Trump
administration, resigned from office.
42. Epstein was denied bail and was placed into pretrial/detettio at the federal
Metropolitan Correction Center in lower Manhattan
43. On or about August 6, 2019, Florida Gov. Sadtis ordered a state criminal
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probe into the actions of the Palm Beach Sheriff andforr4ezAiate Attorney Krischer for their
handling of the Epstein underage sex trafficking easeX\
44. On August 10, 2019, Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan
Correctional Center. His cause of d'IliM -determined to be suicide.
C. The August 27, 20O.-SDhirilearine: Epstein's Victims Speak.
45. On account of Ais,death, prosecutors sought to dismiss the indictment against
Epstein, while maintaini they would continue to investigate his co-conspirators.
46. nt States Senior District Judge Richard M. Berman ordered a hearing on
August on the prosecutors' decision to dismiss the indictment and allowed victims to
spec tt e caring
47. In the course of the hearing, more than two dozen victims delivered their personal
stories of pain, frustration, and sexual abuse at the hands of Epstein. Several victims spoke of
violent rape by Epstein. Many more victims were present in the courtroom but did not testify.
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; 48. While some questioned the reasoning behind the court's decision to give the victims
voice after Epstein's death, District Judge Berman noted that "a public hearing is [the] preferred
vehicle of resolution," emphasizing that "public hearings are exactly what judges do. Hearings
promote transparency and they provide the court with insights and information which the court
may not otherwise be aware of." Indeed, even Epstein's defense lawyer noted at the hearing that
the court "is the institution that most people have confidence in, in these very troub
49. At the August 27th hearing, the girls, now women, spoke abo "exploitation
d*e to speak on [their)
Cand coercion," and to the fact that many of them "were in very vulnerabl and in extreme
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poverty, circumstances where [they] didn't have anyone on [their]
behalf...." One victim lamented that "as a victim, [she] nev .ee what the agreement was
or why the special treatment got approved" in the Fl ears earlier. Another noted how
"completely different" the investigators leadin o 2019 federal indictment were from the 9\
prosecutors in the Florida case, both in then rea ent of her and their investigation of her
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50. A former feder Attendance at the August 27th hearing emphasized that -Cjb
"transparency is one of the oveiTidi4 objectives in our criminal justice system."
51. Nearly all t e victims expressed the conviction that the secrecy that shielded
Epstein has ca islfriem "irreparable harm" and that an opportunity to address his criminal
wrongd those of the individuals who enabled his sexual racketeering, would allow for
at leaiticime measure of justice to be served after his death. Indeed, one victim stated: "Any efforts
made to protect Epstein's name and legacy send a message to the victims that he wins and that he
is untouchable." Another victim expressed fear that this is a world "where there are predators in
power, a world where people can avoid justice if their pockets run deep enough." In short, the
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"unusual" treatment Epstein received in Florida in 2006 based on his wealth, social status, and
connections severely eroded the public's faith in the integrity and impartiality of the criminal
justice system.
D. The Palm Beach Post's Standing and the Public Interest.
(1) The Palm Beach Post Has Reported Extensively On Epstein's
Crimes For Nearly 15 Years.
52. Plaintiff, The Palm Beach Post, is a community newspaper serving readers in Palm
Beach County and the Treasure Coast vicinity.
53. The Palm Beach Post has been a Pulitzer Prize winner and noniinated as a finalist y,
three other times. _7` \-- , -„..\1/4, i)
54. Beginning in 2004, The Palm Beach Post hace:atensively investigated and reported
on the allegations against, the law enforcement in s ig ,c of, and the crimes committed by,
ilfi ls „Epstein and his co-conspirators. The News p ortage has included publication of the
following articles:
• "The Man Who Had Eycyjiii Jeffrey Epstein Craved Big Homes, Elite Friends
and Investi ators Say, Underage Girls.," published on August 14, 2006, reporting that:
a local community college student, admitted in a sworn statement to
police that "she had taken at least six girls to visit Epstein, all between the ages of 14
and 16;" Palm Beach Police "interviewed five alleged victims and 17 witnesses;"
"Dershowitz, the Harvard law professor, traveled to West Palm Beach with information
about the girls," including social media discussions about "their use of alcohol and
Eirijuana .," after meeting with Epstein's legal team, "prosecutors postponed their
decision lo- take the case to a grand jury;" Palm Beach Police subsequently "received
semplaints that two of the victims or their families had been harassed or threatened;" A
"*Iations between police and prosecutors were fraying" as the investigation continued;
ditd "one girl who was subpoenaed — the one who said she had sexual intercourse with
Epstein — never showed up" to testify before the grand jury.
• "Trump Snags Gosman Estate for 541 Million" published on November 16, 2004,
reporting on the bidding war between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein for the
purchase of a "43,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom estate on 6 oceanfront acres along
the storied `Raider's Row' " in Palm Beach.
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• "Indictment: Billionaire Solicited 3 Times" published on July 25, 2006, reporting that
"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 indictment charging him with felony solicitation of prostitution."
The article further reported that "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."
• "After Long Probe, Billionaire Faces Solicitation Charge" published on Jul 6, 2006,
reporting that "Palm Beach police thought there was probable cause to Epstein
with unlawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molests Th rticle
further reported that "Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry ate Attorney
Barry Krischer's handling of the case that he wrote a memo s g e county's
top prosecutor disqualify himself," and identified a 20-year -record female
source who said "she gave Epstein a massage in the nude, en blought him six girls,
ages 14 to 16, for massage and sex-tinged sessions at his ho
• "Police Say Lawyer Tried to Discredit Teenage rls" blished on July 29, 2006,
reporting that "[flamed Harvard law profess Alan howitz met with the Palm
Beach County State Attorney's Office and provided damaging information about
teenage girls who say they gave his el' Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein,
sexually charged massages" and that " to office said it presented the
Epstein case to a county grand ju m h rather than directly charging Epstein
because of concerns' about the gig's itch ity."
• "Expert: Ignorance of Age nse In Sex Cases" published on August 5, 2006,
reporting that "Mather fi arges, the state attorney's office presented the case
to a county grand j r indicted Epstein last week on a single, less serious
charge of felony of prostitution," and that "[t]he case raised eyebrows
because the state a s office rarely, if ever, kicks such charges to a grand jury."
• "Epstein C Female Accusers Liars" published on August 8, 2006, reporting
that "[}state omey's spokesman would say only that the office refers cases to the
when there are issues with the viability of the evidence or witnesses'
Beach Chief Focus of Fire In Epstein Case" published on August 14, 2006,
im porting that Chief Reiter "pressed for Epstein to be charged with the more serious
crimes of sexual activity with minors" and "slammed State Attorney Bally Krischer in
blunt language seldom used by one law enforcement official with another because of
what he perceived as that office's mishandling of the case."
• "Delays In Epstein Case Unusual, Lawyers Say" published on March 13, 2007,
reporting that "[n]early eight months after Palm Beach tycoon Jeffrey Epstein was
charged with felony solicitation of prostitution, there has been no discernible progress
in his case."
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• "Woman Sues Billionaire Investor, Says They Had Sex When She Was 16" published
on October 18, 2007, reporting on a lawsuit brought in New York State court against
Epstein "by a young woman who says he had sex with her when she was 16 and had
sought his help becoming a model."
• "Palm Beecher Pleads In Sex Case" published on July 1, 2008, reporting that "Epstein,
55, pleaded guilty .. . to felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under
the age of 18 for prostitution," resulting in "a lifelong obligation to register as a sex
offender," and that "[a]s part of the plea deal, federal investigators agreed to drop their
investigation of Epstein, which they had taken to a grand jury."
• "Jeffrey Epstein: Scientist, Stuntman, 'Sex Slave' Visit Jailed Tyc ublished on
August 13 2008 reporting that "[d]uring his first month of confinem Epstein was
visited by , who allegedly escorted victims "upon then at his Palm
Beach waterfront home to an upstairs room, where she prepared the m ssa e table and
provided the oils for their encounters" with Epstein, and (by
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, "a
young woman whom Epstein purportedly described as his ugoslavian sex slave."
• "Billionaire Sex Offender Leaves Jail Six Days a Work" published on July
1, 2008, reporting that Epstein "is allowed to lm Beach County Stockade
six days a week on a work-release program..,
• "Women Want Epstein Sex Plea Deal ublished on June 10, 2009, reporting
that attorneys for women suing Ep n ous courts "want his [non-prosecution]
agreement [NPAJ with federal t unsealed" and were moving to unseal the
agreement in Circuit Court of i h Judicial Circuit, and that "Epstein now faces
at least a dozen civil laws eral and state courts filed by young women who
said they had sex with ow are seeking damages." On that date, The Palm
Beach Post moved to • en the matter for the purpose of obtaining public access
to the NPA, which as o disclosed by this Court on June 25, 2009.
• "Epstein's Secret Pa ith Feds Reveals 'Highly Unusual' Terms" published on
September 1 , reporting that, owing to Epstein's non-prosecution agreement,
"fede ro tors backed down and agreed to recall grand jury subpoenas if Epstein
ilty to prostitution-related felonies in state court" and "also a not to plea
f E stein's ssible co-conspirators: =MI Lesley
" The article further reported that, according to an
y representing three of Epstein's victims, "none of the 30 to 40 wom[e]n
tified as victims in the federal investigation" were informed ahead of time about
the NPA.
• "Judge Rules Epstein Attorneys Can Subpoena Abortion Records" published on
January 27, 2010, reporting that "a judge . . . gave lawyers representing multi-
millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein the right to subpoena abortion records from
women who are seeking millions in damages from the part-time Palm Beach resident."
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• "Epstein Journal's Findings Could Resurrect Abuse Case" published on March 20,
2010, reporting that "[a] purloined journal that is said to contain the names of
`hundreds' of victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein could be used to reopen
the investigation into the multi-millionaire's appetite for teenage girls."
• "Epstein Paid Three Women $5.5 Million to End Underage Sex Lawsuits" published
on October 4, 2017, reporting that, according to court documents, Epstein "shelled out
$5.5 million to settle lawsuits with three of more than two dozen teens who sued him."
• "Judge Rules Feds' Agreement With Jeffrey Epstein Pact Violated Teen', Victims'
Rights" published on February 22, 2019, reporting on a ruling by U.S. District Judge
Kenneth Marra that "Federal prosecutors violated the rights of Jeffrey Epstein's
teenage victims (under the Crime Victims' Rights Act] by failing to"\tpVeal they had
dropped plans to prosecute the billionaire on dozens of federal char* in connection
with the girls' claims that he paid them for sex at his Palm Bcackmanyiion."
• "Epstein Indicted On Sex Charges/Pan-Time Palm Reacher Pleads Not Guilty to Sex
Trafficking, Conspiracy Charges In Federal Court lrytvlanhattan" published on July 9,
2019, reporting on Epstein's appearance in U.S. District Court for the Southern District
of New York in which he "pleaded not guilty to/ciargesaceusing him of creating a vast
network of girls as young as 14 that he exptjII <for is sexual pleasure at his homes
in Palm Beach and Manhattan." A \
A true and correct copy of the above news ani,es -,N r the computerized format in which they
are maintained in The Palm Beach Pose lect c archives or the news print edition in which
originally published, is annexed her ibit 1.
55. Since the filing fthe al Complaint in this matter, The Palm Beach Post - along
with media worldwide 7 z has con nued to report on Epstein's crimes and the ongoing official ci-_has
proceedings resullog frofirthose crimes. result
2) The Palm Beach Post's Standing and the Public Interest.
press has a constitutional right of access to criminal proceedings, see, e.g.,Oe
Richinoi Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia, 448 U.S. 555, 573 (1980), including pre-trial criminal
proceedings. v. Graddick, 696 F.2d 796 (11th Cir. 1983). Indeed, "the integrity of the
judicial process, which public scrutiny is supposed to safeguard, is just as much at issue in
proceedings of this kind [pre- and post-trial] as at trial." Id. at 801; see also Miami Herald Publ.
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Comm'r, Ala. Dept of Corr. v. Adva
and "standing to question the v fi'di
news is directly impaired or cu le(i '
c
837 F.3d 753, 757-58 (
Co. v. 426 So. 2d 1, 6-7 (Fla. 1982) (identifying the news media as a "public surrogate" in
matters concerning the closure of judicial proceedings). The press also has a First Amendment
interest in receiving information from willing speakers. See Va. Pharmacy Bd. v. Va. Consumer
Council, 425 U.S. 748, 756-57 (1976) ("Where a speaker exists . . . the protection afforded [by
the First Amendment] is to the communication, to its source and to its recipients both."); Pittman
v.., 267 F.3d 1269, 1283 n.12 (11th Cir. 2001) ("The Supreme Court has recd,
First Amendment offers protection to both speakers and those wishing to r
Cr
8
also Stephens v. Cry. of Albemarle, Va., 524 F.3d 485, 492 (4th Cir. 200
has "standing to assert a right to receive speech" by "show[ing] that the exists a speaker willing
that the
h."); see
that a plaintiff
to convey the information to her")
57. Because of the unique role performed by-we pre,ss as a "public surrogate" (=,
426 So. 2d at 6-7) in protecting the right of access and its interest in reporting information about
At
criminal proceedings, proceedings, news organizations "pre‘sumptively have a right to access judicial records,"
Media, LLC, 918 F.3d 1161, 1166 (11th Cir. 2019),
order restricting publicity because its ability to gather
426 So. 2d at 4; see also Carlson v. United States,
2016) ("[a]s a member of the public, [the Reporters Committee]
has standing to its] claim" to grand jury materials because such materials are "public records
to whicb4h may seek access, even if that effort is ultimately unsuccessful").
Here, the continued denial of access to information The Palm Beach Post seeks on
behalf of its journalists and the public it serves "unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury."
Gainesville Woman Care, LLC v. State of Florida, 210 So. 3d 1243, 1263 (Ha. 2017); see also
Zerilli v.IM, 656 F.2d 705, 711 (D.C. Cir. 1981) (noting that "the press' function as a vital
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source of information is weakened whenever the ability of journalists to. gather information is
impaired," as it is by Attorney General's refusal to disclose unredacted report and underlying grand
jury materials).
59. The Palm Reach Post has the right to maintain this private right of action because
the furtherance of justice, an express legislative exception to grand jury secrecy, is intended for
the public benefit, and The Palm Beach Post seeks access on behalf of the pub! a. Stat.
§ 905.27(1)(c). It is further express in Fla. Stat. § 905.27 that the legislature i for
rara
a court
to be the party to make the determination of disclosure. Fla. Stat. § 905( 21( ther words, the
legislature intended for recourse to the courts in considering and determining the propriety and
scope of grand jury secrecy.
E. The Court's Jurisdiction And Authority.
(1) The Court's Supervision of the Grand Jury Process and Its
Authority to Order Public Disclosure of the Epstein Evidence.
60. The Florida Supreme Co it has noted that "in states such as Florida, where the
grand jury is preserved, it is an im act t endage of the court which impanels it. At the same
time it should not be forgotten hat the dge of that court is equally important and he is generally
charged with the supervi n of the grand jury's activities .It is, therefore, of vital importance to
maintain the digs and e integrity of both the grand jury and the presiding judge." State v.
Clemons, 15O 2d`231, 233-34 (Fla 1963).
apter 905 of the Florida Statutes governs the empanelment and conduct of
Florid:4rand juries. The court gives the grand jury its initial charge and advises the grand jury
about its legal duties. Fla. Stat. § 905.18.
62. Florida Stat. Section 905.27(1) provides that "the testimony of a witness examined
before the grand jury or other evidence received by it" may be disclosed "when required by a
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court . . for the purpose of: (a) Ascertaining whether it is consistent with the testimony given by
the witness before the court; (b) Determining whether the witness is guilty of perjury; or (c)
Furthering justice." Fla. Stat. § 905.27(1)(a)-(c).
63. Further, disclosure is appropriate pursuant to this Court's inherent authority over
grand jury proceedings because of the exceptional public interest in this case and the compelling
circumstances supporting transparency. Carlson v. United States, 837 F.3d at 766 ("t-itisuict court
has the inherent power to disclose [grand jury] materials in exceptional cir ces and .
historic importance can be a sufficient reason when there is little counte ttilit'igngcl for secrecy").
64. The Florida Supreme Court has confirmed that grand ju t'crecy is not absolute
and that any "potential harm to public officeholders" from disc( will be the product of their
own conduct, and not the consequence of an unrestr d di of misguided citizens." Miami
Herald Pub. Co. v. Marko, 352 So. 2d 518 (197il("The benefits to be derived from this
•‘-‘7
extraordinary exercise in citizen participati the grand jury] would be severely limited if the
fruits of that activity were not avails le blic on whose behalf it is undertaken. Implicit in
the power of the grand jury to i ?esti veld expose official misconduct is the right of the people L k )
to be informed of its findings. • public disclosure of grand jury findings inevitably entails the
risk of reputational da ge, the legislature has ensured that any potential harm to public
officeholders w I he product of their own conduct, and not the consequence of an unrestrained
body ofrQl citizens.").
(2) The Court's Jurisdiction To Declare Rights And Construe
Statutes.,
65. This Court has jurisdiction to declare rights, status, and other equitable or legal
relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. Florida Stat. Section 86.011.
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as if fully set forth herein.
66. Florida law specifically provides that a declaration may be sought from the Court
conceming a petitioner's rights under a statute. Florida Stat. Section 86.021 ("Any person whose
rights, status, or other equitable or legal relations are affected by a statute, or any regulation made
under statutory authority, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising
under such statute,... or any part thereof, and obtain a declaration of rights, status, or other equitable
or legal relations thereunder.").
67. The Court's exercise of its power to declare rights "is to be Ii administered
and construed." Florida Stat. Section 86.101.
COUNTS
(Declaratory Relief - Florida Stat. Sections 816.01 f es seq.)
.k/ 68. The allegations set forth in paragraphs 14throttgb47 are incorporated by reference
fit
69. This is an action for Declar4Reli f pursuant to Chapter 86, Florida Statutes,
and other supplemental relief. )--,,
70. The Pahn Beat t-fros tfully requests that the Court declare that pursuant to
ts.Fla. Stat. Section 905.27(1), it eititled access to the testimony, minutes, and other evidence
presented in 2006 to the tA ut each County grand jury because such disclosure and access would
be in the furthe of justice. Fla. Stat. § 905.27(1)(c). Because The Palm Beach Post is not
seeking t e ma rials in connection with either a civil or criminal case, it seeks a declaration that
the sco o its use of the disclosed materials is not limited. See Fla. Stat. § 905.27(2).
71. The Palm Beach Post further seeks a declaration that disclosure of the testimony,
minutes, and other evidence presented in 2006 to the Palm Beach County grand jury is appropriate
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pursuant to this Court's inherent authority over grand jury proceedings because of the exceptional
public interest in this case and the compelling circumstances supporting transparency.
72. The Palm Beach Post has sought from Defendants, but Defendants have refused to
provide, access to the testimony, minutes, and other evidence presented in 2006 to the Palm Beach
County grand jury. Indeed, Defendants have each filed motions to dismiss the Complaint and the
l'istei irelief it sought under Fla. Stat. Section 905.27(1). Accordingly, a good-faith dispute e ‘ etween
the parties.
AS'
73. Through this Complaint, The Palm Beach Post presently has ciable question
concerning its rights to obtain the 2006 grand jury materials pursuant to Fla. Stat Section 905.27( I )
zr -S\ ,^i ill and the Court's inherent authority.
74. A bona fide, actual, present, and practi or the declaration exists in that
Defendants have denied to The Palm Beach P —God to the public at large — the grand jury
materials sought to be disclosed. The relief s u fro the Court is therefore not merely the giving
of legal advice or to answer hypothe ns.
WHEREFORE, The P ost respectfully requests that the Court determine the
rights and obligations of the pC 'e
B
ili:iy declaring that pursuant to Fla. Stat. Section 905.27(1)(c)
and the Court's inheren ut ority, The Palm Beach Post may gain access to the testimony,
minutes, and of er 'dente presented in 2006 to the Palm Beach County grand jury and use those
material 'f rpose of informing the public. ÷
COUNT H
YYY
(Florida Stat. Section 905.27)
75. The allegations set forth in paragraphs 1 through 74 are incorporated by reference
as if fully set forth herein.
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76. Based on information learned by The Palm Beach Post through its Florida Public
Records Law requests, law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the grand jury evidence
and proceedings, judicial documents obtained from independent but related court proceedings, and
documents otherwise available in the public record, the State Attorney for Palm Beach County
presented truncated evidence of Epstein's criminal wrongdoing to the 2006 grand jury in a manner
that precluded his indictment for the serious crimes he committed, including sex trafficking and
sexual assault.
77. Pursuant to Florida Stat. Section 905.27, in order to furtheilystiee for Epstein's
victims and the public, and to provide public disclosure to illuminatewhether Epstein received
unreasonably lenient treatment based on the available evi,denerk,791 Palm Beach Post requests
immediate access to the testimony, minutes, and othereviderwe presented in 2006 to the Palm
Beach County grand jury.
78. In a case of this magnitude a d t ortTnce where the accused is dead and so many
of his crimes, as well as the identiti a es of his co-conspirators, and the identities of the
victims have already been exp , t 7 for grand jury secrecy is no more. See United States
v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., 3 . . 150, 234 (1940) ("[A]fter the grand jury's functions are
ended, disclosure is whol p per where the ends ofjustice require it.").
W HERD, The Palm Beach Past respectfully requests that this Court, pursuant to Fla.
Stat. Se 7(1) and the Court's inherent authority, order the State Attorney and the Clerk
of the Courto file with this Court copies of the testimony, minutes, and other evidence presented
in 2006 to the Palm Beach County grand jury during the first Epstein sex abuse investigation so
that, following an in camera inspection, it can be made available to The Palm Beach Post and the
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public on an expedited basis, and grant any other and further equitable or legal relief the Court
deems just and proper.
Dated. January 17, 2020 Respectfully submitted,
GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A.
Attorneys for CA Florida Holdings, LLC,
Publisher of The Palm Beach Fag
Stephen A. Mendelsohn, Esq.
5100 Town Center Circle, Suite 4
Boca Raton, Florida 33486
Telephone: ([Phone Redacted] O
Facsimile: (561) 338-709
By: /s/ Stephen A. Mendell
STEPHEN A.
Florida Bar No
mendelsoh
hasenh
FLSe corn
By: / elf Grvziel
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Telephone: ([Phone Redacted]
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By: /s/ Nina D. Bovaiian
NINA D. BOYAJIAN
(Pro Hac Vice application pending)
1840 Century Park East, Suite 1900
Los Angeles CA 90067
Telephone: (310) 586 -7700
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 17th day of January, 2020, a copy of the foregoing has
been electronically filed with the Florida E-File Portal for e-service on all parties of record herein.
/s/ Stephen A. Mendelsohn
STEPHEN A. MENDELSOHN
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The Newspaper's Reportage on Jeffrey Epstein
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The Palm Beach Post REAL NEWS STARTS HERE
The Man Who ;Had Everything: Jeffrey Epstein craved big
homes, elite friends and underage girls
By Andrew Marra
Posted 1u112,2019 at 6:02 AM
From the archives: `When Palm Beach detectives starte kin
questions and teenage girls started talking, a wave o esistance
followed,
Bditor'sNote: This article appeared in The Palm Beach Post on A
%Jeffrey Epstein's arrest iti Patin Beach County I a charge 6\
2(X$, three weeks after
ahem ofprostitution.
WINGED GARGOYLES guarded:the gate atje Is. Palm Beach mansion. Inside,
hidden cameras trolled'two rooms, while th and went.
:For the police detectives who sifted garbage outside. and kepi reeonis.cavisitors, it
was the lair of a troubling target
EpSteit, one of the mitt 11.1ft the country's mega-.rich, was known. as much for his
secrecy as for his love of e things: magnificent hppaes,.priVate jets, beautiful women, te
friendships with th worl . e te. s ee
But at Palm o headquarters, he was becoming: known for something else: the
regular ar nage girls he-hired to give:him massages and, police say, perform sexual
favors
Epstein was differenrfrom most sexual abuse suspects; he was far more powerful. He anuited
among his friends' former President Bill.Clittot, Donald Trump and PrinceAndrew, along
with some of the most prorninegr legal, scientific and business minds in the country..
When detectives started asking questions and teenage girls started talking, a wave of legal
resistance, followed.
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•» NEW: Jeffrey Epstein: Lawyer said financier had sex with woman during work-
FeleaSq
11Palm Beach,p0lice didn't know quite who Jeffrey Epstein was, they found out soon enough.
Epstein, now 53, was a quintessential man of mystery. He amassed his.fortune and friends
quietly, always in the background as he .navigated New York high society.
When he first attracted notice in the early 1990s, it was on account.of the wo h a;
dating: Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late British media tycoon Robert'
In .a lengthy artide, headlinedithe Mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell's Seer e British
Mail on Sunday tabloid laid out speculative stories that the tOcialite' au1. a CIA spook, a
math. teacher,a concertpignist or a corporate headhunter:
"But whatis the truth about him?' the newspaper wonde axwell, Epstein, is both
flamboyant and intensely private;
The media:frenzy did not begin in full until a dek t ii, er. lb September 2002, Epstein was
tekflung into the limelight when he flew Clin dilttors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to
Africa.on his private let.
Suddenly everyone wanted to
publishedlengthY proilte.t. Th
pstein was. New York magazine and Vanity Fair
tit Post listed him as one of the city's theist:eligible
*bachelors andbegan des ibing its gossipcolumnsWith adjectivessuch gemysterious"
'and.arectusivet
Although Eiist t j no interviews, the. broad strokes of his past started to come into focus:
Buildin asof extravagance
He was bo blue-collar in 1953, the son of a New York City department employee, and
raised in Brooklyn's. Coney Island neighborhood. Re left college without. a bachelor's degree
but b'e'came a math teacher at the prestigious Dalton School. Manhattan,
The story goes that the father of one of Epstein's studentsviaSSo impressed with the than that
he puthim in touch with: a seniorpartner at•Bearr. Stearns; the ‘global investment bank and
securities firm.
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10.1976, Epstein:left Dalton fora job at Bear. Stearns,: By the early 1980s, he had started).
Epstein and CO. That is when he began makinglis millions in earnest.
Little is known or said about Epstein's businessexcept this: He manages money for the
extremely wealthy. He is taidto handle:aacninta only:O1Si billion or greater.
It has:been estimated he has roughly 15 clients, but their identities are the subject of only
speculation. All except for one: Leslie Wexner, founder of The Limited retail chain apd a
farmer Palm Beadier who is said to have been a mentorto Epstein.
WO:hens:11d Epstein One of hitinciat lavish residences: a'magive &Mike doiniitatesa
block on Manhattan's Upper. East Side. Itisteported to have, among.i res, closed,
circuit television and a heated sidewalk to melt.a.w.artallen snow.
bThat townhouse, thought to be the largest privatesesidence ' A c i anan, is only a piece of
the extravagant world Epstein. built over tithe.
In New Mexico; he constructed a 17,000-square- il &l nansion on a 10,000-acre ranch
outside Santa Fe. Many believed.it to.be the I e in the state.
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private island inthe Virgin Islands. 4
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In Palm Beach, he bought a waterfront e o I Brillo Way. And he owns a 100-acre g ar,
Perhaps as remarkable As 'sh homes is his extensive network of friends and associates at
the highest echeto fpo r. This includes not only socialites but also business tycoons,
media moguls royalty and Nobel Prize-winning Scientists whose research he often
lust. 11. people collect art, he collects scientists; said Nowak, who directs the
Program f r Evolutionary Dynamics. at Harvard University and was reportedly the recipientof
a S30 million research donation from. Epstein.
.EpStein is said to have befriended former Harvard President Laryy $nmm!ers,prominent law
Professor Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump and New York Daily News Publisher Mort
Zuckerman.
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And yet he managed for decades to maintain a low profile. He avoids eating out and was rarely
photographed.
'The odd thing is I never met him; said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials
and tribulations of the very rick wl 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 19505, when he paid tens of thousands of dollars to j him.at
an intimate fund-raising dinner in PIIMBeach. But from all appearances they ome
close friends until after Clinton left the Oval Office and moved to NewYor
.Epstein has donated more than $100,006 toiDemocratiecandidates' including Jean
Kerry's presidential bid, the reelection.tampaign of New Mexico GO sthartheh and the
Senate bids of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Rodhatfi Clinton, Chri Dodd and Charles
SChumer.
Powerful friends and enemies
A Vanity Fair profilefound cracks.in the ve teas life story. The1003 article said he
left Bear Stearns in the wake of a:feder be a possible Seturitiesend:Exchange
Commission. violation.. It also point Citibank once sued Itim for defaulting on a $20
million loan.
The article suggested that onedtthwtusiness inentors and previous employers was Steven
Hoffenberg,, now' serving n terra after "bilking investors out:of more than $450 million
in one of tbelarge . ernes in .American history?
As he exam e4th, Epstein made enemies in disputes. both large and small., He sues:1111e
man who.' : ' old limn his intiltimillidii-dollar Pala Beath hOthe over a dispute about:less
than t1 in furnishings.
A former Mend claimed Epstein backed out of a. promise to reimburse him hundreds.of
thousands of dollars. after their failed investment in Texas oil wells. A judge decided Epstein
Owed hilt tiothilig.
» Jeffrey Epsteip:tmocKprisoner who_ssfept, moppeli,floors42(fisial says
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les a, bad. memory. I would rather not have ever ?net Jeffrey Epstein," said Michael Stroll; the
retired forrner president of Electronics and Sega Corp. "Suffice* 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 London. Previous:girlfriends are said to include aformerMs. Sweden and,a.Roipanian.
model.
"He's a lot of fun to be with," Donald Trump told New York.magazine in 2 t, t t is even said
that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are o ger side. No
doubt about it, Jeffrey enjoys his social life?
Investigation leads to Epstein
c Although he wasnot:a frequenterof the.Palm Beach. • e
A‘tvie
, he made presence felt.
,*\in
Among his charitable donations, he gave S90,0.00 . e Beach.Police:Department and
( ce \ck I-Cedes sat in his garage; alongside a -
.Palm Beach International Airport. Athome, a
eady..Prom a window in his mansion, he could look.
the West Palm Beach skyline. He seemed to be:a man.
S100,000 to Ballet Florida:
In Palm Beach, he lived in luxury. Thr
Harley-DaVidson. His jet waited at
private'chef and a small staff st
out on the Intracoastal Wate
who had everything.
But extraordin ealtb c>rn fuel extraordinary desires.
» Epstein eave ma for mansion in sex-trafficking case
In March 20 a worried mother contacted Palm Beach police. She said another parent had
overheard a conversation between their children.
Now the mother was afraid her l4-year-Old daughter had been. molested,by a maxi on, the
island.
The phone call triggered an extensive investigation, one that would lead detectives to Epstein.
but leave theiri frustrated.
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Palm Beach police and the state attorney's office have declined to discuss fhecase..But a Palm
Beach police report detailing the criminal probe offers awindow into whardetectives fated as
they sought to close in on Epstein.
Detectives interviewed the girl, who told them a friend had invited her tin rich man's house to
perform a massage. She said thefriend.told her to say she was 1$ if asked; At the house, she
said she was paid SSWalter stripping to her parities and massaging' the man while he
masturbated.
Police interview 5 alleged victims
The investigation began, in Hill after the girl identified Epstein in a ph
paid her. Police arranged for garbage trucks to set, aside Epstein's t
through it. They set up a video-camera to record the comings
monitored an airport hangar for signs of his private jes,ar
They quickly learnecf that the woman who took the
Palm Beach Coiriniiiiiity Coll
statement at police headquarters,
visit Epstein, all between the ages of IA
During the drive back to her hots
4c(1/40
trr Loxahatthee. In a Math
fitted she had taken at least six girls to
paid her for each visit, she said.
man.who had
ce could sift
at his home.,They
departures.
girl to Epstein's house was:
oIcl detectives, "I'm like a Heidi Pleiss."
Police interviewed five alleged arid 17 witnesses, Their reportshows some of the girls
said they.had been ins to have sex with another woman in front of Epstein, and one said
she fiad direct intercourse him.
In October
looking
found
transcript.
ed the Palm Beach mansion: They discovered photos of:naked, young-
as several of the girls had described in interviews. Hidden cameraswere
age area'and inside a: cloCk on Epstein's desk, alongside :a ,girl's, high school
Two of Epstein"sformer 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 permitted many indulgences. A:chel cooked for them, Wqrkers gave
them rides andlancied out hundreds of dollars ar atime.
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One employee told detectives he was. told to send a.dozen roses to -one. teenage girl after .1 high ;
school drama performance. Others weregiv.en rental can. One; according to polite:, received a
$200 Christmas bongs.
The cops moved to cement their case. But as they tried to tighten the noose, they encountered.
other forces at work.
In Orlando they interviewed a potsibletictitn who told them nothing. inappropriate ¢ad
happenedbetween her:and Epstein. They asked her wheth:er she: had spoken to. ease.
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She said yes, a private investigator had asked her the same questioris.
Jeffrey Epstein: Acosta, Krischer trade barbs over sweetheart d
When they subpoenaed one of Epstein's former employeest hetold e same thing. He
ands private eye had.met.at a.restapra:nt:days earlier to go.o the mgt.would tell
investigators.
Detectives received :toniplaintstliatprivate eyes vi as polite officers. When they told
Epstein's local attorney,. Guy Fronstin, he said gators worked for Roy Black, the
highspowered,Miami lawyer who has defendC te Alves ofRush Limbaugh and William
S ale'
Kennedy
While the private eyes were. to •itallel investigation, Dershowitt, .dietiattard law
professor, traveled to WettP. -with information- about the girls. From iheir own
profiles on the popular b site ySpace.com, he obtiined copies of their discusSions about
their use of alcohol and
He took: his r h meeting with prosecutors in early 2006 *where he sought to cast
doubt on e ns eliability,
The, priybeyes had: dog up enough dirt on the girls to makeprosecutors skeptical. Not only
did some of the girls have issues with drugs or alcohol but afro some had triniinal records and
other troubles, Epstein's legal team claimed. And.at least one of them, they said, lied when she
told police she was younger than I$ when she stsrted performing massages for Epstein.
-After the meeting? prosecutors :po.s.tponed their decision to tamale case to a. grand jury:;
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the'In ollouting weeks, police receivedeor.nplaints. that two of the victirtis or their families had.
been harassed Or threatened. Epsteitt'S legal team .ntaiiitainsthat its private investigators did
.nothing illegal or unethicalduring their research.
By then, relations between: police and.prosecutors were fraying. At a key meeting with
prosecutors and the defense, Detective Recarey, the lead investigator, was a:no-showt
according to EPSteith ittatity.
"The embarrassment on the prosecutor's, face was evident whorl the. police (Ater : • r
showed up for the meeting; attorney Jack Q0:illy:ger said.
Later in April, Recarey walked into a prcise_cutor's.office at the state at. .. . ce and
learned .the case Was taking an Unexpected turn,
The prosecutor, Lanna Belohlavek, told.Recattythettate a Office had offered Epstein
a plea deal that would not require: him to serve jail tinag felony conviction..
Recarey told her he disapproved of the plea offer.
The deal never came to pass, however, \( S y
Future unclear after charge.
Qn May-1,.the department ask to* rs' to approve Watitants to arrest Epstein on four
counts ofunlawful sexualact* a:minor-and to charge his personalassistant,
now 27, for heral role.in arranging.thevisits. Police .officials ilsowanted to
charge Robtbni th Ifad bed Heidi.Fleisenvith.lew.d and lastiViotts acts.
By then, the t was :frustrated with the way the state attorney's office had handled the
case On ay the warrants were retwestetk, Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter
wrote a. tt r °State AttomerBarry Ki'ischer suggesting he disqualify:himself from the case if'
he would of act.
Two weeks later, Recarey was, told that prosecutors had decided .once again to take the case to
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It is notknownhow many of the girls testified before the grand jury: Buc Epstein's defense
team said one girl who was subpoenaed - the Cafe who said she had sexii0 intercourse: With
Epstein - never showed.up.
The grand jury's indictmentwas 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; Epst
charged With one count of felony solilitation of prostitution, Which carries a m
of five years in prison; He was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail earlyJ Z3,
released hours. later.
Epstein's legal teami'doesn't disputethat he had girls over for ma
he said their claims that they had sexual encounters with him 1 creåfHfity..
"They are incapable of being believed," he said. "They h
4 ,accusations of theft made: gainst them.by their emplo s. ‘
some of them."
<S ,Wliat znre airis for Epstein is yet to be seen
in was
penalty
erger said. But.
records.. They had
re: was evidence of drug use.by
The Palm Beach Police Departmen the FBI to investigate the case. It also has
returned the. $90,000 Epstein d
lb New York, candidates for go'llet or and state attorney general have vowed to return å total
of at least $60;000 in tam contributions from Epstein. Meanwhile, Epstein's powerful
?S „bends have rem ' ed sileåt as tabloids and Internet blogs feast on the public details of the
police investig • n.
Goldbe ins Epstein's innocence but says the legal team has riot ruled out a future
plea dea e insists. Epstein will emerge in the end with his reputation untarnished,
"He will recover from this: he' said.
Staffwriter Lerry and staff researchersBridget Bulger, Angelica Corter,,Amy Hanaway and
Mink Mena contributtd to this story.
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Edition: FINAL
Section:A SECTION
Page: IA
Source: By PAUL OWRRS Palm Beach Post.Staff. Writer
Illustrationt PHOTO (C & 2 B&W)& MAP (B&W)
Memo: Ran All editions.
Dateline! WEST PALM BEACH
TRUMP. SNAGS GOSMAN ESTATE FOR 541:MILLION
When it came time 10,bid Monday for the palatial Paint. Beach digs of The
Donald was not about to be trumped.
"Nobody was going to outbid me," the brash developer-turned-TV- said from his
New York office.
Trump bested two other biddets With a $41.35 'Milian:Offer 43,000-Equare-focit,
severvbeilroom estate on .6 oceanfront acres along the sto ees Row."
But Trump, 58, proud possessorolMat-a-Lago; hat it• ye in the Gotman home at
515 N. County Road. He wants to - what else? - set • e more money,
The star of the niega-hit The Apprentiet said he ' Weep the site into a "Super
hymn/ house" that would be the "finest anyw e nited States." He might build
another house before flipping. the entire pa
"I've known about thishouse for quite:so rump said. "It's probably the best piece
of land in Florida d and probably the t notary real estate:"
AltbotilTritrnp.taid he could su
Lesly
property into nine lots, Palm Beath Mais
said zoning regul for onVtWo houses -.and maybe a third.
said sheet not worried about
"Hes been a very good pro o et- in the town of Palm Beach," she said. "He does his
projects very well: He perfec must"
Monday's auction took t U.S. Bankruptcy Court in West yawl Beach at part of
Gosman's Chap; b play case. Proceeds from the. sale will go into escrow for eventual
distribution to tors:
The auctio, xactly.noon after Judge Steven dismissed an objection from
an atio ting mohey manager. Jeffrey Epstein. The lawyer argued urisuccesAfidly
that T of a qualified bidder because his contract stipulated that he would:not close
on less title insurance was in place beforehand.
Witla p listening via conference call, Epstein began the.biddingat $37.25 million -
$250,000' higher than Trump's initial offer.
Mark.Pulte, son of the founder of home-building giant Pulte Homes, passed when his turn
came, letting lawyers for. Trump and E.sptein bid against.each other until the price hit $38.8.5
million.
Puke then bid $59.1 Million, briefly.. raising the ire of Trump, who: elieved that Pulse had
given up his right to bid.by passing the first time.
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But allowed the offer to stand, and Pulte and Trump went back and forth until.
Pulte dropped out at $41.1 million..Epstein, a part-time Palm Beach resident, bowed out at
$38.6 million.
closed the bidding 10 minutes after it started, leaving Trump With therightto buy
the 29,000-square-toot home(a-typicalPalm Beach County single-family house is about
2,200 square feet): The property, also has a tennis house, a,pool house and 1930s-era service
quarters.
The closing could take place within a week but probably won't happen until next month.
Trustee Joe. Luzinski and creditors said they were pleased with, the outcome.
"We knew we were dealing with some substantial people ....who were going:to 'd. Up a
bit". Luzinski said.
"The system worked," said Charles Tatelbaum3. a lawyer for creditor JPMor Bank.
".In bankruptcy court, the idea is to get the most for creditors, and that's ed...
The auction proved to beta bonanza for creditors, Luzinski said, noti highest offer
former listing agent Sotheby's International Realty received was $:3 mil, othebY's won't
receive a commission, he said.
Pulte, 42, of Boca Raton, said he figured Trump wouldn't ba n Monday.
"I got the feeling he. was willing to go a lot higher, and Id' to chase it," Pulte said.
Pulte said Gosman asked him'beforethe auction wheth be willing to let hinastay
in the mansionafter the closing until he decides why e e a to move. Trump and
Luzinski said they havehad no such discussions
Gosman, 75; had the house built after paying; ion for the. land in 1986.
The former, health-care magnate declined i uests before and after the auction
Monday. He was at the courthouse but le e auction took place..
The $41.35 million price tag eclipses 30 3 million sale of Lowell "Bud" Paxson's Palm
Beach home and guest house but f91s the $45. million that Virginia home builder
Dwight Scher paid for Ron Perel 00-square-foot estete,.Casa.Apava, a designated
landmark.
‘.Sharalso paid $18,6 million r a efront lot across the street from the plain:house, for a
total of$63.6 million. Insiders Scher spent a total of $70 million for hisaiew property,
making it the priciest resid -:,) sale in Ift,$. history;
Gcisman once had fortu a teat Forbes magazine* estimated at$480 million. He 'voluntarily
filed for Chapt banIcruptcy protection in 2001, listing assets of $250 million and
liabilities of 'Ilion.
'When a j clam Gosman .had to give up all of his exempt assets to creditors if he
wanted o me under Chapter II, Gosman converted the-case to Chapter 7 liquidation.
Last. . :;Bankruptcy Judge Larry Lessen.r.uled that Abe and. Lin °semen's marriage is
invalid b "ause Florida law dcies.ndt recognize a Dominican ReptibliediVorce that Lin
Colman tried to obtain, from another man, Michael Castre.
Thedudgers decision was. a huge victory for creditors because it prevents Abe Gosman. from
protecting assets by claiming joint ownership with his wife. Gosman's aisets 4which include
an extensive collection of aftw.Orkstould total its much as $70 million and will be sold later.
Without. Lessen's ruling, Luzinski wouldhave had &much harder time selling Gosnian's
estate, said David.Cirno, special counsel for the trustee.
"We would have been thwarted .. or at least substantially impaired;" Cimo said.
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The trustee alleged during a weeklong trial in May that Gdaman fraudulently gave his. wife
an ownership interest imhis home and other. belongings only to avoid losing them in
bankruptcy. Gosman has. denied any wrongdoing, saying he 'made theproperty transfers in
1999, well before he filed for bankruptcy,
Lessen is expected to rule in the next two. months whether Gosman made improper transfers,
a decision thatwill affect how much money will be available to creditors..
Cimo acknowledged that Monday wasn't the best a. days for the. Gosmans but said they were
willing to move forward, in part because the upkeep of the estatenow exceed's their means,
"This is not a happy occasion. for. hem, but at leastwe're. moving to the next level," 'mo
said. "That's Rot a house ymtwant to live in un1esSyou'rpmaking large timounts ney
like Donald Trump."
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11/1112619 Indictment: Billionaire Solicited 3 Times • News • The Palm Beach Post - West Palm Beach, FL
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Indictment: Billionaire Solicited 3 Times Posted Jul 1, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Updated Oct 2, 2019 at:2:80 PM
(EINTOR$ PIQTE: This story originally published in The Palm Beath Post on July 25,
2a)6)
Billionaire money manager and Palm Beach part-time resident Jeffte
solicited.or procured prostitutes 'three or more times: between A d • ct. M
of last year, according to an indiCtment charging him with fey ation of
prostitution.
Epstein, 53, was booked at the Palm.Beach County 5 a.m. Stuiday. He
was released.on $3,000 bond.
t\114Epstein's case is unutualin that stiSpett • - -tu 'on.johris7 are usually charged N e
Raiwith a misdemeanor,. and even a fel - &a is. typically iriade in a criminal
information - an alternative to ' di nt charging a person with the Al% my
commission of a crime.
His attorney, Jack Qicil tge " , dined to discuss the charge:
State attorney's o s olcesman. Mike:Edmondson also had little to says
'Gene ealcip , there is •a case that has'a number of different'aspects to It;
Edm of a prostitution -related charge.being submitted to a grand jury.
came aware of the case months ago. by Palm Beach police.*
Pt utors and police worked together to being the case to the grand int% he
said.
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Palm Beach police confirmed that and-said the department will release a report
today regarding its investigation.
Epstein has owned .a five-.bedroom, 7 1/2 -bath, 7,234-square-foothoni ith a
pOol arid boat dock oti• the Intracoastal Waterway since 1990) ac
property records. A man answering the door there Monday s
wasn't home. A Cadillac Escalade registered bhp was parke e driVeway,
which is flanked by two massive gargoyles,
Epstein sued Property Appraiser Gary Rikglit; ntending that the
assessment. of his home exceeded its fair mvket He dismissed his lawsuit
in December 2002.
A prOfile of Epstein in Vanity-F— e said he owns what are believed to
be-the largest-private homes n - 51,000 square feet azid.in New
Mexico - a 7,500-acre ra are in addition.to his.70-acre itlandin•the
U.S. 'Virgin. Islands. and "craft.
Epstein's friends a era, according to the magazine, include prominent.
businessme ,. cade ics and.scientists and famed. Harvard law prcifessor Alan. S ,
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The Palm. Beach O.g REAL NEWS STARTS HERE
After long probe, billionaire faces solicitation
charge Posted Jill 27,2006 at int AM
Updated 0O1,2019 et 3;11 PM
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This stbry originalb, published itt The Palm Beach Post on MS
2006)
Palm Beach billionaire. Jeffrey Epstein,paid Shave underage g
'women brought to. Ids homey where he received massages an soy times sex,
according to ,ati investigation by..the.ralmBeach Policefru rtment.
Palm Beach polite spent months sifting. through• hand watching his.
Waterfront home and Faith BeithliiteitatiO to keep tabs his
private jet. An indictment charging Epst unsealed Monday, charging
•Mtn.with one count of felony sohtfita ntution.
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'Palm Beach police thought the able cause to charge Epstein with
'unlawful sex acts with am d trid.lascivious. molestation.
Police Chief Michael 17; s so angry with State Attorney Barryirischer'S
handling:of the that he wrote a memo suggesting the county's top
prosecutor dd quG elf.
".I rums to examine the unusual coursethat your office's -handling of this 1 4 m ken and consider if good and sufficient reason exists to ;require your 1
cation from the prosecution of these cases7Reiter wrote in a May I I
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I While not commenting specifically on thetpstein caserMike EtiMondson,
spokesman for the state attorney,.said his office.presents: cases other than
murders to a grand jury when there are questions about Wit:rids& credibility and
their ability to testify.
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By the nature of their jobs, polite officers look at evideritefrom one-sided
perspective,' .Edmondson said. "A prosecutor has to look at it in apnuch broader
fashion,' weighing the veracity of witnesses and how they may fare under
defense attorneys' questioning, he said.
Epstein's attorney, ack Goldberger, said his client committed no crimes.
"The reports andstatements 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 -1-AS
Charged with sexual activity-with minors, he said.
Goldberger said Epstein passed aliedetector test administere utable
polygraph examiner in which he said he did notimow e minors.
Also, a starch warrant served on Epstein's home fou dente to
corroborate: he girls' allegations; Goldberger sal
According to police documents:.
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the nude, then brought him six t ag 4 to 16, for massage and sex-tinged Acc.,
sessions. at his home,
ent id.she:gaVe Epstein-a massage in.
- A 27-year-old woma ho rked as .Epstein's personal assistant also
facilitated the liai ons p g the PBCC student to arrange for girls when
Epstein was rpm wn. And she escorted the girls upstairs when they
arrived, pytlng fre sheets on a massage table and placing massage oils nearby.
- Pali sworn statements'from five allesed victims and 17Wittiesses. They
at on three occasions, Epstein had sex with the girls.
A nfoney manager for the ultra-rich, Epstein was •named one of New York's most
eligible bachelors in 2003 by The New York Post, Be reportedly hobnobs with.
the likes of former President Clinton, former Harvard UniversityPresident
Summers and Donald Trump, andhas lavish homes in Manhattan,
New Mexico and the-Virgin Islands.
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He has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic Party candidates
and organizations, including Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid, and the Senate
campaigns of Joe.Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Dodd and Charles
Schumer.
Goldberger is one of five attorneys Ept
subject of an investigation, Edmon saz fnong thenthers: Alan
Dershowitz, the well-known Ha rofesso.r and author.; who is a friend
of Epstein. Dershowitz could notched for comment.
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.she met Epstein wtien,atage- Vita friend asked her if she wouldlike
e money giving him a massage. She said she was driven to his. five-
bedroom, 71/2 -bath hiamenn. the Intracoastal Waterway ; then *stoned upstairs.
to a:bedroom with a Massage table and oils. Epstein and were both naked
doting the massage, she said, but when he grabbed her bottocks,..shesaid.she
dichetwent, to be touched.
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Epstein said he'd pay her to bring him more girls - the.youngerthe better,
told police, When she tried once to bring a 23-year.-old woman to him,
Epstein said she was too old, said.
who has.not been charged in the case, said she eventually brought six
girls to Epstein who were paid $200:each time;-:'I'm like a Heidi.
Reiss,' police quoted her as' aying. The girlsktiew what to expect-When they
were taken to Epstein's home, said. Give a tnattagt - maybe:naked -.and
allow. some touching.
Ong 4-year-old. girl took to meetEpstein led police to start
investigation of him in March:2003. A relative of the girl called to
thought the: child had recently engaged in_sex with •a.Palm Bea rl t egirl
then. got into a. fight with. a classmate who accused.her of be stitute, and
shecouldn't explain Why she had $300 in.her purse..
Thesirl gaye policethis account of her meeting ect)n:
She accompanied and a second' gir
.Febrtia.ry. 2005.. Once• there,. a woman
girl to follow her upstairs to. a room
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She stripped to herbra ties and gave him a massage.
l ecWillYEpstein gave the I -old $300 and:she and the.other. irls left, she said. She
said Robs Old he that Epstein paid her $200' that day;
s.house on a Sunday in
was Epstein's assistant told the
mural of a naked woman, several
'sofa massage
d similar stories. In most accounts, Epstein's personal assistant at
rah =, now 27, escorted the as to Epstein's bedroom.
iwhostmost recent known addressisia North Carolina,.bas 4ot been
charged in. the case.
Palm BeaCh:police often conducted surveillance of Epstein's home) and 'at Palm
Beach International Aifpoitto get if hiS pi-if/ate jet Was tildte; to -they Would
Icnow when he was in town. Police also arranged repeatedly-to receive his trash
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from Palm Beach sanitation workers, collecting papers with names 4nd phone
numbers, sex toys and female hygiene prodtKIS•
One note stated that a female could not come over at 7 p.m. because of soccer.
Another said a girl had to work Sunday -'Monday after school?' And still
another note contained the work hours of a girl, saying she leaves: school at 11:30
a.m. and would come over the next day at 10:10 a.m.
Only three months before the police department probe began, Epstein donate
S90;000 to the department for the purchase of a firearms simulator, saidJ
Strudgr, town finance director.: the purchase was never made. Them was
returned to Epstein on Monday, slie said.
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;Palm Beach Daily .News
Police say lawyer tried to discredit teenage
girls Posted Jul 29, 2006 at 17:01 AM
Updated Oct 3, 2019 at 2:00 PM
(EDITORS NOTE: TRU nary originally was published in The Palm Beach Po ly •
2g 2066).
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Famed Harvard laWprofessor Alan DershOwitz met with the P County.
State Attorney's Office and provided damaginginformation.a out t enage girls
who say they gave his client,.Palm.Beachhillionaireje gel!), sexually
charged massages, according.to:police reports..
The reports also state that another Epstein a eed to a plea bargain that
4.would have allowed Epstein to have no 4 . .; ord. His current attorney N e
denies this happened.,
And the documents also reveal
private investigators aggre
chased off visitors.
her of at least one girl complained that
wed his car,:phestographerthis.home and.
Police also talked otiiebody Who said the was offered money if she refused to lioar
cooperate with the Beach Police Department probe of Epstein.
Theist state said it presented the.:Epstein Case to a county'grand
th rather than directly charging Epstein because. of concerns about
credibility. The grandjury indicted Epstein, .53i On a single. count of
felob solicitation ofprogfitutiort, which carries a maximum penaltyof 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 molestation.
Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry that he wrote State Attorney Barry
Krischer a. memo in May suggesting'he disqualify himself from the tate:
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The case originally was. going to be presented to the. grand hiry i February, but
Wit postponed after Dershowitz produced intontiation.gleaned h orn the Web,
site myspace.com showing some of the alleged victims commentinton alcohol
and maAiltian.a ttse, according to the police report prepared by Detective
Recarey.
a 20-year-old Palm Beach woman who told police she
recruited girls f6r Epstein, also is profiled on.tnyspace.corn. Her page includes
photos of her and her friends, including one using the name "Pimpin' Made
„who was. not charged in the case, is a potential prosecution with
According to Recarey, prosecutor tanna Belohlavek offered Epste ys
Dershowitz and Guy Fronstin a plea deal in April. Fronstin, a g with
Epstein, accepted the deal, in which Epstein wouldplead guil too e count of
aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony; be p on_we year's'
probation and have ho criminal record. The deal a or EPstbin to submit
tea psychiatric and sekual evaluation and have. rvited.vitits with.
minors, according . o Itecarey's report. The nwas made in connection.
with only one of the five alleged vicpim e restates,
Fronstin - who declined to corn i oii a case was subsequently fired and
veteran defense attorney Ja r was hired. He denies there was any
agreement by any of Eps ors to a plea deal.
abtblUtelydid not l o a plea in this.casef he said. Neither Belohlavek
nor a state .attom Icesirian Could be. reached for comment.
The pate t arents of alleged victims who complained of being.harassed.by
priva in sti ators provided license tag nutnbers of two of the. men.. Police
to • ehicles were registered to a private eye in West Palm Beach and
in Jupiter, according to Recareis report.
"I have no knowledge ofictdefense.attorney Goldberger said.
The report also says a Vernati connected to the Epstein 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; Itecarey's report says. Those
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iThe chief himself has come tinder atta' b ps eiret laWyert and friends inclS
TIr S ouNew York, where he has a home. ew Post quoted Epstein's,
prominent New York lawyer, G Le rt, as sayinghisclientwas indicted
only 'because of the craclnes ice chief.'
Reiter has declined.to c n the case..
Prosecutors have
before tsaid ike F mo'ndson, spokesman for the' tate attorney's offite. "Thaes
Whity6u ith a ate that falls into a gray area,' he: said.
resented a sex-relatedcaselike Epstein's to &grand jury
°they's office did notrecommend a particularcriminal charge on.
indict Epstein, Edmondson said. The grand jury was presented with a.
list . charges from highest to lowest; 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 away for theprosecutOes'offite t6 not take
the full responsibility for not filing the (charge), and not doing what the Palm
Beach Police Department wanted. I think something fell apart with. those
underage witnesses:
who did.tilk "will be dealt with: the woman said she was told. Phone records
show the woman talked with the person who allegedlyintimidated her around
the time she said, Recarey reported.
Phone records also show that the person said to have made the threat, then
placed a call to Epstein's personal assistant, who'in turn called a New York
corporation affiliated With Epstein; the report states.
The issue in the Epstein case is not vyhether females came to his waterfroA
home, but whether he knew their ;get.
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was given a polygraph test, 'he .p.assed on knovileclge of age;' y said.
Afterdie indictment against Epstein was unsealed this Po Ce. Chief Reiter
referred the matter'to the FBI. 'We'Ve received th tid*E'te reviewing
it,' said FBI spokeiWciman Judy Orihuela in M' { g iS e
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Defense attorney Robert Gershman was a prosecutor for sixx years. "Those girls
must have been.incredible or untrustsv.orthy, I dotift know; he said.
Other attorneys said Epstein'S case: raises the issue of whether wealthy, connected
defendants like Epstein --whose friends include former President Clinton.and
Donald.TrumP - are treated differently from, others. Once he knew hewas the
subject of a criminal probe, Epstein hired .a phalanx of powerful attorneys such as
Dershowitt and Lefcourt, who is a past president of the National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Miami lawyer Ray Black -'wIMbecame nationally known when he sixA • Ih ;A
defended William Kennedy Smith on a rape charge in PAM Beach
involved at. one point.
Said defense attorney Sushauers-1 thimk.it's e public may
get the: perception that with power, you:may be treat ently than the s
average Joe?
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The. Palm Beach. Post REAL NEWS STARTS NM
Expert: Ignorance of age isn't
defense in sex, cases Posted Aug 5, 2006 at 12:01 AM
Updated, Opt 0, 2019 at, 1:38 PM
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally pubjishg(tin The
Palm Beath. Poston Aug. .,2006)
Even if Palm Beach money manager Jeffrey Epstein di
know that, girls who police say.gayg him sexual mass
his Intracoastal home were under the legal age, th
wouldn't have exempted hint from criminal es A4c45
sexual activity with, minors.
ACC"Ignorance is not a valicfclefense o I1 ekle, a legal
skills professor who was a r ecutor for nearly
30 years, half of that tune in sex crimes against
children.
'Them is'no
concerned;
ment as far as the age is
After a -month investigation, Palm Beach police said
obable cause to charge Epstein, S3, with
wful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious
OCA station. They contend that Epstein -.friend of the rich
4 famous and financial patron of Democratic. Party
organizations 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
550,000 in campaign contribution's he received from
Epstein, and Math ME, a candidate to replace Spitzer in
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his current job, has returned. S10,000 to him because of the
Palin Beach standal, the New York Daily News has
reported.
Rather than fileCharges, the state attorney's office-
presented, the case to a county grand jury, The panel
indicted'Epstein last.week.on single, less.serious chargeof
felonysolicitation of prostitution.
The case raised eyebrows because the state attorney's office
rarely, if ever, kicks such charges to a grand jury. And it
increases the diffictilty ofprosettiting child sex abuse cases;,S .
especially when the defendant is enormously wealthy,a.0 can hire high-priced, top-tier lawyers.
At least One of Epstein's alleged victims told 'ce' eV.,
shelvat underage when the two of them for
massages and sexual activity. She was at the
time'and said' Epstein asked her ut her high
school, according to police re As ,
A girl who said she &let East en. she was 15 said he
told her VA? 93.14 n hn. happened at his. house,.
bad' things caul e police reports:state,
Epstein's you leged victim was 14 when she says she
gave hi massage that included some sexual activity. She
is 9w e girl's .father says he doesn't know whether
old Epstein her age.
rdatighter has kept a lot .of What happened from me
because ofSheer embarrassment," he said.. "But she very
much looked 14. Any prudent.man would have had second
thoughts about that.'
Defense attomey.JacItGoldberger maintains that 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 instead give the case to the grand jury.
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"A prosecutor has to look at.it.in a much.broader fashidn, a
state attorney's spokesman said last'week.
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Epstein hired Harvard. law Professor Alan. tz
when he became aware he was under a n, and
Dershowitzgave prosecutors info t some of the
alleged victims had *spoke of ' h and marijuana on
a popular Web site, actor ' g:to in Beath.police
report.
Prosecutorstyp' 1 der two things in deciding
'whether to c arge s ebody with sex-related offenses
against min° ether there is sufficient evidence and
whethe sLfl is a public interest:in doing so, Dekie said.
o teens are in asexual relationship and the`:buy turns
a b fore the girl, he could be chilled with a sex crime if
e.sex continues. There would: be no public interest in
pursuing that, Delde said.
But where There is a large gap. ages and especially in
cases of teachers with students - there is a public interettin
prosecuting, h.e said. Likewise if the accused has a track
record of sex with minors.
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Still there is :a 'universal. constant in prosecuting these'
cases, Dekle said.. Men whoiexploit underage Children fpr
gel often carefully, choose their victims in ways that will
minimize the risk to them, he said.
Victims usually are from a lower socialstatus, and. they may
suffer from psychological problems, badesaid,
"Lots of child sexual abuse victims have been victimized by
multiple people over a period of tithe. Then theltt of.abuse
produces behavior in the victims .that further damages their.
credibility., Examples include promiscumis:behaiiior and
drug abuse.
Some of the alleged victims:in the Epstein case returned t
his home multiple times for the:massage sessions and the.
1200 to $300 hetypit ally paid them pervisf "That would
be a definite problem .forthe prosecutda jatdBettyResch,
who prosecuted crimes against ch alm Beach.
County' fOr Ai/eye:ars and now • tepractic.e intake
Worth.
"The victim becom pathetic to a jury, Resch said:
"But she's.a victi a eless. She's aid.'
Most men Gh with sex crimes against minors look
norm Ide slid. A jury expecting to see a monster
. And the victims' ages work.againSt them and:in
r oldie defendant. in a trial, Dekle said.:
a child and an adult tell different stories and both swear
they're telling the truth, adult jurors are more likely to
believe the adult, Dekle said.
'You have all these, things working against: you in a child
sex:abuse case. Prosecutors normally try to. be very careful
in filing those cases because:they know what they're getting
into. There is no such thing as an iron -clad child:sexual
abuse cat"
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The Palm Beach Pok REAL NEWS STARTS HERE
Epstein camp galls female accusers
liars Posted Aug 8, 2006 at 12:.01 AM.
Updated Oct 8,2019 at 3:35 PM
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally publish(d in The
Palm Beach Pak dh Aug. 8, 2006)
Attorneys and publicists for Palm. Beach financier Jeffre
Epstein went:on the offensive Monday, contending
teenage girls who have accused: Epstein of sexual
Shenanigans at his waterfront home ire hart say g
that the Palm Beach Police Department
"There never was annex betwee and any
underage WOmenrhis.lead at ac • Gtildberget, said
from Idaho where he was with his family.
ta eSintejn.dfd have yo n eornem his house to give
him massages, 0 t . said. "Mr.. Epstein absolutely
insisted anyb dy w e to his house be over theoge of
18. How hey that, I don't know. The question is; did.
anYthi occur. The law was net violated here.'
ad no explanation as to why Epstein would-paygirls.or
o en with ho massage training - is the illegetvictinit
el was 'the case - $200 to 330() fortheir visits. 'The
credibility of these witnesses has been seriously
questioned;" Goldberger said.
Epstein, 53, was indicted by ocounty grand jury lastmonth
on a charge.of felony solicitation of prostitution. After-an
1 I-month investigation that include.d sifting through
Epsteitfs trash and surveilling his home, Palm Beach police
concluded there was enough .evislence to charge him with
sexual activitywith minors. When the. grand juryindicted
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Epstein on the less serious chargei.Pol ice Chief Michael
Reiter referred theicase to the FBI to determine Whether
there Were federal law violations:
After a spate of stories about the case last week, New York
publicist Dan Klores - whose client list harinduded Paris
Hilton and Jennifer - said on.Saturday that Epstein's
camp was ready to get their story out.a
They did that Monday via Goldberger and a LOS Angela
publicist for Miami criminal defense attorney Roy. Black,
who also has represen'ted Epstein in the case.
"We just, think there has been a distorted view of this
irt the media presentedby the Palm Beach police.,"
Goldberger said.
Reiter has consistently declined to cons egtd j6e case
and did not respond to..1 request for m Monday.
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The. implication that State Attorney Barry ICristher was
easy on Epstein by presenting the case to a grand jury .
rather than filing charges directly against him.is wrong,
Goldberger said.
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The Palm Beach Police Department was 'happy and I
ecstatic" that the panel was going to review the evidenCe. °I
think what happened is they weren't happy with the. res ult.
They decided to use the press to embarrass Mr. EpStein."
But records show that Reiter wrote Krischer on May I
well before the case went to the grand jury - suggesting that
Krischer "consider if good and sufficient reason exists to
require your disqualification from the prosetution of these
cases!
Rather than flat-.out decline to charge Epitein, ICrischer
referred the case tothe grand jury. to `appease the chiefO
Goldberger said.
A state attorneys spokesman would say only t i t th_ fhee
refers cases to the grand jury when there with the
viability:of the evidence or witnesses'
Both the state attorney and the concluded there
was not sufficient evidence n had sex with
minors, according to Gol t was just a childith
performance by the Polite Department,"
Goldberger said
The defense or eysaid one of the alleged victims who
dame was a minor was in fact over the: age of 18.
A they eged victim who was subpoenaed:to testify to
t
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grand jury failed to do so. Epstein's accusers, he added,
ve histories of drug. abuse and thefts. "These women are
ars. We've established that!
But why would they ill invent their stories about meeting
Epstein rot sexual massages?
1 don't:have an Answer is to'wharwas the motivation for
these women to come forward and make these allegations,"
Goldberger said.
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The Palm Beach Post REAL NEWS STARTS HERE
Delays in Epstein case unusual,
lawyers say Posted Mar 13, 2007 at 12:01 AM
Updated Oct 3,2019 at 3:48 PM
(EDITORSTIOTE This story originally published in The Palm
Reach Post March 13, XX)
A federal probe or a plea deal could• explain the wait in
Palm Beacher's solicitation cast
Nearly eight months after Palm Beach tycoon
Epstein was charged with felony solicitati stitution,
there has been no discernible progres No.
Witnesses deposed. No trial date , save:for
routine court hearings reset anation.
"Usually that would be urlcu Rsaid criminal defense
attorney Glenn Mit no involvement in the
case.
)"As a generA C e t would be unusual for nothing to have
happe " agreed Michael Dutko, a criminal defense ka me , ort Lauderdale: He represents:
Af2 Palm Beach, potentially a key witness in the
O se
A routine hearing for Epstein was pulled frail:that:Mitt
dodketlatt week and reSetfor May 16. The delays and
inaction. could he: doeto a potential federal probe of Swain
or because a plea dealt is in the works, attorneys say. '
Unusual is: the word that best describes everything about
the case against Epstein, 54, an. enigmatic money manager
in New York City who counts Bill Clinton and.Donald:
Trump among his friends:
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'Highly unusual'? is how Palm Beach Police Chief Michael
Reiter described Ssate Attorney Barry krischer's handling
of the cast in:a bluntly critical letter to Krischer last year
before Epstein was indicted:
Reiter Wetted the Witter -CO the•FBI to determine whether
any federal laws had been violated. Epstein's allies
countered by attacking the chief personally and
professionally.
Reiter% department investigated Epstein for 11 months.
Paige sifted repeatedly through his trash and conductea
surveillance on.his fivepbedro-om, 7 1/2gbath, 7;234-squ
foot home on the Intratoattal Waterway. O
Police said Epstein paid women and girls as y
give him•erotic massages athis home. Pot ht there
was probable cause to charge him wi sex acts
withn minor and lewd and lascivious~l don.
Epstein responded by hiring4p oflawyers. One of
them, Harvard law professor ay author Man Dershowitz,
provided the state a ffice with infortnatiOn about
alcohol and:Atari y some of the girls who said
they were wi
Prosect> en referred the case to the. grand jury rather
file. arges directly against Epstein.
st &attorneys deny he had sex with.underage
e: lawyers say the.girls.' stories' are not credible. Bptif 'the
court file is any indicatorv.they'vemadeno effort rollepoSe
the girls.
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Neither proseeptors, nor defense atto_rneystape.sought to
question , said Dutko, her attorney. She 'recruited
teenage gilt to visit Epstein for massages and sexual
activity,. Palm Beach police. said, and presumably would be a
key witness.
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Epstein 's attorney jack Goldberger did not return phorie
messages:
A source close, to the case *suggested iris languishing
pending a decision by the FBI citi*lietherto refer itto.
federal prosecutors.
'We still have a:pending:case," FBI spokeswoman Judy•
Orihuela said Monday.
State Attorney Krischerdid not return a call for comment.
His spokesman, Mike Edmondson, declined to say whether
federal investigators. are:delaying;the Ep-stein case: But; hi
added, "if another agency it looking at sbiliething,'W
wouldn't want to step on their toes."
Attorneys say inertia in a criminal case oft s to •a
pending plea deal,
"It would not:surprise the if som appened that's
not reflected in the .court file such as an
agreement that will be fo zed ter.
Defense attorney
sometimes put
Witnesses, re esd g"documents and thelike -- because
doing s creates more work for harried prosecutors who
may bee ngryand not offer a plea deal.
said defense attorneys
conducting discovery -- deposing
es defense lawyers, knowing that, will try and.do
covery without taking depositions," said. Shiner, a former
prosecutor for 13 years.
Instead, they may conduct a belbw‘the-radar probe such as
haVing aprivate investigator check out leads, he said,
Shiner and others say'a pleadeal far Epstein probably •
would.result in pretrial intervention, in.which a:defendant
may be ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation,
counseling or .other conditions in return for dropping, the
charge.
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Edmondson, spokesman for State Attorney Krischer, said
there is no plea offer and no .request for the prosecution to
show its Cards.
-pa my knoviledge, it's never happened before on a filed
case; he said.
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252 / 278 - Thursday; October 18; 2007
Edition: FINAL
Section:: LOCAL
Page: .5B
Source: The:Associated Press
Illustration: PHOTO (B&W)
Memo: Ran all: editions.
Dateline: NEW YORK
WOMAN S.UES:BILLIONAIRE INVESTOR, SAYS THEICHAD , SEX WHEN S WAS 16
A billionaire investor, already facing jail in Palm Reach .County on charges of so erage
prostitutes; is being sued by a young woman who says he had sex with her, w as 10 and had
sought his:help becoming a model:
The lawsuit, filed late Tuesday in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, say effrey .Epstein had
the teen perform. a.sex act when she brought photographs of herself for view in his Upper
East Side .mansion: sometime in 2900.
Epstein,. 54, atrioney manager, told the teen he managed finan ctoria's Secret and "could get
you into the catalog".ifshe were "nice" to him; court papers ..pens say being "nice"
included massages and other favors.
When the girl told,Bpstein, "I am 16 years old and just mo del," he replied, "Don't worry, I
Won't tell anybody," court papers say.
Epstein,. said by London's. Mail on Sunday to be. pttd of England's Prince Andrew, has been
indicted in Paint Beach. on charges of solicitin prostitutes. That case. is pending:
The girl visited Epstein "several times over [months and engaged in bizarre and unnatural
sek acts" while she was a minor; the law
Epstein "repeatedly requested that (th i with her I and 16-year-old girlfriends,
Stating; !Genie by With your frieri )next time, Don't bring Sherrie (a mutual friend in her
40s). I love .girlsyour age.' "
The. yOutig Woman, nOW 23, kept til ing to.Epstein because. she has "mental issues;" said her
lawyer; William I °moat. efused to elaborate, but court, papers say she was""disibled as a result
of severe mental disease and
Epstein's lawyer in York erald ketbourt; said, "The girthas admitted she js.insanet.btlt she can
read a newspaper o lie the word 'rich."'
Lefcourt also s sta e of limitations has•expired for the woman's ease criminally' and civilly,
and will al t rta y be dismissed.
. He refus menton.Epstein's Florida charges.
Meanwhile, . niroch, 57, also acknowledged that his. Client was living with him and was M.thecentet
of a $10 milli n lawsuit:he filed.last year against a neighbor who said he was having sex with:
underage girls. That case is pending.
"What she was d0ing at 22 is irrelevant to what happened to her w.hen.she: was 16i" Unroch said
Wednesday. He went oil the say he hoped Epsteih.w601d agree to "dti right" by his blientand.reSolve
the case otit of court.
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The Palm Beath Post _ REAL NEWS SHIRTS HERE
Palm Reacher pleads in sex ;mei Posled Jul 1, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Updated Oct 3, 2019 at 1:47 PM
(EDITOR'S NOTE; This story originally published in Th&
Palm Beach. Post on fuly.l, 2008)
Jeffrey Epstein will serve 1 1/2 years on teen solicitation
t ic charges.
He lives:in a Palm Eleach waterfront mansion and has kO
company with the likes of President Clinton, Prink .)
.Andrew and Donald Trump; but V ihvestine eriefftey
Epstein will call the Palm Beach'Coun ' .for the
nett I& months.
jEpstein, 55) pleaded guilty MAta o felony solicitation of
prostitution and procuri aft under the age of 18 for
prostitution. After se oaths in jail, he will be
under house acre r e . And. hewill have a lifelong.
obligation to a sex Offender: He must submit to
an HIV test in hours, with the results being
provid s victims or their parents. ? iv
( c mpart to the plea deal, federal investigators agreed to drop
et • vestigation of Epstein; which they had takensto al i.an
d jury, two law enforcement sources said.
Epstein was indicted two years ago after an 11-month
investigation by Patin Beach ptiliCe. They received a
complaint from a. relative of a.14-year-old girl who had
given Epstein a naked massage at his five-bedroom, 7424-
square-foot, 8845 million Intracoastal home.
Police concluded thartherc were several other girls brought
in 2004 and 2005 to an upstairs room at the home for
similar massages and sexual touching.
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The indictment charged:Epstein only with felony
solicitation of .pmstinition. The state attorney's office later
added the charge of procuring underagegirls for that
purpose.
Prosecutor Lannal3e1Ohlavelt said of tbcpleci tOOk into
consideration the: lesigthithe trial would have been and
witnesses havingto testify* about sometimes embarrassing
.incidents.
Epstein may have made a.serious mistake soon after he was
charged. He rejected an offer to plead gniltyto one count of
aggravateda.ssaultwithiptent to-commit a felony,
according to police documents. 'HI would have god
years' probation, had ho criminal secord and not b
registered sex offender, the:documents Indic-
Epstein arrived in court Monday vn
attorneys. He: wore a blue blazer, lue. jeans and
and gray sneakers. Afte dge Deborah.Date
Pucillo accepted the plea, was erprinted. Epstein
then removed. his bl d s handcuffed for-the trip to
jail while hfsattd di shield him from
photographer
When he eveiAta2ly is released-to house arrest,. Epstein.will
have to e a.1..0 p.m, to '6 a.m.:curfew:Kanto
pe ed contact with anyone wungerthan 18: and
O1.e r own nor. possess pornographic or sexual materials
at: are relevant to your deviant behavior/. theittdge said.
+
Epstein will be allowed to leave home forwork. The New
York-based money manager. told the judge he has formed
the tot-for-p.mot.Floritla.Seience FollThclatIP.n. to finance
scientific research. I'm. there every day)? Epstein said.
The foundation was incorporated in November. Epstein
said he already has awarded money to Harvard and MIT.
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When he is release& from jail, there is a chance that Epitein
will be forced tcrtriov.e. Self offendersare not allowed to live
within 1.,000 feet of a school', parls.Or other areas where
children may gather. No determination has been made as to
whether Epstein's home compliet, but attorneys. said it
likely does.
Sea offenders also typicallyatistattend counseling sesslions.
Belohlavek said that was waived for Epstein because his
private psychiatrist is working' with him. The judge was
skeptical but agreed to it.
Epstein's legal woes don't end with MOnday's plea, The
are four pending federal civil lawsuits. and one in s
related to. his behavior. At least:one woman has su
New York,. where.he owns a.$1,900-square- an
mansion.
"les validation of wharWoesa
Miami .attomeyleffrey Henn
victims in the federal 'Avis
Ted LeopOld.represen
state court. He sal
add' "a few oth
in
attain
I Caseti'said
d represents the alleged
aIm. Beach attorney
ed victim in. a Civil suit in
ates amending that lawsuit to
'as well,
In the crimin ate, police' went so far as to scow Epstein's
trash a ticusurveillance at Palm Beach International
here they watched for his private. jet to they
know When.he was in town. They concluded that
'paid girls $200 to $3.00 each after the massage
sessions.
"I'm like.a.Heidi. now 22, told Slice
abouther efforts. in recruiting girts.for Epstein.
Th'erewas probable cause to charge Epstein with unlawful
sex acts with a Ennio,. arid lewd and lascivious molestation,
police concluded.
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The state attorney's office. said.questions about the girls
credibility led it to take the unprecedented step of ;
presenting the evidence against Epstein to a!graud jury
rather than -directly charging him.
Palm Beath Police Chief Michael Reiter wasfurimis with
State Attorney'Barry Krischer, saying in a May 2006 letter
that the prosecutor should disqualify himself; "I continue to
find your office's treatment of these cases highly unusual;
he wrote. He then asked forind got a federal investigation.
Epstein hired a phalanx of high-priced lawyers - Including
Harvard law professor and author Alan Ders.1.19Writx - a
public relations people who questionedReiter% go
and the v,ictims' truthfulness.
In addition to mansions in Palm Beach. an ttan,
Epstein ownshomes in New Mexico. gin Islands,
He's a ftettue-nttorittibittor to De- rty candidates-,
lie also.donated $30 milliontgg ard n.2003.
Former New York Gov. returned A 550,000
campaign contribu pstein after his indictment,
then resigned di mg:his own sex scandal. And the
same Palm B Department that vigorously
investigated returned his S90,000 donation for the
parch rearms simulator.
writer Eliot Kleinberg and forther.staffresearcher
elle Quigley contributed to this story.
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Jeffrey Epstein: Scientist,
stuntman, lstit slave' visit jailed
tycoon
•
By LARRY / Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Petted Aug 13, 201 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jul 16, 2019 at 4:54 PM
Tycoon Jeffrey Epstein mingled with an eclectic MU of
people, including beautiful young women, before he go
into. trouble for paying: teenage:giils to give him s
massages at his Paint Beach Mansion:
Not Muth hat changed; even. thciugh.he • in a
dorm at the Palm Beach County$lt 17-acre,
967-bed stockade near-the fairgr.
During his first menth.of t; Epstein was visited
by the female assistant o, told polite, had escorted
them. to the wpm. ton where theygave him
naked massagec •ki
Also•treldting •' jail was .a youngwoman whom Epstein
purpo scribed as his YugoslavianSeX Slate.
wealthy financier 445:1 science word; also.has. been
'sit d'by an expert on artificial intelligence, as well as a
an who is a mixed martial arts aficionado and sometime
movie stuntman.
The only other people to visit.him at the jail, according to
records, are a Island man and an individual who
listed Epstein's Palm Beach. address as his own.
Epstein, 55, pleaded guilty on June 30.to.two prostitution -
related charges and was sentenced to 18 months In jail,
followed by a year of house arrest: Epstein paid teenage
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girls 3200 to.$300 in 2004 and 2005 for massages in hiS
home. that sometimes included sexual touching, Palm Beach
police said.
His jail visitors injuly'lucluded:
- 29, who some of the teen masseuses said
phoned them when Epstein was in town and escorted them
upon their arrivalat his:Palm Beach waterfront home town.
upstairs.room, where she prepared.the massage table and
provided the oils for their encounters with him:
visited Epstein three times in July; according to a jail
visitors iog. list.sa Manhattan home address..
Reached by telephone, she declined to discuss Epste'
i
c
- Nadia Marcirikova,- 23; whose family in av
Epstein paid money to so that he could b • the
United States to be his "sex slave;*tw iris tad
police. One. girl told police that E cted
Mareirikova and her to kiss a while he Wattled
and masturbated. Another gaged in sex with.
at Epste* j visited Epstein
in jail four times.' e- lists her address as on the.
Upper'East sidpp ar3hattan, not far from Epstein 's
enormous a
- Roge e mp k, 62, founder of the Institute.fOr Learning
ncest Northwestern University and au expert on
al intelligence, paid. one visit to Epstein. Schank has
tten numerous books owthat subject and has a doctorate
degree from Yale Universityin linguistics. He'vms one of 19
.people who applied to be president of Florida. Atlantic
University in 2003. He became chief learning officer' at the
online Trump University in 2005..Schanklisted his address
as being in Stuart, and records show he also owns a,home
in Lake Worth.
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Epstein has financed a number of scientists over the years,
including Nobel Prize winners. He gave 830 million to
Harvard University in 2003. In November, he: formed the
not-for-profit Florida Science Foundation, which he said
finances scientific research.
- Igor Zinoviev, a Russian. mixed:martial arts.fighter, who
coaches a Chicago team in the International Fight League,
He also has -waked as a personal titter,. celebrity
bodyguard and movie stuntman, according to -the leagues
Web site. the •Nevaersey. resident visited. Epstein seven.
times iti.july.
Zinoviev, Sthank arid
comme,nt,
could not be tea
Staff researcher Niels Heimeriks contribu s story:.
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Teri fiarb.era, spokeswoman forthe Palm Beach
Sheriffs'Office, confirmed that Epstein, 55) h
work-release program since Oct. 10.
Palm Beach Daily News
Billionaire sex. offender "eaves jail
six days a week for work. Posted Jul 1, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Updated Oct 4,2019 at 9:27 AM
Palm beach billionaire Jeffrey gpstein, who's serving 18
months. in jail for soliciting an underage girl for
prostitution, is allowed to leave the Palm Beach County
Stockade six days a week on a work-release program. O
"He works six days a week: Frid.ay. u ednesday 10
a.m. to 10 p.m.: Barbera said vi He) works at his
local West Palm Beach off ed on an active GPS
system (he wears an ankl br Mr. Epstein hires a
perm itdeputy, at h for his own security at his
workplace autin he is outs
Miami attorli fiey Herman represents siit young
wome eye sued Epstein, claiming:be sexually abused.
aim Beach home when they were minors.
e an said he received a letter about the work-releaseO .
+ Ograra from the U.S. Attorney's Office within the pait
few days. But Herman says Epstein haelbeen gut on,work-
release for several weeks beforelhe notification.
"My clients expressed shockand disappointment," Herman
said. "I find itincredible that he's on work-release in the
community and my clients aren't notified of this and we get
this letter weeks after the fact.'
jack Goldberger, Epstein's criminal attorney, said the
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arrangement is not unusual.
lie goes to work every single day slid goes back to jail at
night, just like'everybody else (in the program),"
Goldberger said.
Epstein pleaded guilty June 30 to two felony counts:
soliciting prostitution and procuring a. person under 18 for
prostitution. As part of the plea agreement, Epstein must
serve one year of house arrest and register as a lifelong sex
offender.
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Palm Beach Post REAL NEWS STARTS HERE
Woman want Epstein sex plea deal
unsealed Posted Jul 1, 2008a112:01 AM
Updated Oct Z 2019 at 223 PM
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally published in The
Palm Beath Pott June 10, 2009)
Their attorneys will ask a judge to open Jeffrey Epstein's AS,
records.
When wealthy money manager Jeffrey Epstein of CH Beach pleaded guilty last year to proeurin
prostitution, his case detoured around
regarding the sealing of court documents.
At a plea conference on the
lawyer and .a prosecutor
that a deal Epstein h
avoid cliarges s
the hearing.
Ands
i t Flopriaima rulaes of. judicityalcoadmartinis.: mati,on, asuirweeplal baslicrules
0
sealed,.
thi.ngtkaacpoturttrQdmocurnpubleicnt.viheasw,beene or wesilail beso
require a judge to find a significant reason, to seal, such as
protecting a trade secret dr a compelling gbvehtment
interest.
Yet no notification or reason occurred in Epsteiri!s case,
according to court records.
r
tate rules
es, a judge, a defense
d of the bench and decided
with federal prosecutors to
ed, according to a transcript of
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Epstein's own attorneys,• in federal filings, have referred to
his confidential deferred prosecution agreement with the
U.S. attorney's office, struck in Septeniber 2007, as
unprecedented" and "highly unusual." And it was 'a
significant inducement" for Epstein to accept the state's
deal, observed the state judge who accepted his plea,
CatintyJudge Deborah Dale Pucillo.
Epstein.now faces at least a dozerhcivil lawsuits in federal
and state courts 'filed by young women who said they had
sex with him and now are seeking dainages.
Attorneys for some of those women want his agreemen
with federal prosecutors unsealed and will ask Cir
Jeffrey Colbath to do so today.
It.is against public polity for these dettlft e have
been sealed.and hidden• from public sc a member
of tlieptiblic, E.\117..has a right to Ocuments
unsealed"' wrote former Cirt e Berger) now in
private practice and repres44ng of the women.
The Palm Beach. s iviU ask Colbath to unseal the
agreement..P tt Deanna.Shullmati will argue that
the public ha i t to know the specifics of Epstein's OW
Accor arious.media.accotints, Epstein movedin
les that includecl:President Clinton, Donald Trump and
Andrew. "International Moneyman of Mystery,"
ared a 2002 New York magazine profiltof Epstein..
Epstein, 50, is in. the Palm Beach Countratockade, serving
an 1/1-month.sentenct.after pleading guilty nearly a year
ago to felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring
teenagers for prostitution.
He is allowed out from 7 a.m. to 1.1 p.m., escorted by a
deputy, said 'Palm Beach County. Sheriffs Office•
spokeswoman Teri Barbera.
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During a Palm Beach.Police Department investigation; five
victims and.17 witnesses gave statements, They told of young women brought by his assistants. to Epstein's
mansion on'El Brillo Way for massages and sexual activity,
and then being. paid afterward.
At Epstein's plea conference last year, his attorney, Jack
Goldberger, and then-Assistant State. Attorney Lanna
Belohlavek•approached Pucillo in a sidebar conference.
Pucillo, who had left the bench nine years earlier,, was
filling in temporarily as a. senior judge.
According to a transcript, Goldberger told. Pucillo. that
Epstein. had entered a confidential agreement with
attorney's office in which federal prosecutors 12r°
pursuing charges against him if he pleaded state
court. Putill0theii skid slieWatited te f the
agreement filed in his case, and Gol e r c ncurred that
hewantedit sealed. Belohlavek14kst off on it.
The Florida Supreme Cot ias iessed "serious concern"
and launched an all-o to sealing procedures
across the state fo dia reports in 2006 of entire
cases being sew disappearing from court records.
"The public's tutional right of access to court records
must re riviolate, and this court is fully committed to
guar *ng.this right; justices wrote in their final report..
office on Tuesday referred any questions to
oldberger, who declined to comment. Pucillo also has
declined to comment.
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The Palm Beach Pc•st REAL NEWS STARTS HERE
Epstein secret pan with Feds
reveals "highly mastiff" terms Posted Jun 10, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Updated Oct 4, 2019 at9:23 AM
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally pubtisbe.d in lift
Palm Beath Poston Septenibee 19, 21709)
A secret non-prosecution agreement multimillionaire
financier JeffreyEpstein struck with federal prose
being called'ahighly unusual' by former federal pi-, rs
and downright outrageous by attorneys now ese • rig
young wornenwho:serviced him,
AS2The deal reveals that the FBl and. S. orney's Office
investigated hint for several fee - s, incluthil
engaging minors iin CQMM e crimes are
punishable by anywhe om years to life in prison.
But federal prose) ked down and agreed to recall
grand jury t poen Epstein pleaded guilty to
prostitution- felonies in state.court; which he
ultimat He received .arr 18-month jail sentence, of
S eh h rued 13 months.
C)he .S. Attorney's Office ebb !agreed Mit to 601;040 of
+ . pstein's possible co-conspirators: ==,
In Lesley Grdff and Nadia .Martinkova.
The deal was .negotiated in part by heavyweight New York
criminal defense attorney Qerald Lefcourt,
Unsealed on Friday after attorneys forsome of Epstein's
victims and The Palm Beath Postsought its.release, it offers
the firstpubliclook at the deal. Epstein's highfrpOWered legal
counsel brokered on. his behalf.
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Mark of Stuart, a former federal. prosecutor.,
described the. disparity in:potential sentences as Manual,:
but even more so :a priniiiion an attorney payment.
The first draft of the agreement in September 1007
required that Epstein pay an attorney --tapped by the 11,S,
Attorney's Office and approved by Epstein -- to represent
some of the victims. That attorney is prominent Miami
lawyer Bob Josefsberg.
But an addendum to the agreement signed the following'
month struck Epstein's duty to pay Josefsberg if he tithe
AS,victims did not accept settlements.-- capped at S150,00O
and instead pursued lawsuits.
said it appears the government was
balance the lesser sentence for Epstein:1i
S150,000 for each victim. -I've never,
like that in my life; he said. /es h'
The deal does not say whe .,
or totistilted before the d tl. - •5 ide.
ring.
ything
s were contacted
Attorney Brad dsJF.ort Lauderdale, who represents
three of they, g. .en, believer that none of the 39 to
40 woman d as victims in the federal investigation
were tdldahead.bf time. said.his.elients received
leeters m the U.S. Attorney's. Office months after the deal
signed, assuring them Epstein would be prosecuted.
'Never consulting thevictims is probably-the most
outrageous aspect, of said. It taught them that
someone with money can buy Iris Way out of anything: It's
outrageous and embarrassing. for United States Attorney's.
Office and the State Attorney'S Office.'
Epstein now faces:many civillawsuits filed by the women,
who are represented by a variety of attorneys. Jn many, the
allegations are the same: that Epstein had a,predilection for
teenage girls, identifiecipoor, vulnerable'ones and used
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other young women to lure them to his Palm Beach
mansion. They walked away with between $200 and
S11000.
Forme'. titalit judge Bill Berger; also representing victims,
called the agreementa "sweetheart deal."
"Why was itso important for the government to make this
dealt Berger asked. rhetorically: Ve have not yet had an
honest explanation hyany public:official as to why itwas
made .....:and why the victims were sold down the. river."
Former federal prosecutor Ryon McCabe described the
agreement is"very unorthodox:" Such agreements, h
are. usually reserved for corporations, not individ
/4 very, very rare. I've never seen or hear
procedure that was setup here," said
involvement in any Epstein iitigati
o has no
"He's essentially avoiding f ecutionbecausebe
can afford to pay that e to help those victims
review their cases..., rso has nOtnonoy,te couldn't
be able to strike.4e3l, h is and avoid federal
prosecution.
The ba eal with federal prosecutors is all the more
inwresei i light ciftlit legal powerhouses who have
ed or. Epstein, including Harvard professor Alan
O ee ... owitx and Bill Clinton investigator Kenneth Starr.
+ . (court is a past president of theVational Association of
-Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Epstein'S local. defense attorney, ack Goldberger, issued a
statement Friday saying he:had fought.the release of the
sealed agreement to'protett the third parties named there.
"Mr. Epstein has fully abided by all of its terms and
conditions. He is looking forward to putting this difficult.
period. in his behind him. He is continuing:his:long-
standing history of science philanthropy."
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The investigation triggered tensions between police and
prosecutors, with then-Palm I3each Chief Michael. Reqr
saying is a May 2006 letter to then-State Attorney Bariy
Krischer that the chief prosecutor should disqualify hiniselfi
coMinue to find your qffice's treatment of these cases
highly unusual," Reiter wrote. He then asked for and got
the federal investigation that ended in the sealed deal.
'The Jeffrey Epstein.matter was an experience ofwhat a
many-million-dollar defense can accomplish,' Reiter told
the Palm Beach. Daily News upon his retirement.
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187 / 278 - Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Edition: FINAL
Section: LOCAL et BUSINESS
Page: 3B.
Source: By JANE MUSGRAVE Palm Beach P0st Staff Writer
Dateline: WEST PALM BEACH
JUDGE RULES EPSTEIN. ATTORNEYS CAN SUBPOENA ABORTION RECORDS
In a decision that could spark a constitutional. showdown over privacy tights, g Tuesday gavelawyera representing multiMillionaire sex offender:Jeffrey- E the right to
subpoena abortion records ftorinvotteri who are seeking millions in: the part-
tinte Palm Beach resident.
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge. Donald Heide said the records c tild he p psteiii rebut
the wornen's.claims that they suffered psychological ills after being id. give him
sexually-charged inessaget at his Paint Beach Marition.whe ere as young as 14.
Hafele told Epstein's .attorneys they couldn't go on a fish' ion. The medical records, I he said, can't be.soughturitil the women are asked *he ave ever had an abortion,
how many and. where. Further% be said, the records e madepublicand might not. '
be admissible during trial.
But, he said, since the women cliim Epstein,, is r esponsible for their emotional
distress, his attorneys can eicplete the. iinpa of a events. Medical records, Hafele said,
are a better source' f information than a rs memory. I Attorney Ltniis Silver, who tepriestrit Prat ential.Wornetes Health Center, a West Palm l
! Beach clinic where abortions are. arced Hafelethathe was stepping on shaky
constitutional grounds. . 1 "These records are protected: stitutional;right of privacy," he saidy.referring tothe
Florida Constitution.
After the hearing, Silvetcaid an ppeal Won't be necessary until. Epstein attorneys seek the
.records.
In another ruling e4ay,.Hafelealso said. hat videos from.depositions. in the state cases
can't be releas bout a court order. The ruling. cameafter EpStein attorney Robert Critton
complaine vi of Epstein being asked. whether'he had.an -"egg-shaped" penis
beeline .Ocim sensation. It fiist.appeared on-The Palm. Beach Post Web site.
Critton omey .Spencer Kuvin forreleasing it..Kuvin said it was public record.
The began mounting after Epstein. agreed to plead guilty to two.state ;beiges:
prowan minor for prostitution arid 'soliciting prostitution: He served. 13 months of an 18-
Mouth sentence As part of the deal brokered with fecler_al prosecutors, he agreed not to
I, contest the accusations in the civil lawsuits. He can argue the women don't deserve the
Millions they are seeking.
—[Email Redacted]
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Epstein Journal's Findings Could
Resurrect Case
By Jane Musgrave
Posted Sep 17, 2019 at 12:01 AM
Updated Oct 1, 2019 et 10:51 AM
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally published in The
Palm Beath Post on March20, 2010)
A purloined journal that is said to contain the 'faille. di
"hundreds" of victims of convicted sex offender. Je
Epstein could be used toreopen the investiga in
multi-millionaire's appetite for teenage gi orney
representing men of.the victims, said
‘ New detailsabout dig contents o£ the journal were released
this week when.Alfredo Ro who worked as a
property manager fcirthe ath resident pleaded
guilty to obstructio for lying to federal agents,
when asked if. reformation about.his former
boss' crimin activi e later tried to. sell the journal he
stole from Ep for $50,000 to an unidentified person,
who afe uthotities, according to, court records..
art orthe plea agreement,. federal prosecutors said the
urnal'contaiiis.infOrmatibri Material to the Epstein
nvestigation, incjugling the names, of material witnesses
aridadditional victims,'
"Had the items been produced in response to the inquiries
of state or federal authorities ... the materials would hate
been presented to the federal grand jury," federal
prosecutors wrote.
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Instead, prosecutors short-circuited the grand jury
investigation and. cut a deal with Epstein. They agreed hot
to pursue federal charges ifhe didn't contest prostitution-
related felonies in state court. The. money:manager pleaded
guilty injuly. 2008.to procuringa minor for prostitution.
and soliCiting prostitution. He served .1.3 months of an. 18-
month sentence.
Attorney Adam Horowitz, who represents seven of the
roughly 18 Women who have filed civil suits:against
Epstein, said the new information could trump the so-
called non-prosecution agreement.
Tie multifaceted agreement, he said, deals only WI
specific list.of victims that the U.S. Attorney's Offi
about when it penned the deal in 2Ci071.1.fad al victims
are listed in the journal Rodriguez stole, said,
federal prosecutors could reopen the *ti on. \
It opens the door for further pis eutio he said.
A
knelt'
in additign.to.turping.a tit urnal to federal agents,
Rodriguez told the is former boss was having
sex with undera en he worked for him In 2004
and 2005. H ad. s naked.giris, who looked likeminors,.
in theppol o ins $8.6 million mansion. He had seen
pornog, images of young girls on Epstein's computer,
tdin o court records.
°either Epstein's criminal defense attorney;:lack
Goldberger, riot attorney Robert Ctittoni who represents
Epstein in the civil lawsuits, couldbe reached. Federal
prosecutors have consistently declined comment.
The wording of the controversialegreement is unclear..lt
sayafederalprosecutOrs would provide .Epstein's attorneys
"with a. list ofindivicluals whom it has identified:as yictims,"
.Miami attorney Robert josefsberg was appointed to
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represent any of the victims on the list who wanted to
ti pursue Epstein in civil court As !Art of the agreement;
Epstein is to pay for JoSefsberg to represent the women.
Some of the women, most identified as Jane Doe in
lawsuits, had:already hired attorneys to represent them.
Some have since settled their suits with Epstein, although
terms were not disclosed.
Horowitz said he has filed courtpapers to get the journal
that Rodriguez stole. 'lt's another piece of evidence that
shows our clients were at EpsteirA mansion,' he said.
Rodriguez told'prosetutort he didn't turn over the jo
when both.FBI and pain:II:leach polite zslted.for it
he wanted money for it. He also said.he.was
would make hito uclisappear.a.The infor • told
investigators, was his "insurance poli
Helaces a maximum 20'yezrs igjQnalten he is
sentenced on June 18.
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r ale Palm each Post REAL NEWS. STARTS HERE
Epstein paidthree women $5.5 million to end underage-
sex lawsuits fly Jane:Mtiagraige
Posted Ca 3, 2017 at 12:01 AM
Updated Oct 4, 2017 at 12:46 AM
:Ending years of speculation about how Muth Palm Beach billionaire Jeffs' in paid yOUng
women whq claimed he used them as sertoys, court documents filed las wee show he shelled
out $5.5 million to settle lawsuits with three of more than two dozen teens who sued'bim.
N."
Responding to requests from Epstein's attorneys in a compl = it that was spawned by the
sex scandal, attorney said:the polititall 64-year-old tthivicted sex
offender paid more than S 1, maim to each of the thgg. o Edwards represented.
Identified in court papers only by their initial nyms ;because of the nature of the
allegations.and their youthful.ages, L.M. d S million, E.W. $2 million and Jane Doe
S2.5 million, said of the settl negotiated with Epstein to end the lawsuits. •ere—rgeie
Jack Goldberger, one of Epste defense. attorneys, on Tuesday declined comment on
the revelations, citing confide agreementrtharwere part of the settlements. For the
.tame=, he decline say tv ether Epstein paid similar anti:aunts to settle roughly two
dozen lawsuits filedJby of r Dung women against Epstein, claiming hepaid, them for sex Mr. revere.
when some wereyoung as 14 years.old.
Attorney la, who is representing was compelled to divulge
the co '
, said his client+
I settlements to answer questions posed by'Epstein't• attorneys. "Brilliant move
on their p ," he said.
Even if Epstein's attorneys hadn'topened the door, Scarpla said the information would have
likely come out: He says the information will.help him undermine Epstein's claims that
'ginned up' the allegations to help his former law partner, imprisoned and disbarred
Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, perpetuate a11.2 billion Ponzi scheme.
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successful law firm by forging the names of federal judges and others to persuade
had negotiated, settlements in lawsuits against high.profile people. Investors tol ‘
could get a cut of the cash.
The revelations of the settlements came as part of an ongoing.lawstiitthat started as a dispute
between Epstein and Rothstein, both billionaires.
A year after Epstein in 200gpleadecl guilty to-solicitation of prostitution. and procuring a
minor for prostitution, he sued Rothstein and claiming they trumped up the
allegations bisexual indlestation to-perpetuate the Ponzi scheme.
Rothstein was sentenced to 50 years in prison in 2010 after admitting hehad bulk his wildly
stors he
ey
One of the high-profile people Rothstein used to lure investors was .ccording to a
lawsuit Vest Palm Beach attorney Robert Critton filed on Epstein's According to the
lawsuit, Rothstein told investors. Epstein, a money manager, had -Ned to settle, the lawsuits
with the teens for S200 million — a claim Ctitton descri s "a complete fabrication."
After Epstein dropped the lawsuit in 2012; Edwa t eJtlte tables on him. accused
Epstein of filing thelawsuit malicitmilym p r representing the young women.
Although was a partner in Rothst defunct firm, Scatolaclaiins Epstein had
no evidence was involved in scheme. Federal prosecutors successfully
charged other attorneys and mem firm, but was never implicated, Scarola
said in the malicious prosecuti
The revelations about th *hey Epstein paid to three of the young woman came last:week in
documents filed four g uesday -in preparation far a Decernhertrial on the lawsuit. ? s ,
Attonry a addad Coleman) who represents. Epstein; on Tuesday sought a delay of the
trial, itl p because she claimed she has been unable to talk to her client since his estate on his
private island in the U.S. Virgin. Islands was. devastated last month:by Hurricane Irma. I've had
no ability to communicate with Mr. Epstein; she said.
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Pointing out Epsteip's enormous wealth aritthis private jet, Paint Beach County Circuit Judge
Donald Hafele rejected her request While saying he didn't want to appear insensitive to those
victimized by the Storm that hammered the Caribbean and roared through.South Florida, he
said Coleman offered:no proof, such as an affidavit front Epstein, to shore up her claims.
Still,,Hatele.gave Coleman extra.time to respond to various motions that he will have to decide
before the case goes to trial:.
Despite Statolis insistence tha W. :nothing to .do with.Rothstein's P0 erne,
Coleman. said theevidenceln_diCates Otherwise. Why else would he. try to de
Tinton
s
wennoWn friends, such as now President Donald Trump, former Presi Hilton and
illusionist David Copperfield, she asked. He used the celebrities as a d.
'The Epstein cases were used to .fieece money and defraud inv said.
Edward's:malicious prosecution case has been diffieultio ibecause both.Epstein and
have refused to answer questions: As he di lawstiits;Epstein has invoked
his.Fifth.Amendment right against Self-incritnin .questionedby Scarola...
has claimed that much of the information Ep ' 'xi ng is protected by attorney-client c
privilege,.
The malicious prosecution lawsuit
against Epstein. Edwa
the federal Crime Victims Righ
Epstein.
o hotly-contestedlawsuitsthat continue to pit
suing the LILL attorney's office, claiming it violated
when it 'negotiated a.nom-prosectition agreement with
Only after fede secut rs agreed to drop their investigation of Epstein, did he agree to
plead guiltyl thtion.charges in Palm Beach. County Circuit .Court, In federal court
records, p claim one of the key reasons they agreed to drop their case was Epstein's
agree tap lawsuits filed against him.by dozens of his underage victims,
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Palm Beach Daily News
Judge rules Ms' agreement with
Jeffrey Epstet pot violated teen
victims' rights By Jane Musgrave
Postated Sep 17, 2019 at
ed Oct 8, 2019
at1:62 PM
2:31 PM
(EDITOR'S NOTE: nig story originally published in The4•Assa\'
4
Upd
Palm Sega Post on ?Omar)! 4 2010)
C) .'
Federal prosecutors violated the rights of Jeffrey E C tein's
teenage victims by failing to reveal they had dropped plans
to prosecute the billionaire on dozens :o
connection with the girls' claims
at hit Palm Beach mansion,.U:S
Marra ruled on.Thursday.
(sl yIna blistering 33-pa
methodically de
prosecutors t
young worn
they w as young as 14. e:l ir
arges in
em for sex
dge Kenneth
ng arra. Meticulously and
umerous steps federal,
the agreement from. more than 40
airn.Epstein paid them. for sex when.
l :: goveroment'spent ontolclhours negotiating the
and implications. ofthe NPA with Epstein's attorneys,.
ant information was shared with the victims,7.Marra
wroteet histead,:the victims weretold to.be.'patient! while
the investigation proceeded."
By then, it was too late. A deal had already been. ut with
then -South Florida U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta and.Epstein's•
attorneys to shelve a.52-page federal indictment against
Epstein, a former math teacher netted money manager
who counts Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.
among his friends.
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Prosecutors failure to alert the young women about the
deal violateC1 the Crime Victim? Rights Act, Marra ruled.
-At a bare minimum the (act) respired the government; to
inform (the young women) that it intended to enter i* an
agreement not. o prosecute Epstein,? he. wrote.
+ "We are.treading on virgin ground, to use what is prObably
an inappropriate. phrase in this situation," he said.
Still, Marra said he wasn't second-guessing prosecutors
decision not to pursue Epstein on.federal.c.harges if he
pleacletiguilty tominorstate prostitution charges. and
agteed.to cOtripensate his victims for the trauma he-caused.
"The court isnot:Whig that the decision not to prosecute
was improper," Marra wrote: `The court is simply ruli
that; under the facts of this case, there was a violation.
the CVRA.".
U Further, he made no: decision.ahout wha dy
should be. He gave prosecutors and a presenting
the y.oungw0znert.15 days to inee ct oW to unravel
the complex. legal.web that ging over Epstein
and his young victims for i e a decade.
The c.hances. an ac reached are slim, said
attorneyfack St is representing the two Jane
Does Who ct Ilan e prosecutors' actions,
Furthe said, there is no road map to follow, The
ly+ttsuit orney filed on behalf of the "MO
entified young women., claiiningpintetutbil violated
e edgral ant, is. unique, he
Scarola said he and will ask that the non:-
prosecution agreement be thrown out:That would open
the pnssibilitythat the long-shelved federal indictment
could be dusted offend filed against rhe 66-yen -old •
Epstein, who spends most of his time on .a private island he
owns in thell..5. Virgin Islands.
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"I don't seethe government 'conceding to thatremedy,":
Scarola admitted. Further, he said, it is likely:Epstein. will be
allowed to weigh in.. Miami attorrity'Roy Slack years ago
filed papers asking to intervene on Epstein's behalf.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said it wouldn't continent
Marra's ruling. Neither Black .norNew.. York City attorney
Jay Lefkowitz,who led efforts to. bury the federal
indictment, responded to ernaile or phone tails for
continent. WestPalm Beach attorney Jack Goldberger, who
represents •Epetein,:ajw didn't respond.
Scarola said it is likely Epstein 'S stamstudded legal team
argue that Epstein fully complied with the .terms of
agreement he made in 2007 with federal prosecut
therefore the agreement can't beundone,
'SIAs he promised,. Epstein pleaded gull : 8 w state
charges of soliciting a minor'for p and soliciting
prostitution. He served 18- mo an 18-month jail term
in a vacant wing of the co de that he was allowed
to leave 12 hours a da eek. 4
Further, as ag settlements to the young women
who sued h' e settlements were confidential,
court records heinidthree women a total of $5.5
turn, federal prosecutors held up their end of the
;gain. Their investigation ceased.
Having done all that prosecutors asked of him, Scarola said
Epstein will make a simple argument: "You can't turn
around and deprive me of the benefits I bargained for.."
However? Scarola said, using Marra's ruling, he will counter
that the contract Epstein signed was illegal and therefore
unenforceable.
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Even if Marra agrees tb toss dutthemon-prosecution !
agreement, Scarola conceded that doesn't mean Epstein; will
face federal charges.
"The contact can be set asideAnd:the federal governmnt
ari attempt to enter into the same ,agreetottehe
Tacceptthe spotlight of public attention:will be on them
and the 40 victims will be. able to explain to the:court. why
this sweetheart deal should not be .approved.'
Scarola said that ptosecuton May have had good teasbh not
to pursue• Epstein. 'There pay be a reasonable explanation
but we don't:know whatthatreason may have' been," h
said.
In court papers) federal prosecutor's have said rat - Cri of
the young women were• afraid to cross•tbe I,
politically connected money'manager. refusedto
testify against hint.
In other cases; they said, tli hanged. their 'stories::
Jane Doe 2, who .is tryin non-prosecution
agreement thrown y described Epstein as 'an
awesome -man" osecutors she hoped "nothing
happens` to e she later agreed to testify against
Epstein„pr said they feared Epstein's attorneys
would t r words to destroy her if she ever took the
Ota,. however, said the yogrtg..W4M.414 comments didn't
can she wasn't entitled to know about the prosecutors'
plans to drop the charges. "mete is no dispute that:Epstein
sexually abused Jane Doe 2 while she wan. minor? he
wrote: 'Therefore, regardless of her:comments to the
proSetutot, she was a -victim!'
Before: he case is finally resolved, Scarola predicted that "a
lot of people.are going to have to answer a lot of questions."
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In his ruling, Marra detailed whatappeared to be.a cozy
relationship between Acosta, his line prosecutors and
Epstein's team of lawyers.: His phalanx of lawyers included
noted Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and Kenneth
Starr, the former U.S. solicitor general whose investigation
led to: the impeachment of President Clinton.
Marra describes. an October 200Y breiktast meeting
between Acosta, who.is now US. labor secretary;. and
Lefkowitz shortly. after the non-prosecution•agreeinent was
inked,
After the meeting, Lefkowitz sent Acosta .a note than
.him for "the -commitment you made to me duringo
October 12 meetingin which you assured me that
Office weuld not .., contaCtany of the Men
individuals, potential witnesses, or pote
and their respettiVe counsel in this
Mutt quotedan equally pleas
County State Attorney.Ba
Attorney Villaf
Epsteiti's Case. t
reasontl won' .. CI
after the non ros •
to en-Palm 5eaCh
r sent to Assistant U.S.
as the lead prosecutor in
get this worked out for
Ong," •Kriseher wrote, shortly
ion agreement was signed. "After this
itresol ettl wo love to. buy you a tupit Starbutks and
have a c sation.'
f the notes that were exchanged dealtwith
osecutors' and Epstein's lawyers shared desire to keep the
deal secret from Epstein's accusers. In a September email,
Villafana asked Lefkowitz; for guidance about what she
should reveal. And tart we- have a conference call to discuss.
what I may disclose to ... the girls regarding. the
Agreement," she asked.
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Such cooperation between prosecutors and defense ,
attorneys. is unusual, Marra said. It was a deviation from
• the government's standard practice to negotiate with
defense counsel about the extent of crime victim.
notifications: he wrote.
Ftirther;he noted, that when and his two young
clients:asked.for information, they were repeatedly misled:
"The.CRVA. was designed to ptOtettcrictirhe tight and
ensure their involvement in the criminal justice process;
Marra wrote. "When the government gives information to
vittiint it Cubit& be misleading.'
Ultimately; the terms of the non-protectition agree
were revealed only after and attorneys fo
press successfully sued to make them public.
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761278 Tuesday; July 9, 20.19
Edition: Final
Section: A Section
Page: 1A
Source: By Jane Musgrave, The Palm Beach Post
,Epstein indicted on sex charges
Part-time Palm Beaches pleads not guilty to se
trafficking, conspiracy charges in :frderal co
Manhattan. 0 Dressed in a.blue prison jumpsuit, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein on Md ayjleadednot guilty
to charges accusing hinTof creating a vast network olgirls as
for his sexual pleasure. at his homes in Palm Beach.and
The 66-year-old money manager's appearance ;in US. D t in New York City
capped more than adetade of recriminations by young e. and their attomeys.who
claimed Epstein used his money and political, influence tot ,old federal prosecution.
N ti'Epstein's attorney Reid Weingarten dismissed e. .tcoffnt indictment on sex trafficking \
charges as "essentially a dower" of allegations t . . ded Epstein in tfie..Falm Beach
County Tail for 13 Monthtnicirt than a decade ago
:However, unlike in 2007 when then-South Florida U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta Agreed to
shelve a.53-page federal indictinen fter Epstein agreed to plead guilty to two state
prostitution cherget; -prosecuto )cork indicated they aren't willing. to dettl..Apostalt
nowil.S. labor secretary.
"The alleged behavior ihock ijhe c gionce," New York City U.S. Attorney Geoffrey
Berman said at a
morning news contemn d while the charged conduct is 'from a number of years ago; it
is still profoundly " i.po t omany. of the alleged victims, now young women. They
deserve their court,.
At a .detenti scheduled forMonday, Berman said he will ask a.federal judge to
keep Epst until he is tried on charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to
commit i Epstein paid dozens of'young women to giVe him nude massages
tha led to sex, he said.
Iftonvi of explOi ' zens of young Women, including many Palm Beach CoUntygirls
who were•stodents at PaimBeach High School, Epstein faces. a maximum.45-year
prison sentence.
Citing Epstein's enormous. wealth, his homes in New York, Palm Beach, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, New Mexico and Paris and his ownership of two jets, Berman said there are.few
conditions that could keep Epstein from fleeing to a foreign country to evade protecutiom
4 that he exploded
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"We think Ite's asignificant flight.ritk," Berman said of themati who ferried Britain's Prince
Andrew, actor Kevin Spacey, famed Harvard lawprofessorAlartDersh0witz and former
President Bill Clinton on his jet, dubbedthe.Lolita Express.
Berman's hard-line stance was. welcomed by young womep who for years have. been told that
Epsteincouldn'the touched because Acosta signed off on the nonprOtectitiOn agreement,
promising not to charge Epstein in federal court.
Former Palm Beach County resident Virginia Guiffre, wha has accused Epstein of turning.
her into his sex slave and forcing her to have sex with others, includingaershowitz and,
Prince Andrew, praised Berman.. He showed the case ig "being taken• in a Set-ions " she.
told the Associated Pres&DershOwitz has vehemently denied Gates claims.
New York prosecutors were able to ignOre the controversial nonprosecution a
because it contained some significant.fine print, said former federal Judge Pelf ; who
for years has foughtto get the agreement ihrown.Out. It saya.orily that ho101l be
filed.against Epstein in South Florida, he said.
Berman agreed. "Thgt agreement only binds, by its terns, only bin the eft District of
Florida," he said. "The Southern District of New Yorkis mot bound agreement and
wasn't a signatory of it."
That Means the sordid allegations that have been leveled for years are now part of
a federal indictment,
Contrary toEpstein'S claims, he.kneW the women w his homes. in New York and.
Palm Beach. were minors because they old him tr a cording to the indietthent.
Epstein preyed.owyoung girls because he kne "vulnerable to exploitation;"
prosecutors added.
As partOf a carefully. orchestrated sex f teiiTor his associates would call girls while
he was in New York so they would labl or sex once he returned to Palm. Beach, the
indictment says. The-employees.w d. They were identified only as. "Employee-I,"
"Employee-2'` and "Employee-3
TOensure he had a steady.str oI dng girls, Epsteihwould turn some victims into
recruiters.. He would pay the_ o b pg new girls to his home on El Brill0 Way along the
Intracoastal Waterway 'n Palm ach or to his palatial townhouse on New York's Upper East
Side.
"This Allowed E in to ease artever-expanding web of new Victims," Bermansaid:
In both New S' d Palm Beach, the lurid operation was similar. Unidentified employees.
Of Epstein' d rt the teens into a room. They weretold to take off all or most of their
cloth:es ingthe naketbillionaire massages, according to the indictment.
".Epstein. so typicallymastutbate during these encounters, ask victims tatouch him
whi bated, and touch victims' genitals With,bia hands or with-sex %Ws?" the
ifidictin t.says.
As part of the criminal compilint,,prosecutors are asking thatEpstein be forced. to turn over
his multhriillion-d011ar townhouse on East 71st Street. The complaint does not seek forfeiture
of Epstein's house in Palm Beach:
Whileheartened that Epstein how fadts serious criminal charges in New York, Cassell said
he would continue to push a West Palm Beach-based federal fudge to throw out the
nonprosectition agreement that Acosta. forgedwith Epstein's.star-studdeti legal team.
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'U.S. District JUdge:Kenenth Marta has already ruled that Acosta Violated the federal Crime
Victims' Rights Act by not telling Epstein's victims about the agreement before it was inked.
Coincidentally, Cassell and Epstein. attorney Roy Black had to file papers by Midnight
Monday, explaining what action Marra should taketo redress that wrong:
Cassell. insisted Epstein should face charges in federal court in West Paint Beach. "Florida
victims deserve justicein Florida said Cassell, who is. working on behalf ofEpstein's.
Wain's: with attOrneya NM and Jack Sdaitla.
.Silice it's likely Florida women will get: to testify against.Ep.stein_in New York, Scarola said.
he's not focused on whether Epstein will face charges here. Instead,. he said he wan o know
how and why the agreement was reached.
"There's been no explanation as to hot* a deal like. this could have: been cut an
federal government could have been involved in a conspiracy to violate feide ;" Scarola
said of hit interest in continuing the legil battle. over the nonprosecution
When Acosta. greed to drop the federal investigation, Epstein in 2008.pl ilty to two
prostitution charges and.Served 13. Months of an 18-month sentence n a va t wing of the
Palm Beach Countyjail.- a cell he' was. allowed to leave 12 hours a days a week. He
was: also .fOrced to register as a sex offender and settle civil I more 30 young
women filed against him.
Rep. Lois Frankel, b-Weat:Palm Beach, said she. lgaintereat in finding out
how the agreement tame label' am especially mo in why Epstein got the deal
he. got;" Frankelsaid. "We need to know why he t., uch an easy sentence,
'While she has asked. the House Oversight Co to investigate Acosta, Frankel said' he
Is not sure that will happen, "It just seem t a travesty that this guy gotoffthe
way he did and, without prejudging it, le h a roper tourt.case," Frankel said..
Former Palm Beach POlice Chief Mic was inflamed M2000 when then-State
Attorney Barry Kriseherrefuse.d to. tein with serious crimes: Reiter look the
'information his officers had ga dozens ofEpstein's victims to Acosta; believing
he would prosecuteEpstein.
Reiter said he was heartened t 1 years later, Epstein wilt -finally face justice.
"Thankfully, U. S. Atto ey Be an and the other authorities in New York.have the good
judgment to investigate secure Epstein in the waythat should have qccurredin
Florida over a d e eiter said iftastatement.
And, Scarola ere are signals that Berman's jnvestigatign is far from over.
Bemtari dec wer questions about whether others, such as.Egsteires high-powered
friends? o arged. He brushed off. questions, about. he,significance that the
inv.estiga being handled by the Public Corruption Unit.
on Saturday were arresting Epstein aboard his private jet at: the Teterboro
Airport i ew Jersey. after returning: front Paris, other officers were searching his New-York
City townhouse. Agents seized nude photos of yma% girls who appeared tabe,minora,
Berman said..
He said: his focus was on finding more women who were exploited. and abused by Epstein.
Turning to a poster,. detailingthe .charges,that had been filed against Epstein, he pointed a
finger at a photo of the convicted sex.offender who was: once described as ".a man of
mystery."
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"If you believe you are a victim of this.man, JeffreyEpstein, we want to.haat from you,"
Berman said. A special number, 1.400-OALLFM,• will link victims of anthorities.
Bill Sweeney, assistant director of the FBI's New York office, said after years of being
ignored by federal agents, the victims' voico will be beard.
"The Jeffrey Epstein matter is No. 1 on the major case list in the.country," Sweeney said.
Tinning to address Epstein's victims directly, he said: "Your bravery may empower others to
speak out against crimes against them."
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