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fulji II a llt i r tidenceIs the .pelf-confidence justice464....nost attractive quality 1 a girl can possess —Fncla &mord EFTA01682733 Palm Beach billionaire going to jail Story posted 2008.06.30 at 10:35 AM EDT WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- Palm Beach billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty this morning to two felony charges and will spend the next year and a half in jail. Accused of hiring underage teens for sexual favors, Epstein's charges include offering to engage in prostitution and solicitation of prostitution. Epstein went to jail just before ten this morning. His plea agreement ensures that Epstein will serve a total of 18 months in the Palm Beach Detention Facility. Twelve months for felony solicitation of prostitutes and an additional six for procuring persons under 18 for prostitution. The convictions stem from several incidents from August of 2004 to October 2005. The State Attorney would not say how many female victims there are. She would only say there was more than one adult victim and more than one under-aged victim. After 18 months in the Palm Beach Detention Facility. Epstein will serve another 12 months house arrest at his Palm Beach home. He'll be confined to his home except for work and other activities approved by his probation officer. Twelve months of community service will be served at Epstein's own non-profit, the Florida Science Foundation. The guilty plea and deal end a years long process that could have sent Epstein to jail for 15 years. Wthin two days of Epstein's release he will have to register as a sexual offender - a designation he'll have to keep for the rest of life. Story posted 2008.06.30 at 10:35 AM EDT EFTA01682734 I 1 plaintiff's parents Part-time Palm Beacher faces another sex suit at odds over suit ► EPSTEIN from 18 involving their daughter By LARRY KELLER sexually tinged massage at "The father has sole custo- Paint Beath Post Staff Writer $100, according to the lawsuit. dy and has the right to make his home. WEST PALM BEACH The two attended the same decisions on his daughter's — For the second time in two is The latest alleged victim Palm Beach County high rights," Herman said. weeks, part-time Palm Beach No.identif ied as lane Doe school . Jane Doe No. 2 is now Epstein is a wealthy New resident Jeffrey Epstein has Palm2." She went to Epstein's 19 and living in Virginia, Her- York money manager who been sued for more than or Beach mansion in 2004 man said. has counted Bill Clinton, -60 million by a woman who the 2005 when she was 16, Both lawsuits contend Donald Trump and Britain's contends that he engaged anoth lawsu it allege s. She says that Epstein, 55, targeted Prince Andrew among his I in sexual activity with her er girl recruited her "econo mically disadvantaged friends. He was the target of to go there to give Epstein a girls from western Palm a lengthy investigation into when she was a minor after massage. Beach County" who were his activities with girls by the enticing her Once there, she alleges, t to give him she was led to an upstairs perceived as less likely to Palm Beach Police Depart- a massage at mom with a massa complain to authorities, or ment that resulted in his in- his home. ge table. who whose credibility would dictment in July 2006 on one Epstein came in wearing be questioned if they did. More only a towel around his waist count of felony solicitation lawsuits may and told her to remov "Both complaints are full of of prostitution. That case is follow, Miami clothes. She did, excepe her lies," said Guy Lewis, former pending. lawyer Jef- her bra and panties, t for US. attorney in Miami and Epstein has been sued in frey Herman ing to the lawsuit. accord- one of Epstein's many attor- New York by a woman who said. "I'm neys. Jane Doe No. 2's lawsuit says he had sex with her Epstein removed his towel, "is an outrageous, defamatory when she was 16. Herman aware of oth- rolled onto his back, er victims," bated and touche mastur- copycat of the first." said he has received calls he said. 1 have been con- No. d Jane Doe There has been a twist in from others making the same 2 sexually, according to tacted." the the first Jane Doe lawsuit. Her assertions in that state. Herman filed a similar courtlawsu it filed in federal in West Palm Beach on mother in Georgia contends Herman convened a news lawsuit against Epstein on that her former husband conference Wednesday on Jan. 24 on behalf of a girl Wedne sday. — Jane Doe's father — con- the middle bridge connecting Jane identified as "Jane Doe," her $200 Doe No. 2 was paid sulted with neither of them West Palm Beach and Palm father and stepmother. The who afterward, and the girl before filing the lawsuit. She Beach. girl, now 17, says she was recruited her was given is asking a judge to halt the "This is the bridge ... these 14 when she save Epstein a litigation until her daughter girls were recruited to come See EPSTEIN, 58 ► • turns 18 in May and can make over and give a massage," he her own decisions. said. "When they crossed this The mother asked in court bridge, they had no idea what • filings to be added to the law- was in store for them. This is suit, saying she "has suffered a bridge of tears." _6+4, tVin9 and will continue to suffer Herman has described severe mental anguish and both Jane Does as typical • pain" as a result of Epstein's teenage girls Epstein robbed "reckless conduct." of their innocence. 90;i+ trots% Jane Doe lust didn't want But Harvard University law the lawsuit going forward Professor Alan Dershowitz, with • ment," the father's involve- another Epstein attorney, pro- said Ted Leopold, vided the state attorney's of- the mother's attorney. "She fice with information gleaned Shame wanted to pursue it on her from the myspace.com Web own. The father essentially site two years ago showing teerd- did this on his own." that some of Epstein's alleged Jane Doe has been es- victims boasted of their alco- • tranged from her father since hol and marijuana use. I madco Thanksgiving, Leopold said. Herman said the girls' "That's why it's even stranger backgrounds aren't relevant what he did," he said. to Epstein's purported be- The girl's mother is asking havior "They don't have the elvecievo-1 roil Cr e ocksier a judge in their divorce case mental capacity to consent • to find the father in contempt to something like this with a of court for violating their grown man," he said. divorce decree by of con- ferrhig with her on f matter elarry_kelletbposlcom EFTA01682735  U a SE , .0 (e ID IF THE PALM BEACH POST • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15.200' 11* 2C et METRO REPORT Weather, traffic, COUR TS Wateril PALM BEACH — Manhattan money manager WEST and part-time Palm Beacher Jeffrey Epstein is at a gli scheduled for a plea conference at the Palm • Beach County Courthouse on Most of Jan. 4 — days before his Odd-numbi felony solicitation of pros- a.m. Wain( iD titution case is set to go to Even-numb trial. A county grand jury properties to indicted Epstein, 54, in July 4-8 a.m. Th. 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NEW YORK - A billionaire friend of England's Prince He refused to comment on investor, already facing jail Andrew, has been indicted in Epstein's Florida charges. in Palm Beach County on Palm Beach on charges of so- Meanwhile, Unroch, 57, charges of soliciting under- liciting underage prostitutes. also acknowledged that his age prostitutes, is being sued That case is pending. client was living with him by a young woman who says The girl visited Epstein and was at the center of a $10 he had sex with her when "several times over the sev- million lawsuit he filed last she was 16 and had sought eral months and engaged in year against a neighbor who his help becoming a model. bizarre and unnatural sex said he was having sex with The lawsuit, filed late acts" while she was a minor, underage girls. That case is Tuesday in Manhattan's state the lawsuit says. pending. Supreme Court, says finan- Epstein "repeatedly re- "What she was doing at cier Jeffrey Epstein had the quested that (the girl) return 22 is irrelevant to what hap- teen perform a sex act when with her 14-, 15-, and 16- pened to her when she was she brought year-old girlfriends, stating, 16," Unroch said Wednesday. photographs 'Come by with your friends He went on the say he hoped • of for herself your age next time. Don't Epstein would agree to "do him to bring Sherrie (a mutual right" by his client and re- review in his friend in her 40s). I Upper East your age.' " girls solve the case out of court. Side mansion The young woman, now sometime in A kept returning to Epstein ACrThr 2000. because she has "mental AFFOT Epstein, issues," said her lawyer, Wil- RET' Epstein 54, a money liam J. Unroch He refused to manager, elaborate, but court papers told the teen he managed say she was "disabled as a re- finances for Victoria's Secret sult of severe mental disease and "could get you into the and defect." Tx- catalog" if she were "nice" Epstein's lawyer in New to him, court papers say. York, Gerald Lefcourt, said, The papers say being "nice" "The girl has admitted she included massages and other is insane, but she can read a favors. newspaper and recognize the When the girl told Epstein, word 'rich.'" "I am 16 years old and just want to model," he replied, Lefcourt also said the statute of limitations has "Don't worry, I won't tell any- expired for the woman's body," court papers say. case criminally and civilly, and will almost certainly be r Epstein, said by London's • EFTA01682738 • Girl sues Epstein, two others she says conspired in massages "These two conspired with Jane Doe,' 17, sues in state court him to help with the criminal after dropping a federal suit. enterprise," Leopold said. Jane Doe, through her father and stepmother, filed a federal lawsuit against By LARRY KELLER Palm Reach Post Staff Weiler Epstein in January. She dis- WEST PALM BEACH - A former Palm missed it after her mother Beach Community College student who said she wasn't consulted police say procured underage girls to give Epstein about the litigation and Jeffrey Epstein sexual massages at his Palm sought to intervene. The mother is acting on her daughter's behalf in Beach mansion, and Epstein's personal assis- the latest lawsuit. tant have been sued along with Epstein over Epstein's lawyer has denied the girl's al- their alleged conduct. • The girl behind the lawsuit was 14 years old when she contends he engaged in sexual conduct with her after she went to his water- front home in 2005 to give him a massage. legations and said her family is simply at- tempting to get money from a very rich man. Epstein, 55, is a Manhattan money manager who has homes there, in New Mexico and the Virgin Islands, in addition to his $8.5 million Her lawsuit, filed under the name Jane Doe. Palm Beach mansion. seeks unspecified damages from Epstein for Two other Jane Does have sued Epstein sexual assault and intentional infliction of in federal court this year, making similar al- emotional distress. legations to thok of the first Jane Doe. Those She also sued of cases remain active. Loxahatchee and o ew ork Also pending against Epstein in state court City on grounds o conspiracy and civil rack- is a felony charge of solicitation of prostitu- eteering. tion arising from the same alleged incidents "We just want a full measure of justice for with several girls. That case is set for trial in this " said her attorney, Ted Leopold. July, two years after he was indicted. , who attended Palm Beach Com- Jane Doe's new lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach munity College, was paid by Epstein to bring County Circuit Court, is the most explicit in girls to his mansion for massages and more, according to Palm Beach police. "I'm like a detailing Epstein's allege the only suit to include it ' nduiiiii and Heidi Fleiss," they said she told them. Her as defendants, and the on y one to make con- attorney could not be reached immediately spiracy and racketeering allegations. fo ent. Jane Doe will turn 18 in May. She lives with was an Epstein personal assistant other family members in Palm Beach County, w o arranged the encounters, even escort- is nearing graduation from high school and is ing the girls to his massage room, police working part time, Leopold said. alleged. • [email protected] • EFTA01682739  Girls' lawsuit claims sex assaults The minors are seeking millions from financier Jeffrey Epstein. By BILL DIPA010 Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Two underage girls are ac- cusing Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually assaulting them in a federal civil lawsuit filed Wednesday by their Miami attorney. BILL INGRAM/Staff Pitotovapher Epstein has bt‘en in jail since pleading guilty in June Attorney Jeffrey Herman, whose clients are suing Palm Beadier Jef- to solicitation of prostitution frey Epstein, speaks Wednesday outside the county stockade. • of underage girls. He is serv- ing an 18-month sentence. "Both girls are seeking a measure of justice. This is a for life as a sex offender. He will be under a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and must old visited the mansion many times in two years for the same reason, Herman said. beginning of their healing have no unsupervised con- Both were brought to the process," said attorney Jef- tact with anyone younger mansion by friends, he said. frey Herman. than 18. He also cannot own The charges against Ep- Herman is seeking damag- nor possess pornographic or stein stemmed from a com- es of more than $100 million. sexual materials, according plaint to Palm Beach police Epstein has the assets to to court documents. about two years ago from a cover the punitive damages, The two girls, ages 13 and relative of a 14-year-old girl said Herman, adding that the 16, met with investigators dur- who had given him a naked financier owns an island off ing the 11-month investigation massage at his 7,234-square- St. Thomas and property in by Palm Beach police. They foot home. He paid the girls New Mexico and New York. are identified as "Jane Doe $200 to $300 each after the There are four pending No. 6" and "Jane Doe No. 7" in massage sessions, police said. federal civil lawsuits and one documents filed Wednesday Police concluded that in state court pertaining to in the West Palm Beach sec- there were several othergirls Epstein's relationships with tion of U.S. District Court. brought to the home in 2004 minors. At least one woman The 13-year-old visited and 2005 for similar reasons. has sued him in New York. Epstein's $8.5 million Intra- Upon his release, Epstein, coastal mansion once and Staff writer Larry Keller con- 55, will be under house arrest had sex with him, according tributed to this story. for a year and must register to the lawsuit. The 16-year- [email protected] • EFTA01682740  `This was a typical 14-year-old girl.... What happened here was despicable.' JEFFREY HERMAN, lawyer for parents of girl, now 17, who accuses Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault Palm Beach man faces lawsuit in teen sex case By LARRY KELLER Lawyer Jeffrey Her- Palm Beath Post Staff Writer man (left) conducts WEST PALM BEACH - The parents of a a news conference teenage girl sued part-time Palm Beach resi- Thursday with the fa- dent Jeffrey Epstein for more than $50 million ther and stepmother on Thursday, alleging that the wealthy money of a girl who claims manager had her brought to his mansion for wealthy money man- a massage, then engaged in sexual activity ager Jeffrey Epstein with her. assaulted her in The girl, identified only as Jane Doe, was 2005. The parents 14 at the time. She was the youngest of sev- seek more than eral alleged victims of Epstein, according $50 million in their to Palm Beach police, who spent 11 months lawsuit. Epstein, who investigating him. faces a prostitution The federal lawsuit, filed by Miami at- solicitation charge, is ' torney Jeffrey Herman, says "Epstein has a scheduled to enter a sexual preference and obsession for under- plea March 10. age minor girls." Epstein "gained access to primarily disadvantaged minor girls in his Battik/GRAM Staff Photographer home, sexually assaulted these girls, and then gave them money." • Herman, who specializes in child sex abuse litigation, sued on behalf of the girl, her father and her stepmother on grounds of sexual assault, intentional infliction of . emotional distress and loss of parental con- shows what this case is all about: money." stepmother have prior arrests for financial sortium. He and another Epstein attorney, Lilly Ann crimes the lawyers say show the lawsuit is fi- • "Jane Doe ... fell into Epstein's trap and Sanchez, launched an immediate counterof- nancially motivated. Mother Epstein lawyer, became one of his victims." the lawsuit says. fensive, even showing up at Herman's news Gerald Lefcourt, a prominent New York crim- "We're dismayed by the filing of the law- conference outside the federal courthouse in inal defense attorney, provided some of those it, but not surfflised," said Jack Goldberger; West Palm Beach. They distribaed copies of V one of Epstein's attorneys. "We think this documents showing that the girl's father and See EPSTEIN, 7B ► • • • EFTA01682741 • Epstein paid girl $300, suit claims IP. EPSTEIN from 18 March 10, but ing only a towel, removed it he has post- and lay naked on the mas- documents to Goldberger. poned other sage table, the lawsuit says. "Jeffrey Epstein did not court dates He demanded that Jane Doe have sex with this woman," to resolve the remove her clothing, and she Sanchez said. case. did, except for her under- Herman suggested that His in- wear, the lawsuit alleges. The Epstein masturbated in front dictment sexual activity followed, the of the alleged victim and followed an suit says. used a vibrator on her after Epstein exhaustive Epstein p • $300 af- she was brought to his home investigation terward, and got $200 in February 2005. The girl is by the Palm Beach Police De- for bringingIIIe to him, now 17. partment, which concluded that say "This was a typical 14- that Epstein paid underage andahelped year-old girl at the time she girls and young women to be Epstein arran e 0 er liai- met Epstein," Herman said. brought to his five-bedroom, sons with girls, Palm Beach "What happened here was 7M-bath Intracoastal home for police concluded. Neither despicable." massages and sometimes sex was charged. The girl told police inves- play. Much of the language in This is not the first time tigators that she informed the Jane Doe suit mirrors that Epstein has been sued over • ' Epstein she was 18 when she met him, and she said that was her age on her Web page, Sanchez said. of police reports in the case. Herman's client said her meeti up by purported activities with teenage girls. He was sued in New York in October by a woman who says she had sex The girl's father and step- hatches, a Palm with Epstein when she was mother also attended the Beach Community College 16 and had sought his help in news conference. student at the time. When becoming a model. "We're very angry," the Jane Doe arrived at Epstein's The lawsuit filed Thurs- father said. "It's not right that home, she was esco day also alleges that Epstein this wealthy man can fly into E stein assistant, has assaulted girls on his town and destroy my daugh- to a room with a massage private island in the Virgin ter's innocence." He did not to le, police reports and the Islands. Herman declined to take questions. lawsuit say. elaborate on that assertion. Epstein, 55, is a mysteri- Epstein walked in wear- 0 [email protected] ous New York money man- ager who owns a Manhattan mansion, as well as homes in Palm Beach, New Mexico and the Virgin Islands. A Palm Beach County grand jury indicted him in July 2006 on one count of felony solicitation of prostitu- tion stemming from alleged incidents between Aug 1and Oct. 31, 2005. Epstein is scheduled to enter a plea in the case on • EFTA01682742  By LARRY KELLER Palm Both Eta $14 wntn Famed Harvard law professor Alan • Dershowitz met with the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office and pro- vided damaging information about teen- age girls who say they gave his client. Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, sexually charged massages, according to police reports. The reports also state that another Epstein attorney agreed to a plea bargain that would have allowed Epstein to have no criminal record. His current attorney de- nies this happened. And the documents also reveal that the father of at least one girl complained that private investigators aggressively fol- Police say lowed his car, photographed his home and chased off visitors. Police also talked to somebody who said she lawyer tried was offered money if she refused to cooperate with the Palm Beach Police Department probe of Ep- to discredit stein. The state attorney's office said it presented the Epstein case to a county Epstein: His teenage girls grand jury this month former attorney rather than directly agreed to a charging Epstein because plea bargain, of concerns about the police say. girls' credibility. The grand jury indicted Ep- stein, 53. on a single count of felony solic- itation of prostitution, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Police believed there was probable cause to charge Epstein with the more serious crimes of unlawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molesta- tion. Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry that he wrote State Attorney Barry Krischer a memo in May suggesting he disqualify himself from the case.