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2:47 p.m Friday, May 12. 2017 Botoepagc
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President Oonatil Trump at the YThrie House on Wednesday. May 10. 2017. (AP PholcvEvan Mucci. Evan lA.,cd
Flle)
PALM BEACHPresident Donald Trump is a shadowy, but ever-present, figure in the
never-ending saga of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
o RELATED: The Post's complete President Trump coverage
Mar-a-Lap, the commander-in-chiefs private-club-turned-southern-White-House in
Palm Beach, was the backdrop for Epstein's introduction to one of his dozens of teenage
victims, according to court records.
In a short-lived lawsuit that Trump decried as "categorically false," a California woman
last year sued Trump and Epstein in federal court in New York City, claiming the two
business tycoons raped her when she was 13 years old.
And Trump is on a star-studded witness list for an upcoming trial in Palm Beach County
Circuit Court that attorney Jack Scarola promises will be the first public airing
of Epstein's lurid lifestyle.
But, Scarola acknowledges, it is unlikely the president will be part of what Scarola
promises will be a salacious trial in the fall.
Click here to find out why.
Will President Trump be used
as witness in sex offender
Epstein case?
• - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wealthy Palm Beecher Jeffrey Epstein in Palm Beach County Cecurt Court 2008 to plead guilty to °myna' charges stemming from claims he had teenage girls give
him sexual massages. (Urns SanghWthe Palm Beath Post)
Updated. 3 43 em. Frday. May 12.2017 l Posted 2.45 p.m. Friday, May 12. 2017
PALM BEACH — President Donald Trump is a shadowy, but ever-present.
figure in the never-ending saga of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Mar-a-Lago, the commander-in-chief's private-club-turned-southern-White-
House in Palm Beach, was the baci<drop for Epstein's introduction to one of his
dozens of teenage victims, according to court records.
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In a short-lived lawsuit that Trump decried as 'categorically false,' a California
woman last year sued Trump and Epstein in federal court in New York City.
And Trump is on a star-studded witness list for an upcoming trial in Palm
Beach County Circuit Court that attorney Jack Scarola promises will be the first
public airing of Epstein's lurid lifestyle.
But, Scarola acknowledges. it is unlikely the president will be part of what
Scarola promises will be a salacious trial. Scarola claims Epstein sued attorney
Brad Edwards in an effort to intimidate and punish the lawyer for representing
some of Epstein's victims. While Epstein dropped his lawsuit against Edwards,
who has also represented clients in a lawsuit against Trump, the malicious
prosecution suit against Epstein will likely go to trial in the fall. Scarola said.
When Scarola put Trump on the witness list in August. he said he never
imagined the business scion and former television star would soon occupy the
Oval Office. The legal battle he would have to launch to get a sitting president
to testify simply isn't worth it. Scarola said.
Moreover, while there is a lot of smoke around Trump's relationship with
Epstein, there appears to be little fire, so far, Scarola said.
"Based on all available public records, Trump's involvement is peripheral; he
said.
,RELATED: The Post's complete President Trump coverage
While Trump has recently distanced himself from Epstein, a 64-year-old
financier. it wasn't always that way.
"I've known Jett for fifteen years. Terrific guy," Trump said of Epstein during a
2002 interview with New York magazine. 'He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even
said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on
the younger side.-
Attorney Spencer Kuvin, one of dozens of lawyers who successfully sued
Epstein on behalf of roughly 30 women who claimed he lured them to his Palm
Beach mansion for sexually-charged massages when they were as young as
14. said he always found the comment curious.
"How would he know that?" he said of Trump's acknowledgement of Epstein's
penchant for young women. The interview came nearly six years before
Epstein's secret sex life exploded into public view when the money manager
pleaded guilty to Florida charges of procuring and soliciting a minor for
prostitution. "Why would he make a joke like that?" the West Palm Beach
attorney asked.
Further, Kuvin and others say they can't believe it is purely coincidental
that former South Florida U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, who signed off on a non-
prosecution agreement that kept Epstein from spending years behind bars,
was tapped by Trump to be U.S. Labor Secretary.
During his confirmation hearings in March. Acosta said it was "awful" that
convicted sex offender Epstein was allowed to leave the Palm Beach County
Jail to work during his 13-month jail sentence. But he insisted that without the
involvement of his office. Epstein would have received far less punishment and
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his victims wouldn't have recovered any money from him. As a result of the
conviction Epstein also is on Florida's re istered sex offender list.
scoffed at Acosta's claims. The evidence that Epstein sexually abused young
girls was 'overwhelming: he said.
The answer to the many questions that still swirl around Epstein and his high-
placed friends are the subject of roughly a half-dozen lawsuits that are still
pending in both Palm Beach County and New York. Some of the nation's top
attorneys have represented Epstein and some of his victims.
But like many of the past lawsuits spawned by Epstein's behavior, most of the
remaining ones are expected to be settled. And even public court records don't
tell the full story — because many documents have been sealed or are heavily
redacted.
For example. a defamation lawsuit against one of Epstein's close friends was
scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District Court in New York this coming Monday.
But both sides agreed to a delay last week, often a signal that a settlement
could be in the works.
The suit was filed b gainst British-bom socialite and
longtime Epstein friend Ghislaine Maxwell. In a 2009 lawsuit that Epstein
settled for an undisclosed arnount.Mclaimed she was 15 when Maxwell
recruited her from her 59-an-hour job in the to m at Mar-a-Lago. where
her father had a job as a maintenance worker claims in court records
that Maxwell introduced her to Epstein and that Epstein turned her into his
international sex slave.
Maxwell wasn't sued as art of the lawsuit filed against Epstein. But, in
court papers filed b Maxwell was accused of grooming to be
Epstein's sexual toy.
Maxwell ignored the allegations until raised them again in December
2014 and Maxwell began publicly dispub laims. Famed attorney
David Boies then filed a defamation lawsuit on behalf. claiming
Maxwell 'undertook a concerted and malicious campaign to discredit
In media interviews. Maxwell called claims "obvious lies: Boies wrote.
The trial promised to provide scurrilous details about widely publicized
contention in court records that Epstein not only used her but loaned her to his
rich and powerful friends, including such notables as Prince Andrew and
former President Bill Clinton. Similar claims against nationally-known attomey
Alan Dershowitz, who represents Epstein, were withdrawn when the Harvard
law professor and attorneys reached a confidential settlement in
dueling defamation lawsuits they filed against each other over the allegations.
Flight logs from Epstein's private jet show Clinton was a frequent flyer. taking
Secret Service agents along with him on trips with Epstein around the globe.
Clinton has publicly ignored M3Ilegations but an independent
investigation launched by Dershowitz raised questions about their veracity.
One of Epstein's longtime servants testified that Prince Andrew was a regular
guest at Epstein's house and received massages during the visits. But house
manager Juan Alessi acknowledged in a sworn deposition that older women
and men offered Swedish massages to Epstein's guest. It is unclear who gave
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the British prince the massages or what was included. The pnnce has
vehemently denied alle ations.
Beach. "He would come, have dinner. He never sat at the table,' said Alessi,
who described himself as Epstein's majordomo. "He eat with me in the
kitchen.-
But, Alessi said, unlike other visitors, Trump didn't avail himself of massages.
"No." he said. "Because he's got his own spa'
While defamation lawsuit appears headed for what will likely be a
confidential settlement, Scarola said his case against Epstein is going to trial
even though Trump won't be called as a witness.
"We can prove our case without Donald Trump's testimony,' he said of
malicious prosecution lawsuit he filed against Epstein for suing Edwards, the
attorney who has represente. and several of Epstein's other victims.
Edwards has also been leading a separate charge to prove Acosta's office
violated the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act when it signed off on the non-
prosecution agreement without notifying the women. That suit, which has
stalled in federal court after many of the documents were sealed, could
eventually reveal why Epstein got what many call a "sweetheart deal," Scarola
said.
Edwards also represented 65 members of Trump National Golf Club Jupiter,
who won $5.8 million in February when a federal judge ruled that Trump
improperly kept their deposits when he took over the club on Donald Ross
Road in Jupiter in 2012. Trump is appealing the decision.
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How many degrees of
separation between Trump
and sex offender Epstein?
Jane Musgrave Palm Beach Post Staff Write'
2:47 p.m Friday, May 12. 2017 Botoepagc
EFTA01042591
President Oonatil Trump at the YThrie House on Wednesday. May 10. 2017. (AP PholcvEvan Mucci. Evan lA.,cd
Flle)
PALM BEACHPresident Donald Trump is a shadowy, but ever-present, figure in the
never-ending saga of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
o RELATED: The Post's complete President Trump coverage
Mar-a-Lap, the commander-in-chiefs private-club-turned-southern-White-House in
Palm Beach, was the backdrop for Epstein's introduction to one of his dozens of teenage
victims, according to court records.
In a short-lived lawsuit that Trump decried as "categorically false," a California woman
last year sued Trump and Epstein in federal court in New York City, claiming the two
business tycoons raped her when she was 13 years old.
And Trump is on a star-studded witness list for an upcoming trial in Palm Beach County
Circuit Court that attorney Jack Scarola promises will be the first public airing
of Epstein's lurid lifestyle.
But, Scarola acknowledges, it is unlikely the president will be part of what Scarola
promises will be a salacious trial in the fall.
Click here to find out why.
Will President Trump be used
as witness in sex offender
Epstein case?
• - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wealthy Palm Beecher Jeffrey Epstein in Palm Beach County Cecurt Court 2008 to plead guilty to °myna' charges stemming from claims he had teenage girls give
him sexual massages. (Urns SanghWthe Palm Beath Post)
Updated. 3 43 em. Frday. May 12.2017 l Posted 2.45 p.m. Friday, May 12. 2017
PALM BEACH — President Donald Trump is a shadowy, but ever-present.
figure in the never-ending saga of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Mar-a-Lago, the commander-in-chief's private-club-turned-southern-White-
House in Palm Beach, was the baci<drop for Epstein's introduction to one of his
dozens of teenage victims, according to court records.
EFTA01042592
In a short-lived lawsuit that Trump decried as 'categorically false,' a California
woman last year sued Trump and Epstein in federal court in New York City.
And Trump is on a star-studded witness list for an upcoming trial in Palm
Beach County Circuit Court that attorney Jack Scarola promises will be the first
public airing of Epstein's lurid lifestyle.
But, Scarola acknowledges. it is unlikely the president will be part of what
Scarola promises will be a salacious trial. Scarola claims Epstein sued attorney
Brad Edwards in an effort to intimidate and punish the lawyer for representing
some of Epstein's victims. While Epstein dropped his lawsuit against Edwards,
who has also represented clients in a lawsuit against Trump, the malicious
prosecution suit against Epstein will likely go to trial in the fall. Scarola said.
When Scarola put Trump on the witness list in August. he said he never
imagined the business scion and former television star would soon occupy the
Oval Office. The legal battle he would have to launch to get a sitting president
to testify simply isn't worth it. Scarola said.
Moreover, while there is a lot of smoke around Trump's relationship with
Epstein, there appears to be little fire, so far, Scarola said.
"Based on all available public records, Trump's involvement is peripheral; he
said.
,RELATED: The Post's complete President Trump coverage
While Trump has recently distanced himself from Epstein, a 64-year-old
financier. it wasn't always that way.
"I've known Jett for fifteen years. Terrific guy," Trump said of Epstein during a
2002 interview with New York magazine. 'He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even
said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on
the younger side.-
Attorney Spencer Kuvin, one of dozens of lawyers who successfully sued
Epstein on behalf of roughly 30 women who claimed he lured them to his Palm
Beach mansion for sexually-charged massages when they were as young as
14. said he always found the comment curious.
"How would he know that?" he said of Trump's acknowledgement of Epstein's
penchant for young women. The interview came nearly six years before
Epstein's secret sex life exploded into public view when the money manager
pleaded guilty to Florida charges of procuring and soliciting a minor for
prostitution. "Why would he make a joke like that?" the West Palm Beach
attorney asked.
Further, Kuvin and others say they can't believe it is purely coincidental
that former South Florida U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, who signed off on a non-
prosecution agreement that kept Epstein from spending years behind bars,
was tapped by Trump to be U.S. Labor Secretary.
During his confirmation hearings in March. Acosta said it was "awful" that
convicted sex offender Epstein was allowed to leave the Palm Beach County
Jail to work during his 13-month jail sentence. But he insisted that without the
involvement of his office. Epstein would have received far less punishment and
EFTA01042593
his victims wouldn't have recovered any money from him. As a result of the
conviction Epstein also is on Florida's re istered sex offender list.
scoffed at Acosta's claims. The evidence that Epstein sexually abused young
girls was 'overwhelming: he said.
The answer to the many questions that still swirl around Epstein and his high-
placed friends are the subject of roughly a half-dozen lawsuits that are still
pending in both Palm Beach County and New York. Some of the nation's top
attorneys have represented Epstein and some of his victims.
But like many of the past lawsuits spawned by Epstein's behavior, most of the
remaining ones are expected to be settled. And even public court records don't
tell the full story — because many documents have been sealed or are heavily
redacted.
For example. a defamation lawsuit against one of Epstein's close friends was
scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District Court in New York this coming Monday.
But both sides agreed to a delay last week, often a signal that a settlement
could be in the works.
The suit was filed b gainst British-bom socialite and
longtime Epstein friend Ghislaine Maxwell. In a 2009 lawsuit that Epstein
settled for an undisclosed arnount.Mclaimed she was 15 when Maxwell
recruited her from her 59-an-hour job in the to m at Mar-a-Lago. where
her father had a job as a maintenance worker claims in court records
that Maxwell introduced her to Epstein and that Epstein turned her into his
international sex slave.
Maxwell wasn't sued as art of the lawsuit filed against Epstein. But, in
court papers filed b Maxwell was accused of grooming to be
Epstein's sexual toy.
Maxwell ignored the allegations until raised them again in December
2014 and Maxwell began publicly dispub laims. Famed attorney
David Boies then filed a defamation lawsuit on behalf. claiming
Maxwell 'undertook a concerted and malicious campaign to discredit
In media interviews. Maxwell called claims "obvious lies: Boies wrote.
The trial promised to provide scurrilous details about widely publicized
contention in court records that Epstein not only used her but loaned her to his
rich and powerful friends, including such notables as Prince Andrew and
former President Bill Clinton. Similar claims against nationally-known attomey
Alan Dershowitz, who represents Epstein, were withdrawn when the Harvard
law professor and attorneys reached a confidential settlement in
dueling defamation lawsuits they filed against each other over the allegations.
Flight logs from Epstein's private jet show Clinton was a frequent flyer. taking
Secret Service agents along with him on trips with Epstein around the globe.
Clinton has publicly ignored M3Ilegations but an independent
investigation launched by Dershowitz raised questions about their veracity.
One of Epstein's longtime servants testified that Prince Andrew was a regular
guest at Epstein's house and received massages during the visits. But house
manager Juan Alessi acknowledged in a sworn deposition that older women
and men offered Swedish massages to Epstein's guest. It is unclear who gave
EFTA01042594
the British prince the massages or what was included. The pnnce has
vehemently denied alle ations.
Beach. "He would come, have dinner. He never sat at the table,' said Alessi,
who described himself as Epstein's majordomo. "He eat with me in the
kitchen.-
But, Alessi said, unlike other visitors, Trump didn't avail himself of massages.
"No." he said. "Because he's got his own spa'
While defamation lawsuit appears headed for what will likely be a
confidential settlement, Scarola said his case against Epstein is going to trial
even though Trump won't be called as a witness.
"We can prove our case without Donald Trump's testimony,' he said of
malicious prosecution lawsuit he filed against Epstein for suing Edwards, the
attorney who has represente. and several of Epstein's other victims.
Edwards has also been leading a separate charge to prove Acosta's office
violated the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act when it signed off on the non-
prosecution agreement without notifying the women. That suit, which has
stalled in federal court after many of the documents were sealed, could
eventually reveal why Epstein got what many call a "sweetheart deal," Scarola
said.
Edwards also represented 65 members of Trump National Golf Club Jupiter,
who won $5.8 million in February when a federal judge ruled that Trump
improperly kept their deposits when he took over the club on Donald Ross
Road in Jupiter in 2012. Trump is appealing the decision.
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