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Attorney: Police gave media 'distorted view'
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They did that Monday via Gold- berger and a Los Angeles publicist for Miami criminal defense attorney Roy Black, who has represented Epstein in the case.
"We just think there has been a distorted view of this case in the me- dia presented by the Palm Beach po- lice," Goldberger said.
Reiter has consistently declined to comment on the case and did not respond to a request for comment Monday.
The implication that State Attor- ney Barry Krischer was easy on Ep- stein by presenting the case to a grand jury rather than filing charges
directly against him is wrong, Gold- berger said.
The Palm Beach Police Depart- ment was "happy and ecstatic" that the panel was going to review the evidence. "I think what happened is they weren't happy with the result. They decided to go the press to embarrass Mr. Epstein."
But records show that Reiter wrote Krischer on May 1 - well be- fore the case went to the grand jury - suggesting that Krischer "consider if good and sufficient reason exists to require your disqualification from the prosecution of these cases."
Rather than flat-out decline to charge Epstein, Krischer referred the case to the grand jury to "ap-
pease" the chief, Goldberger said.
A state attorney's spokesman would say only that the office refers cases to the grand jury when there are issues with the viability of the evidence or witnesses' credibility.
Both the state attorney and the grand jury concluded there was not sufficient evidence that Epstein had sex with minors, according to Gold- berger. "It was just a childish perfor- mance by the Palm Beach Police Department," Goldberger said.
The defense attorney said one of the alleged victims who claimed she was a minor was in fact over the age of 18. Another alleged victim who was subpoenaed to testify to the grand jury failed to do so. Epstein's
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Read a letter from Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter to State Attorney Barry Krischer on the Epstein probe.
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accusers, he added, have histories of drug abuse and thefts. "These wom- en are liars. We've established that."
But why would they all invent their stories about meeting Epstein for sexual massages?
"I don't have an answer as to what was the motivation for these women to come forward and make these al- legations," Goldberger said.
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Indictment: Billionaire solicited 3 times
Palm Beach police will report today about their prostitution probe of the money manager.
BY LARRY KELLER
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
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 in- dictment charging him with felony so- licitation of a prostitute.
Epstein, 53, was booked at the Palm Beach County Jail at 3:45 a.m. Sunday. He was released on $300,000 bond.
Epstein's case is unusual in that suspected prostitution joints 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.
His attorney, Jack Goldberger, discussed to discuss the charge.
State attorney's of- fice spokesman Mike Edmondson also had little to say.
"Generally speak- ing, there is a case that has a number of different aspects to it," Edmondson said of a prostitution related charge being submitted to a grand jury. "We first became aware of the case months ago by Palm Beach police."
Prosecutors and police worked to- gether to bring the case to the grand jury, he said.
Palm Beach police confirmed that and said the department will release a report today regarding its investigation.
Epstein has owned a five-bedroom, 7-bath, 7,000-square-foot home with a pool and a boat dock on the Intracoastal
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Waterway since 1990, according to property records. A man answering the door there Monday said that Epstein wasn't home. A Cadillac Escalade reg- istered to him was parked in the drive- way, which is flanked by two massive gargoyles.
Epstein and Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits in 2001, contending that the assessment of his home exceeded its fair market value. He dismissed his lawsuit in December 2002.
A profile of Epstein in Vanity Fair magazine said his twins what are be- lieved to be the largest private homes in Manhattan - a 51,000-square-foot - and New Mexico - a 7,500-acre ranch. Those are in addition to his 70-acre is- land in the U.S. Virgin Islands and fleet of aircraft.
Epstein's friends and admirers, ac- cording to the magazine, include prom- inent businessmen, academics and sci- entists and famed Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz.
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Mystery money man faces soliciting charge
BY NICOLE JANOK
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
A part-time Palm Beacher who has socialized with Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey was jailed early Sunday with accused drug dealers, drunken drivers and wife beaters after he was charged with soliciting a prosti- tute.
Manhattan money manager Jeffrey Epstein, 53, was picked up at his home on El Brillo Way at 1:45 a.m. He was released hours later on $5,000 bond.
Epstein was indicted last week by a state grand jury, according to state at- torney's spokesman Mike Edmondson. Despite Epstein's arrest, the indictment containing the allegations remained sealed Sunday and Edmondson provid- ed no details.
Unlike most accused johns, Epstein was charged with a third-degree felony instead of a misdemeanor. Under state law, a solicitation charge usually is ele- vated to a more-serious felony when the defendant has at least two solicitation
convictions.
However, checks of court records here and in New York Sunday turned up no such convictions.
Epstein could not be reached. I Ed- mondson said he was being represent- I by West Palm Beach attorney Jack Goldberger, who declined comment.
Epstein is the president of I Epstein & Co., a money management company based in Manhattan that caters to ultra- wealthy clientele, according to pub- See SOLICITINÉ, 6B
Jeffrey Epstein Indictment related to prostitution.
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'Mysterious billionaire' has been on probation
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lished reports. National magazines have described him as a "mysterious billion- aire" who lives in a 45,000- square-foot New York city mansion.
He has been in trouble before. In 1993, he and two other defendants were charged in federal court with three counts of postal larceny and theft and one count of property theft: a plea of guilty to a single charge of conspiring to steal U.S. Treasury checks from resi- dential mailboxes and re- ceived 5 years' probation. The remaining charges were
dropped.
Since then Epstein's name has turned up in New York City's tabloids, the New York Post and New York Post. Clinton aid Kevin Spacey joined him pri- vate Boeing 721 2003, his paper dubbed "King of the Big Apple's" aide.
In 2004, Stein bid against Trump's 43,000- square-foot 9Bess, vis- ited once owby health- care magnate Gosman. Trump rejected with a $41.35 millio
Staff Researchera Cortes contrib this story.
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