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Extraction Summary
6
People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information
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Newspaper editorial / media article (archived in house oversight records)
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Summary
This document is an editorial from the Palm Beach Post dated August 4, 2006, criticizing the prosecution's decision to only charge Jeffrey Epstein with solicitation rather than crimes against minors. It highlights evidence found by police, including school transcripts and trash searches, proving Epstein knew the victims' ages. The text also notes the defense strategy led by Alan Dershowitz to discredit the victims based on their social media activity.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Subject / Defendant |
53-year-old Manhattan money manager indicted on solicitation charges; accused of crimes against minors.
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| Elisa Cramer | Author |
Author of the Palm Beach Post editorial.
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| Alan Dershowitz | Defense Attorney |
Harvard law professor hired to defend Epstein; provided details to prosecutors to assail victims' characters.
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| Jack Goldberger | Defense Attorney |
Hired to defend Epstein.
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| Barry Krischer | State Attorney |
Questioned for not letting a jury decide on charges involving minors.
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| Unnamed Minor Victims | Victims |
Girls aged 14, 15, 16, and 17 involved in the case.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Palm Beach Post |
Newspaper publishing the editorial.
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| Palm Beach Police |
Investigated Epstein; strenuously urged charges of unlawful sex acts with a minor.
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| Harvard |
Employer of Alan Dershowitz.
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| myspace.com |
Site where teenagers allegedly discussed marijuana and alcohol, used by defense to discredit them.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the archived document (based on footer).
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Timeline (3 events)
2004-12
A 16-year-old girl went to Epstein's house to 'work' for Christmas money.
Epstein's Palm Beach Home
Jeffrey Epstein
16-year-old girl
2006-07
Jeffrey Epstein indicted by a grand jury on one felony count of solicitation of prostitution.
Palm Beach
Jeffrey Epstein
Grand Jury
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
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Location of the crimes and investigation.
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7,234-square-foot waterfront home where police searched trash and crimes allegedly occurred.
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Described as Epstein's origin (Manhattan money manager).
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Relationships (3)
Mr. Epstein... has hired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz
Mr. Epstein... has hired... defense attorney Jack Goldberger
Police records indicate he paid for sex acts with girls aged 14-17.
Key Quotes (4)
"He was over 50. And they were girls. 14. 15.16.17-year-old girls."Source
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Quote #1
"Prosecutors did not pursue charges against Mr. Epstein reflecting the age of the victims because they assumed a jury would view the girls not as victims but as promiscuous, untrustworthy, willing participants. The presumption is offensive."Source
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"One girl couldn't show up when Mr. Epstein wanted because she had soccer."Source
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Quote #3
"Prosecutors gave greater weight to the details Mr. Dershowitz provided about the girls in an apparent effort to assail their character."Source
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Palm Beach Post Editorial #1
He was over 50. And they were girls
By Elisa Cramer
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By Elisa Cramer
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Friday, August 04, 2006
If the women whom Palm Beach police say a part-time town resident invited to his home and paid for sex acts were, in fact, women, the solicitation charge against Jeffrey Epstein might feel more sufficient. But, according to police records, they weren't. He was over 50. And they were girls. 14. 15.16.17-year-old girls. That should count for something - the difference between prostitution and pedophilia.
So, it is baffling that Mr. Epstein, who was indicted last month by a grand jury on one felony count of solicitation of prostitution, has not been charged, as Palm Beach police strenuously urged, with unlawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molestation.
Conviction of crimes against minors would mean steeper penalties than the maximum five-year prison term Mr. Epstein faces if convicted of the single count of felony solicitation. It also would help carry a message of intolerance to perverts who prey on girls.
Prosecutors did not pursue charges against Mr. Epstein reflecting the age of the victims because they assumed a jury would view the girls not as victims but as promiscuous, untrustworthy, willing participants. The presumption is offensive.
Mr. Epstein, a 53-year-old Manhattan money manager who has hired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and defense attorney Jack Goldberger, has denied knowing how old the girls were. But police interviews with five alleged victims and 17 witnesses under oath, as well as phone messages, a high school transcript and other items that police found from searching Mr. Epstein's trash and 7,234-square-foot waterfront home, provide evidence that he knew the girls were teenagers.
One girl couldn't show up when Mr. Epstein wanted because she had soccer. Another time, Mr. Epstein had to wait for his "massage" session because the girl he wanted was still in class.
Why didn't State Attorney Barry Krischer let a jury decide whether to believe the teenagers - including a 16-year-old who went to Mr. Epstein's house to "work" in December 2004 after being asked whether she needed to make money for Christmas gifts?
Prosecutors gave greater weight to the details Mr. Dershowitz provided about the girls in an apparent effort to assail their character. Mr. Dershowitz pointed out to prosecutors that some of the teenagers had talked on myspace.com about marijuana and alcohol use.
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