Financier Jeffrey Epstein Begins Sentence for Soliciting Prostitution Amid Claims of Selective Information Release

say explicitly why he had urged the prosecutor to step aside. Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for Mr. Krischer, said the state attorney’s office sometimes sent noncapital cases to grand juries when there were questions about witness credibility. Mr. Krischer does not recommend a particular charge in such cases, Mr. Edmondson said, but gives the grand jury a list of possible charges. Bruce J. Winick, a law professor at the University of Miami, said that while prosecutors in Florida rarely referred noncapital cases to grand juries, they sometimes did so with sensitive cases to be extra-cautious. Mr. Lefcourt said the police were wrong to have released the report so soon, especially without correcting information that later proved wrong. He cited his assertion that one accuser had lied about her age, adding that she had also been arrested on drug charges and had been fired by her employer for stealing. “What I’m trying to focus on,” Mr. Lefcourt said, “is, What’s motivating the selective and misleading release of information to the public?” Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company New York Times — 06/30/08 Financier Starts Sentence in Prostitution Case -NYTimes.com Page 1| of 4 ge 1 of 4 July 1, 2008 Financier Starts Sentence in Prostitution Case By LANDON THOMAS Jr. The bad news arrived by phone last week on Little St. James Island, the palm-fringed Xanadu in the Caribbean where Jeffrey E. Epstein, adviser to billionaires, lives in secluded splendor. Report to the Palm Beach County jail, the caller, Mr. Epstein’s lawyer, said. So over the weekend Mr. Epstein quit his pleasure dome, with its staff of 70 and its flamingo-stocked lagoon, and flew to Florida. On Monday morning, he turned himself in and began serving 18 months for soliciting prostitution. “T respect the legal process,” Mr. Epstein, 55, said by phone as he prepared to leave his <p al BS DR 3S Ik DIS IC OIC BIS DIS 54S IC DIS IC 34S BIS DIS 34S 2k DIS ig OIC BIS DIS 3S Dik DIS ik 34S BIS DIC 2S 2k DIC ik 24S IS DIC SIS Die DIC ig 24S IC OIC SIC 2 OIC 2g OIC iS 2IC 2c 2k OIC 2k 2IC ik 2k ic The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of Jeffrey Epstein Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030309