Jeffrey Epstein FBI/Police Files Reveal Links to High‑Profile Figures, Deleted Pages, and Potential Plea Deal

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOI/PA DELETED PAGE INFORMATION SHEET Civil Actionff 17-cv-03956 Total Deleted Page(s) = 258 Page 3 - 1,3 - 1; b6 - 1, -2, -3, -4; b7C - 1, -2, -3, -4; Page 4 - b6 - 2; b7C - 2; Page 5 - 66 - 1, -2, -4, -5; 67C - 1, -2, -4, -5; Page 6 - 66 - 2; 67C - 2; Page 7 - b3 - 1; b6 - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; b7C - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; Page 8 - b6 - 2; b7C - 2; Page 9 - 63 - 1; 66 - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; 67C - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; Page 10 - 66 - 2; 67C - 2; Page 11 - 63 - 1; 66 - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; 67C - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5 Page 12 - b6 - 2; b7C - 2; Page 13 - b3 - 1; b6 - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; b7C - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; b7E - 1; Page 14 - 66 - 2; 67C - 2; Page 15 - b3 - 1; b6 - 1, -2, -3, -4; b7C - 1, -2, -3, -4; b7E - 1; Page 16 - b6 - 2; b7C - 2; Page 17 - b6 - 1, -2, -4; b7C - 1, -2, -4; b7D - 2; Page 18 - 66 - 2; 67C - 2; Page 22 - 63 - 1; 66 - 1, -3, -4, -5; 67C - 1, -3, -4, -5; 67D - 1; Page 23 - b3 - 1; b6 - 1, -3, -4, -5, -7; b7C - 1, -3, -4, -5, -7; b7D - 1; Page 24 - 63 - 1; 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Miami Squad PB-2, Contact: SA Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 31E-MM Title: JEFFREY .EPSTE N; Attn: SSA WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTION Synopsis: To request case be opened Date: 07/24/2006 PEM C I b WHO. b6 _2 3 OiiittiA le— DATE 22V/A b7A 11 b.7c 1, L_- and assigned. 4--40 5,4 Details: From March 2005 through February 2006, the Palm Beach County Police Department conducted an investigation DOB DOlifl lEps ein 1177777-is-. b3 b6 b7C b3 -1 b6 -1, -3 b7C -1, -3 a‘o 3eo14&0116C" Hr.( .4.108'004'4 I 03956-17 To: Miami From: 10Pami Re: 31E-MM, 07/24/2006 It is requested by SA captioned case be opened and assigned. • • 2 b3 -1 b6 -1, -3 b7C -1, -3 that the above b6 -2 b7C -2 03956-18 ObbableCauseAffidavit • Palm Beach Police Department Agency ORI# FLO 500600 Police Casett: 05-368 (1) Defendant: Race/Sex: DOB: Charges: Jeffrey Epstein White Male b6 -1 b7C -1 From March 15, 2005, through February 2006, the Palm Beach Police Department conducted a sexual battery investigation involving Jeffrey Epstein, iPalm Beach. b3 -1 b6 -1, -3 b7C -1, -3 The facts, as reported, are as follows: b3 -1 b6 -1, -3 b7C -1, -3 b7D -1 The foregoing instrument was sworn to or affirmed before me this r day of May, 2006 by DM' who is personally known to me. b6 -4 b7C -4 State of Florida County of Palm Beach Signature/Arresting Officer Signature of Police Officer (F.S.S. 117.10) Date: 05/01/2006 b3 -1 b6 -1, -3 b7C -1, -3 b7D -1 Page of 22 fogoi,o2.5_)1.956-19 jC fAbable Cause Affidavit Palm Beach Police Department b3 -1 Agency ORI# FLO 500600 b6 -1, -3 b7C -1, -3 On November 21, 2005 I intervie e stated he was b3 -1 b6 b70 b7D -1, -1, -1 -3, -3, -5 -5 On January 4, 2006 I interviewed another former houseman, Mr Alfredo Rodriguez. During a sworn taped statement, Mr. Rodriguez stated he was employed by Jeffrey Epstein for approximately six months, from November 2004 through May of 2005. His responsibilities as house manager included being the butler, Co. ouse an rim errands for E • stein and rovide for E • stein's ests. I asked Rodriguez about The foregoing instrument was sworn to or affirmed before me this lst day of May, 2006 by Deti lvvho is personally known to me. Signature of Police Officer (F.S.S. 117.10) b6 -4 b7C -4 State of Florida County of Palm Beach Signature/Arresting Officer Date: 05/01/2006 b3 1 b6 1, -3 b70 -1, -3 b7D -1 Page of 22 03956-39 4 '1" k ibable Cause Affidavit Palm Beach Police Department Agency ORM PLO 500600 b3 -1 b6 -1, -3 b7C -1, -3 b7D -1 b3 -1 b6 -1, -3 b7C -1, -3 b7D -1 b3 b6 b7C b7D -1, -1, -2 -3 -3 b7E -1 b6 -1 b7C -1 b7D -2 b7E -1 Therefore, as Jeffrey Epstein, who at the time of these incidents was b3 -1 b6 -1, -3 b7C -1, -3 The foregoing instrument was sworn to or affirmed before me this r day of May, 2006 by Pet____________who is personally known to me. b6 -4 b7C -4 State of Florida County of Palm Beach Signature/Arresting Officer Signature of Police Officer (F.S.S. 117.10) Date: 05/01/2006 Page of 22 03956-40 Mystery money man faces soliciting charge By NICOLE AMOK Palm Beach Post Ste Wnter Part-time Palm Beacher who has socialized with Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey was jailed early Sundaywith 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 $3,000 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. 1- mondson said he was being representiii by West Palm Beach attorney Jack Goldberg, who declined comment Epstein is the president of J Epstein & Co., a money management company based in Manhattan that caters to ultra- wealthy clientele, according to pub- See SOUCMNG, 68 to- effrey Epstein Indictment related to prostitution. 'Mysterious billionaire' has been on probation SOLICITING from is 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. Epstein plead 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 noted he flew Pres- ident Clinton and Kevin Spacey to Africa on his pri- vate Boeing 727. In 2003, the paper dubbed him one of the Big Apple's "top studs." In 2004, Epstein bid against Trump for a 43,000- square foot Palm Beach es- tate once owned by health- care magnate Abe Gosman. Trump topped Epstein with a $41.35 million bid. Stu) f Researcher Angelica Cortez contributed to this story. •C) nicolejanok@pbpostcom >7; C', 03956-63 f- 210301- NIA--31q 4E4 THE PALM BEACH POST • TUESDAY, !MY 25,2006 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 Ste Miter Billionaire money manager and Palm Beach part-time resident Jeffrey Epstein solicited orprocured 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 prostitution. Epstein, 53, was booked at the Palm Beach County jail at 1:45 am. Sunday. He was released on $3,000 bond. Epstein's case is unusual in that suspected prostitution johns 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, declined to discuss the charge. State attorney's of- fice spokesman Mike Edmondson also had little to say. "Generally speak- Epstein 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, 71/2-bath, 7,234-square-foot home with a pool and a boat dock on the Intracoastal 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 sued 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 he owns what are be- lieved to be the largest private homes in Manhattan —51,000 square feet— and in 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. oiany_keller@pbpostcom Mount Clipping in Space Below) 03956-64 (1.81-9 .A8):00GC-433 P0-350 (Rev. 5-6-81) •It • Mount Clipping in Space Below) After long probe, billionaire faces solicitation charge By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein paid to have underage girls and young women brought to his home, where he re- ceived massages and sometimes sex, ac- cording to an investigation by the Palm Beach Police Department. Palm Beach police spent months sifting through Ep- stein's trash and watching his waterfront home and Palm Beach International Airport to keep tabs on his private jet An indictment charging Epstein, 53, was unsealed Monday, charging him with one count of felony solicitation of prostitutbn. Palm Beach police thought there was probable cause to charge Epstein with un- lawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molestation. Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry with State Attorney Barry Krischer's han- dling of the case that he wrote a memo See EPSTEIN, 5B Epstein (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 8, 58 / The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, FL Date: 0726/2006 Edition: Title: After long probe, billionaire faces solicitation charges Character or Classification 31 E-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM ndexing: 03‘5.1/4-6.5 31 C- Alk - )080(22. - Ce w s c THE PALM BEACH POST • WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2006 5B Police kept watch on home, airport, sifted through trash Ow EPSTEINfrom1n suggesting the county's top prosecutor disqualify himself "I must urge you to ex- amine the unusual course that your office's handling of this inematter has taken and consider Erisegood and sufficient reason exists to require your dis- qualification from the prose- cution of these cases," Reiter wrote in a May 1 memo to Krischer. While not commenting specifically on the Epstein case, Mike Edmondson, spokesman for the state at- torney, said his office pre- sents eases other than mur- ders to a grand jury when there are questions about witnesses' credibility and their ability to testify. By the nature of their jobs, police officers look at evi- nce from a "one-sided per- t ...oective," Edmondson said. "A prosecutor has to look at it in a much broader fashion," weighing the veracity of wit- nesses and how they may fare under defense attorneys' questioning, he said. Epstein's attorney, Jack Goldberger, said his client committed no crimes. 'The reports and state- ments in question refer to false accusations that were not charged because the Palm Beach County state attorney questioned the credibility of the witnesses," Goldberger said. A county grand jury "found the allegations wholly unsubstantiated and not credible," and that's why his client was not charged with sexual activity with minors, he said. Goldberger said Epstein passed a lie detector test ad- ministered by a reputable polygraph examiner in which he said he did not know the girls were minors. Also, a search warrant served on Epstein's home found no evi- dence to corroborate the girls' allegations, Goldberger said. According to police docu- ments: • A Palm Beach Commu- nity College student said she gave Epstein a massage in the nude, then brought him six girls, ages 14 to 16, for mas- sage and sex-tinged sessions at his home. • A 27-year-old woman who worked as Epstein's personal assistant also facili- tated the liaisons, phoning the PBCC student to arrange for girls when Epstein was coming to town. And she es corted the girls upstairs when they arrived, putting fresh sheets on a massage table and placing massage oils nearby. • Police took sworn statements from five alleged victims and 17 witnesses. They contend that on three occasions, Epstein had sex with the girls. The chiefs letter See the letter Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter wrote to State Attorney Barry Krischer on the Epstein case. PalmBoachPost cam A money manager for the ultra-rich, Epstein was named one of New York's most eligi- ble bachelors in 2003 by The New York Pont. He reportedly hobnobs with the likes of former President Clinton, former Harvard University President Lawrence Sum- mers and Donald Trump, and has lavish homes in Manhat- tan, New Mexico and the Vir- gin Islands. He has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Dens ocratic Party candidates and organizations, including Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid, and the Senate campaigns of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clin- ton, Christopher Dodd and Charles Schumer. Goldberger is one of five attorneys Epstein has re tamed since he became the subject of an investigation, Edmondson said. Among the others: Alan Dershowitz, the well-known Harvard law pro- fessor and author, who is a friend of Epstein. Dershowitz could not be reached for comment Police said the woman who enlisted young girls for Epstein was Haley Robson, ' 20, of Royal Palm Beach. Robson has worked at an Ol- ive Garden restaurant in Wellington and said she was a journalism major at Palm Beach Community College when she was questioned by police last October. She has an unlisted phone number and could not be reached for comment. Robson said she met Ep- stein when, at age 17, a friend asked her if she would like to make money giving him a massage. She said she was driven to his five-bedroom, 71h-bath home on the Intra- coastal Waterway, then es corted upstairs to a bedroom with a massage table and oils. Epstein and Robson were both naked during the mas- sage, she said, but when he grabbed her buttocks, she said she didn't want to be touched. Epstein said he'd pay her to bring him more girls—the younger the better, Robson told police. When she tried once to bring a 23-year-old woman to him, Epstein said she was too old, Robson said. Robson, who has not been charged in the case, said she eventually brought sirgirls to Epstein who were paid $200 each time, Robson said. "I'm hie a Heidi Fleiss," police quoted her as saying. The girls knew what to expect when they were taken to Ep- stein's home, Robson said. Give a massage — maybe na- ked — and allow some touching. One 14-year-old girl Rob- son took to meet Epstein led police to start the investiga- tion of him in March 2005. A relative of the girl called to say she thought the child had re cently engaged in sex with a Palm Beach man. The girl then got into a fight with a classmate who accused her of being a prostitute, and she couldn't explain why she had $300 in her purse. The girl gave police this account of her meeting with Epstein: She accompanied Robson and a second girl to Epstein's house on a Sunday in Febru- ary 2005. Once there, a wom- an she thought was Epstein's assistant told the girl to follow her upstairs to a room featur- ing a mural of a naked woman, several photographs of naked women on a shelf, a hot pink and green sofa and a massage table. She stripped to her bra and panties and gave him a massage. Epstein gave the 14-year- old $300 and she and the oth- er girls left, she said. She said Robson told her that Epstein paid her $200 that day. Other girls told similar stories. In most accounts, Epstein's personal assistant at the time, Sarah Kellen, now 27, escorted the girls to Ep- stein's bedroom. Kellen, whose most re cent known address is in North Carolina, has not been charged in the case. Palm Beach police often conducted surveillance of Epstein's home, and at Palm Beach International Airport to see if his private jet was there, so they would know when he was in town. Police also arranged repeatedly to receive his trash from Palm Beach sanitation workers, collecting papers with names and phone numbers, sex toys and female hygiene products. One note stated that a fe- male could not come over at 7 p.m. because of soccer. An- other said a girl had to work Sunday — "Monday after school?" And still another note contained the work hours of a girl, saying she leaves school at 11:30 am. and would come over the next day at 10:30 an. Only three months before the police department probe began, Epstein donated $90,000 to the department for the purchase of a firearms simulator, said Jane Struder, town finance director. The purchase was never made. The money was returned to Epstein on Monday, she said. Staff writers Andrew Mama and Tim O'Meilia and St mf re- searcher ibmelica Cortez con- tributed to this story. 0 lany_kelletiPpbpostcam ..03956-66 FD-350 (Seg. 5-8-81) • • Mount Clipping in Space Below) Police say lawyer tried to discredit teenage girls By LARRY KELLER Palm Bead Post Staff Writer 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 thatwould 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- lowed his car, photographed his home and chased off visitors. Police also talked to somebody who said she was offered money if she refused to cooperate with the Palm Beach Police Department probe of Ep- stein. The state attorney's office said itpresented the Epstein case to a county grand jury this month rather than directly charging Epstein because of concerns about the 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. Epstein: His former attorney agreed to a plea bargain, police say. (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 113, 7B / The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beth, PL Date: 7/29/2006 Edition: Title: Police say lawyer tried to discredit teenage girls. Character Or Classification: 31E-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM Indexing: The case originally was going toe presented to the grand jury in February, but was postponed after Dershowitz pro- duced information gleaned from the Web site myspace.com showing some of the alleged victims commenting on alcohol and marijuana use, according to the police report prepared by Detective Joseph Re- carey. Haley Robson, a 20-year-old Royal Palm Beach wonaau who told police she recruited girls for Epstein, also is profiled on myspace.com. Her page includes pho- tos of her and her friends, including one See EPSTEIN, 713 0395r-67 31e-Rm --vocw“, Polygraph shows he didn't know girls' ages, lawyer says EPSTEIN from 1B using the name "Pimpin' Made EZ." Robson, who was not charged in the case, is a potential prosecution wit- ness. According to Recarey, prosecutor Lanna Belohlavek offered Epstein attorneys Dershowitz and GuyFronstin a plea deal in April. Fronstin, after speaking with Epstein, accepted the deal, in which Epstein would plead guilty to one count of aggravated as- sault with intent to commit a felony, be placed on five years' probation and have no criminal record. The deal al- so called for Epstein to sub- mit to a psychiatric and sex- ual evaluation and have no unsupervised visits with mi- nors, according to Recarey's report. The plea bargain was made in connection with only one of the five alleged vic- tims, the report states. Fronstin — who declined to comment on the case — • was subsequently fired and veteran defense attorney Jack Goldberger was hired. Ile denies there was any agreement by any of Ep- stein's attorneys to a plea deal. 'We absolutely did not agree to a plea in this case," he said. Neither Belohlavek nor a state attorney's spokesman could be reached for comment The parent or parents of alleged victims who corn- plained of being harassed by private investigators provid- ed license tag numbers of two of the men. Police found the vehicles were registered to a private eye in West Palm Beach and another in Jupiter, according to Recarey's re- port. "I have no knowledge of it," defense attorney Gold- berger said. The report also says a woman connected to the Ep- stein case was contacted by somebody who was still in touch with Epstein. That person told her she would be compensated if she didn't cooperate with police, Re- carey's report says. Those who did talk "will be dealt with," the woman said she was told. Phone records show the woman talked with the person who allegedly in- timidated her around the time she said, Recarey re- ported. Phone records also show that the person said .to have made the threat then placed a call to Epstein's personal as- sistant, who in turn called a New York corporation affili- ated with Epstein, the report states. The issue in the Epstein case is not whether females came to his waterfront home, but whether he knew their ages. "He's never denied girls came to the house," Gold- berger said. But when Ep- stein was given a polygraph test, "he passed on knowl- edge of age," the attorney said. After the indictment against Epstein was unsealed this week, Police Chief Reiter referred the matter to the FBI. 'We've received the re- ferral, and we're reviewing it," said FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela in Miami. The chief himself has come under attack from Ep- stein's lawyers and friends in New York, where he has a home. The New York Post quoted Epstein's prominent New York lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt, as saying his client was indicted only "because of the craziness of the police chief." Reiter has declined to comment on the case. , Prosecutors have not presented a sex-related case like Epstein's to a grand jury before, said Mike Edmond- son, spokesman for the state attorney's office. 'That's what you do with a case that falls into a gray area," he said. The state attorney's office did not recommend a partic- ular criminal charge on which to indict Epstein, Ed- mondson said. The grand ju- iy was presented with a list of charges from highest to low- est, then deliberated with the prosecutor out of the room, he said. "People are surprised at the grand jury proceeding," West Palm Beach defense attorney Richard Tendler said. "It's a way for the pros- ecutor's office to not take the full responsibility for not ffi- ing the (charge), and not do- ing what the Palm Beach Po- lice Department wanted. I think something fell apart with those underage wit- nesses." Defense attorney Robert Gershman was a prosecutor for six years. 'Those girls must have been incredible or untrustworthy, I don't know," he said. Other attorneys said Ep- stein's case raises the issue of whether wealthy, connected defendants like Epstein — whose friends include former President Clinton and Donald Trump — are treated differently from others. Once he knew he was the subject of a criminal probe, Epstein hired a phalanx of powerful attorneys such as Dershowitz and Lefcourt, who is a past president of the National As- sociation of CriminalDefense Lawyers. Miami lawyer Roy Black — who became nationally known when he successfully defended William Kennedy Smith on a rape charge in Palm Beach — also was in- volved at one point Said defense attorney Michelle Suskauer: "I think it's unfortunate the public may get the perception that with power, you may be treated differently than the average Joe." lany_keller@pbPost.com 03956-68 (Rev. 01-31-2003) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date; 08/01/2006 To: Miami Attn: IMA/2B2 From: Miami PB2/PBCRA Contact: SA Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062 (EcAi-g) Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN; b3 -1 1,6 -1, -2 b70 -1, -2 WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTION Synopsis: To request the opening of sub-files in captioned case. Details: It is requested that the following sub-files be opened to assist in document management in captioned case. SUB - SOP to capture subpoena request. SUB - FE' to capture forfeiture related materials. • s-Frs o Ec_ 3 ye, ict _woof/16-69_ FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) o Mount Clipping in Space Below) Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 208 / The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, FL Date: 8/4/2006 Edition: Title: He was over 50 And they were girls Character Or Classification 31E-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM He was over 50. And they were girls lithe 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 some- thing — the dif- ference 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 pros- titution, 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 mi- nors would mean steeper penalties than the maximum five-year prison term Mr. Epstein faces if convicted of the single count of felony solicita- tion. It also would help carry a mes- sage of intolerance to perverts who prey on girls. Prosecutors did not pursue charg- es 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. Mt Epstein, a 53-year-old Man- hattan money manager who has hired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and defense attor- ney Jack Goldberger, has denied knowing how old the girls were. Elise Cramer Jury should have decided i f Epstein is a pedophile. But police interviews with five alleged victims and 17 witnesses under oath, as well as phone mes- sages, 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. Ep- stein 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 — in- cluding a 16-yea1told 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 pro- vided about the girls in an apparent effort to assail their character. Mr. Dershowitz pointed out to prosecu- tors that some of the teenagers had talked on myspace.com about mari- juana and alcohol use. The 20-year-old Royal Palm Beach woman who told police she recruited girls for Mr. Epstein has a Web page on myspace.com that features one girl using the name "Pimpin' Made El" Although no charges of witness tampering have been filed, the par- ents of at least one of the teenage victims complained to police of be- ing followed and intimidated by two men. Police determined that their vehicles were registered to two pri- vate investigators. Mr Goldberger denied knowing anything about it. Police also note in their reports that the state attorney's office of- fered Mr. Epstein a plea deal that would have placed him on proba- tion for five years, allowing him ultimately to walk away with no criminal record at all. I asked Mr. Krischer's spokes- man, Mike Edmondson, why the case was referred to a grand jury in- stead of Mr. Epstein being charged and facing a trial before a jury And shouldn't the victim& credibility be a factor to determine whether a crime's been committed, not wheth- er a jury will convict? (After all, as Mr Goldberger told The Palm Beach Post of Mt Epstein, "He never de- nied girls came to the house.") Especially, I asked Mr. Edmond- son to explain: Why shouldn't the public look at this case and think there are two kinds of justice — one for the wealthy and one for the rest of us? Mt Edmondson said he could not comment on the case because it is active, but on the latter point, he offered, for the sake of "philosophi- cal debate": "Whether wealth buys a different standard of justice across the country ... the answer to that would, of course, be yes." But in this case, he said, "regard- less of the battery of attorneys, the outcome would be the same. Every issue that was debated in public was debated in our office before this case went to the grand jury" In this case, it is not the victims' credibility but the state attorney's that deserves questioning. Elisa Cramer is an editorial writer for The Palm Beach Post. Her e-mail 036-7 is ei address elisa_cramer@pbpost.com • 1 th)-380 (Rev. 5-8-81) • • Mount Capping in Space Below) Expert: Ignorance of age isn't defense in sex cases By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Even if Palm Beach mon- ey manager Jeffrey Epstein didn't know that girls who police say gave him sexual massages at his Intracoastal home were under the legal age, that alone wouldn't have exempted him from criminal charges of sexual activity with minors. "Ignorance is not a valid defense," said Bob Dekle a legal skills professor who was a Lake City prosecutor for nearly 30 years, half of that time specializing in sex crimes against children. "There is no knowledge element as far as the age is concerned? Dekle said. After an 11-month investi- gation, Palm Beach police said there was probable cause to charge Epstein, 53, with unlawful sex acts with a minor Epstein: Two polificians have returned dona- tions since he was charged with soliciting minors. and lewd and lascivious mo- estation. They contend that Epstein — friend of the rich and fatuous and financial pa- tron of Democratic Party or- ganizations and candidates— committed those acts with five underage girls. In the past week, New York Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer has returned about $50,000 in campaign contri- butions he received from Ep- stein, and Mark Green, a candidate to replace Spitzer in See EPSTEIN, 513 (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) I B / 58 lThe Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, FL Date: 8/5/2006 Edition: Title: Expert Ignorance of age isn't defense in sex cases Character OT lassification.31E-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM ndexing: 03956-76 31&-14N-- /06O72ft - Lawyer: Juroft often believe Alas over kids EPSTEIN from 113 his current job, has returned $10,000 to him because of the Palm Beach scandal, the New York Daily News has reported. Rather than file charges, the state attorney's office presented the case to a county grand jury. The panel indicted Epstein last week on a single, less serious charge of felony solicitation of pros- titution. The case raised eyebrows because the state attorney's office rarely, if ever, kicks such charges to a grand jury. And it increases the difficulty of prosecuting child sex abuse cases, especially when the defendant is enormously wealthy and can hire high- priced, top-tier lawyers. At least one of Epstein's alleged victims told police he knew she was underage when the two of them got naked for massages and sex- ual activity. She was 16 years old at the time and said Ep- stein asked her questions about her high school, ac- cording to police reports. A girl who, said she met Epstein when she was 15 said he told her if she told any- body what happened at his house, bad things could hap- pen, the police reports state. Epstein's youngest al- leged victim was 14 when she says she gave him a massage that included some sexual activity. She is now 16. The girl's father says he doesn't know whether she told Ep- stein her age. "My daughter has kept a lot of what happened from me because of sheer embarrass- ment," he said. "But she very much looked 14. Any prudent man would have had second thoughts about that" Defense attorney Jack Goldberger maintains that not only did Epstein pass a polygraph test showing he did not know the girls were minors, but their stories weren't credible. The state attorney's office also implied that their credibility was an issue when it decided not to charge Epstein directly, but instead give the case to the grand jury. "A prosecutor has to look at it in a much broader fash- ion," a state attorney's spokesman said last week. Epstein hired Harvard law Professor Alan Der- showitz when he became aware he was under investi- gation, and Dershowitz gave prosecutors information that some of the alleged victims had spoke of using alcohol and marijuana on a popular Web site, according to a Palm Beach police report. Prosecutors typically consider two things m decid- ing whether to charge some with sex-related offens- es againstminors— whether there is sufficient evidence and whether there is a public interest in doing so, Dekle said. Child sex abuse cases often are difficult to prosecute, an attorney says. If two teens are in a sexual relationship and the boy turns 18 before the girl, he could be charged with a sex crime if the sex continues. There would be no public in- terest in pursuing that, Dekle said. But where there is a large gap in ages — and especially in cases of teachers with stu- dents — there is a public in- terest in prosecuting, he said. Likewise if the accused has a track record of sex with mi- nors. Still there is a "universal constant" in prosecuting these cases, Dekle said. Men who exploit underage chil- dren for sex often carefully choose their victims in ways that will minimize the risk to them, he said. 'Victims usually are from a lower social status, and they may suffer from psychologi- cal problems, Dekle said. "Lots of child sexual abuse victims have been vic- timized by multiple people over a period of time. Then the act of abuse produces behavior in the victims that further damages their credi- bility." Examples include promiscuous behavior and drug abuse. Some of the alleged vic- tims in the Epstein case re- turned to his home multiple times for the massage ses- sions and the $200 to $300 he typically paid them per visit 'That would be a definite problem for the prosecutor," said Betty Resch, who prose- cuted crimes against children in Palm Beach County for five years and now is in private practice in Lake Worth. 'The victim becomes less sympathetic" to a jury, Resch said. "But she's a victim nev- ertheless. She's a kid." Most men charged with sex crimes against minors look normal, Dekle said. A jury expecting to see a mon- ster seldom will. And the vie- Ems' ages work against them and in favor of the defendant in a trial, Dekle said. If a child and an adult tell different stories and both swear they're telling the truth, adult jurors are more likely to believe the adult, Dekle said "You have all these things working against you in a child sex abuse case. Prosecutors normally try to be very care- ful in filing those cases be- cause they know what they're getting into. There is no such thing as an iron-clad child sexual abuse case" 0 Ianykelie @pbpostcom 03956-77 Palm Beach chief focus of fire in Epstein case Defendant's lawyers take him on; he slams state attorney By LARRY KELLER Palm Rwrh Post Ske Miter In the case of Pan Beach financier Jeffrey Ep- stein, it seems, at times, as if two men are accused of wrongdoing: Epstein and Palm Beach Police Chief V -to) 090' -}H-' Michael Reiter. Epstein, 53, was indict- ed last month on a charge of felony solicitation of prosti- tution solely because of Re- iter's "craziness," one of Epstein's lawyers said. His department disseminated "a distorted view of the case" and behaved in a "childish" manner when the grand jury didn't indict Ep- stein on the charges it sought, another Epstein lawyer complained. To hear the Epstein camp tell it, Reiter, 48, is a loose cannon better suited to be the sheriff of Mayber- ry. They whisper that he's embroiled in a messy di- vorce. Reiter did in fact file for divorce from his wife, Jill, last year, after 24 years of marriage. They have a son, 18, and a daughter, 14. The couple is scheduled to go to mediation Wednesday. Nothing in the court file suggests their split is par- ticularly ugly. Reiter incurred the wrath of the Epstein camp as well as the state attor- See REITER, 7B I. Mount Clipping in Space Below) • • a co 03956-78 Colleagues cite chief's professionalism, integrity Ow:REITER from m ney's office for two reasons. First, he pressed for Epstein to be charged with the more serious crimes of sexual ac- tivitywith minors. Second, he slammed State Attorney Bar- ryKrischer in blunt language seldom used by one law- enforcement official con- cerning another because of what he perceived as that of- fice's mishandling of the case. Lr In a letter to Krischer Mitten May 1, Reiter called his actions it the Epstein case "highly unusual." He added, "I must urge you to... consider if good and suffi- cient reason exists to require your disqualification from the prosecution of these cases." In short, Reiter told the county's top prosecutor for the past 13 years that he ought to get off the case. "It looks like a departure from professionalism," Miami- Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said of Reiter's letter. Following Epstein's in- dictment, Reiter referred the case to the FBI to determine whether the super-rich, super-connected defendant had violated any federal laws. Reiter won't discuss the case or the broadsides aimed at him. But others almost uniformly use one word to describe the chief: profes- sional. "I have always been im- pressed by Mike's profes- sionalism and his leader- ship," said Rick Lincoln, chief of the Lantana Police Depart- ment and a Palm Beach County cop for 32 years. "The town of Palm Beach has a very professional police department. We all consider Mike to be our peer and a man of integrity." Reiter Town Manager Peter Elwell says the Palm Beach police chiefs well worth his $144,000 sal- ary. Juno Beach Police Chief H.C. Clark II agreed. Al- though he doesn't know Re- iter well, he has metwith him on countywide law enforce- ment issues. "I've never seen him lose his cool. I've never seen anything but a profes- sional demeanor from him." Reiter joined the Palm Beach Police Department in 1981, leaving a $20,000-a-year patrol job at the University of Pittsburgh. His personnel jacket shows consistently ex- cellent job evaluations. Posh Palm Beach is no hotbed of crime, and in his first year on the job, a resi- dent confined to his home with a sick child thanked Re- iterfor delivering afew Cokes to the house. Reiter refused payment for the beverages. Another resident thanked Reiter for shutting off his car's headlights in his drive- way, saying a valet must have been at fault Reiter worked everything from road patrol to organized crime, vice and narcotics. And he's no novice at investi- gations involving the island's rich and famous. He was the lead detective probing the drug overdose death of David Kennedy in 1984. He also was one of the officers who worked the investigation of William Kennedy Smith, who was charged in 1991 — and later acquitted — with raping a woman at the Kennedy family compound in Palm Beach. Reiter, who has a master's degree in human resource development from Palm Beach Atlantic University, at-. so has attended the FBI Na- tional Academy in Quantffio, Va., and management coursa es at Harvard. He's been acW five in countywide interagen- cy law enforcement organizations and has a "top secret" national security clearance. "He has a perspective that's broader than just ad- dressing the needs of the town" said Town Manager Peter Elwell, who promoted Reiter from assistant chief to chief in March 2001. Reiter makes more than $144,000 as the town's top cop. Elwell thinks he's worth it "He's very businesslike, very straightforward. He's not easily agitated or flam- boyant. He's about the work,'W Elwell said. "I think that his service as chief has been outstanding in five-plus years." 0 'arty kelleapbpastcam 03956- 79 ,FD-350 tRev. 5-8-81) Mount Clipping in Space Below) West Palm Beach, FL Date: 8/14/2006 Edition: Title: The man who had everything Character or Classification 31E-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM 0 CO (Indicate page, name of kb co newspaper, city and state.) On IA/ 6A / The Palm Beach Post rn 0 Indexing: in's Palm Beach mansion at 358 El Brillo Way. 31e- tifrt- (&S%'z-fs Jeffrey Epstein has donated more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's presidential bid, the reelection campaign of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the Senate bids of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Christopher Dodd and Charles Schumer. WINGED GARGOYLES guarded the gate at Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach mansion. Inside, hidden cameras trolled two rooms, while the girls came and went. For the police detectives who sifted through the gar- bage outside and kept records of visitors, it was the lair of a troubling target. Epstein, one of the most mysterious of the country's mega-rich, was known as much for his secrecy as for his love of fine things: mag- nificent homes, private jets, beautiful women, friendships with the world's elite. But at Palm Beach police headquarters, he was be- coming known for something else: the regular arrival of teenage girls he hired to give him massages and, police say, perform sexual favors. Epstein was different from most sexual abuse sus- pects; he was trir more pow- erful. He counted among his friends former President Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew, along with some of the most prominent legal, scientific and business minds in the country. When detectives started See EPSTEIN, 6A Epstein's mysterious lifestyle began to unravel after claims of sexual activity with minors. 03956-81 A life of luxury and secrecy 1INA FINEBERG/The Assmated Ness Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse dominates a block on the Upper East Side. Thought to be the largest private residence M Manhattan, it is reported to have closed-cimult television and a heated sidewalk ts melt fallen snow. Powerful legal team stymies detectives. Women in his life Ghislaine Maxwell, a fixture at elite parties and the intensely private daughter of a media tycoon, dated Epstein in the 1990s. 'I'm like a Heidi Reiss: Haley Robson told police she took at least six girls to visit Epstein, all between the ages of 14 and 16. PalmBeachPost.com Read previous stories on the Epstein investigation. 03956-82 EPSTEIN from 1A • tittle is known or said about asking questions and teenage girls started talking, a wave of legal resistance followed. If Palm Beach police didn't know quite who Jeffrey Epstein was, they found out soon enough. Epstein, now 53, was a quintes- sential man of mystery. He amassed his fortune and friends quietly, always in the background as he navigated New York high society. When he first attracted notice in the early 1990s, it was on account of the woman he was dating: Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late British media tycoon Robert Maxwell. In a lengthy article, headlined "The Mystery of Ghislaine Max- well's Secret Love," the British Mail an Sunday tabloid laid out specula- tive stories that the socialite's beau was a CIA spook, a math teacher, a concert pianist or a corporate head- hunter. "But what is the truth about him?" the newspaper wondered. "Like Maxwell, Epstein is both flamboyant and intensely private." The media frenzy did not begin in full until a decade later. In Sep- tember 2002, Epstein was flung into the limelight when he flew Clinton and actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private jet Suddenly everyone wanted to know who Epstein was. New York magazine and Vanity Fair published lengthy profiles. The New York Post listed him as one of the city's most eligible bachelors and began describing him in its gossip calming with adjectives such as "mysterious" and "reclusive." Although Epstein gave no inter- views, the broad strokes of his past started to come into focus. Building a life of extravagance He was born blue-collar in 1953, the son of a New York City parks department employee, and raised in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighbor- hood. He left college without a bachelor's degree but became a math teacher at the prestigious Dalton School in Manhattan. The story goes that the father of one of Epstein's students was so impressed with the man that he put him in touch with a senior partner at Bear Steams, the global investment bank and securities firm. In 1976, Epstein left Dalton for a job at Bear Stearns. By the early 1980s, he had started J. Epstein and Co. That is when he began making his millions in earnest Epstein's business except this: Ik manages money for the extremely ' wealthy. He is said to handle accounts only of $1 billion or great- er. , It has been estimated he has roughly 15 clients but their identi- ties are the subject of only specula- tion. All except for one: Leslie Wex- ner, founder of The Limited retail chain and a former Palm )3eacher who is said to have been a mentor to Epstein. Wexner sold Epstein one of his most lavish residences: a massive townhouse that dominates a block on Manhattan s Upper East Side. It is reported to have, among its finer featm-es, closed-circuit television and a heated sidewalk to melt away Mien snow. That townhouse, thought to be the largest private residence in Manhattan, is only a piece of the extravagant world Epstein built over time. In NewMeidco, he constructed a 27,000-square-foot hilltop mansion on a 10,000-acre ranch outside Santa Fe. Manybelieved it to be the largest home in the state. In Palm Beach, he bought a waterfront home on El Brillo Way. And he owns a 100-acre private island in the Virgin Islands. Perhaps as remarkable as his lavish homes is his extensive net- work of friends and associates at the highest echelons of power. This includes not only socialites but also business tycoons, media moguls, politicians, royalty and Nobel Prize- winning scientists whose research he often funds. "Just like other people collect art, he collects scientists," said Martin Nowak, who directs the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard University and was reportedly the recipient of a $30 million research donation from Epstein. Epstein is said to have befriended former Harvard Presi- dent Larry Summers, prominentlaw Professor Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump and New York Daily News Publisher Mott Zuckerman. And yet he managed for decades to maintain a low profile. He avoids eating out and was rarely photo- -grirehed. "The odd thing is I never met him, said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials and tribulations of the very rich. "I wasn't even aware of him," except fora Vanity Fair article. Epstein'sfriendship with Clinton has attracted the most attention. Epstein met Clinton as early as 1995, when he paid tens of thou- sands of dollars to join him at an intimate fund-raising dinner in Palm Beach. But from all appearances, they did not become close friends until after Clinton leftthe Oval Office and moved to New York. Epstein has donated more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's presidential bid, the reelection campaign of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the Senate bids of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christopher Dodd and Charles Schumer. Powerful friends and enemies A Vanity Fair profile found cracks in the veneer of Epstein's life story. The 2003 article said he left Bear Stearns in the wake of a federal probe and a possible Securities and Exchange Commission violation. It also pointed out that Citibank once sued him for defaulting on a $20 million loan. The article suggested that one of his business mentors and previous employers was Steven Hoffenberg, now serving a prison term after "bilking investors out of more than $450 million in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in American histo- rT" As he amassed his wealth, Epstein made enemies in disputes both large and small. He sited the man who in 1990 sold him his multimillion-dollar Palm Beach home over a dispute about less than $:46,000 in furnishings. 03956-83 irrner friend claimed Epstein out of a promise to reim- gurse him hundreds of thousands of dollars after their failed investment in Texas oil wells. A judge decided Epstein owed him nothing. "It's a bad memory. I would rather not have ever met Jeffrey Epstein," said Michael Stroll, the retired former president of Williams Electronics and Sega Corp. "Suffice it to say I have nothing good to say about him." Among the characteristics most attributed to Epstein is a penchant for women. He has been linked to Maxwell, a fixture on the high-society party circuits in both New York and Lon- don. Previous girlfriends are said to include a former Ms. Sweden and a Romanian model. "He's a lot of fun to be with," Donald Trump told New York maga- zine in 2002. "It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it, Jeffrey enjoys his social life." Investigation leads to Epstein Although he was not a fre- quenter of the Palm Beach social scene, he made his presence felt Among his charitable donations, he gave $90,000 to the Palm Beach Police Department and $100,000 to Ballet Florida, In Palm Beach, he lived in luxu- ry. Three black Mercedes sat in his garage, alongside a green Harley- Davidson. His Jet waited at a hangar at Palm Beach International Airport At home, a private chef and a small staff stood at the ready. From a window in his mansion, he could look out on the Intracoastal Water- way and the West Palm Beach sky- line. He seemed to be a man who had everything. e' But extraordinary wealth can Ifuel extraordinary desires. llIn March 2005, a worried mother ntacted Palm Beach police. She said another parent had overheard a conversation between their chil- dren. Now the mother was afraid her 14-year-old daughter had been molested by a man on the island. The phone call triggered an extensive investigation, one that ' would lead detectives to Epstein but • leave them frustrated. Palm Beach police and the state attorney's office have declined to discuss the case. But a Palm Beach police report detailing the criminal probe offers a window into what detectives faced as they sought to close in on Epstein. Detectives interviewed the girl, • who told them a friend had invited Iher to a rich man's house to perform a massage. She said the friend told her to say she was 18 if asked.At the house, she said she was paid $300 after stripping to her panties and massaging the man while he mas- turbated. Police interview 5 alleged victims The investigation began in full after the girl identified Epstein in a photo as the man who had paid her. Police arranged for garbage trucks to set aside Epstein's trash so police could sift through it. They set up a video camera to record the comings and goings at his home. They mon- itored an airport hangar for signs of his private jet's arrivals and depar- tures. They quickly learned that the woman who took the 14-year-old girl to Epstein's house was Haley Rob- son, a Palm Beach Community Col- lege student from Loxahatchee. In a sworn statement at police head- quarters, Robson, then 13, admitted she had taken at least six girls to visit Epstein, all between the ages of 14 and 16. Epstein paid her for each visit she said. During the drive back to her house, Robson told detectives, Wm like a Heidi Fleiss." Police interviewed five alleged victims and 17 witnesses. Their report shows some of the girls said they had been instructed to have sex with another woman in front of Epstein, and one said she had direct intercourse with him. In October, police searched the Palm Beach mansion. They discov- ered photos of naked, young-looking females, just as several of the girls I had described in interviews. Hidden cameras were found in the garage area and inside a clock on Epstein's desk, alongside a girl's high school transcript. • • Two of Epstein's former employees told investigators that young-looking girls showed up to perform massages two . i or three times a day when Epstem was n town. They said the girls were permit- ted many indulgences. A chef cooked for them. Workers gave them rides and handed out hun- dreds of dollars at a time. One employee told detectives he was told to send a dozen roses to one teenage girl after a high school drama performance. Others .were given rental cars. One, according to police, received a $200 Christmas bonus. The cops moved to cement their case. But as they fried to tighten the noose, they encountered other forces at work. hi Orlando they interviewed a possible victim who told them noth- ing inappropriate had .happened between her and Epstein. They asked her whether she had spoken. to anyone else. She said yes, a pri- vate investigator had asked her the same questions. When they subpoenaed one of Epstein's former employees, he told them the same thing. He and a pri- vate eye had met ata restaurant days earlier to go over what the man would tell investigators. Detectives received complaints that private eyes were posing as police officers. When they told Epstein's local attorney, Guy Frons- tin, he said the investigators worked for Roy Black, the high-powered Miamilawyer who has defended the likes of Rush Limbaugh and William Kennedy Smith. While the private eyes were conducting a parallel investigation, Dershowitz, the Harvard law pro- fessor, traveled to West Palm Beach with information about the girls. From their own profiles on the pop- ular Web site MySpace.com, he obtained copies of their discussionsabout their use of alcohol and mari- juana He took his research to a meet- ing with prosecutors in early 2006, where he sought to cast doubt on the teens' reliability. — The private eyes had dug up 03956-84 • enough dirt rm the girls torn prosecutors skeptical. Not only did some of the girls have issues with drugs or alcohol but also some had criminal records and other troubles, Epstein's legal team claimed. And at least one of them, they said, lied when she told police she was younger than 18 when she started performing massages for Epstein. After the meeting, prosecutors postponed their decision to take the case to a grand jury. In the following weeks, police received complaints that two of the victims or their families had been harassed or threatened. Epstein's legal team maintains that its private investigators did nothing illegal or unethical during their research. By then, relations between police and prosecutors were fraying. At a key meeting with prosecutors and the defense, Detective Joseph Recarey, the lead investigator, was a no-show, according to Epstein's attorney. "The embarrassment on the prosecutor's face was evident when, the police officer never showed up for the meeting," attorney Jack Goldberger said. Later in April, Recarey walked into a prosecutor's office at the state attorney's office and learned the case was taking an unexpected turn. • The prosecutor, Lerma Belohlavek, told Recarey the state attorney's office had offered Epstein a plea deal that would not require him to serve jail time or receive a felony conviction. Recarey told her he disapproved of the plea offer. The deal never came to pass, however. Future unclear after charge On May 1, the department asked prosecutors to approve warrants to arrest Epstein on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor and to charge his personal assistant, Sarah Kellen, now 27, for her alleged role in arranging the visits. Police officials also wanted to charge Rob- son, the self-described 11.1di Fleiss, with lewd and lascivious acts. By then, the department was frustrated with the way the state attorney's office had handled the case. On the same day the warrants were requested, Palm Beach Police Chief Mrchael Reiter wrote a letter to State Attorney Barry Krischer suggesting he disqualify himself from the case if he would not act • Two weeks later, Recarey was told that prosecutors had decided once again to take the case to the grand jury. ' It is not known how many of the girls testified before the grand jury. But Epstein's defense team said one girl who was subpoenaed — the one who said she had sexual intercourse with Epstein — never showed up. The grand jury's indictment was handed down in July. It was not the one the police department had wanted. Instead of being slapped with a charge of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, Epstein was charged with one count of felony solicitation • of prostitution, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. He was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail early July 23 and released hours later. Epstein's legal team "doesn't iglispute that he had girls over for Massages," Goldberger said. But he said their claims that they had sex- ual encounters with him lack credi- bility. "They are incapable of being believed," he said. "They had crimi- nal records. They had accusations of theft made against them by their employers. There was evidence of drug use by some of them." What remains for Epstein is yet to be seen. The Palm Beach Police Depart- ment has asked the FBI to investi- gate the case. It also has returned the $90,000 Epstein donated in 2004. In New York, candidates for governor and state attorney general have vowed to return a total of at least $60,000 in campaign contribu- tions from Epstein. Meanwhile, Epstein's powerful friends have remained silent as tabloids and , Internet .blogs feast on the public ' details of the police investigation. Goldberger maintains Epstein's innocence but says the legal team has not ruled out a future plea deal. He insists Epstein will emerge in the end with his reputation untarnished. "He will recover from this," he said. Staff writer Larry Keller and stet researehets Bridget Bulger, Angelica Cortez, Amy Hanaway and Melanie ' Mena contributed to this story. andrecmana@pbpost.com 03956-85 Epstein camp calls female accusers liars By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Wilter Attorneys and publicists for Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein went on the offensive Monday, contending that teenage girls who have ac- cused Epstein of sexual she- nanigans at his waterfront home are liars and saying that the Palm Beach Police De- partment is "childish." "There never was any sex between Jeffrey Epstein and any underage women," his lead attorney, Jack Gold- berger, said from Idaho where he was vacationing with his faith- Epstein ly. Epstein did have young women come to his house to give him massages, Goldberg- er said. "Mr. Epstein absolute- ly insisted anybody who came to his house be over the age of 18. How he verified that, I don't know. The question is, did anything illegal occur. The law was not violated here." He had no explanation as to why Epstein would pay girls or women with no massage train- ing — as the alleged victims said was the case — $200 to $300 for their visits. 'The credibility of these witnesses has been seriously pies- 'Mr. Epstein absolutely insisted anybody who came to his house be over the age of 18: JACK GOLDBERGER, Epstein's lead attorney tioned," Goldberger said. Epstein, 53, was indicted by a county grand jury last month on a charge of felony solicitation of prostitution. Af- ter an 11-month investigation that included sifting through Epstein's trash and surveillirig his home, Palm Beach police concluded there was enough evidence to charge him with sexual activity with minors. When the grand jury indicted Epstein on the less serious charge, Police Chief Michael Reiter referred the case to the FBI to determine whether there were federal law viola- tions. After a spate of stories about the case last week, New York publicist Dan Flores — whose client list has included Paris Hilton andJennifer Lopez — said on Saturday that Ep- stein's camp was ready "to get . their story out" See EPSTEIN, 93 )'- (L8-8"9 "Ae40gVadP! • • 03956-94 4 Attorney: Police gave media 'distorted view' III. EPSTEIN from is They did that Monday via Gold- berger and a Los Angeles publicist for Miami criminal defense attorney Roy Black, who also 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 use 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 fiat-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 jurk failed to do so. Epstein's _ Epstein investigation Read a letter from Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter to State Attorney Barry Krischer on the Epstein probe. PalmBeachPost.com 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. 0 lany keller@pbpostcom 4fr 03956-95 (Rev. 01-31-2003) • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE To: Miami • Miami-FIG From. 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Synopsis: Delayed Investigation. Details: For information of the file, investigation in this matter has been delayed due to writer's assignment to a kidnaping investigation1 1 since 1/17/2006. • • b6 -2 b7C -2 b7E -3 -Htt FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-121) (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) Belo Date: 07/30/2006 Edition: PALM BEACH POST Title: BILLIONAIRE FACES CHARGE OF SOLICITATION OF MINORS Billionaire faces charge of solicitation of minors MONDAY: Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein paid to have underage girls and young women brought to his home, where he received mas- sages and sometimes sex, according to an in- vestigation by the Palm Beach Police Depart- ment An indictment was unsealed that charged Epstein, 53, with one count of felony Epstein solicitation of prostitu- tion, which carries a maximum penally of five years in pris- on. He was released on $3,000 bond. Epstein's attorney, Jack Goldberger, said his client, a money manager for the wealthy, committed no crimes and passed a lie detector test in which he said he did not know the girls were mi- nors. Character: 3 IE-MM108062 or Classification: Submitting Office: Indexing: O396 -1Q (Rev. 01-31-2003) • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE To: New York Prom: Miami PB2/PBCRA Contact: SA Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062 Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN. Attn: (Pontiing) WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTION Date: 09/18/2006 Crimes Against Children SSAI Squad C-20 Synopsis: To set lead for captioned investigation. b3 -1 b6 -1, -2 b7C -1, -2 Enclosure(s): One Grand Jury Subpoena forl (FBI), Palm Beach County esident Agency (PBCRA), opened an Details: On lthe Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation involving multi-millionaire Jeffery Epstein and captioned subjects. The investigation involves b3 -2 b3 -1 b6 -1, -3 b7C -1, -3 b7E -4 b6 -1 b7C -1 hi' ,26/1r5 el. EC- _fi)coe,2395-7! • To: New York From: Miami ' Re: 31E-MM-108062, 09/18/2006 FBI Miami, PBCRA, request • Division, b3 -2 b6 -2 b7C -2 Any questions or concerns contact SA Miami PBCRA, biographical information is the following: Name DOB SSAN b6 -1 b7C -1 Hair Eyes Height Weight 2 03956-102 To: Re: New York From. Miami 31E-MM-108062, 09/18/2006 LEAD(s): Set Lead 1: (Action) NEW YORK AT NEW YORK It is requested that FBI New Yorkl • addition, if needed, serve the enclosed subpoena. • • 3 b3 -2 b6 -1 b7C -1 03956-103 Automated Serial Permanent Charge-Out FD-5a (1-5-94) Date: 06/21/07 Time: 14:03 Case ID: 31E-MM-108062 Serial: 20 Description of Document: Type : b3 -2 Date : To : From : US DIST COURT Topic: EXECUTED FGJ SUBPOENA Reason for Permanent Charge-Out: transfer to subpoena sub Transferred to: Case ID: 31E-MM-108062-SBP Serial: 62 Employee: b6 -2 b7C -2 31e- Aitt-/oft2e0-1-,ao 03956-104 (Rev:01-31-2003) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 10/17/2006 To: Miami Attn: SA' PB2/PECRA From. New York Squad C-20 Contact: SA Approved By: b3 -1 Drafted By: b6 -1, -2 Case ID #: 31E -MM-108062 4-pend-i-F±g4 b7C __.2 5-- -1, -2 Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN- WSTA- CHILD PROSTITUTION Synopsis: Lead covered for captioned investigation; Grand Jury subpoena served' Reference: 31E-MM-108062 Serial 19 Enclosure(s): Enclosed for Miami is the server copy of the referenced Grand Jury subpoena issued by the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida on 10/06/2006 and served___________________________on 10/16/2006. Details: On 10/16/2006, SA received from SA Federal Express delivery subpoena. On that date. SA1 land SA' service, the referenced Grand via Jury b3 -2 b3 -2 b3 -2 b6 -2, -5 b7C -2, -5 03956-14 3IC- MA-4— / of PC0,2 • xis sir To: Miami From: New York Re: 31E-MM-108062, 10/17/2006 • States District Courthouse Palm Beach, Florida. located at 701 at the United Clematis Street, West At this time, no further action will be taken by the New York Office in this matter. Lead is covered. • • 2 b3 -2 b6 -5 b7C -5 03956-110 United States District kart SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TO: SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY BEFORE GRAND JURY FGJ 05-02(WPB)-Fri./No. OLY-19 SUBPOENA FOR b3 -2 YOU AREHEREBY COMMANDED to appear and testifybefore theGrand Jury of theUnited StatesDistrict Court at the place, date and time specified below. PLACE: United States District Courthouse 701 Clematis Street West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 ROOM: Room 4-A DATE AND TIME: YOU ARE ALSO COMMANDED to bring you the following document(s) o object(s): Please coordinate your compliance of this subpoena and confirm the date and time of your appearance with Special lent_____________________Federal Bureau of Investigation, Telephone:_________________ b3 -2 b6 -2 _b7C -2 This subpoena shall remain in effect until you are granted leave to depart by the court or by an officer acting on behalf of the court. This subpoena is issued upon application *If not applicable, enter "none." DATE: October 6, 2006 Name Address and Phone Number of Assistant U.S. Attorney Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 So. Australian Avenue, Suite 400 b7C -6 West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6235 Te1:1_________________________ Fax (561) 802-1787 T be used in lieu of A0110 FORM ORD-227 JAN .86 03956-111 (Rev. 01-31-2003) • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE To: Miami From: Miami PB2/West Palm Beach RA Contact: SAI Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID\ #: _r Date: 11/09/2006 b3 -1 b6 -1, -2 31E-MM-108062 — S3 b7C -1, -2 Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN; ItWSTA - ROSTITUTION Synopsis. Request that SA____________________________ receive holiday pay on November 10, 2006, a Federal Holiday. with SOC# Veteran's Day, Details: SAI Iwill be working on gathering data for the Intelligent Analyst that will be coming to the Palm Beach RA on Monday. 4. b6 -2 -2 b7C -2 b6 -2 b7C -2 j/C- MM g/Z)40,950-a. IN T CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTE.TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, CRIMINAL DIVISION IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE Search Warrant, Affidavit and Application for Search Warrant, and Inventory and Return DATED AND SIGNED: 10-19-05 AFFIANTS: Det. Palm Beach Police b6 -4 b7C -4 ORDER SEALING AFFIDAVIT AND APPLICATION FOR SEARCH WARRANT AND RELATED SEARCH WARRANT AND INVENTORY AND RETURN THIS CAUSE having come before the Court and the Court having been appraised, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED pursuantto Florida Statues Chapter 119.07(3)(b)thatthe Affidavit and Application forSearch Warrant signed by Investigator as affiant dated and related Search Warrant dated October 18,2005 hereby sealed until further order of the Court. The Clerk of Court, Criminal Division is hereby ordered to seal said Search Warrant and Affidavit and Application for Search Warrant until further order of the Court. It is further ORDERED that the Inventory and Return for Said Search Warrant shall be sealed when filed with the Clerk of Court until further order of the Court. DONE AND ORDERED this 19th day of October at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. XC: Laura Johnson Circuit Court Judge Assistant State Attorney b6 -7 b7C -7 b6 -4 b7C -4 (CON 03956-235