Civil lawsuit filed against jailed billionaire Jeffrey Epstein alleges sexual abuse of teen and seeks records

FD-380 (Rev. 5-8-81) Mount Clipping in Space Below) Suit accuses jailed : tycoon of sex crime Jeffrey Epstein is in the county stockade. By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL ‘Palm Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH — The line of civil law- suits against billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein has grown again, with the filing of at least the 12th claim. by a young woman who also says she was lured to his Palm Beach mansion as a teen and sexually abused. Prominent Miami at- torney Robert Josefsberg filed the most recent federal lawsuit last week, on behalf of the Jane Doe ‘ 101 who allegedly visited Epstein a few times while 17 years old and was paid $200 at least once for her time there, according to the complaint. The lawsuit mirrors facts alleged in other suits: that Epstein had a predilection: for teenage girls, identified poor, vulnerable ones and lured them to his home via other young women. The teens describe as- cending a staircase lined with nude photographs of young girls and to the spa room where Epstein would appear in a small towel, Miami attorney Adam Horowitz, who repre- sents six other Jane Does, said Monday that the cases are still in the “discovery” process, with plaintiffs request- ing from Epstein phone records, pictures, videos. Horowitz said Epstein is refusing to turn over the materials, citing a Fifth Amendment right not to do so. “Stonewalling and delaying,” Horowitz said. “I'm not surprised.” Horowitz said he has asked US. District Judge Kenneth Marra to order Epstein to turn over the information. A local attorney for Epstein, Jack Goldberger, did not respond to a ré- quest seeking comment. Epstein was jailed in July 2008 following a plea deal where he was sentenced to 18 months in jail for solicitation of prostitution and procur- ing a person under the age of 18 for prostitu- tion and must register as a sex offender. He is serving his sentence at the Palm Beach County Stockade, according to jail records, and is due out in September. © susan_spencer_wendel @pbpost.com Jailed Palm Beacher. See past coverage PalmBeachPost.com/epsteln (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 4/10/2009 Title: Suit accuses jailed tycoon of sex crime Character or Classification: 31D-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM b6 b7C 3/)~ UN- jo@g2>a17 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021653