Palm Beach chief focus of fire in Epstein case

TC) -T9 030 -WH -2IS Palm Beach chief focus of fire in Epstein case Defendant's lawyers take him on; he slams state attorney By LARRY KELLER Paim Beach Post Staff Writer In the case of Palm Beach financier Jefirey Ep- stein, itseems, attimes, asif two men are accused of wrongdoing: Epstein and Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter. Epstein, 53, was indict- ed lastmonth ona 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 ‘otutdish migiaer wpe 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 --—— ie) Jeperey) 20NO Bunyugqns ZQOSOL*WAALE UoReayIsselD WA aseo ule}sday Ul ayy Jo $noo} ss1U9 Yoeog Wie ‘UOTIPA eq 900g F L/S i nee (L8-8-S "agu)-0g (mojag aseds ul Buddy yunoyy 44 ‘yseeg weg 1s9M\ 1800 YObOd WIEd Ul / a4 / GL Jo sureu ‘abed ayesipul} (ae1S pue Ayo Yadedsmeu HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019373