Judge Delgado Order Receiving Grand Jury Materials (Jun 2023)

Jeffrey Epstein: Judge receives 2006 grand jury materials in Palm Beach Post lawsuit Holly Baltz Palm Beach Post The very first prosecutor to consider criminal charges against Jeffrey Epstein, arguably the world's most prolific sexual predator with an estimated 500 victims, mysteriously weakened his own case before a 2006 grand jury, a 2019 Palm Beach Post investigation found, and now the public and victims may be on the verge of finding out why Epstein was able to molest, rape and traffic underage girls for 13 more years. The Epstein saga began and could have ended in Palm Beach County. The Post sued in 2019 to find out why it didn't. The newspaper sought to find out what happened behind the veil of grand jury secrecy that resulted in Epstein being charged with only one count of solicitation of prostitution - what an adult john propositioning a sex worker might face. Not only did former Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer's prosecutor undermine his own case before grand jurors, but she subverted the testimony of the lone 14-year-old witness. Several minors had told police strikingly similar stories about Epstein molesting, even raping them, but they did not testify. A panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal decided in May that the trial judge was entitled to release the grand jury material that will show how strong or even how much of a case prosecutors presented. Circuit Judge Luis Delgado ordered the clerk of courts to deliver the material to him on Monday so he can review it in private. Then he'll decide what can be released "in furtherance of justice," a part of Florida law that was a tenet of The Post's case. It's not clear when or even if Delgado might release the material. The newspaper, for example, has encouraged victims' names be redacted. Depending on how voluminous the material is, it could take some time. Rarely is grand jury material made public. It is kept secret to allow jurors to be candid, prevent de