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title: 'House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021548)'
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Epstem faces civil lawsuits; more clients may be added • EPSTEIN From 1A and lewd and lascivious mo- were several 'It's validation other girls lestation, police concluded. brought in 2004 and 2005 to of what we're saying The state attorney's of- an upstairs room at the home fice said questions for similar massages and in the civil cases.' about the girls' credibility led it to sexual touching. take the unprecedented step The indictment charged JEFFREY HERMAN of presenting the evidence Epstein only with felony so- Attorney who represents alleged against Epstein to a grand licitation of prostitution. The victims, commenting on the plea jury, rather than directly state attorney's office later charging him. added the charge of procur- Palm Beach Police Chief ing underage girls for that The judge was skeptical but agreed to it. Michael Reiter was furious purpose. Epstein's legal woes don't with State Attorney Barry Prosecutor Lanna lohlavek said of the plea: "I Be- end with Monday's plea. Krischer, saying in a May took into consideration the There are four pending fed- 2006 letter that the prosecu- tor should disqualify himself. length the trial would have eral civil lawsuits and one "I continue to find been and witnesses having in state court related to his your office's treatment of these to testify" about sometimes behavior. At least one woman embarrassing incidents. has sued him in New York, cases highly unusual," he Epstein may have made where he owns a 51,000- wrote. He then asked for and square-foot Manhattan man- a serious mistake soon after got a federal investigation. Epstein hired a phalanx of sion. he was charged. He rejected high-priced lawyers— includ "It's validation of what an offer to plead guilty to one ing Harvard law professor we're saying in the civi count of aravated joul cases," said Miami attorney and author Alan Dershowitz Jeffrey Herman, who repre- — and public relations people who questioned Reiter's com- sents the alleged victims in petence and I the federal lawsuits. West the victims' truthfulness. Palm Beach attorney Ted I'S Leopold represents one al- In addition to mansions in Palm Beach and Manhat- leged victim in a civil suit in tan, Epstein owns homes in state court. He said he antici- & pates amending that lawsuit New Mexico and the Virgin Islands. He's a frequent con- s8 isa! to add "a few other clients" tributor to Democratic Party In the criminal case, po- candidates. He also donated $30 million to Harvard in lice went so far as to scour Epstein's trash and conduct Former New York Gov. unna seen surveillance at Palm Beach International Airport, where Eliot Spitzer returned $50,000 campaign contribu- they watched for his private euresso cel jet so they would know when tion from Epstein after his indictment, then euge came mine he was in town. They con this year during his own sex weison canne sa cluded that Epstein paid girl. scandal. And the same Palm Beach Police Department massage sessions. "I'm like a Heidi Fleiss." that vigorously investigated Epstein returned his $90,000 Haley Robson, now 22, told donation for the purchase of pue annes de police about her efforts in a firearms simulator. (noodlype tea all recruiting girls for Epstein. There was probable cause Staff writer Eliot Kleinberg and alqelen ta to charge Epstein with un- staff researcher Michelle Quig- lawful sex acts with a minor ley contributed to this story. @ larry_keller@pbpost.com HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021548