Page | of | INEV) YORK POS I EPSTEIN EYES SEX-RAP RELIEF «| October 9, 2007 -- LAWYERS for Jeffrey Epstein - the billionaire Manhattan investment manager who's agreed to plead guilty to soliciting underage prostitutes at his Palm Beach mansion in exchange for just 18 months in the slammer - are mulling asking federal prosecutors to drop their demand that he register as a sex offender. In a letter drafted, but not sent, to U.S. Attorney Alexander Costa and obtained by Page Six, Epstein’s lawyer, Gerald | Lefcourt, writes, "Doing so will have a profound impact [on Epstein] both immediately and forever after. Not only will he be restricted to a wholly »| inappropriate penal facility, but he will be required for the rest of his life to account for his whereabouts.” Epstein, a former business partner of Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman, pleaded guilty to a state charge in exchange for the feds’ dropping their probe into possible federal criminal violations “despite the fact that the state was of the view that Mr. Epstein’s conduct did =] not warrant registration.” A rep for Epstein had no comment Enter naw Home NEW YORK POST is a registered trademark of NYP Holdings, Inc. NYPOST,.COM, NYPOSTONLINE.COM, and NEWYORKPOST.COM are trademarks of NYP Holdings, Inc. Copynght 2008 NYP Holdings, inc. All rights reserved http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/1009200... 6/3/2008 MM22-ATTYS LETTERS AND MISC-000124 EFTA00031936