MOGUL DODGES JAILBAIT CHARGE - Archives: New York Post Page 1 of 1 MOGUL DODGES JAILBAIT CHARGE New York Post - New York, N.Y. Date: Jul 27, 2006 Start Page: 014 Section: Page Six Text Word Count: 395 Document Text (Copyright 2006, The New York Post. All Rights Reserved) IT looks like New York billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein got off easy when he was hit with a charge of soliciting a prostitute for a "happy ending" in Palm Beach. Because if Palm Beach police had their way, Epstein, 53 - who surrendered last Sunday and is out on $3,000 bail - might have been whacked with far more serious charges of paying underage girls for sex. But a state grand jury found the witnesses in the case were not credible and threw out all but the single charge of soliciting a hooker in his luxurious Pali h . Epstein’s lawyers and friends now say he's the hapless victim of a vendetta by Palm Beach Police Chief , whom they describe as a "born-again nut case." According to the police investigation, a which was obtaii P. Post, detectives took statements from 17 witnesses and five alleged victims. 20,a student who described herself as “like a Heidi Fleiss," says she go' give Epstein a , ug) six girls ages 14-16 for massages and sex at his home. She said they were paid $200 per session. Cops also allege that Epstein's personal assistant, who hasn't been charged, set up the liaisons and put fresh sheets on the massage table and supplied m: . Police searched through Epstein's garbage and retrieved sex toys and feminine hygiene products. Epstein's Palm Beach lawyer, Jack Goldberger, told Page Six that the Florida state attorney concluded the cops had looked at evidence from a “one-sided perspective.” He added that Epstein had passed an extensive lie-detector test in which he was grilled about underage girls. Epstein's New York lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt, said, "The prosecutor didn't want to bring any charges in this case, but because of the craziness of this police chief, we have the charge of solicitation." Last night, WPTV in Palm Beach reported that one reason testimony may have been dismissed is the kinky Web p aturing photos of her is playing with sex toys. One friend even uses the name “ who isn't charged, also writes, "Do what you do to make that money, life is a gamble, Stay hustling. A spokeswoman for Reiter said, "We think our investigation speaks for itself." Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner, Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission. Abstract (Document Summary) Cops also allege that [Jeffrey Epstein]'s personal assistant, vores who hasn't been charged, set up the liaisons and put fresh sheets on the massage table and supplied massage oils. Folice searched through Epstein's garbage and retrieved sex toys and feminine hygiene products. Epstein's Palm Beach lawyer, Jack Goldberger, told Page Six that the Florida state attorney concluded the cops had looked at evidence from a “one-sided perspective." He added that Epstein had passed an extensive lie-detector test in which he was grilled about underage girls. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission. http://pqasb.pgarchiver.com/nypost/access/1084327461 html ?dids=1084327461:10843274... 7/30/2006 EFTA00261248

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oeiin oy. be c Air t Ureave 131m Land; Or 009 fells; wUa-<0-UO 9-4OrM, A TRUE BILL IN THE NAME OF AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA For Palm Beach County, at the Spring Term thereof, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Six, to-wit: The Grand Jurors of the State of Florida, inquiring in and for the body of said County of Palm Beach, upon their oaths do present that JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN in the County of Palm Beach aforesaid, in the Circuit and State aforesaid, COUNT ONE FELONY SOLICITATION OF PROSTITUTION on or about or between the 1st day of August in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Four and October 31, 2005, did solicit, induce, entice, or procure another to-commit prostitution lewdness, or assignation, contrary to Florida Statute 796.07(1) on three or more occasions between August 01, 2004 and October 31, 2005, contrary to Florida Statute 798.07(2)(f) and (4)(c). (3 DEG FEL)(LEVEL 1) against the form of the statute, to the evil example of all others, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Florida. | hereby certify that | have advised the Grand Jury returning this indictment as authorized and required by law. Assistant State Attorney of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida, prosecuting for the said State reyes ‘fe EFTA00261251

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News12Now - WPEC-TV West Palm Beach WPEC NEWSi2 Storm 2006 Videos Advertiser Index Home Page Local News Top Stories Headlines |-Team Special Reports Links and Numbers Meet The Crew Live Traffic and Cameras Business News AP Video Local Weather Live StormTrac Doppler Animated StormTrac Doppler About Doppler 12000 StormTrac 7-Day Forecast NEWS 12 Now Personal Forecast Weather Watchers Programming What's On? CBS Shows South Florida Business Report HDTV Broadcasts About NEWS12 Contact Us Advertise with Us Job Listings Page 1 of 2 NEwsS/| +s Paim Be NOW -corm New Details On Jeffrey Epstein Arrest Written By : Al Pefley July 25, 2006 - 12:21PM New details are emerging in the case of a wealthy Palm Beacher facing sex charges. Jeffrey Epstein has been indicted on charges that he solicited prostitutes three or more times betwe of last year. News 12 now has the documents that detail what police say Epstein was doing. Palm Beach Police have just released over a hundred pages of their report on Epstein. News 12 is still going through it but the reports I've seen so far contain some eye-opening revelatio: Turns out police have been watching Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy money-manager with homes in Pal least the past year and a half. According to the police reports, Epstein met a 17 year old girl and started paying her to bring him te encounters at his home. In one case, the report reads quote: "Supposedly the man has a lot of money and often has young man starts with a massage. If he likes them, he keeps them around and does more.” Detectives interviewed a number of these teenage girls, one of whom quote: "....admitted getting pz Other girls told police they too were paid 300-dollars per visit to Epstein's house. And the young woman who brought the girls there received 200-dollars from him each time. Police say the young woman remembers bringing 6 girls to Epstein's Palm Beach home. While being questioned, she compared herself to Heidi Fleiss. Fleiss, of course, is the former Hollywood madam who arranged girls to provide sexual favors for cl http://www.news! 2now.com/engine.p1?station=wpec&id=3612381 &template=breakoutne... 7/25/2006 EFTA00261253

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MAGAZINE MOGUL IN SEX BUST By RICHARD JOHNSON with PAULA FROELI... Page 1 of 3 Move your services easily online, get a $35 Target® GiftCard. pra ©) REAL HEROES ONLINE EDITION ' = : CARS Search Now Jobs: NYP@Work MAGAZINE MOGUL IN SEX BUST er ‘au July 25, 2006 - THERE was no happy ending for Services massage-loving New York financier Jeffrey Epstein HOME over the weekend - the eccentric New York billionaire STORY Wick was busted on a sex charge. SEND A LETTER BREAKING NEWS Epstein, once named by Page Six as one of the Big BUSINESS s Apple's most eligible bachelors, was indicted for Richar d soliciting a prostitute at his luxurious home in Palm eee Beach. "He asked for a happy ending,’ " a friend of the ae Johnson money manager said. It's believed that one masseuse sci 5 called the cops earlier this year, sparking an ‘ageSix With Paula Froelich investigation. ew and Bil Hoffmann ‘ ame : Epstein, 53, isn't sure yet exactly what he's accused of > Email fee BPS y y Liz Smith 6 as + Peameey because the indictment is sealed. The billionaire, who Braden Keil Reprint —_ was Mort Zuckerman’s partner in the second coming Celebrity Photos Feeds EiNewsletters of Radar magazine, surrendered at the Palm Beach XMURSS Feeds View PageSix on one page precinct Sunday after he was informed that a Florida JOBS grand jury had indicted him last week. He was released NEWS on $3,000 bond after hiring high-powered West Palm Beach attorney Jack Post opinion Goldberg. PULSE REAL ESTATE Oddly, Epstein was charged with a third-degree felony instead of a misdemeanor - SPORTS the more serious charge usually being lodged when a defendant has at least two STYLE past solicitation convictions, although Epstein has no previous busts for soliciting. TRAVEL SPECIAL SECTIONS The moneyman, who has been known to date top models, refused to comment. But a pal told us he's only being prosecuted because he's an affluent outsider. "This is one of the dangers of being wealthy,” said the friend. "It's sort of strange that people give a [bleep] about this stuff." Luxury Cars tTEMPO Epstein's nightmare weekend was made even worse by a story about his arrest in The Rhythm of yesterday's first edition of the Palm Beach Post, which said he'd been busted in Latin New York 1993 for stealing his neighbor's mail, convicted of postal fraud, and given five o years probation. It turns out that was a different Jeffrey Epstein, and the paper EN ivs\\ie) fixed the error in later editions. Every Tuesday The bust is the latest strange twist in the life of a man whose rise to fabulous wealth is somewh Epstein was a math teacher at the ultra-posh Dalton School when he started handling the mone Search Sale& fashion czar Leslie Wexner, who owns The Limited, Victoria's Secret, Express and Henri Bend Rental Listings PARADE| He lives now in a 21,000-square-foot Manhattan mansion and owns a private Boeing 727, whic to take Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey to Africa on a charity mission. http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm 7/25/2006 -EFTA00261254