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Judge delays release of Palm Beach financier Epstein's secret deal in teen prostitution case 
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Judge delays release of Palm Beach financier Epstein's 
secret deal in teen prostitution case 
By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL 
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer 
Friday, June 26, 2009 
WEST PALM BEACH — A judge this morning declined to suspend his ruling to 
unseal financier Jeffrey Epstein's secret non-prosecution deal with federal 
prosecutors, but delayed the document's release until Thursday. 
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The delay gives Esptein's attorneys time to challenge the ruling in the Fourth District Court of Appeal. 
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Billionaire 
financier 
Jeffrey 
Epstein has 
been sentenced to 18 
months for felony 
solicitation of 
prostitution following 
accusations by teen 
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"We'll let the appellate 
court tell us, teach us what 
the law in this case will 
be," Circuit Judge Jeffrey 
Colbath said. 
Epstein's attorneys Jack 
Goldberger and Robert 
Critton argued that release 
of the confidential 
document would violate a 
federal rule restricting 
release of information 
about federal grand juries 
and would also cause 
Epstein irreparable harm. 
"If the proverbial horse is 
out of the barn, you can't 
get him back in," Critton 
argued. 
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Attorneys for women now 
suing Epstein, together 
with an attorney for The 
On the beat, behind the agenda: Post reporters cover your area in City Pulse. Palm Beach Post, had 
asked Colbath to release 
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the deal, arguing the 
public has right to see it and the victims have a right to use it in their litigation. 
Post Attorney Deanna Shullman argued that a week's delay is too long and that the non-prosecution 
agreement remains under seal when it clearly should not be. 
Epstein pleaded guilty in state court nearly a year ago to solicitation of prostitution and procuring 
teenagers for prostitution and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. 
His plea followed investigations by both state and federal authorities checking accounts of teenage girls 
brought to Epstein's Palm Beach manse for massages and sexual encounters. 
At the time of his plea, his secret deal with federal prosecutors to avoid charges by them was sealed and 
placed in his court file with no regard to court rules that govern sealing. 
The seven-page agreement - which Epstein's own attorneys have referred to in federal filings as 
"unprecedented" and "highly unusual - promises a behind-the-scenes look at justice for the New York 
money manager who, according to Vanity Fair, hobnobbed with the likes of Prince Andrew and former 
President Bill Clinton, as he managed accounts for billionaires. 
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