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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2008 
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Palm Beach billionaire with ties to 
VI pleads guilty in prostitution case 
(Editors Note: its ankle tans cep-
lordly published in the Pnbri heath 
Post on Monday. June 30. Jaffrey 
4s/eta mins LadeSt.James Island 
off the coast of St. Thomas and 
mnploged first lady Cm*: de Jonah 
as director of his charitable J. 
Epstein Virgin Islands fbi endation.1 
RY LARRY KEI.I.ER 
Palm Beach Post 
WEST PALM BEACH — He Ines 
in a Palm Beach waterfmnt man-
sion and has kept company with 
the likes of Presklent Bill Clinton. 
PrinceAndrew and Donald Trump, 
but investment banker Jeffrey 
Epstein will call the Palm Beach 
County jail home for the next IS 
months. 
Epstein. 55. pleaded guilty this 
morning to felony solicitation of 
prostitution and procuring a per-
son under the age of Ili for pros-
titution. 
After nerving IS months in jail, 
he will be under house arrest for a 
year. And hr will now have n 
long obligation to register as a sex 
offender. He must submit to an 
HIV test within 48 hours, with the 
results bring pmvided to his vic-
tims or their parents. 
As part of the plea deal. federal 
-investigators agreed to drop their 
• Footling Investigation of Epstein. 
. which they hail taken to a grand 
• 
jury. two law enforcement sources 
said. 
Epstein was indicted two years 
ago following an I I -month Imes-
figalion by Palm Beach pollee after 
they received a comp Ldni from the 
relative of a 14-year-old girl who 
• had given him a naked massage at 
his five-bedroora 7.234-square-
fool. 98.5 million Intracoastal 
home. 
Epstein 
Police concluded that there were 
several other young gain brought in 
2004 and 2005 to an upstairs room 
at the home for similar massages 
and sexual touching. 
The Indictment charged Epstein 
only with felony solicitation of pros-
titution. The state attorney's office 
later added the additional charge of 
procuring unftemge girls for that 
purpose. 
Prosecutor Lanna fielohlavek 
said of the plea: 1 took into con-
sideration the length the trial would 
have been and witnesses having to 
testify- about sometimes embar-
rassing Incidents. 
Epstein may have made a seri-
ous mistake soon after he was 
charged. He was offered and 
accepted. then rejected, an offer 
to plead guilty to one count of 
aggravated assault with Intent to 
commit a felony. aosding to police 
documents. Ile woukl have gotten 
five years probation. had no alm-
inal record and not been a regis-
tered sex offender, the documents 
indicate. 
Epstein arrived In court today 
with at least three attorneys. He 
wore a blue blazer, blue jeans and 
white and gray sneakers. After Cir-
cuit Judge Deborah Dale Purillo 
accepted the plea. he was finger-
printed. Epstein then removed his 
coat and was handcuffed for the 
trip to jail while his attorneys Idol 
to shield him from photographers 
lenses. 
When he eventually is released. 
Epstein will haVe to comply with 
numerous conditions of his house 
arrest. They Include observing a 
10 p.m. to 6 a.m.curfew. having no 
unsupervised contact with any-
body under the age of 18 and not 
owning or possessing pornographic 
or sexual materials that are rele-
vant to your deviant behmior," the 
judge said. 
He also will not be allowed to 
drive alone wIthout his probation 
officers permission. or volunteer 
anyplace where children may con-
gregate. such as a school or a park. 
Epstein will be allowed to leave 
home for work. The New York-
based money manager told the 
judge he has formed the not for 
profit Florida Science Foundation 
to finance scientific research. -rrn 
there every day? Epstein said 
The foundation was Incorporat-
ed In November and lists its 
address as Goldberger, Nest Palm 
Beach office. Epstein said he 
already has awarded money to Ito-
rartfand MIT. 
When he Is released from jail. 
there Is a chance that Epstein will 
be forted to mow. Sex ofkik,tas are 
not allowed to live within 1.000 
feet of a wheel, park or other arms 
where children may gather. No 
determination has been made as to 
whether Epstein's home complies. 
but attorneys said It likely does. 
Sex offenders also typically must 
attend counseling sessions. 
Belohlmek saki that was waived for 
Epstein because his private psy-
chiatrist is working with him. 
Judge Neill° was skeptical, but 
agreed to It. 
Epstein's conduct with under-
age girls doesn't end with today's 
plea. 
There are four pending federal 
civil lawsuits and one In state 
court related to his behavior. At 
least one woman has sued him 
In New York• where he owns a 
51.000 square-foot Manhattan 
mansion. 
'We think this Is an extremely 
Important event that will help the 
civil cases: said Miami attorney 
Jeffrey Herman. who represents 
the alleged victims in the federal 
lawsuits. it's validation of that 
we're saying In the chit cases? 
Viltst Palm Beach attorney Ted 
Leopaki represents one alleged vic-
tim in a civil suit in state Oatilrt He 
said he anticipates amending that 
lawsuit to add •a few other clients-
as well. 
In the criminal case• police went 
so far as to scour Epstein's trash 
and conduct surveillance at Palm 
Beach Intemalimml Airport. where 
they watched for his private jet 
so they would know when he was 
In town. They concluded that 
Epstein paid girls 3200 to $300 
each after the massage sessions. 
-I'm like a Heidi Fleiss• 
now• 22. told police 
IIIIMIS-ts in recruiting teenage 
girls for Epstein. 
There was probable cause to 
charge Epstein with unlawful sex 
acts with a minor and lewd and 
lascivious molestation. police con-
cluded. They also wanted charges 
brought against Robson and a 
woman who was Emdeln's per-
sonal assistant. They were not 
charged. 
The state attorneys office said 
that questions about the girls' 
credibility led It to take the 
unprecedented step of presenting 
the evidence against Epstein to a 
grand jury, rather than directly 
charging him. 
Palm Beach Polk". Chief Michael 
Reiter was furious with State 
Attorney Barry Krischer. saying 
In a May 2006 letter that the pros-
ecutor Should disqualify himself. 
1 continue to find your offices 
treatment of these cases highly 
unusual? he unite. lie then asked 
for and got a federal Investiga-
tion. Ile did not *tum a °Mask-
ing for comment. 
Epstein hired a phalanx of high-
priced lawyers — Including Har-
vard law professor and author 
Alan Dershowitz - and public rela-
tions people who quell toned Bett-
ers competence and the victims' 
truthfulness. 
In addition to mansions in Palm 
Bench and Manhattan. Epstein 
owns homes in New Mexico and 
the Virgin Islands. lie's a frequent 
contributor to Democratic Party 
candklates. He also donated $30 
million to Harvard University in 
2003. 
Former New York Gov. Eliot 
Spitzer returned a S50,000 cam-
paign contribution from Epstein 
alter his indictment. then resigned 
this year amidst his own sex scan-
dal: And the same Palm Beach 
Police Department that vigorous-
lv investigated Epstein returned 
his 890,000 donation for the pur-
chase of a ftrerms simulator. 
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