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convictions.
However, checks of court records
here and in New York Sunday turned up
no such convictions.
Epstein could noi be reached. r i-
mondson said he was being representd
by West Palm Beach attorney Jack
Goldberg, who declined comment
Epstein is the president of J Epstein
& Co., a money management company
based in Manhattan that caters to u]tra-
wealthy clientele, according to pub-
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Jeffrey Epstein
Indictment
related to
prostitution.
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TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006
Indictment: Billionaire solicited 3 times
Palm Beach police will report
today· about their prostitution
probe of the money manager.
By LARRY KEUER
Palm Beach Post StaJJWriter
Billionaire money manager and
Palm Beach part.time resident Jeffrey
Epstein-solicited or procured prostitutes
three or more times between Aug. 1 and
Oct 31 of last year, according to an in-
dictment charging him with felony so-
licit.ation of prostitution.
Epstein, 53, was booked at the Palm
Beach County jail at 1:45 a.m. Sunday.
He was released on $3,000 bond.
Epstein's case is unusual in that
suspected prostitution johns are usually
charged with a misdemeanor, and. even
a felony charge is typically made in a
criminal infonnation-an alternative to
an indictment charging a person with
the commission of a ;.4
crimHi~ attorney, Jack ~t"'
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Goldberger, declined to
discuss the charge.
State attorney's of-
fice spokesman Mike
Edmondson also had
little to say.
"Generally speak-
Epstein
ing, there is a case that
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has a number of different aspects to it,"
Edmondson said of a prostitution~
related charge being submitted to a
grand jury. 'We .first became aware of
the case months ago by Palm Beach
police."
Prosecutors. and police worked to-
gether to bring the case to the grand
jury, he said.
Palm Beach police confirmed that
and said the department will release a
report today regarding its investigation.
Epstein has owned a five-bedroom,
71/2,-bath, 7,234-square-foot home with a
pool and a boat dock on the Intracoastal
Waterway since 1990, according to
property records. A man answering the
door there Monday said that Epstein
wasn't home. A Cadillac Escalade reg-
istered to him was parked in the drive-
way, which is flanked by two massive
gargoyles.
Epstein sued Property Appraiser
Gary Nikolits in 2001, contending that
the assessment of his home exceeded
its fair market value. He dismissed his
lawsuit in December 2002.
A profile of Epstein in Vanity Fair
magazine said he owns what are be-
lieved to be the largest private homes in
Manhattan -
51,000 square feet- and
in New Mexico -
a 7,500-acre ranch.
Those are in addition to his 70-acre is-
land in the U.S. Vrrgin Islands and fleet·
of aircraft.
Epstein's friends and admirers, ac-
cording to the magazine, include prom-
inent businessmen, academics and sci-
entists and famed Harvard law professor
Alan Dershowitz.
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After long probe,
billionaire faces
solicitation charge
By I.ARRY KELLER
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein
paid to have underage girls and young
women brought to his home, where he re-
ceived massages and sometimes sex, ac-
cording to an investigation
by the Pahn Beach Police
Department
Palm Beach police spent
months sifting through Ep-,
stein's trash and watching
his waterfront home and
Palm Beach International .- ,
Airport to keep tabs on his
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private jet An indictment Epstein
charging Epstein, 53, was
unsealed Monday, charging him with one
count of felony solicitation of prostitution.
Palm Beach police thought there was
probable cause to charge Epstein with un-
lawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and
lascivious molestation.
Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry
with State Attorney Barry Krischer's han-
dling ?f the case that he wrote a memo
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said. A county grand jwy
"found the allegations wholly
suggesting the county's top unsubstantiated and not
prosecutordisqualifyhimself.
credible," and that's why his
"I must urge you to ex-
client was not charged with
aminetheunusualcoursethat sexual activity with minors,
your office's handling of this he said.
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