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THE PALM BEACH POST¶
- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
THE LOWDOWN¶
… Just don’t ask millionaire¶
Palm Beach sex offender Jeffrey¶
Epstein about his privates. Local attorney Spencer Kuvin did during a deposition Sept. 2, and Epstein walked out — 100 seconds after it started. And it was all caught on a video posted on Page Two’s online sister,¶
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page2live.com. Epstein did answer the first question: “What is your name?” But he balked at the second: “Is it true that … you have an egg-shaped penis?” Epstein took off his microphone and left. And it cost the Wall Street prodigy Epstein: He was fined¶
$800 by the West Palm Beach court currently hearing civil lawsuits filed by women whom Epstein paid for sex when they were underage. “It absolutely was an important question,” said Kuvin. “If he claims to have never met them, then we should know whether the victim is telling the truth.” The deposition has been reset for Oct. 8, and Epstein should expect the same question … Burt Reynolds was back in rehab Thursday. It was just for a daylong refresher at the Hanley Center in WPB. Reynolds, 73, admitted himself at Hanley for a 30-day program in mid-August and was released last week. He admitted to battling an addiction to pain pills …¶
COURTS¶
WEST PALM BEACH — Financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s secret deal struck with federal prosecutors is due to be released to the public today. Circuit Judge Jeffery Colbath ruled the document was improperly sealed and should be released, and an appellate court agreed. Under the deal, Epstein avoided federal charges and pleaded guilty in state court to felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution. In July 2008, he was sentenced to 18 months in jail and later allowed out up to six days a week on work release. He now faces at least 20 civil lawsuits filed by women who say they were victims.¶
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THE PALM BEACH POST FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2009¶
Judge agrees to unseal Epstein’s sex scandal deal¶
By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL¶
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer¶
WEST PALM BEACH¶
— A circuit judge agreed Thursday to unseal a deal billionaire Jeffrey Epstein struck with federal prosecutors to avoid their filing of charges in the wake of his sex scandal with underage girls.¶
Circuit Judge Jeff Colbath said he would not release Epstein’s agreement with federal prosecutors until Monday, allowing him time to redact the¶
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names of victims. Colbath ruled that the deal had not been sealed properly.¶
Jack¶
Goldberger,¶
Epstein’s at¶
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torney, immediately asked for a stay of Colbath’s decision to unseal the agreement in order to appeal it. A hearing on that request is set for this morning.¶
Epstein scheduled for release in July¶
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Attorneys for women now suing Epstein, as well as attorneys for The Palm Beach Post, had asked Colbath to release the deal, arguing the public and the victims have a right to see it.¶
“There is nothing more fundamentally important than for the public and press to observe how the government is doing its job,” Post attorney Deanna Shullman said. “There is great public interest in how everybody in this case is doing their job.”¶
Goldberger argued that the confidential agreement Epstein struck with federal prosecutors should remain confidential. Included in it, Goldberger said, are references to federal grand jury proceedings, which are secret and protected by federal rules. A federal judge should decide the issue, he said.¶
Attorneys Spencer Kuvin and Brad Edwards, who represent some of the women now suing Epstein, both said they were not surprised by Epstein’s attorney moving to appeal.¶
“Any chance to stall in any way and keep the agreement out of public disclosure, they will take it,” said Edwards outside court.¶
He will have served about 13 months of an 18-month sentence.¶
Epstein pleaded guilty nearly one year ago to solicitation of prostitution and procuring teenagers for prostitution and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.¶
A sheriff’s office official confirmed Thursday that Epstein will be released from the Palm Beach County Stockade on July 22 — nearly 13 months into his sentence.¶
Sheriff’s office spokesperson Eric said Epstein has earned gain time for good behavior and for participating in a work-release program.¶
The saga began years ago after Palm Beach police began investigating reports that young women were being brought to his manse on El Brillo Way to massage him and have sex with him in exchange for money.¶
Displeased with the way the state attorney’s office handled the case, Palm Beach police later forwarded information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.¶
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