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Lawsuit: Epstein assistants helped procure underage girl for sex¶
By LARRY KELLER¶
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer¶
Monday, March 17, 2008¶
WEST PALM BEACH — A former Palm Beach Community College student who allegedly procured underage girls to give Jeffrey Epstein sexual massages at his Palm Beach mansion, and Epstein’s personal assistant have been sued along with Epstein over their conduct.¶
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The girl, identified only as Jane Doe, was 14 years old when she contends he engaged in sexual conduct with her after she went to his waterfront home in 2005 to give him a massage. Her lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress against Epstein.¶
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“We just want a full measure of justice for this girl,” said her attorney, Ted Leopold.¶
who attended Palm Beach Community College, was paid by Epstein to bring girls to his mansion for massages and more, according to Palm Beach police. “I’m like a Heidi Fleiss,” they said she told them. Her attorney could not be reached immediately for comment.¶
was an Epstein personal assistant who arranged the encounters, even escorting the girls to his massage room, police alleged.¶
“These two conspired with him to help with the criminal enterprise,” Leopold said.¶
Jane Doe, through her father and stepmother, filed a federal lawsuit against Epstein in January. She dismissed it after her mother said she wasn’t consulted about the litigation and sought to intervene. The mother is acting on her daughter’s behalf in the latest lawsuit.¶
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Epstein’s lawyer has denied the girl’s allegations and said her family is simply attempting to get money from a very rich man. Epstein, 55, is a Manhattan money manager who has homes there, in New Mexico and the Virgin Islands in addition to his $8.5 million Palm Beach mansion.¶
Two other Jane Does have sued Epstein in federal court this year, making similar allegations to those of the first Jane Doe. Those cases remain active.¶
Also pending against Epstein in state court is a felony charge of solicitation of prostitution arising from the same alleged incidents with several girls. That case is now scheduled for trial in July, two years after he was indicted.¶
Jane Doe’s new lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach Circuit Court, is the most explicit in detailing Epstein’s alleged misconduct. It is the first to include and as defendants, and the first to make conspiracy and racketeering allegations.¶
Jane Doe will turn 18 in May. She lives with other family members in Palm Beach County, is nearing graduation from high school and is working part time, Leopold said.¶
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