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edge to be able to see traffic on South County Road on Wednesday afternoon.¶
if greenery has to go¶
LLIAM KELLY¶
News Staff Writer¶
r not to bring out those heavy-¶
recommendations of the town consultant, the Planning and in voted 5-2 Tuesday to reject standards for intersections.¶
would force owners of corner s and other structures and cut taller than 30 inches within so drivers would have a better¶
ing commissioners said they of the new rules would start a¶
to have a huge uproar,” Commy Dowell said. He added that en” with existing intersection right rules.¶
Pision is a recommendation to¶
owners make improvements equal to at least 25 percent of the value of their homes, accessory buildings or structures within the new sight triangle measurements.¶
Commissioner Gene said that would result in a dramatic loss of greenery at many intersections along North Lake Way.¶
“Landscaping is extremely important to this town,” he said.¶
Brian Mirson, a traffic engineer and urban planner with American Consulting Engineers, said the new standards would reduce the town’s legal exposure if poor intersection sight distance is found relevant to a crash.¶
“For a car to be required to pull 8 feet out in the road to have safe space to make a turn — we don’t think it’s defensible” in court, Mirson said.¶
The consultant’s review of town intersections showed that trees, shrubs, hedges, walls and other obstacles to sight could cause or contribute to a vehicle crash at 235 of the town’s 278 intersections.¶
The new sight triangles would face the re¶
Another suit filed against Epstein¶
Lawsuit seeks $50 million, alleges billionaire touched girl, then 16, inappropriately during a massage at his PB home.¶
By WILLIAM KELLY¶
Daily News Staff Writer¶
Another young woman is seeking more than $50 million in damages from part-time Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey¶
Epstein, alleging he sexually assaulted her at his Palm Beach home when she was 16 years old.¶
The federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday, claims the 55-year-old Manhattan money manager touched the girl inappropriately while she gave him a massage on one occasion in 2004 or 2005.¶
The girl’s attor-¶
Epstein Miami attorney files third lawsuit against the part-time Palm Beacher.¶
The girl’s attorney, Jeffrey M. Herman of Miami, announced the suit Wednesday at a news conference at Peruvian Park.¶
It is the third lawsuit Herman has filed on behalf of young women who allege Epstein sexually assaulted them while they were underage and while they performed massages on him at his El Brillo Way home. One of the earlier suits was dropped last week because the 17-year-old girl’s divorced parents couldn’t agree on how to pursue the case, Herman said.¶
None of the alleged victims have been publicly identified. The young woman on whose behalf Wednesday’s suit was filed is called Jane Doe No. 3. She is now 19, Herman said.¶
Epstein’s attorney, Guy Lewis of Miami, issued a statement dismissing the¶
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Daily News Photo by Jeffrey Langlois¶
edge to be able to see traffic on South County Road on Wednesday afternoon.¶
if greenery has to go¶
LIAM KELLY¶
News Staff Writer¶
not to bring out those heavy-¶
ommendations of the town insultant, the Planning and voted 5-2 Tuesday to reject indards for intersections.¶
ould force owners of corner and other structures and cut aller than 30 inches within drivers would have a better¶
g commissioners said they the new rules would start a¶
have a huge uproar,” Com-Dowell said. He added that “with existing intersection rules.¶
ion is a recommendation to which has the final say.¶
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owners make improvements equal to at least 25 percent of the value of their homes, accessory buildings or structures within the new sight triangle measurements. ___¶
Commissioner Gene said that would result in a dramatic loss of greenery at many intersections along North Lake Way.¶
“Landscaping is extremely important to this town,” he said.¶
Brian Mirson, a traffic engineer and urban planner with American Consulting Engineers, said the new standards would reduce the town’s legal exposure if poor intersection sight distance is found relevant to a crash.¶
“For a car to be required to pull 8 feet out in the road to have safe space to make a turn — we don’t think it’s defensible” in court, Mirson said.¶
The consultant’s review of town intersections showed that trees, shrubs, hedges, walls and other obstacles to sight could cause or contribute to a vehicle crash at 235 of the town’s 278 intersections.¶
The new sight triangles would force the removal of vegetation from 284 private proper-¶
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Lawsuit seeks $50 million, alleges billionaire touched girl, then 16, inappropriately during a massage at his PB home.¶
By WILLIAM KELLY¶
Daily News Staff Writer¶
Another young woman is seeking more than $50 million in damages from part-time Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey¶
Epstein, alleging he sexually assaulted her at his Palm Beach home when she was 16 years old.¶
The federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday, claims the 55-year-old Manhattan money manager touched the girl inappropriately while she gave him a massage on one occasion in 2004 or 2005.¶
The girl’s attorney, Jeffrey M. Herman of Miami, announced the suit Wednesday at a news conference at Peruvian Park.¶
Epstein Miami attorney files third lawsuit against the part-time Palm Beacher.¶
It is the third lawsuit Herman has filed on behalf of young women who allege Epstein sexually assaulted them while they were underage and while they performed massages on him at his El Brillo Way home. One of the earlier suits was dropped last week because the 17-year-old girl’s divorced parents couldn’t agree on how to pursue the case, Herman said.¶
None of the alleged victims have been publicly identified. The young woman on whose behalf Wednesday’s suit was filed is called Jane Doe No. 3. She is now 19, Herman said.¶
Epstein’s attorney, Guy Lewis of Miami, issued a statement dismissing the¶
By JAN SJOSTROM¶
Daily News Arts Editor¶
Please see EPSTEIN, Page A12¶
Winslow Homer’s etchings, illustrations a contrast to blurry, large-scale photos by Seton Smith, both on view at Eaton.¶
The two exhibitions at Eaton Fine Art have little¶
PERSPECTIVES to PONDER¶
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EPSTEIN¶
His attorney says lawsuit is ‘wholly without merit’¶
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latest allegations as “another copycat lawsuit.”¶
“This one repeats the identical allegations of the first three lawsuits, including the absurd demand for $50 million,” Lewis said.¶
“These women, who are not ‘victims’ by any stretch of the imagination, have all confessed to lying about their ages. The latest lawsuit, like the three before it, is wholly without merit. We will vigorously fight these allegations in court.”¶
The suit says Epstein engaged in a scheme to get access to minor girls at his home, sexually assaulted them, then gave them money.¶
A young woman named recruited Jane Doe No. 3 and other minor girls to give Epstein the massages, Herman said.¶
Jane Doe No. 3 told Epstein that she was 18 years old or older after being advised to do so before giving him the massage, Herman said.¶
Jane Doe No. 3 was alone in a room with a massage table when Epstein arrived wearing only a towel to cover himself, the suit says. He told her to partially undress, then touched her inappropriately during the massage, the suit¶
says.¶
The girl then accepted a payment of $200 to $300 and left, Herman said.¶
“She was sort of in a state of shock,” Herman said. “She felt intimidated. She felt vulnerable.”¶
She never returned and did not tell her parents about the incident until a criminal investigation began, he said.¶
The girl decided to sue Epstein because she wants justice, he said.¶
“For victims, it’s very empowering to hold someone accountable,” said Herman, who specializes in sex abuse cases.¶
Herman said “a number of other young girls” have contacted him with similar allegations against Epstein.¶
An investigation by Palm Beach Police alleged that Epstein induced several underage girls to give him massages at his home. He was indicted in July 2006 on one felony charge of solicitation of prostitution. The charge is pending.¶
UNION¶
CUSP sends e-mail urging residents to show police support¶
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when buying a house or a car.¶
“It’s good job security,” he said. “It’s overdue.”¶
The residents’ groups also sent out e-mail messages to 800 residents, asking them to contact police directly by calling 838-5460, by mail at Palm Beach Police Department,¶
Sgt. Fred Hess said he received a copy of Tuesday’s let-¶
P.O. Box 2029, Palm Beach, FL 33480 or by e-mail at chief@palmbeachpolice.com.¶
- ter from the two groups in his department mail slot.*
“Unions may have their place in some situations,” he said. “I don’t think it is right¶
Citizens United for Sensible Planning, a loosely knit group of primarily North End and Midtown bloggers, sent an e-mail message to about 250 recipients Monday asking them to support the Police Department.¶
The message says a union would create distance between the police and the residents.¶
for Palm Beach.Ӧ
”… the message they need to get loud and clear in the next few days is that we are behind them … ,” the CUSP¶
It urges town residents to “speak out directly to the police officers.”¶
e-mail says.¶
Co-chairwoman Jere Zenko said unions “don’t sit well with a lot of people.”¶
“We come from northern communities where unions are anathema,” she said.¶
For either union to be selected in next week’s balloting, it must receive a majority vote.¶
The department’s chief, majors, captains and a sergeant who serves in the professional standards unit are excluded from the union vote, as are non-sworn department employees.¶
— mkacoha¶
@pbdailynews.com¶
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