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By LARRY KELLER¶
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any underage women,” his lead attorney, Jack Goldberger, said from Idaho where he was vacationing with his family.¶
ly insisted anybody who came to his house be over the age of 18. How he verified that, I don’t know. The question is, did anything illegal occur. The law was not violated here.”¶
Attorneys and publicists for Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein went on the offensive Monday, contending that teenage girls who have accused Epstein of sexual shenigans at his waterfront home are liars and saying that the Palm Beach Police Department is “childish.”¶
charge, Police Chief Michael Reiter referred the case to the FBI to determine whether there were federal law violations.¶
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Epstein did have young women come to his house to give him massages, Goldberger said. “Mr. Epstein absolute-¶
“There never was any sex between Jeffrey Epstein and¶
Epstein, 53, was indicted by a county grand jury last month on a charge of felony solicitation of prostitution. After an 11-month investigation that included sifting through Epstein’s trash and surveilling his home, Palm Beach police concluded there was enough evidence to charge him with sexual activity with minors. When the grand jury indicted Epstein on the less serious¶
He had no explanation as to why Epstein would pay girls or women with no massage training — as the alleged victims said was the case — $200 to $300 for their visits. “The credibility of these witnesses has been seriously questioned.”¶
After a spate of stories about the case last week, New York publicist Dan Klores — whose client list has included Paris Hilton and Jennifer Lopez — said on Saturday that Epstein’s camp was ready “to get their story out.”¶
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pease” the chief, Goldberger said.¶
A state attorney’s spokesman would say only that the office refers cases to the grand jury when there are issues with the viability of the evidence or witnesses’ credibility.¶
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The Palm Beach Police Department was “happy and ecstatic” that the panel was going to review the evidence. “I think what happened is they weren’t happy with the result. They decided to use the press to embarrass Mr. Epstein.”¶
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They did that Monday via Goldberger and a Los Angeles publicist for Miami criminal defense attorney Roy Black, who also has represented Epstein in the case.¶
“We just think there has been a distorted view of this case in the media presented by the Palm Beach police,” Goldberger said.¶
Both the state attorney and the grand jury concluded there was not sufficient evidence that Epstein had sex with minors, according to Goldberger. “It was just a childish performance by the Palm Beach Police Department,” Goldberger said.¶
accusers, he added, have histories of drug abuse and thefts. “These women are liars. We’ve established that.”¶
But why would they all invent their stories about meeting Epstein for sexual massages?¶
But records show that Reiter wrote Krischer on May 1—well before the case went to the grand jury—suggesting that Krischer “consider if good and sufficient reason exists to require your disqualification from the prosecution of these cases.”¶
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Reiter has consistently declined to comment on the case and did not respond to a request for comment Monday.¶
“I don’t have an answer as to what was the motivation for these women to come forward and make these allegations,” Goldberger said.¶
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The defense attorney said one of the alleged victims who claimed she was a minor was in fact over the age of 18. Another alleged victim who was subpoenaed to testify to the grand jury failed to do so. Epstein’s¶
Rather than flat-out decline to charge Epstein, Krischer referred the case to the grand jury to “ap-¶
Harbor Branch, a research facility north of Fort Pierce, as well as $2.8 million in grants for other dolphin research and conservation groups.¶
phins, and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society’s DolphinSMART project has been awarded about $72,000 to develop a voluntary code of conduct for dolphin tour operators.¶
Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota will use $100,000 for public service announcements on the dangers of feeding dolphins and another $60,000 to study how hurricanes and red tides in Port Charlotte have affected dolphin habitats.¶
The implication that State Attorney Barry Krischer was easy on Epstein by presenting the case to a grand jury rather than filing charges¶
Since it was created in 1999, the dolphin specialty license plate program has raised more than $4.5 million.¶
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Four dolphin research and education programs will split about $300,000 that was raised in the past year by the “Protect Wild Dolphins” specialty license plate program, according to Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, which administers the program.¶
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The role reversal was part of a charity event of the PGA Tour Wives Association, a fund-raising group that supports needy children and families during tours. It takes place every other year, and this was the first time it made the switch from Phoenix to Palm Beach Gardens.¶
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It’s a nice change of pace, as fending champ Mark Wilson said. Wilson said the event showed him what hard work goes into caddying. Keeping score. Raking the sand traps. And the pressure of trying to give the perfect piece of advice.¶
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A girl who says that wealthy money manager and part-time Palm Beach resident Jeffrey Epstein engaged in sexual activity with her when she was 14, has dropped her lawsuit against him because her divorced parents are squabbling over the litigation.¶
at his Intracoastal home, a Palm Beach Police Department investigation concluded. He was indicted in July 2006 on a single count of felony solicitation of prostitution. The case is pending.¶
“It has to do with the fact that the parents aren’t on the same page right now,” said Jeffrey Herman, the attorney for the girl, identified in court papers only as Jane Doe. “It’s like a sideshow.” The girl turns 18 in May and can sue again at that time without her parents’ involvement, Herman said.¶
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The mother complained that Jane Doe’s father did not consult with her or their daughter before suing Epstein for $50 million. The lawsuit alliedges sexual assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and loss of parental consortium. Herman¶
Herman sued Epstein last month on behalf of the girl, her father and her stepmother. Her birth mother, who lives near Atlanta, then asked to intervene on her daughter’s behalf and asked that¶
Jane Doe’s parents separated two months after she was born at Good Samaritan Medical Center, according to court records. The couple’s subsequent divorce has been contentious. Each has had primary custody of the girl at various times.¶
also represents a jane Doe No. 2 who, like Jane Doe, claims Epstein summoned her to his home for a massage when she was a minor and sexually touched her.¶
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Epstein, 55, induced several under-age girls to give him sexual massages¶
The father pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in 2001 and was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, plus three years’ probation. The U.S. attorney overseeing his prosecution was Guy Lewis. Now in private practice, Lewis was hired by Epstein to defend him against the father’s lawsuit filed on behalf of Jane Doe.¶
A rival company is questioning the deal.¶
WEST PALM BEACH — Palm Beach County commissioners Tuesday approved a $456,000 contract to buy 6,000 new collapsible voting booths needed for the transition this fall from electronic touch-screen voting machines to paper ballots.¶
In keeping with the country’s reputation for elections controversy, the contract with West Palm Beach-based Naztec International Group came over the objections of a rival company that said Naztec lacks the capacity to make the booths and shouldnt have been eligible for a small-business preference that enabled it to win the bid.¶
With Florida outlawing paperless electronic voting after June 30, the county will switch to paper ballots that are read by optical scanners. To allow voters to mark their ballots in privacy, the county wants 6,000 plastic tables that have privacy shields on three sides.¶
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Brad Edwards, a Hollywood attorney representing three girls who claim they were sexually abused by Epstein, appeared before U.S. District Judge¶
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Daily News Staff Writer¶
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Kenneth Marra late last week in an attempt to have the judge throw out the deal reached in Palm Beach County Circuit Court.¶
Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein behind bars for 18 months.¶
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BY MARGIE KACOHA¶
Daily News Staff Writer¶
Casa Nana is again on the market, and its price has more than doubled since the last sale in 2003.¶
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The vote came at a packed meeting where even standing room was hard to come by. The large but well-behaved crowd of hundreds spilled out of the commission chambers, into the hallway and nearly out the door of Lake Worth City Hall.¶
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The Lake Worth City Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to support a legal challenge to the state’s plans to issue Palm Beach a permit to dredge new sand onto the Reach 8 beach.¶
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The challenge was filed with the Department of Environmental Protection by the Surfrider and Snook foundations and several individuals.¶