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- MM -/080 | | | | | EFT | FA02849368 | FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) Mount Clipping in Space Below # elays in Epstein case unusual, lawyers could explain the wait in the Palm Beacher's solicitation case federal probe or a plea deal # By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Write y solicitation of lo witnesses deposed. eight months after Palm Beach ffrey Epstein was charged with licitation of prostitution, there no discernible progress in his vitnesses deposed. No trial date ng, save for routine court hear- is reset without explanation. would be unusual," said e attorney Glenn Mitch Attorneys say inertia in a "It would not surprise me criminal case often points to if something has happened that's not reflected in the court file," said Dutko, such as an agreement that will be Shiner said defense at- tornevs sometimes put off overtly conducting discov- erv - deposing witnesses. requesting documents and the like - because doing so creates more work for har- ried prosecutors who may become angry and not offer yers, knowing that, will try and do discovery without taking depositions," said Shiner, a former prosecutor a below-the-radar probe such as having a private investiga- tor check out leads, he said. plea deal for Epstein probably would result in pretrial inter- vention, in which a defendant may be ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation. counseling or other condi- tions in return for dropping for State Attorney Krischer, said there is no plea offer and no request for the pros- never happened before on a "To my knowledge, it's ecution to show its cards. filed case," he said. Edmondson, spokesman Instead, they may conduct Shiner and others say a 'Sometimes defense law- Defense attorney Marc a pending plea deal. formalized later. a plea deal. for 13 years. the charge. larry\_ A routine hearing for Epstein was pulled from the court docket last week and reset for May 16. The delays and in-action could be due to a potential federal probe of Epstein or because a plea deal is in the works, attorneys say. Unusual is the word that best describes everything about the case against Ep-stein, 54, an enigmatic money manager in New York City who counts Bill Clinton See EPSTEIN, 8B ► Classification: 31 Submitting Office: say Indexing: Date: Character West Palm Beach, FL 1B / 8B / The Palm Beach Post newspaper, city and state.) (indicate page, name of 9 31E-MM-108062 lice: MM Delays in Epstein case unusual, lawyers say 3/13/2007 03956-839 Michael Dutko, a criminal defense at-torney in Fort Lauderdale. He represents Haley Robson, 20, of Royal Palm Beach, potentially a key witness in the case. ell, who has no involvement in the case. "As a general rule, it would be unusual for nothing to have happened," agreed ### FBI: 'We still have a pending case' EPSTEIN from 1B and Donald Trump among his friends. "Highly unusual" is how Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter described State Attorney Barry Krischer's handling of the case in a bluntly critical letter to Krischer last year before Epstein was indicted. Reiter referred the matter to the FBI to determine whether any federal laws had been violated. Epstein's allies countered by attacking the chief personally and professionally. Reiter's department investigated Epstein for 11 months. Police sifted repeatedly through his trash and conducted surveillance on his five-bedroom, 71/2-bath, 7,234-square-foot home on the Intracoastal Waterway. Police said Epstein paid women and girls as young as 14 to give him erotic massages at his home. Police thought there was probable cause to charge him with unlawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molestation. Epstein responded by One of them, Harvard law hiring a phalanx of lawyers. professor and author Alan Dershowitz, provided the state attorney's office with Sinformation about alcohol of the girls who said they were with Epstein. Prosecutors then referred Prosecutors then referred the case to the grand jury #### **Teenage girls were** recruited to visit **Epstein for massages** and sex, police rather than file charges directly against Epstein. Epstein's attorneys deny he had sex with underage girls. The lawyers say the girls' stories are not credible. But if the court file is any indicator, they've made no effort to depose the girls. Neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys have sought to question said Dutko, her attorney. She recruited teenage girls to visit Epstein for massages and sexual activity, Palm Beach police said, and presumably would be a key witness. Epstein's attorney Jack Goldberger did not return phone messages. A source close to the case suggested it is languishing pending a decision by the FBI on whether to refer it to federal prosecutors. "We still have a pending case," FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said Monday. State Attorney Krischer did not return a call for comment. His spokesman, Mike Edmondson, declined to say whether federal investigators are delaying the Epstein case. But, he added, "if another agency is looking at something, we wouldn't want to step on their toes." Epstein Money manager in New York has powerful allies. 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