TERSON ly finding underage girls to pstein and Maxwell also got quaintances. Epstein specifi- r him doing this was so that uld “he in his pocket,” and he n.” I understood that Epstein if he was ever caught doing d escape trouble altogether. ation in support of a motion to ongoing, as of this writing) that ecution agreement that Jeffrey vernment. Roberts was seeking e government by two other vicion in April of 2015, explaining ending for several years, and it ional plaintiff.¶
es on for another eight pages, and its, was stricken from the recordurid” and “unnecessary details sult against the government, were he proceedings. Ghislaine Maxwell called the lies,” after which Roberts filed a ll. In an answer filed in the suit, s’s “story of abuse at the hands of for financial gain. 138 CHAPTER 35 Alicia: May 20, 1997 D onald Trump’s instincts regarding Jeffrey Epstein were solid. But if the reporters who were beginning to look into Epstein’s mysterious background had dug a bit further, there’s a chance they would have hit pay dirt as well-and not just in Palm Beach. In California, for instance, a paper trail already stretched from the Santa Monica Police Department to Epstein’s front door. In the spring-almost the summer-of 1997, a call came in to the police. The young woman who placed it-a young actress who’d appeared on Baywatch and General Hospital-said she’d been sexually assaulted at a trendy hotel called Shutters on the Beach. The officer who took the call knew the woman’s name- Alicia*-and her voice. A week earlier, she’d told him about an Alicia’s name, some identifying details, and dialogue have been changed. 139 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009288
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