File 019352
FBI FOIA Deleted Page Information Sheet: Jeffrey Epstein Case 17-cv-03956 (File 019352)
Federal Bureau of Investigation FOIA document detailing redacted pages in civil action 17-cv-03956 related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, including probable cause affidavits and case information from 2006.
Summary
This is an FBI FOIA/PA (Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act) Deleted Page Information Sheet documenting 258 deleted pages from civil action 17-cv-03956 involving Jeffrey Epstein. The document includes probable cause affidavits from the Palm Beach Police Department dated May 2006, documenting a sexual battery investigation conducted from March 2005 through February 2006. The case file includes interviews with former household staff, FOIA redaction codes, and references to Dershowitz's involvement in the case proceedings, along with multiple court sealing orders.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOI/PA DELETED PAGE INFORMATION SHEET Civil Actionff 17-cv-03956 Total Deleted Page(s) = 258Page 3 - 1,3 - 1; b6 - 1, -2, -3, -4; b7C - 1, -2, -3, -4;Page 4 - b6 - 2; b7C - 2;Page 5 - 66 - 1, -2, -4, -5; 67C - 1, -2, -4, -5;Page 6 - 66 - 2; 67C - 2;Page 7 - b3 - 1; b6 - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; b7C - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5;Page 8 - b6 - 2; b7C - 2;Page 9 - 63 - 1; 66 - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; 67C - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5;Page 10 - 66 - 2; 67C - 2;Page 11 - 63 - 1; 66 - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; 67C - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5Page 12 - b6 - 2; b7C - 2;Page 13 - b3 - 1; b6 - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; b7C - 1, -2, -3, -4, -5; b7E -1;Page 14 - 66 - 2; 67C - 2;Page 15 - b3 - 1; b6 - 1, -2, -3, -4; b7C - 1, -2, -3, -4; b7E - 1;Page 16 - b6 - 2; b7C - 2;Page 17 - b6 - 1, -2, -4; b7C - 1, -2, -4; b7D - 2;Page 18 - 66 - 2; 67C - 2;Page 22 - 63 - 1; 66 - 1, -3, -4, -5; 67C - 1, -3, -4, -5; 67D - 1;Page 23 - b3 - 1; b6 - 1, -3, -4, -5, -7; b7C - 1, -3, -4, -5, -7; b7D -1;Page 24 - 63 - 1; 66 - 1, -3, -4, -5; 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MiamiSquad PB-2,Contact: SAApproved By:Drafted By:Case ID #: 31E-MMTitle: JEFFREY .EPSTEN;Attn: SSAWSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTIONSynopsis: To request case be openedDate: 07/24/2006PEMC IbWHO. b6 _23OiiittiA le— DATE 22V/A b7A 11b.7c 1,L_-and assigned. 4--40 5,4Details: From March 2005 through February 2006, the PalmBeach County Police Department conducted an investigationDOB DOlifllEps ein 1177777-is-. b3 b6 b7Cb3 -1b6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3a‘o 3eo14&0116C"Hr.( .4.108'004'4 I03956-17To: Miami From: 10PamiRe: 31E-MM, 07/24/2006It is requested by SAcaptioned case be opened and assigned.• •2b3 -1b6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3that the aboveb6 -2b7C -203956-18ObbableCauseAffidavit •Palm Beach Police DepartmentAgency ORI# FLO 500600Police Casett: 05-368 (1)Defendant:Race/Sex:DOB:Charges:Jeffrey EpsteinWhite Maleb6 -1b7C -1From March 15, 2005, through February 2006, the Palm Beach Police Department conducted a sexualbattery investigation involving Jeffrey Epstein,iPalm Beach.b3 -1b6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3The facts, as reported, are as follows:b3 -1b6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3b7D -1The foregoing instrument was sworn to or affirmedbefore me this r day of May, 2006 byDM' who is personally known to me.b6 -4b7C -4State of FloridaCounty of Palm BeachSignature/Arresting OfficerSignature of Police Officer (F.S.S. 117.10) Date: 05/01/2006b3 -1b6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3b7D -1Page of 22fogoi,o2.5_)1.956-19jCfAbable Cause AffidavitPalm Beach Police Department b3 -1Agency ORI# FLO 500600 b6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3On November 21, 2005 I intervie estatedhe wasb3 -1b6 b70 b7D -1, -1, -1 -3, -3, -5 -5On January 4, 2006 I interviewed another former houseman, Mr Alfredo Rodriguez. During a sworntaped statement, Mr. Rodriguez stated he was employed by Jeffrey Epstein for approximately six months, fromNovember 2004 through May of 2005. His responsibilities as house manager included being the butler,Co. ouse an rim errands for E • stein and rovide for E • stein's ests. I asked Rodriguez aboutThe foregoing instrument was sworn to or affirmedbefore me this lst day of May, 2006 byDeti lvvho is personally known to me.Signature of Police Officer (F.S.S. 117.10)b6 -4b7C -4State of FloridaCounty of Palm BeachSignature/Arresting OfficerDate: 05/01/2006b3 1b6 1, -3b70 -1, -3b7D -1Page of 2203956-394 '1" kibable Cause AffidavitPalm Beach Police DepartmentAgency ORM PLO 500600b3 -1b6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3b7D -1b3 -1b6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3b7D -1b3b6 b7C b7D -1, -1, -2 -3 -3b7E -1b6 -1b7C -1b7D -2b7E -1Therefore, as Jeffrey Epstein, who at the time of these incidents wasb3 -1b6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3The foregoing instrument was sworn to or affirmedbefore me this r day of May, 2006 byPet____________who is personally known to me.b6 -4b7C -4State of FloridaCounty of Palm BeachSignature/Arresting OfficerSignature of Police Officer (F.S.S. 117.10) Date: 05/01/2006Page of 2203956-40Mystery money man faces soliciting chargeBy NICOLE AMOKPalm Beach Post Ste WnterPart-time Palm Beacher who hassocialized with Donald Trump, BillClinton and Kevin Spacey was jailedearly Sundaywith accused drug dealersdrunken drivers and wife beaters afterhe was charged with soliciting a prosti-tute.Manhattan money manager JeffreyEpstein, 53, was picked up at his homeon El Brillo Way at 1:45 a.m. He wasreleased hours later on $3,000 bond.Epstein was indicted last week by astate grand jury, according to state at-torney's spokesman Mike Edmondson.Despite Epstein's arrest, the indictmentcontaining the allegations remainedsealed Sunday and Edmondson provid-ed no details.Unlike most accused johns, Epsteinwas charged with a third-degree felonyinstead of a misdemeanor. Under statelaw, a solicitation charge usually is ele-vated to a more-serious felony when thedefendant has at least two solicitationconvictions.However, checks of court recordshere and in New York Sunday turned upno such convictions.Epstein could not be reached. 1-mondson said he was being representiiiby West Palm Beach attorney JackGoldberg, who declined commentEpstein is the president of J Epstein& Co., a money management companybased in Manhattan that caters to ultra-wealthy clientele, according to pub-See SOUCMNG, 68 to-effrey EpsteinIndictmentrelated toprostitution.'Mysterious billionaire'has been on probationSOLICITING from islished reports. Nationalmagazines have describedhim as a "mysterious billion-aire" who lives in a 45,000-square-foot New York Citymansion.He has been in troublebefore. In 1993, he and twoother defendants werecharged in federal court withthree counts of postal larcenyand theft and one count ofproperty theft. Epstein pleadguilty to a single charge ofconspiring to steal U.S.Treasury checks from resi-dential . mailboxes and re-ceived 5 years' probation.The remaining charges weredropped.Since then, Epstein'sname has turned up in NewYork City's tabloids. The NewYork Post noted he flew Pres-ident Clinton and KevinSpacey to Africa on his pri-vate Boeing 727. In 2003, thepaper dubbed him one of theBig Apple's "top studs."In 2004, Epstein bidagainst Trump for a 43,000-square foot Palm Beach es-tate once owned by health-care magnate Abe Gosman.Trump topped Epstein with a$41.35 million bid.Stu) f Researcher AngelicaCortez contributed to this story.•C) nicolejanok@pbpostcom>7;C',03956-63f- 210301- NIA--31q4E4 THE PALM BEACH POST • TUESDAY, !MY 25,2006Indictment: Billionaire solicited 3 timesPalm Beach police will reporttoday about their prostitutionprobe of the money manager.By LARRY KELLERPalm Beach Post Ste MiterBillionaire money manager andPalm Beach part-time resident JeffreyEpstein solicited orprocured prostitutesthree or more times between Aug. 1 andOct 31 of last year, according to an in-dictment charging him with felony so-licitation of prostitution.Epstein, 53, was booked at the PalmBeach County jail at 1:45 am. Sunday.He was released on $3,000 bond.Epstein's case is unusual in thatsuspected prostitution johns are usuallycharged with a misdemeanor, and evena felony charge is typically made in acriminal information —an alternative toan indictment charging a person withthe commission of acrime.His attorney, JackGoldberger, declined todiscuss the charge.State attorney's of-fice spokesman MikeEdmondson also hadlittle to say."Generally speak- Epsteining, there is a case thathas a number of different aspects to it,'Edmondson said of a prostitutionrelated charge being submitted to agrand jury. `We first became aware ofthe case months ago by Palm Beachpolice."Prosecutors and police worked to-gether to bring the case to the grandjury, he said.Palm Beach police confirmed thatand said the department will release areport today regarding its investigation.Epstein has owned a five-bedroom,71/2-bath, 7,234-square-foot home with apool and a boat dock on the IntracoastalWaterway since 1990, according toproperty records. A man answering thedoor there Monday said that Epsteinwasn't home. A Cadillac Escalade reg-istered to him was parked in the drive-way, which is flanked by two massivegargoyles.Epstein sued Property AppraiserGary Nikolits in 2001, contending thatthe assessment of his home exceededits fair market value. He dismissed hislawsuit in December 2002.A profile of Epstein in Vanity Fairmagazine said he owns what are be-lieved to be the largest private homes inManhattan —51,000 square feet— andin New Mexico — a 7,500-acre ranch.Those are in addition to his 70-acre is-land in the U.S. Virgin Islands and fleetof aircraft.Epstein's friends and admirers, ac-cording to the magazine, include prom-inent businessmen, academics and sci-entists and famed Harvard law professorAlan Dershowitz.oiany_keller@pbpostcomMount Clipping in Space Below)03956-64(1.81-9 .A8):00GC-433P0-350 (Rev. 5-6-81)•It•Mount Clipping in Space Below)After long probe,billionaire facessolicitation chargeBy LARRY KELLERPalm Beach Post Staff WriterPalm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epsteinpaid to have underage girls and youngwomen brought to his home, where he re-ceived massages and sometimes sex, ac-cording to an investigationby the Palm Beach PoliceDepartment.Palm Beach police spentmonths sifting through Ep-stein's trash and watchinghis waterfront home andPalm Beach InternationalAirport to keep tabs on hisprivate jet An indictmentcharging Epstein, 53, wasunsealed Monday, charging him with onecount of felony solicitation of prostitutbn.Palm Beach police thought there wasprobable cause to charge Epstein with un-lawful sex acts with a minor and lewd andlascivious molestation.Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angrywith State Attorney Barry Krischer's han-dling of the case that he wrote a memoSee EPSTEIN, 5BEpstein(Indicate page, name ofnewspaper, city and state.)8, 58 / The Palm Beach PostWest Palm Beach, FLDate: 0726/2006Edition:Title: After long probe,billionaire facessolicitation chargesCharacterorClassification 31 E-MM-108062Submitting Office: MMndexing:03‘5.1/4-6.531 C- Alk - )080(22. - Cew s c THE PALM BEACH POST • WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2006 5BPolice kept watch on home, airport, sifted through trashOw EPSTEINfrom1nsuggesting the county's topprosecutor disqualify himself"I must urge you to ex-amine the unusual course thatyour office's handling of thisinematter has taken and considerErisegood and sufficient reasonexists to require your dis-qualification from the prose-cution of these cases," Reiterwrote in a May 1 memo toKrischer.While not commentingspecifically on the Epsteincase, Mike Edmondson,spokesman for the state at-torney, said his office pre-sents eases other than mur-ders to a grand jury whenthere are questions aboutwitnesses' credibility andtheir ability to testify.By the nature of their jobs,police officers look at evi-nce from a "one-sided per-t...oective," Edmondson said."A prosecutor has to look at itin a much broader fashion,"weighing the veracity of wit-nesses and how they may fareunder defense attorneys'questioning, he said.Epstein's attorney, JackGoldberger, said his clientcommitted no crimes.'The reports and state-ments in question refer tofalse accusations that werenot charged because the PalmBeach County state attorneyquestioned the credibility ofthe witnesses," Goldbergersaid. A county grand jury"found the allegations whollyunsubstantiated and notcredible," and that's why hisclient was not charged withsexual activity with minors,he said.Goldberger said Epsteinpassed a lie detector test ad-ministered by a reputablepolygraph examiner in whichhe said he did not know thegirls were minors. Also, asearch warrant served onEpstein's home found no evi-dence to corroborate thegirls' allegations, Goldbergersaid.According to police docu-ments:• A Palm Beach Commu-nity College student said shegave Epstein a massage in thenude, then brought him sixgirls, ages 14 to 16, for mas-sage and sex-tinged sessionsat his home.• A 27-year-old womanwho worked as Epstein'spersonal assistant also facili-tated the liaisons, phoningthe PBCC student to arrangefor girls when Epstein wascoming to town. And she escorted the girls upstairs whenthey arrived, putting freshsheets on a massage table andplacing massage oils nearby.• Police took swornstatements from five allegedvictims and 17 witnesses.They contend that on threeoccasions, Epstein had sexwith the girls.The chiefs letterSee the letter Palm Beach PoliceChief Michael Reiter wrote toState Attorney Barry Krischeron the Epstein case.PalmBoachPost camA money manager for theultra-rich, Epstein was namedone of New York's most eligi-ble bachelors in 2003 by TheNew York Pont. He reportedlyhobnobs with the likes offormer President Clinton,former Harvard UniversityPresident Lawrence Sum-mers and Donald Trump, andhas lavish homes in Manhat-tan, New Mexico and the Vir-gin Islands.He has contributed tens ofthousands of dollars to Densocratic Party candidates andorganizations, including Sen.John Kerry's presidential bid,and the Senate campaigns ofJoe Lieberman, Hillary Clin-ton, Christopher Dodd andCharles Schumer.Goldberger is one of fiveattorneys Epstein has retamed since he became thesubject of an investigation,Edmondson said. Among theothers: Alan Dershowitz, thewell-known Harvard law pro-fessor and author, who is afriend of Epstein. Dershowitzcould not be reached forcommentPolice said the womanwho enlisted young girls forEpstein was Haley Robson, '20, of Royal Palm Beach.Robson has worked at an Ol-ive Garden restaurant inWellington and said she was ajournalism major at PalmBeach Community Collegewhen she was questioned bypolice last October. She hasan unlisted phone numberand could not be reached forcomment.Robson said she met Ep-stein when, at age 17, a friendasked her if she would like tomake money giving him amassage. She said she wasdriven to his five-bedroom,71h-bath home on the Intra-coastal Waterway, then escorted upstairs to a bedroomwith a massage table and oils.Epstein and Robson wereboth naked during the mas-sage, she said, but when hegrabbed her buttocks, shesaid she didn't want to betouched.Epstein said he'd pay herto bring him more girls—theyounger the better, Robsontold police. When she triedonce to bring a 23-year-oldwoman to him, Epstein saidshe was too old, Robson said.Robson, who has not beencharged in the case, said sheeventually brought sirgirls toEpstein who were paid $200each time, Robson said. "I'mhie a Heidi Fleiss," policequoted her as saying. Thegirls knew what to expectwhen they were taken to Ep-stein's home, Robson said.Give a massage — maybe na-ked — and allow sometouching.One 14-year-old girl Rob-son took to meet Epstein ledpolice to start the investiga-tion of him in March 2005. Arelative of the girl called to sayshe thought the child had recently engaged in sex with aPalm Beach man. The girlthen got into a fight with aclassmate who accused her ofbeing a prostitute, and shecouldn't explain why she had$300 in her purse.The girl gave police thisaccount of her meeting withEpstein:She accompanied Robsonand a second girl to Epstein'shouse on a Sunday in Febru-ary 2005. Once there, a wom-an she thought was Epstein'sassistant told the girl to followher upstairs to a room featur-ing a mural of a naked woman,several photographs of nakedwomen on a shelf, a hot pinkand green sofa and a massagetable.She stripped to her braand panties and gave him amassage.Epstein gave the 14-year-old $300 and she and the oth-er girls left, she said. She saidRobson told her that Epsteinpaid her $200 that day.Other girls told similarstories. In most accounts,Epstein's personal assistant atthe time, Sarah Kellen, now27, escorted the girls to Ep-stein's bedroom.Kellen, whose most recent known address is inNorth Carolina, has not beencharged in the case.Palm Beach police oftenconducted surveillance ofEpstein's home, and at PalmBeach International Airportto see if his private jet wasthere, so they would knowwhen he was in town. Policealso arranged repeatedly toreceive his trash from PalmBeach sanitation workers,collecting papers with namesand phone numbers, sex toysand female hygiene products.One note stated that a fe-male could not come over at 7p.m. because of soccer. An-other said a girl had to workSunday — "Monday afterschool?" And still anothernote contained the workhours of a girl, saying sheleaves school at 11:30 am.and would come over the nextday at 10:30 an.Only three months beforethe police department probebegan, Epstein donated$90,000 to the department forthe purchase of a firearmssimulator, said Jane Struder,town finance director. Thepurchase was never made.The money was returned toEpstein on Monday, she said.Staff writers Andrew Mamaand Tim O'Meilia and St mf re-searcher ibmelica Cortez con-tributed to this story.0 lany_kelletiPpbpostcam..03956-66FD-350 (Seg. 5-8-81)••Mount Clipping in Space Below)Police saylawyer triedto discreditteenage girlsBy LARRY KELLERPalm Bead Post Staff WriterFamed Harvard law professor AlanDershowitz met with the Palm BeachCounty State Attorney's Office and pro-vided damaging information about teen-age girls who say they gave his client,Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein,sexually charged massages, according topolice reports.The reports also state that anotherEpstein attorney agreed to a plea bargainthatwould have allowed Epstein to have nocriminal record His current attorney de-nies this happened.And the documents also reveal that thefather of at least one girl complained thatprivate investigators aggressively fol-lowed his car, photographed his home andchased off visitors.Police also talked tosomebody who said shewas offered money if sherefused to cooperate withthe Palm Beach PoliceDepartment probe of Ep-stein.The state attorney'soffice said itpresented theEpstein case to a countygrand jury this monthrather than directlycharging Epstein becauseof concerns about thegirls' credibility. Thegrand jury indicted Ep-stein, 53, on a single count of felony solic-itation of prostitution, which carries amaximum penalty of five years in prison.Police believed there was probablecause to charge Epstein with the moreserious crimes of unlawful sex acts with aminor and lewd and lascivious molesta-tion. Police Chief Michael Reiter was soangry that he wrote State Attorney BarryKrischer a memo in May suggesting hedisqualify himself from the case.Epstein: Hisformer attorneyagreed to aplea bargain,police say.(Indicate page, name ofnewspaper, city and state.)113, 7B / The Palm Beach PostWest Palm Beth, PLDate: 7/29/2006Edition:Title: Police say lawyer tried todiscredit teenage girls.CharacterOrClassification: 31E-MM-108062Submitting Office: MMIndexing:The case originally was going toepresented to the grand jury in February,but was postponed after Dershowitz pro-duced information gleaned from the Website myspace.com showing some of thealleged victims commenting on alcoholand marijuana use, according to the policereport prepared by Detective Joseph Re-carey.Haley Robson, a 20-year-old RoyalPalm Beach wonaau who told police sherecruited girls for Epstein, also is profiledon myspace.com. Her page includes pho-tos of her and her friends, including oneSee EPSTEIN, 7130395r-6731e-Rm --vocw“,Polygraph shows he didn't know girls' ages, lawyer saysEPSTEIN from 1Busing the name "Pimpin'Made EZ." Robson, who wasnot charged in the case, is apotential prosecution wit-ness.According to Recarey,prosecutor Lanna Belohlavekoffered Epstein attorneysDershowitz and GuyFronstina plea deal in April. Fronstin,after speaking with Epstein,accepted the deal, in whichEpstein would plead guilty toone count of aggravated as-sault with intent to commit afelony, be placed on fiveyears' probation and have nocriminal record. The deal al-so called for Epstein to sub-mit to a psychiatric and sex-ual evaluation and have nounsupervised visits with mi-nors, according to Recarey'sreport. The plea bargain wasmade in connection with onlyone of the five alleged vic-tims, the report states.Fronstin — who declinedto comment on the case —• was subsequently fired andveteran defense attorneyJack Goldberger was hired.Ile denies there was anyagreement by any of Ep-stein's attorneys to a pleadeal.'We absolutely did notagree to a plea in this case,"he said. Neither Belohlaveknor a state attorney'sspokesman could be reachedfor commentThe parent or parents ofalleged victims who corn-plained of being harassed byprivate investigators provid-ed license tag numbers of twoof the men. Police found thevehicles were registered to aprivate eye in West PalmBeach and another in Jupiter,according to Recarey's re-port."I have no knowledge ofit," defense attorney Gold-berger said.The report also says awoman connected to the Ep-stein case was contacted bysomebody who was still intouch with Epstein. Thatperson told her she would becompensated if she didn'tcooperate with police, Re-carey's report says. Thosewho did talk "will be dealtwith," the woman said shewas told. Phone recordsshow the woman talked withthe person who allegedly in-timidated her around thetime she said, Recarey re-ported.Phone records also showthat the person said .to havemade the threat then placed acall to Epstein's personal as-sistant, who in turn called aNew York corporation affili-ated with Epstein, the reportstates.The issue in the Epsteincase is not whether femalescame to his waterfront home,but whether he knew theirages."He's never denied girlscame to the house," Gold-berger said. But when Ep-stein was given a polygraphtest, "he passed on knowl-edge of age," the attorneysaid.After the indictmentagainst Epstein was unsealedthis week, Police Chief Reiterreferred the matter to theFBI. 'We've received the re-ferral, and we're reviewingit," said FBI spokeswomanJudy Orihuela in Miami.The chief himself hascome under attack from Ep-stein's lawyers and friends inNew York, where he has ahome. The New York Postquoted Epstein's prominentNew York lawyer, GeraldLefcourt, as saying his clientwas indicted only "because ofthe craziness of the policechief."Reiter has declined tocomment on the case. ,Prosecutors have notpresented a sex-related caselike Epstein's to a grand jurybefore, said Mike Edmond-son, spokesman for the stateattorney's office. 'That's whatyou do with a case that fallsinto a gray area," he said.The state attorney's officedid not recommend a partic-ular criminal charge onwhich to indict Epstein, Ed-mondson said. The grand ju-iy was presented with a list ofcharges from highest to low-est, then deliberated with theprosecutor out of the room,he said."People are surprised atthe grand jury proceeding,"West Palm Beach defenseattorney Richard Tendlersaid. "It's a way for the pros-ecutor's office to not take thefull responsibility for not ffi-ing the (charge), and not do-ing what the Palm Beach Po-lice Department wanted. Ithink something fell apartwith those underage wit-nesses."Defense attorney RobertGershman was a prosecutorfor six years. 'Those girlsmust have been incredible oruntrustworthy, I don't know,"he said.Other attorneys said Ep-stein's case raises the issue ofwhether wealthy, connecteddefendants like Epstein —whose friends include formerPresident Clinton andDonald Trump — are treateddifferently from others. Oncehe knew he was the subject ofa criminal probe, Epsteinhired a phalanx of powerfulattorneys such as Dershowitzand Lefcourt, who is a pastpresident of the National As-sociation of CriminalDefenseLawyers.Miami lawyer Roy Black— who became nationallyknown when he successfullydefended William KennedySmith on a rape charge inPalm Beach — also was in-volved at one pointSaid defense attorneyMichelle Suskauer: "I thinkit's unfortunate the publicmay get the perception thatwith power, you may betreated differently than theaverage Joe."lany_keller@pbPost.com03956-68(Rev. 01-31-2003)FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONPrecedence: ROUTINEDate; 08/01/2006To: Miami Attn: IMA/2B2From: MiamiPB2/PBCRAContact: SAApproved By:Drafted By:Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062 (EcAi-g)Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN;b3 -11,6 -1, -2b70 -1, -2WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTIONSynopsis: To request the opening of sub-files in captioned case.Details: It is requested that the following sub-files be openedto assist in document management in captioned case.SUB - SOP to capture subpoena request.SUB - FE' to capture forfeiture related materials.•s-Frs o Ec_3 ye, ict _woof/16-69_FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81)oMount Clipping in Space Below)Indicate page, name ofnewspaper, city and state.)208 / The Palm Beach PostWest Palm Beach, FLDate: 8/4/2006Edition:Title: He was over 50And they were girlsCharacterOrClassification 31E-MM-108062Submitting Office: MMHe was over 50. And they were girlslithe women whom Palm Beachpolice say a part-time town residentinvited to his home and paid forsex acts were, in fact, women, thesolicitation charge against JeffreyEpstein might feel more sufficientBut, according to police records,they weren't. He was over 50. Andthey were girls.14.15.16.17-year-old girls.That shouldcount for some-thing — the dif-ference betweenprostitution andpedophilia.So, it is bafflingthat Mr. Epstein, who was indictedlast month by a grand jury on onefelony count of solicitation of pros-titution, has not been charged, asPalm Beach police strenuouslyurged, with unlawful sex acts witha minor and lewd and lasciviousmolestation.Conviction of crimes against mi-nors would mean steeper penaltiesthan the maximum five-year prisonterm Mr. Epstein faces if convictedof the single count of felony solicita-tion. It also would help carry a mes-sage of intolerance to perverts whoprey on girls.Prosecutors did not pursue charg-es against Mr Epstein reflectingthe age of the victims because theyassumed a jury would view the girlsnot as victims but as promiscuous,untrustworthy, willing participants.The presumption is offensive.Mt Epstein, a 53-year-old Man-hattan money manager who hashired Harvard law professor AlanDershowitz and defense attor-ney Jack Goldberger, has deniedknowing how old the girls were.EliseCramerJury should have decidedi f Epstein is a pedophile.But police interviews with fivealleged victims and 17 witnessesunder oath, as well as phone mes-sages, a high school transcript andother items that police found fromsearching Mr Epstein 's trash and7,234-square-foot waterfront home,provide evidence that he knew thegirls were teenagers.One girl couldn't show up whenMr. Epstein wanted because shehad soccer. Another time, Mr. Ep-stein had to wait for his 'Massage"session because the girl he wantedwas still in class.Why didn't State Attorney BarryKrischer let a jury decide whetherto believe the teenagers — in-cluding a 16-yea1told who went toMr. Epstein 's house to "work" inDecember 2004 after being askedwhether she needed to make moneyfor Christmas gifts?Prosecutors gave greater weightto the details Mr Dershowitz pro-vided about the girls in an apparenteffort to assail their character. Mr.Dershowitz pointed out to prosecu-tors that some of the teenagers hadtalked on myspace.com about mari-juana and alcohol use.The 20-year-old Royal PalmBeach woman who told police sherecruited girls for Mr. Epstein hasa Web page on myspace.com thatfeatures one girl using the name"Pimpin' Made El"Although no charges of witnesstampering have been filed, the par-ents of at least one of the teenagevictims complained to police of be-ing followed and intimidated by twomen. Police determined that theirvehicles were registered to two pri-vate investigators. Mr Goldbergerdenied knowing anything about it.Police also note in their reportsthat the state attorney's office of-fered Mr. Epstein a plea deal thatwould have placed him on proba-tion for five years, allowing himultimately to walk away with nocriminal record at all.I asked Mr. Krischer's spokes-man, Mike Edmondson, why thecase was referred to a grand jury in-stead of Mr. Epstein being chargedand facing a trial before a jury Andshouldn't the victim& credibilitybe a factor to determine whether acrime's been committed, not wheth-er a jury will convict? (After all, asMr Goldberger told The Palm BeachPost of Mt Epstein, "He never de-nied girls came to the house.")Especially, I asked Mr. Edmond-son to explain: Why shouldn't thepublic look at this case and thinkthere are two kinds of justice — onefor the wealthy and one for the restof us?Mt Edmondson said he couldnot comment on the case because itis active, but on the latter point, heoffered, for the sake of "philosophi-cal debate": "Whether wealth buys adifferent standard of justice acrossthe country ... the answer to thatwould, of course, be yes."But in this case, he said, "regard-less of the battery of attorneys, theoutcome would be the same. Everyissue that was debated in public wasdebated in our office before thiscase went to the grand jury"In this case, it is not the victims'credibility but the state attorney'sthat deserves questioning.Elisa Cramer is an editorial writer for The Palm Beach Post. Her e-mail 036-7is eiaddress elisa_cramer@pbpost.com •1th)-380 (Rev. 5-8-81)••Mount Capping in Space Below)Expert: Ignorance of ageisn't defense in sex casesBy LARRY KELLERPalm Beach Post Staff WriterEven if Palm Beach mon-ey manager Jeffrey Epsteindidn't know that girls whopolice say gave him sexualmassages at his Intracoastalhome were under the legalage, that alone wouldn't haveexempted him from criminalcharges of sexual activity withminors."Ignorance is not a validdefense," said Bob Dekle alegal skills professor who wasa Lake City prosecutor fornearly 30 years, half of thattime specializing in sexcrimes against children."There is no knowledgeelement as far as the age isconcerned? Dekle said.After an 11-month investi-gation, Palm Beach policesaid there was probable causeto charge Epstein, 53, withunlawful sex acts with a minorEpstein: Twopolificians havereturned dona-tions since hewas chargedwith solicitingminors.and lewd and lascivious mo-estation. They contend thatEpstein — friend of the richand fatuous and financial pa-tron of Democratic Party or-ganizations and candidates—committed those acts withfive underage girls.In the past week, NewYork Attorney General andgubernatorial candidate EliotSpitzer has returned about$50,000 in campaign contri-butions he received from Ep-stein, and Mark Green, acandidate to replace Spitzer inSee EPSTEIN, 513(Indicate page, name ofnewspaper, city and state.)I B / 58 lThe Palm Beach PostWest Palm Beach, FLDate: 8/5/2006Edition:Title:Expert Ignorance of ageisn't defense in sex casesCharacterOTlassification.31E-MM-108062Submitting Office: MMndexing:03956-7631&-14N-- /06O72ft-Lawyer: Juroft often believe Alas over kidsEPSTEIN from 113his current job, has returned$10,000 to him because of thePalm Beach scandal, the NewYork Daily News has reported.Rather than file charges,the state attorney's officepresented the case to acounty grand jury. The panelindicted Epstein last week ona single, less serious chargeof felony solicitation of pros-titution.The case raised eyebrowsbecause the state attorney'soffice rarely, if ever, kickssuch charges to a grand jury.And it increases the difficultyof prosecuting child sexabuse cases, especially whenthe defendant is enormouslywealthy and can hire high-priced, top-tier lawyers.At least one of Epstein'salleged victims told police heknew she was underagewhen the two of them gotnaked for massages and sex-ual activity. She was 16 yearsold at the time and said Ep-stein asked her questionsabout her high school, ac-cording to police reports.A girl who, said she metEpstein when she was 15 saidhe told her if she told any-body what happened at hishouse, bad things could hap-pen, the police reports state.Epstein's youngest al-leged victim was 14 when shesays she gave him a massagethat included some sexualactivity. She is now 16. Thegirl's father says he doesn'tknow whether she told Ep-stein her age."My daughter has kept alot of what happened from mebecause of sheer embarrass-ment," he said. "But she verymuch looked 14. Any prudentman would have had secondthoughts about that"Defense attorney JackGoldberger maintains thatnot only did Epstein pass apolygraph test showing hedid not know the girls wereminors, but their storiesweren't credible. The stateattorney's office also impliedthat their credibility was anissue when it decided not tocharge Epstein directly, butinstead give the case to thegrand jury."A prosecutor has to lookat it in a much broader fash-ion," a state attorney'sspokesman said last week.Epstein hired Harvardlaw Professor Alan Der-showitz when he becameaware he was under investi-gation, and Dershowitz gaveprosecutors information thatsome of the alleged victimshad spoke of using alcoholand marijuana on a popularWeb site, according to a PalmBeach police report.Prosecutors typicallyconsider two things m decid-ing whether to charge somewith sex-related offens-es againstminors— whetherthere is sufficient evidenceand whether there is a publicinterest in doing so, Deklesaid.Child sex abuse casesoften are difficultto prosecute, anattorney says.If two teens are in a sexualrelationship and the boyturns 18 before the girl, hecould be charged with a sexcrime if the sex continues.There would be no public in-terest in pursuing that, Deklesaid.But where there is a largegap in ages — and especiallyin cases of teachers with stu-dents — there is a public in-terest in prosecuting, he said.Likewise if the accused has atrack record of sex with mi-nors.Still there is a "universalconstant" in prosecutingthese cases, Dekle said. Menwho exploit underage chil-dren for sex often carefullychoose their victims in waysthat will minimize the risk tothem, he said.'Victims usually are from alower social status, and theymay suffer from psychologi-cal problems, Dekle said."Lots of child sexualabuse victims have been vic-timized by multiple peopleover a period of time. Thenthe act of abuse producesbehavior in the victims thatfurther damages their credi-bility." Examples includepromiscuous behavior anddrug abuse.Some of the alleged vic-tims in the Epstein case re-turned to his home multipletimes for the massage ses-sions and the $200 to $300 hetypically paid them per visit'That would be a definiteproblem for the prosecutor,"said Betty Resch, who prose-cuted crimes against childrenin Palm Beach County for fiveyears and now is in privatepractice in Lake Worth.'The victim becomes lesssympathetic" to a jury, Reschsaid. "But she's a victim nev-ertheless. She's a kid."Most men charged withsex crimes against minorslook normal, Dekle said. Ajury expecting to see a mon-ster seldom will. And the vie-Ems' ages work against themand in favor of the defendantin a trial, Dekle said.If a child and an adult telldifferent stories and bothswear they're telling thetruth, adult jurors are morelikely to believe the adult,Dekle said"You have all these thingsworking against you in a childsex abuse case. Prosecutorsnormally try to be very care-ful in filing those cases be-cause they know what they'regetting into. There is no suchthing as an iron-clad childsexual abuse case"0 Ianykelie @pbpostcom03956-77Palm Beach chief focus of fire in Epstein caseDefendant's lawyers take him on; he slams state attorneyBy LARRY KELLERPalm Rwrh Post Ske MiterIn the case of PanBeach financier Jeffrey Ep-stein, it seems, at times, as iftwo men are accused ofwrongdoing: Epstein andPalm Beach Police ChiefV -to) 090' -}H-'Michael Reiter.Epstein, 53, was indict-ed last month on a charge offelony solicitation of prosti-tution solely because of Re-iter's "craziness," one ofEpstein's lawyers said. Hisdepartment disseminated"a distorted view of thecase" and behaved in a"childish" manner when thegrand jury didn't indict Ep-stein on the charges itsought, another Epsteinlawyer complained.To hear the Epsteincamp tell it, Reiter, 48, is aloose cannon better suitedto be the sheriff of Mayber-ry. They whisper that he'sembroiled in a messy di-vorce.Reiter did in fact file fordivorce from his wife, Jill,last year, after 24 years ofmarriage. They have a son,18, and a daughter, 14. Thecouple is scheduled to go tomediation Wednesday.Nothing in the court filesuggests their split is par-ticularly ugly.Reiter incurred thewrath of the Epstein campas well as the state attor-See REITER, 7B I.Mount Clipping in Space Below)••aco03956-78Colleagues cite chief's professionalism, integrityOw:REITER from mney's office for two reasons.First, he pressed for Epsteinto be charged with the moreserious crimes of sexual ac-tivitywith minors. Second, heslammed State Attorney Bar-ryKrischer in blunt languageseldom used by one law-enforcement official con-cerning another because ofwhat he perceived as that of-fice's mishandling of thecase.Lr In a letter to KrischerMitten May 1, Reiter calledhis actions it the Epsteincase "highly unusual." Headded, "I must urge you to...consider if good and suffi-cient reason exists to requireyour disqualification from theprosecution of these cases."In short, Reiter told thecounty's top prosecutor forthe past 13 years that heought to get off the case. "Itlooks like a departure fromprofessionalism," Miami-Dade State AttorneyKatherine Fernandez Rundlesaid of Reiter's letter.Following Epstein's in-dictment, Reiter referred thecase to the FBI to determinewhether the super-rich,super-connected defendanthad violated any federal laws.Reiter won't discuss thecase or the broadsides aimedat him. But others almostuniformly use one word todescribe the chief: profes-sional."I have always been im-pressed by Mike's profes-sionalism and his leader-ship," said Rick Lincoln, chiefof the Lantana Police Depart-ment and a Palm BeachCounty cop for 32 years."The town of Palm Beachhas a very professional policedepartment. We all considerMike to be our peer and aman of integrity."Reiter TownManager PeterElwell says thePalm Beachpolice chiefswell worth his$144,000 sal-ary.Juno Beach Police ChiefH.C. Clark II agreed. Al-though he doesn't know Re-iter well, he has metwith himon countywide law enforce-ment issues. "I've never seenhim lose his cool. I've neverseen anything but a profes-sional demeanor from him."Reiter joined the PalmBeach Police Department in1981, leaving a $20,000-a-yearpatrol job at the University ofPittsburgh. His personneljacket shows consistently ex-cellent job evaluations.Posh Palm Beach is nohotbed of crime, and in hisfirst year on the job, a resi-dent confined to his homewith a sick child thanked Re-iterfor delivering afew Cokesto the house. Reiter refusedpayment for the beverages.Another resident thankedReiter for shutting off hiscar's headlights in his drive-way, saying a valet must havebeen at faultReiter worked everythingfrom road patrol to organizedcrime, vice and narcotics.And he's no novice at investi-gations involving the island'srich and famous. He was thelead detective probing thedrug overdose death of DavidKennedy in 1984. He also wasone of the officers whoworked the investigation ofWilliam Kennedy Smith, whowas charged in 1991 — andlater acquitted — with rapinga woman at the Kennedyfamily compound in PalmBeach.Reiter, who has a master'sdegree in human resourcedevelopment from PalmBeach Atlantic University, at-.so has attended the FBI Na-tional Academy in Quantffio,Va., and management coursaes at Harvard. He's been acWfive in countywide interagen-cy law enforcementorganizations and has a "topsecret" national securityclearance."He has a perspectivethat's broader than just ad-dressing the needs of thetown" said Town ManagerPeter Elwell, who promotedReiter from assistant chief tochief in March 2001. Reitermakes more than $144,000 asthe town's top cop. Elwellthinks he's worth it"He's very businesslike,very straightforward. He'snot easily agitated or flam-boyant. He's about the work,'WElwell said. "I think that hisservice as chief has beenoutstanding in five-plusyears."0 'arty kelleapbpastcam03956- 79,FD-350 tRev. 5-8-81)Mount Clipping in Space Below)West Palm Beach, FLDate: 8/14/2006Edition:Title:The man who hadeverythingCharacterorClassification 31E-MM-108062Submitting Office: MM0CO(Indicate page, name of kbconewspaper, city and state.) OnIA/ 6A / The Palm Beach Post rn0Indexing:in's Palm Beach mansion at 358 El Brillo Way.31e- tifrt- (&S%'z-fsJeffrey Epstein has donated more than $100,000to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's presidential bid,the reelection campaign of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the Senate bidsof Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Christopher Dodd and Charles Schumer.WINGED GARGOYLES guarded the gate at JeffreyEpstein's Palm Beach mansion. Inside, hidden camerastrolled two rooms, while the girls came and went.For the police detectiveswho sifted through the gar-bage outside and keptrecords of visitors, it was thelair of a troubling target.Epstein, one of the mostmysterious of the country'smega-rich, was known asmuch for his secrecy as forhis love of fine things: mag-nificent homes, private jets,beautiful women, friendshipswith the world's elite.But at Palm Beach policeheadquarters, he was be-coming known for somethingelse: the regular arrival ofteenage girls he hired to givehim massages and, policesay, perform sexual favors.Epstein was differentfrom most sexual abuse sus-pects; he was trir more pow-erful. He counted among hisfriends former President BillClinton, Donald Trump andPrince Andrew, along withsome of the most prominentlegal, scientific and businessminds in the country.When detectives startedSee EPSTEIN, 6AEpstein's mysterious lifestylebegan to unravel after claimsof sexual activity with minors.03956-81A life of luxury and secrecy1INA FINEBERG/The Assmated NessJeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse dominates a block on the Upper EastSide. Thought to be the largest private residence M Manhattan, it is reportedto have closed-cimult television and a heated sidewalk ts melt fallen snow.Powerful legal teamstymies detectives.Women in his lifeGhislaine Maxwell, afixture at elite partiesand the intenselyprivate daughter of amedia tycoon, datedEpstein in the 1990s.'I'm like a HeidiReiss: Haley Robsontold police she took atleast six girls to visitEpstein, all between theages of 14 and 16.PalmBeachPost.comRead previous stories on the Epstein investigation.03956-82EPSTEIN from 1A • tittle is known or said aboutasking questions and teenage girlsstarted talking, a wave of legalresistance followed.If Palm Beach police didn't knowquite who Jeffrey Epstein was, theyfound out soon enough.Epstein, now 53, was a quintes-sential man of mystery. He amassedhis fortune and friends quietly,always in the background as henavigated New York high society.When he first attracted notice inthe early 1990s, it was on account ofthe woman he was dating: GhislaineMaxwell, daughter of the late Britishmedia tycoon Robert Maxwell.In a lengthy article, headlined"The Mystery of Ghislaine Max-well's Secret Love," the British Mailan Sunday tabloid laid out specula-tive stories that the socialite's beauwas a CIA spook, a math teacher, aconcert pianist or a corporate head-hunter."But what is the truth abouthim?" the newspaper wondered."Like Maxwell, Epstein is bothflamboyant and intensely private."The media frenzy did not beginin full until a decade later. In Sep-tember 2002, Epstein was flung intothe limelight when he flew Clintonand actors Kevin Spacey and ChrisTucker to Africa on his private jetSuddenly everyone wanted toknow who Epstein was. New Yorkmagazine and Vanity Fair publishedlengthy profiles. The New York Postlisted him as one of the city's mosteligible bachelors and begandescribing him in its gossip calmingwith adjectives such as "mysterious"and "reclusive."Although Epstein gave no inter-views, the broad strokes of his paststarted to come into focus.Building a life of extravaganceHe was born blue-collar in 1953,the son of a New York City parksdepartment employee, and raised inBrooklyn's Coney Island neighbor-hood. He left college without abachelor's degree but became amath teacher at the prestigiousDalton School in Manhattan.The story goes that the father ofone of Epstein's students was soimpressed with the man that he puthim in touch with a senior partner atBear Steams, the global investmentbank and securities firm.In 1976, Epstein left Dalton for ajob at Bear Stearns. By the early1980s, he had started J. Epstein andCo. That is when he began makinghis millions in earnestEpstein's business except this: Ikmanages money for the extremely' wealthy. He is said to handleaccounts only of $1 billion or great-er., It has been estimated he hasroughly 15 clients but their identi-ties are the subject of only specula-tion. All except for one: Leslie Wex-ner, founder of The Limited retailchain and a former Palm )3eacherwho is said to have been a mentor toEpstein.Wexner sold Epstein one of hismost lavish residences: a massivetownhouse that dominates a blockon Manhattan s Upper East Side. Itis reported to have, among its finerfeatm-es, closed-circuit televisionand a heated sidewalk to melt awayMien snow.That townhouse, thought to bethe largest private residence inManhattan, is only a piece of theextravagant world Epstein built overtime.In NewMeidco, he constructed a27,000-square-foot hilltop mansionon a 10,000-acre ranch outside SantaFe. Manybelieved it to be the largesthome in the state.In Palm Beach, he bought awaterfront home on El Brillo Way.And he owns a 100-acre privateisland in the Virgin Islands.Perhaps as remarkable as hislavish homes is his extensive net-work of friends and associates at thehighest echelons of power. Thisincludes not only socialites but alsobusiness tycoons, media moguls,politicians, royalty and Nobel Prize-winning scientists whose researchhe often funds."Just like other people collectart, he collects scientists," saidMartin Nowak, who directs theProgram for Evolutionary Dynamicsat Harvard University and wasreportedly the recipient of a $30million research donation fromEpstein.Epstein is said to havebefriended former Harvard Presi-dent Larry Summers, prominentlawProfessor Alan Dershowitz, DonaldTrump and New York Daily NewsPublisher Mott Zuckerman.And yet he managed for decadesto maintain a low profile. He avoidseating out and was rarely photo--grirehed."The odd thing is I never methim, said Dominick Dunne, thefamous chronicler of the trials andtribulations of the very rich. "I wasn'teven aware of him," except foraVanity Fair article.Epstein'sfriendship with Clintonhas attracted the most attention.Epstein met Clinton as early as1995, when he paid tens of thou-sands of dollars to join him at anintimate fund-raising dinner in PalmBeach. But from all appearances,they did not become close friendsuntil after Clinton leftthe Oval Officeand moved to New York.Epstein has donated more than$100,000 to Democratic candidates'campaigns, including John Kerry'spresidential bid, the reelectioncampaign of New Mexico Gov. BillRichardson and the Senate bids ofJoe Lieberman, Hillary RodhamClinton, Christopher Dodd andCharles Schumer.Powerful friends and enemiesA Vanity Fair profile foundcracks in the veneer of Epstein's lifestory. The 2003 article said he leftBear Stearns in the wake of a federalprobe and a possible Securities andExchange Commission violation. Italso pointed out that Citibank oncesued him for defaulting on a $20million loan.The article suggested that one ofhis business mentors and previousemployers was Steven Hoffenberg,now serving a prison term after"bilking investors out of more than$450 million in one of the largestPonzi schemes in American histo-rT"As he amassed his wealth,Epstein made enemies in disputesboth large and small. He sited theman who in 1990 sold him hismultimillion-dollar Palm Beachhome over a dispute about less than$:46,000 in furnishings.03956-83irrner friend claimed Epsteinout of a promise to reim-gurse him hundreds of thousands ofdollars after their failed investmentin Texas oil wells. A judge decidedEpstein owed him nothing."It's a bad memory. I wouldrather not have ever met JeffreyEpstein," said Michael Stroll, theretired former president of WilliamsElectronics and Sega Corp. "Sufficeit to say I have nothing good to sayabout him."Among the characteristics mostattributed to Epstein is a penchantfor women.He has been linked to Maxwell,a fixture on the high-society partycircuits in both New York and Lon-don. Previous girlfriends are said toinclude a former Ms. Sweden and aRomanian model."He's a lot of fun to be with,"Donald Trump told New York maga-zine in 2002. "It is even said that helikes beautiful women as much as Ido, and many of them are on theyounger side. No doubt about it,Jeffrey enjoys his social life."Investigation leads to EpsteinAlthough he was not a fre-quenter of the Palm Beach socialscene, he made his presence feltAmong his charitable donations, hegave $90,000 to the Palm BeachPolice Department and $100,000 toBallet Florida,In Palm Beach, he lived in luxu-ry. Three black Mercedes sat in hisgarage, alongside a green Harley-Davidson. His Jet waited at a hangarat Palm Beach International AirportAt home, a private chef and a smallstaff stood at the ready. From awindow in his mansion, he couldlook out on the Intracoastal Water-way and the West Palm Beach sky-line. He seemed to be a man whohad everything.e' But extraordinary wealth canIfuel extraordinary desires.llIn March 2005, a worried motherntacted Palm Beach police. Shesaid another parent had overheard aconversation between their chil-dren.Now the mother was afraid her14-year-old daughter had beenmolested by a man on the island.The phone call triggered anextensive investigation, one that' would lead detectives to Epstein but• leave them frustrated.Palm Beach police and the stateattorney's office have declined todiscuss the case. But a Palm Beachpolice report detailing the criminalprobe offers a window into whatdetectives faced as they sought toclose in on Epstein.Detectives interviewed the girl,• who told them a friend had invitedIher to a rich man's house to performa massage. She said the friend toldher to say she was 18 if asked.At thehouse, she said she was paid $300after stripping to her panties andmassaging the man while he mas-turbated.Police interview 5 alleged victimsThe investigation began in fullafter the girl identified Epstein in aphoto as the man who had paid her.Police arranged for garbage trucksto set aside Epstein's trash so policecould sift through it. They set up avideo camera to record the comingsand goings at his home. They mon-itored an airport hangar for signs ofhis private jet's arrivals and depar-tures.They quickly learned that thewoman who took the 14-year-old girlto Epstein's house was Haley Rob-son, a Palm Beach Community Col-lege student from Loxahatchee. In asworn statement at police head-quarters, Robson, then 13, admittedshe had taken at least six girls to visitEpstein, all between the ages of 14and 16. Epstein paid her for eachvisit she said.During the drive back to herhouse, Robson told detectives, Wmlike a Heidi Fleiss."Police interviewed five allegedvictims and 17 witnesses. Theirreport shows some of the girls saidthey had been instructed to have sexwith another woman in front ofEpstein, and one said she had directintercourse with him.In October, police searched thePalm Beach mansion. They discov-ered photos of naked, young-lookingfemales, just as several of the girlsI had described in interviews. Hiddencameras were found in the garagearea and inside a clock on Epstein'sdesk, alongside a girl's high schooltranscript.••Two of Epstein's formeremployees told investigators thatyoung-looking girls showed up toperform massages two . ior threetimes a day when Epstem was ntown.They said the girls were permit-ted many indulgences. A chefcooked for them. Workers gavethem rides and handed out hun-dreds of dollars at a time.One employee told detectives hewas told to send a dozen roses to oneteenage girl after a high schooldrama performance. Others .weregiven rental cars. One, according topolice, received a $200 Christmasbonus.The cops moved to cement theircase. But as they fried to tighten thenoose, they encountered otherforces at work.hi Orlando they interviewed apossible victim who told them noth-ing inappropriate had .happenedbetween her and Epstein. Theyasked her whether she had spoken.to anyone else. She said yes, a pri-vate investigator had asked her thesame questions.When they subpoenaed one ofEpstein's former employees, he toldthem the same thing. He and a pri-vate eye had met ata restaurant daysearlier to go over what the manwould tell investigators.Detectives received complaintsthat private eyes were posing aspolice officers. When they toldEpstein's local attorney, Guy Frons-tin, he said the investigators workedfor Roy Black, the high-poweredMiamilawyer who has defended thelikes of Rush Limbaugh and WilliamKennedy Smith.While the private eyes wereconducting a parallel investigation,Dershowitz, the Harvard law pro-fessor, traveled to West Palm Beachwith information about the girls.From their own profiles on the pop-ular Web site MySpace.com, heobtained copies of their discussionsabout their use of alcohol and mari-juanaHe took his research to a meet-ing with prosecutors in early 2006,where he sought to cast doubt on theteens' reliability.— The private eyes had dug up03956-84• enough dirt rm the girls tornprosecutors skeptical. Not only didsome of the girls have issues withdrugs or alcohol but also some hadcriminal records and other troubles,Epstein's legal team claimed. And atleast one of them, they said, liedwhen she told police she wasyounger than 18 when she startedperforming massages for Epstein.After the meeting, prosecutorspostponed their decision to take thecase to a grand jury.In the following weeks, policereceived complaints that two of thevictims or their families had beenharassed or threatened. Epstein'slegal team maintains that its privateinvestigators did nothing illegal orunethical during their research.By then, relations betweenpolice and prosecutors were fraying.At a key meeting with prosecutorsand the defense, Detective JosephRecarey, the lead investigator, was ano-show, according to Epstein'sattorney."The embarrassment on theprosecutor's face was evident when,the police officer never showed upfor the meeting," attorney JackGoldberger said.Later in April, Recarey walkedinto a prosecutor's office at the stateattorney's office and learned thecase was taking an unexpected turn.• The prosecutor, LermaBelohlavek, told Recarey the stateattorney's office had offered Epsteina plea deal that would not requirehim to serve jail time or receive afelony conviction.Recarey told her he disapprovedof the plea offer.The deal never came to pass,however.Future unclear after chargeOn May 1, the department askedprosecutors to approve warrants toarrest Epstein on four counts ofunlawful sexual activity with a minorand to charge his personal assistant,Sarah Kellen, now 27, for her allegedrole in arranging the visits. Policeofficials also wanted to charge Rob-son, the self-described 11.1di Fleiss,with lewd and lascivious acts.By then, the department wasfrustrated with the way the stateattorney's office had handled thecase. On the same day the warrantswere requested, Palm Beach PoliceChief Mrchael Reiter wrote a letterto State Attorney Barry Krischersuggesting he disqualify himselffrom the case if he would not act•Two weeks later, Recarey wastold that prosecutors had decidedonce again to take the case to thegrand jury. 'It is not known how many of thegirls testified before the grand jury.But Epstein's defense team said onegirl who was subpoenaed — the onewho said she had sexual intercoursewith Epstein — never showed up.The grand jury's indictment washanded down in July. It was not theone the police department hadwanted.Instead of being slapped with acharge of unlawful sexual activitywith a minor, Epstein was chargedwith one count of felony solicitation •of prostitution, which carries amaximum penalty of five years inprison. He was booked into the PalmBeach County Jail early July 23 andreleased hours later.Epstein's legal team "doesn'tiglispute that he had girls over forMassages," Goldberger said. But hesaid their claims that they had sex-ual encounters with him lack credi-bility."They are incapable of beingbelieved," he said. "They had crimi-nal records. They had accusations oftheft made against them by theiremployers. There was evidence ofdrug use by some of them."What remains for Epstein is yetto be seen.The Palm Beach Police Depart-ment has asked the FBI to investi-gate the case. It also has returnedthe $90,000 Epstein donated in 2004.In New York, candidates forgovernor and state attorney generalhave vowed to return a total of atleast $60,000 in campaign contribu-tions from Epstein. Meanwhile,Epstein's powerful friends haveremained silent as tabloids and ,Internet .blogs feast on the public 'details of the police investigation.Goldberger maintains Epstein'sinnocence but says the legal teamhas not ruled out a future plea deal.He insists Epstein will emerge in theend with his reputation untarnished."He will recover from this," hesaid.Staff writer Larry Keller and stetresearehets Bridget Bulger, AngelicaCortez, Amy Hanaway and Melanie 'Mena contributed to this story.andrecmana@pbpost.com03956-85Epstein camp calls female accusers liarsBy LARRY KELLERPalm Beach Post Staff WilterAttorneys and publicists forPalm Beach financier JeffreyEpstein went on the offensiveMonday, contending thatteenage girls who have ac-cused Epstein of sexual she-nanigans at his waterfronthome are liars and saying thatthe Palm Beach Police De-partment is "childish.""There never was any sexbetween Jeffrey Epstein andany underagewomen," hislead attorney,Jack Gold-berger, saidfrom Idahowhere he wasvacationingwith his faith-Epstein ly.Epstein did have youngwomen come to his house togive him massages, Goldberg-er said. "Mr. Epstein absolute-ly insisted anybody who cameto his house be over the age of18. How he verified that, I don'tknow. The question is, didanything illegal occur. The lawwas not violated here."He had no explanation as towhy Epstein would pay girls orwomen with no massage train-ing — as the alleged victimssaid was the case — $200 to$300 for their visits. 'Thecredibility of these witnesseshas been seriously pies-'Mr. Epsteinabsolutelyinsistedanybodywho came tohis house beover the ageof 18:JACK GOLDBERGER,Epstein's lead attorneytioned," Goldberger said.Epstein, 53, was indictedby a county grand jury lastmonth on a charge of felonysolicitation of prostitution. Af-ter an 11-month investigationthat included sifting throughEpstein's trash and surveillirighis home, Palm Beach policeconcluded there was enoughevidence to charge him withsexual activity with minors.When the grand jury indictedEpstein on the less seriouscharge, Police Chief MichaelReiter referred the case to theFBI to determine whetherthere were federal law viola-tions.After a spate of storiesabout the case last week, NewYork publicist Dan Flores —whose client list has includedParis Hilton andJennifer Lopez— said on Saturday that Ep-stein's camp was ready "to get .their story out"See EPSTEIN, 93)'-(L8-8"9 "Ae40gVadP!••03956-944Attorney: Police gave media 'distorted view'III. EPSTEIN from isThey did that Monday via Gold-berger and a Los Angeles publicistfor Miami criminal defense attorneyRoy Black, who also has representedEpstein in the case."We just think there has been adistorted view of this case in the me-dia presented by the Palm Beach po-lice," Goldberger said.Reiter has consistently declinedto comment on the case and did notrespond to a request for commentMonday.The implication that State Attor-ney Barry Krischer was easy on Ep-stein by presenting the case to agrand jury rather than filing chargesdirectly against him is wrong, Gold-berger said.The Palm Beach Police Depart-ment was "happy and ecstatic" thatthe panel was going to review theevidence. "I think what happened isthey weren't happy with the result.They decided to use the press toembarrass Mr. Epstein."But records show that Reiterwrote Krischer on May 1 — well be-fore the case went to the grand jury —suggesting that Krischer "consider ifgood and sufficient reason exists torequire your disqualification from theprosecution of these cases."Rather than fiat-out decline tocharge Epstein, Krischer referredthe case to the grand jury to "ap-pease" the chief, Goldberger said.A state attorney's spokesmanwould say only that the office referscases to the grand jury when thereare issues with the viability of theevidence or witnesses' credibility.Both the state attorney and thegrand jury concluded there was notsufficient evidence that Epstein hadsex with minors, according to Gold-berger. "It was just a childish perfor-mance by the Palm Beach PoliceDepartment," Goldberger said.The defense attorney said one ofthe alleged victims who claimed shewas a minor was in fact over the ageof 18. Another alleged victim whowas subpoenaed to testify to thegrand jurk failed to do so. Epstein's_Epstein investigationRead a letter from Palm Beach PoliceChief Michael Reiter to State AttorneyBarry Krischer on the Epstein probe.PalmBeachPost.comaccusers, he added, have histories ofdrug abuse and thefts. 'These wom-en are liars. We've established that"But why would they all inventtheir stories about meeting Epsteinfor sexual massages?"I don't have an answer as to whatwas the motivation for these womento come forward and make these al-legations," Goldberger said.0 lany keller@pbpostcom4fr03956-95(Rev. 01-31-2003)•FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONPrecedence: ROUTINETo: Miami •Miami-FIGFrom. MiamiSquad PB-2 PBCRAContact: SADate: 09/13/2006Attn: SSASIAApproved By: 1,3 -1b6 -1, -2Drafted By: auk b7C -1, -2Case IDTitle:: 31E -MM -108062 (DL.R.IiLgHJEFFREY EPSTEIN;WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTIONSynopsis: To request analytical assistance regardingb7E -1Enclosure(s):b6 -1b7C -1b7D -2b7E -1Details: An ongoing federal investigation has revealed thatEnclosed for analytical review areb3 -11,6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3b3 -1b6 b7C b7D -1, -1, -2 -3 -3b7E -1„2.(0(ey,k,40,e(p3956-96. 31E- f-t."-L -1°1°4 -//7To: Miami From: MiamiRe: 31E-MM-108062, 09/13/2006• •Please contact SA_latshould any further n orma on be needed.2b6 -1b7C -1b7D -2b7E -1b6 -2b7C -203956-97(Rev. 01-31-2003)FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONPrecedence: ROUTINETo: MiamiFrom: MiamiP3-2/West Palm BeachContact: SADate: 09/14/2006RAApproved By: __________________Drafted By: 1 las*Case ID #:Pending Inactive)(PcAding)b7A -1ePema-p...g.) b7E -3(Pon ing)frcAliAyl(Pen ing)(Rending)Title: Case update.Synopsis: Delayed Investigation.Details: For information of the file, investigation inthis matter has been delayed due to writer's assignment to akidnaping investigation1 1 since 1/17/2006.• •b6 -2b7C -2b7E -3-HttFD-350 (Rev. 5-8-121)(Indicate page, name ofnewspaper, city and state.)BeloDate: 07/30/2006Edition: PALM BEACH POSTTitle: BILLIONAIRE FACES CHARGE OFSOLICITATION OF MINORSBillionaire faces chargeof solicitation of minorsMONDAY: Palm Beach billionaire JeffreyEpstein paid to have underage girls andyoung women brought to his home,where he received mas-sages and sometimessex, according to an in-vestigation by the PalmBeach Police Depart-ment An indictmentwas unsealed thatcharged Epstein, 53,with one count of felonyEpstein solicitation of prostitu-tion, which carries amaximum penally of five years in pris-on. He was released on $3,000 bond.Epstein's attorney, Jack Goldberger,said his client, a money manager for thewealthy, committed no crimes andpassed a lie detector test in which hesaid he did not know the girls were mi-nors.Character: 3 IE-MM108062orClassification:Submitting Office:Indexing:O396 -1Q(Rev. 01-31-2003)•FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONPrecedence: ROUTINETo: New YorkProm: MiamiPB2/PBCRAContact: SAApproved By:Drafted By:Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN.Attn:(Pontiing)WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTIONDate: 09/18/2006Crimes Against ChildrenSSAISquad C-20Synopsis: To set lead for captioned investigation.b3 -1b6 -1, -2b7C -1, -2Enclosure(s): One Grand Jury Subpoena forl(FBI), Palm Beach County esident Agency (PBCRA), opened anDetails: Onlthe Federal Bureau of Investigationinvestigation involving multi-millionaire Jeffery Epstein andcaptioned subjects. The investigation involvesb3 -2b3 -1b6 -1, -3b7C -1, -3b7E -4b6 -1b7C -1hi',26/1r5 el. EC-_fi)coe,2395-7!•To: New York From: Miami 'Re: 31E-MM-108062, 09/18/2006FBI Miami, PBCRA, request•Division,b3 -2b6 -2 b7C -2Any questions or concerns contactSA MiamiPBCRA,biographical information is the following:Name DOB SSAN b6 -1 b7C -1HairEyesHeightWeight203956-102To:Re:New York From. Miami31E-MM-108062, 09/18/2006LEAD(s):Set Lead 1: (Action)NEW YORKAT NEW YORKIt is requested that FBI New Yorkl•addition, if needed, serve the enclosed subpoena.• •3b3 -2b6 -1b7C -103956-103Automated Serial Permanent Charge-OutFD-5a (1-5-94)Date: 06/21/07 Time: 14:03Case ID: 31E-MM-108062 Serial: 20Description of Document:Type :b3 -2Date :To :From : US DIST COURTTopic: EXECUTED FGJ SUBPOENAReason for Permanent Charge-Out:transfer to subpoena subTransferred to:Case ID: 31E-MM-108062-SBP Serial: 62Employee:b6 -2b7C -231e- Aitt-/oft2e0-1-,ao03956-104(Rev:01-31-2003)FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONPrecedence: ROUTINE Date: 10/17/2006To: Miami Attn: SA'PB2/PECRAFrom. New YorkSquad C-20Contact: SAApproved By:b3 -1Drafted By: b6 -1, -2Case ID #: 31E -MM-108062 4-pend-i-F±g4 b7C __.2 5-- -1, -2Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN-WSTA- CHILD PROSTITUTIONSynopsis: Lead covered for captioned investigation; Grand Jurysubpoena served'Reference: 31E-MM-108062 Serial 19Enclosure(s): Enclosed for Miami is the server copy of thereferenced Grand Jury subpoena issued by the United StatesDistrict Court, Southern District of Florida on 10/06/2006 andserved___________________________on 10/16/2006.Details: On 10/16/2006, SA received from SAFederal Express deliverysubpoena. On that date. SA1 land SA'service, the referenced GrandviaJuryb3 -2b3 -2b3 -2b6 -2, -5b7C -2, -503956-143IC- MA-4— / of PC0,2• xissirTo: Miami From: New YorkRe: 31E-MM-108062, 10/17/2006•States District CourthousePalm Beach, Florida.locatedat 701at the UnitedClematis Street, WestAt this time, no further action will be taken by theNew York Office in this matter. Lead is covered.• •2b3 -2b6 -5b7C -503956-110United States District kartSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDATO:SUBPOENA TO TESTIFYBEFORE GRAND JURYFGJ 05-02(WPB)-Fri./No. OLY-19SUBPOENA FORb3 -2YOU AREHEREBY COMMANDED to appear and testifybefore theGrand Jury of theUnited StatesDistrictCourt at the place, date and time specified below.PLACE:United States District Courthouse701 Clematis StreetWest Palm Beach, Florida 33401ROOM:Room 4-ADATE AND TIME:YOU ARE ALSO COMMANDED to bringyou the following document(s) o object(s):Please coordinate your compliance of this subpoena and confirm the date and time of yourappearance with Special lent_____________________Federal Bureau of Investigation,Telephone:_________________b3 -2b6 -2_b7C -2This subpoena shall remain in effect until you are granted leave to depart by the court or by an officer acting on behalfof the court.This subpoena is issued upon application*If not applicable, enter "none."DATE:October 6, 2006Name Address and Phone Number of Assistant U.S. AttorneyAssistant U.S. Attorney500 So. Australian Avenue, Suite 400 b7C -6West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6235Te1:1_________________________Fax (561) 802-1787T be used in lieu of A0110FORM ORD-227JAN .8603956-111(Rev. 01-31-2003)•FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONPrecedence: ROUTINETo: MiamiFrom: MiamiPB2/West Palm Beach RAContact: SAIApproved By:Drafted By:Case ID\ #:_rDate: 11/09/2006b3 -1b6 -1, -231E-MM-108062 — S3 b7C -1, -2Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN;ItWSTA- ROSTITUTIONSynopsis. Request that SA____________________________receive holiday pay on November 10, 2006,a Federal Holiday.with SOC#Veteran'sDay,Details: SAI Iwill be working on gathering data forthe Intelligent Analyst that will be coming to the Palm Beach RAon Monday.4.b6 -2-2b7C -2b6 -2b7C -2j/C- MM g/Z)40,950-a.IN T CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTE.THJUDICIAL CIRCUIT, CRIMINAL DIVISIONIN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDAIN RE Search Warrant, Affidavit and Application for SearchWarrant, and Inventory and ReturnDATED AND SIGNED: 10-19-05AFFIANTS: Det. Palm Beach Policeb6 -4b7C -4ORDER SEALING AFFIDAVIT AND APPLICATION FOR SEARCH WARRANT ANDRELATED SEARCH WARRANT AND INVENTORY AND RETURNTHIS CAUSE having come before the Court and the Court having been appraised,IT IS HEREBY ORDERED pursuantto Florida Statues Chapter 119.07(3)(b)thattheAffidavit and Application forSearch Warrant signed by Investigatoras affiantdated and related Search Warrant dated October 18,2005 hereby sealed until further orderof the Court.The Clerk of Court, Criminal Division is hereby ordered to seal said Search Warrantand Affidavit and Application for Search Warrant until further order of the Court.It is furtherORDERED that the Inventory and Return for Said Search Warrant shall be sealedwhen filed with the Clerk of Court until further order of the Court.DONE AND ORDERED this 19th day of October at West Palm Beach, Palm BeachCounty, Florida.XC:Laura JohnsonCircuit Court JudgeAssistant State Attorneyb6 -7b7C -7b6 -4b7C -4(CON03956-235