eighteen or older. Interviews were conducted on the consenting adults whose statements provided the same massage routine when they went to "work" for Epstein. The females would be notified by and made appointments for the females to "work" for Epstein. The females would come to Epstein's house and were led upstairs, through a stairwell from the kitchen area, by to Epstein's bedroom. Epstein would then enter the room wearing only a towel, and ask them to get comfortable. The females would then provide the massage naked as Ipstein would either touch their vaginas with his fingers and/or utilize the massager/vibrator on The foregoing instrument was sworn to or affirmed before me this 1st day of May, 2006 by Det Joe Recarey, who is personally known to me. State of Florida County of Palm Beach Signature/Arresting Officer Signature of Police Officer (F.S.S. 117.10) Date: 05/01/2006 Page of 22 b6 b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018913 A "Ahable Cause Affidavit Palm Beach Police Department Agency ORI# FLO 500600 • their vaginal area. He would masturbate during the massage and upon his climaxing, the massage would end. The girls were then paid two or three hundred dollars for the massage. On November 21, 2005 I interviewed Jose Alessi, a former houseman for Jeffrey Epstein. Alessi stated he was employed for eleven years with Mr. Epstein, from approximately 1993 through 2004. Alessi stated he was the house manager, driver and house maintenance person. It was his responsibility to prepare the house for Epstein s arrival. When asked about cooks or assistants, Alessi stated they traveled with Epstein on his private plane. I asked Mr. Alessi about the massages that have occurred at Epstein's home. Alessi stated Epstein receives three massages a day. Each masseuse that visited the house was different. Alessi stated that towards the end of his employment, the masseuses were younger and younger. When asked how young, Mr..Alessi stated they appeared to be sixteen or seventeen years of age at the most. The massages would occur in Epstein's bedroom or bathroom. He knew this because he often set up the massage tables. I asked if there were things going on other than a massage. Alessi stated that there were times towards the end of his employment that he would have to wash off a massager/vibrator and a long rubber penis, which were in the sink after the massage. Additionally, he stated the bed would almost always have to be made after the massage. On January 4, 2006 I interviewed another former houseman, Mr Alfredo Rodriguez. During a sworn taped statement, Mr. Rodriguez stated he was employed by Jeffrey Epstein for approximately six months, from November 2004 through May of 2005. His responsibilities as house manager included being the butler, chauffeur, chef, houseman, run errands for Epstein and provide for Epstein's guests. I asked Rodriguez about masseuses coming to the house. Rodriguez stated Epstein would have two massages a day. Epstein would have one massage in the morning and one massage in the afternoon everyday he was in residence. Rodriguez stated he would be informed to expect someone and make them comfortable until either or Epstein would meet with them. Rodriguez stated once the masseuses would arrive, he would allow them entry into the kitchen area and offer them something to drink or eat. They would then be encountered by either or Epstein. They would be taken upstairs to provide the massage. I asked Rodriguez if any of the masseuses appeared young in age. Rodriguez stated the girls that would come appeared to be too young to be masseuses. b6 He stated one time under Epstein's direction, he delivered a dozen roses td !for b7C one of the girls that came to provide a massage. He knew the girls were still in high school and were of high school age. I asked Rodriguez about the massages. He felt there was a lot more going on than just massages. He would often clean Mr. Epstein's bedroom after the alleged massages and would discover massagers/vibrators and sex toys scattered on the floor. He also said he would wipe down the vibrators and sex toys and put them away in an armoire. He described the armoire as a small wood armoire which was on the wall close to Epstein's The foregoing instrument was sworn to or affirmed before me this 1" day of May, 2006 by Det Joe Recarey, who is personally known to me. State of Florida County of Palm Beach Signature/Arresting Officer Signature of Police Officer (F.S.S. 117.10) Date: 05/01/2006 Page of 22 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018914 Obable Cause Affidavit Palm Beach Police Department Agency ORD FLO 500600 • bed. On one occasion Epstein ordered Rodriguez to go to the Dollar rent a car and rent a car for the same girl he brought the roses to, so that she could drive her self to Epstein's house without incident. Rodriguez said the girl always needed rides to and from the house. Rodriguez produced a green folder which contained documents, and a note with Mr. Epstein's stationary with direction to deliver a bucket of roses td 'after r—lhigh school drama performance. Also in that same note was direction to rent a car fornand direction to extend the rental contract. During the course of the investigation, subpoenas were obtained for cell phone and home phone records from several victims and witnesses along with the cell phone records o . An analysis of these records was conducted which found numerous telephone calls were made between and the victims. These records indicate the dates the calls were made are consistent with the dates and times they victims/witnesses stated they were contacted. Specifically, The phone records showed called during the exact times and dates when victimfladvised the incident occurred. also coordinated the encounters with' during the time frame the girls stated they occurrect______________________________________________________________ b6 b7C Pursuant to a lawful subpoena I obtained Epstein's private plane records for 2005 from Jet Aviation. The plane records show arrival and departure of Epstein's plane at Palm Beach International airport. These records were compared to the cell phone records of This comparison found that all the phone calls .1-1ade to________and the victims were made in the days just prior to their arrival or during the time Epstein was in Palm Beach. Therefore, as Jeffrey Epstein, who at the time of these incidents was fifty one years of age, did have vaginal intercourse either with his penis or digitally with' I who were minors at the time this occurred, there is sufficient probable cause to charge Jeffrey Epstein with four counts of Unlawful Sexual Activity with a Minor, in violation of Florida State Statute 794.05(1), a second degree felony. As E stein, who at the time b6 of the incident was fifty two years of age, did use a vibrator on the external vaginal area of a fourteen year b7C old minor, there is sufficient probable cause to charge him with Lewd and Lascivious Molestation, in violation of Florida State Statute 800.04 (5), a second degree felony. The foregoing instrument was sworn to or affirmed before me this 1st day of May, 2006 by Det Joe Recarey, who is personally known to me. State of Florida County of Palm Beach Signature/Arresting Officer Signature of Police Officer (F.S.S. 117.10) Date: 05/01/2006 Page of 22 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018915 Mystery money man faces soliciting charge By NICOLE JANOK Palm Beach Post Staff Writer part-time Palm Beacher who has socialized with Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey was jailed early Sunday with accused drug dealers, drunken drivers and wife beaters after he was charged with soliciting a prosti- tute. Manhattan money manager Jeffrey Epstein, 53, was picked up at his home on El Brillo Way at 1:45 a.m. He was released hours later on $3,000 bond. z9o9 Ql Epstein was indicted last week by a state grand jury, according to state at- torney's spokesman Mike Edmondson. Despite Epstein's arrest, the indictment containing the allegations remained sealed Sunday and Edmondson provid- ed no details. Unlike most accused johns, Epstein was charged with a third-degree felony instead of a misdemeanor. Under state law, a solicitation charge usually is ele- vated to a more-serious felony when the defendant has at least two solicitation convictions. However, checks of court records here and in New York Sunday turned up no such convictions. Epstein could not be reached. F mondson said he was being representt-1 by West Palm Beach attorney Jack Goldberg, who declined comment. Epstein is the president of J Epstein & Co., a money management company based in Manhattan that caters to ultra- wealthy clientele, according to pub- See SOLICMNG, 6B Jeffrey Epstein Indictment related to prostitution. 'Mysterious billionaire' has been on probation SOLICITING from m lished reports. National magazines have described him as a "mysterious billion- aire" who lives in a 45,000- square-foot New York City mansion. He has been in trouble before. In 1993, he and two other defendants were charged in federal court with three counts of postal larceny and theft and one count of property theft. Epstein plead guilty to a single charge of conspiring to steal U.S. Treasury checks from resi- dential. mailboxes and re- ceived 5 years' probation. The remaining charges were dropped. Since then, Epstein's name has turned up in New York City's tabloids. The New York Post noted he flew Pres- ident Clinton and Kevin Spacey to Africa on his pri- vate Boeing 727`. In 2003, the paper dubbed him one of the Big Apple's "top studs." In 2004, Epstein bid against 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. Staff Researcher Angelica Cortez contributed tO this story. nicolejanok@pbpostcom (moleg eoeds buidd!lo lunon (48-8-9 'Aal) 099-0-1 • :ao!go 641111!wqns Z90804-1/11A1-9 LC uoileog!ssel0 HOUSE OVERSIGHT_018916 vtw-312 48 THE PALM BEACH POST • TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006 Indictment: Billionaire solicited 3 times Palm Beach police will report today about their prostitution probe of the money manager. By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Billionaire money manager and Palm Beach part-time resident Jeffrey Epstein- solicited or procured prostitutes three or more times between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31 of last year, according to an in- dictment charging him with felony so- licitation of prostitution. Epstein, 53, was booked at the Palm Beach County jail at 1:45 a.m. Sunday. He was released on $3,000 bond. Epstein's case is unusual in that suspected prostitution johns are usually charged with a misdemeanor, and even a felony charge is typically made in a criminal information — an alternative to an indictment charging a person with the commission of a crime. His attorney, Jack Goldberger, declined to discuss the charge. State attorney's of- fice spokesman Mike Edmondson also had little to say. "Generally speak- Epstein ing, there is a case that has a number of different aspects to it," Edmondson said of a prostitution- related charge being submitted to a grand jury. "We first became aware of the case months ago by Palm Beach police." Prosecutors and police worked to- gether to bring the case to the grand jury, he said. Palm Beach police confirmed that and said the department will release a report today regarding its investigation. Epstein has owned a five-bedroom, 71/2-bath, 7,234-square-foot home with a pool and a boat dock on the Intracoastal Waterway since 1990, according to property records. A man answering the door there Monday said that Epstein wasn't home. A Cadillac Escalade reg- istered to him was parked in the drive- way, which is flanked by two massive gargoyles. Epstein sued Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits in 2001, contending that the assessment of his home exceeded its fair market value. He dismissed his lawsuit in December 2002. A profile of Epstein in Vanity Fair magazine said he owns what are be- lieved to be the largest private homes in Manhattan — 51,000 square feet — and in New Mexico — a 7,500-acre ranch. Those are in addition to his 70-acre is- land in the U.S. Virgin Islands and fleet of aircraft. Epstein's friends and admirers, ac- cording to the magazine, include prom- inent businessmen, academics and sci- entists and famed Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. 0 larty_keller@pbpost.com C saw!lE Pellollos (mope eoeds u! 6ulddlio mon m a a) w z R c *A91:1) OgZ-CIJ D HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018917 FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) • Mount Clipping in Space Below) After long probe, billionaire faces solicitation charge By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein paid to have underage girls and young women brought to his home, where he re- ceived massages and sometimes sex, ac- cording to an investigation by the Palm Beach Police Department. Palm Beach police spent months sifting through Ep- stein's trash and watching his waterfront home and Palm Beach International Airport to keep tabs on his private jet. An indictment Epstein charging Epstein, 53, was unsealed Monday, charging him with one count of felony solicitation of prostitution. Palm Beach police thought there was probable cause to charge Epstein with un- lawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molestation. Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry with State Attorney Barry Krischer's han- dling of the case that he wrote a memo See EPSTEIN, 5B IN. (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 1B, 5B / The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, FL Date: 0726/2006 Edition: Title: After long probe, billionaire faces solicitation charges Character or Classification: 31E-MM-1 08062 Submitting Office: MM Indexing: 3, C-- tot - °Sow. ee HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018918 w s c THE PALM BEACH POST • WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2006 5B Police kept watch on home, airport, sifted through trash EPSTEIN from 1B suggesting the county's top prosecutor disqualify himself. "I must urge you to ex- amine the unusual course that your office's handling of this 'wafter has taken and consider thiwgood and sufficient reason exists to reqiiire your dis- qualification from the prose- cution of these cases," Reiter wrote in a May 1 memo to Krischer. While not commenting specifically on the Epstein case, Mike Edmondson, spokesman for the state at- torney, said his office pre- sents cases 'other than mur- ders to a grand jury when there are questions about witnesses' credibility and their ability to testify. By the nature of their jobs, police officers look at evi- ,m4Ince from a "one-sided per- ective," Edmondson said. "A prosecutor has to look at it in a much broader fashion," weighing the veracity of wit- , nesses and how they may fare under defense attorneys' questioning, he said. Epstein's attorney, Jack Goldberger, said his client committed no crimes. "The reports and state- ments in question refer to false accusations that were not charged because the Palm Beach County state attorney questioned the credibility of the witnesses," Goldberger said. A county grand jury "found the allegations wholly unsubstantiated and not credible," and that's why his client was not charged with sexual activity with minors, he said. Goldberger said Epstein passed a lie detector test ad- ministered by a reputable polygraph examiner in which he said he did not know the girls were minors. Also, a search warrant served on Epstein's home found no evi- dence to corroborate the girls' allegations, Goldberger said. According to police docu- ments: • A Palm Beach Commu- nity College student said she gave Epstein a massage in the nude, then brought him six girls, ages 14 to 16, for mas- sage and sex-tinged sessions at his home. MA 27-year-old woman who worked as Epstein's personal assistant also facili- tated the liaisons, phoning the PBCC student to arrange for girls when Epstein was coming to town. And she es- corted the girls upstairs when they arrived, putting fresh sheets on a massage table and placing massage oils nearby. • Police took sworn statements from five alleged victims and 17 witnesses. They contend that on three occasions, Epstein had sex with the girls. The chief's letter See the letter Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter wrote to State Attorney Bany Krischer on the Epstein case. PalmBeachPostcom A money manager for the ultra-rich, Epstein was named one of New York's most eligi- ble bachelors in 2003 by The New Yot* Post. He reportedly hobnobs with the likes of former President Clinton, former Harvard University President Lawrence Sum- mers and Donald Trump, and has lavish homes in Manhat- tan, New Mexico and the Vir- gin Islands. He has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Dem- ocratic Party candidates and organizations, including Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid, and the Senate campaigns of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clin- ton, Christopher Dodd and Charles Schumer. Goldberger is one of five attorneys Epstein has re- tained since he became the subject of an investigation, Edmondson said. Among the others: Alan Dershovvitz, the well-known Harvard law pro- fessor and author, who is a friend of Epstein. Dershowitz could not be reached for comment Police said the woman who enlisted young girls for Epstein was Haley Robson, 20, of Royal Palm Beach. Robson has worked at an Ol- ive Garden restaurant in Wellington and said she was a journalism major at Palm Beach Community College when she was questioned by police last October. She has an unlisted phone number and could not be reached for comment. Robson said she met Ep- stein when, at age 17, a friend asked her if she would like to make money giving him a massage. She said she was driven to his five-bedroom, 71/2-bath home on the Intra- coastal Waterway, then es- coded upstairs to a bedroom with a massage table and oils. Epstein and Robson were both naked during the mas- sage, she said, but when he grabbed her buttocks, she said she didn't want to be touched. Epstein said he'd pay her to bring him more girls -- the younger the better, Robson told police. When she tried once to bring a 23-year-old woman to him, Epstein said she was too old, Robson said. Robson, who has not been charged in the case, said she eventually brought six girls to Epstein who were paid $200 each time, Robson said. "I'm like a Heidi Fleiss," police quoted her as saying. The girls knew what to expect when they were taken to Ep- stein's home, Robson said. Give a massage — maybe na- ked — and allow some touching. One 14-year-old girl Rob- son took to meet Epstein led police to start the investiga- tion of him in March 2005. A relative of the girl called to say she thought the child had re- cently engaged in sex with a Palm Beach man. The girl then got into a fight with a classmate who accused her of being a prostitute, and she couldn't explain why she had $300 in her purse. The girl gave police this account of her meeting with Epstein: She accompanied Robson and a second girl to Epstein's house on a Sunday in Febru- ary 2005. Once there, a wom- an she thought was Epstein's assistant told the girl to follow her upstairs to a room featur- ing a mural of a naked woman, several photographs of naked women on a shelf, a hot pink and green sofa and a massage table. She stripped to her bra and panties and gave him a massage. Epstein gave the 14-year- old $300 and she and the oth- er girls left, she said. She said Robson told her that Epstein paid her $200 that day. Other girls told similar stories. In most accounts, Epstein's personal assistant at the time, Sarah Kellen, now 27, escorted the girls to Ep- stein's bedroom. Kellen, whose most re- cent known address is in North Carolina, has not been charged in the case. Palm Beach police often conducted surveillance of Epstein's home, and at Palm Beach International Airport to see if his private jet was there, so they would know when he was in town. Police also arranged repeatedly to receive his trash from Palm Beach sanitation workers, collecting papers with names and phone numbers, sex toys and female hygiene products. One note stated that a fe- male could not come over at 7 p.m. because of soccer. An- other said a girl had to work Sunday — "Monday after school?" And still another note contained the work hours of a girl, saying she leaves school at 11:30 a.m. and would come over the next day at 10:30 a.m. Only three months before the police department probe began, Epstein donated $90,000 to the department for the purchase of a firearms simulator, said Jane Struder, town finance director. The purchase was never made. The money was returned to Epstein on Monday, she said. Staff wtitets Andrew Marra and Tim O'Meilia and Staff re- searcher Angelica Cortez con- tributed to this stoty. 0 larty_keller@pbpostcom HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018919 Mount Clipping in Space Below) Police say lawyer tried to discredit teenage girls By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Famed Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz met with the Palm Beach County 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 to police reports. The reports also state that another Epstein attorney agreed to a plea bargain that would have allowed Epstein to have no criminal record. His current attorney de- nies this happened. And the documents also reveal that the father of at least one girl complained that private investigators aggressively fol- lowed his car, photographed his home and chased off visitors. Police also talked to somebody who said she was offered money if she refused to cooperate with the Palm Beach Police Department probe of Ep- stein. The state attorney's office said it presented the Epstein case to a county grand jury this month rather than directly charging Epstein because of concerns about the girls' credibility. The grand jury indicted Ep- stein, 53, on a single count of felony solic- itation of prostitution, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Police believed there was probable cause to charge Epstein with the more serious crimes of unlawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molesta- tion. Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry that he wrote State Attorney Barry Krischer a memo in May suggesting he disqualify himself from Om case. Epstein: His former attorney agreed to a plea bargain, police say. (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 1B, 7B / The Palm Beach Post West Palm Bech, FL Date: 7/29/2006 Edition: Title: Police say lawyer tried to discredit teenage girls. Character or Classification. 31E-MM-1 08062 Submitting Office: MM Indexing: The Case originally was going to be presented to the grand jury in February, but was postponed after Dershowitz pro- duced information gleaned from the Web site myspace.com showing some of the alleged victims commenting on alcohol and marijuana use, according to the police report prepared by Detective Joseph Re- carey. Haley Robson, a 20-year-old Royal Palm Beach woman who told police she recruited girls for Epstein, also is profiled on myspace.com. Her page includes pho- tos of her and her friends, including one See EPSTEIN, 7B 10- _ HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018920 1M. Polygraph shows he didn't know girls' ages, lawyer says EPSTEIN from 1B using the name "Pimpin' Made EZ." Robson, who was not charged in the case, is a potential prosecution wit- ness. According to Recarey, prosecutor Lanna Belohlavek offered Epstein attorneys Dershowitz and Guy Fronstin a plea deal in April. Fronstin, after speaking with Epstein, accepted the deal, in which Epstein would plead guilty to one count of aggravated as- sault with intent to commit a felony, be placed on five years' probation and have no criminal record. The deal al- so called for Epstein to sub- mit to a psychiatric and sex- ual evaluation and have no unsupervised visits with mi- nors, according to Recarey's report. The plea bargain was made in connection with only one of the five alleged vic- tims, the report states. Fronstin — who declined to comment on the case — • was subsequently fired and , veteran defense attorney Jack Goldberger was hired. He denies there was any agreement by any of Ep- stein's attorneys to a plea deal. "We absolutely did not agree to a plea in this case," he said. Neither Belohlavek nor a state attorney's spokesman could be reached for comment. The parent or parents of alleged victims who corn- plained of being harassed by private investigators provid- ed license tag numbers of two of the men. Police found the vehicles were registered to a private eye in West Palm Beach and anOther in Jupiter, according to Recarey's re- port. "I have no knowledge of it," defense attorney Gold- berger said. The report also says a woman connected to the Ep- stein case was contacted by somebody who was still in touch with Epstein. That person told her she would be compensated if she didn't cooperate with police, Re- carey's report says. Those who did talk "will be dealt with,?' the woman said she was told. Phone records show the woman talked with the person who allegedly in- timidated her around the time she said, Recarey re- ported. Phone records also show that the person said :to have made the threat then placed a call to Epstein's personal as- sistant, who in turn called a New York corporation affili- ated with Epstein, the report states. The issue in the Epstein case is not whether females came to his waterfront home, but whether he knew their ages. "He's never denied girls came to the house," Gold- berger said. But when Ep- stein was given a polygraph test, "he passed on knowl- edge of age," the attorney said. After the indictment against Epstein was unsealed this week, Police Chief Reiter referred the matter to the FBI. "We've received the re- ferral, and we're reviewing it," said FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela in Miami. The chief himself has come under attack from Ep- stein's lawyers and friends in New York, where he has a home. The New York Post quoted Epstein's prominent New York lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt, as saying his client was indicted only "because of the craziness of the police chief." Reiter has declined to comment on the case. , Prosecutors have not presented a sex-related case like Epstein's to a grand jury before, said Mike Edmond- son, spokesman for the state attorney's office. "That's what you do with a case that falls into a gray area," he said. The state attorney's office did not recommend a partic- ular criminal charge on which to indict Epstein, Ed- mondson said. The grand ju- ry was presented with a list of charges from highest to low- est, then deliberated with the prosecutor out of the room, he said. "People are surprised at the grand jury proceeding," West Palm Beach defense attorney Richard Tendler said. "It's a way for the pros- ecutor's office to not take the full responsibility for not fil- ing the (charge), and not do- ing what the Palm Beach Po- lice Department wanted. I think something fell apart with those underage wit- nesses." Defense attorney Robert Gershman was a prosecutor for six years. 'Those girls must have been incredible or untrustworthy, I don't know," he said. Other attorneys said Ep- stein's case raises the issue of whether wealthy, connected defendants like Epstein — whose friends include former President Clinton and Donald Trump — are treated differently from others. Once he knew he was the subject of a criminal probe, Epstein hired a phalanx of powerful attorneys such as Dershowitz and Lefcourt, who is a past president of the National As- sociation of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Miami lawyer Roy Black — who became nationally known when he successfully defended William Kennedy Smith on a rape charge in Palm Beach — also was in- volved at one point. Said defense attorney Michelle Suskauer: "I think it's unfortunate the public may get the perception that with power, you may be treated differently than the average Joe." 0 lanyjelleapbpost.com HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018921 (Rev. 01-31-2003) • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 08/01/2006 To: Miami Attn: IMA/PB2 From: Miami PB2/PBCRA __________________________________________ Contact: SAI Approved By: Drafted By: ____________________________ Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062 (Pending) Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN; WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTION Synopsis: To request the opening of sub-files in captioned case. Details: It is requested that the following sub-files be opened to assist in document management in captioned case. SUB - SOP to capture subpoena. request. SUB - FF to capture forfeiture related materials. • • b6 b7C ,2/1 cpg-1(1 Ft HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018922 FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) o Mount Clipping in Space Below) (Indicate page, name of newspaper, dity and state.) 20B / The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, FL Date: 8/4/2006 Edition: Title: He was over 50 And they were girls Character or Classification: 31E-MM-1 08062 Submitting Office: MM He was over 50. And they were girls If the women whom Palm Beach police say a part-time town resident invited to his home and paid for sex acts were, in fact, women, the solicitation charge against Jeffrey Epstein might feel more sufficient But, according to police records, they weren't He was over 50. And they were girls. Elise Cramer 14. 15. 16. 17-year-old girls. That should count for some- thing — the dif- ference between prostitution and pedophilia. So, it is baffling that Mr. Epstein, who was indicted last month by a grand jury on one felony count of solicitation of pros- titution, has not been charged, as Palm Beach police strenuously urged, with unlawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molestation. Conviction of crimes against mi- nors would mean steeper penalties than the maximum five-year prison term Mr. Epstein faces if convicted of the single count of felony solicita- tion. It also would help carry a mes- sage of intolerance to perverts who prey on girls. Prosecutors did not pursue charg- es against Mr. Epstein reflecting the age of the victims because they assumed a jury would view the girls not as victims but as promiscuous, untrustworthy, willing participants. The presumption is offensive. Mr. Epstein, a 53-year-old Man- hattan money manager who has hired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and defense attor- ney Jack Goldberger, has denied knowing how old the girls were. Jury should have decided if Epstein is a pedophile. But police interviews with five alleged victims and 17 witnesses under oath, as well as phone mes- sages, a high school transcript and other items that police found from searching Mr. Epstein's trash and 7,234-square-foot waterfront home, provide evidence that he knew the girls were teenagers. One girl couldn't show up when Mr. Epstein wanted because she had soccer. Another time, Mr. Ep- stein had to wait for his "massage" session because the girl he wanted was still in class. Why didn't State Attorney Barry Krischer let a jury decide whether to believe the teenagers — in- cluding a 16-year-old who went to Mr. Epstein's house to "work" in December 2004 after being asked whether she needed to make money for Christmas gifts? Prosecutors gave greater weight to the details Mr. Dershowitz pro- vided about the girls in an apparent effort to assail their character. Mr. Dershowitz pointed out to prosecu- tors that some of the teenagers had talked on myspace.com about mari- juana and alcohol use. The 20-year-old Royal Palm Beach woman who told police she recruited girls for Mr. Epstein has a Web page on myspace.com that features one girl using the name "Pimpin' Made EZ." Although no charges of witness tampering have been filed, the par- ents of at least one of the teenage victims complained to police of be- ing followed and intimidated by two men. Police determined that their vehicles were registered to two pri- vate investigators. Mr Goldberger denied knowing anything about it. Police also note in their reports that the state attorney's office of- fered Mr. Epstein a plea deal that would have placed him on proba- tion for five years, allowing him ultimately to walk away with no criminal record at all. I asked Mr. Krischer's spokes- man, Mike Edmondson, why the case was referred to a grand jury in- , stead of Mr. Epstein being charged and facing a trial before a jury. And shouldn't the victims' credibility be a factor to determine whether a crime's been committed, not wheth- er a jury will convict? (After all, as Mr. Goldberger told The Palm Beach Post of Mr Epstein, "He's never de- nied girls came to the house.") Especially, I asked Mr. Edmond- son to explain: Why shouldn't the public look at this case and think there are two kinds of justice — one for the wealthy and one for the rest of us? Mr. Edmondson said he could not comment on the case because it is active, but on the latter point, he offered, for the sake of "philosophi- cal debate": "Whether wealth buys a different standard of justice across the country ... the answer to that would, of course, be yes." But in this case, he said, "regard- less of the battery of attorneys, the outcome would be the same. Every issue that was debated in public was debated in our office before this case went to the grand jury." In this case, it is not the victims' credibility but the state attorney's that deserves questioning. Elisa Cramer is an editorial writer for The Palm Beach Post. Her e-mail address is elisa_cramer@pbpost.com E/0 3/6,14 0- 108062 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018923 FD-919 (Rev. 06-05-2003) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE To: Miami Date: 08/08/2006 From: Miami PB2/Palm Beach County Resident Agency Contact: Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062 (Pending) 188B-MM-105207-C (Pending) Title: VICTIM NOTIFICATION FORM b 6 b7C Synopsis: To document victim information. Please refer to the Victim Notification System for the additional pertinent information on the following victims-I Reference: 31E-MM-108062 Serial 1 Details: VnsCase#: CAgtName: PContact: BusName : BusEIN : BusAcct : VicFirN : VicMidN : VicLastN: SSAN • VicDate : VicDOD : VicMinor: DOB • Race Sex 31E-MM-108062 b 6 b7C 41 9'1? 3 /6- HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018924 .k)-B60 (Rev. 5-8-81) 9 • Mount Clipping in Space Below) Expert: Ignorance of age isn't defense in sex cases By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Even if Palm Beach mon- ey manager Jeffrey Epstein didn't know that girls who police say gave him sexual massages at his Intracoastal home were under the legal age, that alone wouldn't have exempted him from criminal charges of sexual activity with minors. "Ignorance is not a valid defense," said Bob Delde, a legal skills professor who was a Lake City prosecutor for nearly 30 years, half of that time specializing in sex crimes against children. "There is no knowledge element as far as the age is concerned," Dekle said. After an 11-month investi- gation, Palm Beach . police said there was probable cause to charge Epstein, 53, with unlawful sex acts with a minor Epstein: Two politicians have returned dona- tions since he was charged with soliciting minors. and lewd and lascivious mo- lestation. They contend that Epstein — friend of the rich and famous and financial pa- tron of Democratic Party or- ganizations and candidates— committed those acts with five underage girls. In the past week, New York Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer has returned about $50,000 in campaign contri- butions he received from Ep- stein, and Mark Green, a candidate to replace Spitzer in See EPSTEIN, 5B 10- (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 1B / 5B / The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, FL Date: 8/5/2006 Edition: Title: ExpertL Ignorance of age isn't defense in sex cases Character or Classification: 31E-MM-1 08062 Submitting Office: MM Indexing: al lq H, 11 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018925 Lawyer: Jur° often believe &hilts over kids 10- EPSTEIN from 1B his current job, has returned $10,000 to him because of the Palm Beach scandal, the New York Daily News has reported. Rather than file charges, the state attorney's office presented the case to a county grand jury. The panel indicted Epstein last week on a single, less serious charge of felony solicitation of pros- titution. The case raised eyebrows because the state attorney's office rarely, if ever, kicks such charges to a grand jury. And it increases the difficulty of prosecuting child sex abuse cases, especially when the defendant is enormously wealthy and can hire high- priced, top-tier lawyers. At least one of Epstein's alleged victims told police he knew she was underage when the two of them got naked for massages and sex- ual activity. She was 16 years old at the time and said Ep- stein asked her questions about her high school, ac- cording to police reports. A girl who, said she met Epstein when she was 15 said he told her if she told any- body what happened at his house, bad things could hap- pen, the police reports state. Epstein's youngest al- leged victim was 14 when she says she gave him a massage that included some sexual activity. She is now 16. The girl's father says he doesn't know whether she told Ep- stein her age. "My daughter has kept a lot of what happened from me because of sheer embarrass- ment," he said. "But she very much looked 14. Any prudent man would have had second thoughts about that" Defense attorney Jack Goldberger maintains that not only did Epstein pass a polygraph test showing he did not know the girls were minors, but their stories weren't credible. The state attorney's office also implied that their credibility was an issue when it decided not to charge Epstein directly, but instead give the case to the grand jury. "A prosecutor has to look at it in a much broader fash- ion," a state attorney's spokesman said last week. Epstein hired Harvard law Professor Alan Der- showitz when he became aware he was under investi- gation, and Dershowitz gave prosecutors information that some of the alleged victims had spoke of using alcohol and marijuana on a popular Web site, according to a Palm Beach police report. Prosecutors typically consider two things in decid- ing whether to charge some- body with sex-related offens- es against minors — whether there is sufficient evidence and whether there is a public interest in doing so, Delde said. Child sex abuse cases often are difficult to prosecute, an attorney says. If two teens are in a sexual relationship and the boy turns 18 before the girl, he could be charged with a sex crime if the sex continues. There would be no public in- terest in pursuing that, Dekle said. But where there is a large gap in ages — and especially in cases of teachers with stu- dents — there is a public in- terest in prosecuting, he said. Likewise if the accused has a track record of sex with mi- nors. Still there is a "universal constant" in prosecuting these cases, Dekle said. Men who exploit underage chil- dren for sex often carefully choose their victims in ways . that will minimize the risk to them, he said. Victims usually are from a lower social status, and they may suffer from psychologi- cal problems, Dekle said. "Lots of child sexual abuse victims have been vic- timized by multiple people over a period of time. Then the act of abuse produces behavior in the victims that further damages their credi- bility." Examples include promiscuous behavior and drug abuse. Some of the alleged vic- tims in the Epstein case re- turned to his home multiple times for the massage ses- sions and the $200 to $300 he typically paid them per visit "That would be a definite problem for the prosecutor," said Betty Resch, who prose- cuted crimes against children in Palm Beach County for five years and now is in private practice in Lake Worth. "The victim becomes less sympathetic" to a jury, Resch said. "But she's a victim nev- ertheless. She's a kid." Most men charged with sex crimes against minors look normal, Dekle said. A jury expecting to see a mon- ster seldom will. And the vic- tims' ages work against them and in favor of the defendant in a trial, Dekle said. If a child and an adult tell different stories and both swear they're telling the truth, adult jurors are more likely to believe the adult, Dekle said. "You have all these things working againstyou in a child sex abuse case. Prosecutors normally try to be very care- ful in filing those cases be- cause they know what they're getting into. There is no such thing as an iron-clad child sexual abuse case." 0 lany_keller@pbpostcom HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018926 Palm Beach chief focus of fire in Epstein case Defendant's lawyers take him on; he slams state attorney By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer In the case of Pahn Beach financier Jeffrey Ep- stein, it seems, attimes, as if two men are accused of wrongdoing: Epstein and Palm Beach Police Chief Ti -V) ON) -pH -9 lq Michael Reiter. Epstein, 53, was indict- ed lastmonth on a charge of felony solicitation of prosti- tution solely because of Re- iter's "craziness," one of Epstein's lawyers said. His department disseminated "a distorted view of the case" and behaved in a "childish" manner when the grand jury didn't indict Ep- stein on the charges it sought, another Epstein lawyer complained. To hear the Epstein camp tell it, Reiter, 48, is a loose cannon better suited to be the sheriff of Mayber- ry. They whisper that he's embroiled in a messy di- vorce. Reiter did in fact file for divorce from his wife, Jill, last year, after 24 years of marriage. They have a son, 18, and a daughter, 14. The , couple is scheduled to go to mediation Wednesday. Nothing in the court file suggests their split is par- ticularly ugly. Reiter incurred the wrath of the Epstein camp as well as the state attor- See REEFER, 7B 10. (moles aoeds u! 6uldd1101unoN • • Co- - CM CD 4' (in co aseo umsd2 el eig jo snool ALP 110eaEl wled co co .c4) CO 6 R. CD .7‘ CD CD 0 DO •-• CD ca 2 03 CD CD 52. 0 CD SD .4, 0 (1) 0 CO HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018927 Colleagues cite chief's professionalism, REITER from 1B ney's office for two reasons. First, he pressed for Epstein to be charged with the more serious crimes of sexual ac- tivity with minors. Second, he slammed State Attorney Bar- ry Krischer in blunt language seldom used by one law- etforcement official con- cerning another because of what he perceived as that of- fice's mishandling of the case. In a letter to Krischer irritten May 1, Reiter called hig actions in the Epstein case "highly unusual." He added, "I must urge you to. consider if good and suffi- cient reason exists to require your disqualification from the prosecution of these cases." , In short, Reiter told the county's top prosecutor for the past 13 years that he ought to get off the 'case. "It looks like a departure from professionalism," Miami- Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said of Reiter's letter. Following Epstein's in- dictment, Reiter referred the case to the FBI to determine whether the super-rich, super-connected defendant had violated any federal laws. Reiter won't discuss the case or the broadsides aimed at him. But others almost uniformly use one word to describe the chief: profes- sional. "I have always been im- pressed by Mike's profes- sionalism and his leader- ship," said Rick Lincoln, chief of the Lantana Police Depart- ment and a Palm Beach County cop for 32 years. "The town of Palm Beach has a very professional police department. We all consider Mike to be our peer and a man of integrity." Reiter: Town Manager Peter Elwell says the Palm Beach police chief's well worth his $144,000 sal- ary. Juno Beach Police Chief H.C. Clark II agreed. Al- though he doesn't know Re- iter well, he has met with him on countywide law enforce- ment issues. "I've never seen him lose his cool. I've never seen anything but a profes- sional demeanor from him." Reiter joined the Palm Beach Police Department in 1981, leaving a $20,000-a-year patrol job at the University of Pittsburgh. His personnel jacket shows consistently ex- cellent job evaluations. Posh Palm Beach is no hotbed of crime, and in his first year on the job, a resi- dent confined to his home with a sick child thanked Re- iter for delivering a few Cokes to the house. Reiter refused payment for the beverages. Another resident thanked Reiter for shutting off his car's headlights in his drive- way, saying a valet must have been at fault. Reiter worked everything from road patrol to organized crime, vice and narcotics. And he's no novice at investi- gations involving the island's rich and famous. He was the lead detective probing the drug overdose death of David Kennedy in 1984. He also was one of the officers who worked the investigation of William Kennedy Smith, who was charged in 1991 — and later acquitted — with. raping a woman at the Kennedy family compound in Palm Beach. Reiter, who has a master's degree in human resource integrity development from Palm Beach Atlantic University, al- so has attended the FBI Na- tional Academy in Quantico, Va., and management coursift es at Harvard. He's been ac- tive in countywide interagen- cy law enforcement organizations and has a "top secret" national security clearance. "He has a perspective thafs broader than just ad- dressing the needs of the town," said Town Manager Peter Elwell, who promoted Reiter from assistant chief to chief in March 2001. Reiter makes more than $144,000 as the town's top cop. Elwell thinks he's worth it. "He's very businesslike, very straightforward. He's not easily agitated or flam- boyant He's about the work," Elwell said. "I think that his service as chief has been outstanding in five-plus years." Q larry_kellegpbpog.com HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018928 The man who had everythm if a (mope eoecis Li! 6ulddlio lunovl • (37 5 91 03 (D X Epstein's Palm Beach mansion at 358 El Brillo Way. f;! Jeffrey Epstein craved big homes, elite friends and, investigators say, underage girls By ANDREW MARRA, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer 0 Di 2, 0 CY. CD •.(D 5: peg 01.1M uew eqi HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018929 Jeffrey Epstein has donated more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's presidential bid, the reelection campaign of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the Senate bids of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Christopher Dodd and Charles Schumer. WINGED GARGOYLES guarded the gate at Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach mansion. Inside, hidden cameras trolled two rooms, while the girls came and went. For the police detectives who sifted through the gar- bage outside and kept records of visitors, it was the lair of a troubling target. Epstein, one of the most mysterious of the country's mega-rich, was known as much for his secrecy as for his love of fine things: mag- nificent homes, private jets, beautiful women, friendships with the world's elite. But at Palm Beach police headquarters, he was be- coming known for something else: the regular arrival of teenage girls he hired to give him, massages and, police say, perform sexual favors. Epstein was different from most sexual abuse sus- pects; he was far more pow- erful. He counted among his friends former President Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew, along with some of the most prominent legal, scientific and business minds in the country. When detectives started See EPSTEIN, 6A 0- Epstein's mysterious lifestyle began to unravel after claims of sexual activity with minors. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018930 A life of luxury and secrecy TINA FINEBERG/The Assoc:ad Press Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse dominates a block on the Upper East Side. Mow!)lt to be the largest private residence in Manhattan, it is reported to have closed-circuit television and a heated sidewalk to melt fallen snow. Powerful legal team tymies detectives. Women in his life Ghislaine Maxwell, a fixture at elite parties and the intensely private daughter of a media tycoon, dated Epstein in the 1990s, 'I'm like a Heidi Reiss.' told police she took at least six girls to visit Epstein, all between the ages of 14 and 16. PalmBeachPostcom Read previous stories on the Epstein investigation. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018931 EPSTEIN from .1A asking questions and teenage girls started talking, a wave of legal resistance followed. If Palm Beach police didn't know quite who Jeffrey Epstein was, they found out soon enough. Epstein, now 53, was a quintes- sential man of mystery. He amassed his fortune and friends quietly, always in the background as he navigated New York high society. When he first attracted notice in the early 1990s, it was on account of the woman he was dating: Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late British media tycoon Robert Maxwell. In a lengthy article, headlined 'The Mystery of Ghislaine Max- well's Secret Love," the British Mail on Sunday tabloid laid, out specula- tive stories that the socialite's beau was a CIA spook, a math teacher, a concert pianist or a corporate head- hunter. "But what is the truth about him?" the newspaper wondered. "Like Maxwell, Epstein is both flamboyant and intensely private." The media frenzy did not begin in full until a decade later. In Sep- tember 2002, Epstein was flung into the limelight when he flew Clinton and actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private jet Suddenly everyone wanted to know who Epstein was. New York magazine and Vanity Fair published lengthy profiles. The New York Post listed him as one of the city's most eligible bachelors and began describing him in its gossip columns with adjectives such as "mysterious" and "reclusive." Although Epstein gave no inter- views, the broad strokes of his past started to come into focus. Building a life of extravagance He was born blue-collar in 1953, the son of a New York City parks department employee, and raised in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighbor- hood. He left college without a bachelor's degree but became a math teacher at the prestigious Dalton School in Manhattan. The story goes that the father of one of Epstein's students was so impressed with the man that he put him in touch with a senior partner at Bear Stearns, the global investment bank and securities firm. In 1976, Epstein left Dalton for a job at Bear Stearns. By the early 1980s, he had started J. Epstein and Co. That is when he began making his millions in earnest. Little is known or said about Epstein's business except this: Re manages money for the extremely wealthy. He is said to handle accounts only of $1 billion or great- er. It has been estimated he has roughly 15 clients, but their identi- ties are the subject of only specula- tion. All except for one: Leslie Wex- ner, founder of The Limited retail chain and a former Palm Beacher who is said to have been a mentor to Epstein. Wexner sold Epstein one of his most lavish residences: a massive townhouse that dominates a block on Manhattan's Upper East Side. It is reported to have, among its finer features, closed-circuit television and a heated sidewalk to melt away fallen snow. That townhouse, thought to be the largest private residence in Manhattan, is only a piece of the extravagant world Epstein built over time. In New Mexico, he constructed a 27,000-square-foot hilltop mansion on a 10,000-acre ranch outside Santa Fe. Many believed it to be the largest home in the state. In Palm Beach, he bought a waterfront home on El Brill° Way. And he owns a 100-acre private island in the Virgin Islands. Perhaps as remarkable as his lavish homes is his extensive net- work of friends and associates at the highest echelons of power. This includes not only socialites but also business tycoons, media moguls, politicians, royalty and Nobel Prize- winning scientists whose research • he often funds. "Just like other people collect art, he collects scientists," said Martin Nowak, who directs the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard University and was reportedly the recipient of a $30 million research donation from Epstein. Epstein is said to have befriended former Harvard Presi- dent I.Arry Summers, prominent law Professor Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump and New York Daily News Publisher Mort Zuckerman. And yet he managed for decades to maintain a low profile. He avoids eating out and was rarely photo- -grahed. "The odd thing is I never met him," said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials and tribulations of the very rich. "I wasn't even aware of him," except for Vanity Fair article. Epstein's friendship with Clinton has attracted the most attention. Epstein met Clinton as early as 1995, when he paid tens of thou- sands of dollars to join him at an intimate fund-raising dinner in Palm Beach. But from all appearances, they did not become close friends until after Clinton left the Oval Office and moved to New York. Epstein has donated more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's presidential bid, the reelection campaign of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the Senate bids of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christopher Dodd and Charles Schumer. Powerful friends and enemies A Vanity Fair profile found cracks in the veneer of Epstein's life story. The 2003 article said he left Bear Stearns in the wake of a federal probe and a possible Securities and Exchange Commission violation. It also pointed out that Citibank once sued him for defaulting on a $20 million loan. The article suggested that one of his business mentors and previous employers was Steven Hoffenberg, now serving a prison term after "bilking investors out of more than $450 million in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in American histo- ry." As he amassed his wealth, Epstein made enemies in disputes both large and small. He sued the man who in 1990 sold him his multimillion-dollar Palm Beach home over a dispute about less than $70,000 in furnishings. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018932 •c=q. \rmer friend claimed Epstein A cro:,-ti out of a promise to reim- gurse him hundreds of thousands of dollars after their failed investment in Texas oil wells. A judge decided Epstein owed him nothing. "It's a bad memory. I would rather not have ever met Jeffrey Epstein," said Michael Stroll, the retired former president of Williams Electronics and Sega Corp. "Suffice it to say I have nothing good to say about him." Among the characteristics most attributed to Epstein is a penchant for women. He has been linked to Maxwell, a fixture on the high-society party circuits in both New York and Lon- don. Previous girlfriends are said to include a former Ms. Sweden and a Romanian model. "He's a lot of fun to be with," Donald Trump told New York maga- zine in 2002. "It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it, Jeffrey enjoys his social life." Investigation leads to Epstein Although he was not a fre- quenter of the Palm Beach social scene, he made his presence felt. Among his charitable donations, he gave $90,000 to the Palm Beach Police Department and $100,000 to Ballet Florida. In Palm Beach, he lived in luxu- ry. Three black Mercedes sat in his garage, alongside a green Harley- Davidson. His jet waited at a hangar at Palm Beach International Airport: At home, a private chef and a small staff stood at the ready. From a window in his mansion, he could look out on the Intracoastal Water- way and the West Palm Beach sky- line. He seemed to be a man who had everything. But extraordinary wealth can' fuel extraordinary desires. 411 In March 2005, a worried mother In Palm Beach police. She said another parent had overheard a conversation between their chil- dren. Now the mother was afraid her 14-year-old daughter had been molested by a man on the island. The phone call triggered an extensive investigation, one that would lead detectives to Epstein but I leave them frustrated. Palm Beach police and the state attorney's office have declined to discuss the case. But a Palm Beach police report detailing the criminal probe offers a window into what detectives faced as they sought to close in on Epstein. Detectives interviewed the girl, who told them a friend had invited her to a rich man's house to perform a massage. She said the friend told her to say she was 18 if asked. At the house, she said she was paid $300 after stripping to her panties and massaging the man while he mas- turbated. Police interview 5 alleged victims The investigation began in full after the girl identified Epstein in a photo as the man who had paid her. Police arranged for garbage trucks to set aside Epstein's trash so police could sift through it. They set up a video camera to record the comings and goings at his home. They mon- itored an airport hangar for signs of his private jet's arrivals and depar- tures. They quickly learned that the woman who took the 14-year-old girl to Epstein's house was Haley Rob- son, a Palm Beach Community Col- lege student from Loxahatchee. In a sworn statement at police head- quarters, Robson, then 18, admitted she had taken at least six girls to visit Epstein, all between the ages of 14 and 16. Epstein paid her for each visit, she said. During the drive back to her house, Robson told detectives, "I'm like a Heidi Fleisa" Police interviewed five alleged victims and 17 witnesses. Their report shows some of the girls said they had been instructed to have sex with another woman in front of Epstein, and one said she had direct intercourse with him. In October, police searched the Palm Beach mansion. They discov- ered photos of naked, young-looking females, just as several of the girls had described in interviews. Hidden cameras were found in the garage area and inside a clock on Epstein's desk, alongside a girl's high school transcript. • Two of Epstein's former employees told investigators that young-looking girls showed up to perform massages two or three times a day when Epstein was in town. They said the girls were permit- ted many indulgences. A chef cooked for them. Workers gave them rides and handed out hun- dreds of dollars at a time. One employee told detectives he was told to send a dozen roses to one teenage girl after a high school drama performance. Others were given rental cars. One, according to police, received a $200 Christmas bonus. The cops moved to cement their case. But as they tried to tighten the noose, they encountered other forces at work. In Orlando they interviewed a possible victim who told them noth- ing inappropriate had happened between her and Epstein. They asked her whether she had spoken to anyone else. She said yes, a pri- vate investigator had asked her the same questions. When they subpoenaed one of Epstein's former employees, he told them the same thing. He and a pri- vate eye had met at a restaurant days earlier to go over what the man would tell investigators. Detectives received complaints that private eyes were posing as police officers. When they told Epstein's local attorney, Guy Frons- tin, he said the investigators worked for Roy Black, the high-powered Miami lawyer who has defended the ' likes of Rush Limbaugh and William Kennedy Smith. While the private eyes were conducting a parallel investigation, Dershowitz, the Harvard law pro- fessor, traveled to West Palm Beach with information about the girls. From their own profiles on the pop- ular Web site MySpace.com, he obtained copies of their discussions about their use of alcohol and mari- juana. He took his research to a meet- ing with prosecutors in early 2006, where he sought to cast doubt on the teens' reliability. — The private eyes had dug trip HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018933 enough dirt on the girls to m e prosecutors skeptical. Not only did some of the girls have issues with drugs or alcohol but also some had criminal records and other troubles, Epstein's legal team claimed. And at least one of them, they said, lied when she told police she was younger than 18 when she started performing massages for Epstein. After the meeting, prosecutors postponed their decision to take the case to a grand jury. In the following weeks, police received complaints that two of the victims or their families had been harassed or threatened. Epstein's legal team maintains that its private investigators did nothing illegal or unethical during their research. By then, relations' between police and prosecutors were fraying. At a key meeting with prosecutors and the defense, Detective Joseph Recarey, the lead investigator, was a no-show, according to Epstein's attorney. 'The embarrassment . on the prosecutor's face was evident when, the police officer never showed up for the meeting," attorney Jack Goldberger said. Later in April, Recarey walked into a prosecutor's office at the state attorney's office and learned the case was taking an unexpected turn. The prosecutor, Lanna Belohlavek, told Recarey the state attorney's office had offered Epstein a plea deal that would not require him to serve jail time or receive a felony conviction. Recarey told her he disapproved of the plea offer. The deal never came to pass, however. Future unclear after charge On May 1, the department asked prosecutors to approve warrants to arrest Epstein on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor and to charge his personal assistant, Sarah Kellen, now 27, for her alleged role in arranging the visits. Police officials also wanted to, charge Rob- son, the self-described Midi Fleiss, with lewd and lascivious acts. By then, the department was frustrated with the way the state attorney's office had handled the case. On the same day the warrants were requested, Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter wrote a letter to State Attorney Barry Krischer suggesting he disqualify himself from the case if he would not act. Two weeks later, Recarey was told that prosecutors had decided once again to take the case to the grand jury.' It is not known how many of the girls testified before the grand jury. But Epstein's defense team said one girl who was subpoenaed — the one who said she had sexual intercourse with Epstein — never showed up. The grand jury's indictment was handed down in July. It was not the one the polke department had wanted. ^ Instead of being slapped with a i charge, of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, Epstein was charged with one count of felony solicitation • of prostitution, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. He was booked into the Palm ,1 Beach County Jail early July 23 and ^ released hours later. Epstein's legal team "doesn't clispute that he had girls over for massages," Goldberger said. But he said their claims that they had sex- ual encounters with him lack credi- bility. "They are incapable of being believed," he said. 'They had crimi- nal records. They had accusations of theft made against them by their employers. There was evidence of drug use by some,of them." • What remains for Epstein is yet to be seen. The Palm Beach Police Depart- ment has asked the FBI to investi- , gate the case. It also has returned the $90,000 Epstein donated in 2004. In New York, candidates for governor and state attorney general have vowed to return a total of at least $60,000 in campaign contribu- tions from Epstein. Meanwhile, Epstein's powerful friends have remained silent as tabloids and Internet blogs feast on the public details of the police investigation. Gold)oerger maintains Epstein's innocence but says the legal team has not ruled out a future plea deal. He insists Epstein will emerge in the end with his reputation untarnished. "He will recover from this," he said. Staff writer Larry Keller and staff researchers Bridget Bulger, Angelica Cortez, Amy Hanaway and Melanie ' Mena contributed to this story. andrew_marra@pbpostcoth HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018934 - Epstein camp calls female accusers liars By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Attorneys and publicists for Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein went on the offensive Monday, contending that teenage girls who have ac- cused Epstein of sexual she- nanigans at his waterfront home are liars and saying that the Palm Beach Police De- partment is "childish." "There never was any sex between Jeffrey Epstein and Epstein any underage women," his lead attorney, Jack Gold- berger, said from Idaho where he was vacationing with his fami- ly. Epstein did have young women come to his house to give him massages, Goldberg- er said. "Mr. Epstein absolute- 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." He had no explanation as to why Epstein would pay girls or women with no massage train- ing — as the alleged victims said was the case — $200 to $300 for their visits. "The credibility of these witnesses has been seriously ques- 'Mr. Epstein absolutely insisted anybody who came to his house be over the age of 18.' JACK GOLDBERGER, Epstein's lead attorney tioned," Goldberger said. Epstein, 53, was indicted by a county grand jury last month on a charge of felony solicitation of prostitution. Af- ter 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 charge, Police Chief Michael Reiter referred the case to the FBI to determine whether there were federal law viola- tions. After a spate of stories about the case last week, New York publicist Dan Mores — whose client list has included Paris Hilton and Jennifer Lopez — said on Saturday that Ep- stein's camp was ready "to get , their story out." See EPSTEIN, 9B 10- CD X CO 5. fsg) M 0 0. SD HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018935 Attorney: Police gave media 'distorted view' EPSTEIN from 1B • They did that Monday via Gold- berger 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 me- dia presented by the Palm Beach po- lice," Goldberger said. Reiter has consistently declined to comment on the case and did not respond to a request for comment Monday. The implication that State Attor- ney Barry Krischer was easy on Ep- stein by presenting the case to a grand jury rather than filing charges directly against him is wrong, Gold- berger said. The Palm Beach Police Depart- ment 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." But records show that Reiter wrote Krischer on May 1 — well be- fore 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." Rather than flat-out decline to charge Epstein, Krischer referred the case to the grand jury to "op- 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. Both the state attorney and the grand jury concluded there was not sufficient evidence that Epstein had sex with minors, according to Gold- berger. "It was just a childish perfor- mance by the Palm Beach Police Department," Goldberger said. 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 Epstein investigation Read a letter from Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter to State Attorney Barry Krischer on the Epstein probe. PalmBeachPost.com accusers, he added, have histories of drug abuse and thefts. 'These wom- en are liars. We've established that." But why would they all invent their stories about meeting Epstein for sexual massages? "I don't have an answer as to what was the motivation for these women to come forward and make these al- legations," Goldberger said. larry_kelleapbpost.com • HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018936 41PN. N,,k, (Rev. l-M-2003) I. • FEDERAL" BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE To: Miami ' Miami-FIG From: Miami Squad PB-2, PBCRA Contact: SA Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID Attn: SSA SIA Date: 09/13/2006 : 31E-MM-108062 Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN; (Pending) WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTION Synopsis: To request analytical assistance regarding telephone toll records. Enclosure(s): 1) A CDrom containing Cingular telephone toll records for' 1, cellular telephone 1 1 2) Hard copies ofl Cingular telephone toll records from the dates of March 15 to December 2005. (not included on CDrom. 2) A list of all identified (561) area code telephone numbers, primarily those of the underage victims. Details: An ongoing federal investigation has revealed that Enclosed for analytical review are the 2004 and 2005 cellular________toll records forl [ cellular number 1 It is requested to ascertain lover the two year period. The primary focus should be on the identification and b6 b7C NA.1,4. -to Yoe, a -/zi HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018937 4IM To: Miami From: Miami Re: 31E-MM-108062, 09/13/2006 frequency of the (561) area code numbers listed on toll records. Please contact SA should any further • • 2 information be at needed. b6 b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018938 (Rev. l-M-2003) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE To: Miami From: Miami PB-2/West Palm Beach RA Contact: SA Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: Date: 09/14/2006 9A-MM-106548 9B-MM-106812 31E-MM-106675 31E-MM-107146 31C-MM-107200 (-62D-MM-107021 164C-MM-107620 305C-MM-106925 305C-MM-107468 305D-MM-106828 305D-MM-107072 Title: Case update. (Pending Inactive) (Pending) (Pending) (Pending) (Pending) (Pending) (Pending) (Pending) (Pending) (Pending) (Pending) (Pending) Synopsis: Delayed Investigation. Details: For information of the file, investigation in this matter has been delayed due to writer's assignment to a kidnaping investigation (7A-MM-107268) since 1/17/2006. • • Vs b6 b7C b7A (1,20 -.14fri 40'7002/,-,1-- HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018939 FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) (Mount Clipping in Space Below) Date: 07/30/2006 Edition: PALM BEACH POST Title: BILLIONAIRE FACES CHARGE OF SOLICITATION OF MINORS Billionaire faces charge of solicitation of minors MONDAY: Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein paid to have underage girls and young women brought to his home, where he received mas- sages and sometimes sex, according to an in- vestigation by the Palm Beach Police Depart- ment. An indictment was unsealed that charged Epstein, 53, with one count of felony Epstein solicitation of prostitu- tion, which carries a maximum penalty 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 the wealthy, committed no crimes and passed a lie detector test in which he said he did not know the girls were mi- nors. Character: 3 1 E-MM-1 0 8 0 62 or Classification: Submitting Office: Indexing: b6 b7C 31E - //a( - ios-66.2 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018940 (Rev. l-M-2003) • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE To: From: Miami PB2/PBCRA Contact: SA Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062 Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN; Date: 09/18/2006 Attn: Crimes Against Children SSA' Squad C-20 (Pending) WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTION Synopsis: To set lead for captioned investigation. Enclosure(s): One Grand Jury Subpoena for' Details: On 07/24/2006 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Palm Beach County Resident Agency (PBCRA), opened an investigation involving multi-millionaire Jeffery Epstein and captioned subjects. The investigation involves'__________________________ _____________________________________________________________. In addition to Palm Beach, Epstein maintains residences in New York, U.S. Virgin Islands and New Mexico. Epstein was born 01/20/1953 and raised in Coney Island. He graduated from Lafayette High School in Brooklyn. The investigation has revealed that he took some classes in physics at Cooper Union from 1969 to 1971. He left Cooper Union in 1971 and attended NYU's Courant Institute, where he took courses in mathematical physiology of the heart, leaving that school too, without a degree. Between 1973 and 1975, Epstein taught calculus and physics at the Dalton School in Manhattan. In 1976, Epstein left Dalton for a job at Bear Stearns, a global investment bank and securities firm. b6 b7C b3 b6 b7C b6 b7C El 3/E- mt-i got, HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018941 411 411 , To: From: Miami ' Re: 31E-MM-108062, 09/18/2006 FBI Miami, PBCRA, request b3 Any questions or concerns contact SA Division, PBCRA, Miami Epstein's biographical information is the following: Name Jeffrey E. Epstein DOB 01/20/1953 SSAN -3348 Hair Grey Eyes Blue Height 6'0 Weight 175 lbs 2 b6 b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018942 To: Re: From.. Miami ' 31E-MM-108062, 09/18r2006 LEAD (s) : Set Lead 1: (Action) b3 It is requested that FBII I. In addition, if needed, serve the enclosed subpoena. 3 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018943 Automated Serial Permanent Charge-Out FD-5a (1-5-94) Case ID: 31E-MM-108062 Serial: 20 Description of Document: Type : OTHER Date : 09/21/06 To d_________________ From : US DIST COURT Topic: EXECUTED FGJ SUBPOENA Reason for Permanent Charge-Out: transfer to subpoena sub Transferred to: Case ID: 31E-MM-108062-SBP Serial: 62 Employee: Date: 06/21/07 Time: 14:03 b3 b6 b7C 3/e- Apti iam10.2-c) HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018944 (2g1S31-2003) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 10/17/2006 To: Miami Attn: SAI From: 1 Squad C-20 Contact: SA Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062 Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN; 1 PB2/PBCRA (Pending) -.2 5-- WSTA- CHILD PROSTITUTION Synopsis: Lead covered for captioned investigation; Grand Jury subpoena served1 1 1 Reference: 31E-MM-108062 Serial 19 Enclosure(s): Enclosed for Miami is the server copy of the referenced Grand Jury subpoena issued by the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida on 10/06/2006 and served on 10/16/2006. Details: On 10/16/2006, SA_______received from SA1 I via Federal Express delivery service, the referenced Grand Jury subpoena. On that date sAl____land sAl !went t b6 b7C Ae71 accepted service of the Grand Jury subpoena, the Appearance Notice, the Certification of Business Records and Appendix A, (Document Inventory). 1 1 ________________________________________________________I then contact SAI 1 _______________ at the telephone number provided on the Grand Jury subpoena. ______________was directed to do so prior to 10/20/2006, and was told that if she did not provide the records described in b3 b3 b6 b7C 31E- 1(44-./ae.04,02--,s- HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018945 To: Miami From: 41/_____________1 Re: 31E-MM-108062, 10/17/2006 b3 the subpoena, she would be required to appear at the United States District Courthouse located at 701 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, Florida. At this time, no further action will be taken by the in this matter. Lead is covered. • 2 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018946 . Uited States District Pourt SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TO: SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY BEFORE GRAND JURY FGJ 05-02(WPB)-Fri./No. OLY-19 SUBPOENA FOR: PERSON X b3 DOCUMENTS OR OBJECT [Sy YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and testify before the Grand Jury of the United States District Court at the place, date and time specified below. PLACE: United States District Courthouse 701 Clematis Street West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 ROOM: Room 4-A DATE AND TIME: October 20, 2006 9:00am YOU ARE ALSO COMMANDED to bring with you the following document(s) or object(s): Please coordinate your compliance of this subpoena and confirm the date and time of your appearance with Special Agent_____________________I Federal Bureau of Investigation, Telephone: b3 This subpoena shall remain in effect until you are granted leave to depart by the court or by an officer acting on behalf of the court. CLERK (BY) DEPUTY CLERK This subpoena is issued upon application of the Unite States of Ame a DATE: October 6, 2006 b6 b7C Name, Address and Phone Number of Assistant U.S. Attorney Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 So. Australian Avenue, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6235 Tel: I Fax: (561) 802-1787 *If not applicable, enter "none." To be used in lieu of A0110 FORM ORD-227 JAN.86 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018947 U.S. Depart. of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 S. Australian Ave., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6235 (561) 820-8711 APPEARANCE NOTICE The attached subpoena requires the production of the records specified to a Federal Grand Jury/Trial in the Southern District of Florida. A new provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence provides that routine business records may be admitted at trial through the declaration of a custodian, if they are provided sufficiently in advance of trial to allow an opportunity for any challenges to their authenticity. Therefore, you may be able to avoid appearing personally at the grand jury/trial at the time and place specified by completely filling out the attached Certification and Inventory and immediately returning it with the records to Special Agent IFBI at the following address: Federal Bureau of Investigation 505 South Flagler Drive, Ste. 500 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401-5923 EARLY VOLUNTARY TURNOVER Please note that we are requesting an early voluntary turnover of the materials subpoenaed. The early voluntary turnover date is prior to October 20, 2006. BY: Sincerely, R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY b6 b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018948 I CERTIFICATION OF BUSINESS RECORDS I, the undersigned,______________________________________________________, declare-that I am: employed by/associated with__________________________________________________________________ in the position of_______________________________________________________________and by reason of my position am authorized and qualified to make this declaration. In my employment with the above-named bank/company I am familiar with the business records it maintains. The above-named bank/company maintains records of its business which are: 1. made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth therein, by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge of those matters; 2. kept in the course of regularly conducted business activity; and 3. made by the regularly conducted activity as a regular practice. Among the records so maintained are the attached records itemized in Appendix A, Inventory of Documents. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Date of execution:_ Place of execution: Signature: HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018949 APPENDIX A DOCUMENT INVENTORY The documents submitted are as follows: Signature of Records Custodian: HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018950 (Rev. 01-31-2003) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 11/14/2006 To: Attn: SSAI b6 RA b7C Attn: SSA From: Miami PB2/PBCRA Contact: SA IRA Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID: 31E-MM-108062 (Pending) • Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN; WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTION Synopsis: To request travel reference captioned case. Administrative: Reference telcall between and SSA and SSA SA' on 11/14/2006. Details: On 07/24/2006 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Palm Beach County Resident Agency (PBCRA), opened an investigation involving multi-millionaire Jeffery Epstein and captioned subjects. The investigation involves' FBI Miami, PBCRA, request travel concurrence with FBI b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C 3/E— /-ti1/44 (Off co 2— L3 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018951 To: FrAl, Miami • Re: 31E-MM-108062, 11/14/2006 LEAD(s): Set Lead 1: (Info) AT FBI Miami request travel concurrence from FBI to conduct victim interview. Set Lead 2: (Info) • • AT FBI Miami request travel concurrence from FBI to conduct victim interview. 2 b6 b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018952 (Rev. 01-31.2003) • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE To: Miami From: Miami PB2/West Palm Beach RA Date: 11/09/2006 Contact: SAI Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID\ #: 31E-MM-108062-- Title: JEFFREY EPSTEIN; WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTION no psis: Request that SA receive holiday pay on November 10, 2006, Federal Holiday. with SOC# Veteran's Day, Details: SA________________ will be working on gathering data for the Intelligent Analyst that will be coming to the Palm Beach RA on Monday. b6 b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018953 Date: 7/13/06 TiMe: 9:27:55 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 1 Incident Report Program: CMS301L Case No..... SPECIAL NOTES Occur To Date Day Of Week Common/Location: City ......• Location Type : Beat Assignment: Dept Class Case Status Supervisory Dt.: Entry Date Names? . . Vehicles? Narrative? 1-05-000368 : DO NOT RELEASE : 1/27/05 0000 Thursday 358 EL BRILLO WY PALM BEACH, FL RESIDENCE-SINGLE FAMILY DETECTIVE BUREAU Map Reference SEXUAL BATTERY Report Officer OPEN / ACTIVE Case Status Dt 3/14/05 4/06/05 *********VEHICLE Case number . : 1-05-000368 State Veh Type : Make ...... Model Name Style ..... Color - Bottom : VIN ...... Disposition • Insured by Vehicle locked : Date recovered : a/00/00 Street number : City ......• Recovery code : Be On Look Out?: *********PERSO N Case Number . : 1-05-0003 Street Number City ...... Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . Home Phone No. Sex ......• Weight ************** Case Number Street Number : City ...... Birth Date . Employer? . Oper Lic No. Other Phone Nbr: Sex ......• vlinimum Weight : Property? . . Offenses? . . Related Cases? Occur From Date: 1/27/05 0000 Report Date . : 3/14/05 1606 : 10 1 : 3/14/05 NFORMA-TION Category . . Year ......• 0 Model Permit Number Color - Top License # . Stolen value . Insured . . Keys in car .Lein holder . Recovery value NCIC number : 0 : 0 REPORTING INFO # 1 ********* 0 USPECT 1-05-000368 t Name . . Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race ......• IWhite Height . . . . : 0 Other Phone Nbr: ARRESTEE Prompt IN valid F in: RMATION- Maximum Age . : Occupation . Home Phone No. : Race ...... White Minimum Height : 0 Maximum Height : 0 Female 0 # 1 b6 b7C 1 ********************* ** HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018954 ii ---------------------- 110 Date: 7/13/06 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Time: 9:27:55 Incident-Report A Page: 2 Program: CMS301L Case No..... 1-05-000368 MaXimum Weight : 0 Aliases" Hair Color . . Hair Style . . Glasses . Facial Hair Teeth . . Hat Shirt Shoes Body Marks #2 Body Marks #4 : Arrest Case No.: • ************** S U Case Number . : 1 Street Number : 3 City ......• P Birth Date . Employer? . Oper Lic No. . Other Phone Nbr: Sex ...... Minimum Weight : Maximum Weight : Aliases" Hair Color • • : Hair Style Glasses . Facial Hair Teeth ..... Hat ...... Shirt ..... Shoes ..... Body Marks #2 Body Marks #4 Arrest Case No.: ************** Case Number Street Number : City ...... Birth Date . Employer? Opel. Lic No. Other Phone Nbr: Sex ......• Minimum Weight : Maximum Weight : Aliases". Hair Color Hair Style SPECT/AR -05-000368 58 EL BRILLO WY H FL 000033480 Female USPECT/ 1-05-000368 358 EL BRILLO WY PALM BEACH, FL 000033480 1/20/1953 52 Maximum Age Occupation . . Home Phone No. Race Male Minimum Height : 0 Maximum Height : 0 Misc. ID# . . Misc. ID# . . MO/Crime Spec? Hair Length Eye Color . Complexion Build ..... Speech ..... Coat ...... Pants ..... Body Marks #1 Body Marks #3 Status .....• STILL SUSPECT Additional UCR?: (Continued) RESTEE INFO Prompt valid in: E123425530200 FL MO/Crime Spec? : Hair Length . Eye Color Maximum Age Occupation . . Home Phone No. Race ...... Minimum Height : Maximum Height : Misc. ID# . . MO/Crime Spec? : Hair Length Eye Color • • Complexion Build ..... Speech ..... Coat ...... Pants ..... Body Marks #1 Body Marks #3 : Status ..... Additional UCR?: b6 b7C RMATIO'N - # 2 ** 25 PERSONAL ASST/EPSTEIN 561/000-0000 White 0 0 STILL SUSPECT AR ESTEE INFORMATION- Prompt valid in: EPSTEIN, JEFFREY : 52 ...... White 0 0 # 3 * * HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018955 Date: 7/13/06 Time: 9:27:55 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Incident Report Page: 3 Program: CMS301L Case No.....• 1-05-000368 Glasses Teeth ..... Hat ...... Shirt ..... Shoes ..... Body Marks #2 Body Marks #4 Arrest Case No.: **************VICTIM NF Complexion . . _Build_____________ Speech ..... Coat ...... Pants ..... Body Marks #1 Body Marks #3 Status ..... Additional UCR?: (Continued) STILL SUSPECT b6 b7C ORMATION - 4 1 ******************** ivt /olo69,01-37 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018956 Date: 7/13/06 Time: 9:27:55 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Incident Report Page: 4 Program: CMS301L b6 1 b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018957 • • Date: 7/13/06 Time: 9:27:55 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Incident Report Page: 5 Program: CM0301L b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018958 • • Date: 7/13/06 Time: 9:27:55 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Incident Report Page: 6 Program: CMS301L b6 b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018959 0 • Date: 7/13/06 Time: 9:27:55 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Incident Report Page: 7 Program: CMS301L b6 b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018960 * • Date: 7/13/06 Time: .9:27:55 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Incident Report _ Page: 8 Program: CMS301L - b6 b7C HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018961 Date: 7/13/06 Time: 9:27:55 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 9 Incident Report Program: CMS301L Case No.....• 1-05-000368 Can Identify . Injury Extent Injury Type 2 Med Treatment Phys Last Name : *********OTHER PERSON City ......: Case Number . : 1-05-000368 • ___________________Lart Name . : Street Number I Birth Date/Age : I Occupation . . : STUDENT Home Phone No. I I Sex ......• Female Weight ..... 0 Other Phone Nbr: *********,OTHER PERS Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Street Number : City ...... Birth Date/Age Dccupation . . *71ome Phone No. 3ex ...... geight ..... )ther Phone Nbr: 0 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race ......• White Height . . . : 0 Person Type : OTHER PERSON INFORMATION T. st Name . . : _[ Female 0 k******** OTHER PERSON :lase Number . : 1-05-000368 3treet Number : :ity ...... 3irth Date/Age : )ccupation kme Phone No. : lex ...... fedght ..... ftlier Phone Nbr: Employer? . Oper Lic No. Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID Phys First Name: (Continued) INFORMATION- 1 ********* b6 b7C _ # 2 ********* '1_______________________________ Race ......• White Height .....• 510 Person Type : OTHER PERSON b6 b7C INFORMATION - # 3 ********* Last Name . . :1 1 Female 0 '******** OTHER PERSO.N !ase Number . : 1-05-000368 ltreet Number aty ...... drth Date/Age : )ccupation . . brae Phone No. ex 'eight .....• 0 • ther Phone Nbr: Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race ......• White Height ..... 0 Person Type : OTHER PERSON INFORMATION Lasl Name ......• Male ********OTHER PERSON ase Number . : 1-05-000368 - # 4 ********* Employer? Oper Lic No. Race ......• White Height ..... 0 Person Type : OTHER PERSON INFORMATION - 5 ********* Last Name . . HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018962 Date:' 7/13/06 Time: 9:27:55 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Incident Report Page: 10 Program: CMS301L Case No..... Street Number • 1-05-000368 (Continued) City ...... Birth Date/Age : 0/00/0000 0 Employer? . . Occupation FAMILY THERAPIST Oper Lic No. . Home Phone No. : Sex ...... Weight ..... Other Phone Nbr: 561/000-0000 Female 0 561/000-0000 Race ...... Height ..... Person Type . • • : White 0 OTHER PERSON Case Number Employer Name : Address . City/State/Zip : Phone Number ********* OTHE Case Number Street Number City ...... Bixth Date/Age : Occupation . . Home Phone No. Sex ...... ?eight . . Dther Phone Nbr: ***EMPLOYER INFORMATION*** 1-05-000368 PBC DIVISON OF YOUTH AFFAIRS 4200 N AUSTRALIAN AV WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33407 561/840-4540 PER 0 0 INFORMATION - *g********* Last Name Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race ......- White Height .....• 0 Person Type : OTHER PERSON ***EMPLOYER INFORMATION*** 2ase Number . : 1-05-000368 Em loyer Name kddress . . . : 2ity/State/Zip : ?hone Number e******** OTHER PERSO N :ase Number . : 1-05-000368 La.t Name . ;treet Number ity ...... lirth Date/Age : 0/00/0000 0 )coapation . . Tome Phone No. ;ex ...... 'eight )ther Phone Nbr: .....• .******** 0 THER PERSON !ase Number . : 1-05-000368 Itreet Number : aty ...... arth Date/Age : Iccupation . : brae Phone No. : ex b6 b7C INFORMAT • 0 7 ********* Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race ......• White Height ..... 0 Person Type : OTHER PERSON b6 b7C INFORMATION - # 8 ********* Last Name . 0/00/0000 0 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race ...... Height . . . : 0 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018963 Date: 7/13/06 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Time: 9:27:55 Incident Report Program: CWIS301L Page: 11 Case No.....• 1-05-000368 (Continued) Weight ..... 0 Person Type : OTHER PERSON Other Phone Nbr: ********* Case Number Street Number City ...... Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . Home Phone No. Sex • ...... Weight ..... Other Phone Nbr: OTHER PERSON : 1-05-000368 Last Name . . :1 561/000-0000 INFORMATION - # 9 ********* 1 Employer? Oper Lic No. . :1 1 Race ......• White Height .....• 0 b6 Person Type . : OTHER PERSON b7C ****************************NARRATIVE # 1 *************************** Original Report LO Reported By: PAGAN, MICHELE D. Entered By.: OREGERO, LAURA D. On 03/14/2005, I received a call from a woman who did not wish to identify herself (later identified as___________________. She stated that her fourteen year old step daughter (later identified as possibly may______have been molested in Palm Beach by a wealthy man. According tol 1 she learned of the possible molestation by a third party. She explained that she had received a call from the mother of her stepdaughter's friend. The mother claimed to have overheard a conversation between her daughter and a male friend; they were talking about I I The conversation was about how I I had met with a 45-year-old man and had sex with him and was paid for it. I advised' Ithat I would like to meet with her to obtain a more detailed statement and facts. ____________ stated she did not know what to do and had to discuss the matter with her husband. At this point Id id not provide me with a call back number or any other 1 information. She stated that she would contact me once she had spoken with her husband and________mother. b6 b7C 9/20/05 9/20/05 On 03/14/2005 received a call from I I They stated it was all right to speak to their daughter I Ivia cell phone Her mother'_________________'had been made aware of the case. They agreed to meet me. at the police department later this date. 1 On 03/14/2005, 03/14/2005, ________________________________ accompanied by his wife came to the Palm Beach Police Department where they advised me that they believed their fourteen year old daughter may have had some type of sexual relationship with an older male who resided in Palm Beach. Neither.knew the suspect's name or address. Both stated that their daughter did not talk to them about the incident, nor would she admit to it. 'identified his daughter as1 1 I resides with her biological motherH 1 is a twin, HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018964 Date: 7/13/06 Time: 9:27:55 Incident Report PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 12 Program: CMS301L Case No.....• 1-05-000368 nued) her sister _______resides with' 'Both_______andL lare currently attending' 'school, which is an involuntary admitted juvenile educational facility. _______stays at the facility during the week and comes home on the weekend. According to I she was admitted to the school because of disciplinary I problems that recently escalated. The facility also coordinates with the families to provide one on one as well as family counseling. According to_________________ she believes the incident occurred on Sunday, Feb 6, 2005. A friend of_________ named picked her up at their house and left. They believe initiated the relationship with the older gentleman, thoughthey do not have any proof. lives close by with her mother. I Ifurther explained that was introduced tolling' by boy she was dating (goes to____________________ plays ase a I Icontinued that on Sunday, picked up______ and drove to Palm Beach where they met the man. Supposedly, the man has a lot of money and often has young girls come over to his house. Haley offers these girls a way to make fast cash. The man starts with a massage. If he likes them, he keeps them around and does more. Thel Idid not have any information on other than she lives on 'the last house on right side (north side). found it the call between Italked of a conversation that ahe had with'. I _1 the mother of_______________ a former friend ofl I She strange that they were no longer friends until she received from her mother telling her of the conversation she overheard and a boy namedl L Itold me of an incident that occurred on 02/09/2005. 'got into a fight at school __________________________________Assistant Principal, found over $300.00 ml 'purse. I Igave different explanations for the large sum of money. Initially the school administration thought it was drug related but then dismissed the claim. Since that day, I I did not return to school; she ran away, Thursday, 02/10th or Friday 02/11 and returned to her mother's house later that night after midnight. It was not until after Li I J_________mother, I received_____the call froml I_____________________________L that she learned I_________Iwas the girl______that got into_ fight with I I The fight was instigated when________accused_______ of being a prostitute. who has legal joint custody of his daughter