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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 indictment charging him with felony solicitation of
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prostitution.
Epstein, 53, was booked at the Palm Beach County jail at 1:45 a.m. Sunday. He was released on $3,000
bond.
Jeffrey Epstein Epstein's case is unusual in that suspected
prostitution johns are usually charged with
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a misdemeanor, and even a felony charge is
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typically made in a criminal information —
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an alternative to an indictment charging a
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person with the commission of a crime.
been indicted
for felony solicitation of
prostitution by a grand His attorney, Jack Goldberger, declined to
jury following discuss the charge.
accusations by teen girls.
• Past headlines State attorney's office spokesman Mike
Edmondson also had little to say.
"Generally speaking, there is a case that has
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a number of different aspects to it,"
Most recent headlines Edmondson said of a prostitution-related
Fugitives I Sex offenders charge being submitted to a grand jury.
"We first became aware of the case months
i tiettrtra, ago by Palm Beach police."
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Palm Beach police confirmed that and said
the department will release a report today regarding its investigation.
Epstein has owned a five-bedroom, 7 1/2 -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 registered to him was parked in the
driveway, 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 believed 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 island in the U.S. Virgin Islands and fleet of aircraft.
Epstein's friends and admirers, according to the magazine, include prominent businessmen, academics
and scientists and famed Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz.
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