Epstein camp calls female accusers liars

Epstein camp calls female accusers liars Page I of 4 • advertisement • Heating, L_ 0 4. Priority Service, When You Need It Most -... Air Conditioning, Indoor With our PLUS maintenance Agreement you'll get • , Air Quality PRIORITY SERVICE 24/4, regardless of weather conditions a PalmBcachPost.com I Local News 0 JOU 0 AUTOS 4) REAL ESTATE 0 CLASSIFIEDS 0 SHOPPING Search *Site Home News Sports Business Opinion Accent Entertainment Your Town Archives Site Map Help 21 email page tat print page *popular pages Epstein camp calls female accusers liars By Larry Keller Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 08, 2006 Attorneys and publicists for Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein went on the offensive Monday, contending that teenage girls who have accused Epstein of sexual shenanigans at his waterfront home are liars and saying that the Palm Beach Police Department is "childish." "There never was any sex between Jeffrey Epstein and any underage women," his lead attorney, Jack Goldberger, said from Idaho where he was vacationing with his family. • Letter from Palm Beach Chief Michael Reiter to State Attorney Barry Krischer Epstein did have young women come to his More local news house to give him Latest breaking news, photos and all of today's Post stories. massages, Goldberger • State news said. "Mr. Epstein Storm 2006: I lurricane news absolutely insisted • Sound off in the forum anybody who came to • Columnists his house be over the • Crime, live scanners age of 18. How he • Photos I Special reports verified that, I don't know. The question is, • Weather Traffic Obituaries 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 training — as the alleged victims said was the case — S200 to S300 for their visits. "The credibility of these witnesses has been seriously questioned," Goldberger said. Epstein, 53, was indicted by a county grand jury last month on a charge of felony solicitation of http://www.palmbcachpost.com/localnews/content/local_newskpaper/2006/08/08/s I b_epste... 8/8/2006 MM15-RENTAL CARS_DOLLAR-DTG-000018 EFTA00104443 Epstein camp calls female accusers liars Page 2 of 4 prostitution. After an II -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 violations. After a spate of stories about the case last week, New York publicist Dan Klores — whose client list has included Paris Hilton and Jennifer Lopez — said on Saturday that Epstein's camp was ready "to get their story out." They did that Monday via Goldberger 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 media presented by the Palm Beach police," 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 Attorney Barry Krischer was easy on Epstein by presenting the case to a grand jury rather than filing charges directly against him is wrong, Goldberger said. The Palm Beach Police Department 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 before 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 "appease" the chief, Goldberger said. A state attorney's spokesman would say only that the office refers cases to the grand jury when there arc issues with the viability of the evidence or witnesses' credibility. Both the state attorney and the grand July concluded there was not sufficient evidence that Epstein had sex with minors, according to Goldberger. "It was just a childish performance 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 accusers, he added, have histories of drug abuse and thefts. "These women 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 allegations," Goldberger said. Sponsored Links http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2006/08/08/slb_cpstc 8/8/2006 MM15-RENTAL CARS_DOLLAR-DTG-000019 EFTA00104444 Epstein camp calls female accusers liars Page 3 of 4 r . Want to stop hair loss? Check out this article 'Tips on how to stop hair loss' by Jai Bains. Get the facts and myths relating to hair loss. Restoratantrarr corn Help with Back Taxes JKHarris will help you get straight with the IRS! Free Consultations WW1. 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