THE PALM BEACH POST

THE PALM BEACH POST • WEDNESDAY. UNE 10, 2009 Women want sex plea deal unsealed Their attorneys will ask a judge to open Jeffrey Epstein's records. By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL Palm Beach Post SteWriter WEST PALM BEACH - When wealthy money manager Jeffrey Epstein of Palm Beach pleaded guilty last year to pro- curing teens for prostitution, his case detoured around local and state rules regarding the sealing of court documents. At a plea conference on the state charges, a judge, a defense lawyer and a pros- ecutor huddled at the bench and decided that a deal EIntsla Epstein had struck with federal prosecip tors to avoid charges should be sealed, according to a transcript of the hearing. And so it was. But Florida rules of judicial admin- istration, as well as rules of the Palm Beach County court system, require public notification that a court document has been or will be sealed, meaning kept from public view The rules also require a judge to find a significant