THE PALM BEACH POST

THE PALM BEACH POST • MONDAY. JUNE 15.2009 Epstein The Palm Beach Post ALEX TAYLOR Publisher TIM BURKE, Executive Editor RANDY SCHULTZ, Editor elite Editorial Page Unseal the Epstein deal A rich, middle-aged Palm Beacher who preyed on girls almost 40 years younger already has received too many breaks from the system. He doesn't deserve another. In July 2008, at the age of 55 and after paying the equiva- lent of a small country's gross domestic product in legal fees, Jeffrey Epstein escaped federal charges and pleaded guilty in state court to a pair of charges related to his luring five girls - ages 14 to 17 - to his house. The girls undressed and massaged him in return for $200 to S300. He's serving only 18 months in the Palm Beach County Jail, and he's serving only nights. And now he wants just one more favor When Epstein entered his state plea, the terms of his federal deal were sealed from the public. That violated normal procedures. Attor- neys for