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United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida NEWS BRIEFING To: R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney From: July 1, 2008 EFTA00215719 Financier Starts Sentence in Prostitution Case - NYTimes.com Page 1 of 4 he Niugork Eimcs nyttmos.com July 1, 2008 re.MItil r.OMOt, P011mil SP0.40110 co Financier Starts Sentence in Prostitution Case By LANDON THOMAS Jr, The bad news arrived by phone last week on Little St. James Island, the palm-fringed Xanadu in the Caribbean where Jeffrey E. Epstein, adviser to billionaires, lives in secluded splendor. Report to the Palm Beach County jail, the caller, Mr. Epstein's lawyer, said. So over the weekend Mr. Epstein quit his pleasure dome, with its staff of 70 and its flamingo- stocked lagoon, and flew to Florida. On Monday morning, he turned himself in and began serving 18 months for soliciting prostitution. "I respect the legal process," Mr. Epstein, 55, said by phone as he prepared to leave his 78-acre island