MOGUL DODGES JAILBAIT CHARGE - Archives: New York Post

MOGUL DODGES JAILBAIT CHARGE - Archives: New York Post Page 1 of 1 MOGUL DODGES JAILBAIT CHARGE New York Post - New York, N.Y. Date: Jul 27, 2006 Start Page: 014 Section: Page Six Text Word Count: 395 Document Text (Copyright 2006, The New York Past Al! Rights Reserved) IT looks like New York billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein got off easy when he was hit with a charge of soliciting a prostitute for a "happy ending" in Palm Beach. Because if Palm Beach police had their way, Epstein, 53 - who surrendered last Sunday and is out on $3,000 bail - might have been whacked with far more serious charges of paying underage girls for sex. But a state grand jury found the witnesses in the case were not credible and threw out all but the single charge of soliciting a hooker in his luxurious Palm Beach ot . Epstein's lawyers and friends now say he's the hapless victim of a vendetta by Palm Beach Police Chiefs , whom they describe as a "born-again nut case." According to the