Epstein Secrets

in New York, where he owns a 51,000-square-foot Manhattan mansion. "It's validation of what we're saying in the civil cases," said Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman, who represents the alleged victims in the federal lawsuits. West Palm Beach attorney Ted Leopold represents one alleged victim in a civil suit in

cker to Africa on his private jet. Suddenly everyone wanted to know who Epstein was. New York magazine and Vanity Fair published lengthy profiles. The New York Post listed him as one of the city's most eligible bachelors and began describing him in its gossip columns with adjectives such as "mysterious" and "re

him in New York. Upon his release, Epstein, 55, will be under house arrest for a year and must register BILL INGRAM/Staff Pitotovapher Attorney Jeffrey Herman, whose clients are suing Palm Beadier Jef- frey Epstein, speaks Wednesday outside the county stockade. for life as a sex offender. He will be under

okeswoman Judy Orihuela in Miami. The chief himself has come under attack from Ep- stein's lawyers and friends in New York, where he has a home. The New York Post quoted Epstein's prominent New York lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt, as saying his client was indicted only "because of the craziness of the police chi

Man- hattan money man- ager touched the girl inappropriately while she gave him a massage on one occasion in 2004 or 2005.The girl's attor- ney, Jeffrey M. Herman of Miami, an- nounced the suit Wednesday at a news conference at Peruvian Park. It is the third lawsuit Herman has filed on behalf of young women

not charge him with that offense. "MONEY MAN OF MYSTERY" The racy allegations involving Epstein—once labeled New York's most eligible bachelor by the New York Post— have been good fodder for the New York tabloids and gossipy Wall Street Web sites such as Dealbreaker.com. Now it appears Epstein may have another