Epstein Secrets

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ng their daughter "The father has sole custo- dy and has the right to make decisions on his daughter's rights," Herman said. Epstein is a wealthy New York money manager who has counted Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Britain's Prince Andrew among his friends. He was the target of a lengthy investiga

iter wrote to State Attorney Barry Ktischer on the Epstein case. PalmBeachPost.com A money manager for the ultra-rich, Epstein was named one of New York's most eligi- ble bachelors in 2003 by The New York Post. He reportedly hobnobs with the likes of former President Clinton, former Harvard Universi

they received a complaint from a relative of a 14-year-old girl who had given Epstein a naked massage at his home, an $8.5 million mansion on the Intracoastal Waterway. Police sought and found in poor neighborhoods a variety of tall, thin, model- like young women, who told stories of being recruited, then going to

that is not enough of a punishment to fit the crime that occurred." The lurid details of the case have captivated wealthy circles in Palm Beach and New York and transformed Mr. Epstein, who shuns publicity and whose business depends on discretion, into a figure of public ridicule. He said he has been tr

to I7-yearold girls who charged that Mr. Epstein had paid them $200 to $300 to undress and massage him in his five-bedroom, 7 1/2 -bath home on the Intracoastal Waterway. The girls, Mr. Dershowitz told prosecutors, had written on myspace.com about smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol. But if the girls have a credi