Epstein Secrets

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lesser count. In Florida, prosecu- tors usually refer only capital cases to grand Juries. Even before the indictment, the Palm Beach police chief, Michael Reiter, had accused prosecutors of giving Mr. Epstein special treatment and asked the state attorney, Barry E. Krlscher, to remove himself from 17 coll

hired a phalanx of high-priced lawyers —includ- ing Harvard law professor and author Alan Dershowitz — and public relations people who questioned Reiterk com- petence and the victims' truthfulness. In addition to mansions in Palm Beach and Manhat- tan, Epstein owns homes in New Mexico and the Virgi

rs to approve warrants to arrest Mr. Ep- stein. Chief Reiter also wrote Mr. Krlscher questioning "the unusual

abel. 'his case," Mr. Goldberger told Lambiet, "is absolutely going to end without atrial within the next two months." State attorney spokes- man Michael Edmondson would not confirm any plea deal. But, he noted: "The state attorney's hands are not tied by there being a single grand jury tharge. That does not

ice without having made an arrest. Krischer was unfamiliar with Epstein, and the case was assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit. PBPD Chief Michael Reiter stated in a 2009 civil deposition that when the PBPD initially brought the case to the State Attorney’s Office in 2005, Krischer was supportive of t

position that when the PBPD initially brought the case to the State Attorney’s Office in 2005, Krischer was supportive of the investigation and told Reiter, “Let’s go for it,” because, given the nature of the allegations, Epstein was “somebody we have to stop.” Krischer told OPR, however, that both th

...................................15 D. PBPD Chief Reiter Becomes Concerned with the State Attorney’s Offic

Keller, “Police say lawyer tried to discredit teenage girls,” Palm Beach Post, July 29, 2006, citing statement by State Attorney’s Office spokesman Michael Edmondson. 25 Indictment in State v. Epstein, 2006CF9454AXX (July 19, 2006), attached as Exhibit 1 to this Report. 26 In pertinent part, the state indi

he state attorney was preparing a deal with Epstein giving him five years on probation and sending him for psychiatric evaluation. The police chief, Michael Reiter, accused the state attorney of bending over backward for a rich man and then turned the matter over to the FBI. Finally, in July 2006, the Palm Bea

ney's office handed down one indictment of Epstein on a felony count of soliciting prostitution. There is no reference to minors in the indictment. Reiter was enraged. He released a letter he had sent out to five underage girls that read "I do not feel that justice has been sufficiently served." Epste

"This case," Mr. Goldberger tout Mr. LanNet, "is absolutely going end without a trial within the next two months." State attorney spoket-- man Michael Edmondson woe to not confirm any plea deal. But. noted: '1 he state attorney's hand are not tied by there being a single grand 'cry charge. That does net

2007 PaimBeachPost.com LOCAL Peril for homeless cited Link unlikely in killings, investigators say By ROCHELLE E.B. GILKEN Palm Beach Post Staff Reiter 'these are victims of violent deaths in 2007. • Georgia Mae Graham, 70, was killed and left at a construction site Jan. 14 in downtown West Palm

0 at Windsor and has attended a weekend house party at Sandringham. According to official documents seen by this newspaper, Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter has asked the FBI to determine whether Epstein broke laws designed to protect children from prostitution and pornography. Some such offences carry

eld then? "There were direct contradictions in testimony and evidence that simply would not support a direct prosecution," state attorney spokesman Michael Edmondson said Friday. "A judge simply would have dismissed the case completely." According to records, deputies said that the two girls, kept apart at the h