Epstein Secrets

tate Attorney Barry Krischer has put his foot down after nearly two years of wrangling with Epsteink team of high•priced attor- neys. By July 8, Krischerb spokesman said, there will either be a trial or a plea agree- ment The reclusive 55-year-old Wall Street prodigy allegedly had a college student

R EPSTEIN The day of reckoning for Palm Beach billionaire finan- cier and alleged sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is coming. Really! State Attorney Barry Krischer has put his foot down after nearly two years of wrangling with Epsteink team of high•priced attor- neys. By July 8, Krischerb spokesman said, th

egedly had a college student steer underage suburban girls to his beach- front mansion for sex and weird massages in 2005. "lib simply time," said Krischer'S spokes- man, Mike Edmondson. In November Epsteink local attorney, Jack Goldberger, told Page Two the case would be resolved with a guilty plea b

Epstein with un- lawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molestation. . Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry with State Attorney Barry Krischei's han- dling of the case that he wrote a memo Epstein See EPSTEIN, 5B No. newly negotiated proposal for beachfront commission at 4 p.m. Thursday. I

nt of the National As- sociation of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Miami lawyer Roy Black — who became nationally known when he successfully defended William Kennedy Smith on a rape charge in Palm Beach — also was in- volved at one point. Said defense attorney Michelle Suslcauer. "I think Ws unfortunate the p

ey asked her whether she had spoken to anyone else. She said yes, a private investigator had asked her the same questions. » Jeffrey Epstein: Acosta, Krischer trade barbs oyer sweetheart deal When they subpoenaed one of Epstein’s former employees, he told them the same thing. He and a private eye had met at

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imes of unlawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molesta- tion. Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry that he wrote State Attorney Barry Krischer a memo in May suggesting he disqualify himself from the case. Epstein: His owner attorney agreed to a plea bargain, police say. (Indicate page

" is how Palm Beach Police Chief Mi- chael Reiter described State Attorney Barry Krischer's handling of the case in a bluntly critical letter to Krischer last year before Epstein was indicted. Reiter referred the mat- ter to the FBI to determine whether any federal laws had been violated. Epstein's

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nsider Cz00d and sufficient reason exists to require your dis- qualification from the prose- cution of these cases,” Reiter wrote in a May 1 memo to Krischer. While not commenting specifically on the Epstein case, Mike Edmondson, spokesman for the state at- torney, said his office pre- sents cases ‘other

sident of the National As- sociation of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Miami lawyer Roy Black — who became nationally known when he successfully defended William Kennedy Smith on a rape charge in Palm Beach — also was in- volved at-one point. Said defense attorney Michelle Suskauer: “I think it’s unfortunate the publ

imes of unlawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molesta- tion. Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry that he wrote State Attorney Barry Krischer a memo in May suggesting he disqualify himself from the case. The case originally was going to be presented to the grand jury in February, but wa

r if good and sufficient reason exists to require your dis- qualification from the prose- cution of these cases," Reiter wrote in a May 1 memo to Krischer. While not commenting specifically on the Epstein case, Mike Edmondson, spokesman for the state at- torney, said his office pre-. cents cases ot

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soccer. Mother time, Mr. Ep- stein had to wait for his "massage" session because the girl he wanted was still in class. Why didn't State Attorney Barry Krischer let a jury decide whether to believe the teenagers — in- cluding a 16-year-old who went to Mr. Epstein's house to "woric" in December 2004 alter b

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consider ood and sufficient reason exists to reqiire your dis- qualification from the prose cution of these cases,” Reiter wrote in a May 1 memo to Krischer. While not commenting specifically on the Epstein case, Mike Edmondson, Spokesman for the state at- torney, said his office pre sents cases ‘other t

sident of the National As- sociation of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Miami lawyer Roy Black — who became nationally known when he successfully defended William Kennedy Smith on a rape charge in Palm Beach — also was in- volved at one point. Said defense attorney Michelle Suskauer: “I think its unfortunate the publi

reasons, First, he pressed for Epstein to be charged with the more serious crimes of sexual ac- tivity with minors. Second, he slammed State Attorney Bar- ry-Xrischer in blunt language seldom used by one law- enforcement official con- cerning another because of what he perceived as that of fice’s mishandling of the

place—alienating Palm Beach officialdom—and, doubling down on the profile of the case, brings in Roy Black the famous criminal attorney who defended William Kennedy Smith in his rape trial in Palm Beach. Here’s the narrative: the shadowy rich man, friend of the louche and disgraced President, at all times surrou

here are no real victims here. Dershowitz, with chest pounding bravado, rejects a series of lower- level plea deals and Palm Beach District Attorney Barry Krischer takes the unusual step of empanelling a grand jury, which returns with a recommendation of a single count of soliciting a prostitute—a charge without

plea deals and Palm Beach District Attorney Barry Krischer takes the unusual step of empanelling a grand jur