Epstein Secrets

dictment, the Palm Beach police chief, Michael Reiter, had accused prosecutors of giving Mr. Epstein special treatment and asked the state attorney, Barry E. Krischer, to remove himself from the case. In an editorial, The Palm Beach Post attacked Mr. Krischer, a Democrat whose post is elective, saying the public

he system tilted in favor of a wealthy, well-connected alleged perpetrator and against very young girls who are alleged victims of sex crimes. Mr. Krischer took the unusual step of referring the case to a grand jury, which last month indicted Jeffrey Epstein on one felony count of solicitation of prosti

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

e investigation triggered tensions between police and prosecutors, with then-Chief Michael Reiter saying in a May 2006 letter to then-State Attorney Barry Krischer that the chief prosecutor should disqualify himself. "I continue to find your office's treatment of these cases highly unusual," Reiter wrote. He th

n a May 2006 letter to then-State Attorney Barry Krischer that the chief prosecutor should disqualify himse

r 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 to go to Epstei

sue since the victims themselves are making the request. Palm Beach police spent 11 months investigating Epstein, only to see then-State Attorney Barry Krischer kick the case to a grand jury. Mr. Krischer backed off when one of Epstein's gold-plated attor- neys, Alan Dershowitz, announced that some of the

uest. Palm Beach police spent 11 months investigating Epstein, only to see then-State Attorney Barry Krischer kick the case to a grand jury. Mr. Krischer backed off when one of Epstein's gold-plated attor- neys, Alan Dershowitz, announced that some of the victims had posted MySpace comments about th

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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. 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

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