Epstein Secrets

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

ld, said. who has not been charged m the case, said she eventually brought six girl s to Epstein w paid $200 each time,, ill said. "I'm like a Heidi Reiss," police quoted her as saying. The girls knew what to expect when they weir to Ep- stein's home, said. Give a massage — maybe na- ked — and all

rafficking Victims Protection Act, which carries a minimum sentence of 20 years. (Florida enacted the federal TVPA in 2002.) So when State Attorney Barry Krischer, who also ran Florida's Crimes Against Children Unit, proved reluctant to mount a vigorous prosecution of Epstein, saying the local victims were not

lf from the case. He did not, and the evidence his office presented to a state grand Jury produced only a single count of soliciting prostitution. (Krischer has since retired and would not comment for this article.) The day after that indictment was returned, Reiter was relieved to have the FBI step in a

the better,' he instructed a local teenager who was paid to bring other girls to the house, and who declared on a police tape, that she was "like a Heidi Reiss," the infamous California madam.) Advised that she would be giving a 'massage the girl was then pressured to remove her clothes, submit to fondling

lf from the case. He did not. and the evidence his office presented to a state grand jury produced only a single count of soliciting prostitution. (Krischer has since retired and would not comment for this article.) The day after that indictment was returned, was relieved to have the FBI step in and tak

e better," he instructed a, a local teenager who was paid to bring other girls to the house, and who declared, on a police tape, that she was like a Heidi Reiss," the infamous California madam.) Advised that she would be giving a -massage: the girl was then pressured to remove her clothes, submit to fondling