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

ed incidents with several girls. That case is set for trial'in July, two years after he was indicted. Jane Doe's new lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, is the most explicit in detailing Epstein all • d the only suit to include ad as defendants, and the on make con- spiracy and racketeering al

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

un requiring borrowers and lenders to meet before their first court appear- ances, leading to many cases being settled. Meanwhile, Palm Beach County Circuit Court last week launched a pilot pro- gram to help homeowners understand options that could keep them in their houses. But action from Tal- lahassee h

ence against Epstein to a grand jury, rather than directly charging him. Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter was furious with State Attorney Barry Krischer, saying in a May 2006 letter that the prosecu- tor should disqualify himself. "I continue to find your office's treatment of these cases highly u

ules and phone messages from Epstein's Why is Jeffrey Epstein in jail, and not prison? home that showed he knew the girls were underage. Yet Mr. Krischer was more swayed by Epstein's law- yers, who attempted to impugn the girls character by showing they had chatted on myspace.com about smoking mari

ed incidents with several girls. That case is set for trial in July, two years after he was indicted. Jane Doe's new lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, is the most explicit in detailing Epstein's alleg • nduc the only suit to include and as defendants, and the on y one o make con- spiracy and

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

ed incidents with several girls. That case is set for trial in July, two years after he was indicted. Jane Doe's new lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, is the most explicit in the only suit to include and detailing Epstein's allege ' nduiiiii it as defendants, and the on y one to make con- spi