Epstein Secrets

rge legal team, which includes Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz (remember O.J. Simpson?) and Kenneth Stanr (remember Monica Lewinsky?). Jack Goldberger of West Palm Beach, who's also on the team, told Post columnist Jose Lambiet in November: "This case is absolutely going to end without a trial with

ned to police of being followed and intimidated by two men. Police determined that their vehicles were registered to two private investigators. Mr. Goldberger denied knowing anything about it. Police also note in their reports that the state attorney's office offered Mr. Epstein a plea deal that would hav

ut for the rich, wrapped in a cocoon of immense comfort, it can be easy to yield to temptation, experts say. "A sense of entitlement sets in," said Dennis Pearne, a psychologist who counsels people on matters related to extreme wealth. The attitude, he said, becomes, "I deserve anything I want, I can have an

inted Epstein, who was dressed in a navy sport coat, jeans and sneakers, a phalanx of his handlers congregated outside the courtroom. His attorney, Jack Goldberger, along with two other men, one in a seersucker suit, the other typing furiously on a laptop computer, stayed with Epstein until lawmen escorted him

egated outside the courtroom. His attorney, Jack Goldberger, along with two other men, one in a seersucker su

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it. But a grand jury found the witnesses in the affidavit released by the police department not credible, according to Epstein 's defense attorney, Jack A. Goldberger. In an attempt to discredit the reliability of the girls' testimony, Dershowitz gave the police copies of two myspace.com profiles of girls who tes

rshowitz declined to comment on this issue through an assistant. When asked whether Dershowitz was hired by Epstein or was working for him pro bono, Goldberger declined comment, and said only that Dershowitz and Epstein have been friends "for many years." In April, then-Epstein lawyer Guy Fronstin accepted

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resumption is offensive. Mr. Epstein, a 53-year-old Manhattan money manager who has hired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and defense attorney Jack Goldberger, has denied knowing how old the girls were. But police interviews with five alleged victims and 17 witnesses under oath, as well as phone messages, a

ained to police of being followed and intimidated by two men. Police determined that their vehicles were registered to two private investigators. Mr. Goldberger denied knowing anything about it. Police also note in their reports that the state attorney's office offered Mr. Epstein a plea deal that would have

But for the rich, wrapped in a cocoon of immense comfort, it can be easy to yield to temptation, experts say. “A sense of entitlement sets in,” said Dennis Pearne, a psychologist who counsels people on matters related to extreme wealth. The attitude, he said, becomes, “I deserve anything I want, I can have any