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Palm Beach police will report today about thetr prostitution probe of the money manager.
By LARRY KELLER Palm: Beach Post Staff Writer
Billionaire money manager and Palm Beach part-time resident Jeffrey Epsteinsolicited or procured prostitutes three or more times between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31 of last year, according to an in- dictment charging him with felony so- licitation of prostitution. —
Epstein, 53, was booked at the Palm Beach County jail at 1:45 am. Sunday. He was released on $3,000 bond.
Epstein’s case is unusual in that suspected prostitution johns are usually charged with a misdemeanor, and. even a felony charge is typically made in a criminal information — an alternative to an indictment charging a person with
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the commission of a crime.
His attorney, Jack Goldberger, declined fo discuss the charge.
State attorney's of fice spokesman Mike Edmondson also had little to say. area
“Generally speak- Epstein ing, there is a case that ; has a number of different aspects to if,” Edmondson said of a prostitution- related charge being submitted to a grand jury. “We first became aware of the case months ago by Palm Beach police.”
Prosecutors.and police worked to- gether to bring the case to the grand jury, he said.
Palm Beach police confirmed that and said the department will release a report today regarding its investigation.
Epstein has owned a five-bedroom, 7+bath, 7,234-square-foot home with a pool and a boat dock on the Intracoastal
Waterway since 1990, according to property records, Aman answering the door there Monday said that Epstein wasn't home. A Cadillac Escalade reg- istered fo him was parked in the drive- way, which is flanked by two massive gargoyles.
Epstein sued Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits in 2001, contending that the assessment of his home exceeded its fair market value. He dismissed his lawsuit in December 2002.
A profile of Epstein in Vanity Fair magazine said he owns what are be- lieved to be the largest private homes in Manhattan — 51,000 square feet ~ and in New Mexico — a 7,500-acre ranch. Those are in addition to his 70-acre is- land in the U.S. Virgin Islands and fleet : of aircraft.
Epstein’s friends and admirers, ac- cording to the magazine, include prom- inent businessmen, academics and sci- entists and famed Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz.
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