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By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Attormneys.and publicists for Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein went on the offensive Monday, contending that teenage girls who have ac
cused Epstein of sexual she-
nanigans at his waterfront home are liars and saying that the Palm Beach Police De- partment is “childish.”
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ly insisted anybody who came to his house be over the age of 18. How he verified that, Idon’t know. The question is, did anything egal occur. The law was not violated here,”
He had no explanation as to why Epstein would pay girls or women with no massage train- ing -— as the alleged victims said was the case — $200 to $300 for their visits. “The credibility of these witnesses has been seriously ques-
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tioned,” Goldberger said.
Epstein, 53, was indicted by a county grand jury last month on a charge of felony solicitation of prostitution. Af ter an 11-month investigation that included sifting through Epstein’s trash and surveilling his home, Palm Beach police concluded there was enough evidence to charge him with sexual activity with minors. When the grand jury indicted Epstein on the less serious
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charge, Police Chief Michael Reiter referred the case to the FBI to determine whether
there were federal law viola- -
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After a spate of stories © about the case last week, New -
York publicist Dan Kiores — whose client list has included Paris Hilton and Jennifer Lopez — said on Saturday that Ep-
stein’s camp was ready “to get .
their story out.”
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