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Jeffrey Epstein, a former Palm Beach resident, pleaded guilty in Palm Beach County
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teenage girls give him sexual massages. (Uma Sanghvi / The Palm Beach Post)
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Jeffrey Epstein, a former Palm Beach resident, pleaded guilty in Palm Beach County
Circuit Court in 2008 to two prostitution-related charges in connection with having
teenage girls give him sexual massages. (Uma Sanghvi / The Palm Beach Post)
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Attorney Brad Edwards
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Posted Oct 3, 2017 at 12:01 AM Updated Oct 4, 2017 at 12:46 AM
Ending years of speculation about how much Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein
paid young women who claimed he used them as sex toys, court documents filed last
week show he shelled out $5.5 million to settle lawsuits with three of more than two
dozen teens who sued him.
Responding to requests from Epstein's attorneys in a complex lawsuit that was
spawned by the sex scandal, attorney Bradley Edwards said the politically-
connected 64-year-old convicted sex offender paid more than $1 million to each of
the three women Edwards represented.
Identified in court papers only by their initials or pseudonyms because of the nature
of the allegations and their youthful ages, L.M. was paid $1 million, E.W. $2 million
and Jane Doe $2.5 million, Edwards said of the settlements he negotiated with
Epstein to end the lawsuits.
Jack Goldberger, one of Epstein's criminal defense attorneys, on Tuesday declined
comment on the revelations, citing confidentiality agreements that were part of the
settlements. For the same reason, he declined to say whether Epstein paid similar
amounts to settle roughly two dozen lawsuits filed by other young women against
Epstein, claiming he paid them for sex when some were as young as 14 years old.
Attorney Jack Scarola, who is representing Edwards, said his client was compelled
to divulge the confidential settlements to answer questions posed by Epstein's
attorneys. "Brilliant move on their part," he said.
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Even if Epstein's attorneys hadn't opened the door, Scarola said the information
would have likely come out. He says the information will help him undermine
Epstein's claims that Edwards "ginned up" the allegations to help his former law
partner, imprisoned and disbarred Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein,
perpetuate a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.
The revelations of the settlements came as part of an ongoing lawsuit that started as
a dispute between Epstein and Rothstein, both billionaires.
A year after Epstein in 2008 pleaded guilty to solicitation of prostitution and
procuring a minor for prostitution, he sued Rothstein and Edwards, claiming they
trumped up the allegations of sexual molestation to perpetuate the Ponzi scheme.
Rothstein was sentenced to 50 years in prison in 2010 after admitting he had built
his wildly successful law firm by forging the names of federal judges and others to
persuade investors he had negotiated settlements in lawsuits against high-profile
people. Investors were told they could get a cut of the cash.
One of the high-profile people Rothstein used to lure investors was Epstein,
according to a lawsuit West Palm Beach attorney Robert Critton filed on Epstein's
behalf. According to the lawsuit, Rothstein told investors Epstein, a money
manager, had agreed to settle the lawsuits with the teens for 8200 million — a claim
Critton described as "a complete fabrication."
After Epstein dropped the lawsuit in 2012, Edwards turned the tables on him.
Edwards accused Epstein of filing the lawsuit maliciously to punish him for
representing the young women. Although Edwards was a partner in Rothstein's now
defunct firm, Scarola claims Epstein had no evidence Edwards was involved in the
Ponzi scheme. Federal prosecutors successfully charged other attorneys and
members of the firm, but Edwards was never implicated, Scarola said in the
malicious prosecution lawsuit.
The revelations about the money Epstein paid to three of the young woman came
last week in documents filed for a hearing Tuesday in preparation for a December
trial on the lawsuit.
Attorney Tonja Haddad Coleman, who represents Epstein, on Tuesday sought a
delay of the trial, in part, because she claimed she has been unable to talk to her
client since his estate on his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands was devastated
last month by Hurricane Irma. "I've had no ability to communicate with Mr.
Epstein," she said.
Pointing out Epstein's enormous wealth and his private jet, Palm Beach County
Circuit Judge Donald Hafele rejected her request. While saying he didn't want to
appear insensitive to those victimized by the storm that hammered the Caribbean
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and roared through South Florida, he said Coleman offered no proof, such as an
affidavit from Epstein, to shore up her claims.
Still, Hafele gave Coleman extra time to respond to various motions that he will have
to decide before the case goes to trial.
Despite Scarola's insistence that Edwards had nothing to do with Rothstein's Ponzi
scheme, Coleman said the evidence indicates otherwise. Why else would he try to
depose Epstein's well-known friends, such as now President Donald Trump, former
President Bill Clinton and illusionist David Copperfield, she asked. He used the
celebrities as a draw, she said.
"The Epstein cases were used to fleece money and defraud investors," she said.
Edward's malicious prosecution case has been difficult for both sides because both
Epstein and Edwards have refused to answer questions. As he did in the civil
lawsuits, Epstein has invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
when questioned by Scarola. Edwards has claimed that much of the information
Epstein is seeking is protected by attorney-client privilege.
The malicious prosecution lawsuit is one of two hotly-contested lawsuits that
continue to pit Edwards against Epstein. Edwards also is suing the U.S. attorney's
office, claiming it violated the federal Crime Victims Rights Act when it negotiated a
non-prosecution agreement with Epstein.
Only after federal prosecutors agreed to drop their investigation of Epstein, did he
agree to plead guilty to two prostitution charges in Palm Beach County Circuit
Court. In federal court records, prosecutors claim one of the key reasons they agreed
to drop their case was Epstein's agreement to settle lawsuits filed against him by
dozens of his underage victims.
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