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vestigated Epstein for il months. Police sifted repeat: edly through his trash and conducted surveillance on his five-bedroom, 7+bath, 7,234-square-foot home on the Intracoastal Waterway. Police said Epstein paid women and girls as young as 14 to give him erotic mas- sages at his home. Police thought there was probable cause fo charge him with unlawful sex acts with a mi- nor and lewd and lascivious molestation. & _Epstein responded by ¢ hiring a phalanx of lawyers. t TT 2 Bagrme ty pS 1 BAG! a? 8 om: =f BS o ; ° . 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Shiner said defense at HY ae) © ™ (2 Epstein was indicted. Epstein’ attorneys deny torneys sometimes put off me: OB at Beat gp & a Reiter referred the mat- he had sex with underage overtly conducting discov- . |= @ ‘ter to the FBI to determine girls. The lawyers say the ery — deposing witnesses, vay go = SiszS & = ° whether any federal lawshad girls’ stories are not credible. requesting documents and a co SS at So - Ie been violated. Epstein’s allies But‘if the court file is any the like — because doing so. on Bo os =a Boos oa countered by attacking the indicator, they’ve made no ef creates more work for har Bee FS 8 aay 2. ~ Bs chief personally and profes- fort to depose the girls. ried prosecutors who may ae ee . <P m0 Sb @ sionally. Neither prosecutors nor become angry and not offer oe ot nS Eo 5 e Reiter’s department in- defense attorneys have a plea deal. mer go wes 7 BES. 2 x =| 2 See. 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