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| Epstein paid oirl $300, | > EPSTEIN from 1B docunients to Goldberger. “Jeffrey Epstein did not have sex with this woman,” Sanchez said. Herman suggested that Epstein masturbated in front of the alleged victim and used a vibrator on her after she was brought to his home _ in February 2005. The girl is ' now 17. “This was a typical 14- yearold girl at the time she ' met Epstein,” Herman said. “What happened here was ) despicable.” The girl told police inves- tigators that she informed Epstein she was 18 when she met him, and she said that was her age on her Web page, Sanchez said. The girl's father and step- | mother also attended the news conference. “We're very angry,” the . father said. “It’s not right that this wealthy man can fly into . town and destroy my daugh- ters innocence.” He did not . take questions. Epstein, 55, is a mysteri . ous New York money man- . ager who owns a Manhattan | mansion, as well as homes | in Palm Beach, New Mexico and the Virgin Islands.. A Palm Beach County grand jury indicted him in July 2006 on one count of: ~ felony solicitation of prostitu- | tion stemming’ from alleged: ' incidents between Aug. 1 and - Oct. 31,2005, ~ enter a plea in the case on Epstein is scheduled to he has post- poned other court dates to resolve the case. 4 dictment followed an exhaustive investigation by the Palm Beach Police De- partment, which concluded that Epstein paid underage girls and young women to be brought to his five-bedroom, 74é-bath Intracoastal home for massages and sometimes sex play. Much of the language in the Jane Doe suit mirrors that of police.reports in the case. in- Epstein Herman's client said her meeting with Epstein was set . up by Haley Robson of Loxa- hatchee, who was a Palm Beach Community College student at the time. When Jane Doe arrived at Epstein’s home, she was escorted by an Epstein assistant, Sarah Kel- len, to a room with a massage table, police reports and the lawsuit say. Epstein walked in wear March 10, but | suit claims ing only a towel, removed it and lay naked on the mas- sage table, the lawsuit says. He demanded that Jane Doe remove her clothing, and she did, except for her under wear, the lawsuit alleges. The sexual activity followed, the suit says. Epstein paid her $300 at terward, and Robsoi got $200 for bringing the girl to him, the lawsuit says. Robson. and Kellen helped Epstein arrarige other liai- sons with girls, Palm Beach police concluded. Neither was charged. This. is not the first time ; Epstein has been sued. over purported activities with teenage girls. He was sued in New York in October by a woman who says she had sex with Epstein when she was 16 and had sought his help in becoming a model. The lawsuit filed Thurs- day also alleges that Epstein has assaulted girls on his private island in the Virgin Islands. Herman declined to elaborate on that assertion. ‘© larry_keller@pbpost.com 03956-1013 DOJ-OGR- 00029001