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Os/-Z9080! “NW - ale — = Girl drops lawsuit against Palm Beach man By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Past Staff Writer A girl who says that wealthy money manager and parttime Palm Beach resident Jeffrey Epstein engaged in *. sexual activity with her when she was 14, has dropped her lawsuit against him because her divorced parents are squabbling over the litigation. “Tt has to do with the fact that the parents aren't on the same page right ¢ now,” said Jeffrey Herman, the attorney : for the girl, identified in court papers only as Jane Doe. “It’s like a sideshow.” The girl turns 18 in May and can'sue - 4 again at that time without her parents’ involvement, Herman said. Herman sued Epstein last month on * behalf of the girl, her father and her stepmother. Her birth mother, whe lives near Atlanta, then asked. to intervene on her daughter's behalf and asked that 4 : “4 the litigation be halted until her daughter . turns 18. - The mother com- plained that Jane Doe's father did not consult with her or their daughter before suing Epstein ‘for $50mil- Epstein lion. The lawsuit al Accused of leges sexual assault, sexually. intentional —_ infliction assaulting then- of emotional distress 14-year-old gil, and loss of parental consortium. Herman also represents a Jane "Doe No. 2 who, like Jane Doe, claims Epstein summoned her to his home for . &@ massage when she was a minor and sexually touched her. Epstein, 55, induced several under age girls to give him sexual massages at his Intracoastal home, a Palm Beach Police Department investigation con- cluded. He was indicted in July 2006 on a single count of felony solicitation of prostitution. The case is pending. Jane Dee's parents separated two months after she was born at Good Sa- maritan Medical Center, according to court records. The couple’s subsequent divorce has been contentious. Each has had primary custody of the girl at various times. The father pleaded guilty to, fed- eral fraud charges in 2001:and was sen- tenced to 21 months in federal prison, plus three years’ probation. The US. attorney overseeing his prosecution was Guy Lewis. Now in private practice, Lewis was hired by Epstein to defend - him against the father’s lawsuit filéd on behalf of Jane Doe. @ larry_keller@pbpost.com 2S 9 o 3 i =e! ah a = Oo a Ss o eg oa * es =a a @ w bed i = = —_ o oa rf S8 uew yore wed suebe ynsme] sdosp [sy (18-8-¢ “Aey) OSe-d (moteg soeds ul Suiddi4 Juno i ‘aeG 4A ‘yoeag Wied sar }50q yoreeg Wey aus / gL jo aweu ‘abed ayeajpuy) SIUELAPRATA (Cayeys pue Ayo Uededsmau 03956-10TS> DOJ-OGR- 00029004