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dg ” in Medicaid years Gl s€xudi Offender pro- UIPCULL guuge 2u.-.-. Woman sues billionaire investor, says they had sex when she was 16 The Associated Press NEW YORK — A billionaire investor, already facing jail in Palm Beach County on charges of soliciting under- ageycostitutes, is being sued by a young woman who says he ‘iad sex with her when sh: ~vas 16 and had sought his 1elp becoming a model. The lawsuit, filed late “Tuesday in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, says finan-- cier Jeffrey Epstein had the teen perform a sex act when photographs of __ herseif for him iv review in his Upper East Side mansion sometime in 2000. Epstein, 54, a money manager, iold the teen he manaped tmances for Victoria’s Secret and “could get you into the catalog” if she were “nice” to him, court papers say, The papers say being “nice” included massages and ojher favors. fostein When the girl told Epstein, — “Tam 16 years old and just want to model,” he reptied, “Don’t worry, I won't tell any- body,” court papers say. Epstein, said by London's she brough: - Mail on Sunday to be a close friend of England’s Prince Andrew, has been indicted in Palm Beach on charges of so- liciting underage prostitutes. ‘That case is pending. The girl visited Epstein “several times over the sev- eral months and engaged in bizarre and unnatural sex acts” while she was a minor, the lawsuit says. Epstein “repeatedly re- quested that (the girl) return with her 14-, 15-, and 16- year-old girlfriends, stating, ‘Come by with your friends your age next time. Don't bring Sherrie (a mutual friend in her 40s). I love girls your age.’” The young woman, now 23, kept returning to Epstein because she has “mental issues,” said her lawyer, Wil- liam J. Unroch. He refused to elaborate, but court papers say she was “disabled as a re- sult of severe mental disease and defect.” Epstein’s lawyer in New York, Gerald Lefcourt, said, “The girl has admitted she is insane, but she can read a newspaper and recognize the word ‘rich’” Lefcourt also said the statute of limitations has expired for the woman's case criminally and civilly, and will almost certainly be Review faults state’s Medicaid shift The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE — Florida's move to shift Medicaid patients into managed care plans has made it hard for some patients to get access to care, and a planned ¢xpan- sion of the reform sheuld be delayed until the problems are fixed, a review by the , State Medicaid agency has found. The review of the change proceciures, released Tuesday by the Agency for Health Care Aamaeniztration’s —lnspector P| General, is the first evalua- tion of how smoothly — or not — the shift is going in Florida. The shift of Medicaid pa- tients into private managed care plans is being tested in pilot projects in the Jackson- ville and Fort Lauderdale areas. But AHCA Inspector Gen- eral Linda Keen said some Medicaid recipients in the trial runs have had trouble choosing their health plan or their doctor. Page 1 of 72 dismissed. He refused to comment on Epstein’s Florida charges. Meanwhile, Unroch, 57, also acknowledged that his client was living with him and was at the center of a $10 million lawsuit he filed last year against a neighbor who said he was having sex with underage girls. That case is pending. “What she was. doing at 22 is irrelevant to what hap- pened to her when she was 16,” Unroch said Wednesday. He went on the say he hoped Epstein would agree to “do right” by his client and re- solve the case out of court. ACTIVE AFFORDABLE RETIREMENT I TANCLEWOD SEBRING, FL DOZENS OF HOMES Prices Slashed/Must Sell VISIT US AT 560676E. 1-800-386-4545 + Sexy Lingerie i * Plus Sizes * Men’s Line + Stiletto Heels + Sexy Dresses + Adult Toys + Leather + Bridal Nat valid wil 9339 Alt. AIA - No. Palm Beach 561-848- 1-95 to Northlake Blvd. exit, East to Alt. AIA, north about 1/2 mile in Oak Plaza MON-ERL 11-8¢S4i.30.97S0N 12-5: www.tanglewd.com| uest No.: 17-295 DOJ-OGR- 00030926