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Os/-29080! “NW -~ F7/e@ Girl drops lawsuit against Palm Beach man By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer A girl who says that wealthy money manager and part-time 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 - + 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, who lives near Atlanta, then asked. to intervene a her daughter's behalf and asked that the litigation be halted 4d until her daughter - turns 18. - The mother com- plained that Jane Doe’s | father did not consult i 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 ‘ayear old git 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 . a 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 Doe'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 pr primary custody of the girl at various imes. The father pleaded guilty to, fed- eral fraud charges in 2001 and was sen- tenced to 21 months i 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 ‘UOBOMNSSEID 300 Bunywqns' 29080!)-WA-A LE WwW ue yoesg wed jsurebe ynsme sdosp pIg LUA PRAT A (mojeg aoedg ul Huddi9 juno {19-8-¢ "A8u) OSE-4 7d ‘yoeeg wed sam 350d yoReg Wed ey / Ob jo aweu ‘abed ayeopu) ('ayeys pue Ayo uadedsmeu 03956-1018