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Could U.S. case against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein be reopened? lof 4 C3t° wm ay Fight to reopen teen sex case against Jeff Epstein may set precedent LOCAL By Jane Musgrave - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer f Ww 34 Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy Palm Beach resident charged with having teenage girls give him sexual massages, pleaded guilty to prostitution solicitation charges in Palm Beach County Circuit Court on June 20, 2008. (Uma Sanghvi/ The Palm Beach Post) Posted: 8:00 a.m. Saturday, August 26, 2017 WEST PALM BEACH — Nearly 10 years after billionaire Jeffrey Epstein signed a plea deal that let him escape federal prosecution on charges of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls at his Palm Beach mansion, the 64-year-old politically-connected money manager faces the possibility that the agreement could be thrown out. In court papers filed this month, attorneys representing two of the 30 young women prosecutors say Epstein molested lodged their final written pleas aimed at spurring U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra to force federal officials to reopen their investigation into the sordid case. U.S. government lawyers in September will have another chance to defend themselves against allegations that they violated the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act by failing to alert Epstein’s victims of the terms of what some describe as a “sweetheart deal.” Marra could make a decision as early as this fall. The stakes for all crime victims are high, said attorneys Bradley Edwards and Paul Cassell, who filed the rare lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of two Jane Does who were 13 and 14 when they claim Epstein paid them for sex. If Marra dismisses the lawsuit, “then the government will never have to give any information in any http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/crime--law/fight-reopen-teen-s... SUBSCRIBE as low as 99¢ Q Boocn 9/27/2017, 12:04 AM HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015028