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C)-€9 030! -WH -3IE a Defendant's lawyers take him on; he slams state attorney By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Fost Staff Writer In the case of Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Ep- stein, itseems, attimes, as if two men are accused of wrongdoing: Epstein and Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter. Epstein, 53, was indict- ed lastmonth ona charge of felony solicitation of prosti- tution solely because of Re- iter’s “craziness,” one of Epstein’s lawyers said. His department disseminated “a distorted view of the case” and behaved in a “childish” manner when the grand jury didn’t indict Ep- stein on the charges it sought, another Epstein lawyer complained. To hear the Epstein Palm Beach chief focus of fire in Epstein case 18, and a daughter, 14. The. camp tell it, Reiter, 48, is a loose cannon better suited. to be the sheriff of Mayber- ry. They whisper that he’s embroiled in a messy di- vorce. Reiter did in fact file for divorce from his wife, Jill, last year, after 24 years of marriage. They have a son, couple is scheduled to go to mediation Wednesday. Nothing in the court file suggests their split is par- ticularly ugly. Reiter incurred the wrath of the Epstein camp as well as the state attor- See REITER, 7B > _—evetnan :3801WO Bunywugns JO CSO8OL-WWI-ALe Uoyeoyisse[d WA aseo Ule}sdz Ul aiy Jo snooj jolyo yoeeg Wed 9002/7 1/8 (mojeg aoeds ul Burddij5 yunoyy 4 ‘yokeg wed se y80q yorog wed sul / a2 / ab (‘eyes pue Ayo adedsmou jo oweu ‘abed ajeoIpul) (19-8- ‘pe _ ” = } Se i HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018927