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FD-350 (Rev, $-8-81) * © (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 4 Date: 07/30/2006 Edition: PALM BEACH POST Title: BILLIONAIRE FACES CHARGE OF SOLICITATION OF MINORS Billionaire faces charge Character: 3 LE-MM-108062 of solicitation of minors or MONDAY: Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey scpmtiths Oe ” Epstein paid to have underage girls and ’ young women brought to his home, where he received mas- Indexing: sages and sometimes sex, according to an in- 4 vestigation by the Palm ph Beach Police Depart- ment. An indictment was unsealed that charged Epstein, 53, ; wail one count of felony i solicitation of prostitu- Epstein tion, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in pris- on. He was released on $3,000 bond. Epstein’s attorney, Jack Goldberger, said his client, amoney manager for the wealthy, committed no crimes and passed a lie detector test in which he said he did not know the girls were mi- nors. ‘ soso SIE - MU -108602-1S HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019386