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FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) & “4 Palm — Beacher pleads in SEX CaSE Jeffrey Epstein will serve 142 years on teen Solicitation charges. By LARRY KELLER Palin Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH — He lives in a Palm Beach water- _ front mansion and has kept company with the likes of President Clinton, Prince An- drew and Donald Trump, but investment banker Jeffrey Ep- . stein will call the Palm Beach County Jail home for the next 18 months. Epstein, 55, pleaded guilty Monday to felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution. After serving 18 months in jail, he will be under house arrest for a year. . And he will have a lifelong obligation to register as a sex offender. He must submit to an HIV test within 48 hours, with the results’ being pro- vided to his victims or their parents. As part of the plea deal, federal investigators agreed to drop their investigation of Epstein, which they had taken to-a grand jury, two law enforcement sources said. Epstein was indicted two years ago after an 1l-month investigation by Palm Beach police, They received a complaint from a relative of a l4-yearold girl who had given Epstein a naked mas- sage at his five-bedroom, 7,234-square-foot, $8.5 million Intracoastal home. Police concluded that there See EPSTEIN, 8A > | SIE-UU- 19 £062-/65 (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 1A/8A The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, FL Date: 7/1/2008 in Space Below) Title: Palm Beacher pleads in sex case Character or Classification: 31E-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM UMA SANGHVI/Staff Pista | Investment banker Jeffrey Epstein waits in court Monday , before his guilty plea. fe ee _ 4d HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021547