Our To Whom It May Concern Yes, a police investigation was begun when a parent of a 14 year-old girl approached the Palm Beach Police. When questioned, the girl told the police that she specifically had told Mr. Epstein that she was 18 years old. Why did she lie to Mr. Epstein? When asked, she explained that she had to lie, "otherwise I knew he wouldn't let me in the house." Yes, a 13-month investigation followed, the findings of which were presented to a Grand Jury that was actually able to hear the testimony of the "victims", themselves. The prosecutor for the Florida State Attorney's Office in this case, a veteran with over 13 years of experience in prosecuting sex crimes, determined that, in her own words, "there were no real victims here." And the Grand Jury returned an indictment for solicitation of prostitution. No more, no less. After personally interviewing and hearing the girls in the Epstein case, experienced prosecutors determined that this was a case of prostitution. The girls had exchanged sexual activity for money. In their depositions, there is sworn testimony from these girls about how they kept records of all the payments they received from johns other than Mr. Epstein. In one case in particular, the girl kept her records in a book of psalms. Some girls admitted to receiving thousands of dollars for a night with their johns, while others claimed they got paid many hundreds of dollars for merely sitting in a hotel room and talking with them. Many of the girls had worked in the local massage parlors or strip clubs that dotted Palm Beach, well before they ever met Mr. Epstein. By their own admissions, just like they lied to Mr. Epstein, the girls had lied convincingly about their ages to the owners of these establishments to secure their jobs because employees in these massage parlors and strip clubs had to be 18 years old to work there. And the lies have not ended there. Like th tory, which the Daily Beast admits was paid f