Wednesday June 4.2014 VTII21'11\1 ICT A NTiC Epstein's accusers press to reopen sex abuse case By CURT ANDERSON The Associated Press MIAMI — Nearly a cliaade ago, • wealthy financial gurti Jeffrey Epstein came under FBI investiga- tion, suspected of sexually abusing dozens of-under- age girls at Ms Palm Beachma& sion: Then, abruptly; 'the investigation was dropped and felTrey Epstein _.pleaded guilty to Jeffrey Epstein a single state charge of soliciting prostitution. He served jiart over a-year in jail. • Now, two women who say. they were among his victims have won a precedentrsetting appeals court ruling entitling them to see all the documents from the. plea bargain s cessions ' between Eps tein s 41i-iieweiod 1i-titers and federal - prosecutors. Their goal: use those files to undo the agreement, reopen the investiga- tion and subject Epstein to more charges. The women's lawyers contend Epstein got special treatment because of his wealth and Connections. His. attorneys deny that. • Virgin Islands first lady Cecile delongli is the manager of Financial Trust Co.; a financial services coin- pany,owne.d by-Epstein. She has also worked with his charitable founda- tion, the -1:-Epstein Virgin Islands Foundation. ., Epsteinowns one of the territory's largest residential estates, the 68.7- acre Little St James - • Epstein, 61, made. hundreds of mil-. • lions-of dollars :tiianaging (Unfit for rich clients. Shortly after his -2008 guilty plea; it came to light that his lawyers had secretly reached.a non- prosecution agreement months earli- er with-the U.S.. Justice Department that spared him a potentially heavier punishment. • "Our complaint alleges that, prod- .: BIG LEE 1 CISTERN SERVICE 1 1 Building • Repairing .,....Sealin: • Ins ,ection : dad by Epstein, the federal prosecu- tors deliberately concealed the sweet- heart plea deal they made with him to avoid public criticism," said Paul Cassell, a University of U