A statement by Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers With the latest flurry of tabloid reports that continue to perpetuate the wildly inaccurate, exaggerated and, indeed, fabricated statements regarding Mr. Epstein, we believe a statement about the actual events and circumstances involving Mr. Epstein is now required to set the record straight. First, President Clinton has never, not a single time ever, even stepped foot on Mr. Epstein's island in the Caribbean. Any description of dinners, people in attendance and their places at the dinner table on Mr. Epstein's island are all part of the same imagined fairy tale, which has been paid for handsomely by irresponsible journalists and repeated all too eagerly by the media. Second, Mr. Epstein has never even met Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, so they too could never have been on Mr. Epstein's island, although this too has been falsely reported in the media with skillful embellishment about what a lovely couple the two seemed to be. Third, Mr. Trump's representatives have confirmed repeatedly that Mr. Trump has never engaged in any sexual conduct of any kind in Mr. Epstein's presence, although we understand why the media would wish to perpetuate such a sensational tale at the height of the presidential election. Fourth, Mr. Epstein's criminal conviction, a matter of public record readily available to even a novice reporter, has been carelessly and inaccurately sensationalized in the media. In fact, he was convicted of two offenses, one count of solicitation of prostitution without reference to the age of any female, and a second count of procuring a single person under the age of 18 for prostitution. For these offenses, Mr. Epstein received a 30-month sentence, consisting of 18 months of incarceration and 12 months of closely supervised and very restricted probation. While he served that sentence, he was not housed by himself in a private or special wing of the jail, as has been widely and ina