James PATTERSON of, and means of obtaining, oxycodone and hydrocodone. (A few : former law firm agreed years after Limbaugh's arrest, which coincided with Chief Reit- sand dollars in legal fees er’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the talk-show host settled with prosecutors, agreed to submit to random drug testing, and | gave up his firearms permit.) | Now Chief Reiter and De Krischer himself, however, had been accused of sexual . their own questions abc misconduct. . } wanted to charge Epstei1 In October of 1992, Jodi Bergeron, a legal secretary who'd worked j behavior and four cour for Krischer, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him in the : i . minor—felony charges Palm Beach County circuit court. That suit was dismissed, but a few } behind bars in the case c months later, the woman took Krischer to federal court, accusing | Kellen would be charged him of making unwanted advances and demanding recompense for 4 This was not.the plat battery, negligence, invasion of privacy, and emotional distress. | for Jeffrey Epstein. Krischer had placed his hands, violently, inside her blouse, 4 a In cases involving tk the woman said. He’d forcibly fondled her breasts, forcibly kissed F attorneys tend to have s her, and rubbed her shoulders while brushing her buttocks with q 4 But instead of granting | his hands and knees, all while accompanying the gestures with q a the police that he would verbal advances. 4 | __ asked to consider a broac When she declined those advances, the woman claimed, 4 q Ina case such as Epste Krischer fired her. p q ing in and of itself. But v Krischer denied the allegations. At the time, he was making his Me 4 only required in capital cas frst run for the state attorney's office. The charges were politically — Be a may also be called in c motivated, he said. Members of a local chapter of NOW —the g a involving crimes committ National Organization for Women—had stood by the lawyer, cit- wasn't a public official, an ing his efforts to st