HOUSE OVERSIGHT 013411 Palm Beach Daily News: Archives 4/7/11 1:35 PM PalmBeachDailyNpnc9rEn 0 site 0 web [ _11:1 :NICA ICir_)! Newsletter Center I Log In Start or Renew Your Subscription Thursday, April 7, 2011 HOME NEWS SOCIETY BUSINESS ARTS FASHION OBITUARIES OPINION LIFESTYLES SHINY SHOTS ADVERTISE CONTACT US Search for Palm Beach Daily News Follow @ShinySheet on Twitter! NEWS im Beach Daily News Electronic Edition Now Available! dick Here To Subscribe Religion I Archives E?I E-mail this page 'ra Print this page 'C-? Most popular New Search Return to results Printer Friendly About your archives purchase: Your purchase of 20 articles expires on 04/07/2011 4:22 PM. You have viewed 3 articles and have 17 articles remaining. Palm Beach Daily News (FL) JUDGE RECEIVES EPSTEIN TAPE RULING PENDING MICHELE DARGAN, Daily News Staff Writer Published: May 5, 2010 NEW YORK -- A Manhattan federal judge Tuesday took into custody a tape-recorded conversation between veteran newspaper reporter George Rush and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But U.S. District Judge Lawrence M. McKenna reserved ruling on whether the recording will be released to attorneys representing young women who were sexually abused by Epstein as minors. McKenna didn't listen to the recording during the hearing. Fort Lauderdale attorney Brad Edwards and Utah attorney and law professor Paul Cassell are fighting to obtain the 22-minute tape on behalf of Epstein victim Jane Doe. She has filed one of a dozen pending civil cases in federal court in West Palm Beach against Epstein. A status check is set for Thursday in those cases before U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra. Doe could have settled the lawsuit for $50,000 but is asking for $50 million in damages, Cassell said Tuesday. "Jane Doe was repeatedly sexually assaulted over a lengthy period of time by this wealthy and powerful man," Cassell said. Epstein, 57, is currently under house arrest in his Palm Beach ho