HOUSE OVERSIGHT 018927 Palm Beach chief focus of fire in Epstein case Defendant's lawyers take him on; he slams state attorney By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer In the case of Pahn Beach financier Jeffrey Ep- stein, it seems, attimes, as if two men are accused of wrongdoing: Epstein and Palm Beach Police Chief Ti -V) ON) -pH -9 lq Michael Reiter. Epstein, 53, was indict- ed lastmonth on a charge of felony solicitation of prosti- tution solely because of Re- iter's "craziness," one of Epstein's lawyers said. His department disseminated "a distorted view of the case" and behaved in a "childish" manner when the grand jury didn't indict Ep- stein on the charges it sought, another Epstein lawyer complained. To hear the Epstein camp tell it, Reiter, 48, is a loose cannon better suited to be the sheriff of Mayber- ry. They whisper that he's embroiled in a messy di- vorce. Reiter did in fact file for divorce from his wife, Jill, last year, after 24 years of marriage. They have a son, 18, and a daughter, 14. The , couple is scheduled to go to mediation Wednesday. Nothing in the court file suggests their split is par- ticularly ugly. Reiter incurred the wrath of the Epstein camp as well as the state attor- See REEFER, 7B 10. (moles aoeds u! 6uldd1101unoN • • Co- - CM CD 4' (in co aseo umsd2 el eig jo snool ALP 110eaEl wled co co .c4) CO 6 R. CD .7‘ CD CD 0 DO •-• CD ca 2 03 CD CD 52. 0 CD SD .4, 0 (1) 0 CO