4 ) J 4B THE PALM BEACH POST =» TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006 é 1 o> Indi Billionaire solicited 3 ti ; ; s : = ndictment: Billionaire solicited 3 times : : \ : — the commission of a tt - ' Waterway since 1990, according to 3 ae ec elmt ca P| Eerie i a i ao erger, = ined f0 Lee oe. pean ane. adi Gee aa 5 reg- iscuss the charge. iy “me istered to him was parked in the drive- p robe of the money manager. State attorney's of 14 . | way, which is flanked by two massive _ fice spokesman Mike 1% -~ 4) agvicsa Property Appra ondson also ha ’ me pstein_ sued Prope ppraiser = Bile Beet ciated Whiter little to say. a } Gary Nikolits in 2001, contending that = ces “Generally speak- Epstein the assessment of his home exceeded 2 | Billionaire money manager and ing, there is a case that its fair market value. He dismissed his = | Palm Beach part-time resident Jeffrey has a number of different aspects to it,” lawsuit in December 2002. S, 7 Epsteirsolicited or procured prostitutes Edmondson said of a prostitution- A profile of Epstein in Vanity Fair = d three or more times between Aug.land rejated charge being submitted to a magazine said he owns what are be- A Oct. 31 of last year, according to an in- grand jury. “We first became aware of _ lieved to be the largest private homes in E dictment charging him with felony so- the case months ago by Palm Beach Masbate — 51,000 square seemed © tation of p . police,” in New Mexico — a 7,500-acre ranch. o. _ Epstein, 53, was booked at the Palm Prosecutors.and police worked io- Those are in addition to his 70-acre is- 2 Beach County jail at 1:45 am. Sunday. gether to bring the case to the grand land in the U.S. Virgin Islands and fleet He was released on $3,000 bond. jury, he said. ofaircraft, ; Epstein’s case is unusual in that Palm Beach police confirmed that Epstein’s friends and admirers, ac- suspected prostitution johns are ustially and said the department will release a cording to the magazine, include prom- charged with a misdemeanor, and.ev