6 me virgin iskinds Daily News VIRGIN ISLANDS Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Jeffrey Epstein settles one suit, but more to come 7i,oc,t'sntli'd7rs..°8" WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A decade ago, Florida financier Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving underage girls and got 13 mom. bch. bars. What the public and his accusers didn't know at.the time was that he had secittly struck a deal with federal prosecutors that spared him from ZatrrnitIslantfac.ould have put him away for the When the deal finally came to light years later, it immediately raised suspicions that trail3orTalad nrrumwhnp aa'amonnntgad 2111 Cfitstiads' and had somc of t. fincst legal talent in America as his lawyers — had used his wealth and political connections to win special treatment. Epstein is also a resident oft. Virgin Islands as owner of Little St. Jam. Island off the East End of St. Thomas. He is listed on the V.I. sex offerxter registry as a result of t.t 2008 Florida conviction. Allegations against him flared anew in recent weelcs as news organizations, led by The Miami Herald published interviews with the alleged victims and took a closer look at Alexander Acosta, who as the U.S. attorney in Miami in 2008 approved the secret deal. Acosta is now President Donald Trump's secretary of Labor. On Tuesday, a lawsuit that many had hoped jeffr" EPstein tcptsit thee —b°1:',,coPon managed to get such slight apUrnsauliZ g4aary;eZI"e(f)ffo:'11stoactZlalffr; rhae Fkedaer2ZZLiaanad'agait.17„ 1.1....Pose him to "That injustice nceds to be addressed and will bc addressed' said Jack Scarola, one of t. ;:taitZaYtwassiirldbrurhaegbradEIZpi:.;Z:utZ, witang'rElerdoaficeadwh==glarin on suspicion of sexually abusing at least .40 rarsfan't les.ch'arglaers taictislanietidfallg, sealements to many .of the alleged victims and rega:TodutratVdcri, ,I.,agfeedTcli=utts Luvi:ruriLicl and included sex trafficking charges. thaStat=:11i)tastne=17da=i7= 'CSV I Canc