Jeffrey Epstein lawsuits offer sordid details, including sex while on work release
By David Ovalle Miami Herald
August 20,2019
While serving a lenient jail sentence in Palm Beach County, wealthy financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was allowed to leave jail for “work release” — at an office at his own organization, the Florida Science Foundation.
But at the foundation, according to a newly filed lawsuit, Epstein and his web of associates repeatedly arranged for sex with at least two girls, including one he met when she was 17.
“Jeffrey Epstein, through his brazen and powerful organization, was quite literally able to commit federal sex trafficking offenses at his work release office, during his jail sentence,” according to the lawsuit by a woman identified only as Kaitlyn Doe.
The allegation was included in a trio of lawsuits filed Tuesday by three women who have now come forward to allege that Epstein abused them over years, dangling promises of riches and stability.
The lawsuits are but the latest legal twist in the saga of Epstein, 66, the powerful and well-connected financier found hanged Aug. 10 in a Manhattan detention center while awaiting federal sex trafficking charges. The death has been determined to be a suicide.
The lawsuits were filed against Epstein’s estate and other entities suspected of helping Epstein travel the world, often with an entourage of young women, hopscotching to and from homes in Palm Beach, Manhattan, Paris, New Mexico and on his private island in the Caribbea
