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Amended lawsuit claims they were captainsâ of the alleged criminal enterprise.
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Jeffrey Epstein survivor describes working in his NYC townhouse: Part 1
Maria Farmer began working for him shortly after the two met in 1995. She said he assaulted her at his home in Ohio and that she reported him to authorities afterward.Corbis via Getty Images, FILE
The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday sued the two men handpicked by Jeffrey Epstein as co-executors of his vast estate, alleging that the convicted sex offenderâs longtime lawyer and accountant were âindispensable captainsâ of Epsteinâs alleged criminal enterprise who âprofited substantiallyâ from their relationship with him, according to an amended civil lawsuit filed in St. Thomas.
From the moment federal prosecutors were handed the Jeffrey Epstein case, they didn’t trust Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer.
But even though federal prosecutors believed Krischer had “intentionally torpedoed” the case, they took the rare and misguided step of putting him in the driver’s seat.
Instead of vigorously pursuing the politically connected financier on charges that he sexually assaulted dozens of teens at his Palm Beach mansion, Krischer joined hands with Epstein’s defense team and undermined federal prosecutors’ efforts.
The conclusions, detailed in a 300-page report of an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, paint a damning picture of both Krischer’s duplicity and federal prosecutors’ naivete.