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Pervy Billionaire or 21st-Century Hugh Hefner?

Posted Dec 11, 07 9:06 PM CST in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – He owns the largest residence in Manhattan, several planes, and a private island. A superstar financial adviser to seriously wealthy clients, Jeffrey Epstein is also a patron of cutting-edge scientists and an FOB. But, New York magazine writes, he inhabits a sexual dream world populated by young girls giving "massages" that has him facing federal prostitution charges.

Epstein reportedly had an arrangement with an 18-year-old girl who would find other girls, ranging from 14 to 19, to come to his house in Palm Beach to perform services cops don't believe stopped with massages. Epstein is expected to plead guilty rather than risk a hefty jail sentence, but he is cheerfully unrepentant. The writer wonders aloud if Epstein is being punished for his excessive wealth. “ 'It’s the Icarus story, someone who flies too close to the sun,' I said. 'Did Icarus like massages?' Epstein asked."

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Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this file photo with a female companion.   (Getty Images)
Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financial adviser facing charges of soliciting prostitution.   (AP)
People enter and exit the Bear Stearns corporate headquarters in New York in this July 18, 2007 file photo. Jeffrey Epstein launched his career after teaching math and physics at Dalton high school when...   (Associated Press)
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