Palm Beach, Florida- Two more young women have filed state lawsuits against Palm Beach felon Jeffrey Epstein, alleging he sexually abused them when they were minors.
Hollywood attorney Brad Edwards filed the claims last week on behalf of L.M. and E.W., bringing the total to six state lawsuits pending in Palm Beach County Circuit Court.
The lawsuits come on the heels of two federal lawsuits making similar claims filed last week by Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman.
There are nine federal lawsuits pending in West Palm Beach against Epstein, a Manhattan money manager.
All of the lawsuits contain similar allegations: Epstein, through his employees and assistants, brought minor girls to his Palm Beach home at 358 El Brillo Way with promises that they would be paid to give him a massage.
According to the lawsuits, Epstein would remove his clothing and direct the girls to remove their clothing.
“He would then perform one or more lewd, lascivious and sexual acts … on the then-minor plaintiff,” the lawsuits state.
On June 30, Epstein, 55, pleaded guilty in state court to procuring a person under 18 for prostitution, a second-degree felony, and solicitation of prostitution, a third-degree felony. He was sentenced to 18 months in the Palm Beach County Jail and is serving the sentence in the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Stockade.
Epstein pleaded guilty in state court as part of a global plea deal, which included an agreement by federal prosecutors that Epstein would not be prosecuted under federal law.
His arrest in 2006 followed an 11-month investigation by Palm Beach Police into allegations that Epstein gave five underage girls money for massages and sometimes sex at his Palm Beach home.
Epstein’s attorneys have repeatedly said the girls lied about their ages and that Epstein didn’t know they were minors.
L.M. was 14 and in middle school when she was first brought to Epstein’s mansion in July 2002 and continued her visits until approximately September 2005, the lawsuit states.
“After introducing the plaintiff into prostitution, he enticed her to remain in prostitution and be a part of his deviant sexual lifestyle through exploitive techniques, such as offering additional money to plaintiff in exchange for her bringing him additional minor girls to sexually abuse and commit sexual crimes against,” the lawsuit states.