It's four sexual abuse lawsuits down, 14 to go for convicted sex offender and Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
Epstein settled one of the civil lawsuits against him earlier this week, the fourth such settlement so far, but still has 14 pending against him, according to the Palm Beach Post.
The 56-year-old Epstein, a successful financier, pled guilty to procuring teenagers for prostitution in 2008 and did 13 months behind bars.
The civil suits have been filed by women who claim they were minors when they were forced to perform sexual favors for him.
The latest settlement involved a woman who claimed she was 14 when Epstein sexually assaulted her. Her lawyer told the Post that his client just wanted the whole thing to end.
"My client, Jane Doe 1, was beat up [emotionally] so badly," attorney Spencer Kuvin said. "To be honest she didn't want anything to do with it anymore. She just wanted it over. The girls who are settling are fearful of him."
Epstein has allegedly employed several investigators to dig up dirt on the women, and their lawyers said the investigations have gone too far.
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"Our clients have uniformly said the investigators have gone too far," said Adam Horowitz, who represents seven women with suits against Epstein.
The Epstein saga took a strange turn last week when a Palm Beach judge ruled that Epstein wouldn't have to show Kuvin his allegedly odd-shaped penis. The attorney had argued that if Epstein's penis was egg-shaped, as his client alleged it was, it would bolster his case.
Epstein, a New York native who's pals with the likes of Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, also has a connection to the Scott Rothstein scandal.
He's suing the alleged Fort Lauderdale Ponzi schemer, claiming Rothstein trumped up lawsuits against him to bolster his scam.
