Palm Beach police investigation begins after parent reports $300 payment to 14-year-old

| Importance: 8/10 | Status: confirmed

Palm Beach Police Department begins investigating Jeffrey Epstein after a parent reports finding $300 in their 14-year-old daughter’s room and learns it came from Epstein for a ‘massage.’ This marks the beginning of the law enforcement investigation that would eventually expose Epstein’s systematic abuse of minors, though it would take years to overcome institutional protection.

Key Actors

Palm Beach Police Department Jeffrey Epstein Unnamed parent 14-year-old victim Detective Joe Recarey

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law-enforcement-investigation child-abuse palm-beach-police epstein-investigation underage-victims sexual-exploitation

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