Jeffrey Epstein has over the last decade sought to portray himself as a generous benefactor to children, giving to organizations including a youth orchestra, a baseball league and even a private girls’ school a few blocks from his Manhattan mansion.
FILE - In this July 30, 2008, file photo, Jeffrey Epstein, center, appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla. Over the last decade he sought to portray himself as a generous benefactor to children, giving to organizations including a youth orchestra, a baseball league and a private girls’ school a few blocks from his Manhattan mansion. But Epstein’s guilty plea in 2008 for soliciting a minor for prostitution has not made that easy.
It wasn’t until later, when they realized a sex offender was behind the donations, that the school, the tennis center and the Haiti project returned the money. Similarly, Epstein’s foundation sent a 2012 news release boasting of “pivotal” funding for what is now known as the Junior State of America, but the Oakland, California, group for future student leaders said it got nothing.
Epstein’s lawyer, Martin Weinberg, did not return calls and emails seeking comment but has been quoted previously as saying Epstein’s donations reflect a “heartfelt” desire to “help those need.”
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