Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire investor, financier and philanthropist, was charged with sexual abuse Wednesday for yet another time in recent months.
An unidentified woman said when she was 16, she was brought to Epstein's mansion in Palm Beach, Fla. and paid $200 to give the money manager a massage. Instead, she claims he abused her.
The woman filed suit Wednesday, seeking more than $50 million in damages from Epstein.
Epstein's attorney, Guy Lewis, said the lawsuit is defamatory and the allegations are false.
Another teenage girl made similar claims against Epstein in a lawsuit filed last month. She is also at the center of a criminal case against Epstein in West Palm Beach, where he is charged with one felony count of solicitation of prostitution. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted. A hearing in that case is set for March.
Epstein also faces a similar sex abuse lawsuit in New York.
Epstein began his road to wealth as a trader at Bear Stearns. He then founded his own financial management firm, J. Epstein and Co., located on his 100-acre private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, named Little St. James Island.
Epstein also owns a 51,000-square-foot mansion on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a lavish Palm Beach spread, and a 27,000-square-foot mansion on a 10,000-acre ranch in New Mexico.
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