Florida Grand Jury True Bill: Single Solicitation Count

PALM BEACH COUNTY GRAND JURY TRUE BILL State of Florida v. Epstein Florida 15th Judicial Circuit, No. 50-2006-CF-009454-AXXX-MB Returned: July 19, 2006 This one-page indictment is the formal true bill returned by the Palm Beach County grand jury in the 2006 state criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein. The grand jurors charged a single count: felony solicitation of prostitution, alleging that Epstein solicited, induced, enticed, or procured another to commit prostitution, lewdness, or assignation on three or more occasions between August 1, 2004 and October 31, 2005. The narrowness of this charge is why the document remains central to Epstein case history. Palm Beach police had investigated allegations involving minors and had urged more serious charges. The grand jury, however, returned only a solicitation count under Florida Statute 796.07. Later litigation, press investigations, and official reviews repeatedly focused on how a case involving accounts from underage girls produced a state indictment framed as prostitution rather than child sexual abuse. The filing is also important procedurally. It is the state charging instrument that led to Epstein's Florida criminal case and, eventually, to the controversial resolution that overlapped with the federal non-prosecution agreement. The indictment shows what the state prosecution actually put before the court, rather than what later critics said should have been charged. For archive purposes, this record should be read alongside police correspondence, federal CVRA litigation, and later grand jury transparency disputes. It is the documentary anchor for the "single-count outcome" that shaped public understanding of the original Palm Beach prosecution. Source: DOJ Epstein Library / Florida 15th Circuit Available at: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/Court%20Records/State%20of%20Florida%20v.%20Epstein%2C%20No.%2050-2006-CF-009454-AXXX-MB%20%28Fla.%2015th%20Cir.%20Ct.%202006%29/EFTA02823228.pdf