Judge delays, tries to rein in X-rated civil trial of Jeffrey Epstein

Palm Beach Post ^ | 11/29/2017 | Jane Musgrave

[Cementjungle]

WEST PALM BEACH —

What promised to be a salacious trial probing billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual relationships with underage girls won’t get underway next week as planned.

Citing the many unanswered legal questions that still swirl around the 8-year-old civil lawsuit pitting attorney Bradley Edwards against the 64-year-old Palm Beach convicted sex offender, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Donald Hafele agreed to delay the trial until March.

“Under the circumstances of this unusual and relatively complex case, the court finds that there are simply too many significant, lengthy motions that are pending and need to be heard prior to December 5, 2017, the date that the trial was originally scheduled to commence,” Hafele wrote in an order, granting a motion from Epstein’s new defense team to delay the trial until next year.

[Cementjungle]

Too bad... this could have been interesting.

[Billthedrill]

If he’s hoping the heat will be off by then he might want to reconsider.

[a fool in paradise]

Dems are hoping this doesnt impact 2018 elections.

[CondorFlight]

The fix has always been in on this case.

[Enchante]

For a moment I was thinking “how terrible that this case is being delayed further”... but having new revelations and old scandals revisited in public from March 2018 onward may be the last thing the Democraps need or want, ha ha.....

[Enchante]

“I don’t want this to turn into whether Jeffrey Epstein is a serial child molester,” [Judge] Hafele said.

WTH??? The judge is sounding like he wants to craft the terms of the case and presentation of evidence to be as favorable as possible to the scumbag Jeffrey Epstein!!

[Lurker]

Epstein is in fact a convicted child molester. This is a Civil action, not a criminal one. The Judge here will stipulate the adjudicated fact that Epstein is a criminal scumbag of the worst sort.

My read is the Judge doesn’t want to waste time on this.

L

[Islander7]

“Under the circumstances of this unusual and relatively complex case, the court finds that there are simply too many significant, lengthy motions that are pending and need to be heard prior to December 5, 2017, the date that the trial was originally scheduled to commence,” Hafele wrote in an order, granting a motion from Epstein’s new defense team to delay the trial until next year.

Translation: OMG! Bill Clinton is neck deep in this mess!!

[a fool in paradise]

Trickle trickle trickle was how the Clintons’ managed their own sex scandals. They were leaking details and blaming the opposition.

If the public had been hit with it all at once, it would’ve been harder on them than gradual acceptance of each new damning detail.

[The Antiyuppie]

More proof that America has the best justice system that money can buy.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Please PING me when Bill and/or Hillary! or even Podesta, testify!

*SPIT*

These people DISGUST me. Dante needs to invent a special Level of Hell for them.

[Be Careful]

This judge was appointed by Charlie Crist.

But not sure if this was before or after Charlie’s Political Reassignment Surgery

Can’t tell if this judge is lib or not.....but refetences are scrubbed, so I am guessing he is a lib

[fieldmarshaldj]

He was appointed in 2008, before the Orange Menace left the GOP. No mention of the judge’s “leanings” here, though...

https://ballotpedia.org/Donald_W._Hafele

[Ann Archy]

Check out the BANK ACCOUNTS of the Judge and Attorneys!!! Someone is probably getting big deposits!

[Deplorable American1776]

Jeffery Molestation is his new name....

[Thibodeaux]

I agree with your assessment. This can be viewed as prolonging the Leftist sex crazed agony deeper into the election year

[mewzilla]

Not just the Dems. Some unipartiers in the UK, too...and a certain royal family.

[csvset]

I’d bet the judge has been paid off in either $ or flesh of young maidens.