in may 2006, the palm beach police had concluded that jeffrey epstein will be charged with four counts of unlawful sex with minors and one count of molestation (forcing sexual abuse). however, the court disagreed. epstein had a team of defense lawyers. his team of defense lawyers included roy black, russell crowe, gerald lefcourt, harvard law professor alan dershowitz. in 2007, ken starr, the special prosecutor of bill clinton, joined in to protect epstein. the police chief of palm beach, michael reiter, blamed the court for being too flexible when it comes to epstein's criminal case. additionally, the police chief was not satisfied that court did not pass on the information clearly enough to the fbi.