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Jeffrey Epstein paid $5.5M to settle lawsuits

Billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein paid $5.5 million to settle lawsuits filed by three of the more than two dozen teens who sued him, according to a new report.

Epstein — who was accused of recruiting dozens of underage girls as sex slaves for his wealthy pals — paid $1 million to victim L.M., $2 million to E.W. and $2.5 million to Jane Doe, the Palm Beach Post reported.

The settlement details were disclosed as part of an ongoing feud between Epstein and lawyers Bradley Edwards and Scott Rothstein.

Rothstein is serving a 50-year sentence for running a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. Epstein had sued the Florida attorneys, claiming Edwards — the lawyer who filed suits on behalf of some of Epstein’s accusers — fabricated the sex-slave allegations in order to perpetuate Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme.

Epstein dropped the suit against Edwards and Rothstein in 2012 but soon after was sued by Edwards for malicious prosecution.

That case is set to go to trial in December.

Epstein’s lawyer Tonja Haddad Coleman asked a judge Tuesday for a postponement of the trial, saying she hasn’t been able to reach Epstein since Hurricane Irma ravaged his estate on his private island in the US Virgin Islands.

Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Donald Hafele denied the request, citing Epstein’s wealth and private jet.

Epstein, 64, pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a 14-year-old as part of a plea deal that landed him an 18-month sentence. He wound up serving 13 months.

In May, one of his alleged sex slaves, Virginia Giuffre, settled her defamation lawsuit against the convicted sex offender’s former girlfriend, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.

Giuffre claimed Epstein pimped her out to high-class clients including Prince Andrew.