Epstein Private Eye Loses Bid for More Cash After Helping Author

A private detective who wants more cash for helping expose financier Jeffrey Epstein as a serial sexual abuser lost his court battle Wednesday against an author who broke the story.

Michael Fisten won’t get $350,000 after a Florida appeals court refused to reverse an arbitrator’s decision that journalist Julie Brown need not give him any more cash for their joint work on her book, “Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story.” The book detailed how Epstein evaded prison for years amid rumors of sex trafficking young girls. After Brown’s news stories published, Epstein was arrested in 2019 and later committed ...