Another young woman is seeking more than $50 million in damages from part-time Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, alleging he sexually assaulted her at his Palm Beach home when she was 16 years old.

The federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday, claims the 55-year-old Manhattan money manager touched the girl inappropriately while she gave him a massage on one occasion in 2004 or 2005.

The girl's attorney, Jeffrey M. Herman of Miami, announced the suit Wednesday at a news conference at Peruvian Park.

It is the third lawsuit Herman has filed on behalf of young women who allege Epstein sexually assaulted them while they were underage and while they performed massages on him at his El Brillo Way home. One of the earlier suits was dropped last week because the 17-year-old girl's divorced parents couldn't agree on how to pursue the case, Herman said.

None of the alleged victims have been publicly identified. The young woman on whose behalf Wednesday's suit was filed is called Jane Doe No. 3. She is now 19, Herman said.

Epstein's attorney, Guy Lewis of Miami, issued a statement dismissing the latest allegations as "another copycat lawsuit."

"This one repeats the identical allegations of the first three lawsuits, including the absurd demand for $50 million," Lewis said. "These women, who are not 'victims' by any stretch of the imagination, have all confessed to lying about their ages. The latest lawsuit, like the three before it, is wholly without merit. We will vigorously fight these allegations in court."

The suit says Epstein engaged in a scheme to get access to minor girls at his home, sexually assaulted them, then gave them money.

A young woman named Haley Robson recruited Jane Doe No. 3 and other minor girls to give Epstein the massages, Herman said.

Jane Doe No. 3 told Epstein that she was 18 years old or older after being advised to do so before giving him the massage, Herman said.

Jane Doe No. 3 was alone in a room with a massage table when Epstein arrived wearing only a towel to cover himself, the suit says. He told her to partially undress, then touched her inappropriately during the massage, the suit says.

The girl then accepted a payment of $200 to $300 and left, Herman said.

"She was sort of in a state of shock," Herman said. "She felt intimidated. She felt vulnerable."

She never returned and did not tell her parents about the incident until a criminal investigation began, he said.

The girl decided to sue Epstein because she wants justice, he said.

"For victims, it's very empowering to hold someone accountable," said Herman, who specializes in sex abuse cases.

Herman said "a number of other young girls" have contacted him with similar allegations against Epstein.

An investigation by Palm Beach Police alleged that Epstein induced several underage girls to give him massages at his home. He was indicted in July 2006 on one felony charge of solicitation of prostitution. The charge is pending.