Epstein Secrets

ts of victims who are not parties to this litigation Suppl. Box #3 P-013282 Thru P-013283 7/9/08 Email from A. Marie Villafafia to A. Acosta, J. Sloman, K. Atkinson, and FBI re proposed response to Goldberger letter re victim notification Attorney-Client Privilege Work product Deliberative Proce

ox 3 P-013906 E-mail Menchel to Villafana and Lourie, May 14, 2007, 10:52 a.m., RE: Operation Leap Ycar, with e-mail from Villafana to Lourie and Menchel (May 14, 2007, 10:38 a.m.), attached Atty work-product Suppl. Box 3 P-013907 Through P-013908 Inadvertently marked as privileged, will be pro

stay] Suppl. Box 3 P-013861 Thru P-013865 E-mail, Marie Villafana to Matthew Menchel, July 13, 2007, 3:14 p.m., RE: Epstein, with c- mail from Menchel (July 5, 2007, 3:30 p.m.), Villafana to Menchel (July 4, 2007, 5:16 p.m.), and Sloman to Villafana (July 3, 2007, 1:47 p.m.), attached Atty work-

roduct Investigative Privilege Privacy Act 5 7/3/2007-7/13/2007 email chain between Matt Menchel and Marie Villafafia regarding disagreement on Menchel's plea negotiations and written request for meeting between USAO management and victims 6(e) Work Product Deliberative Process Investigative Pr

n's attorneys stating that "I intend to notify the victims by letter after COB Thursday [two days later]." See Tab 34, November 27, 2007 Email from J. Sloman to J. Lelkowitz. 42. The morning of November 28, attorneys for Mr. Epstein faxed a letter to Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher, requesting a

a state prison, with the option of eliminating incarceration upon StItA.L55fili completion of the term of supervised custody. among other terms. Mr. Menchel stated that "the federal interest will not be vindicated in the absence of a two year term in state prison." Sec August 3. 2007 letter. Such an art

eas of traditionally local concern, we urged your Office to contemplate whether a federal prosecution was appropriate. However, on August 3, 2007. Matthew Menchel rejected a proposed state plea which included that Mr. Epstein serve two years of supervised custody followed by two years of incarceration in a st

ts of victims who are not parties to this litigation Suppl. Box #3 P-013282 Thru P-013283 7/9/08 Email from A. Marie Villafafia to A. Acosta, J. Sloman, K. Atkinson, and FBI re proposed response to Goldberger letter re victim notification Attorney-Client Privilege Work product Deliberative Proce

stay] Suppl. Box 3 P-013861 Thru P-013865 E-mail, Marie Villafana to Matthew Menchel, July 13, 2007, 3:14 p.m., RE: Epstein, with e- mail from Menchel (July 5, 2007, 3:30 p.m.), Villafana to Menchel (July 4, 2007, 5:16 p.m.), and Sloman to Villafana (July 3, 2007, 1:47 p.m.), attached Any work-p

ox 3 P-013873 E-mail Menchel to Villafana and Lourie, May 14, 2007, 10:52 a.m., RE: Operation Leap Year, with e-mail from Villafana to Lourie and Menchel (May 14, 2007, 10:38 a.m.), attached Atty work-product Page 9 of 14 EFTA00209316 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 216-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 0

ts responsibility to select the attorney representative for the alleged victims to an independent third-party." See Tab I, May 19, 2008 Letter from J. Sloman, p. 4, f.3. The Truth: • That such an assignment was the SDFL's "unilateral" decision is false. Before the SDFL decided to assign selection of th

onditions to the State's proposed plea agreement. These stringent conditions included, among other things, the two-year prison term demanded by Mr. Menchel (discussed above) and a charge requiring him to register as a sex offender. 6 RFP MIA 000436 EFTA00225655 • KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP describes th

sel, confirming that "I understand that the plea and sentence will occur on or before the January 4th [2008] date." See October 31, 2007 Email from J. Sloman to J. Lefkowitz (emphasis added). On November 5, 2007, despite Mr. Sloman's having sent the October 31 email only a week earlier, after learning th

As a weak explanation of the many complaints about Ms. Villafana's misconduct and her flagrant violations of the USAM, her Criminal Division Chief, Matthew Menchel, eventually characterized her as "unsupervisable." In August 2007, Ms. Villafana demanded that, in exchange for a deferral of federal prosecution,

ent representation that “/T]he SDFL indicated a willingness to defer to the State the length of incarceration...” See Tab 1, May 19, 2008 Letter from J. Sloman, p. 2. This statement is simply not true. Contrary to Mr. Sloman’s assertion, federal prosecutors refused to accept what the State believed to be app

ed Epstein’s sentencing exposure...” See Tab 1, May 19, 2008 Letter from J. Sloman. In fact, by a email dated August 3, 2007, Criminal Division Chief Matthew Menchel advised the defense that the federal government required a minimum term of two years of incarceration. See Tab 40, August 3, 2007 Email from M. Mench

he State, nor even discussed with. the State, the length of Mr. Epstein’s incarceration. In a letter to the defense, Criminal Division Chief, Matthew Menchel rejected the sentence contemplated by the State’s plea agreement, writing that “the federal interest will not be vindicated in the absence of a two-y