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letter now accuses me of "manufacturing" charges of obstruction of justice, making obscene phone calls, and violating child privacy laws. When Mr. Lourie told you that those charges would "embarrass the Office," he meant that the Office was unwilling to bend the facts to satisfy Mr. Epstein's desired

e she strength of this ease, we have been constrained to point out the fact thin the alleged victims chose to present themselves to • world through MySpace profiles with self-selected monikers such as -Pimp Juice- and' ' or with nude photos. RFP MIA 000451 EFTA00208932 12/11/2007 11:40 FAX ill 012

o significant problems with that reliance. First there is no mention al certain critical admissions made by during her interview, as well as on her MySpace %%vilage (discovered by defense investigators and turned over to the State Attorney). Second. all but omitted from the Police Report is an • refere

r letter now accuses me of "manufacturing" charges of obstruction ofjustice, making obscene phone calls, and violating child privacy laws. When Mr. Lourie told you that those charges would "embarrass the Office," he meant that the Office was unwilling to bend the facts to satisfy Mr. Epstein's desired

o significant problems with that reliance. Pintthere is no mention of certain critical admissions made .by, during her interview, as well as on her MySpace welmage (discovered by defense investigators and turned over to the State Attorney). Second. all but omitted from the Police Report is an • referen

mation and supporting documentation was presented to the PBPD. but was never included in the Police Report or Probable Cause Affidavit. • Lies on MySpace About ernmia on. Also uncovered b di:tense investigators is dissembling version of the debacle on cr "MySpace" wchpage. There, met.• t at she

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re are two significant problems with that reliance. irst there is no mention of material admissions made UMduring her interview, as well as on her MySpace webpage (discovered by defense investigators and turned over to the State Attorney). A copy of the webpage is annexed at Tab 5. Second, all but omi

was omitted from the Police Report or the Probable Cause Affidavit. • !lies on her Victoria's Secret Job Application. Addition mmtion on Hall's MySpace webpagc casts further doubt on her credibility. For example, she boasts to having engaged in a fraudulent scheme to get hired by Victoria's Secret,

letter now accuses me of "manufacturing" charges of obstruction of justice, making obscene phone calls, and violating child privacy laws. When Mr. Lourie told you that those charges would "embarrass the Office," he meant that the Office was unwilling to bend the facts to satisfy Mr. Epstein's desired

Q. Did you send that message last week to a 14 friend of yours on MySpace? 15 A. I wouldn't know. There's no dates and I've 16 deleted that MySpace, so -- 17 Q. We're going to talk about that in a second. 18 A. Okay. 19 Q. Did you send that message last week -- 20 A. Right. 21 O. Let

o no no i love you...o and p.s. i love ur default pic 12 niggaa. Muah xo. 13 Q. Did you send that message last week to a 14 friend of yours on MySpace? 15 A. I wouldn't know. There's no dates and I've 16 deleted that MySpace, so -- 17 Q. We're going to talk about that in a second. 18 A. Ok

then to the Chief of the Criminal Division, then to the First Assistant and the U.S. Attorney. Although the U.S. Attorney continued to defer to Mr. Lourie and me, Epstein's counsel would constantly ask the U.S. Attorney to intervene. As mentioned above, with respect to the terms of the Non-Prosecution

ed allegations of misconduct on the part of the lead investigator from the Palm Beach Police Department. They also presented information from the "MySpace" pages of several victims that portrayed them as drug and/or alcohol abusers and I i ars. The Palm Beach Police Department, seeing that the State A

ion ............................................20 5. October 2006 – February 2007: Epstein’s Defense Counsel Initiate Contact with Villafaña, Lourie, and Sloman, and Press for a Meeting ....................................................................................22 6. February 2007:

voluminous material in an effort to undermine some of the victims’ credibility, including criminal records, victims’ social media postings (such as MySpace pages) about their own sexual activity and drug use, and victim statements that appeared to undercut allegations of criminal activity and Epstein’s

ffrey Sloman and Andrei Londe arguing against federal prosecution. 34 7/13/2007 Letter from Roy Black to Marie Villa' la with handwritten attorney Lourie notes 35 7/25/2007 latter from Gerald l.efrourt and Alan Dershowia to Matthew Menchel arguing that no charge can or should be made under 18 U.S.C

ile the letter covered all of these topics, I recall the meeting was focused primarily on challenges to the victims' credibility (e.g., one victim's MySpace page showed her smoking marijuana and posing provocatively); allegations of police overreaching; and the lack of evidence that Epstein knew the vic

tember 24, 2007 Email from J. Lefkowitz to M. Villafana. 22. Ms. Villafana replied that she had “forwarded your message only to Alex [Acosta], Andy [Lourie], and Rolando [Garcia]. I don’t anticipate it going any further than that.” Jd. 23. Ms. Villafana stated that the agreement would be “placed in the

or talked to Mr. Epstein prior to her arrival at his house; and 3) she lied about her age not only to Mr. Epstein, but, in fact, to the world on her MySpace page when she said that she was 18 years old. Itis, then, also worth noting in this regard that 18 U.S.C. §§2243(c) provides an affirmative defense i