Epstein Secrets

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

rew Lourie, Criminal Chief Matt Menchel, First Assistant Jeff Sloman, and U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta. AUSA Atkinson did participate in meetings with the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office about Epstein's work release and several conference calls with defendant attorney Roy Black and others about Epstein's breaches of the Non-Prosecut

so the plea agreement would have had to be a binding plea pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C), which is what I drafted. I was informed by Mr. Lourie that USA Acosta did not want to do a (c)(1)(C) plea, so I had to find charges that would result in a two-year statutory maximum. This resulted in m

bit 76 at 2). On November 16, 2007, the case agents met with ASA Belohlavek who said that Epstein would be housed at the Palm Beach County Jail, so the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office would be in charge of whether Epstein would be eligible for work release (id. at I). Special Agent Richards confirmed on November 16, 2007 that Eps

The Section 2255 provision issue was first discussed at a July 31, 2007, meeting between FAUSA Sloman, Criminal Chief Menchel, West Palm Beach Chief Lourie, AUSA Villafaria, and two FBI agents wbo met with Roy Black, Gerald Lefeoust, and Lilly Ann Sanchez. On that date, the prosecutors presented a writ

tion for the work release program demonstrated that Mr. Epstein made several false statements in his application and made threatening statements to the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office about legal repercussions if he was not admitted to the program. I also discovered—again, not from Mr. Epstein or his attorneys—that Judge McSorley

disenfranchise and silence the victims. It is unfortunate, and appears fundamentally unfair to the victims, that Acosta and Sloman (after Menchel and Lourie departed) took the unusual step of deciding to vet the USAO victim notification letters with the defense after the NPA was signed, but failed to go b

ic records, including publicly released records of the Palm Beach Police Department, the State Attorney's Office for the 15th Judicial Circuit, and the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office; documents pertaining to the CVRA litigation and other court proceedings involving Epstein and related individuals; and books and media reports. B.