Epstein Secrets

ry of the defendant. The government said -- THE COURT: Mr. Cohen, just before you move to that, the three cases that you cited -- Esposito, Dreier, Madoff - factually did any of those cases involve defendants with substantial international and foreign connections? MR. COHEN: No, I don't believe they

ars to have been based on the resources available to defendant, not foreign connections or experience and a record of hiding from being found. In Madoff, the defendant had already been released on a bail package agreed to by the parties for a considerable period of time before the government sought

our Honor, that the defendant was making plans to leave the country. That is the situation, frankly, in the U.S. v. Zarger case, the case by Judge Gleeson in 2000, that the government cites in its brief, but of course doesn't discuss the facts. There is nothing to that effect here. To the contrary, th

d with similar or more serious offenses, many of whom have foreign ties, are routinely granted bail so that they can effectively prepare for trial. Bernie Madoff. Harvey Weinstein. Bill Cosby. John Gotti. Marc Dreier. Dominique Strauss- Kahn. Ali Sadr. Adnan Khashoggi. Mahender Sabhnani. The list goes on and

09) (Marc Dreier, accused of "colossal criminality" and alleged to be a "high flight risk," granted release subject to conditions); United States v. Madoff, 586 F. Supp. 2d 240, 243 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) (Bernie Madoff, charged with "largest Ponzi scheme ever" and alleged to be a "serious risk of flight," gr

es v. Zinger, No. 00 Cr. 773, 2000 WL 1134364, at •1 8 EFTA00093087 C6sesel.213-Thilg240401Mt Db~t9tad420Ei1O3 tth M10 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 4, 2000) (Gleeson, J.) (rejecting defendant's application for bail in part because home detention with electronic monitoring "at best . . . limits a fleeing defendant

ry of the defendant. The government said -- THE COURT: Mr. Cohen, just before you move to that, the three cases that you cited -- Esposito, Dreier, Madoff - factually did any of those cases involve defendants with substantial international and foreign connections? MR. COHEN: No, I don't believe they

ars to have been based on the resources available to defendant, not foreign connections or experience and a record of hiding from being found. In Madoff, the defendant had already been released on a bail package agreed to by the parties for a considerable period of time before the government sought

our Honor, that the defendant was making plans to leave the country. That is the situation, frankly, in the U.S. v. Zarger case, the case by Judge Gleeson in 2000, that the government cites in its brief, but of course doesn't discuss the facts. There is nothing to that effect here. To the contrary, th