Epstein Secrets

th him and now are seeking damages. Attorneys for some of those women want his agreement with federal prosecutors unsealed and.will ask Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath to do so today. "It is against public policy for these documents to be have been sealed and hidden from public scrutiny.. As a member of the public,

paid afterward. At Epstein's plea conference last year, his attorney, Jack Goldberger, and then-Assistant State Attorney Lanna Belohlavek approached Pucillo in a sidebar conference. Pucillo, who had left the bench nine years earlier, was filling in temporarily as a senior judge. According to a transcript,

him and now are seeking damages. Attorneys for some of those women want his agreement with federal prosecutors unsealed and will ask Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath to do so today. "It is against public policy for these documents to be have been sealed and hidden from public scrutiny. As a member of the public

id afterward. At Epstein's plea conference last year1 his attorney, Jack Goldberger, and then-Assistant State Attorney Lanna Belohlavek approached Pucillo in a sidebar conference. Pucillo, who had left the bench nine years earlier, was filling in temporarily as a senior judge. According to a transcri

FLORIDA 33401.5913 JANE KREU5LER-wALSH BARBARA J. COMPIANi REBECCA MERCIER VARGAS BOARD CERTIFIED APPELLATE LAWYERS By Hand Delivery Honorable Jeffrey Colbath Palm Beach County Courthouse Fifteenth Judicial Circuit 205 North Dixie Highway, Room 11F West Palm Beach, FL 33401 June 30, 2009 Re: Epstein

tion (A-7; A-8). Judge Deborah Dale Pucillo, sitting for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, accepted the plea (A-7). During the plea conference, Judge Pucillo asked Mr. Epstein whether any promises had been made to him besides the terms of the state plea (A- 7:37-38). Mr. Epstein's attorney advised the cou

followed and that "good cause exists for unsealing the documents because of their public significance." (A-11:3). Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath heard E.W.'s and The Post's motions in the state criminal action on June 10, 2009 (A-13). The court granted both motions to intervene, but deferred

TA02729330 8). Judge Deborah Dale Pucillo, sitting for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, accepted the plea (A-7). During the plea conference, Judge Pucillo asked Mr. Epstein whether any promises had been made to him besides the terms of the state plea (A-7:37-38). Mr. Epstein's attorney advised the cou

(A-18:26). In a further attempt to avoid the comity issue, E.W. argues that "Judge Marra expressly authorized the lower court, the Honorable Judge Jeffrey Colbath, to resolve the issue of whether the state court records should be unsealed" at the June 12, 2009 hearing on Mr. Epstein's renewed motion to stay t

e is true. The non-prosecution agreement is conditioned upon the state criminal court's acceptance of Mr. Epstein's guilty plea and sentence. Judge Pucillo, however, was not bound to accept the plea or recommended sentence. As Mr. Epstein's counsel advised Judge Colbath at the June 25, 2009 hearing on

Pi. &%02 P.O. Box 2602. Tempt FL 331301.2002 ph. 613-904-X60 lax 813-044-3070 106 IN•0004954100 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS OVERNIGHT MAIL The Honorable Jeffrey Colbath Fifteenth Judicial Circuit-Palm Beach Palm Beach County Courthouse Main Judicial Complex 205 N. Dixie Highway, Room 11F West Palm Beach, FL 3340

ents apparently restrict any federal prosecution of the Defendant for offenses related to the conduct to which he pleaded guilty in this case. Judge Pucillo accepted the agreement for filing during a bench conference on June 30, 2008. The agreement, Judge Pucillo found, was "a significant inducement in

alm Beach Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a The Palm Beach Post will call up for hearing its Motion to Intervene and Petition for Access before the Honorable Jeffrey Colbath, Palm Beach County Courthouse, 205 N. Dixie Hwy., Room 11F, West Palm Beach on June 10, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. or as soon thereafter as counsel may be h

ents apparently restrict any federal prosecution of the Defendant for offenses related to the conduct to which he pleaded guilty in this case. Judge Pucillo accepted the agreement for filing during a bench conference on June 30, 2008. The agreement, Judge Pucillo found, was "a significant inducement in

lm Beach Newspapers, Inc., el/b/a The Palm Beach Post will call up for hearing its Motion to Intervene and Petition for Access before the Honorable Jeffrey Colbath, Palm Beach County Courthouse, 205 N. Dixie Hwy., Room 11F, West Palm Beach on June 10, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. or as soon thereafter as counsel may be h

ents apparently restrict any federal prosecution of the Defendant for offenses related to the conduct to which he pleaded guilty in this case. Judge Pucillo accepted the agreement for filing during a bench conference on June 30, 2008. The agreement, Judge Pucillo found, was "a significant inducement in