Epstein Secrets

laintiffs also allege that Epstein "sexually assaulted" them, and that Epstein "maintains his principal home in New York and also owns residences in New Mexico, St. Thomas and Palm Beach, FL." They further allege "Upon information and belief, Jeffrey Epstein carried out his scheme and assaulted girls in Fl

rns have been considered `confidential,' pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §6103." Id. Because of the principle of confidentiality, it further noted, "courts in the Second Circuit have found personal financial information to be presumptively confidential or cloaked with a qualified immunity," and must, therefore, "balance the

nstruct the jury on law governing the age of consent in New Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Florida. First, the Defendant's proposal oversimplified New Mexico's age of consent law. The Court could not accurately instruct the jury on New Mexico's law without potentially introducing a theory of guilt that the

assessed on its own terms . . . based on the entire record." United States v. Maslin, 356 F.3d 191, 196 (2d Cir. 2004). In assessing the evidence, the Second Circuit applies a burden-shifting framework. The defendant carries the initial burden of making a non-frivolous showing that the two counts in fact charge

.' Id.11111, 17. All of the overt acts allegedly occurred at unspecified times "between in or about 1994 and in or about 1997" in New York, Florida, New Mexico, and London, England. Id. Counts Two and Four charge Ms. Maxwell with substantive violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422 and 2423(a). Id. 911 13, 19. Coun

a firearm possession count was unrelated "both physically and temporally" to the narcotics counts in the indictment (emphasis original)). Although the Second Circuit has recognized that it is generally permissible to join "underlying substantive crimes with perjury counts" where the false declarations "concern th