Epstein Secrets

APPEAL FOURTH DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 4D09-2554 JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, PALM BEACH NEWSPAPERS, INC., E.W., and B.B., Respondents. Pending in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, Case Nos. 2006 CF 9454AMB, 2008 CF 938 1 AMB PALM

n response to Florida media reports of hidden cases and secret dockets, a process that has come to be known as "super-sealing." In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420, 954 So. 2d 16 (Fla. 2007). In adopting the interim rule, the Florida Supreme Court confirmed its commitment to safeguarding the public's constitut

ION TO DISIMISS PETITION FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION Petitioner, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, replies to the three separate responses filed by respondents, E.W., B.B., and the Post, and responds to E.W.'s Request to Dismiss Petition for Lack of Jurisdiction as follows: The non-prosecution agreement and addendum i

on agreement and addendum is not a public record. It is confidential by its terms and did not become a public record when it was filed under seal. Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420 governs the disclosure of judicial records. See Morris Publ'g Group, LLC v. State, 34 Fla. L. Weekly D1101 (Fla. 1st DCA June 1, 2009). Under rule

E NO: STATE, vs. EPSTEIN, JEFFREY E, Defendant. CA 2008CF009381A>a MOTION TO INTERVENE AND SUPPORTING MEMORANDUM OF LAW COMES NOW, Applicant, B.B. and requests this Court, pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.230, for leave to intervene as a party in Mr. Epstein's criminal matter for t

nt MOTION TO MAKE COURT RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL •1 r Comes now the Defendant, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, by and through his undersigned attorney's, pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420 and the Administrative Orders of this Court , specifically AO 2.303 and moves this Court to treat as confidential the following records. A. A docu

li 1.1 11 11 U U U U STATE, vs. EPSTEIN, JEFFREY F, Defendant MOTION TO INTERVENE AND SUPPORTING MEMORANDUM OF LAW COMES NOW, Applicant, B.B. and requests this Court, pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.230, for leave to intervene as a party in Mr. Epstein's criminal matter for t

fendant. MOTION TO MAKE COURT RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL Comes now the Defendant, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, by and through his undersigned attorneys, pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420 and the Administrative Orders of this Court , specifically AO 2.303 and moves this Court to beat as confidential the following records. A. A docum

) Non-party M.'s Motion to Vacate Order Sealing Records and Unseal Records b) Palm Beach Post's Motions to Intervene and Petition for Access c) B.B.'s Motions to Intervene and for an Order to Unseal Records d) Jeffrey Epstein's Motion to Make Court Records Confidential A hearing was conducted o

fendant. MOTION TO MAKE COURT RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL Comes now the Defendant, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, by and through his undersigned attorneys, pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420 and the Administrative Orders of this Court , specifically AO 2.303 and moves this Court to treat as confidential the following records. A. A docu

TA00233599 3. INTERESTED PERSONS: Judith Stevenson Arco of State Attorney's Office--West Palm Beach (counsel for respondent, State of Florida) B.B. (non-party intervener) William J. Berger of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler (counsel for non-party intervener, E.W.) Honorable Jeffrey J. Colbath (c

endant. MOTION TO MAKE COURT RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL Comes now the Defendant, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, by and through his undersigned attorney's, pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420 and the Administrative Orders of this Court , specifically AO 2.303 and moves this Court to treat as confidential the following records. A. A docu