Epstein Secrets

s scheduled to appear before the Honorable Ruth Pickholz in New York Supreme Court, Part 66, on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 for a hearing pursuant to New York's Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA), Correction Law § 168 et seq.. We respectfully submit this letter and the accompanying materials for your cons

of all, because the offense which triggered the registration requirement in Florida — and then, solely by virtue of Correction Law § 168-a(d)(2), in New York — would not have been a registerable offense at all (and almost certainly would have only been a misdemeanor) had it been committed in New York inst

ease and permitted him to leave the jail and report to work on a daily basis from October 2008 until his release in July 2009. See Letter of Deputy K. Smith of August 12, 2010 (Exhibit E). • While serving his year of community control, both the Court and Mr. Epstein's probation officer granted Mr. Epst

igned To Impose Reporting Requirements Upon Offenders In Proportion To The Threat They Pose To The Public So That They May Be Adequately Monitored New York's Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA), Correction Law § 168 et aL is intended to impose the most stringent reporting requirements on those sex offend

registration requirements here in New York -- if indeed it qualifies as registerable at all. At most, Mr. Epstein was guilty of a misdemeanor under New York law, and accordingly, his registration obligations under SORA should reflect this relative lack of severity of his offense. Even under the broader

ogram and permitted him to leave the jail and report to work on a daily basis from October 2008 until his release in July 2009. See Letter of Deputy K. Smith of August 12, 2010 (Exhibit A). While serving his year of community control, both the Circuit Court in Palm Beach and Mr. Epstein's assigned probat

d the reasoned determinations of other jurisdictions having greater contact and control over Mr. Epstein, the Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders in New York has recommended that Mr. Epstein be categorized as a Level 3 sex offender. Such a harsh designation would subject Jeffrey Epstein to a lifetime obli

oted that the New York cognate of this crime, Promoting Prostitution in the Third Degree, P.L. § 230.25, is not itself a registerable offense under New York's New York's Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA), Correction Law § 168-a(2). Moreover, the conduct underlying this conviction -- a consensual arrange

ease and permitted him to leave the jail and report to work on a daily basis from October 2008 until his release in July 2009. See Letter of Deputy K. Smith of August 12, 2010 (Exhibit E). • While serving his year of community control, both the Court and Mr. Epstein's probation officer granted Mr. Epst

age of 17, and the wholly consensual conduct in exchange for money which occurred between the two would not even have been a registerable offense in New York. See §168-a(2XaXi)(§230.04 a registerable offense only if "person patronized" is in fact under 17 years old). Indeed, at the time of the offense at

and order of the New York Supreme Court, Criminal Term, New York County, determining him to be a Level 3 sex offender, without designation, under New York's Sexual Offender Registration Act (SORA), Correction Law Article 6-C, based on a 2008 Florida conviction by plea of guilty to Procuring a Person Und

October 10, 2008, through July 22, 2009, the date of his release, Mr. Epstein participated in the jail's work release program, see Letter of Deputy K. Smith, Ex. D, which permitted him to leave the jail in the morning six days a week for his place of employment, the Florida Science Foundation, and return

ge of 17, and the wholly consensual conduct; in exchange for money which occurred between the two would not even have been a registerable offense in New York. See §168-a(2)(a)(i)(§230.04 a registerable offense only if "person patronized" is in fact under 17 ears old). Indeed, at the time of the offense at

October 10, 2008, through July 22, 2009, the date of his release, Mr. Epstein participated in the jail's work release program, see Letter of Deputy K. Smith, Ex. , which permitted him to leave the jail in the morning six days a week for his place of employment, the Florida Science Foundation, and return

Sandra Lynn Musumeci DATE October 5, 2010 SUBJECT: SORA Determination for Jeffrey E. Epstein, NYSID # OSI909, Supreme Court Case # 30129-2010 New York's Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA), Correction Law § 168 et aL is intended to impose the most stringent reporting requirements on those sex offend

gram and permitted him to leave the jail and report to work on a daily basis from October 2008 until his release in July 2009. See Letter of Deputy K. Smith of August 12, 2010 (Exhibit A). While serving his year of probation, both the Circuit Court in Palm Beach and Mr. Epstein's assigned probation offic

tted by the court, with the assent of his probation officer and without opposition by the state's attorney, to travel (including overnight stays) to New York and to the Virgin Islands for business purposes on a number of occasions, thus demonstrating a substantial level of trust by both the court and his

October 10, 2008; through July 22, 2009, the date of his release, Mr. Epstein participated in the jail's work release program, see Letter of Deputy K. Smith, Ex. , which permitted him to leave the jail in the morning six days a week for his place of employment, the Florida Science Foundation, and return

ge of 17, and the wholly consensual conduct; in exchange for money which occurred between the two would not even have been a registerable offense in New York. See §168-a(2)(a)(i)(§230.04 a registerable offense only if "person patronized" is in fact under 17 ears old). Indeed, at the time of the offense at

October 10, 2008, through July 22, 2009, the date of his release, Mr. Epstein participated in the jail's work release program, see Letter of Deputy K. Smith, Ex. , which permitted him to leave the jail in the morning six days a week for his place of employment, the Florida Science Foundation, and return