Epstein Secrets

anxiety" and "emotional distress" he suffered as a result of Epstein's filing and continuation of this lawsuit. At the March 8, 2018 hearing, Judge Hafele himself recognized no less than six times that Edwards' counterclaim for malicious prosecution against Epstein had its 4 EFTA00793696 genesis in

se or e en ant Scott Rothstein Plaintiff Bradley J. Edwards Jack A. Goldberger WA HAND DELIVERY Atterbu , Goldber er & Weiss, P.A. The Honorable Donald W. Hafele uite 1400 Palm Beach County Courthouse 1 205 N. Dixie Highway, Room 10.1216 o- outzse or amt minter- West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Defendant Jeffr

Edwards filed a "Supplement" to his Motion for Separate Trials (App. 15). In his Supplement, Edwards advised for the first time that no default on the Second Amended Complaint had been entered in Epstein's case against Rothstein. In other words, at the time Edwards filed his motion to set case for trial, 7 EFTA00793699

Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A. Suite 1400 01 Co-Counsel for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Jeffrey Epstein VIA U.S. MAIL ONLY The Honorable Donald W. Hafele 18 EFTA00793747 111111111 By: /s/ Kara Berard Rockenbach Scott J. Link (FRIse Kara Berard Rockenbach (FBN Rachel J. Glasser (FBN Primary: P

d Marine, Inc., 174 So. 3d 1037, 1039 (Fla. 15 EFTA00793744 4th DCA 2015) (emphasis added; citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Judge Hafele specifically cited this case and its holding at the March 8, 2018 hearing, but failed to explain how he could get around it. Again, "this matter,"

m., in a "Supplement" to his Motion for Separate Trials filed just the day before (App. 14), Edwards asserted for the first time that no default on the Second Amended Complaint had been entered in Epstein's case against Rothstein. In other words, at the time Edwards filed his motion to set case for trial, the case was not

l follow, addressing the severance order, and may be consolidated with the mandamus petition.' At the March 8, 2018 hearing, Epstein advised Judge Hafele of his intent to file the extraordinary writ petitions in this Court, and made an ore tenus motion for stay of the trial court proceedings pending

Atterbur , Goldber er & Weiss, P.A. Suite 1400 01 Co-Counsel for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Jeffrey Epstein VIA U.S. MAIL ONLY The Honorable Donald W. Hafele Palm Beach County Courthouse 205 N. Dixie Highway, Room 10.1216 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 19 EFTA00793785 LINK & R KENBA H PA By: /s/ Kara B

recognized the case was not at issue at the time the motion to 5 Epstein simultaneously filed his Motion for Default Against Defendant Rothstein on the Second Amended Complaint. (App. 17). Pursuant to Rule 1.440, the "action" will be at issue 20 days after the circuit court grants Epstein's motion for default. Thereafter,

Bar No. 41232 28 EFTA00808546 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true copy of the foregoing was furnished by mail to The Honorable Donald W. Hafele, 205 N. Dixie Highway, Room 10.1216, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 and to all counsel on the attached service list, by email, on March 12, 2018. Jack

15 EFTA00808533 C. Epstein Waived the Right to Rely on Rule 1.440 Epstein has waived reliance on Rule 1.440. As discussed above, Epstein filed the Second Amended Complaint on August 22, 2011. Rothstein never answered the complaint. Pursuant to Rule 1.500(a), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, it was incumbent upon Epst