Epstein Secrets

BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, Appellant, v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Appellee. FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA CASE NO.: 4D14-2282 L.T. Case No.: 502009CA040800 I ANSWER BRIEF OF APPELLEE JEFFR

as its finding that the litigation privilege was applicable specifically to Edwards's claims for malicious prosecution and abuse of process against Epstein, constituted issues of law. DelMonico, 116 So. 3d at 1211 (stating the determination of whether the litigation privilege extends to the alleged tor

BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, Appellant, v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Appellee. FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APP

ide of the formal judicial process are not protected by the absolute litigation privilege, but rather enjoy a qualified privilege. Id. at 1217. The DelMonico Court's ruling, however, does not limit the Levin and Echevarria rulings. Instead, it is specific to the extremely confined facts in that matter, which wer

RECEIVED, 2/25/2015 3:10 PM, Clerk, Fourth District Court of Appeal BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, Appellant, v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Appellee. / FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA CASE NO.: 4D14-2282 L.T. Case No.: 502009CA040800 ANSWER BRIEF OF APPELLEE JEF

as its finding that the litigation privilege was applicable specifically to Edwards's claims for malicious prosecution and abuse of process against Epstein, constituted issues of law. DelMonico, 116 So. 3d at 1211 (stating the determination of whether the litigation privilege extends to the alleged tor

t of Appeal BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, Appellant, v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Appellee. / FOURTH DISTRICT COURT O

ide of the formal judicial process are not protected by the absolute litigation privilege, but rather enjoy a qualified privilege. Id. at 1217. The DelMonico Court's ruling, however, does not limit the Levin and Echevarria rulings. Instead, it is specific to the extremely confined facts in that matter, which wer

adings and discovery responses, and as conceded by Edwards's counsel at oral argument, the events giving rise to Edwards's purported claims against Epstein occurred solely in the course of, and were related to, the litigation, just as occurred in the Wolfe case, mandating Summary Judgment. Wolfe v. For

ide of the formal judicial process are not protected by the absolute litigation privilege, but rather enjoy a qualified privilege. Id. at 1217. The DelMonico Court's ruling, however, does not limit the Levin and Echevarria rulings. Instead, it is specific to the extremely confined facts in that matter, which wer