Epstein Secrets

19 THE COURT: Okay. 20 MR. SCAROLA: Your Honor may recall that the /I law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt & Adler imploded as a 22 consequence of Scott Rothstein's involvement in a massive 23 Ponzi scheme. 24 That firm became the subject of bankruptcy 25 proceedings. A special master was appointed. The speci

robably very obvious to the Court. 16 Mr. Scarola suggested that upon the bankruptcy the Special 17 Master took possession of all of the records of Rothstein. 18 Of course what he meant by that was the bankruptcy 19 trustee. 20 MR. SCAROLA: Yes, I'm sorry, the Special 21 Master had them as an agent of

he In Re: McClean case, 2 Courts have held, and we've cited them in 2 and countless other 11th Circuit cases, and lower court 3 our motion, that Bankruptcy Courts don't have the inherent 3 cases, that's seeking criminal contempt sanctions, which 4 power to find criminal contempt. 4 I've already discussed

for the Court. THE COURT: Okay. MR. SCAROLA: Your Honor may recall that the law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt & Adler imploded as a consequence of Scott Rothstein's involvement in a massive Ponzi scheme. That firm became the subject of bankruptcy proceedings. A special master was appointed. The special OUELLE

m is probably very obvious to the Court. Mr. Scarola suggested that upon the bankruptcy the Special Master took possession of all of the records of Rothstein. Of course what he meant by that was the bankruptcy trustee. MR. SCAROLA: Yes, I'm sorry, the Special Master had them as an agent of the bankrupt

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 29 provisions of Title 11. Courts have held, and we've cited them in our motion, that Bankruptcy Courts don't have the inherent power to find criminal contempt. Now based on the facts that I just laid out, I don't think there could ever be a basis fo

and other documents in the Trustee's possession, respecting the subject matter of the subpoena previously served upon the Trustee related to L.M., Scott Rothstein, Brad Edwards and Jeffrey Epstein. . . Contemporaneous with the service and filing of the privilege log, Fanner Jaffe shall provide to a reputable

RICT OF FLORIDA Fort Lauderdale Division In re ROTHSTEIN ROSENFELDT ADLER, P.A. Debtor. Chapter 11 Case

ontempt powers only to Article III judges and that magistrates are not empowered to try criminal proceedings. As a result, the court concluded that Bankruptcy Courts do not have the inherent power to consider criminal contempt sanctions. See also In re Lickman, 288 B.R. 291, 292-93 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2003)(as Art