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are catalogued on the meeting timeline (Exhibit 5). I believe there was one other meeting soon after Epstein entered his guilty plea, when I went to Jack Goldberger's office and met with him and Mike Tein (Guy Lewis' law partner) about the victim list. Other than that, I do not recall any in-person meetings. I ha

away. Individual #28 contacted Epstein when she received the letter and subpoena; Epstein put her in touch with his attorney, Jack Goldberger; and Goldberger had his friend, Jim Eisenberg, serve as Individual #28's lawyer while Epstein paid Eisenberg's fees. Individual #28 later told Brad Edwards that som

id that he had been threatened with being sued if he didn't allow Epstein to participate (id.) I reviewed my emails and notes of conversations with Black, Goldberger, and other defense counsel about Epstein being incarcerated for the full 18 months (except for credit for "gain time"). Criminal Chief advised me t

Epstein may have been involved in the manufacture and/or possession of child pornography. Eradication of child pornography was I particular focus of Project Safe Childhood; its production and storage on computer equipment involved the use of items produced in interstate and foreign commerce; and child pornc ty was of

ards' clients, Individuals 35 and 43 (Exhibit B-66). Whenever I sent a victim notification letter, a redacted version of the letter also was sent to Jack Goldberger, counsel for Jeffrey Epstein. I was not authorized to send a victim notification letter to Individual # 28 or to include her on the list of persons

the document (id.). After conferring with an AUSA who had previously worked at the Palm Beach County SAO, and with FAUSA Sloman, I informed Messrs. Goldberger and Black that the agreement was insufficient because it did not specify that the defendant was supposed to serve his sentence in a custodial settin

aid that he had been threatened with being sued if he didn't allow Epstein to participate (id) I reviewed my emails and notes of conversations with Black, Goldberger, and other defense counsel about Epstein being incarcerated for the MI 18 months (except for credit for "gain time"). Criminal Chief Senior advised

borhood prosecutors. In January 2004, AUSA Villafafia transferred to the West Palm Beach Office. In 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice initiated Project Safe Childhood, and, in recognition of her expertise in child exploitation matters, AUSA Villafalia became the Southern District of Florida's first Project Safe C

e in confinement "24-hours-a-day" 79 6/28/2008 Emails between A. M. Villafalia, J. Sloman, A. Acosta, and IL Senior regarding correspondence with J. Goldberger and proposed change to state plea agreement 77 6/29/2008 \ 'illafafia Kuyrkendall Email regarding work release 80 Privileged Confidential Pa

are catalogued on the meeting timeline (Exhibit 5). I believe there was one other meeting soon after Epstein entered his guilty plea, when I went to Jack Goldberger's office and met with him and Mike Tein (Guy Lewis' law partner) about the victim list. Other than that, I do not recall any in-person meetings. I ha

Epstein may have been involved in the manufacture and/or possession of child pornography. Eradication of child pornography was a particular focus of Project Safe Childhood; its production and storage on computer equipment involved the use of items produced in interstate and foreign commerce; and child pornography was

court because we’re going to destroy those girls.” According to Krischer, Dershowitz so “tainted the waters” that Epstein also hired local attorney Jack Goldberger, with whom Krischer had “a working relationship.” Because the husband of the Assistant State Attorney was Goldberger’s law partner, Belohlavek recu

st Palm Beach criminal defense attorney whose law partner was married to the Assistant State Attorney handling the Epstein case; once Epstein hired Goldberger, the Assistant State Attorney was removed from the Epstein case on the basis of that conflict of interest. Another prominent attorney who began re

he child exploitation cases in West Palm Beach, along with other criminal matters. In 2006, she was designated as the USAO’s first coordinator for Project Safe Childhood, a new Department initiative focusing on child sexual exploitation and abuse.2 In 2006, Villafaña assumed responsibility for the Epstein investig

tein had not agreed to any date. Finally, after multiple communications referring to various potential dates, on December 7, 2007, Epstein attorney Jack Goldberger issued a Notice of Hearing, setting the case for January 4, 2008.150 E. Epstein Seeks Departmental Review of the NPA’s § 2255 Provision Relating t

e change of plea hearing had been postponed. In an email reporting this to Acosta and Villafaña, Sloman said that Epstein’s local defense attorney Goldberger had told Belohlavek the postponement was because the facts “did not fit the proposed state charge,” and that Belohlavek told Sloman she agreed with

ta’s and Sloman’s “concerns about taking this case because of [the P]etit policy and a number of legal issues” and Acosta’s concerns about “hurting Project Safe Childhood.” Defense counsel raised myriad legal and factual challenges in their voluminous letters to the USAO. Defense submissions attacked the legal theo

. BURMAN. CRITTON,EUTT1ER & COLEMAN. LLP. 3 515'North‘Flagler Drive, Suite 400 VVest Palm Beach,- Florida 33401 .4 5 JACK GOLDBERGER,:ESQ. ATTENBURY. GOLDBERGER. RICHARDSON & WEISS, P:A. 6 250 South Australian Avenue, Suite 1400 West Palm Beach'. Florida 33401 7 8 APPEARING ON BEHALF OF WITNESS: 9 JOANNE O'CO

6 Weiss on my cellular telephone. ASA Weiss advised 7 she has been taken:off the Jeffrey Epstein case 8 because her husband is employed with Attorney Jack 9 Goldberger. Do you see that? 10 A Yes. 11 MR. CRITTON: Is there a date there, 12 Spencer, ofreference? 1.3 MR. KUVIN: Yes, May 3rd, 2006. 14 MR. CRITTON: Thank

legations, and every fact described therein should be treated as an allegation. i Attachment(s): Download U.S, v Jeffrey Epstein Indictment Topic(s): Project Safe Childhood Component(s): USAO - New York. Southern Press Release Number: 19-211 i Updated July 9, 2019 CA/Aronberg-0009.18 FILED: PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL, JOSEPH