Epstein Secrets

ARIE VILLAFAIZIA ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY GERALD LEFCOURT, ESQ. COUNSEL TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN LILLY ANN SANC

ith them. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY Dated: By: Dated: 6/UT'( Dated: Dated: A. MARIE VILLAFAIZIA ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY GERALD LEFCOURT, ESQ. COUNSEL TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN LILLY ANN SANCHEZ, ESQ. ATTORNEY FOR JEFFREY EPSTEIN Page 7 of 7 A10 EFTA00798176 By signing this agreement,

he Court can determine whether Plaintiff "had a reasonable belief, based on facts and circumstances known to him, in the validity of his claim." See Wright v. Yurko, 446 So. 2d 1162, 1166 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984) (defining probable cause) (citing Goldstein v. Sabella, 88 So. 2d 910 (Fla. 1956)). Bifurcatin

ct Deliberative process 6(e) Attorney-Client Privilege ■ 7/13/2007 letter from to with handwritten attorney (Lourie) notes; ■ 6/2 /2 I from Gerald Lefcourt Matt Menchal , and with handwritten attorney • ■ 6/25/2007 email fro to Matt Menchel and entitled "Thoughts on Lefcourt's letter" Handwrit

ttorney (Lourie) notes; ■ 6/2 /2 I from Gerald Lefcourt Matt Menchal , and with handwritten attorney

gh "[s]ome older cases took the position that the work-product immunity applied only to documents prepared in direct relation to the case at bar," 8 Wright, Miller & Marcus, Fed. Prac. & Fed. P. § 2024, p. 518 (3d ed. 2010), more recent cases "have generally found that documents produced in anticipatio

he case has put Ep- stein at risk of more serious charges The FBI now is weighing whether to investigate his alleged contacts with underage girls. Gerald Lefcourt, one of Epstein's high-powered lawyers, said his cli- ent is innocent and that his poly- graph test helps prove it. "There was no sexual contact w

his alleged contacts with underage girls. Gerald Lefcourt, one of Epstein's high-powered lawyers, said his

onflict. lb accept the bait. as the Israelis did in assaulting Leb- anon and as America did in Iraq. is to risk stepping into a trap. As Law- rence Wright says in his new book, The Zooming Tower, the master of this approach is Osama bin Laden: "His strategy was to continually at- tack until the U.S.

ome under attack from Epstein's lawyers and friends in New York, where,he has a home. The New York Post quoted Epstein's prominent New Yor~ lawyer, Gerald Lefcourtr as saying his client was indicted only "becaµse gf the craziness of the police chief." Reiter has declined.to comment on the,case. Prosecµtors· ha

ed differently from others. Once he knew he was the subject of:a criminal probe, Epstein hired a phalanx of powerful attorneys such as Dershowitz and Lefcourt, who is a past president ofthe National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Miami lawyer Roy Black - who became nationally known when he success

ral courts, but more recently, it has faced some appropriate criticism. The rule of abatement is best explained in the Second Circuit case of U.S, v. Wright. In that Wright case, two defendants had pled guilty to embezzlement and tax evasion. Both defendants appealed, but one of the defendants died while

that he register as a sex offender. In a letter drafted. but not sent. to U.S. Attorney Alexander Costa and obtained by Page Six. Epstein's lawyer. Gerald Lefcourt, writes, "Doing so will have a profound impact [on Epstein] both immediately and forever after. Not only will he be restricted to a wholly inapprop

office would not comment for this story.) Epstein had spoken with Manhattan criminal attorney Gerald Lefcourt to review his options. Within days, Lefcourt brought in Palm Beach criminal attorney Jack Goldberger who just happened to know state attorney Krischer before he became a prosecutor. But not on

ig (COMBAT) Williams, Karl (Belle Glade) Williams, Sherry (DOVE) Wilson-Lindsay, K (ATTF/Fel W) Withrow, Noreen (Fell) Woods, Anita (INTAKE) Wright, Nakia (COMBAT) Wyatt, Teresa (DOVE) Vance, Sherry (Juv M) Yeaw, Steven (HOM) Yodbut, Anton (COMBAT) Zacks, Paul (Felony) Zieba, Michelle

As you put it, your group has a "combined 250 years experience" to my fourteen. The agreement itself was signed by Mr. Epstein, Ms. Sanchez, and Mr. Lefcourt, whose experience speaks for itself. You and I spent hours negotiating the terms, including when to use "a" versus "the" and other minutiae. When o

stitutionality or even impropriety. Incendy at 956 (citing United States' Kordel, 397 U.S. I, 11 (1970)). See also Securities and Exchange Comm'nl. Wright, 261 Fed. Appx. 259, 263 (11th Cir. 2008) ("[N]o 'special circumstances' existed in this case warranting a stay, as there is no record evidence sug