Epstein Secrets

etitioner. FILED by D.0 JUL 0 9 2008 STEVEN M. tA.RIMORE C LERK U.S. DIST. CT. S O. OF FLA. • MM. DECLARATION OF A. VILLAFASIA IN SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES' RESPONSE TO yinints EMERGENCY PETITION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CRIME VICTIM RIGHTS ACT. IS U.S.C. § 3771 1. I. A. Villafafta, do hereby declare that

mate, including but not limited to, eligibility for gain time credit based on standard rules and regulations that apply in the State of Florida. At the United States' request, Epstein agrees to provide an accounting of the gain time he earned during his period of incarceration. 13. The parties anticipate that t

solved by the non-prosecution agreement entered into by Epstein and the U.S. Attorney's Office in September 2007. 88. In mid-June 2008, I contacted AUSA Villafafla to inform her that I represented Jane Doe No. I and, later, Jane Doe No. 2. I asked to meet to provide information about the federal crimes committ

ified victims in connection with the criminal investigation. Pro bono counsel was able to assist Jane Doe No. I in avoiding the improper deposition. AUSA Villafafla secured pro bono counsel by contacting Meg Garvin, Esq. of the the National Crime Victims' Law Center in Portland, Oregon, which is based in the Le

ef 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO.: 08-80736-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON JANE DOE #1 AND JANE DOE #2, Petitioners, I. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. VICTIMS' RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT'S "NOTICE TO COURT REGARDING ABSENCE OF NEED FOR EVIDENTIARY HEARING" AND MOTION FOR PRODUCTION OF N

ed to meet to provide information about the federal crimes committed by Epstein, hoping to secure a significant federal indictment against Epstein. AUSA Villafafla and Mr. Edwards discussed the possibility of federal charges being filed. At the end of the call, AUSA Villafafla asked Mr. Edwards to send any inf

0ame93018faMECITZIEW0MI Clitaaurrenit3M-9EhteeteardgrEJELBMIS981017M3308016agefflgefatM 17 assist Jane Doe #1 in avoiding the improper deposition. AUSA Villafafla secured pro bono counsel by contacting Meg Garvin, Esq. of the National Crime Victims' Law Institute in Portland, Oregon, which is based in the Lew

the planned indictment, the identified victims would have been eligible for restitution Ilk damages under Section 2255. As explained above, one of the United States' interests, which had to be satisfied by the Non-Prosecution Agreement, was providing appropriate compensation to the victims. This provision of the

ion 2255 provision issue was first discussed at a July 31, 2007, meeting between FAUSA Sloman, Criminal Chief Menchel, West Palm Beach Chief Lourie, AUSA Villafafla, and two FBI agents who met with Roy Black, Gerald Lefcourt, and Lilly Ann Sanchez. On that date, the prosecutors presented a written, four-bullet-

following language regarding the 2255 provision: "Any person, who while a minor, was a victim of a violation of an offense enumerated in Title 18, United States Code, § 2255, will have the same rights to proceed under § 2255 as she would have had, if Mr. Epstein been tried federally and convicted of an enume

Attorney Acosta, Criminal Division Chiefs Menchel and, later Robert Senior, Deputy Criminal Division Chiefs Lourie, followed by Rolando Garcia, and AUSA Villafafla have somehow steered this investigation toward "an unprecedented extension of federal law"despite being simultaneously and/or subsequently reviewed