Epstein Secrets

mi until January 2004, when she transferred to the West Palm Beach branch office. Villafaña handled the majority of the 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 initia

She explained to Lourie the basis for her objections to the meeting, but Lourie “vehemently” 24 disagreed with her position. Villafaña and a West Palm Beach AUSA with whom she was consulting about the investigation, and who served for a time as her co-counsel, both recalled meeting with Lourie in his office

Keller, “Police say lawyer tried to discredit teenage girls,” Palm Beach Post, July 29, 2006, citing statement by State Attorney’s Office spokesman Michael Edmondson. 25 Indictment in State v. Epstein, 2006CF9454AXX (July 19, 2006), attached as Exhibit 1 to this Report. 26 In pertinent part, the state indi

ncludes Harvard Law School Pro- fessor Alan Dershowitz (remember • OJ. Simpson?) and Kenneth Starr (remember Monica Lewinsky?). Jack Goldberger of West Palm Beach, who also on the team, told Post columnist Jose Lambiet in November: "This case is absolutely • going to end without a trial within the next two

abel. 'his case," Mr. Goldberger told Lambiet, "is absolutely going to end without atrial within the next two months." State attorney spokes- man Michael Edmondson would not confirm any plea deal. But, he noted: "The state attorney's hands are not tied by there being a single grand jury tharge. That does not

ff Reiter 'these are victims of violent deaths in 2007. • Georgia Mae Graham, 70, was killed and left at a construction site Jan. 14 in downtown West Palm Beach. • Catalina Gutierrez, 51, was beat- en to death with a shopping cart Feb. 3 in Delray Beach for making a move on another man's girlfriend. • Joh

eld then? "There were direct contradictions in testimony and evidence that simply would not support a direct prosecution," state attorney spokesman Michael Edmondson said Friday. "A judge simply would have dismissed the case completely." According to records, deputies said that the two girls, kept apart at the h