Epstein Secrets

the Non- Prosecution Agreement and agrees to comply with them. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY Dated: Dated: /44 Dated: Dated: EY: A. MARIE VILLAPANA ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY GERALD LEFCOURT, ESQ. COUNSEL TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN LILLY ANN SANCHEZ, ESQ. ATTORNEY FOR JEFFREY EPSTEIN EFTA00076095 Ca

confer with Petitioners, see, e.g., July 11, 2008 Hr'g Tr. at 13 ("I will always confer, sit down with Jane Doe 1 and 2, with the two agents and Ms. Villafana. We'll be happy to sit down with them."). Indeed, on December 10, 2010, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, accompanie

y Florida Bar No. 877875 99 N.E. 4th Street Miami, Florida 33132 Tel: (305) 961-9057; Fax: (305) 536-4676 Email: [email protected] A. Marie Villafatia Assistant United States Attorney Florida Bar No. 0018255 500 S. Australian Avenue, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Tel: (561) 820-8711; Fax:

ited States v. Jessup, 757 F.2d 378, 384 (1st Cir.1985)). "The quantum of evidence required to rebut the presumption is not high." United States v. Thompson, No. 16-CR-00019, 2018 WL 447331, at *2 (M.D. Pa. Jan. 17, 2018) (citation omitted). "Any evidence favorable to a defendant that comes within a cat

AL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 02/08/2008 On Thursday, January 31, 2008, COURTNEY WILD met with Assistant United States Attorney MARIE VILLAFANA, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE (USAO) and Attorney MYESHA K. BRADEN, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF(JUSTICE(DOJ), CRIMINAL DIVISION. Also present a

met with Assistant United States Attorney MARIE VILLAFANA, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE (USAO) and Atto

confession, he recalled an incident at a local bar involving a physical alterca- tion in which his mother was the aggressor. The government called Thompson, the bartender at the local bar, to show that Fell had not given a truthful account of the al- tercation to the authorities investigating King's m

bartender at the local bar, to show that Fell had not given a truthful account of the al- tercation to the authorities investigating King's murder. Thompson testified that Fell aggressively struck his mother inside the bar and then assaulted her once they were outside of the bar. Thompson stated that

undering Question Page 2 of 2 I suspect that this is not what you were hoping to hear, but that's how we see it. Good luck with this, Stef From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) [mailto:Ann.Marie.C.Villafana@usdoj.gov] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:50 PM To: Cassella, Stefan Subject: A Money Laun

empt to conceal the transactions, but I haven't found any cases that involve purely promotional money laundering. Can you help? Thank you so much. A. Marie Villafaiia Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Ste 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561 820-8711 Fax 561 820-8777 [email protected]

.1982) (Acts which are them- selves legal lase their legal character when they become elements of an unlawful scheme.) Tobon claims, however, that Thompson is inapposite because the defendant there was a bank official who had a legal duty to disclose a currency transaction exceeding $10,000. Tobon su

re than a scheme to prevent the financial institutions from fulfilling their legal duty to file reports for these transactions. In United States' Thompson, 603 F.2d 1200 (5th Cir.1979) that court adopted a sensible, substance-over-form approach in dealing with schemes to circumvent finan- cial instit

the Non- Prosecution Agreement and agrees to comply with them. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY Dated: Dated: /44 Dated: Dated: EY: A. MARIE VILLAPANA ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY GERALD LEFCOURT, ESQ. COUNSEL TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN LILLY ANN SANCHEZ, ESQ. ATTORNEY FOR JEFFREY EPSTEIN EFTA00095898 Ca

confer with Petitioners, see, e.g., July 11, 2008 Hr'g Tr. at 13 ("I will always confer, sit down with Jane Doe 1 and 2, with the two agents and Ms. Villafana. We'll be happy to sit down with them."). Indeed, on December 10, 2010, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, accompanie

ited States v. Jessup, 757 F.2d 378, 384 (1st Cir.1985)). "The quantum of evidence required to rebut the presumption is not high." United States v. Thompson, No. 16-CR-00019, 2018 WL 447331, at *2 (M.D. Pa. Jan. 17, 2018) (citation omitted). "Any evidence favorable to a defendant that comes within a cat

ovision expanded as [USAO-SDFL prosecutor Maria] Villafana and defense counsel exchanged drafts of, first,

edged that investigators were aware of Epstein's longtime relationship with a close female friend who was a well- known socialite, but, according to Villafaha, in 2007, they "didn't have any specific evidence against her." Accordingly, Villafaila believed that the only "co-conspirators" of Epstein who wou

71) 139, 141, 145 United States v. Tanu, 589 F.2d 82 (2d Cir. 1978) 53 United States v. Thai, 29 F.3d 785 (2d Cir. 1994) 165 United States v. Thompson, 13 Cr. 378 (AJN), 2013 WL 6246489 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 3, 2013) 182, 189, 192 United States v. Thompson, 896 F.3d 155 (2d Cir. 2018) 156 United Stat

Jury Matter. Pursuant to the Order regarding the disclosure of Grand Jury Information, a copy was not served upon the proposed intervenors. O, -O— Marie Villafatta Assistant United States Attorney SERVICE LIST Jane Does I and 2 v. United States, Case No. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON United States District Cou

an immunity agreement, we look to the terms of the agreement itself, determined by applying common law contractual principles."); United States v. Thompson, 25 F.3d 1558, 1562 (11th Cir. 1994) ("In determining the extent of immunity afforded a defendant under an immunity agreement, a court should apply

ment, the defendant asks the Court to order discovery and conduct a hearing. In short, 10 The OPR Report further reflects that in OPR's interview of Villafana, she reported that she did not have anyone in mind aside from the four individuals named in the "co-conspirator" provision: "Villafaiia told OPR th

1971) 207,211,217 United States v. Tanu, 589 F.2d 82 (2d Cir. 1978) 79 United States v. Thai, 29 F.3d 785 (2d Cir. 1994) 252 United States v. Thompson, 13 Cr. 378 (AJN), 2013 WL 6246489 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 3,2013) 281,284 United States v. Thompson, 896 F.3d 155 (2d Cir. 2018) 236 United States v. T

f Grand Jury Matter. Pursuant to the Order regarding the disclosure of Grand Jury Information, a copy was not served upon the proposed intervenors. Marie Villafafta Assistant United States Attorney SERVICE LIST Jane Does I and 2 v. United States, Case No. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON United States District Cou

an immunity agreement, we look to the terms of the agreement itself, determined by applying common law contractual principles."); United States v. Thompson, 25 F.3d 1558, 1562 (11th Cir. 1994) ("In determining the extent of immunity afforded a defendant under an immunity agreement, a court should apply

edged that investigators were aware of Epstein's longtime relationship with a close female friend who was a well- known socialite, but, according to Villafana, in 2007, they "didn't have any specific evidence against her." Accordingly, Villafaila believed that the only "co-conspirators" of Epstein who wou

71) 207, 211, 217 United States v. Tanu, 589 F.2d 82 (2d Cir. 1978) 79 United States v. Thai, 29 F.3d 785 (2d Cir. 1994) 252 United States v. Thompson, 13 Cr. 378 (AJN), 2013 WL 6246489 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 3, 2013) 281, 284 United States v. Thompson, 896 F.3d 155 (2d Cir. 2018) 236 United States v.