Epstein Secrets

y, and, at a minimum, provided the victims with Belohlavek’s contact information. Acosta could have interacted with the State Attorney, or instructed Villafana or others to do so, to ensure the state intended to make notifications in a way that reached the most possible victims and that it had the informatio

ons leading to the agreement: former U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta, and former AUSAs Jeffrey H. Sloman, Matthew I. Menchel, Andrew C. Lourie, and Ann Marie C. Villafana. Each subject submitted written responses detailing their involvement in the federal investigation of Epstein, the drafting and execution of the NPA,

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.that he understands the clarifications to the Non- Prosecution Agreement and agrees to comply with them. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY A. MARIE VILLAFASA ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY Dated: JEFFREY EPSTEIN GERALD LEFCOURT, ESQ. COUNSEL TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN Dated: LILLY ANN'SANCHEZ, BS' ATTORNEY FOR JEFFREY EP

prosecutors, such consultations may be limited to gathering information from victims and conveying only nonsensitive data and public information.”443 Villafaha’s concern about generating potential impeachment evidence by informing victims of their potential to recover monetary damages from Epstein was not un

two prostitution charges,” immunized from prosecution Epstein’s co-conspirators, and concealed from Epstein’s victims the terms of the NPA. Following the Miami Herald’s report, and after receiving a Congressional request to investigate, OPR. initiated an investigation into the allegations that prosecutors in the USAO

sked whether she was concerned that failing to tell victims about the NPA when she was interviewing them would mislead victims, as previously noted, Villafaña told OPR that she believed she and the agents were conducting an investigation because they continued “interviewing witnesses” and “doing all these

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stitution charges,” immunized from prosecution Epstein’s co-conspirators, and concealed from Epstein’s victims the terms of the NPA. Following the Miami Herald’s report, and after receiving a Congressional request to investigate, OPR initiated an investigation into the allegations that prosecutors in the USAO

not yet been secured before prosecutors sealed the sweetheart deal with Epstein.' In response a request for comment on this report, an attorney for Marie Villafafla, the former Assistant U.S. Attorney who led the Department's handling of the matter, commented: "Because the Department of Justice has declined to

any claims of privilege and allow attorney Marie Villafana to disclose any and all relevant testimony to th

nued for more than a year without the release of its findings, various media reports have continued to add to the disturbing picture painted by The Miami Herald's investigation. Yesterday, ABC News reported that "[a] woman whose allegations of childhood sex abuse in New York were central to last year's indictm

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f.)) "the public and the press have a fundamental right of access to all judicial proceedings," however, this right is not absolute. State ex ref. Miami Herald Pub. Co.l. McIntosh, 340 So.2d at 908-9. In Bar- ron, the court took the occasion to establish the standards upon which the presumption of openness may

nail everything down, we just want to get a final blessing.” Negotiations continued throughout the day on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, with Villafaña and Lefkowitz exchanging emails regarding the factual proffer for a plea and the scheduling of a meeting to finalize the plea agreement’s terms. D

nd of another AUSA whom Villafaña was then dating, but had no professional relationship with either Villafaña or the other AUSA. 144 For example, the Miami Herald’s November 2018 investigative report stated that “on the morning of the breakfast meeting, a deal was struck—an extraordinary plea agreement that woul

ppear at the sentencing. “Tve been spending some quality time with Title 18 [the U.S. criminal code] looking for misdemeanors,” the lead prosecutor, A. Marie Villafafia, wrote to Epstein’s lawyers on Sept. 13, 2007, adding that she was trying to find “a factual basis” for one or more non-sex-related crimes to charge

aled — including a detailed criminal complaint — so that “no one . . . could know the full scope of Epstein’s crimes and who else was involved.” Jd. The Miami Herald’s reporting has also had serious political ramifications. As the Miami Herald has reported, “[t]he U.S. attorney in Miami, Alexander Acosta, was person