Epstein Secrets

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dall and Richards for the health and well-being of Ms. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY By: cc: Jack Goldberger, Esq. ...•••••••• . MARIE VELLAFARA ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY EFTA00225549 U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Ave.,

self and Special Agents Kuyrkendall and Richards for the health and well-being of Ms. Garcia. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY By: C/ "Z. A. MARIE VILLAFANA ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY cc: Jack Goldberger, Esq. EFTA00225552 U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida

egards of m self and Special Agents Kuyrkendall and Richards for the health and well-being of Ms. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY By: A. MARIE V1LLAFAN- A ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY cc: Jack Goldberger, Esq. EFTA00225555 U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney' Southern District of Flor

borhood prosecutors. In January 2004, AUSA Villafafia transferred to the West Palm Beach Office. In 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice initiated Project Safe Childhood, and, in recognition of her expertise in child exploitation matters, AUSA Villafalia became the Southern District of Florida's first Project Safe C

Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Sloman. Jeff (USAFLS) Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 5:26 PM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS); Acosta, Alex (U

Information 9/18/2007 Garcia, Villafaiia Lourie Email stating new terms that Louric negotiated with Lefkowitz 9/19/2007 A. Laurie, R. Garcia, K. A. Marie Villafana Email re negotiating strategy with attached correspondence l6 9/19/2007 A. A. Marie Villafaiia A. Laurie Email re Epstein with internal U.S.

urt re subpoena to NES, LLC and Jute 26, 2007 meeting 54 5/21/2007 Email regarding guidance on grand jury presentation 55 12/3/2007 Entails from Marie VillafaLfia to Alex Acosta regarding research on proposed trust fund. 56 3/22/2007 Entails between Marie Villafafia and IRS supervisor regarding money launde

2d 1181, 711 So.2d 1290) 12/14/2007 Draft letter to Krischer from Acosta regarding Epstein filing as sex offender 69 12/14/2007 Acosta; Sloman Villafan-a Email regarding Fl. Stat. 796.03 (procuring minors for prostitution) and 18 U.S.C. 2255 74 12/17/2007 Acosta Lefkowitz Email responding to i

g correspondence from Sanchez regarding Special Master Process 10/9/2007 illy Ann LS anchez Villafafia Email - 1 page with two page letter from Villafaha to Sanchez attached Privileged Confidential Page 21 of 51 Contains 6(e) Material EFTA00225448 EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION TIMELINE Date To From R

Epstein may have been involved in the manufacture and/or possession of child pornography. Eradication of child pornography was a particular focus of Project Safe Childhood; its production and storage on computer equipment involved the use of items produced in interstate and foreign commerce; and child pornography was

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

legations, and every fact described therein should be treated as an allegation. i Attachment(s): Download U.S, v Jeffrey Epstein Indictment Topic(s): Project Safe Childhood Component(s): USAO - New York. Southern Press Release Number: 19-211 i Updated July 9, 2019 CA/Aronberg-0009.18 FILED: PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL, JOSEPH

es should be brought to bear.”75 While the defense was reiterating its objections to the federal investigation, CEOS expressed its endorsement of Villafaña’s legal analysis and proposed charges. On July 18, 2007, CEOS Chief Oosterbaan emailed Sloman, Menchel, and Lourie, stating that he had read Villa

Investigation ............................................20 5. October 2006 – February 2007: Epstein’s Defense Counsel Initiate Contact with Villafaña, Lourie, and Sloman, and Press for a Meeting ....................................................................................22 6. February

Federal Investigation Is Initiated, and the USAO Opens a Case File In early 2006, a West Palm Beach FBI Special Agent who worked closely with AUSA Ann Marie Villafaña on child exploitation cases—and who is referred to in this Report as “the case agent”—mentioned to Villafaña in “casual conversations” having learne

he 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 initiative focusing on child sexual exploitation and abuse.2 In 2006, Villafaña assumed responsibility for the Epstein investig

Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:26 AM To: Valle, Alicia (USAFLS) Subject:

to me about putting together a training program for attorneys regularly appointed as guardians ad litem to introduce them to the federal system. A. Marie Villafaria Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, Florida Phone 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 ann.marie.c.villafana@usd

C. (USAFLS) From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:26 AM To: Valle, Alicia (USAFLS) Subject: RE: PSAs on Project Safe Childhood Tracking: Recipient Valle, Alicia (USAFLS) Read Read: 11/16/2006 10:27 AM Thanks, Alicia. No one has approached me about PSAs, but a local atto

Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:30 AM To: Valle, Alicia (USAFLS) Subject:

(USAFLS) Read Read: 11/16/2006 10:33 AM I think this e-mail is telling us that the Attorney General wants to handle them all, don't you think? A. Marie Villafaria Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, Florida Phone 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 ann.marie.c.villafana@usd

C. (USAFLS) From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:30 AM To: Valle, Alicia (USAFLS) Subject: RE: PSAs on Project Safe Childhood Tracking: Recipient Valle, Alicia (USAFLS) Read Read: 11/16/2006 10:33 AM I think this e-mail is telling us that the Attorney General wants to

l free. I hope that you have a nice weekend. Assistant U.S. Attorne Original Messa e From: (USAFLS) Sent: Thursday, Jul 05, 2007 3:30 PM To: Villafana, Ann C. (USAFLS); Sloman, M(USAFLS) Cc: Lourie, Andrew (USAFLS) Subject: RE: Epstein Both the tone and substance of your email are totally inappr

pleas are appropriate and consistent with the Ashcroft memo and the USAM -- not you. As for your statement that my concerns about this case hurting Project Safe Childhood are unfounded, I made it clear to you that those concerns were voiced by the US Attorney. Whether or not you are correct, matters of policy are alw

To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Cc: Lourie, Andrew (USAFLS) Subject: FW: PSAs on Project Safe Childhood Importance: High Morning, Marie FYI -- February p

To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Cc: Lourie, Andrew (USAFLS) Subject: FW: PSAs on Project Safe Childhood Importance: High Morning, Marie FYI -- February project on Project Safe Childhood. Let's stay in touch on this. aov Original Message From: Acost

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

ta’s and Sloman’s “concerns about taking this case because of [the P]etit policy and a number of legal issues” and Acosta’s concerns about “hurting Project Safe Childhood.” Defense counsel raised myriad legal and factual challenges in their voluminous letters to the USAO. Defense submissions attacked the legal theo