Epstein Secrets

e Southern District of Florida. The state court case is Epstein v. Rothstein et al., case number 50-2009CA04800)COCX MB AG, in the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. —Additional reporting by Carolina Bolado. Editing by Jill Coffey. View comments 0 Comments Add Comment • Add to Briefcase • Printa

stein never even knew Fowler White had the disc until we found it." Counsel for three victims — identified as L.M., E.W. and Jane Doe — asked Judge Hafele to order Fowler White to explain its handling of the confidential documents, but he said he lacked the authority to do so since the firm had withdr

d the materials from Fowler White's files. According to the motion, during a March 8 hearing on the privileged communications, State Circuit Judge Donald W. Hafele said, "The critical question, though, is why did Fowler White have these documents, why were they continued to be held, and was it in violation eith

ein. I am the Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant in the action styled Epstein v. Rothstein, Edwards, and L.M., No. 2009CA040800XXXXMBAG pending before the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida (the "state court proceeding"). 2. The law firm of Fowler White Burnett, P.A. ("Fowler White"), represented

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 I think that's a legitimate question, pursuant to both -- well, pursuant to Judge Hafele's order, not pursuant to the bankruptcy order. But your question hasn't been tailored that way. MR. SCAROLA: And that's because that's not the q

ourt matter. MR. SCAROLA: We are. MR. LINK: I may have misunderstood, because this is a bankruptcy declaration. And there isn't anything in Judge Hafele's order that talks about bankruptcy testimony or spoke that you can inquire about. Obviously, by signing this, he has adopted every statement in

ey denied “possession and/or control of documents.” The clerk admitted it “[was] in possession and/or control of documents.” The Chief Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit heard the motions to dismiss. The Chief Judge stated: “I don’t think anybody is saying that there isn’t a cause of action [under section 905.27] o

unty, Florida, Appellees. No. 4D22-293 [May 10, 2023] Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Donald W. Hafele, Judge; L.T. Case No. 50-2019-CA- 014681-XXXX-MB. Stephen A. Mendelsohn of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Brigid F. Cech Samole of Gre

s courts “want his [non-prosecution] agreement [NPA] with federal prosecutors unsealed” and were moving to unseal the agreement in Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, and that “Epstein now faces at least a dozen civil lawsuits in federal and state courts filed by young women who said they had sex with him and no

at they suffered psychological ills after being paid to give him sexually-charged massages at his Palm Beach mansion when they were as young as 14. Hafele told Epstein's attorneys they couldn't go on a fishing expedition. The medical records, he said, can't be sought until the women are asked whether t

180891 49 1 2 CERTIFICATE 3 4 THE STATE OF FLORIDA, 5 COUNTY OF PALM BEACH. 6 I, SUSAN S. WIGGINS, R.P.R. Official 7 Court Reporter for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 8 Criminal Division, in and for Palm Beach County, 9 Florida; do hereby certify that I was authorized 10 to and did report the foregoing proce

25 them, if you want to get them, go to that SUSAN S. WIGGINS. R.P.R. and OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00180906 14 1 case, that would be Judge Hafele or two of 2 Mr. Edwards' cases are where is Mr. Kuvin's 3 case is or Judge Marra, where Mr. Edwards' 4 case is. Judge Marra can certainly contr

231395 49 1 2 CERTIFICATE 3 4 THE STATE OF FLORIDA, 5 COUNTY OF PALM BEACH. 6 I, SUSAN S. WIGGINS, R.P.R. Official 7 Court Reporter for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 8 Criminal Division, in and for Palm Beach County, 9 Florida; do hereby certify that I was authorized 10 to and did report the foregoing proce

25 them, if you want to get them, go to that SUSAN S. WIGGINS. R.P.R. and OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231410 14 1 case, that would be Judge Hafele or two of 2 Mr. Edwards' cases are where is Mr. Kuvin's 3 case is or Judge Marra, where Mr. Edwards' 4 case is. Judge Marra can certainly contr

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 June 2009. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 CERTIFICATE I, SUSAN S. WIGGINS, R.P.R., Official Court Reporter for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Criminal Division, in and for Palm Beach County, Florida; do hereby certify that I was authorized to and did report the foregoing proceedings bef

25 them, if you want to get them, go to that SUSAN S. WIGGINS. R.P.R. and OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232530 14 1 case, that would be Judge Hafele or two of 2 Mr. Edwards' cases are where is Mr. Kuvin's 3 case is or Judge Marra, where Mr. Edwards' 4 case is. Judge Marra can certainly contr

Suite 1500 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 EFTA00233744 Document Tab Transcript of June 10, 2009 hearing 1 Administrative Order No. 2.303-9/08 Of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit 2 Administrative Order no. 2.032-10/06 Of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit 3 John Doe I. Museum of Science and History of Jacksonville, Case

specific tangible need arises in a civil case the relief should be sought in that case.' In other words, the Civil cases which are in front of Judge Hafele is one forum that Judge Marra said go to it. Judge Marra did not say that this Court does not have Jurisdiction to unseal its own sealed records or