Epstein Secrets

behalf of the plaintiff C.M.A.. 15 THE COURT: Good morning. 16 MS. EZELL: Good morning, Your Honor. I'm Katherine 17 Ezell from Podhurst Orseck, here with Amy Adderly and Susan 18 Bennett, and I believe my partner, Bob Josefsberg, is going to 19 appear by telephone. 20 THE COURT: Mr

GOLDBERGER: Good morning, Your Honor. Jack 6 Goldberger on behalf of Mr. Epstein. 7 THE COURT: I see we have some representatives from 8 the United States Attorney's Office here. 9 MS. VILLAFANA: Good morning, Your Honor. Ann Marie 10 Villafana for the U.S. Attorney's office. 11 THE COURT: Good morni

knew it. 2 He appears to be having second thoughts now about he 3 could have negotiated this way or he could have negotiated that 4 way with the U.S. Attorney's Office. And they want to impose 5 their second thoughts on the innocent plaintiffs. We don't 6 think that's fair. We think it's in the nature of invited

I CASE NO.: 08-CV-80380-MARRA/JOHNSON I --------------~ JANE DOE NO. 5, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80381-MARRNJOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 West Flagler Street, Suite 800, Miami, FL 33130, Miami 305.358.2800 Fax 305.358.2382 • Fort Lauderdale 954.463.4346 www.podhurst.com Ca

ws: 1. After investigations by the Palm Beach Police Department, the Palm ·Beach State Attorney's Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida (the "USAO"), Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, in June 2008, entered pleas of "guilty" in the Fifteenth Judicial Ci

to serve pro bono as a Special Master for the selection of the attorney-representative. The Special Master selected Robert Josefsberg and his firm, Podhurst Orseck, to serve as the attorney-representative. Under federal law, I have several obligations related to victims, including an obligation to confer with

EFTA00014016 --- PAGE BREAK --- ETHICS COUNSEL FLORIDA BAR SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 PAGE 2 number of young, vulnerable, and unsophisticated victims, the U.S. Attorney's Office also included agreement terms requiring the defendant to pay for the services of an independent attorney-representative, whose services would be of

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HT_013323 --- PAGE BREAK --- minor females that the United States Attorney's Office recognized as a victim. L.M.’s swom deposition te

ay have civil damages claims against Mr. Epstein. The U.S. Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (jointly

aints against Epstein contained less detail about sexual abuse than (as one aml a complaint filed by attorney Robert Josephsberg from the law firm of Podhurst Orseck. See Complaint, Jane Doe 102 v. Epstein (Exhibit “B”). As recounted in detail in this Complaint, Jane Doe 102 was 15 years old when Ghislaine Maxwell

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HT_010570 --- PAGE BREAK --- minor females that the United States Attorney's Office recognized as a victim. L.M.’s swom deposition te

against Epstein contained less detail about sexual abuse than (as one example) a complaint filed by attorney Robert Josephsberg from the law firm of Podhurst Orseck. See Complaint, Jane Doe 102 v. Epstein (Exhibit “B”). As recounted in detail in this Complaint, Jane Doe 102 was 15 years old when Ghislaine Maxwell

. Richard Willits, here on behalf of the plaintiff C.M.A.. THE COURT: Good morning. MS. EZELL: Good morning, Your Honor. I'm Katherine Ezell from Podhurst Orseck, here with Amy Adderly and Susan Bennett, and I believe my partner, Bob Josefsberg, is going to appear by telephone. THE COURT: Mr. Josefsberg, ar

Epstein, or his legal representatives, making statements to the press. And we didn't hear any of those things. So that's what I was expecting that the U.S. Attorney's Office was going to expound on and say, yes, we've made some communications to Epstein. He's violating. What we're hearing right now, today, just so that

stay, which we're all battling here. So I just wanted to indicate to the Court or remind the Court that there have been specific allegations made, the United States Attorney's Office is making these allegations of breach, which we haven't heard any of the evidence of. Thank you. THE COURT: All right. Ms. , did you want to res

I got did not mention that anyone from the FBI bad ever called me before. 35. The letter started off with the sentence: "By virtue of this letter, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida provides you with the following notice because you are an identified victim of a federal offense." That sentenc

er. The letter also mentioned Jack Goldberger, who 1 knew to be Epstein's attorney, which scared me. I first got in touch with the attorneys at the Podhurst Orseck firm. My lawyers filed a lawsuit against Epstein for me, which mentioned that I was abused by Epstein and other powerful people. I was hoping that t