Epstein Secrets

0 05/28/2008 09:07 FAX 2026161239 DOJ/ODAC 05 10 :Is MO\ 13:22 1:;\ 1 213 6h0 8500 It I RKLINDLF.I.I.1 5 lip 111006/013 1 Kenneth W. Starr Joe D. Whitley Kirkland & Ellis LLP Alston & Bird LIP May 19, 2008 VIA FACSIMILE (202) 514.0467 CONFIDENTIAL honorable Mark Filip Office of the Deputy Attorn

friend and law school classmate of ms. boyfriend, a fact she assiduously kept hidden from counsel. We also learned from Ms. that she shared with Ocariz the summary of charges the government was considering against Mr. Epstein. Even after your Office conceded that it was inappmpriate for its attorne

l of cuir concerns on this matter. I respectfully request that you consider the issues I discuss below in conjunction with the ethics opinion of Mr. Joe D. Whitley that I faxed to your Office on December 7. liackifroond of Negotiations I believe it is inmortant fur you to he aware of the full scope and substa

that persons close to her would personally profit. Ms. inappropriutely attempted toterinate Bert ()cariz for attorney re despite thi fact that Mr. Ocariz • turns out to be I very good personal friend or Ms. boyfriend. linen she assiduously kept hidden from counsel. We requested alternate c owes im

ll or our concerns on this matter. I respectfully request that you consider the issues I discuss below in conjunction with the ethics opinion of Mr. Joe D. Whitley that 1 fared to your Office on December 7. Background of Negotiations I believe it is important fix you to he aware of the full scope and substanc

. despite the fact that Mr. Oeariz has a longstanding relationship with friend and law school classmate of from counsel. We also learned from Mr. Ocariz turns out to he a very good personal boyfriend. a fact she assiduously kepi hidden that she shared with Ocariz the summary• of charges the governm

er, Nat Dershowitz, Ken Starr, Jay Lefkowitz, Lilly Sanchez, Jack Goldberger, Bruce Lyons, Martin Weinberg, Stephanie Thacker, Guy Lewis, Mike Tein, Joe Whitley and Herb Rosen, have expressed sincere outrage over this wholly unwarranted and duplicative 18-month federal investigation of purely local conduct

osely and personally connected to Ms. Villafana's own live-in boyfriend. Upon learning of this fact, United States Attorney Alex Acosta removed Mr. Ocariz from consideration. Mr. Epstein's attorney, Joe Whitley, a former United States Assistant Attorney General, predicted that the unprecedented incorp

ll of our concerns on this matter. I respectfully request that you consider the issues I discuss below in conjunction with the ethics opinion of Mr. Joe D. Whitley shut 1 faxed to your Office on December 7. Beckerman( of Negotiations I believe it is important 11w you to he aware of tlx: full scope and substan

to settle civil claims. First. she inappropriately attempted to nominate ilumben "Herr Ocariz for attorney representative, despite the fact that Mr. Ocariz has a longstanding relationship with Ms. Villafana. Mr. Ocariz turns out to be a very good personal friend and law school classmate of Ms. Villathn

Letter stating the defense will respond to Acosta letter by 12/10/07, and attaching "the independent ethics opinions of Judge Herbert J. Stern and Joe D. Whitley" EFTA00190108 41 12/11/07 Starr Acosta Cover letter to introduce two separate letters addressing policy concerns 42 12/11/07 Left Acosta L

5 9/27/07 10:52 am Lefk E-mail forwarding questions from Ocariz 6 9/27/07 3:06 pm Lefk E-mail to Lefkowitz responding to his concerns about Ocariz's questions EFTA00190106 7 10/3/07 Lefk E-mail to schedule conference call with 3:15 pm memo regarding attorney representative selection pro

on to Stay Proceedings Pending Jane Doe No. 1 Reaching Age of Majority, Jane Doe No. 1, et aL v. Epstein, 08-80069 (filed by Jane Doe's mother) 38 Joe D. Whitley, Alston & Bird LLP. " Pages appear to be missing from this letter. PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL 8 EFTA00296186 CHRONOLOGY OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S DOC

re: publicity of non-prosecution agreement 101. 9/24/2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement 102. 9/25/2007, 12:11 pm Email from to Lefkowitz re: Mr. Ocariz as representative 103. 9/25/2007, 8:36 pm Email from to Lefkowitz re: options for representative 104. 9/26/2007, 11:01 am Emails between an

not considered by CEOS which were recently raised in correspondence by two former high-ranking members of the Department of Justice - Ken Stan and Joe Whitley. On May 28,2008, I notified Mr. Lefkowitz by e-mail that the SDFL has postponed the June 2, 2008 deadline until the DAG's Office has completed its r

represented parties who must be contacted only through their counsel. Your concerns regarding the § 2255 litigation are unfounded. As you know, Mr. Ocariz had been told that he would be the attorney representative for the victims. As a matter of professional courtesy, he was informed that the Office d