Epstein Secrets

lenging both the sufficiency of the evidence and the federal interest in the case. At this point, Epstein sought review from Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip (Exhibit B- 33), and he hired Joe Whitley to join his defense team. I was informed that Epstein's deadline to enter his guilty plea would be extende

the victims that they had the absolute right to select another attorney if they so desired, were not inappropriate solicitations and did not violate the Florida Bar Rules. The attorney who filed the complaint, Jeff Herman, later resigned from the Florida Bar due to disciplinary action taken against him. Page 11 of 5

B-37 5/19/2008 Lefkowitz Sloman Letter setting June 2, 2008 deadline to comply with terms and conditions of the NPA B-32 5/27/2008 Honorable Mark Filip, DAG Kenneth Starr Request for independent review of Epstein matter B-33 5/27/2008 Emails between A. Marie Villafana and Karen Atkinson regarding

the victims that they had the absolute right to select another attorney if they so desired, were not inappropriate solicitations and did not violate the Florida Bar Rules. The attorney who filed the complaint, Jeff Herman, later resigned from the Florida Bar due to disciplinary action taken against him. Page 11 of 5

notification letter and agree that the 323 In his June 3, 2008 letter to Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip, Sloman wrote, “Acosta again consulted with DAAG Mandelker who advised him to make the following proposal [to defer notification to the State Attorn

advise them that an attorney will be contacting them regarding possible claims against Mr. Epstein. If we don’t do that, it may be a violation of the Florida Bar Rules for the selected attorney to ‘cold call’ the girls. As discussed in greater detail in Chapter Two, on October 23, 2007, Lefkowitz sent Acosta a