Epstein Secrets

3, 4 & 7). 3 EFTA00725412 privilege protecting journalists' confidential sources but also a privilege that extends to nonconfidential materials. Gonzales v. Nat'l Broad. Co., Inc., 194 F.3d 29, 33 (2d Cir. 1999) ("Gonzales III") .2 In the present case, Mr. Rush's source -- Mr. Epstein -- is not confi

e counsel a copy of the interview recording. (Id. 1 8.) Mr. Rush subsequently corrected the date of the interview to "prior to October 22, 2009." (Rush Supp. Aff., Apr. 30, 2010 [Carroll Reply Decl., May 3, 2010, Ex. C) 1 2.) At the outset of the interview, Mr Epstein said that it was off-the-record, a

3, 4 & 7). 3 EFTA00726066 privilege protecting journalists' confidential sources but also a privilege that extends to nonconfidential materials. Gonzales v. Nat'l Broad. Co., Inc., 194 F.3d 29, 33 (2d Cir. 1999) ("Gonzales III") .2 In the present case, Mr. Rush's source -- Mr. Epstein -- is not confi

e counsel a copy of the interview recording. (Id. 1 8.) Mr. Rush subsequently corrected the date of the interview to "prior to October 22, 2009." (Rush Supp. Aff., Apr. 30, 2010 [Carroll Reply Decl., May 3, 2010, Ex. C) 1 2.) At the outset of the interview, Mr Epstein said that it was off-the-record, a

3, 4 & 7). 3 EFTA00728463 privilege protecting journalists' confidential sources but also a privilege that extends to nonconfidential materials. Gonzales v. Nat'l Broad. Co., Inc., 194 F.3d 29, 33 (2d Cir. 1999) ("Gonzales III").2 In the present case, Mr. Rush's source -- Mr. Epstein -- is not confid

e counsel a copy of the interview recording. (Id. I 8.) Mr. Rush subsequently corrected the date of the interview to "prior to October 22, 2009." (Rush Supp. Aff., Apr. 30, 2010 [Carroll Reply Decl., May 3, 2010, Ex. C] I 2.) At the outset of the interview, Mr Epstein said that it was off-the-record, a

herefore fell within the federal qualified privilege that governs non-confidential news material in the Second Circuit. Dist. Ct. Op. at 4 (quoting Gonzales v. NBC, 194 F.3d 29, 36 (2d Cir. 1999)). Applying the federal qualified privilege standard (which is significantly less demanding than the more rigo

on a digital recording device. Id. During the interview, Epstein made no material admissions regarding the young women suing him for sexual abuse. Rush Supp. Aff. ¶¶ 4-5. So too, because the interview took place months before Epstein filed the Ponzi Scheme Action (and before Rothstein was even publicly