Epstein Secrets

he evidence. EFTA00605401 KIRKLAND &ELLIS LLP Honorable R. Alexander Acosta December 17, 2007 Page 18 Kenneth W. Starr Jay P. Lefkowitz cc: Jeffrey H. Sloman, First Assistant U.S. Attorney EFTA00605402

e. Although she has refused to disclose such evidence despite our repeated requests, we continued to proceed in good faith. We were then informed by Lana Belohlavek that solicitation of a minor is not a registerable offense, and we promptly made that known to Ms. Villafana. With the evidence at hand, it is clea

d as a sex offender and objected to any sentence short of incarceration. The Assistant State Attorney in charge of the sex-crimes unit reported Mr. Sloman's conduct during the proceedings as "outrageous." The defendant's attorney described Mr. being "out of control." Shortly after, Mr. began publicl

. As established above. the State's charging decision. of one wow of the solicitation of prostitution. MIS hardly irrational or irregular. Indeed, Lana Belohlavek. a Florida sex prosecutor for 13 years. concluded that the women in question were prostitutes and that "there arc no victims here." there was no ev

our client to agree to unconscionable contract terms cannot square with the true facts of this case. As explained in letters from Messrs. Acosta and Sloman, the indictment was postponed for more than five months to allow you and Mr. Epstein's other attorneys to make presentations to the Office to convi

As established above. the State's charging decision. of one count of the solicitation of prostitution, was hardly irrational or irreµular. Indeed. Lana Belohlavek. a Florida sex prosecutor for 13 years. concluded that the women in question were prostitutes and that "there arc no victims here.- There was no e

t responds to CEOS’s assessment of its limited review of Mr. Epstein’s case; and a point-by- point rebuttal to First Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey Sloman’s recent letter which we believe contains factual inaccuracies typical of our correspondence from the United States Attorney’s Office in Miami (the “

not its perceived role. But, CEOS should recognize that at least one prosecutor in this case — the Chief of the SAO Sex Crimes Division has done so. Lana Belohlavek not only met with and interviewed these witnesses during the course of the 15-month state investigation prior to any federal involvement, but she aga

cutor on the case, Assistant State Attorney Lanna Belohlavek, began to dodge Recarey and Reiter’s phone calls

ote to Epstein attorney Lefkowitz on Dec. 13, 2007. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016454 --- PAGE BREAK --- By then the deal had been signed for two months, and Jeffrey Sloman, Acosta’s top assistant, told Lefkowitz he intended to begin notifying Epstein’s victims. An indignant Lefkowitz wrote to Acosta: “You ... assured