Epstein Secrets

8 Videotaped 15 16 17 Monday, March 15, 2010 10:13 a.m. - 12:42 p.m. 18 U.S. Legal Support 515 East Las Olas Boulevard, 3rd Floor 19 Fort. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 20 21 Stenographically Reported By: 22 Janet L. McKinney, RPR, FPR, CLR 23 Registered Professional Reporter 24 Florida Profes

9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 MR. EDWARDS: All right. Let me go ahead and 11 mark as -- as Plaintiff's Exhibit. 1 a lawsuit that 12 was filed by Bob Josefsberg on behalf of Jane Doe 13 102 v. Jeffrey Epstein just for the purposes of 14 asking the witness some questions. 15 MR. ROSS: I've seen it. 16

st Palm Beach, FL 33401 William J. Berger, Esq. Bradley J. Edwards, Esq. Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler 401 East Las Olas Boulevard., Suite 1650 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33394 Robert D. Critton, Esq. Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman 515 North Flagler Drive, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Jack A. Goldbe

ey — tapped by the US. Attorney's Of- fice and approved by Ep- stein — to represent some of the victims. That attor- ney is prominent Miami lawyer Bob Josefsberg. But an addendum to the agreement signed the following month struck Epsteinb duty to pay Josefsberg if he and the victims did not accept settl

JUSTICE ATTORNEYS July 6, 2009 A. Maria Villafana, Esq. Assistant U.S. Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 E. Broward Blvd, 7th Floor Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33394 Re: B.B. I. JEFFREY EPSTEIN OUR FILE NO.: 080303 Dear Ms. Villafana: As you are aware, this firm represents Plaintiff, Jane Doe, a/Ida

's date. It represents our agreement with a proposal that Kathy Ezell indicated in a letter dated June 8, 2009 would be fully acceptable to her and Bob Josefsberg as a means to resolve expeditiously all outstanding fee issues regarding the attorney representative. Mr. Epstein has directed his counsel to take

Respectfully submitted, R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY By: ssistant United States Attorne 500 East Broward Boulevard, 7th Floor Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33394 Telephone: Facsimile: -16- EFTA00185221 Case 9:09-cv-80656-KAM Document 21 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/29/2009 Page 17 of 17 CERTIFICAT

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, are you there? MR. JOSEFSBERG: I am, Your Honor. THE COURT: Good morning. MR. JOSEF

ow potential defendants could be in essence blackmailed into paying settlement that far exceeded the value of any legitimate damage claim. 20. Ft. Lauderdale attorney William Scherer represents multiple Rothstein related investors. He indicated in an article that RRA/Rothstein had used the "Epstein Ploy .

the power of the federal government to perpetrate and further their fraud. And the expense of litigating these cases has been extreme. For example, Bob Josefsberg, who I do not believe was aware of the Rothstein crimes, is now demanding over $2 million in legal fees. As a lawsuit brought by some of the invest

MOTION FOR APPELLATE ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS THOMAS, LoCICERO & BRALOW PL Deanna K. Shullman James B. Lake 101 N.E. 3rd Avenue, Suite 1500 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 EFTA00233651 07/24/2009 15:22 FAX 5018059840 USA0 WPB CONFRM 07-20-'09 14:22 FROM-THOMAS & LOCICERO 8139843070 004 1-113 P003/

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. Josefsberg, are you there? 21 MR. JOSEFSBERG: I am, Your Honor. 22 THE COURT: Good morn

ow potential defendants could be in essence blackmailed into paying settlement that far exceeded the value of any legitimate damage claim. 20. Ft. Lauderdale attorney William Scherer represents multiple Rothstein related investors. He indicated in an article that RRA/Rothstein had used the "Epstein. Ploy

the power of the federal government to perpetrate and further their fraud. And the expense of litigating these cases has been extreme. For example, Bob Josefsberg, who I do not believe was aware of the Rothstein crimes, is now demanding over $2 million in legal fees. As a lawsuit brought by some of the invest

ice and approved by Epstein - to represent some of the victims in civil suits they had filed against Epstein. That attorney is prominent Miami lawyer Bob Josefsberg. Former prosecutor Johnson said he has never seen a provision like that before. But an addendum to the agreement signed the following month struck

the hook for any of those past crimes. "He could have gone to prison for life and somehow he's getting immunity in exchange for nothing?" said Fort Lauderdale attorney Brad Edwards, who represents three Epstein victims. "I have never seen a stranger case. To me, it's more spectacular what's not in it. It's

berger Weiss 250 Australian Avenue South West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561.659.8300 , ESQ. Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 East Broward Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 For U.S.A. MARTIN G. WEINBERG, ESQ. 20 Park Plaza Boston MA 02116 (Via telephone) 617.227.3700 JAY LEFKOWITZ, ESQ. (Via telephone)

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, are you there? MR. JOSEFSBERG: I am, Your Honor. THE COURT: Good morning. MR. JOSEF