Filing # 37357304 E-Filed 02/03/2016 12:44:44 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: CACE 15-000072 BRADLEY J. EDWARDS and PAUL G. CASSELL, Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants, VS. ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff. / DEFENDANT/COUNTERCLAIM PLAINTIFF ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ’S REDACTED MOTION TO MODIFY CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff, Alan M. Dershowitz (“Dershowitz”), by and through undersigned counsel, hereby files his Redacted Motion to Modify Confidentiality Order of January 12, 2016, and in support thereof states the following: On January 16, 2016, Defendant Alan M. Dershowitz began the deposition of non-party Virginia Roberts Giuffre (“Roberts”). Pursuant to this Court’s January 12, 2016 Confidentiality Order, that transcript currently is under seal. The Confidentiality Order should be modified at least to allow Dershowitz to defend this case. Dershowitz and his counsel need to be able to contact witnesses, inform them of Roberts’s testimony, and ask them whether Ms. Roberts’s testimony is accurate. They also need to be able to use Ms. Roberts’s testimony in other ways as part of the defense effort, such as by providing it to expert witnesses, among other things. The bottom line is that Dershowitz’s counsel must be able to use Roberts’s testimony as necessary in their professional judgment to represent their client, as a matter of fairness and due process. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015590
Accordingly, Dershowitz requests that the Court modify the Confidentiality Order to confirm that Dershowitz’s counsel may disclose Ms. Roberts’s testimony as they deem necessary in their professional judgment in order to represent Dershowitz in this case. BACKGROUND & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Dershowitz was first presented with Roberts’s heinous and false allegations against him when her lawyers, Bradley J. Edwards (“Edwards”) and Paul G. Cassell (“Cassell”), filed certain now-stricken allegations in the action styled Jane Doe, et al. v. United States of America, No. 08- 80736 (S.D. Fla.) (the “Federal Action”). After Dershowitz defended himself to the media, Edwards and Cassell sued Dershowitz for defamation. The falsity of Roberts’s allegations, her credibility, and the investigation her lawyers took to assess those allegations and credibility before filing those allegations are a critical part of Dershowitz’s defense. On April 9, 2015, Roberts moved for an order “quashing the subpoena duces tecum served on her by Defendant, or alternatively, pursuant to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.280(c) for issuance of a protective order sharply limiting the scope of the subpoena” (the “Motion to Quash”). See Motion to Quash, attached hereto as Exhibit A. Roberts did not move to seal the deposition transcript and the resulting order did not seal it, but instead directed that “a confidentiality order shall be entered.” See November 4, 2015 Email from Judicial Assistant Susan Moss, attached hereto as Exhibit B and November 12, 2015 Order, attached hereto as Exhibit C. The Confidentiality Order then prepared by Roberts’s counsel and consented to by all parties includes a provision stating that “[t]he deposition testimony of Non-Party Virginia Giuffre will be designated as ‘Confidential’ and not subject to public disclosure” and that “[i]t may only be filed under seal.” See January 12, 2016 Confidentiality Order, attached hereto as Exhibit D. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015591
Dershowitz now requests that the Court modify the Confidentiality Order to allow Dershowitz to use the transcript for those limited purposes as deemed necessary in the professional judgment of his counsel to ensure Dershowitz is afforded his night to build and present his defense. I. DERSHOWITZ MUST BE ALLOWED TO CONTACT WITNESSES AND ADVISE THEM OF WHAT ROBERTS ALLEGES IN ORDER TO VERIFY OR DISPROVE HER ALLEGATIONS AND CREDIBILITY AND DETERMINE WHETHER PLAINTIFFS EVER MADE EFFORT TO CONTACT THESE INDIVIDUALS TO VERIFY ROBERTS’S ALLEGATIONS AND CREDIBILITY. As explained by Plaintiffs Edwards and Cassell in their Response to Dershowitz’ s Motion to Determine Confidentiality, the “sexual abuse allegations filed by Edwards and Cassell for their client Ms. Virginia Giuffre are not peripheral to this lawsuit — they are inherent to it.” Plaintiffs’ Response to Dershowitz’s Motion to Determine Confidentiality, November 23, 2015, attached hereto as Exhibit E at 4 (emphasis added). Those “sexual abuse allegations filed by Edwards and Cassell for their client” go beyond Dershowitz. Another inherent part of this lawsuit is what investigation, if any, Plaintiffs undertook with respect to the scope of Roberts’s allegations, all of which bear upon her credibility. Dershowitz argues that Plaintiffs did not perform a reasonable investigation before making the allegations in the Federal Action. Plaintiffs argue that they did. Dershowitz must be allowed to contact witnesses and advise them of what Roberts alleges so that Dershowitz can not only verify or disprove her allegations and credibility, but also determine whether Plaintiffs ever made efforts to contact key witnesses to verify Roberts’s allegations and credibility. As explained by one Florida court, “[o]penness in courts has a salutary effect on the propensity of witnesses to tell the truth” as it “informs persons affected by litigation of its effect upon them... .” John Doe-1 Through John Doe-4 v. Museum of Sci. & History of Jacksonville, Inc., No. 92-32567-CI-CI, 1994 WL 741009, at *1 (Fla. Cir. Ct. June 8, 1994) (internal citations omitted). HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015592
As set forth in Dershowitz’s Motion for Clarification of Confidentiality Order or Relief from that Order, filed Jan. 29, 2016, it appears that Roberts made false statements in a publicly filed affidavit about being present at a private island in the US Virgin Islands when former President Clinton was there. Indeed, former FBI Director Louis Freeh determined based on the response of the federal government to a FOIA request that the absence of records responsive to the request “strongly establishes that former President Clinton was not present on Little St. James Island during the period at issue.” /d. at 2. If Roberts made a false statement under oath about former President Clinton, it is equally if not more likely that she has made false statements about others whose whereabouts are more difficult to track. Roberts cannot reasonably argue her testimony is confidential as Pn § See Excerpts of Roberts’s Deposition Transcript, attached hereto (under seal) as Exhibit F.' i TT eee Pe See id.; see also March 2, 2011, Sharon Churcher, Daily Mail, attached hereto as Exhibit G. Dershowitz has also discovered that Roberts ee Sec Exhibit F; see also AD-006931-006933, Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Alan M. Dershowitz and Rebecca, attached hereto as Exhibit H. As a result, Roberts cannot claim that these allegations are confidential simply because TT TT " As per the Confidentiality Order, Exhibit F is only filed under seal. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015593
I. DERSHOWITZ MUST BE ALLOWED TO SHARE ROBERTS’S DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPT WITH THOSE WORKING ON DERSHOWITZ’S BEHALF AS PART OF THIS LITIGATION. Dershowitz asks the Court to modify the Confidentiality Order to allow Dershowitz to use the transcript in ways necessary for his defense including sharing the transcript with any counsel and other legal support, experts, consultants, insurers, and others typically permitted access to supposedly confidential information in addition to using it with potential witnesses and others as deemed necessary in the professional judgment of his counsel as set forth above. Dershowitz and his attorneys are aware of and will abide by the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct, including its comments, regarding the handling of any information deemed by this Court to be confidential within the limitations of the applicable rules. it. ALLOWING DERSHOWITZ TO USE THE DEPOSITION FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSES OF HIS DEFENSE IS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA LAW. Florida law requires that any sealing order be the least restrictive means necessary to accomplish its purpose. The Florida Supreme Court held in Barron v. Florida Freedom Newspapers, 531 So. 2d 113 (Fla. 1988), that a sealing order can be entered only where “no reasonable alternative is available to accomplish the desired result, and, if none exists, the trial court must use the least restrictive closure necessary to accomplish its purpose.” Jd. at 118 (emphasis added); see also Carter v. Conde Nast Publ’ns, 983 So. 2d 23, 26 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008) (“an order sealing court records must state, inter alia, the particular grounds for making the court records confidential, that the closure is no broader than necessary, and that there are no less restrictive measures available.”). This Court has not set forth any reasons addressing a request by Roberts to seal her deposition transcript, much less determined that “no reasonable alternative is available” to accomplish Roberts’s desired result. See News-Press Publ’g Co. v. State, 345 So. 2d 865, 867 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015594
(Fla. 2d DCA 1977) (“The judge’s statement that he had ‘cogent reasons’ for sealing the records obviously fell short of specifically setting forth the reasons why public access to these deposition was being denied.”). Moreover, Roberts and Plaintiffs cannot argue that sealing her deposition in its entirety is “the least restrictive” option, as it is most certainly the most restrictive option and one that Florida courts take very seriously. “[A] closure order must be drawn with particularity and narrowly applied.” Barron, 531 So. 2d at 117. Here, that requisite “least restrictive” application requires, at a minimum, allowing Dershowitz to use Roberts’s testimony for the limited purposes necessary in the professional judgment of his counsel to represent their client, as a matter of fairness and due process. CONCLUSION Because Dershowitz must be able to prepare his defense and any sealing order must be the least restrictive measure available, the Court should modify the Confidentiality Order to confirm that Dershowitz’s counsel may disclose Roberts’s testimony as they deem necessary in their professional judgment in order to represent Dershowitz in this case. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015595
Dated: February 3, 2016 Respectfully submitted, s/Thomas E. Scott Thomas E. Scott, FBN 149100 [email protected] Steven R. Safra, FBN 057028 [email protected] COLE, SCOTT & KISSANE, P.A. Dadeland Centre II, 14th Floor 9150 South Dadeland Boulevard Miami, Florida 33156 Phone: (305) 350-5300 Fax: (305) 373-2294 Richard A. Simpson (pro hac vice) [email protected] Marty E. Borja (pro hac vice) [email protected] Ashley E. Eiler (pro hac vice) [email protected] Nicole Audet Richardson (pro hac vice) [email protected] WILEY REIN LLP 1776 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (202) 719-7000 Fax: (202) 719-7049 Counsel for Alan M. Dershowitz HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015596
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of the foregoing has been electronically filed through the Clerk of Broward County by using the Florida Courts eFiling Portal and thus served by electronic mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] to: Jack Scarola, Esq, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., Counsel for Plaintiff, 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach, Florida 33409; [email protected] to: Joni J. Jones, Esq., Assistant Utah Attorney General, Counsel for Plaintiff Cassell, 160 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114; [email protected] to: Bradley J. Edwards, Esq, Farmer, Jaffe et al, 425 North Andrews Avenue, Suite 2, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301; [email protected], to: Paul G. Cassell, Esq.,; [email protected], [email protected], to: Sigrid S. McCawley, Esq., Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, 401 E. Las Olas Blvd, Suite 1200, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301, this 3rd day of February, 2016. By: s/Ihomas E. Scott Thomas E. Scott FBN: 149100 Steven R. Safra FBN: 057028 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015597
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Filing # 25919336 E-Filed 04/09/2015 05:23:25 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 171! JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, and CASE NO. CACE 15-000072 PAUL G. CASSELL, Plaintiffs, V. ALAN DERSHOWITZ, Defendant. MOTION TO QUASH OR FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING SUBPOENA SERVED ON NON-PARTY JANE DOE NO. 3 Non-party Jane Doe 3, by and through undersigned counsel and pursuant to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.410(c)(1)', hereby moves for an order quashing the subpoena duces tecum served on her by Defendant, or alternatively, pursuant to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.280(c) for issuance of a protective order sharply limiting the scope of the subpoena. INTRODUCTION This Court should quash the subpoena issued to non-party Jane Doe No. 3 as it is unreasonable and oppressive. The Defendant is abusing the subpoena power in an effort to intimidate, harass and cause undue burden to a non-party. Indeed, Defendant - just days ago - publicly admitted that his goal of deposing Jane Doe No. 3 has nothing to do with this Florida Defamation Action; rather, he is trying to find a way to send this victim of sexual trafficking to “Jail.” “She was hiding in Colorado...but we found her and she will have to be deposed. The end * For the limited purpose of the Motion to Quash or for Protective Order and resolving the scope of the subpoena and any enforcement issues, Jane Doe No. 3 voluntarily submits herself to this Court’s jurisdiction. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015599
result is that she'll go to jail because she will repeat her lies and we’ll be able to prove it and she will end up in prison for perjury.” (emphasis added). See Exhibit 1, New York Daily News, April 7, 2015. Defendant has subjected Jane Doe No. 3 to horrific public attacks including publicly calling her a “prostitute” and a “bad mother” to her three minor children. See Exhibit 2, Local 10 News, January 22, 2015. Defendant has gone on a media blitz campaign against this non-party for statements she made under oath in a federal action: “The end result of this case should be she [Jane Doe No. 3] should go to jail, the lawyers should be disbarred and everybody should understand that I am completely and totally innocent.” (emphasis added). See Exhibit 3, CNN International, New Day, January 6, 2015. “My goal is to bring charges against the client and require her to speak in court.” (emphasis added). See Exhibit 4, Australian Broadcasting System (ABC), January 6, 2015. Defendant also stated, in an interview in Newsmax, that he is “considering” bringing a lawsuit against Jane Doe No. 3. “And we re considering suing her for defamation as well, but right now she was trying to hide in Colorado and avoid service, but we found her and we served her and now she'll be subjected to a deposition.” (emphasis added). See Exhibit 5, Newsmax, April 8, 2015. Defendant’s own words demonstrate that he is abusing the subpoena power of this Court to try to get discovery that is irrelevant to this case, in the hopes of being able to intimidate Jane Doe No. 3 with the press and generate a claim against her. Considering the extensive abuse that Jane Doe No. 3 suffered as a minor child, and Defendant’s threats and intimidation, it would be both unreasonable and oppressive to require this non-party to comply with this subpoena duces tecum. Accordingly, Defendant’s subpoena should be quashed. See Exhibit 6, Defendant’s Subpoena to Jane Doe No. 3. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015600
BACKGROUND The underlying action before this Court is a defamation case filed by a former federal judge, Paul Cassell, and his colleague Brad Edwards, who represent various sexual trafficking victims in a case pending in the Southern District of Florida, specifically case no. 08-cv-80736- KAM, hereinafter (““CVRA case”). As a result of an affidavit filed in the CVRA case, Defendant went on a national media defamation campaign calling, among other things, former federal judge Paul Cassell and attorney Brad Edwards, “unethical lawyers” who should be “disbarred”. See Exhibit 7, Today Show, January 5, 2015. In response to this national slander campaign by the Defendant, Paul Cassell and Brad Edwards filed a defamation case against Defendant in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit for Broward County, Case No. CACE 15- 000072, hereinafter “Florida Defamation Action”). Defendant’s statements against Paul Cassell and Brad Edwards are statements about their character as lawyers and do not directly involve non-party Jane Doe No. 3. Despite this fact, Defendant is abusing the subpoena power in this case by seeking documents from a non-party that are irrelevant to the defamation issue before this Court. Defendant is determined to find a way to harm non-party Jane Doe No. 3 and anyone who braves to represent her. Jane Doe No. 3 has good cause to be fearful of the Defendant in this matter based on Defendant’s repetitive threats. See Exhibit 8, Affidavit of Jane Doe No. 3. This Court should not allow Defendant to abuse the subpoena power to further abuse this non-party. Florida Rules of Civil Procedure provide a vehicle for this Court to protect a non-party from a harassing, burdensome and unnecessary subpoena. As explained below, non-party Jane Doe No. 3 should be protected from having to be deposed in this matter or produce documents. Defendant’s campaign of threats and intimidation should not be condoned by this Court and Defendant’s subpoena should be quashed in its entirety. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015601
ARGUMENT 1. This Court Should Quash Defendant’s Abusive Subpoena In Its Entirety. Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.410(c)(1) provides that the Court may “quash or modify the subpoena if it is unreasonable and oppressive.” /d. The Court has discretion to evaluate the circumstances in determining whether the subpoena is “unreasonable and oppressive.” Matthews v. Kant, 427 So. 2d 369, 370 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983). “The sufficiency thereof is a factual determination for the trial judge who is vested with broad judicial discretion in the matter, and whose order will not be overturned absent a clear showing of abuse of discretion.” Jd.; see also Sunrise Shopping Center, Inc. v. Allied Stores Corp., 270 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972) (Fourth DCA quashing lengthy subpoena served on non-party who was not in control of documents as being “oppressive and unreasonable.”). It is undisputed that Jane Doe No. 3 was sexually trafficked as a minor child by Jeffrey Epstein and he was sentenced for his crimes. Allowing the Defendant in this case to force this non-party to provide discovery on this highly sensitive topic would be both oppressive and unreasonable and serves no purpose other than to foster Defendant’s publicly admitted and utterly baseless campaign to try to send Jane Doe No. 3 to “jail.” The documents requested in Defendant’s subpoena demonstrate the oppressive and unreasonable nature of the requests. Defendant, for example, seeks highly personal and sensitive information from this victim of sexual trafficking, including requesting her personal diary during the time when she was being sexually abused as a minor child. See Exhibit 6, Request no. 16. Defendant also demands that this non-party produce photographs and videos of her as a minor child while she was being sexually trafficked by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. See Exhibit 6, Request nos. 2, 3, 4 and 10. Defendant’s unreasonable subpoena even includes a demand for this non-party’s personal cell phone records for more than a three (3) year period during the time when she was a minor child being sexually trafficked. See Exhibit 6, Request no. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015602
15. Defendant also demands items like personal financial documents from this non-party including payments she received from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the men he “lent” this minor child out to from 1999 — 2002. See Exhibit 6, Request no. 20. It is without question that Defendant is abusing the subpoena power in this case to conduct a fishing expedition in an effort to intimidate and harass this victim and to try to dig up information he can use in his openly stated “goal” to send this non-party to “jail.” Jane Doe No. 3 is rightfully fearful of Defendant as he is an incredibly powerful individual and the legal counselor to convicted Jeffrey Epstein who sexually trafficked Jane Doe No. 3 for years when she was a minor child. See Exhibit 8, Affidavit of Jane Doe No. 3. Jane Doe No. 3 believes Defendant’s goal is to abuse the subpoena power to get her into a deposition so he can harass and intimidate her by forcing her to discuss the abuse she had to withstand as a minor child. See Exhibit 8, Affidavit of Jane Doe No. 3. None of that childhood abuse is relevant to this case which involves the narrow issue of whether Defendant defamed two lawyers. Defendant’s subpoena is both unreasonable and oppressive and should be quashed. See Matthews v. Kant, 427 So. 2d 369, 370 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983). 2. The Court Should Quash The Subpoena In Its Entirety, But At A Minimum, It Should Severely Limit The Production Requirements. In addition to its power to quash the subpoena, Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280(c) also allows the Court to protect a non-party from discovery that would result in “annoyance, embarrassment, oppression or undue burden or expense...” Al/state Ins. Co. v. Langston, 655 So. 2d 91, 94 (Fla. 2003) (Florida Supreme Court overturning denial of protective order and holding that “[d]iscovery of certain kinds of information ‘may reasonably cause material injury of an irreparable nature.’”) (internal quotations omitted). Matthews v. City of Maitland, 923 So. 2d 591, 595 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) (quashing discovery order where “[t]he compelled disclosure... would create a chilling effect on [petitioners] rights...”). The Court may determine that “the discovery HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015603
not be had” or that “the discovery may be had only on specified terms and conditions...”. Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280(c). Defendant issued a vastly overbroad subpoena to this non-party which included 25 separate document requests, many with subparts. In addition to placing an undue burden on this non-party to have to search for the broad scope of materials requested, the document requests seek information that is irrelevant to the Florida Defamation Action and clearly intended to “embarrass and oppress” this non-party. Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280(c). Defendant’s overly broad subpoena to non- party, Jane Doe No. 3, goes so far as to seek documents relating to former President, Bill Clinton and former Vice President, Al Gore, which, even if such documents existed, would be absolutely irrelevant to the Florida Defamation Action. See Toledo v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 30 So. 3d 712 (Fla. 4" DCA 2010). Defendant’s requests can be grouped into four key categories: (1) documents that contain highly personal and sensitive information sought only to harass, embarrass and intimidate the non- party; (2) documents unrelated to this action and, instead, intended to gain discovery relating to Defendant’s admitted “goal” of putting this non-party in “jail,” bringing a new case against Jane Doe No. 3, or related to the federal action; (3) documents that contain personal financial or other confidential information; and (4) privileged communications between the non-party and her lawyers. Non-party, Jane Doe No. 3, has filed specific objections as to each request sought in Defendant’s subpoena as set forth in Exhibit 9. Here, Jane Doe No. 3 provides the Court with a sampling of the oppressive nature of the subpoena that is the subject of her detailed objections. a. Category 1 — Overly Broad Subpoena Requests Intended Solely to Harass, Embarrass and Intimidate the Non-Party by Seeking Highly Personal and Sensitive Information It is clear from the Defendant’s requests that his intent is to intimidate and harass this non- party by seeking highly sensitive personal information that is irrelevant to this action. For example, Request no. 16 seeks “Any diary, journal or calendar concerning your activities between HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015604
January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2002.” Defendant is seeking personal diary information during the time this non-party was a minor child and a victim of sexual trafficking. There is no reason this non-party should be forced to produce her diary from when she was a child. See Peisach v. Antuna, 539 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1989) (court of appeal holding that trial court departed from the essential requirements of law by granting deposition of party’s gynecologist which was only meant to invade privacy and intimidate and harass the party). Defendant also has a number of requests (Request nos. 2, 3, 4, 10 and 19) that seek “photographs” and “videos” of this non-party when she was a minor child and during the time she was the subject of sexual abuse. Photographs of Jane Doe 3 when she was a minor child are completely irrelevant to the matter before this Court. Defendant served this subpoena demand solely to intimidate, harass and embarrass this non-party and the Court should preclude this type of discovery set forth in Request Nos. 2, 3, 4, 10, 15, 16, 19 and 21. See Citimortgage, Inc. v. Davis, No. 50 2009 CA 030523, 2011 WL 3360318 (Fla. 15" Cir. Ct. April 4, 2011) (trial court granting protective order precluding a deposition noting “this deposition request is mere harassment” and had no relevance to the underlying dispute where the party was wrongfully using the discovery process for personal gain). b. Category 2 — Clear Abuse of the Subpoena Power By Seeking Documents Unrelated to this Action and Intended Instead to Provide Discovery for Other Actions Defendant is abusing the subpoena power of this Court by issuing subpoena requests that are intended to obtain discovery for the development of other actions against this non-party and are unrelated to the instant case. See Exhibit 5, Newsmax Interview (“And we’re considering suing her for defamation as well, but right now she was trying to hide in Colorado and avoid service, but we found her and we served her and now she’ll be subjected to a deposition.”). Defendant has admitted that his “goal” is to put Jane Doe No. 3 in “jail” and he is using this Court’s subpoena power to go on a fishing expedition in the hopes of fulfilling his ultimate stated HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015605
“goal.” See Toledo v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 30 So. 3d 712 (Fla. 4" DCA 2010) (court of appeal quashing discovery order where party sought law firm client file relating to a different matter holding that “curiosity” about a law firm’s records does not satisfy the relevance requirement and explaining that the contents of the “subpoena is a classic ‘fishing expedition’ and the trial court’s order departs from the essential requirements of the law.”); Calvo v. Calvo, 489 So. 2d 833, 834 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986) (quashing subpoena served on wife’s bank for financial records finding them irrelevant: “indeed, the husband has failed to demonstrate what possible relevance the records might have in the proceeding below other than to harass the wife.’”). (emphasis added). Defendant’s incredibly broad and unrelated demands include, for example, Request no. 24: “All documents concerning, relating or referring to your assertions that you met former President Bill Clinton, Former Vice President Al Gore and/or Mary Elizabeth “Tipper” Gore on Little Saint James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.” See Exhibit 6, Request no. 24. Whether or not Jane Doe No. 3 met any of these individuals has absolutely nothing to do with the action before this Court. See Allstate Ins. Co. v. Langston, 655 So. 2d 91, 94 (Fla. 2003) (Florida Supreme Court holding that “we do not believe a litigant is entitled carte blanch to irrelevant discovery” and ““It is axiomatic that information sought in discovery must relate to the issues involved in the litigation, 999 as framed in the pleadings.’”) (internal citations omitted). Defendant’s Request demonstrates a blatant example of abuse of the subpoena power. Indeed, the face of many of Defendant’s subpoena demands demonstrate that he is using the subpoena power of this Court to obtain discovery for the federal action. Request nos. 1, 5, 6 and 9 all reference the “federal action” or specifically cite the declaration and case number “OS- SO736-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON. Request no. 1, for example, demands: “All documents that reference by name, Alan M. Dershowitz, which support and/or confirm the allegations set forth in Paragraphs 24-31 of your Declaration dated January 19, 2015 and/or Paragraph 49 of your 8 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015606
Declaration dated February 5, 2015, which were filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 v. United States of America, Case No. OS-S0736-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON, [ECF No. 291-1] (the "Federal Action").” Defendant should not be using the subpoena power of this Court to issue a non-party subpoena for documents sought for a federal action.” c. Category 3 — Documents that Contain Personal Financial Information Completely Irrelevant to this Action Defendant also wrongfully abuses the subpoena power to seek personal financial information from this non-party. See Woodward v. Berkery, 714 So. 2d 1027, 1034-38 (Fla. 4 DCA 1998) (quashing lower court’s discovery order and finding irreparable harm to husband in disclosure of private financial information when wife’s clear purpose was to wrongfully disclose the financial information to the press) (emphasis added); see also Granville v. Granville, 445 So. 2d 362 (Fla. 1" DCA 1984) (court of appeal overturning denial of protective order and finding that private financial information should have been protected from disclosure). The requests are clearly meant to intimidate and harass her by, for example, seeking information during the time she was the subject of sexual trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein. Request no. 20 seeks “All documents showing any payments or remuneration of any kind made by Jeffery Epstein or any of his agents or associates to you from January 1, 1999 through December 31, 2002.” Whether Jeffrey Epstein paid minor children that he sexually trafficked has absolutely nothing to do with the action before this Court and there is no basis to force a non-party who was subject to this abuse to comply with a production demand on this topic. The subpoena also includes request for financial information relating to the media. Apparently, Defendant believes Jane Doe No. 3 has a book “deal” in the works. For example, Request no. 18 seeks: “All documents concerning any monetary payments or other consideration received by you from any > The requests relevant to this category are nos.: 1, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 22, and 24. 9 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015607
media outlet in exchange for your statements (whether "on the record" or "off the record") regarding Jeffrey Epstein, Alan M. Dershowitz, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and/or being a sex slave.” Whether Jane Doe No. 3 has interacted with the media has nothing to do with the Florida Defamation Action. As explained above, a non-party’s personal financial information and other confidential information is subject to protection by this Court. See Woodward v. Berkery, 714 So. 2d 1027, 1034-38 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). Accordingly, the requests relating to financial information from this non-party should be quashed’, d. Category 4 — Plainly Privileged Communications Defendant’s subpoena requests seek documents that are plainly privileged. Florida courts are unequivocal in stating that an opposing party can never obtain attorney-client privileged materials. See Quarles & Brady LLP v. Birdsall, 802 So. 2d 1205, 1206 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) (quashing discovery order and noting “undue hardship is not an exception (to disclosure of privileged material), nor is disclosure permitted because the opposing party claims that the privileged information is necessary to prove their case.”’) (internal citations omitted). Non-party, Jane Doe No. 3, objects to all of Defendant’s subpoena requests to the extent that they seek documents protected by the attorney client privilege, work product doctrine, joint defense and common interest privileges and any other relevant privilege. Indeed, Jane Doe No. 3 should be protected from responding to Request no. 25 in its entirety because on its face it seeks solely privileged and confidential information relating to her retention of BSF.* See Westco Inc. v. Scott Lewis’ Gardening & Trimming, Inc., 26 So. 3d 620, 622 (Fla. 4™ DCA 2010) (court explaining that “[w]hen confidential information is sought from a non-party, the trial court must determine whether the requesting party establishes a need for the information that outweighs the privacy > These Requests include nos. 9, 17, 18, 20 and 23. * Specifically, Request no. 25 seeks: “All documents concerning your retention of the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, including but not limited to: signed letter of retainer, retention agreement, explanation of fees, and/or any documents describing the scope of retention.” 10 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015608
rights of the non-party.”). Defendant has not established any basis for these privileged and confidential documents that outweighs this non-party’s privacy rights. 3. The Subpoena Should Be Quashed In Its Entirety. If the Court Will Not Take That Action, at a Minimum, It Should Grant a Protective Order Severely Limiting The Areas Of Inquiry At Deposition And Grant Protections For This Victim Who Is Fearful Of The Defendant. This Court has the power to preclude and/or limit the deposition of non-party Jane Doe No. 3. Specifically, Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280(c) allows the Court to prevent a deposition from going forward “to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression or undue burden or expense that justice requires,” and courts routinely enter protective orders to reduce the burden on subpoenaed non-parties to a case, as well as in cases where the discovery sough is irrelevant. See, e.g., Peisach v. Antuna, 539 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (holding that the trial judge erred in allowing the deposition of certain non-parties where evidence sought was irrelevant); see also Citimortgage, Inc. v. Davis, No. 50 2009 CA 030523, 2011 WL 3360318 (Fla. 15" Cir. Ct. April 4, 2011) (trial court granting protective order precluding a deposition noting “this deposition request is mere harassment” and had no relevance to the underlying dispute where the party was wrongfully using the discovery process for personal gain). Section 4 of Rule 1.280 provides that the Court can also limit the areas of inquiry of a deposition providing “that certain matters not be inquired into, or that the scope be limited to certain matters.” Jane Doe No. 3 contends that the subpoena for her deposition should be quashed. If the Court, however, is inclined to allow a deposition of Jane Doe No. 3, then she respectfully requests the issuance of a Protective Order modifying the subpoena as set forth below. a. Testimony Limitations Non-party Jane Doe No. 3 respectfully requests that this Court limit the deposition to questions directly related to Defendant’s defamatory statements about Brad Edwards and Paul Cassell. The Court should limit Defendant’s ability to engage in a “fishing expedition” of this 11 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015609
victim to foster his goal of putting her into “jail” or of bringing a new action against Jane Doe No. 3. See Peisach v. Antuna, 539 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); see also Citimortgage, Inc. v. Davis, No. 50 2009 CA 030523, 2011 WL 3360318 (Fla. 15" Cir. Ct. Apr. 4, 2011). Defendant should be precluded from asking any questions about Jane Doe No. 3’s experiences as a sexually trafficked minor. Defendant should be precluded from questioning Jane Doe No. 3 about individuals that she was sexually trafficked to or about other victims or individuals involved in the sexual trafficking orchestrated by Jeffrey Epstein. Defendant should be precluded from questioning Jane Doe No. 3 about any rapes that occurred when she was a minor child. Defendant should be precluded from questioning Jane Doe No. 3 about anything related to her sexual activity either as a minor or thereafter as these questions would only be intended to embarrass and harass this non-party witness. b. Language and Harassment Limitations In addition, Jane Doe No. 3 requests that the Court provide counsel with a cautionary notice, that counsel for Defendant may not harass the non-party victim in any way during the deposition. With respect to the language used at the deposition, the Defendant’s counsel should be directed by the Court to not use any of the derogatory terms the Defendant has used in the press including calling Jane Doe No. 3 a “prostitute,” a “liar,” or a “bad mother” or any other similar derogatory and harassing language. c. Physical Location Limitations Non-party Jane Doe No. 3 has a valid and real basis to fear being in physical proximity of the Defendant. See Exhibit 8, Affidavit of Jane Doe No. 3. Accordingly, to the extent a deposition is to go forward, we would request that the Court direct that the Defendant not be present in the same room as non-party Jane Doe No. 3 and, instead, follow the testimony electronically from a separate location. In addition, non-party Jane Doe No. 3 respectfully requests that the Court hold that the physical location of the deposition should be the offices of 12 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015610
Jane Doe No. 3’s attorney’s Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. CONCLUSION WHEREFORE, non-party Jane Doe No. 3 respectfully requests that this Court grant her Motion to Quash, or alternatively, that the Court enter an order limiting the scope of her document production and deposition as set forth above. Dated: April 9, 2015 Respectfully submitted, BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP 401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1200 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone: (954) 356-0011 Facsimile: (954) 356-0022 By: /s/Sigrid S. McCawley Sigrid S. McCawley, Esq. Florida Bar No. 129305 Attorney for Non-Party Jane Doe No. 3 ie HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015611
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on April 9, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served by Electronic Mail to the individuals identified below. By:_/s/Sigrid S. McCawley Sigrid S. McCawley Thomas E. Scott [email protected] Steven R. Safra [email protected] COLE, SCOTT & KISSANE, P.A. 9150S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1400 Miami, Florida 33156 [email protected] [email protected] Richard A. Simpson [email protected] Mary E. Borja [email protected] Ashley E. Eiler [email protected] WILEY REIN, LLP 1776 K Street NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Counsel for Defendant Alan Dershowitz Jack Scarola SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARNHART & SHIPLEY, P.A. [email protected] 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409-6601 Attorney for Plaintiffs 14 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015612
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From: Susan Moss To: Thomas E. Scott; Steven R. Safra; Simpson, Richard; Borja, Mary; Eiler, Ashley; Jack Scarola; Mary E. Pirrotta; [email protected] Subject: Edward & Cassell v. Dershowitz CACE 15-000072 (05) Date: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 11:22:42 AM Good morning, I am advising of Judge Lynch's rulings on the above referenced case. His rulings are as follows: Non Party's motion to quash, or for protective order, regarding subpoena served on non party law firm Boies Schiller: | The subpoena, as to the law firm, is quashed As to the "Jane Doe #3" subpoena: The motion is granted as to request #9, 17, 18, 20 and 23. The motion is denied as to the other requests, but a confidentiality order shall be entered. Regarding the deposition: The depo shall be limited to 4 hours without prejudice to request additional time in the future. The Defendant can be present at the depo. The depo will be taken at the law firm representing the witness. There shall be a special master, paid by the Defendant, present at the depo, to rule on objections. The depo will be limited to the issues of this case without prejudice for another depo, if required, in the future. The issues and said limitations will be determined by the special master. Each attorney who had a motion heard, is to prepare the order on their motion for the judges signature, along with sufficient copies, self addressed, self stamped envelopes for all parties. These orders cannot be submitted through the order portal. Respectfully, Susan Moss Judicial Assistant to Judge Thomas M. Lynch, IV 201 S.E. 6th Street, Rm 920B Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 954-831-7831 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015614
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17"! JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, and CASE NO, CACE 15-000072 PAUL G. CASSELL, Plaintiffs, Vv. ALAN DERSHOWITZ, Defendant. / ORDER ON BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP AND JANE DOE NO, 3’s MOTIONS oe TO QUASH SUBPOENAS OR FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER This Cause comes before the Court on November 2, 2015 upon Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP’s Motion to Quash Subpoena Or For Protective Order and Jane Doe No. 3’s Motion to Quash Subpoena Or For Protective Order. Having reviewed. the record and being otherwise fully advised, the Court hereby Orders: 1. Non-Party Law Firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP’s Motion to Quash Subpoena is GRANTED. The subpoena to Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP is quashed in its entirety. 2. Non-Party Jane Doe No. 3’s Motion to Quash Subpoena or For Protective Order is Denied in Part, Granted in part, as follows: a. The Motion to Quash is Granted as to Requests Nos. 9, 17, 18, 20, and 23, The Motion is denied as to the remaining Requests. b. A Confidentiality Order shall be entered. ce. The deposition of Jane Doe No. 3 shall be limited to 4 hours without prejudice to request for additional time in the future. d. The deposition will be taken at the law firm representing the witness, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015616
e. There shall be a special master, paid by the Defendant, present at the deposition, to rule on objections. f. The Defendant Alan Dershowitz can be present at the deposition, g. The deposition will be limited to the issues of this case without prejudice for another deposition, if required, in the future, The issues and said limitations will be determined by the special master. DONE AND ORDERED in Broward County, Florida on this day of November, 2015, i han Honorable Ju ga Saal Circuit Judge : cc: Counsel of Record HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015617
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 171% JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, and CASE NO. CACE 15-000072 PAUL G. CASSELL, Plaintiffs, Vv. ALAN DERSHOWITZ, Defendant. [PROPOSED] CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER THIS CAUSE COMES before the Court based on its Order dated November 12, 2015 granting, in part, Non-Party Jane Doe No. 3’s Motion to Quash Subpoena or for a Protective Order. This Court ordered that “A Confidentiality Order Shall Be Entered.” Accordingly, having reviewed the record and being otherwise duly advised, the Court issues the following Confidentiality Order: 1. The deposition testimony of Non-Party Virginia Giuffre will be designated as “Confidential” and not subject to public disclosure. It may only be filed under seal. 2. Documents produced by Non-Party Virginia Giuffre that are confidential may be marked as “Confidential” and shall be treated in the same manner as confidential testimony. DONE AND ORDERED in Broward County, Florida on this \ Laasot January, 2016. ee Honorable Judge Thomas Lynch Circuit Court Judge cc: Counsel of Record HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015619
EXHIBIT E HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015620
Filing # 34801581 E-Filed 11/23/2015 05:53:31 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: CACE 15-000072 BRADLEY J. EDWARDS and PAUL G. CASSELL, Plaintiffs, vs. ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, Defendant. / PLAINTIFFS/COUNTERCLAIM DEFENDANT EDWARDS AND CASSELL’S RESPONSE TO DERSHOWITZ’S MOTION TO DETERMINE CONFIDENTIALITY OF COURT RECORDS Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants Bradley J. Edwards and Paul G. Cassell, by and through their undersigned attorneys, hereby file this response to Dershowitz’s Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records. The records at issue are not confidential, and so the Court should deny Dershowitz’s motion in its entirety. The court records at issue are three court filings by attorneys Edwards and Cassell in which they recite their client’s (Mr. Virginia Giuffre’s) allegations that she was sexually abused by Dershowitz. These records are hardly “confidential” in this defamation case, where the parties have claims and counterclaims about these sexual abuse Allegations. Rather, these records are an important part of this case, since they not only support the conclusion that Dershowitz abused Ms. Giuffre, but also indisputably establish Edwards and Cassell’s strong basis for filing the allegations on her behalf. Moreover, contrary to assertions made in Dershowitz’s motion, these documents have never been found to be “confidential” by any other court. And Dershowitz has repeatedly referred to HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015621
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 2 of 20 these documents, not only in defamatory statements broadcast worldwide, but also in his pleadings before this Court and in recent depositions. Indeed, Dershowitz said in his media interviews that he wants “everything to be made public” and implied that Edwards and Cassell had something to hide. Accordingly, Dershowitz has failed to carry his heavy burden to justify sealing these presumptively-public documents. L DERSHOWITZ HAS NOT JUSTIFIED SEALING ALLEGED DEFAMATORY RECORDS THAT ARE INTEGRAL TO THIS DEFAMATION CASE. In his motion, Dershowitz never recounts the heavy burden that he must carry to seal the records at issue. To be sure, Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420 allows for the sealing of “confidential” materials. But the Rule begins by recounting the overarching principle that “t]he public shall have access to all records of the judicial branch of government, except as provided below.” Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.420(a). This rule is a codification of the Florida Supreme Court’s admonition that a “astrong presumption of openness exists for all court proceedings. A trial is a public event, and the filed records of court proceedings are public records available for public examination.” Barron vy. Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc., 531 So.2d 113, 118 (Fla. 1988) (emphasis added). In light of this presumption of openness, “[t]he burden of proof in [closure] proceedings shall always be on the party seeking closure.” Jd. To obtain a sealing order, the party seeking sealing must carry a “heavy burden.” Id. Remarkably, Dershowitz fails to acknowledge these well-settled principles. More important, he even fails to cite (much less discuss) the limited substantive exceptions to this general principle of access— and which specific exception he believes applies to this HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015622
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 3 of 20 case. Accordingly, it is impossible for Edwards and Cassell to respond with precision to his motion. The exceptions that might arguably be in play in this case permit records to be maintained as confidential in order to: (i) Prevent a serious and imminent threat to the fair, impartial, and orderly administration of justice; (ii) Protect trade secrets; (iii) Protect a compelling governmental interest; (iv) Obtain evidence to determine legal issues in a case; (v) Avoid substantial injury to innocent third parties; (vi) Avoid substantial injury to a party by disclosure of matters protected by a common law or privacy right not generally inherent in the specific type of proceeding sought to be closed; (vii) Comply with established public policy set forth in the Florida or United States Constitution or statutes or Florida rules or case law.... Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.420(c)(9) (codifying the holding in Barron y. Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc., 531 So.2d 113 (Fla. 1988)). The only exception that seems to even arguably apply here is exception vi, which itself specifically provides that confidentiality is appropriate only where disclosure is “not generally inherent in the specific type of proceeding sought to be closed” (emphasis added). Of course, this lawsuit is a defamation action — involving adefamation claim by Edwards and Cassell and adefamationcounterclaim by Dershowitz. Disclosure, discussion, and debate about the defamatory statements at issue lies at the heart of the case. Accordingly, disclosure of these materials is “inherent” in the case itself. The principle that defamatory material in a defamation case cannot be sealed is recognized in Carnegie v. Tedder, 698 So.2d 1310 (2d DCA 1997). Carnegie involved a claim and counterclaim between two parties (Carnegie and Tedder), one of whom alleged that disclosure of HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015623
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 4 of 20 the materials in the records would be harmful to his _ professional reputation. Carnegie recited subsection vi’s restriction on release of materials involving a privacy right, but noted that “statements Tedder alleged were defamatory and damaging were allegations in Carnegie's counterclaim for which she seeks damages. These matters were not peripheral to the lawsuit; they were inherent to it.” Jd at 1312. Of course, exactly the same principle applies here: sexual abuse allegations filed by attorneys Edwards and Cassell for their client Ms. Virginia Giuffre are not peripheral to this lawsuit — they are inherent to it. To see how “inherent” the sexual abuse allegations are to this lawsuit, the Court need look no further than Dershowitz’s counterclaim in this case. Count I of Dershowitz’s Counterclaim (styled as “False Allegations in the Joinder Motion”) contends that Edwards and Cassell should pay him damages because they “filed a pleading in the Federal Action titled ‘Jane Doe #3 and Jane Doe #4’s Motion Pursuant to Rule 21 for Joinder in Action’... .” Dershowitz Counterclaim at { 14. Dershowitz’s Counterclaim then goes on to quote at length from the Joinder Motion. His counterclaim contains, for example, this paragraph recounting the allegations: The Joinder Motion then goes on to allege — without any supporting evidence — as follows: One such powerful individual that Epstein forced then-minor Jane Doe #3 to have sexual relations with was former Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, a close friend of Epstein’s and well-known criminal defense attorney. Epstein required Jane Doe #3 to have sexual relations with Dershowitz on numerous occasions while she was a minor, not only in Florida but also on private planes, in New York, New Mexico, and the U.S. Virgin HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015624
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 5 of 20 Islands. In addition to being a participant in the abuse of Jane Doe #3 and other minors, Dershowitz was an eye-witness to the sexual abuse of many other minors by Epstein and several of Epstein’s coconspirators. Dershowitz would later play a significant role in negotiating the [Non-Prosecution Agreement] on Epstein’s behalf. Indeed, Dershowitz helped negotiate an agreement that provided immunity from federal prosecution in the Southern District of Florida not only to Epstein, but also to “any potential coconspirators of Epstein.” Thus, Dershowitz helped negotiate an agreement witha provision that provided protection for himself against criminal prosecution in Florida for sexually abusing Jane Doe #3. Because this broad immunity wouldhave been controversial if disclosed, Dershowitz (along with other members of Epstein’s defense team) and the Government tried to keep the immunity provision secret from all of Epstein’s victims and the general public, even though such secrecy violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act. Dershowitz Counterclaim at § 15 (quoting Joinder Motion at 4). Remarkably, having quoted at length from the Joinder Motion in his Counterclaim in this case, Dershowitz now seeks to have that very same language from the Joinder Motion deemed “confidential” and sealed. Compare Counterclaim at 15 (block quotation above) with Motion to Determine Confidentiality, Exhibit A at 4 (composite exhibit with proposed “confidential” document that includes paragraph beginning “[o]ne such powerful individual that Epstein forced then-minor Jane Doe #3 to have sexual relations with was former Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, a close friend of Epstein’s .. . .”). Dershowitz cannot come before this Court and file a counterclaim seeking damages from Edwards and Cassell for alleged defamatory statements and then ask to have those very same statements placed under seal as “confidential.” See Barron v. Florida Freedom Newspapers, 531 So.2d at 119 (“although generally protected by one’s privacy right, medical reports and history are no longer protected HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015625
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 6 of 20 when the medical condition becomes an integral part of the civil proceeding, particularly when the condition is asserted as an issue by the party seeking closure” (emphasis added)). Il. JUDGE MARRA’S ORDER IN HIS CASE DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT THE RECORDS BE SEALED IN THIS CASE. Dershowitz also appears to contend that Judge Marra’s order striking some of the materials from the records at issue somehow requires that these stricken materials be kept confidential in this case. Dershowitz’s argument misunderstands both the scope of Judge Marra’s order and its effect in this case. His argument rests on a truncated — and misleading -- description of the events surrounding Judge Marra’s ruling striking certain documents. A more complete description makes clear that Judge Marra has not determined the documents are somehow “confidential” even in the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act case — much less in this separate state defamation action. Edwards and Cassell filed the federal case pro bono on behalf of two young women who were sexually abused as underage girls by Dershowitz’s close personal friend — Jeffrey Epstein. In 2008, Edwards and Casell filed a petition to enforce the rights of “Jane Doe No. 1” and ‘Jane Doe No. 2” under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3771, alleging that the Government had failed to provide them rights with regard to a plea arrangement it was pursuing with Epstein. Jane Doe No. I and Jane Doe No. 2 v. United States, No. 9:08-cv-80736 (S.D. Fla.). In the course of that case, on October 11, 2011, the victims filed discovery requests with the Government, including requests specifically seeking information about Dershowitz, Prince Andrew, and others. Further efforts from the Government to avoid any discovery HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015626
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 7 of 20 followed (see generally Docket Entry or “DE” 225-1 at 4-5), ultimately leading to a further Court ruling in June 2013 that the Government should produce documents. DE 189. The Government then produced about 1,500 pages of largely irrelevant materials to the victims (DE 225-1 at 5), while simultaneously submitting 14,825 pages of relevant materials under seal to the Court. The Government claimed that these pages were “privileged” for various reasons, attaching an abbreviated privilege log. While these discovery issues were pending, in the summer of 2014, Edwards and Cassell, contacted Government counsel to request their agreement to add two additional victims to the case, including Ms. Virginia Giuffre (who was identified in court pleadings as “Jane Doe No. 3”). Edwards and Cassell sought to have her added to the case via stipulation, which would have avoided the need to include any detailed facts about her abuse. Weeks went by and the Government — as it had done on a similar request for a stipulation to add another victim — did not respond to counsel’s request for a stipulation. Finally, on December 10, 2014, despite having had four months to provide a position, the Government responded by email to counsel that it was seeking more time, indicating that the Government understood that victims’ counsel might need to file a motion with the court on the matter immediately. DE 291 at 3-5. Rather than file a motion immediately, victims’ counsel waited and continued to press the Government for a stipulation. See id. at 5. Finally, on December 23, 2014 — more than four months after the initial request for a stipulated joinder into the case — the Government tersely indicated its objection, without indicating any reason: “Our position is that we oppose adding new petitioners at this stage of the litigation.” See DE 291 at 5. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015627
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 8 of 20 Because the Government now contested the joinder motion, Edwards and Cassell prepared a more detailed pleading explaining the justification for granting the motion. One week after receiving the Government’s objection, on December 30, 2014, Ms. Giuffre (i.e., Jane Doe No. 3) and Jane Doe No. 4 filed a motion (and later a corrected motion) seeking to join the case. DE 279 and DE 280. (Note: DE 280 is the first of the three documents Dershowitz seeks to have declared “confidential” in this case.) Uncertain as to the basis for the Government’s objection, the motion briefly proffered the circumstances that would qualify the two women as “victims” eligible to assert rights under the CVRA. See 18 U.S.C. 3771(e) (defining “crime victim” protected under the Act). With regard to Ms. Giuffre, the motion indicated that when she was a minor, Jeffrey Epstein had trafficked her to Dershowitz and Prince Andrew (among others) for sexual purposes. Jane Doe No. 3 stated that she was prepared to prove her proffer. See DE 280 at 3 (“If allowed to join this action, Jane Doe No. 3 would prove the following . .. . “). The motion also provided specific reasons why Jane Doe No. 3’s participation was relevant to the case, including the pending discovery issues regarding Dershowitz and Prince Andrew. DE 280 at 9-10 (explaining several reasons participation of new victims was relevant to existing issues). After the motion was filed, various news organizations published articles about it. Dershowitz also made numerous media statements about the filing, including calling Jane Doe No. 3 “a serial liar” who “has lied through her teeth about many world leaders.” —_ http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/us/dershowitz-sex-allegation/, Dershowitz also repeatedly called Edwards and Cassell “two sleazy, unprofessional, disbarable lawyers.” Jd On HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015628
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 9 of 20 January 5, 2015, Dershowitz filed a motion to intervene to argue to have the allegations stricken. DE 282. Dershowitz also argued that Ms. Giuffre had not provided a sworn affidavit attesting to the truth of her allegations. On January 21, 2015, Edwards and Cassell filed a response for Ms. Giuffre and Jane Doe No. 4. DE 291. (Note: This is the second of the three documents Dershowitz seeks to have kept under seal here.) The response enumerated nine specific reasons why Ms. Giuffre’s specific allegations against Dershowitz were relevant to the case, including the fact that Ms. Giuffre needed to establish that she was a “victim” in the case, that pending discovery requests concerning Dershowitz-specific documents were pending, and that Dershowitz’s role as a defense attorney in the case was highly relevant to the motive for the Government and defense counsel to conceal the plea deal from the victims. DE 291 at 17-26 & n.17. The response included a detailed affidavit from Ms. Giuffre about the sexual abuse she had suffered from Epstein, Dershowitz, and other powerful persons. DE 291-1. On February 6, 2015, Edwards and Cassell filed a further pleading (and affidavit from Ms. Giuffre, see DE 291- 1) in support of her motion to intervene. (Note: this affidavit is the third of the three documents Dershowitz seeks to have declared confidential.) On April 7, 2015, Judge Marra denied Ms. Giuffre’s motion to join the case. Judge Marra concluded that “at this juncture in the proceedings” details about the sexual abuse she had suffered was unnecessary to making a determination “of whether Jane Doe 3 and Jane Doe 4 should be permitted to join [the other victims’] claim that the Government violated their rights under the CVRA. The factual details regarding with whom and where the Jane Does engaged in sexual activities are impertinent to this central claim (i.e., that they were known victims of Mr. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015629
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 10 of 20 Epstein and the Government owed them CVRA duties), especially considering that the details involve non-parties who are not related to the respondent Government.” DE 324 at 5 (emphasis in original). While Judge Marra struck those allegations, he emphasized that “Jane Doe 3 is free to reassert these factual details through proper evidentiary proof, should [the victims] demonstrate a good faith basis for believing that such details are pertinent to a matter presented for the Court’s consideration. Judge Marra then denied Ms. Giuffre’s motion to join the case, but allowed her to participate as trial witness: “The necessary ‘participation’ of [Ms. Giuffre] . . . in this case can be satisfied by offering . . . properly supported — and relevant, admissible, and non-cumulative — testimony as needed, whether through testimony at trial . . . or affidavits supported in support [of] the relevancy of discovery requests.” DE 324 at 8 (emphasis deleted). In a supplemental order, Judge Marra stated that the victims “may re-refile these documents omitting the stricken portions.” DE 325. The victims have recently refiled the documents. In light of this history, Dershowitz is flatly incorrect when he asserts that “Judge Marra’s Order appropriately precludes the unredacted documents from being re-filed in this case on the public docket.” Confidentiality Motion at 3. To the contrary, the Order specifically permits factual details about Dershowitz’s sexual abuse of Ms. Giuffre to be presented in regard to pertinent matters in the federal CVRA case. And certainly nothing in Judge Marra’s Order could render those documents confidential in this state defamation case, where the central issues swirl around Edwards and Cassell’s good faith basis for filing the allegations. Indeed, the order is not binding in any way in this case, because it is res judicata only as to Ms. Giuffre (the moving HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015630
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 11 of 20 party in that case), not as to her attorneys Edwards and Cassell. See Palm AFC Holdings, Inc. v. Palm Beach County, 807 So.2d 703 (4° DCA 2002) (“In order for res judicata to apply four identities must be present: (1) identity of the thing sued for; (2) identity of the cause of action; (3) identity of persons and parties; and (4) identity of the quality or capacity of the persons for or against whom the claim is made.”). Il. EDWARDS AND CASSELL WILL BE PREJUDICED IF THEY ARE BARRED FROM QUOTING FROM THE RECORD WHILE DERSHOWITZ IS PERMITTED TO FREELY REFER TO THEM WHENEVER HE FINDS IT CONVENIENT. Dershowitz is also incorrect when he asserts that no prejudice will befall Edwards and Cassell if the records are placed under seal. To the contrary, placing the documents under seal would permit Dershowitz to continue to misrepresent and distort what is contained in those records while preventing Edwards and Cassell from correcting those misrepresentations. Dershowitz has repeatedly referred to details in the records when he has found it convenient to do so — treating the records as not confidential in any away. One clear example comes from Dershowitz’s recent deposition, where he gratuitously injected into the record a reference to a portion of Ms. Giuffre’s affidavit about him watching Ms. Giuffre perform oral sex on Epstein. And then, having injected that gratuitous reference into the record, he proceeded to try to rebut the reference with confidential settlement discussions — but did so by mispresenting what another attorney (David Boies) had said during the settlement discussions. So that the Court may have the full flavor of the exchange, the narrow question to Dershowitz (by attorney Jack HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015631
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 12 of 20 Scarola) and Dershowitz’s extended answer are quoted in full— including Dershowitz’s reference to the oral sex allegation that he now argues this Court should treat as “confidential”: Q. [Y]ou [are] aware that years before December of 2014, when the CVRA pleading was filed, that your name had come up repeatedly in connection with Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of minors, correct? . . . A. Let me answer that question. I am aware that never before 2014, end of December, was it ever, ever alleged that I had acted in any way inappropriately with regard to Virginia [Giuffre], that I ever touched her, that I ever met her, that Ihad ever been with her. I was completely aware ofthat. There had never been any allegation. She claims under oath that she told you that secretly in 2011, but you have produced no notes of any such conversation. You, of course, are a witness to this allegation and will be deposed asa witness to this allegation. I believe it is an entirely false allegation that she told you in 2011 that she had had any sexual contact with me. I think she’s lying through her teeth when she says that. And I doubt that your notes will reveal any such information. But if she did tell you that, she would be absolutely, categorically lying. So I am completely aware that never, until the lies were put in a legal pleading at the end of December 2014, it was never alleged that I had any sexual contact with Virginia Roberts. I know that it was alleged that I was a witness to Jeffrey Epstein's alleged abuse and that was false. | was never a witness to any of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse. And I wrote that to you, something that you have falsely denied. And I stand on the record. The record is clear that I have categorically denied I was ever a witness to any abuse, that | ever saw Jeffrey Epstein abusing anybody. And -- and the very idea that I would stand and talk to Jeffrey Epstein while he was receiving oral sex from Virginia Roberts, which she swore to under oath, is so outrageous, so preposterous, that even David Boies said he couldn’t believe it was true. MS. McCAWLEY: I object. I object. I'm not going to allow you to reveal any conversations that happened in the context of a settlement discussion. THE WITNESS: Does she have standing? HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015632
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 13 of 20 MS. McCAWLEY: I have a standing objection and, I’m objecting again. I'm not going to THE WITNESS: No, no, no. Does she have standing in this deposition? MR. SCOTT: Let's take a break for a minute, okay? THE WITNESS: I’m not sure she has standing. MR. SCAROLA: Are we finished with the speech? MR. SCOTT: No. If he -- MR. SCAROLA: I'd like him to finish the speech so that we can get to my question and then we can take a break. A. So the question -- the answer to your question is -- MR. SIMPSON: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Please don't disclose something that she has a right to raise that objection if she wants to. MR. SCOTT: Exactly. Deposition of Alan Dershowitz (Oct. 15, 2015) at 93-95 (attached as Exhibit 1); see also Deposition of Alan Dershowitz (Oct. 16, 2016) (attached as Exhibit 2) (also containing discussion of Ms. Giuffre’s affidavit). The Court should be aware that within approximately two hours of this exchange, Ms. McCawley. (David Boies’ law partner) released a statement on his behalf, which stated that Dershowitz was misrepresenting what happened: “Because the discussions that Mr. Boies had with Mr. Dershowitz were expressly privileged settlement discussions, Mr. Boies will not, at least at this time, describe what was actually said. However, Mr. Boies does state that Mr. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015633
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 14 of 20 Dershowitz description of what was said is not true.” Statement of Ms. McCawley on Behalf of David Boies (Oct. 15, 2015). More broadly, the Court can readily see from this passage how Dershowitz is willing to inject into the record a part of Ms. Giuffre’s affidavit whenever it serves his purpose — and, indeed, to characterize the part of the affidavit as “preposterous.” But then he asks this Court to place the underlying affidavit under seal, so that the Edwards and Cassell stand accused having filed a “preposterous” affidavit without anyone being able to assess the validity of Dershowitz’s attack. Dershowitz has referred to the court records that he now wishes to have the Court declare confidential not only in his deposition, but also in his widely-broadcast media attacks on Edwards and Cassell. For example, Dershowitz appeared on the British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC) and was asked about the allegations: Well, first of all they were made in court papers that they don’t even ask for a hearing to try to prove them. They put them in court papers in order to immunize themselves from any consequences from a defamation suit. The story is totally made up, completely out of whole cloth. I don’t know this woman. I was not at the places at the times. It is part of a pattern of made up stories against prominent people and world leaders. And the lawyers in recent statement challenged me to deny the allegations under oath. I am doing that. I am denying them under oath, thus subjecting me to a perjury prosecution were I not telling the truth. J am now challenging them to have their client put these charges under oath and for them to put them under oath. I am also challenging them to repeat them outside of the context of court papers so that I can sue them for defamation. .. . And I will prove beyond any doubt not only that the story is totally false, but it was knowingly false: that the lawyers and the client conspired together to create a false story. That is why I am moving for their disbarment in challenges to be provided to the disciplinary committee. BBC Radio 4 - Sarah Montague (Jan. 3, 2015) (http:/Awww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02g7qbc). HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015634
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 15 of 20 Similarly, Dershowitz appeared on NBC’s Today Show the morning after Edwards and Cassell made a filing for Ms. Giuffre, to say that the Edwards and Cassell — and Ms. Giuffre — were all “lying” in the court documents: Question from Savannah Guthrie: Jn legal papers from the lawyers, they say you’ve had, in fact, the opportunity to be deposed. Answer from Alan Dershowitz: They’re lying. They’re lying. Question: They show letters in which they offered to depose you. Answer: And they didn’t show my letters in response saying, (a), if you ask me about my legal relationship with Epstein and I’ll be happy to answer. . . . And I responded that I would be happy to be deposed if you could give me any indication that I would be a relevant witness .... They will be proved — all of them [i.e., Cassell, Edwards, and Ms. Giuffre] — to be categorically lying and making up this story. And it will bea terrible thing for rape victims. ... We [Epstein and Dershowitz] had an academic relationship. I was never in the presence of a single, young, underaged woman. When I was with him, it was with prominent scientists, prominent academics. And they’re just — again — lying about this. I never saw him doing anything improper. I was not a participant. I was not a witness. Today Show, Jan. 22, 2015 (emphases added). As another example, in Miami Herald, Dershowitz called the Joinder Motion that he seeks to have sealed “the sleaziest Jegal document1 have ever seen. They [Edwards and Cassell] manipulated a young, suggestible woman who was interested in money. This is a disbarrable offense, and they will be disbarred. They will rue the day they ever made this false charge against me” — i.e., Edwards and Cassell will “rue the day” they ever filed the Joinder Motion. Miami Herald (Jan. 3, 2015). HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015635
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 16 of 20 Most remarkably, Dershowitz took the public airwaves to represent that he wanted all of the information surrounding the allegations to “be made public,” while implying that Edwards and Cassell had something to hide. For example, on the BBChe claimed that he wanted“everything to be made public”: Q: Would you encourage that it now be made public? A: Of course, of course. / want everything to be made public. I want every bit of evidence in this case to be made public. I want every allegation to be made public. | want to know who else she’s accused of these horrible crimes. We know that she accused Bill Clinton of being on Jeffrey Epstein’s island and participating in sex orgy with underage girls. The records of the Secret Service will prove that President Clinton never set foot on that island. So that she lied. Now it’s possible to have a case of mistaken identification with somebody like me. It’s impossible to have a case of mistaken identification with Bill Clinton. My only feeling is that if she has lied about me, which I know to an absolute certainty she has, she should not be believed about anyone else. She’s lied clearly about me, she’s lied clearly about Bill Clinton. We know that. We know that she’s lied about other public figures, including a former prime minister and others who she claims to have participated in sexual activities with. So I think it must be presumed that all of her allegations against Prince Andrew are false as well. I think he [Prince Andrew] should clear the air as well. If you’re squeaky clean and if you have never done anything like this, you must fight back with all the resources available to you. And that’s what I will do. I will not rest or stop until the world understands no only that I had nothing to do with any of this, but that she deliberately, with the connivance of her lawyer, lawyers, made up this story willfully and knowingly. BBC Radio 4 - Sarah Montague (Jan. 3, 2015) (http://www.bbe.co.uk/programmes/p02¢7qbc). In another widely-broadcast interview on CNN, Dershowitz implied that there is no evidence supporting the allegations against him: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015636
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 17 of 20 Ask them [Edwards and Cassell] if they have any evidence ... . They’re doing it for money. She’s getting money for having sold her story. She wants to sell the book. They’re trying to get into this lawsuit. They see a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. They’re [Edwards and Cassell] prepared to lie, cheat, and steal. These are unethical lawyers. This is Professor Cassell who shouldn’t be allowed near a student. This is Professor Cassell, who is a former federal judge, thank God he no longer wears a robe. He is essentially a crook. He is essentially somebody who’s distorted the legal profession. . . . Why would he charge a person with a sterling reputation for 50 years on the basis of the word alone of a woman who is serial liar, who has lied about former Prime Ministers, former Presidents, has lied demonstrably. CNN Live (with Hala Gorani) (January 5, 2015). Of course, by placing “the evidence” in this case under seal, Dershowitz will be free to continue to try and insinuate that Edward and Cassell —and their client, Ms. Giuffre — had no evidence supporting the allegations against him, even though a mountain evidence strongly support Ms. Giuffre’s allegations. See Deposition of Paul Cassell (Oct. 16, 2015) at 61-117 (Exhibit 3); see also Depo of Pual Cassell (Oct. 17, 2013) (Exhibit 4). CONCLUSION The Court should deny Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff Alan Dershowitz’s motion to place documents regarding Ms. Giuffre’s allegations against him under seal. I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was sent via E-Serve to all Counsel on the attached list, this 23° day of November, 2015. /s/ Jack Scarola Jack Scarola Florida Bar No.: 169440 Attorney E-Mail(s): [email protected] and mep(@searcylaw.com Primary E-Mail: [email protected] Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard West Palm Beach, Florida 33409 Phone:(561) 686-6300 Fax:(561) 383-9451 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015637
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 18 of 20 COUNSEL LIST SEAN D. REYES Utah Attorney General By: JONI J. JONES JOEL A. FERRE Assistant Utah Attorneys General Bradley J. Edwards FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L. 425 North Andrews Avenue, Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone (954) 524-2820 Facsimile (954) 524-2822 E-mail: [email protected] And Paul G. Cassell Pro Hae Vice Motion Pending S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah 383 S. University St. Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Telephone:801-585-5202 Facsimile:801-585-6833 E-Mail:[email protected] Attomeys for Plaintiffs Bradley J. Edwards and Paul G. Cassell Thomas Emerson Scott, Jr., Esquire [email protected]; [email protected] Cole Scott & Kissane P.A. 9150 S Dadeland Boulevard, Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33156 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015638
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 19 of 20 Phone: (305)-350-5329 Fax: (305)-373-2294 Attorneys for Defendant Richard A. Simpson (pro hac vice) [email protected] Mary E. Borja (pro hac vice) [email protected] Ashley E. Eiler (pro hac vice) [email protected] WILEY REIN LLP 1776 K St. NW Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (202) 719-7000 Fax: (202) 719-7049 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015639
Edwards, Bradley vs. Dershowitz Case No.: CACE 15-000072 Edwards and Cassells Response to Dershowitz's Motion to Determine Confidentiality of Court Records Page 20 of 20 COUNSEL LIST Sigrid Stone McCawley, Esquire [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP 401 E Las Olas Boulevard., Suite 1200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Phone: (954)-356-0011 Attorneys for Alan M.Dershowitz, Esquire Thomas Emerson Scott, Jr., Esquire [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Cole Scott & Kissane P.A. 9150 S Dadeland Boulevard, Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33156 Phone: (305)-350-5329/Fax: (305)-373-2294 Attorneys for Alan M.Dershowitz, Esquire Bradley J. Edwards, Esquire staff. [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Farmer Jaffe Weissing Edwards Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. 425 N Andrews Avenue, Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Phone: (954)-524-2820/Fax: (954)-524-2822 Attorneys for Alan M.Dershowitz, Esquire Kenneth A. Sweder, Esquire [email protected] Sweder & Ross, LLP 131 Oliver Street Boston, MA 02110 Phone: (617)-646-4466/Fax: (617)-646-4470 Attorneys for Alan M.Dershowitz, Esquire Ashley Eiler, Esquire [email protected] Mary E. Borja, Esquire [email protected] Richard A. Simpson, Esquire [email protected] Wiley Rein, LLP 1776 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (202)-719-4252/Fax: (202)-719-7049 Attorneys for Alan M.Dershowitz, Esquire Joni J. Jones, Esquire [email protected] Assistant Utah Attorney General 160 E3008 Salt Lake City, UT 84114 Phone: (801)-366-0100/Fax: (801)-366-0101 Attorneys for Paul Cassell HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015640
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12/8/2015 Prince Andrew and girl, 17, who sex offender friend flew to Britain to meet him | Daily Mail Online Feedback [E]E}<{3.1m| @Dailymail Tuesday, Dec 8th 2015 4PM 48°F «. 7PM 45°F ». 5-Day Forecast IV com Home | U.K. |) Sports | U.S. Showbiz | Australia | Femail | Health | Science | Money | Video | Travel | Columnists Latest Headlines | News | World News | Arts | Headlines | Pictures | Most read | News Board | Wires a! cme y = ! FoWwke. Republicans’ most EXCLUSIVE: Joe Scarborough "Vacuous San Bernardino PIERS MORGAN: senior leader Shooting targets, CUTS OFF Donald sloganeering, terrorists got Dear Donald, I'm Prince Andrew and the 17-year-old girl his sex offender friend flew to Britain to meet . h | m This advertisement ends in 7 seconds By SHARON CHURCHER UPDATED: 08:02 EST, 2 March 2011 - Virginia Roberts reveals she is ‘Jane Doe 102' in Jeffrey Epstein case - Mother-of-three spent four years as millionaire's personal masseuse - She describes being flown across world to meet Prince Andrew - Epstein trained her ‘as a prostitute for him and his friends’ As the UK's special representative for international trade, the Duke of York holds an important position, requiring sound judgement and widespread respect. + More Videos But those qualities have been thrown into question since photographs of Prince Andrew with his billionaire financier friend Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted child-sex offender who was jailed for 18 months for soliciting underage prostitutes, appeared last weekend. Today, however, even more serious doubts are cast on his suitability after a woman at the centre of the Epstein case revealed to The Mail on Sunday that she had, as a 17-year-old employed by Epstein, been flown across the world to be introduced to the Prince. (StubHub i408 NFL GAMES SAVE ON REGULAR Ze SEASON GAMES Use promo code NFLNOW i | ines Dime Tn Sree, PST. laste ren my, = Like Follow Daily Mail @DailyMail Follow +1 Daily Mail Daily Mail » Duchess of diamonds and pearls: Kate chooses Princess Diana's favorite t Cambridge Lover's Knot | tiara for glittering white tie Diplomatic Reception Katherine Webb and husband AJ McCarron http:/Awww.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361039/Prince-Andrew-girl- 17-sex-offender-friend-flew-Britain-meet-him.htm| 1/29 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015643
12/8/2015 Prince Andrew and girl, 17, who sex offender friend flew to Britain to meet him | Daily Mail Online First meeting: Prince Andrew puts his arms around 17-year-old Virginia, centre On one of those occasions Virginia Roberts was subsequently paid $15,000 (£9,400). Her shocking account of her four years as Epstein’s personal masseuse is supported by court documents, an eyewitness, photographs and flight details of Epstein’s private jets. One picture, said to have been taken by Epstein during Andrew’s first encounter with the girl in March 2001 and published today by The Mail on Sunday, shows the Prince with his arm around her waist. This is not the first time the Duke of York’s judgment and choice of associates have been questioned. He appears to relish the company of super-rich oil billionaires from the Middle East, North Africa and the former Soviet Union. The peculiar sale of his former marital home to a Kazakh businessman for £15 million after it had languished unsold for five years at £12 million has never been satisfactorily explained. In the recent leak of American diplomatic cables it was revealed that he had criticised an official corruption investigation into the huge Al-Yamamah arms deal between Britain and Saudi Arabia, while he is also said to be close to Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the beleaguered Libyan president, and may have had a role in the early release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al Megrahi. While on the streets, | slept with men for money. | was a paedophile's dream But it is Andrew's friendship with Epstein, whom he has known since at least 2000, and with Epstein’s confidante Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late disgraced newspaper baron Robert Maxwell, that gives most concern. He was first seen with the pair on holiday in Thailand, and was pictured cavorting with Ghislaine at a Halloween fetishthemed party in Manhattan. The photograph that appeared last weekend shows the prince strolling through Central Park with 58-year-old Epstein. Andrew was said to have spent four days at his New York mansion in December, when he was joined by other distinguished guests, including Woody Allen, at a dinner. It is by no means the first New York soiree Andrew has attended as Epstein’s guest. A lengthy profile of the financier in Vanity Fair magazine some years ago reported that Andrew was a guest at a cocktail party thrown by Epstein and Maxwell packed with young Russian models. ‘Some guests were horrified,’ said the article’s author, Vicky Ward. It should not be forgotten that Epstein is a registered sex offender after recently completing his sentence for offences relating to child prostitution. b announce they are expecting a baby boy - after trying to get pregnant for more than a year > Back together? Elin Nordegren, 35, cuddles up to ex Chris Cline, 57, at Marchesa shoe launch... over one year after their break-up Tiger Woods' ex wife b'l so do not know how to deal with this': Justin Bieber's mystery Instagram girl responds after singer's plea to find out her identity He found her online > 'Home is where the heart is': Bethenny Frankel offers a look inside her cramped $4.2M NYC bachelorette pad as she gets into Christmas spirit » EXCLUSIVE: Kristin Cavallari's brother was jobless ‘alcoholic’ who was kicked out by his father before crashing his car and going missing in Utah desert » From the couple who has everything to the discerning fashionista, what to get the most hard-to-please people on your gift list Sponsored » Daddy's girl! Mark Zuckerberg releases touching photo with baby Maxima as he reveals ‘everyone is doing great’ Facebook founder is dad > Thigh's the limit! Caitlyn Jenner, 66, goes bare-legged in very short mini dress while filming scenes for reality show with Candis Cayne Former Olympian is 66 > ‘I'm not pregnant, just happy!" Tia Mowry hits back at body shaming’ Instagram trolls who criticized her for 15lb weight gain Famed for Sister, Sister FREE SHIPPING FREE RETURNS ALL THETIME, NORDSTROM ‘Stop!’ Andy Roddick caught redhanded as he secretly films wife Brooklyn Decker http:/Awww.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361039/Prince-Andrew-girl- 17-sex-offender-friend-flew-Britain-meet-him.htm| HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015644 2/29
12/8/2015 Prince Andrew and girl, 17, who sex offender friend flew to Britain to meet him | Daily Mail Online However, he avoided trial on more serious charges that carried a potential life sentence. And no one reading The Mail on Sunday's interview with the woman who was prepared to testify against him can be in any doubt of the seriousness of the charges. Epstein, a Wall Street money manager who once counted Bill Clinton and Donald Trump among his friends, became the subject of an undercover investigation in 2005 after the stepmother of a 14-year old girl claimed she was paid $200 (£125) to give him an ‘erotic massage’. The subsequent FBI probe uncovered at least 20 girls levelling sexual allegations against him. Eventually, Epstein struck a ‘plea bargain’ with prosecutors — a practice not permitted under British law — under which he was allowed to plead guilty to two relatively minor charges. Police claim that his donations to politicians and his ‘dream team’ of influential lawyers deterred prosecutors from bringing more serious charges of sex-trafficking. The deal certainly kept the names of a lot of Epstein’s famous friends out of an embarrassing court case. However, an unusual part of the agreement was that Epstein’s alleged victims were allowed to bring civil proceedings against him. He has so far made 17 out-of-court settlements, and some cases are ongoing. One of these girls was to have been a key witness for the prosecution had the case gone to trial. She was just 15 years old when she was drawn into Epstein’s exploitative world in 1998. In her civil writ against him, under the pseudonym Jane Doe 102’ she alleged that her duties included being ‘sexually exploited by Epstein’s adult male peers including royalty’. Now, horrified by the evidence of Epstein and Andrew enjoying each other's company in New York, Jane Doe 102 has agreed to waive her anonymity and tell for the first time her deeply disturbing story. Her real name is Virginia Roberts and she now lives in Australia, where she is a happily married mother of three. Over the course of a week during which she spoke at length to The Mail on Sunday, she appeared sometimes vulnerable, and sometimes steely, but always quietly resolute and consistent. Revisiting events from a past that she had hoped she had left behind, Virginia occasionally buried her face in her hands. Some recollections — and, for reasons of taste, not all the details can be included here — caused her to flush with shame. ‘I’m telling you things that even my husband didn’t know,’ she said. Virginia, who has undergone counselling to try to come to terms with her past, is honest about her initiation into Epstein’s depraved world. She was a troubled teenager, whose slender figure, delicate complexion, hesitant voice and soulful blue eyes made her look young for her years. Born in Sacramento, California, in August 1983, Virginia spent her early years on a small ranch on the West Coast of America. This seemingly idyllic childhood ended when she was sexually molested by a man close to her family. The fallout from that led to her parents temporarily splitting up. Blaming herself, Virginia began to get into trouble Aged 11, she was sent to live with an aunt but repeatedly ran away. Living on the streets, she was beaten up and slept with at least two older men in return for food. ‘I was a paedophile’s dream,’ she says. Three years later, she was reunited with her family and started a new life with her father who had moved to Palm Beach, Florida, where he was maintenance manager at Donald Trump’s country club, Mar-a-Lago. Virginia got a part-time job as a changing room assistant —which is where, soon after her 15th A new life: Virgina, now a mother-of-three, in birthday, she met Ghislaine Maxwell, who invited —_ Australia her to work as Epstein’s personal masseuse. ‘| was wearing my uniform — a white miniskirt and a skin-tight white polo top — when | was approached by Ghislaine,’ Virginia says. ‘| told her | wanted to become a masseuse and she said she worked for a very wealthy gentleman who was looking for a travelling masseuse. I'd get training and be paid well.’Virginia’s father gave his blessing, believing his daughter was being handed the opportunity to learn a skill and to work for a wealthy and respectable employer. He drove her to Epstein’s pink mansion on the Palm Beach waterfront — he also owns a nine-storey home in New York, the city’s biggest private residence; a 7,500-acre ranch called ‘Zorro’ in New Mexico and Little Saint James, a private 70- acre atoll in the US Virgin Islands. 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12/8/2015 Prince Andrew and girl, 17, who sex offender friend flew to Britain to meet him | Daily Mail Online My father left and | was told to go upstairs.’ She was led by another woman through Epstein’s bedroom into a massage room where he lay face down naked on a table. He started to interviewed Virginia. This was unconventional, but Virginia had no suspicions. Presumably, she thought, this was how the wealthy conducted their business. Epstein elicited the information that Virginia had been a runaway, and was no longer a virgin. Virginia was then told to start massaging Epstein, under the instructions of the woman who had shown her in. The massage quickly developed into a sexual encounter. Virginia was uncomfortable, but reluctant to deny such important people. ‘My face was red with embarrassment,’ she says. ‘But | felt under immense pressure to please them. The whole time it was going on, they were promising me the world, that I’d travel with Jeffrey on his private jet and have a well-paid profession.’ Afterwards, she was given two $100 bills and told to return the next day. That was the beginning of the four years she spent with Epstein. For three of those years, she was under Florida’s age of consent, which is 18. Troubled teenager: Virginia on the billionaire's Zorro ranch in New Mexico in 2001 Virginia was fascinated by his life story: the son of a humble New York City parks worker, he was a teacher before becoming a Wall Street broker and friends with the upper echelons of the political, financial and academic establishment. As a confused teenager, Virginia easily fell into the practice of sexually gratifying him for money. He guaranteed her a minimum of $200 each time she gave him what he called an ‘erotic massage.’ Virginia said: ‘| would always receive the money immediately. He would give me the cash from a wad he carried in a black duffel bag or an assistant paid me. ‘And, because of the way Epstein had warped her sensibilities, every time she took the cash, Virginia felt even more indebted to him. Secretly, he was also preparing her for an even more disturbing role. ‘Basically, | was training to be a prostitute for him 4 H and his friends who shared his interest in young Epstein had trained me girls,’ she says: ‘After about two years, he started to do whatever men to ask me to “entertain” his friends.’ It started when Epstein called Virginia at the Pam Wanted. | told myself I Beach apartment he had rented for her. . was special She recalls: ‘He said, “I’ve got a good friend and | need you to fly to the island to entertain him, massage him and make him feel how you make me feel.” He didn’t spell out what | had to do. He didn’t have to. ‘He’d trained me to do whatever a man wanted. | was shocked but | told myself he was sharing me around because he trusted me and | was special. | was worried, but | would do anything to keep Jeffrey happy and to keep my place as his number one girl. He would keep telling me how lucky | was with the life | was leading and the money | was making. It was easy to fall into his grasp. ‘The way it usually worked was I’d be sent to meet a man on the private island Jeffrey owned in the Caribbean, or at his ranch in New Mexico, which was really isolated.’ She was ‘given’ to men ranging in age from their 40s to their 60s. They included a well-known businessman (whose pregnant wife was asleep in the next room), a world-renowned scientist, a respected liberal politician and a foreign head of state. None appeared to think the arrangement was unusual. Virginia says there were many other girls in Epstein’s circle and that she was paid extra money to help recruit them. ‘They would lounge around the Palm Beach house, the ranch or the island, nude or topless,’ she says. ‘But | was one of the very few he trusted as “special” and chosen to “entertain” his friends.’ Virginia took the sedative Xanax to detach herself from sordid reality. ‘It was an escape drug,’ she says. ‘It made me calm and helped me forget about what | had to do. | was up to eight pills a day.’ Epstein had no objection to Virginia’s use of prescription drugs, no doubt recognising that they made her even more malleable. ‘I didn’t want to go back to the life I'd had before’ she says. ‘That made me totally obedient.’ Despite the fact that Epstein was, essentially, her pimp, this life now seemed normal to Virginia. ‘I felt that he and Ghislaine really cared for me,’ she said. > The Hunger Games may have prequels as Lionsgate promises the franchise ‘will live on and on’ Lionsgate is exploring the possibilities > 'My funny honey’: Christie Brinkley promotes her 17-year- old daughter Sailor's modeling career with some bikini snaps on Instagram b'She's doing great!': Kim Kardashian's BFF Jonathan Cheban gives update on Saint's mother as he gets cheeky with bikini-clad girlfriend in Miami > Jimmy Kimmel makes up fake baby names for Kim and Kanye's son during Lie Witness News segment Spok in his segment Lie- Witness News b Victoria's Secret Angel Lily Aldridge reveals her 2 husband doesn't want their daughter ‘anywhere near the runway’ but insists she would proud » Androgynous model challenges Victoria's Secret's beauty standards by posing in the brand's lingerie and then editing the faces of Angels onto her body » Hey Baby! 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Prince Andrew and girl, 17, who sex offender friend flew to Britain to meet him | Daily Mail Online ‘We'd do family things, like watch Sex And The City and eat popcorn. ‘A lot of it was very glamorous. | met famous friends of his such as Al Gore and Heidi Klum and Naomi Campbell. He introduced me as his “travelling masseuse.” Some people mistook me for his daughter. ‘When we were in New York or Palm Beach, Ghislaine and | would shop all day. Jeffrey bought me jewellery — diamonds were his favourite — and wonderful furniture. He was paying me very well because I'd give him sex whenever he wanted it.’ She was, she says, delighted when Epstein invited her to accompany him on a six-week trip in 2001. ‘He said we’d be going to Europe and North Africa to meet architects and interior decorators because he wanted to redo his New Mexico house. | threw my arms around him and gave him a peck on the cheek.’ They flew to Paris, then Spain, then Tangier. Finally, they went to London. ‘After we landed, we drove straight to Ghislaine’s house,’ says = b 'He was so excited’: (’ Star Wars' Adam Driver 4 gushes about ‘surreal’ experience of working with ‘generous’ Harrison Ford on Force Awakens Co-starred with a legend » Alicia Vikander wows in strapless embellished gown as she hits the red carpet for The Danish Girl premiere in London The 27-year-old actress ignored chilly weather » Eddie Redmayne is feeling festive in another plaid suit as wife Hannah Bagshaw stuns in sheer dress at London premiere of The Danish Girl > On their way home! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West ‘have left the hospital with baby son Saint' three days Virginia. ‘| was given a small upstairs bedroom. after welcoming him into 7 The following morning, Ghislaine came in. Counselling: Virginia:at her: mother:s:homeat Palm the world Beach in 1998 She was chirpy and jumped on the bed saying, ; ; a “Get up, sleepyhead. You've got a big day. ‘I can't deal with it! We've got to go shopping. You need a dress as you're going to dance with a Prince tonight.” eee edie ‘She said | needed to be “smiley” and bubbly because he was the Queen’s son. girls start talking to 4 . boys in sneak peek for Ghislaine and | went to Burberry, where she bought me a £5,000 bag, and to a few other designer upcoming season of stores where we bought a couple of dresses, a pair of embroidered jeans and a pink singlet, reality show perfume and make-up. We got back to Ghislaine’s house at around 4pm and | ran straight upstairs to shower and dress. Vea ae ro eed When | went downstairs, Ghislaine and Jeffrey were in the lounge. There was a knock at the door. Weiland's ex-wife pens Ghislaine led Andrew in and we kissed each other on the cheek. ‘Ghislaine served tea from a letter on behalf of his porcelain pot and biscuits. She knew Sarah Ferguson and they talked fondly about Andrew's two children asking daughters. people not to glorify the tragedy Then Ghislaine asked Andrew how old he thought | was and he guessed 17 and they all laughed. Ghislaine made a joke that | was getting too old for Jeffrey. > Welcome to the She said, “He’ll soon have to trade her in.” It was widely known that he liked young girls.’ The four of ac betea hallcitame! E : ndy Garcia's daughter them went out to dinner and on to Tramp nightclub where, she says, Andrew danced with her. Alessandra lands plus- ‘After about an hour-and-a-half, we drove back to Ghislaine’s. size modelling career and stars in sultry All of us went upstairs and | asked Jeffrey to snap a picture of me with the Prince. | wanted lingerie shoot something to show my Mom. Ghislaine and Jeffrey left us after that, and later Andrew left. ‘In the morning, Ghislaine said, “You did well. He had fun”. We flew straight back to the States.’ The Libre ently Mail on Sunday has confirmed that the tycoon’s jet flew to Paris on March 6, 2001, continuing to er eoreced eee f : Burt R Ids wades i Granada, Tangier and London, before returning to New York. a afgalie ne n On the last leg of the trip, Virginia was paid about $15,000 (£9,400) by Epstein. ‘It was amazing tumultuous relationship money, more than I’d ever made on a trip with him before. rey ace ete ae He didn’t say there was any special reason, but | felt like I’d done everything he wanted. He was very pleased.’ b Arnold There is no suggestion that there was any sexual | took eight pills a day to Cue een contact between Virginia and Andrew, or that inetclimate ch Andrew knew that Epstein paid her to have sex help me forget what | had to fonlacs Sane. i. re with his friends. ‘d 't gi damn’ do. It made me calm. aboid wted ecopee BIInk However, the Prince must have been aware of Epstein’s conviction when he stayed with him in New York in December. } Ka-ching! Katy Perry Virginia says she met Andrew for a second time around Easter 2001 at Epstein’s Manhattan conquers rival Taylor mansion. Swift as the top-earning . . . = . musician of 2015 ‘When | got to the mansion, | was told, “Get ready. You are meeting someone in the office” — which Forbes examined the pre- © is what they called the library. Andrew was sitting there in a big leather armchair. tax income, including endorsements Ghislaine had just given him a present, a big toy that was his Spitting Image puppet. ‘He was smiling ear-to-ear. He looked like a kid whose parents were taking him to Disney World. > ‘Loyalty sometimes A beautiful girl called Johanna Sjoberg who worked for Jeffrey was sitting on Andrew's knee. 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12/8/2015 Prince Andrew and girl, 17, who sex offender friend flew to Britain to meet him | Daily Mail Online Organiser: Ghislaine Maxwell looks on as Andrew put his arm around Virginia. Robert Maxwell's daughter invited her to work as Epstein's personal masseuse soon after her 15th birthday We kissed on the cheek and Ghislaine placed me on his other knee.’ Johanna spoke to The Mail on Sunday three years ago about this incident, which took place when she was 21. She said: ‘Ghislaine put the puppet’s hand on Virginia’s breast, then Andrew put his hand on my breast. It was a great joke. Everybody laughed.’ After this, Virginia was paid, by Epstein, around $400 (£250).’ She met Andrew for the third and final time on Epstein’s Caribbean island, Little Saint James. Virginia was never under the British legal age of consent when she met Andrew. She was 17 during the first two encounters and 18 at the third. By now, however, Epstein, had started to hint that she was getting ‘too old’ for him. But during one trip to the island, Epstein and Ghislaine made their most astonishing proposition, and one which repulsed her. ‘They said Jeffrey wanted me to have his child,’ she says. ‘They said | was part of their family and | was beautiful,young, loyal and nurturing and would be a great mother. They said | would have to sign a contract relinquishing rights to the child and consenting to Jeffrey having as many relationships as he liked. In return | would have my own mansion in Palm Beach and a large monthly payment, a percentage of his income.’ This, finally, was a wake-up call to Virginia and she began to see the way in which she had been groomed. ‘It was a smack in the face,’ she says. ‘I finally realised this wasn’t ever going to be a real relationship but | knew if | refused, I’d be thrown back on the streets. So | said, “I’m too young. | want to get my massage credentials, then oe maybe we'll do it”. The tycoon took her at her word and, for her 19th birthday in August 2002, flew her to Thailand where he enrolled her in a massage course. Shortly after arriving there, she met an Australian martial arts expert called Robert. They fell in love and, just ten days later, married in a Buddhist ceremony. Conviction: Jeffrey Epstein ‘lL called Jeffrey and told him I’d fallen madly in love,’ Virginia says. ‘| was hoping he’d be delighted. But he said, “Have a nice life,” and hung up on me.’ The couple now have two sons, aged five and four, and a daughter who recently turned one. } comments on social media until she sees mean one... and admits modelling career started because ‘I wanted to t prove them wrong’ 12.2. 2 be b Victoria Beckham shows off her svelte figure in head to toe black in NY... as David shares cute snap of Harper during daddy daughter day in the UK b'You have to set boundaries': Khloe Kardashian says working out is a priority as she heads to the gym | in tight exercise gear She's a gym junkie > 'Forever grateful’: Kim Zolciak gets into the Christmas spirit as she takes her six children to meet Santa Claus The 37-year-old shared sweet family photos > Emily Ratajkowski shows off her ample assets as she writhes around in sheer lingerie for LOVE's festive advent calendar Blurred Lines model > 'l had sex with two women’: The Affairstar ¥ Joshua Jackson reveals 5 awkward post-work conversations with partner Diane Kruger All in a day's work > 'Mostly he says nein!": Claire Danes reveals son Cyrus speaks German after attending Kindergarten in Berlin while she filmed Homeland » Selena Gomez and Niall Horan continue to fuel romance rumors as they're spotted enjoying a date night at Santa Monica Pier Look away Justin Bieber > Prince Harry's ex Cressida Bonas appears to go TOPLESS as she poses in velvet gloves and diamonds for high-end French fashion magazine L'Officiel » He's really Gonna! Blake Shelton performs single about pursuing new love in front of girlfriend Gwen Stefani on The Voice Romantic gesture > Christina Milian flashes her flat stomach in a glitzy crop top and skinny jeans as she parties with pal Vanessa Simmons Dip It Low singer Lindsay Lohan shows off her figure in sexy bikini and platform heels as she lies back ona http:/Awww.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361039/Prince-Andrew-girl- 17-sex-offender-friend-flew-Britain-meet-him.htm| HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015648 6/29
12/8/2015 ‘The first few months after | married Robert were the worst,’ she says. ‘I couldn't bring myself to tell him much. No man wants to know his wife has been traded out. ‘l felt very alone. | was having panic attacks and seeing a psychiatrist and was on anti-depressants. ’ Virginia was beginning to put her Epstein days behind her when, three years ago, she was phoned by the FBI. ‘They said they had found photos of me at Jeffrey's Palm Beach house,’ she says. ‘[Epstein had] hidden cameras watching me the entire time even when | was in the bathroom. | was so embarrassed. ‘| told the FBI that my true purpose was sexual. They told me everything he did was illegal because | was under age.’ (The age of consent in Florida is 18). ‘They said that if it had to go to trial, they'd need me because I'd lived with him and that made me a key witness. | was very afraid, because he had so much power, but eventually | agreed to testify. | was glad he’d finally been found out. He shouldn’t be hurting other girls. Following Epstein’s arrest, investigators are believed to have found a list of men’s names on his computer and asked him whether they had been ‘treated’ to sexual encounters with his menage of minors. ‘He took the Fifth Amendment, refusing to answer, indicating that if he were to answer the question, it could be incriminating,’ a source told The Mail on Sunday. Epstein struck a deal resulting in what commentators characterised as a ‘slap on the wrist’ for him, and ended up serving 13 months of his sentence, much of it in a liberal work-release programme Lawyer Brad Edwards, who represented several of Epstein’s victims, said: ‘Rather than punish him the way they would an average Joe, they sent a clear message that with enough money and power and influence, the system can be bought.’ Virginia was spared her the humiliation of having to go before a jury, and has kept her feelings bottled up until last weekend’s photograph of Andrew with Epstein triggered distressing memories. Virginia says: ‘| am appalled. To me, it’s saying, “We are above the law.” But Jeffrey is a monster.’ Last night, neither Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell nor Prince Andrew would comment on Virginia’s story. Advertisement Share or comment on this article Sponsored Links by Taboola FROM THE WEB Miley Cyrus Just Revealed This Dog Lives Longer Than Her L.A. Mansion And It's Any Other Breed GORGEOUS P ds 21 Things You Probably Didn't Know About ‘Criminal Minds' Matthew Gray Gubler i Prince Andrew and girl, 17, who sex offender friend flew to Britain to meet him | Daily Mail Online > wall for shoot in eg = picturesque Mykonos " = Actress'new photoshoot #4/. j}- 2 =o oy! oe 4 le. “i: >'lam a lucky, lucky girl!" Grey's Anatomy's Jessica Capshaw, 39, announces she is pregnant with her fourth child She plays Dr. Robbins > That's awkward! Pete Wentz jets out of Los Angeles after Kim Kardashian and Kanye West copy his baby Saint's unusual name Name was criticized » Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's baby son Saint 'will NOT appear on Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ North was kept off the show for her first year too > Nicky Hilton and Tommy Hilfiger's wife Dee Ocleppo wear the SAME dress at Valentino event... and style out fashion faux pas with a frosty kiss > Former Mousketeer and American Idol contestant Marque Lynche found dead at 34 Discovered in his New York City apartment by his roommate > Moving in with Bradley? Irina Shayk puts her $2.65M two- bedroom NYC condo up for sale as romance heats up Been dating since spring » Risque Jenna Dewan Tatum flashes her sexy lingerie in a sheer corset-style gown as she joins husband Channing at The Hateful Eight premiere » White hot mama! Pregnant Chrissy Teigen gives the cold shoulder to maternity = wear and heats things q up in a ultra-short dress Expecting first child > Dancing With The Stars champion Derek Hough shows off his buff body by going shirtless on the beach as he takes a well-earned break in Hawaii > Make-up free Rumer Willis hauls luggage out of LAX following her five-show stint with Sway: A Dance Trilogy Daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis ‘Seems I'm an absolute pleasure to shoot’: Amy Schumer shares sexy behind-the-scenes look at her Pirelli Calendar photo session She's in the 43rd edition http:/Awww.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361039/Prince-Andrew-girl- 17-sex-offender-friend-flew-Britain-meet-him.htm| HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015649 7/29




















































































































































































