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An internal email exchange between federal prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York discussing victims' rights under the Crime Victims' Rights Act ahead of Jeffrey Epstein's July 2019 bail hearing.
This July 10, 2019 email thread shows Assistant U.S. Attorneys coordinating with Roberta Kaplan and other attorneys representing Epstein's victims about their clients' statutory right to be heard at Epstein's upcoming bail hearing. The prosecutors cite 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(4), which grants crime victims the right to speak at release proceedings, and offer to include victim statements in their bail submission due that Friday. The email demonstrates the government's effort to ensure victims could participate in the legal process, just days before Judge Richard Berman would ultimately deny Epstein bail on July 18, 2019.
Key Highlights
- •Prosecutors proactively reached out to victims' attorneys about their clients' right to be heard at the bail hearing under the Crime Victims' Rights Act
- •Roberta Kaplan, a prominent civil rights attorney who represented multiple Epstein victims, was among the attorneys contacted
- •The email was sent July 10, 2019—just days before Judge Berman denied Epstein's bail request on July 18, 2019
- •Shows coordination between federal prosecutors and victims' counsel to ensure proper legal representation
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Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
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From: ' To: )" < Subject: RE: U.S. v. Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 -- victims' rights re: bail hearing Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 01:00:32 +0000 Importance: Normal Yeah I saw, thanks — stupid copy / paste. From: Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 20:58 To: Subject: RE: U.S. v. Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 -- victims' rights re: bail hearing I think there was a typo in the second paragraph of your email cutting off the sentence. From: Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 8:57 PM To: Conlon c >; Roberta Kaplan Jenna Dabbs Alexandra Elenowitz-Hess Cc: >; Subject: RE: U.S. v. Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 -- victims' rights re: bail hearing Hi all, As you may already know, pursuant to the Crime Victims' Rights Act, specifically 18 U.S.C. 3771(a)(4), a crime victim has the right to be reasonably heard at certain public proceedings in the district court, including proceedings involving release. Accordingly, we wanted to be in touch consistent with our responsibilities and obligations—and your client's rights—under that statute, to see whether your client would like to be heard in any fashion, whether through a submission, a representation that we can include in our bail submission due Friday, or some other form. Of course no requirement or obligation, but we would be happy to discuss it if that would be useful. To the extent this information is useful in your consideration, I can say that while I don't want to prejudge the Would it make sense to set up a brief call sometime tomorrow, if any of you want to discuss? I should be able to make myself available whenever is convenient for you (and likely will be just me, as the remainder of the team will be traveling). thank you, Assistant U.S. Attorney Southern District of New York EFTA00028354
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