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SUPREME COURT FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff-Respondent, - against - JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, Defendant-Appellant. Index No.: 30129-2010 PRE-ARGUMENT STATEMENT 1. TITLE OF ACTION: As set forth in caption. 2. FULL NAMES OF ORIGINAL PARTIES AND ANY CHANGE IN THE PARTIES: As set forth in caption. There has been no change in the parties. 3. NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT OR PETITIONER: Jay P. Lefkowitz, Sandra Lynn Musumeci KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 601 Lexington Avenue New York, Neiril4611 Telephone: Facsimile: 4. NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT: Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. NEW YORK DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE One Hogan Place New York, NYili m Telephone: 5. COURT AND COUNTY, OR ADMINISTRATIVE BODY, FROM WHICH APPEAL IS TAKEN: New York Supreme Court (Criminal Term), New York County. 6. THE NATURE AND OBJECT OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION OR-SPECIAL PROCEEDING: Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) hearing, pursuant to Article 6-C of the Correction Law. 7. RESULT REACHED IN THE COURT OF ADMINISTRATIVE BODY BELOW: Supreme Court, New York County, adjudged appellant Jeffrey E. Epstein to be a Level 3 sexual offender, without additional designation. 8. GROUNDS FOR SEEKING REVERSAL, ANNULMENT, OR MODIFICATION: The Court's designation of appellant Jeffrey E. Epstein as a Level 3 sexual offender was an abuse of EFTA00232719
discretion and constituted reversible legal error based, in part, on the following: (1) the Court improperly relied on untrustworthy double and triple hearsay contained in the recommendation of the Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders, even though the District Attorney, as the party appearing on behalf of the State, rejected much of the Board's recommendation as not constituting clear and convincing evidence to support a Level 3 designation where such hearsay allegations were rejected as a basis for state prosecution; (2) the Court failed to provide the parties with an opportunity to present evidence on contested issues, as required by statute, and instead relied wholesale upon the recommendation of the Board, over the objection of the District Attorney, without any inquiry; (3) the Court did not apply the guidelines established by the Board, as required by statute; and (4) the Court failed to set forth the findings of fact and conclusions of law on which its determinations in support of a Level 3 designation were based, as required by statute. 9. THERE IS NO RELATED ACTION OR PROCEEDING NOW PENDING IN ANY COURT OF THIS OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. 10. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL APPEAL PENDING IN THIS ACTION. Dated: February 9, 2011 Ja . Lefkowitz, P.C. S dra Lynn Musumeci KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 601 Lexington Avenue New York, Ne i -4611 Telephone: Facsimile: Attorneys for Defendant-Appellant Jeffrey E. Esptein. -2- EFTA00232720
March 20, 2011 To whom it may concern: I served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 2005 through 2009. Over the past weeks, I have read much regarding Mr. Jeffrey Epstein. Some appears true, some appears distorted. I thought it appropriate to provide some background, with two caveats: (i) under Justice Department guidelines, I cannot discuss privileged internal communications among Department attorneys and (ii) I no longer have access to the original documents, and as the matter is now nearly 4 years old, the precision of memory is reduced. The Epstein matter was originally presented to the Palm Beach County State Attorney. Palm Beach Police alleged that Epstein unlawfully hired underage high-school females to provide him sexually lewd and erotic massages. Police sought felony charges that would have resulted in a term of imprisonment. According to press reports, however, in 2006 the State Attorney, in part due to concerns regarding the quality of the evidence, agreed to charge Epstein only with one count of aggravated assault with no intent to commit a felony. That charge would have resulted in no jail time, no requirement to register as a sexual offender and no restitution for the underage victims. Local police were dissatisfied with the State Attorney's conclusions, and requested a federal investigation. Federal authorities received the State's evidence and engaged in additional investigation. Prosecutors weighed the quality of the evidence and the likelihood for success at trial. With a federal case, there were two additional considerations. First, a federal criminal prosecution requires that the crime be more than local; it must have an interstate nexus. Second, as the matter was initially charged by the state, the federal responsibility is, to some extent, to back-stop state authorities to ensure that there is no miscarriage of justice, and not to also prosecute federally that which has already been charged at the state level. After considering the quality of the evidence and the additional considerations, prosecutors concluded that the state charge was insufficient. In early summer 2007, the prosecutors and agents in this case met with Mr. Epstein's attorney, Roy Black. Mr. Black is perhaps best known for his successful defense of William Kennedy Smith. The prosecutors presented Epstein a choice: plead to more serious state felony charges (that would result in 2 years' imprisonment, registration as a sexual offender, and restitution for the victims) or else prepare for a federal felony trial. What followed was a year-long assault on the prosecution and the prosecutors. I use the word assault intentionally, as the defense in this case was more aggressive than any winch i, or the prosecutors in my office, had previously encountered. Mr. Epstein hired an army of legal superstars: Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz, former Judge and then Pepperdine Law Dean Kenneth Starr, former Deputy Assistant to the President and then Kirkland & Ellis Partner Jay Lefkowitz, and several others, including prosecutors who had formally worked in the U.S. EFTA00232721
Attorney's Office and in the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Justice Department. Defense attorneys next requested a meeting with me to challenge the prosecution and the terms previously presented by the prosecutors in their meeting with Mr. Black. The prosecution team and I met with defense counsel in Fall 2007, and I reaffirmed the office's position: two years, registration and restitution, or trial. Over the next several months, the defense team presented argument after argument claiming that felony criminal proceedings against Epstein were unsupported by the evidence and lacked a basis in law, and that the office's insistence on jail-time was motivated by a zeal to overcharge a man merely because he is wealthy. They bolstered their arguments with legal opinions from well- known legal experts. One member of the defense team warned me that the office's excess zeal in forcing a good man to serve time in jail might be the subject of a book if we continued to proceed with this matter. My office systematically considered and rejected each argument, and when we did, my office's decisions were appealed to Washington. As to the warning, I ignored it. The defense strategy was not limited to legal issues. Defense counsel investigated individual prosecutors and their families, looking for personal peccadilloes that may provide a basis for disqualification. Disqualifying a prosecutor is an effective (though rarely used) strategy, as eliminating the individuals most familiar with the facts and thus most qualified to take a case to trial harms likelihood for success. Defense counsel tried to disqualify at least two prosecutors. I carefully reviewed, and then rejected, these arguments. Despite this army of attorneys, the office held firm to the terms first presented to Mr. Black in the original meeting. On June 30, 2008, after yet another last minute appeal to Washington D.C. was rejected, Epstein pled guilty in state court. He was to serve 18 months imprisonment, register as a sexual offender for life and provide restitution to the victims. Some may feel that the prosecution should have been tougher. Evidence that has come to light since 2007 may encourage that view. Many victims have since spoken out, filing detailed statements in civil cases seeking damages. Physical evidence has since been discovered. Had these additional statements and evidence been known, the outcome may have been different. But they were not known to us at the time. A prosecution decision must be based on admissible facts known at the time. In cases of this type, those arc unusually difficult because victims are frightened and often decline to testify or if they do speak, they give contradictory statements. Our judgment in this case, based on the evidence known at the time, was that it was better to have a billionaire serve time in jail, register as a sex offender and pay his victims restitution than risk a trial with a reduced likelihood of success. I supported that judgment then, and based on the state of the law as it then stood and the evidence known at that time, I would support that judgment again. Epstein's treatment, while in state custody, likewise may encourage the view that the office should have been tougher. Epstein appears to have received highly unusual treatment while in jail. Although the terms of confinement in a state prison are a matter appropriately left to the EFTA00232722
State of Florida, and not federal authorities, without doubt, the treatment that he received while in state custody undermined the purpose of a jail sentence. Some may also believe that the prosecution should have been tougher in retaliation for the defense's tactics. The defense, arguably, often failed to negotiate in good faith. They would obtain concessions as part of a negotiation and agree to proceed, only to change their minds, and appeal the office's position to Washington. The investigations into the family lives of individual prosecutors were, in my opinion, uncalled for, as were the accusations of bias and / or misconduct against individual prosecutors. At times, some prosecutors felt that we should just go to trial, and at times I felt that frustration myself. What was right in the first meeting, however, remained right irrespective of defense tactics. Individuals have a constitutional right to a defense. The aggressive exercise of that right should not be punished, nor should a defense counsel's exercise of their right to appeal a U.S. Attorney to Washington, D.C. Prosecutors must be careful not to allow frustration and anger with defense counsel to influence their judgment. After the plea, I recall receiving several phone calls. One was from the FBI Special Agent-In- Charge. He called to offer congratulations. He had been at many of the meetings regarding this case. He was aware of the tactics of the defense, and he called to praise our prosecutors for holding firm against the likes of Messrs. Black, Dershowitz, Lefkowitz and Starr. It was a proud moment. I also received calls or communications from Messrs. Dershowitz, Le&owitz and Starr. I had known all three individuals previously, from my time in law school and at Kirkland & Ellis in the mid 90s. They all sought to make peace. I agreed to talk and meet with each of them after Epstein pled guilty, as I think it important that prosecutors battle defense attorneys in a case and then move on. I have tried, yet I confess that has been difficult to do fully in this case. The bottom line is this: Mr. Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire, served time in jail and is now a registered sex offender. He has been required to pay his victims restitution, though restitution clearly cannot compensate for the crime. And we know much more today about his crimes because the victims have come forward to speak out. Some may disagree with the prosecutorial judgments made in this case, but those individuals are not the ones who at the time reviewed the evidence available for trial and assessed the likelihood of success. Respectfully, R. Alexander Acosta Former U.S. Attorney Sothern District of Florida EFTA00232723
U n, S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Wifredo A. Ferrer United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 99 N.E.4th Street Miami, FL 33132 G. CASSELL Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Profes.f Criminal Law Telephone: [email protected] September 29, 2011 Re: Follow-up on Jeffrey Epstein Dear Mr. Ferrer: As you know, Brad Edwards and I represent Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 in their efforts to protect their rights under the Crime Victims' Rights Act. You were nice enough to meet with Jane Doe #1 in December 2010 on that case, and we appreciate that. At the conclusion of that meeting, I also provided you with a letter presenting my grave concerns about possible improper influences being brought to bear on your Office during its negotiation of the Jeffrey Epstein non-prosecution agreement. (For your convenience, I attach a copy of that letter.) It was my understanding that you deemed my allegations serious enough to forward my letter to the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) for further investigation, and it was my impression that 0PR was going to look into the allegations raised in my letter. I must say that I was surprised to receive a letter five months later from 0PR indicating that my concerns were not being investigated. On May 6, 2011, OPR stated that it was their policy "to refrain from investigating issues or allegations that were, are being, or could have been addressed in the court of litigation, unless a court has made a specific finding of misconduct by a DOJ attorney ... or there are present other circumstances." OPR stated that my allegations fell into the category of allegations that were being litigated because Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 were raising these issues in their CVRA case. Accordingly, OPR indicated it was not going to review the allegations that I presented. I am writing now to request the opportunity to meet with you further and to pass along additional information in support of my concerns. I wanted to follow up with you to make sure that someone was looking into my allegations about improper influences affecting your Office's decision to accord Jeffrey Epstein an extraordinarily lenient plea. It may well be that OPR has some policy precluding an investigation. But will your Office then investigate these issues? I am also writing to alert you to additional information that continues to lead me to believe that something was rotten with the way this case was handled. 1 www.law.utah.edu • Main Office • Facsimile 332 South 1400 East, Room 111.11.City, Utah 84112-0730 EFTA00232724
As you may know, was a senior prosecutor and supervisor in your Office when the non-prosecution agreement with Jeffrey Epstein was approved. It is our impression that he was directly involved in supervising the Epstein investigation as the former Chief of the Criminal Division of your Office. It has been our understanding for quite some time that he frequently corresponded with Epstein's attorneys, especially Lily WM, during the plea discussions, and it is our understanding that he left your Office around the time the non-prosecution agreement was signed. Our private investigator has recently learned that left your office to work at a New York law firm representing white collar criminals. He also learned thai quite expensive apartment in New York City is located in close proximity to real estate properties (specifically condos) owned by Jeffrey Epstein. The location of =Is apartment, his role during the Epstein negotiations and his departure immediately after the NPA was signed, leads us to believe that and Epstein may have had a business l or other relationship either during or after time in the Office. If that is the case, then we would appreciate you providing the information that you have in that regard voluntarily, as opposed to us having to conduct formal discovery to get it As you also know, Judge Marra has recently ordered discovery to proceed in this case. We obviously would like for that process to go as smoothly as possible and want to avoid becoming involved in true adversary litigation with your Office. On behalf of our clients, we just want to get to the bottom of this, and we feel safe in assuming that you do too at this point For all these reasons, I am writing to request another chance to meet with you about our concerns and about making the discovery process go smoothly. Thank you in advance for considering this request I would be happy to provide any other additional information that would be useful to you. Sincerely, Paul G. Casse cc: Assistant U.S. Attorney cc: Assistant U.S. AttorneyM • I 2 EFTA00232725
SJ.QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 'Wifredo A. Ferrer United States Attorney Southern District of Florida. 99 N.E.4th Street Miami, FL 33132 G. CASSELL Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Prol,t of Criminal Law Telephone: December 10, 2010 Re: Request for Investigation of Jeffrey Epstein Prosecution Dear Mr. Ferrer: I am writing as someone with extensive experience In the.federal criminal justice system — as a former Associate Deputy Attorney General, Assistant United States Attorney, federal judge, and currently criminal law professor — to alert you to what seems to be the most suspicious criminal case I have ever encountered. I ask that you investigate whether there were improper Influences and actions during your office's criminal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, particularly regarding the decision to enter into a binding non-prosecution agreement blocking his prosecution for numerous federal sex offenses he committed over many years against more than thirty minor girls. As I am sure you are well aware, in 20O6 your office opened a criminal investigation with the FBI into allegations that for years Jeffrey Epstein sexual abused dozens of minor girls in his West Palm Beach mansion. The FBI soon developed compelling evidence that Epstein had in fact committed numerous federal sex offenses with more than 30 minor girls. And yet, your office ultimately entered into a plea arrangement which allowed Epstein escape with a non- prosecution agreement that ensured he would have no federal criminal liability and would spend no more than 18 months in state jail. For sexual offenses of this magnitude —in a case with more than 30 witnesses providing interlocking testimony, all made automatically admissible by virtue of Fed. R. Evid. 414 —this is an extraordinary outcome. Why did your office enter into this highly unusual non-prosecution arrangement with Epstein? Suspicion begins with the point that Epstein is a politically-connected billionaire; But that wouldn't be troubling without considerable other evidence that something went terribly wrong with the prosecution for other, improper reasons. Consider the following highly unusual facts: First, it appears that Epstein was tipped off before the execution of a search warrant at his home. We know that lead state police officers -- Detective Recarey and Police Chief Michael Reiter -- complained that the house was "sanitized" by the time they arrived to serve a search warrant for child pornography. This sanitation was evident by the various computer wires hanging with no computers attached. Housekeeper Janusz Banasiak later testified In a civil orww.law.utah.eclu • Maio Office 1.11111 • Facsimile 332 South 1400 East, Room 1 1• At .a City, Utah 411.. EFTA00232726
deposition that Epstein's assistant, and another man (unknown) were instructed to remove, and did in fact remove, multiple computers from Epstein's home shortly before the search warrant was served. The fact that there could well have been a tip off is apparently suspected by federal authorities. Second, there is evidence that one of the senior prosecutors in your office joined Epstein's payroll shortly after important decisions were made limiting Epstein's criminal liability — and im ro erl re resented people close to Epstein. During the federal investigation of Epstein, was a senior Assistant U.S. Attorney in your office. As we understand things, he was a direct supervisor of the line prosecutor handling the case and thus was well aware of details of the Epstein investigation and plea negotiations. We further believe that he was consulted pn issues related to the prosecution of Epstein and Epstein's co-conspirators, including specifically issues related to whether Epstein employees and pilots should be prosecuted for their involvement in Epstein's sexual offense. We further believe that he personally and substantially participated in making such decisions about the course of the criminal investigation. Within months after the non-prosecution agreement was signed by your office, left your office and immediately went into private practice as a white collar criminal defense attorney. His office coincidentally happened to be not only in the same building (and on same floor) as Epstein's lead criminal defense counsel, Jack Goldberger, but it was actually located right next door to the Florida Science Foundation -- an Epstein-owned and -run company where Epstein spent his "work release." While Working in this office adjacent to Epstein's, undertook the representation of numerous Epstein employees and pilots during the civil cases filed against Epstein by the victims — cases that involved the exact same crimes and exact same evidence being reviewed by the U.S. Attorney's office when he was employed there. Specifically, he represented (Epstein's number one co-conspirator who was actually named as such in the NPA), his housekeeper (Louella Ruboyo), his pilots Larry Morrison, Larry Visoski, David Rogers, William Hammond and Robert Roxburgh. (Hammond and Roxburgh were not deposed but the others were.) Our understanding is that his representation of these individuals was paid for, directly or indirectly, by Epstein. was well aware of what evidence your office and federal investigator had collected against Epstein and about the minor girls who were his victims. As a consequence, he knew what evidence the attorneys for the victims were using. He also knew what each of those witnesses had said, if anything, to fetterat anJ slateirtvestigater-s-sturing-the_crirninat investigation. We have been unable to place our fingers on the federal regulations governing such later representation. We do know, however, that such actions appear to be in direct contravention of the Florida ethical rules regarding attorneys who leave government employment. For 2 EFTA00232727
example, Florida R. Prof. Conduct 4-1.11(a) provides "(a) lawyer shall not represent a private client in connection with a matter in which the lawyer participated personally and substantially as a public officer or employee unless the appropriate government agency consents after consultation!" Similarly, Florida R. Prof. Conduct 4-1.11(b) provides that "[a] lawyer having information that the lawyer knows is confidential government information about a person acquired when the lawyer was a Public officer or employee may not represent a private client 'whose interests are adverse to that person in a matter in which the information could be used to the Material disadvantage of that person." Both these rules appear to have been violated. But entirely apart from the details of ethical rules, the fact that one of your prosecutors was involvedin making important decisions abotit the scope of criminal liability for Epstein and his associates and then — after criminal liability was significantly limited representing numerous people at Epstein's behalf raises serious questions. At the very least, there is the strong appearance that may have attempted to curry favor with Epstein and then reap his reward through favorable employment. At the very worst, there may have been advance discussions —we simply don't know at this point. Third, Epstein appears to have deliberately kept from victims in the case correspondence with your office and the Justice Department that might have shed light on improper Influences. Along with other capable attorneys, I was involved in representing one of Epsteln's victims (E) who filed a federal civil case against Epstein. Suspecting that Epstein may have improperly influenced your office, we immediately served discovery requests on Epstein for all the correspondence with yobr office regarding the plea negotiations. Eleven months of hard litigation ensued, in which Epstein made every conceivable argument against production. Finally, late in June of this year, his appeals exhausted, Epstein produced the correspondence to us. However, in violation of the court order, he redacted the correspondence so that he provided only emails and other statements from your office — not his emails and statements to your office. More significantly, even though he was under court order to produce all . correspondence between his attorneys and your office, Epstein secretly withheld correspondence by several of his mostii ral owered attorneys — namely Ken Starr and Lilly. Sanchez. Epstein settled the case wit within days after this limited production, and we did not realize the absence of what must have been critical discussions between your office and Starr and Snachez (among others). Epstein's refusal to allow us to see that information raises the suspicion in our minds that there must have been unusual pressures being brought to bear during the plea discussions that would have been revealed had Epstein complied with his production obligations. Fourth, there appears to have been an unprecedented level of secrecy between your office an t e e era ur a FBI wa.s_ratp,onsihic. along with state and local police agencies, for building the case against Epstein. They appear to have developed an overwhelming criminal against him. And yet, when your office signed the non- prosecution agreement with him, it is not clearto us that thin' was consulted about this decision. Indeed, we have suspicions that the FBI was not informed of this decision until, perhaps, months later. 3 . EFTA00232728
Supporting this suspicion is our on-going litigation regarding the treatment of the victims in this case. As you know from our draft pleadings that we have discussed with your office, we believe there is compelling evidence that the victims and their attorneys were deceived about the existence of a non-prosecution agreement for months in order to avoid what certainly would have been a firestorm of controversy about such lenient treatment of a repeat sex offender. Our impression from the evidence we have been able to obtain so far is that the FBI was similarly kept in the dark — not consulted about or even told about the NM. While a certain amount of tension has always existed between federal prosecuting and investigating agencies, not even informing the FBI about the Epstein NPA seems highly unusual. All of these strange facts -- as well as the facts that we are alleging in our crime victims' litigation — lead us to think that there was something rotten with the way this case was handled. Epstein could have faced years and years in prison for numerous federal sex offenses. And yet he managed to contrive to walk away with no federal time at all (and only minimal state time). We respectfully ask you to investigate through appropriate and independent channels the handling of the Epstein (non)prosecution. Thank you in advance for considering this request. I would be happy to provide any other additional information that would be useful to you. Sincerely, Pau Cassel • 4 EFTA00232729
QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH March 1, 2011 Wifredo A. Ferrer United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 99 N.E.4th Street Miami, FL 33132 I. CASSELL Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Prof.f Criminal Law Telephone: Re: Jane Doe O. and Jane Doe #2 vs. United States, No. 09-80736 Dear Mr. Ferrer: We are writing to you personally on behalf of Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 in one last effort to try and narrow our range of difference in the pending Crime Victims Rights Act case regarding Jeffrey Epstein. We make two requests: First, we are requesting that you agree to our proposal for narrowing the range of disputes between your Office and the victims, Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2. Second, If you are unable to agree to our proposal, we request that you agree not to withhold information in your Office's possession that would support their claims under the Crime Victims Rights Act (CVRA). By way of background, as you know, we have been attempting to work with your Office for more than two-and-a-half years to reach a stipulated set for facts in this CVRA case that would avoid the need for any public battle between your Office and the victims . Indeed, we reached out to you for a personal meeting to try to avoid a fight, and you were kind enough to meet with Jane Doe #1 and her undersigned attorneys. During that meeting, we expressed our intention to go the extra mile to try and avoid any fight with your Office and to see if there was a way to fight only Jeffrey Epstein the sex offender, rather than the prosecutors who work for you. Toda we had a telephone conference call with two of your attorneys, in . and in which they told us that we would not be receiving any cooperation from your Office on our CVRA case and that, in short, we would have to "see you in court." We were also told that your Office was taking the position that it could, and would, withhold from the victims information in your Office's ossession that would support their claims under the CVRA. After receiving approval from and we wanted to write to you personally in one last effort to see If we can narrow our differences on these two issues and avoid a disappointing battle. Narrowing the Issues In Dispute During today's conference call, it appeared that there was some confusion from and as to precisely what the victims were proposing. Our proposal is simply this: that www.law.utah.edu • Main Office • Facsimile 332 South 1400 East, Room 101 • Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0730 EFTA00232730
your Office and Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 would stipulate to a set of facts to provide context for the Court while we litigate the legal issue in dispute, that is whether the CVRA applies even though no federal charges were ultimately filed. If your Office prevails on that issue, the victims would obviously have no claim under the CVRA. The victims would then pursue their appellate rights in the Eleventh Circuit. If, however, the victims prevail on that issue, then your Office would take "no position" on the remedy sought by the victims for the violation of their rights afforded them under the Act. Your Office would essentially stand aside and agree not to take any position on the victims' request to set aside the NPA as a remedy for that violation of the victims' rights. We understood from our meeting with you in December that wanted to do what you could to help the victims in this case. Yet as we understood and today, they were taking the position that we would receive no cooperation of any sort from your Office. And we further understood from them that your Office was now going to take the position that even if the victims' congressionally-mandated rights were violated, there is simply no remedy for those violations and thus the victims should have no recourse for the violations. On behalf of our clients, we want to once again reach out and make sure that your Office wants to move to an adversarial litigation posture on these issues. We simply don't understand why your Office is now going to take a litigating position hostile to ours on issues beyond the legal question of when CVRA rights attached in this case. We appreciate that the Department has institutional concerns about the timing of CVRA rights. But we don't understand why your Office is now going to fight against the victims in their efforts seeking to overturn a NPA that by any measure is unfair. This is not simply our view —the unfairness of the NPA has now attracted comment literally throughout the world, including serving as the basis for an unfavorable portrayal in a recent Law and Order: Special Victim Episode and a feature story yesterday in the London-based Sunday Mail. We are not asking your Office to join us in our efforts to throw out this unjust agreement. But can't your Office simply stand on the sidelines and let us make our case against Epstein. Fighting a politically well-connected billionaire is difficult enough, without having the weight of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida thrown against us too. We respectfully make one last request for you to move forward with our proposal for narrowing differences between us. WithholdinR Favorable Evidence If you feel that your Office must fight us in court on every possible issue, then we are respectfully writing to request that we resolve one issue outside of court: Whether your Office can withhold from the victims evidence in its possession that is favorable to their CVRA case. During our conference call with and we pointed out that if we were criminal defense attorneys representing criminals, your Office would promptly turn over to us all information in its possession that was helpful to these criminals under the Brady and Giglio decisions. We asked your Office to extend to the victims the same assistance that it would provide to criminals — i.e., we asked and to voluntarily provide to us information 2 EFTA00232731
in your Office's possession that was helpful the victims' CVRA case. We were informed that your Office will be taking the position in Court that it can and will withhold from the victims such information, apparently on the theory that victims lack due process or other "discovery" rights under the CVRA. We believe that the position that your Office can suppress relevant evidence is legally unfounded for four reasons and, in any event, is unsound policy at odds with promises that the Attorney General has made to crime victims and to the public. With regard to the legal problems in this position, first, the CVRA promises victims of crime that they will be "treated with fairness." 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(8). The clear Intent of Congress in passing this provision was to provide a substantive "due process" right to crime victims. As one of the CVRA's co-sponsors (Senator Kyl) explained, "The broad rights articulated in this section are meant to be rights themselves and are not intended to just be aspirational. One of these rights is the right to be treated with fairness. Of course, fairness includes the notion of due process. Too often victims of crime experience a secondary victimization at the hands of the criminal justice system. This provision is Intended to direct Government agencies and employees, whether they are in executive or judiciary branches, to treat victims of crime with the respect they deserve." 150 CONG. REc. 54269 (Apr. 22, 2004) (emphasis added). Because the CVRA extends a "due process" right to crime victims like Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2, victims have a right to fair access to evidence to prove their case. The very foundation of the Brady obligation Is due process: "[T]he suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused .. . violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment." Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87 (1963). It would similarly violate due process for the prosecution to suppress evidence favorable to a crime victim where the evidence is material either to proving a CVRA violation or to the remedy for a violation. Second, entirely apart from whether the victims have a right to obtain such information, your Office has an affirmative obligation to disclose it to victims. The CVRA directly commands that "Coif-ricers and employees of the Department of Justice and other departments and agencies of the United States engaged in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime shall make their best efforts to see that crime victims are notified of, and accorded, the rights described in [the CVRAJ." 18 U.S.C. § 3771(c)(1) (emphasis added).1 It is simply impossible for I As you can see from this language, the CVRA applies not only to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida but also to the relevant office of the FBI. We are "cc'ing" a copy of this letter to the FBI so that they can be informed of our view that they should provide assistance to the victims in this matter as well, rather than Join your Office in any effort to withhold evidence. We understand that your fO fice represents the FBI on these issues, and are happyTo continue our discussions with you regarding the FBI obligations in this area. At the appropriate time, however, If we are unable to reach agreement, we would like to have this discussion with a representative of the FBI to see whether they are In accord with your position. It is our understanding that the appropriate person would be the "special agent-In-charge of the division having primary responsibility for conducting the investigation." ATTORNEY GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR VICTIM AND WITNESS ASSISTANCE 11 (May 2005). 3 EFTA00232732
your Office to make its "best efforts" to accord victims their rights while simultaneously withholding evidence that would help them obtain those rights in court. Third, the attorneys In your Office have duties of candor to the Court that would not permit It to present evidence or testimony that is known to be false. Fla. Bar Rule 4-3.3(a)(4). Allowing the victims access to evidence favorable to their claim will insure compliance with this rule. Similarly, in an ex parte proceeding, a lawyer must inform the court of all material facts known to the lawyer that will enable the court to make an Informed decision "whether or not the facts are adverse." Fla. Bar. Rule 4-3.3(d). If your Office is correct that we are not entitled to access to favorable evidence, then the proceedings involving that evidence are essentially ex parte — requiring your Office to make disclosure to the Court. Surely the more appropriate way to proceed is to simply disclose those materials in the first instance to the victims. Fourth and finally, your Office has previously taken the position that the CVRA petition filed by the victims is covered by the civil rules. If so, then the victims can serve discovery requests as in any other civil cases. The victims can likewise take depositions of witnesses who possess relevant evidence to their claims. Indeed, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A), your Office would be required to automatically produce such information. For all these reasons, it is our considered opinion that your Office does not have a legally well-founded position to withhold evidence from the victims in this case. Even If the Office did have such a position, however, we are mystified as to why your Office would want to assert such a position. Attorney General Holder has recently publicly discussed the Department's obligations regarding production of exculpatory information to criminals, explaining "We're not here to win cases, but to do justice." Attorney General Holder Discusses Efforts to improve Prosecutor Training, WALL ST. J., Apr. 30, 2010. With all respect, we submit that your Office should seek to do justice not merely for criminals, but also for the victims of those criminals. We therefore respectfully request that you simply provide this information to us as a matter of justice, avoiding the need for us to litigate this question. To avoid burdening your Office, we would be happy to provide a specific list of the information that we believe is material to the victims' CVRA case — a limited amount of information that could be swiftly located by your Office. Conclusion We frankly believe we have been very patient on this case and have gone to the extra mile to avoid an unnecessary fight with your Office. But our clients are asking us what the status of their case is, and we have an obligation to proceed diligently. Our first choice is to work something out with you. But if your Office is for some reason unwilling or unable to do that, we believe we have an overwhelming case of clear cut CVRA violations — a case that we will present to the Court. 4 EFTA00232733
As we told and even though your Office has refused to provide any accommodations to us, we will continue to discuss with them our proposed statement of facts, with the aim of removing Information that they believe is damaging to your Office and that we can leave out as unessential to our case. We hope that you will favorably consider our requests in this letter and try to find an approach that will minimize our need to become embroiled in a court dispute between crime victims and the prosecutors who aim to protect them. If we are unable to do so, our intention is to file our "summary judgment" pleadings (which we provided in their entirety to your Office as a courtesy six months ago) on March 18, 2011. dwards Sincerely, Paul Ci. Cassell Co-Counsel for Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 Cc: Special Agent in Charge John V. Gillies Miami FBI Field Office 16320 NW 2nd Avenue North Miami Beach, FL 33169 The views expressed in this letter are solely those of its authors. 5 EFTA00232734
SEE (USAFLS) From: IIMI Cassell Sent: aindia rtc To: (USAFLS); , I. W I. (USAFLS) Cc: rdirrvards Subject: Motion to Make Our Pleading Available to the Public - Government Position Dear and We are writing to inquire about the government's position on a motion that we will be filing on March 18 along with our "summary judgment" motion. As you know, the summary judgment motion will contain quotations from e-mails that are under the magistrate judge's order requiring prior notice to the court before they are disclosed. Accordingly, on March 18, we will be filing a full, unredacted summary judgment motion under seal with Judge Marra and, for the public PACER file, a summary judgment motion with quotations from the e-mails redacted. We will be filing simultaneously a motion for with the court for unsealing of the unredacted motion. We will provide (at least) three ground for unsealing. First, the confidentiality order was only based on an agreement to give advance notice to Epstein before using materials. Once advance notice has been given, there is no basis for confidentiality. Second, there is truly world-wide interest in the handling of the Epstein prosecution, and so our pleading should not remain under seal — instead the public should have access to it so that they can assess how this case was handled. Third, keeping the pleading under seal complicates the ability of Jane Does' attorneys to consult with victims' rights specialist about how best to proceed in the case. We are writing to determine the Government's position on our motion to unseal the redacted pleading so that we can include that position in our motion. We hope that you will not oppose the motion, which might produce the need for further litigation. As you know, Judge Marra has promptly unsealed other pleadings in this matter when the Government tried to object. Sincerely, IM Cassell Co-Counsel for Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 G. Cassell Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah 332 South 1400 East, Room 101 Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0730 Voice: Fax: Email: htto://www.law.utah.edu/orofiles/defaulLaso?Person1O=57&namp=cassell,Paul CONFIDENTIAL: This electronic message - along with any/all attachments - is confidential This message is intended only for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, the person responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient you may not use. disseminate. distribute or copy this communication. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply electronic mail and delete the original message Thank you EFTA00232735
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM 1 2 3 4 Document 180 Entered UNITED STATES SOUTHERN DISTRICT WEST PALM CASE NO. 08-80119-CIV-MARRA on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 1 of 51 DISTRICT COURT OF FLORIDA BEACH DIVISION WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 5 JANE DOE, et al., 6 Plaintiffs, vs. JUNE 12, 2009 7 8 JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 9 Defendant. 10 11 TRANSCRIPT OF MOTION HEARING BEFORE THE HONORABLE KENNETH A. MARRA, 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE APPEARANCES: 13 14 FOR THE PLAINTIFFS: ADAM D. HOROWITZ, ESQ. Mermelstein & Horowitz 15 18205 Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33160 16 For Jane Doe 17 BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, ESQ. Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler 18 401 East Las Olas Boulevard Port Lauderdale, FL 33301 19 Jane Doe 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 20 ISIDRO M. GARCIA, ESQ. 21 Garcia Elkins Boehringer 224 Datura Avenue West Palm Beach, FL 33401 22 Jane DOE II 23 RICHARD H. WILLITS, ESQ. 24 2290 10th Avenue North Lake Worth, FL 33461 25 For 1 TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232736
Case 9:08-cv 80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 2 of 51 2 1 ROBERT JOSEFSBERG, ESQ. 2 Podhurst Orseck Josefsberg 25 West Flagler Street 3 Miami, FL 33130 For Jane Doe 101 4 (Via telephone) 5 KATHERINE W. EZELL, ESQ. Podhurst Orseck Josefsberg 6 25 West Flagler Street Miami, FL 33130 7 For Jane Doe 101 8 FOR THE DEFENDANT: ROBERT D. CRITTON, JR., ESQ. MICHAEL BURMAN, ESQ. 9 Burman Critton, etc. 515 North Flagler Street 10 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 11 JACK A. GOLDBERGER, ESQ. 12 Atterbury Goldberger 250 Australian Avenue South 13 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 14 As Amicas Cunie: , ESQ. 15 Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 East Broward Boulevard 16 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 For U.S.A. 17 MARTIN G. WEINBERG, ESQ. 18 20 Park Plaza Boston MA 02116 19 (Via telephone) 20 JAY LEFKOWITZ, ESQ. (via telephone) 21 REPORTED BY: LARRY HERB RPR-RMR-FCRR-AE 22 Official United States Court Reporter Federally Certified Realtime Reporter 23 400 North Miami Avenue, Room 8N09 Miami, FL 33128 24 25 TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232737
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM 1 2 3 Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 3 of 51 THE COURT: We are here in the various Doe vs. Epstein cases. May I have counsel state their appearances? 4 MR. HOROWITZ: Adam Horowitz, counsel for plaintiffs 5 Jane 2 through Jane Doe 7. 6 THE COURT: Good morning. 7 MR. EDWARDS: Brad Edwards, counsel for plaintiff Jane 8 Doe. 9 THE COURT: Good morning. 10 MR. GARCIA: Good morning, Your Honor. Sid Garcia for 11 Jane Doe II. 12 THE COURT: Good morning. 13 MR. WILLITS: Good morning, Your Honor. Richard 14 Willits, here on behalf of the plaintifflila. 15 THE COURT: Good morning. 16 MS. EZELL: Good morning, Your Honor. I'm Katherine 17 Ezell from Podhurst Orseck, here with Amy Adderly and Susan 18 Bennett, and I believe my partner, Bob Josefsberg, is going to 19 appear by telephone. 20 THE COURT: Mr. Josefsberg, are you there? 21 MR. JOSEFSBERG: I am, Your Honor. — 2 ThE Lutlxi: -Good morning-. 23 MR. JOSEFSBERG: Good morning. 24 THE COURT: All right. Do we have all the plaintiffs 25 stated their appearances? Okay. 3 TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232738
Case 9:08-cv 1 2 3 80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 4 of 51 Defense? MR. CRITTON: Your Honor, Robert Critton on behalf of Mr. Epstein, and my partner, Michael Burman. 4 THE COURT: Good morning. 5 MR. GOLDBERGER: Good morning, Your Honor. Jack 6 Goldberger on behalf of Mr. Epstein. 7 THE COURT: I see we have some representatives from 8 the United States Attorney's Office here. 9 MS. : Good morning, Your Honor. • 10 for the U.S. Attorney's office. 11 THE COURT: Good morning. 12 Who else do we have on the phone? 13 MR. CRITTON: Your Honor, we have two members of the 14 defense team are on the phone, also. 15 THE COURT: Who do we have on the phone? 16 MR. WEINBERG: Martin Weinberg. Good morning, Your 17 Honor. 18 MR. LEFKOWITZ: Jay Lefkowitz. Good morning, Your 19 Honor. 20 THE COURT: Good morning. 21 I scheduled this hearing for very limited issues 4.4 which, as you all know, there s teen a motion by Mr. Epstein to 23 stay the civil proceedings against him. The one issue I have 24 concern about is Mr. Epstein's contention or assertion that by 25 defending against the allegations in the civil proceedings, he 4 TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232739
Case 9.08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 5 of 51 5 1 may expose himself to an allegation by the United States in the 2 non-prosecution agreement that he's violated that agreement and 3 therefore would subject himself to potential federal charges. 4 I I had asked for some briefing on this. I asked the 5 United States to present its position to me. And I received 6 the Government's written response, which I frankly didn't find 7 very helpful. And I still am not sure I understand what the 8 Government's position is on it. 9 So first let me hear from Mr. Epstein's attorneys as 10 to what do you believe the concern is. I don't believe the 11 non-prosecution agreement has ever been filed in this Court; am 12 I correct? 13 MR. CRITTON: To my knowledge, Your Honor, it has not. 14 THE COURT: So I don't believe I've ever seen the 15 entire agreement. I've seen portions of it. 16 MR. EDWARDS: Your Honor, I believe that it was filed 17 under Jane Doe 1 and 2 vs. United States of America, case under 18 seal in your court. 19 THE COURT: Okay. 20 MR. EDWARDS: In a separate case. 21 THE COURT: In that case, okay. Was it actually filed in Jam? -- 23 MR. EDWARDS: I filed it under seal. 24 THE COURT: In any event, what's Mr. Epstein's concern 25 about if you defend the civil actions, you're going to expose TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232740
Case 9.08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 EnteredonFLWDocket06/24/2009 Page 6 of 51 6 1 yourself to a claim for a breach by the United States of the 2 non-prosecution agreement? 3 MR. CRITTON: Robert Critton. 4 Your Honor, our position on this case is, I'd say is 5 somewhat different. When this issue originally came before the 6 Court, as you are aware prior to my firm's involvement in the 7 case, there was a motion filed on behalf of Mr. Epstein seeking 8 a stay. And I think it was in Jane Doe 102 and then 9 subsequently Jane Doe 2 through 5 because all of those cases 10 were filed on or about the same time. 11 And at that time the Court looked at the issue and it 12 was based upon a statutory provision at that time. And the 13 Court said I don't find that it's applicable, or for whatever 14 reason I think the Court said I don't consider that to be a 15 pending proceeding or a proceeding at that particular time. 161 In that same order, which was in Jane Doe 2, I 17 believe it's -- not I believe, I know it's docket entry 33, the 18 Court also went on to talk about at that particular point in 19 time dealt with the issue of the discretionary stay. 20 And the court said at that time, I'm paraphrasing, but 21 the Court also does not believe a discretionary stay is warranted. And what the court went -on to -say is 1_ iat it 23 defendant does not breach the agreement, then he should have no 24 concerns regarding his Fifth Amendment right against 25 self-incrimination. TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232741
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 7 of 51 7 1 The fact that the U.S. Attorney or other law 2 enforcement officials may object to some discovery in these 3 civil cases is not in and of itself a reason to stay the civil 4 litigation, so that any such issue shall be resolved as they 5 arise in the course of the litigation. 6 And I would respectfully submit to the Court that the 7 position that the Government has taken in its most recent 8 filings changes the playing field dramatically. Because what 9 the Government in essence has said as distinct from the U.S. 10 saying is, well, we object to some discovery, or we may object 11 to some discovery in the civil cases. 12 what they have, in essence, said is if you take some 13 action, Mr. Epstein, that we believe unilaterally, and this is 14 on pages 13 and 14 of their pleading or of their response memo 15 to the Court's inquiry, they say if Mr. Epstein breaches the 16 agreement. They said it's basically like a contract, and if 17 one side breaches, the other side can sue. 18 In this instance what the Government will do is if we 19 believe that Mr. Epstein has breached the agreement, we'll 20 indict him. We will indict him. And his remedy under that 21 circumstance, which is an incredible and catastrophic catch 22 22- 9,-sire-r1-1-indi-ct trim and-then he can-move to- digffter--ThaCrg-a 23 great option. 24 In this particular instance my mandate in defending -- 25 and that's a dramatic change in the Government's position, TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232742
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 8 of 51 8 1 because the Government is not saying, and the Court was pretty 2 specific in what you asked the Government for in its response 3 is, in essence, and it's the same question in a more limited 4 fashion you're posing today is whether Mr. Epstein's defense of 5 the civil action violates the NPA agreement, the 6 non-prosecution agreement, between the U.S. and Mr. Epstein. 7 And the Government refuses to answer that question. 8 They won't come out and say, yes, it will, or no, it won't. 9 What they're doing is they want to sit on the sideline, and as 10 their papers suggest is, they want us to lay in wait and that 11 if, in fact, they believe he violates a provision of the NPA as 12 it relates to the defense of this case or these multitude of 13 cases, then they can come in and indict him -- no notice, no 14 opportunity to cure. 15 We don't think that's what the NPA says, but that's 16 certainly what their papers say. We'll indict him, no notice, 17 no opportunity to cure. We will indict him, and his remedy 18 under that circumstance is that he can move to dismiss the 19 indictment. 20 Well, that's great except Mr. Epstein, his mandate to 21I me and I know his mandate to his criminal lawyers, is: Make errata - T don -do anything, in -p 23 that would in any way suggest that I am in willful violation of 24 the NPA. 25 Now, in the Court's prior ruling in the docket entry TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232743
Case9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page9of51 9 1 33, certainly some aspects of the NPA are within Mr. Epstein's 2 control. There's no question about that. But aspects that 3 relate to the defense of these cases, either in terms of the 4 civil lawyers who are defending these, I think there's 12 or 13 5 pending cases in front of you, there's another four cases in 6 the state court, is the risk is substantial, it's real, and it 7 presents a chilling effect for the civil lawyers in moving 8 forward to determine whether or not we're taking some action 9 that in some way may be a violation of the NPA. 10 And the Government's, again, refusal or non-position 11 with regard to past acts that have been taken in the civil case 12 with regard to the defense or future acts that we may take with 13 regard to these contested litigation casts an extraordinary 14 cloud of doubt and uncertainty and fear that the defense of 15 these cases could jeopardize Mr. Epstein and put him in the 16 irreparable position of violating the NPA and then subsequently 17 being indicted. 18 In this particular instance, again, Mr. Epstein has no 19 intention of willfully violating the NPA, but it's of great 20 concern to him. And I'd say with the position that the 21 Government has taken, no notice, no cure period, no opportunity 22 --t -o- dts-ctors--.---Agathr, we think thars - not what- the- NPA--provitte-s, 23 it's not what the deal was between the two contracting parties, 24 the United States and Mr. Epstein. But that's clearly what 25 their papers say under the circumstances, and it would create TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232744
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 10 of 51 10 1 this irreparable harm to Mr. Epstein under the circumstances. 2 In essence, we're left with a catch 22 in defending 3 the civil cases. We have a mandate to take no action, to take 4 any action which may be deemed to be a violation of the NPA, 5 either in the past or in the future, which would in any way 6 risk Mr. Epstein being indicted by the United States. 7 i He has the clear risk of an indictment based upon the 8 papers that the Government filed. It's real, it's not remote, 9 and it's not speculative. It chills the action of the defense 10 in this instance of both Mr. Epstein and his attorneys in 11 trying to defend these cases and decide under the circumstances 12 can we do this, can we take this position with regard to 13 depositions, can we take this legal position with regard to 14 motions to dismiss, with regard to responses, with regard to 15 replies? 16 And we send out paper discovery. Is this in some way 17 if we contact someone who may be an associate of these 18 individuals as part of our investigation, is that potentially 19 in any way a violation of the NPA? Again, we don't think so. 20 And, obviously, again, my direction has been from my 21 client: Don't take any action that would result in me being indicted under the NPA. Well, La `is great. But, yeueLatly, 23 civil lawyers or civil lawyers in defending a personal injury 24 case or a tort case, which is exactly what these are, and from 25 a practical standpoint, we use various tools to do discovery. TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232745
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 11 of 51 11 1 They're standard. They're specific. They're very Lemporary. 2 Very typical. 3 I But in this instance, as the Court knows, things are 4 not typical with regard to this case in any way, shape or form. 5 We can't even serve subpoenaes, there's objections and there's 6 -- we can't even serve objections to third parties so we can 7 obtain documents unless we have to filter it through the 8 plaintiffs' attorneys. They won't allow us to use their 9 clients' names, even in a subpoena that would never be filed in 10 the court. 11 How do we do a deposition of a third party? We wanted 12 to take the deposition of Jane Doe 4. Well, who is she? Well, 13 we can't tell you that. Well, who's the defendant? Well, we 14 can't tell you that because nobody wants anybody to know 15 anything about the case. They want to present it strictly 16 through rose-colored glasses. 17 And in this particular instance, we simply can't 18 defend this case or take certain action with the spector 19 hanging over us that, in fact, the Government may deem it to be 20 a violation of the NPA, because very clearly in their response 21 papers, they don't say. They say we don't take the position, and then they take a substantial -position is we- thin 23 not all that substantial factors that would entitle him to a 24 stay. 25 Except for the one major issue which the Court posed TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232746
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 12of51 12 1 in the question is, is can he defend these cases? That's what 2 I really want to know. Can he defend these cases and, in 3 essence, what he has done in the past or what his defense team 4 has done in the past and what they're going to do in the 5 future, can you give him, Epstein, assurances that the 6 Government under this situation, whatever he does, based on 7 advice of counsel, that that cannot be a willful violation of 8 the N?A, which they can -- they, the U.S. -- can then turn 9 around and say that's a violation of the agreement and, 10 therefore, we're going to go proceed to indict you under the 11 circumstances. 12 Our position is, Your Honor, is that the U.S. has now 13 cavalierly suggested that, as they did in picking up on the 14 court's docket entry or prior order, is, look, compliance with 15 the NPA is solely up to Mr. Epstein. In this type of balance 16 of equities, it doesn't speak in favor of a stay. 17 Well, that's great. And maybe that was the position 18 back in '08, on August 5th of '08, when the issue came up in 19 front of the Court with regard to the initial stay. 20 But the Government's papers under these circumstances 21 suggested a very different set of circumstances. Their own -unilateral, -which is the issue L1 at we argued - 23 stay, is that the Government's position is that we can 24 unilaterally indict this man if we think he's breached the NPA. 25 We don't think that's right, but we have no buffer TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232747
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 13 of 51 13 1 between us and the Government. They'll say, and as the Court 2 knows, the Government has substantial power. The Government 3 does what it wants. Most of the time hopefully they're right. 4 Sometimes they make mistakes. 5 But in this particular instance, my client has rights. 6 We think that there's notice provisions, we think there's cure 7 provisions under the NPA. That's not what their paper says 8 under the circumstances. 9 And what we'd like to know from the Government, and 10 maybe the answer is basically what the court asks is, let the 11 Government come forward today and say, based on the knowledge 12 that we have, or as of today's date, June 12th, 2009, we, the 13 Government, agree that there is no set of circumstances, not 14 that we're not aware of, but as of today's date, there is 15 nothing that exists that would be a violation of the NPA. 16 THE COURT: Well, that's way beyond what I'm 17 interested in. I don't know what Mr. Epstein may have done 18 outside the context of defending this case that may constitute 19 a violation. And if he has done something outside the context 20 of defending this case that's a violation, I don't care. 21 That's between the United States and Mr. Epstein. --rtirr -Onty-concerned—about—wnether-anyL Li-acmes In 23 defending these civil actions is going to be a violation of the 24 non-prosecution agreement. If he has done something else, it's 25 none of my business, and I don't care, and I'm not going to TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232748
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 14 of 51 14 1 even ask the Government to give you an assurance that he hasn't 2 done anything that might have violated the agreement up till 3 today. I'm only interested in defending these civil actions. 4 i MR. CRITTON: Then I would respectfully submit to the 5 Court that the Government be asked in that limited context, are 6 they as of today, whether there were or not, but as of today is 7 there anything that has been done or will you take the 8 position, the United States, that any position that Mr. Epstein 9 has taken with regard to defending these civil cases is in any 10 way a violation of the bulk? 11 THE COURT: Well, I'm not sure what they're going to 12 say, but that might -- that cures the problem up to this point. 13 But then we have to deal with what's going to happen from here 14 on in. And that's another issue that we have to deal with. 15 So I understand your position. 16 But has anyone suggested to you on behalf of the 17 United States that there is something that you've done in 18 defending this case that they believe may or could be construed 19 as a violation of the non-prosecution agreement? Has anyone 20 pointed to anything that you've done? For example, the fact 21 that you've wanted to take their -- I don't know if you've iced -del:it:raj-trans or not in thts -case but rf—your 23 notice of taking deposition, if you sent requests for 24 production of documents, if you sent interrogatories, if you 25 issued third party subpoenas? Is anything you've done thus far TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232749
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM 1 2 3 Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 15 of 51 in the context of this case been brought to your attention as a potential violation? MR. CRITTON: I have received no notification nor am I 4 aware that we've received any notification of any action that 5 we have taken today. As I suggested to the Court, I don't know 6 when they've done or not. And in their papers they suggested, 7 well, we don't know everything that's gone on in the civil 8 litigation. 9 But from a practical standpoint, it was a number of 10 comments that were made in their papers is, we can indict, we 11 can see if there's a breach. 12 Judge, I may have some -- 13 THE COURT: Before you go on. 14 MR. CRITTON: I'm sorry. 15 THE COURT: You've focused a great deal on the 16 Government's response to my inquiry as supporting your position 17 that you're in jeopardy. But you've made the suggestion, even 18 before this brief was filed, that defending the case was going 19 to potentially result in an assertion or allegation that you 20 breached the non-prosecution agreement. 21 So what was it that caused you to make that initial /2 -assertion? — Because—tharntrat caug it my d tynti n, warTiOt- -- 23 this brief that the Government has filed was in response to 24 something that you filed initially in your most recent motion 25 for a stay which raised the issue. 15 TOTALACCESSCOUUROOMNEM0RKREMJIMETWISCRIVI1ON EFTA00232750
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 16 of 51 16 1 So what was it that gave you some concern to even 2 raise the issue that defending this case is going to constitute 3 a breach? 4 MR. CRITTON: Because there are other instances where 5 counsel other than myself, not in the civil aspects, where 6 allegations have been made and letters have been sent by the 7 United States suggesting that there's been a violation of the 8 NPA. And under those circumstances, some notification was 9 provided. 10 THE COURT: Did it have anything to do with defending 11 the civil actions? 12 MR. CRITTON: It did not. 13 THE COURT: So then why was that issue raised by you 14 in the first instance? 15 MR. CRITTON: Because of the prospect that the 16 defendant could take, that the U.S. would take the position 17 under the circumstances that a position that we took with 18 regard to the contested litigation may well impact, that the 19 Government may have a very different view of what the 20 interpretation of the agreement is. 21 And as an example is a number of the parties, and I ow the-Court doesn't want to—ge 23 is, is under 2255 is that from the defendant's perspective the 24 deal that was cut on that, it was a very specific deal. It 25 dealt with both consensual and contested litigation. It dealt TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232751
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 17 of 51 17 1 with a secret list of individuals who we had no idea who was on 2 the list, and a commitment that he would under certain 3 circumstances be required to pay a minimum amount of damages, 4 which our position is under 2255 based upon the statute that 5 was in effect at the time, a $50,000 as to anyone who wanted -- 6 who came forward who was on the list and met certain criteria. 7 The position that now has been asserted by a number of 8 the plaintiffs under the circumstances, and it's been pled, and 9 actually a number of the complainants is, is Epstein agreed, 10 and they cite to a letter that was sent by Ms. from 11 the Government, that says he has to plead guilty or he can't 12 contest liability. That may be true under very, very limited 13 or specific circumstances. 14 But what the plaintiffs have done in a number of the 15 cases, and these are pending motions, is they've said is, well, 16 we think cases is a good example, they've pled 30 17 separate counts of 2255 alleged violations. And they're saying 18 under the circumstances is, therefore, we have 2255 violations, 19 there's 30 of them, so 30 times 150, or should be, or whether 20 it's 150, that's the amount of money that we want, so maybe $15 21 million, or whatever the number is. - Some- of- the other -plaintifts' lawyers--h- 23 more creative. They've said is, well, we'll agree that it's 24 only one cause of action but that each number of violations; 25 that is, if 20 alleged incidents occurred, that we would TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232752
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 18 of 51 18 1 consider to be, or that we will argue are violations, then we 2 can take 20 times the SO, or the 150, depending on which 3 statute is applicable. 4 So the Government under that set of circumstance could 5 say, and, again, this is one of the reasons that we raised it, 6 they could say, look, our deal with you was that you couldn't 7 contest liability, that you were waiving liability, or your 8 ability to contest an enumerated offense under 2255. 9 Again, part of the deal was as to an enumerated 10 offense. Okay. Well, what's that mean? What did he plead to? 11 Well, he really didn't plead to anything, which is another 12 issue associated with the 2255. But if the Government comes in 13 and says, no, wait a minute, our position was, is that you're 14 stuck with 2255 and the language within the NPA. And, 15 therefore, whether it's an offense or whether it's multiple 16 offenses or violations or each one represents an individual 17 cause of action, if the Government takes the position that's 18 adverse to what we think the clear reading of the agreement was 19 under those circumstances, they could claim a violation. 20 And as a result -- and that's one of the reasons we 21 put -- that was the most glaring one to us, so we raised that - i -ssund then- when the veLumeu 4-s L apuflue Lame- w. 1 23 regard to, is we can just proceed to indict if we think that 24 there's been a breach of the agreement. 25 That puts us at substantial risk and chills our TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232753
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 19 of 51 19 1 ability to move forward. Thank you, Your Honor. 2 THE COURT: Thank you. Who wants to be heard from the 3 plaintiffs first? 4 Is there any plaintiff's attorney who is contending 5 that the defense of these civil actions by Mr. Epstein is going 6 to constitute a breach of the non-prosecution agreement? 7 MR. JOSEFSBERG: Your Honor, this is Bob Josefsberg. 8 i, May I speak? 9 THE COURT: Yes, sir. 10 MR. JOSEFSBERG: We're not quite confident that any 11 breaches of any agreement, which were third-party 12 beneficiaries, should be resolved by you. We're not saying it 13 shouldn't. But we have not raised any breach of agreement. We 14 think that is between the United States and Mr. Epstein. 15 What I find incredulous and disingenuous is that 16 Mr. Epstein is saying that he wants a stay because he may be 17 forced into taking actions in the defense of this case that 18 would violate the agreement. 19 And let me make our position clear on that. If he 20 wants to move to take depositions, interrogatories, production, 21 and they are according to your rulings appropriate, not invasive of- the- privacy of someone, and-they are—rel 23 I don't know how those could in any way be violations of the 24 agreement. 25 What I find hypocritical is that there are two parts TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232754
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 20 of 51 20 1 to the agreement that I am a beneficiary of. One of them is 2 that he has agreed that on any action brought in the 2255, he 3 will admit to liability. 4 And I received on May 26 a motion to dismiss, which 5 we're prepared to respond to and disagree with, but totally 6 contesting liability, saying that the statute doesn't apply 7 because the girls are no longer minors and saying, and this is 8 the great one, saying that the predicate of the conviction 9 under 2255 has not been satisfied. 10 Now, the understanding that I have is the agreement 11 between the Government and Mr. Epstein was that the Government 12 desired to see these victims made whole, and wanted them to be 13 in the same position as if Mr. Epstein had been prosecuted and 14 pled or convicted. And they would be able to have the 15 predicate of that criminal conviction, which just as a matter 16 of liability would just be introduced as proof that he's done 17 this. 18 They, under the agreement, are supposed to admit to 19 liability on limited something that's under 2255. He has 20 filed, but since there is no conviction, there can be no civil 21 suit under 2255, with which we disagree. But it is totally in -opposite -of—the NPA. 23 The second part is there are many young ladies, and 24 this perhaps he can use this to his great advantage, who are 25 humiliated about this entire situation. Some of them won't TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232755
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 21 of 51 2 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 come forward. We were appointed by Judge as a Special Master to represent these young ladies. And some of them don't even want to file suit. They don't even want to be known as Jane Doe 103. They don't want any of the risks for these motions that are pending. And part of the agreement was that if we represented them and they settle, Mr. Epstein would pay our fees. And he has written us as of yesterday that he is under no obligation to pay our fees on settling cases. Now, those two matters, I believe, may be breaches. But I am not asking this Court at this time to do anything about them. Nor am I telling the Government, I'm not running to the Government and saying indict him because I want you to pressure him to do what he agreed to. I'm a third-party beneficiary for that agreement, and I may move to enforce certain parts of it. But as far as the issue of staying the litigation, that is the exact opposite of the intent and the letter of the NPA. The purpose of the NPA was so that these 34 young ladies, these victims who have been severely traumatized, may move on with their lives. 74nd -tostay this—action—would be tie—exact the purpose of that agreement and would be horrible psychologically for all of my clients. THE COURT: Mr. Josefsberg, I understand your TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232756
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM 1 2 3 Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 22 of 51 position. And I don't want to argue the merits of whether a stay should or should not be granted. I'm just trying to understand what the ground rules 4 are going to be if I grant a stay or if I deny a stay. And 5 I've already denied a stay once. I have to decide this current 6 motion, and I just want to know what is going to happen if I 7 deny the stay in terms of Mr. Epstein's exposure under the 8 non-prosecution agreement. That's my concern. 9 So if you're telling me that you're not going to urge 10 the United States, on behalf of any of your clients, to take 11 the position that he's breached the agreement because he's 12 taking depositions, because he's pursuing discovery, because 13 he's conducting investigations that anyone in any other type of 14 civil litigation might conduct with respect to plaintiffs that 15 are pursuing claims against a defendant, that those typical 16 types of actions, in your judgment, are not breaches of the 17 agreement and that he can go forward and defend the case as any 18 other defendant could defend, and you're not going to run to 19 the United States and say, hey, he's breaching the agreement by 20 taking depositions and he's breaching the agreement by issuing 21 subpoenas to third parties in order to gather information -22 necessary-to -defend; then-1 ikgr-t-have -a-prohlem: -Rut it frets- 23 going to be accused of breaching the agreement because he sends 24 out a notice of deposition of one of your clients, how is he 25 supposed to defend the case? 22 TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232757
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 23 of 51 23 1 MR. JOSEFSBERG: Your Honor, you're totally correct. 2 He can depose my client. That's not a problem. But the 3 problem is that these are not typical clients and this is not a 4 typical case. He has written in his pleadings that he wants to 5 publish the names of these girls in the newspapers so that 6 other people may come forward to discuss their sexual 7 activities with these different plaintiffs. That's not your 8 typical case. But are rulings that you'll make in this case, 9 and they're not part of the NPA. 10 As far as my going to the Government is concerned, I 11 find it very uncomfortable for me to use the Government to try 12 to pursue my financial interest in litigation. And I know that 13 Mr. Epstein and his counsel will make much ado about it. So I 14 am not going to be running there. 15 However, if they start taking depositions regarding 16 liability, I will consider that to be a breach because they're 17 supposed to have admitted liability. 18 THE COURT: But, again, I don't have the agreement and 19 I don't remember reading the agreement. But what I'm being 20 told is the part of the agreement that admits liability is only 21 as to a 2255 claim, and there are numerous other personal ink ry tort claims other than 2257 claims. 23 And there's a limit of damages on the 2255 claim, as I 24 understand it, but I presume that all the plaintiffs are going 25 to seek more than the limited or capped amount of damages in TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232758
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 24 of 51 24 1 the non-prosecution agreement as to the other claims. 2 And so why aren't they entitled to defend and limit 3 the amount of damages that your client is seeking on the 4 non-2255 tort claims? 5 MR. JOSEFSBERG: Your Honor, you are correct. On 6 non-2255 tort claims, they are permitted to do the defense, 7 whatever is appropriate. 8 My cases are pure 2255 on which liability under the 9 agreement is supposed to be admitted. Now, as to the amount of 10 damages, there are legal issues that will be before you and 11 under the cases that are getting before you, as to 12 whether it is 50 or 150. That has nothing to do with the NPA. 13 There are legal issues that are before you as to 14 whether it is per statute, per count or per incident or per 15 plaintiff. Those have nothing to do with the NPA. There is no 16 amount in NPA. Those will be resolved. 17 Anyone who has brought a case that is outside of 2255, 18 the defense is permitted to contest liability under the NPA. 19 That's no violation. 20 Under the NPA if someone brought a case under just 21 2255, Mr. Epstein, if he is to keep his word, cannot contest 22 /fly. I - there - woutd- no- need- to- starthir-Because it 23 is a self-fulfilling agreement. He can contest liability. And 24 as far as the amount of damages, anyone that wants to go over 25 the statutory minimums, of course, he can contest that in any TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232759
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 25 of 51 25 1 way that is proper under the Rules of Evidence and your 2 rulings. The NPA has no limitation on his contesting damages 3 above the minimum statutory amount. 4 The only thing that he has done is in his actions of 5 refusing to pay for settling defendants, and in his saying that 6 he has no liability under 2255, those appear to be contrary to 7 what's in the NPA. 8 But I'm not in any position right now to claim a 9 breach, and I don't know whether I'd be claiming a breach or 10 enforcing it in front of you, suing him for fees, asking you to 11 have him admit liability, or complaining to the Government. 12 And that's why I'm not that helpful in this situation because I 13 think it's the Government's role. 14 But I do not waive the right to be a third-party 15 beneficiary because pursuant to my appointment, which was 16 agreed to by Mr. Epstein, I and my clients have certain rights, 17 and we want to enforce them. 18 But his defending this lawsuit will not in any way be 19 a violation. His getting this lawsuit stayed would be a 20 violation of the spirit of taking care of these girls, and 21 there would be other issues. Like if there is a stay, Your -Honor, -would-tre -be-posting-a_ band? 23 THE COURT: We don't need to talk about those issues. 24 That's not my concern. 25 MR. JOSEFSBERG: I agree, Your Honor, we don't. TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232760
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 26 of 51 26 1 THE COURT: That's not my concern. So, again, I just 2 want to make sure that if the cases go forward and if 3 Mr. Epstein defends the case as someone ordinarily would defend 4 a case that's being prosecuted against him or her, that that in 5 and of itself is not going to cause him to be subject to 6 criminal prosecution. 7 i MR. JOSEFSBERG: I agree, Your Honor. 8 THE COURT: Any other plaintiff's counsel want to 9 chime in? 10 MR. WILLITS: Richard Willits on behalf of III'S... I 11 would join, to weigh in on what Mr. Josefsberg said. 12 MR. JOSEFSBERG: Your Honor, I could not hear. 13 THE COURT: We'll get him to a microphone. 14 Mr. Willits is speaking. 15 MR. WILLITS: On behalf of my client, , we join 16 in what Mr. Josefsberg said, and we also want to point out 17 something to the Court. 18 First, we want to make a representation to the Court, 19 we have no intention of complaining to the U.S. Attorney's 20 Office, never had that intention, don't have that intention in 21 the future, but, of course, subject to what occurs in the future. 23 I want to point out to the Court that Mr. Epstein went 24 into this situation with his eyes wide open, represented by 25 counsel, knowing that civil suits had to be coming. If he TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232761
Case 9:08-cv-801 19-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 27 of 51 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 didn't know it, his lawyers knew it. He appears to be having second thoughts now about he could have negotiated this way or he could have negotiated that way with the U.S. Attorney's Office. And they want to impose Lbeir second thoughts on the innocent plaintiffs. We don't think that's fair. We think it's in the nature of invited error, if there was any error whatsoever. Thank you. THE COURT: Ycu agree he should be able to take the Drdinary steps that a defendant in a civil action can take and nct be concerned about having to be prosecuted? MR. WILLITS: Of course. And we say the same thing Mr. Josefsberg said. It's all subject to your rulings and the direction of this Court as to what is proper and what is not proper. And we're prepared to abide by the rulings of this court, and we have no intention of running to the State's Attorney. THE COURT: The U.S. Attorney? MR. WILLITS: I'm sorry. The U.S. Attorney. THE COURT: Mr. Garcia. MR. GARCIA: Thank you, Your Honor. If--I may—briefly, I tl.a„kperhaps defense-counsel forgot about this, but on pages 17 and 19 of my memorandum of law in opposition to the motion to dismiss, I did make reference to the non-prosecution agreement, and I did say that TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232762
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 28 of 51 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 23 24 25 the contesting of the jurisdiction of this Court was a potential breach of the non-prosecution agreement. So my client happens to have, and they have filed with the Court a copy of her state court complaint, given the fact that the non-prosecution agreement limits the non-contesting of jurisdiction to claims exclusively brought under the federal statute. I'm going to go ahead and withdraw those contentions on pages 17 and 19 of my memo of law because it doesn't apply to my case. So to the extent that I raised this issue with defense counsel and the Court, I'm going to withdraw that aspect of it. THE COURT: Can you file something in writing on that point with the Court? MR. GARCIA: Yes. THE COURT: What do you say about this issue that we're here on today? MR. GARCIA: I think that the problem that I have with it is that this non-prosecution agreement is being used by defense counsel for the exact opposite purpose that it was intended. My perception of this thing, and I wasn't around, is titancEp -ste n --exam prosecution, which is wonderful for the victims in a way, and wonderful for him, too. Now he's trying to use the non-prosecution agreement TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232763
Case9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 29 of 51 29 1 as a shield against the plaintiffs that he was supposed to make 2 restitution for. 3 And, certainly, he can take my client's depo. He's 4 done extensive discovery in the state court case -- very 5 intrusive, I might add. And we don't care, because we can win 6 this case with the prosecution agreement or without the 7 prosecution agreement. We are ready to go forward. 8 THE COURT: You're not going to assert to the United 9 States Government that what he's doing in defending the case is 10 a violation for which he should be further prosecuted? 11 MR. GARCIA: Absolutely not. 12 THE COURT: Anyone else for the plaintiffs? 13 MR. HOROWITZ: Judge, Adam Horowitz, counsel for 14 plaintiffs Jane Doe 2 through 7. 15 I just wanted to address a point that I think you've 16 articulated it. I just want to make sure it's crystal clear, 17 which is that we can't paint a broad brush for all of the 18 cases. 19 The provision relating to Mr. Epstein being unable to 20 contest liability pertains only to those plaintiffs who have 21 chosen as their sole remedy the federal statute. My clients, ne- Doe-2 through-7, have elected to--bring additton 23 of action, and it's for that reason we were silent when you 24 said does anyone here find Mr. Epstein to be in breach of the 25 non-prosecution agreement. That provision, as we understand TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232764
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 30 of 51 30 1 it, it doesn't relate to our clients. 2 THE COURT: Okay. But, again, you're in agreement 3 with everyone else so far that's spoken on behalf of a 4 plaintiff that defending the case in the normal course of 5 conducting discovery and filing motions would not be a breach? 6 MR. HOROWITZ: Subject to your rulings, of course, 7 yes. 8 THE COURT: Thank you. 9 Anyone else have anything to say from the plaintiffs? 101 Ms. , if you would be so kind as to maybe 11 help us out. I appreciate the fact that you're here, and I 12 know you're not a party to these cases and under no obligation 13 to respond to my inquiries. But as I indicated, it would be 14 helpful for me to understand the Government's position. 1511 MS. : Thank you, Your Honor. And we, of 16 course, are always happy to try to help the Court as much as 17 possible. But we are not a party to any of these lawsuits, and 18 in some ways we are at a disadvantage because we don't have 19 access. My access is limited to what's on Pacer. So I don't 20 really know what positions Mr. Epstein may have taken either in 21 correspondence or in discovery responses that aren't filed in 22 -the-case--films 23 But your first order was really just what do you think 24 about a stay, and then the second order related to this hearing 25 and asked a much more specific question, which is whether we TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232765
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 31 of 51 31 11 believe that Mr. Epstein's defense was a breach of the 2 agreement. 3 And I've tried to review as many of the pleadings as 4 possible. As you know, they're extremely voluminous. And I 5 haven't been through all of them. But we do believe that there 6 has been a breach in the filing that Mr. Josefsberg referred 7 to, and contrary to Mr. Critton, we do understand that we have 8 an obligation to provide notice, and we are providing notice to 9 Mr. Epstein today. 10 The pleading that we found to be in breach -- the 11 non-prosecution agreement, sought to do one thing, which was to 12 place the victims in the same position they would have been if 13 Mr. Epstein had been convicted of the federal offenses for 14 which he was investigated. 15 And that if he had been federally prosecuted and 16 convicted, the victims would have been entitled to restitution, 17 regardless of how long ago the crimes were committed, 18 regardless of how old they were at the time, and how old they 19 are today, or at the time of the conviction. 20 And it also would have made them eligible for damages 21 under 2255. -And so our idea was, our hope was that we 23 a system that would allow these victims to get that restitution 24 without having to go through what civil litigation will expose 25 them to. TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232766
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 32 of 51 32 1 You have a number of girls who were very hesitant 2 about even speaking to authorities about this because of the 3 trauma that they have suffered and about the embarrassment that 4 they were afraid would be brought upon themselves and upon 5 their families. 6 So we did through the non-prosecution agreement tried 7 to protect their rights while also protecting their privacy. 8 So, pursuant to the non-prosecution agreement -- on the other 9 hand, we weren't trying to hand them a jackpot or a key to a 10 bank. It was solely to sort of put them in that same position. 11 So we developed this language that said if -- that 12 provided for an attorney to represent them. Most of the 13 victims, as you know from the pleadings, come from not wealthy 14 circumstances, may not have known any attorneys who would be in 15 a position to help them. 16 So we went through the Special Master procedure that 17 resulted in the appointment of Mr. Josefsberg, and the goal was 18 that they would be able to try to negotiate with Mr. Epstein 19 for a fair amount of restitution/damages. And if Mr. Epstein 20 took the position, which apparently he has, which is that the 21 $50,000 or $150,000 floor under 2255 also would be a cap. That 22 if they were to proceed to file suit in Federal Court to get 23 fair damages under 2255, Mr. Epstein would admit liability, but 24 he, of course, could fight the damages portion, which means 25 that, of course, he would be entitled to depositions; of TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232767
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 33 of 51 33 1 course, he would be entitled to take discovery, and we don't 2 believe that any of that violates the non-prosecution 3 agreement. 4 The issue with the pleading that he filed, the motion 5 to dismiss the case, I believe it's Jane Doe 101, represented 6 by Mr. Josefsberg, is that that is a case that was filed 7 exclusively under 18 U.S.C., Section 2255. She met that 8 requirement. Mr. Epstein is moving to dismiss it, not on the 9 basis of damages, he is saying that he cannot be held liable 10 under 2255 because he was not convicted of an offense. 11 The reason why he was not convicted of an offense is 12 because he entered into the non-prosecution agreement. So that 13 we do believe is a breach. 14 The issue really that was raised in the motion to stay 15 and that I addressed in our response to the motion to stay is 16 that Mr. Epstein's -- Mr. Epstein wants to stay the litigation 17 in order to leave, in order to sort of attack the cases of the 18 victims whether they are fully within the non-prosecution or 19 not, non-prosecution agreement or not, and leave the Government 20 without a remedy if he does, in fact, breach those terms. And 21 that is why we opposed the stay. 22 .-THE—COURT-r ism not -sure-what--you-mean- by—that—last 23 statement. 24 MS. : Well, because this issue related to 25 the motion to dismiss on Mr. Josefsberg's client came up after TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232768
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 34 of 51 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 we had filed that response. And what we said in the response to the motion to stay is that the reason why he wants to stay the litigation is so that the non-prosecution agreement terminates based on a period of time, as he puts it. And then afterwards he would be able to come in here and make all of these arguments that clearly violate the non-prosecution agreement but we would be without remedy. THE COURT: But you're not taking the position that other than possibly doing something in litigation which is a violation of an express provision of the non-prosecution agreement, any other discovery, motion practice, investigations that someone would ordinarily do in the course of defending a civil case would constitute a violation of the agreement? MS. : No, Your Honor. I mean, civil litigation is civil litigation, and being able to take discovery is part of what civil litigation is about. And while there may be, for example, if someone were to try to subpoena the Government, we would obviously resist under statutory reasons, all that sort of stuff. But, no, Mr. Epstein is entitled to take the deposition of a plaintiff and to subpoena records, etc. - THE COURT: Ahd even if he seeks discovery rOM a Government agency, you have the right to resist it under the rules of procedure but that would not constitute a violation, again unless there's a provision in the prosecution agreement TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232769
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 35 of 51 35 1 that says I can't do this? 2 MS. : Correct. 3 1 THE COURT: That's your position? 4 MS. : Yes. 5 THE COURT: Thank you. 6 MS. : Thank you, Your Honor. 7 THE COURT: Mr. Critton, did you want to add anything? 8 MR. CRITTON: Yes, sir. Just a few responses to some 9 of the issues that have been raised. 10 The most glaring, at least from our perspective, is 11 both Mr. Josefsberg's comments that he believes that there's a 12 violation of the NPA as well as Ms. with regard to 13 Jane Doe 101. 14 Mr. Josefsberg, while he was the attorney rep who was 15 selected by Judge to represent a number of individuals, 16 alleged victims that may have been on the list, he represents 17 many of them. And the type of response that was filed in 101 18 would probably be very similar to what we will file if he 19 files -- and he filed 102 as well. But if he files 103, 104 20 and 105, or whatever number he files, we may well take that 21 same legal position in our motions and in our response or in /wry: 23 And what we've been, in essence, told today is we 24 consider that to be a violation of the NPA under the 25 circumstances. TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232770
Case9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page36of51 1 102 is a perfect example that he filed is, we have 2 e-mails going back and forth between the Government and my 3 clients' attorneys at the time that suggested that 102 probably 4 doesn't even fit within the statute of limitations. 5 I So under Mr. Josefsberg's argument is as well, we've 6 only brought a 2255 claim. We don't care whether she's within 7 or is outside the statute of limitations. Because she was on 8 the list and under the circumstances, he has to admit 9 liability, which we contest is under that set of circumstances 10 you're stuck with it. You can fight damages if you can, but 11 she's a real person and you can't raise statute of limitations. 12 The other point that kind of strikes out is there's 13 probably a difference. And I'm happy to provide a copy of the 14 NPA or a redacted portion of the NPA which deals with the civil 15 issues, which are paragraphs 7, 8, 9 and 10, and the entire 16 addenda in camera for the Court to look at, if plaintiff's 17 counsel and the Government, I guess, really, because they're 18 not a party, is if they have no objection because they all have 19 access based on a prior court order to the non-prosecution 20 agreement. 21 So I'm happy to provide that to the Court today and show it to counsel so that the Court can review that. 23 But our position with regard to the 2255 claims is 24 that -- there were two types of claims that could be filed, one 25 was consensual litigation, the second was contested litigation. TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232771
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 37 of 51 37 1 And under the consensual, in essence, which Mr. Epstein did, is 2 he's offered $50,000 of the statutory minimum for that time 3 period to all of those individuals. 4 THE COURT: Can I interrupt you a second? 5 MR. CRITTON: Yes, sir. 6 THE COURT: I'm not here, and I don't believe it's my 7 role to decide whether or not there is or is not a breach of 8 the agreement. I'm just trying to understand what the 9 Government's position is regarding your defending these cases. 10 Now, I'm just saying this as an example. If, for 11 example, in the non-prosecution agreement there was a provision 12 that said explicitly: Jeffrey Epstein shall not move to 13 dismiss any claim brought under 2255 by any victim no matter 14 how long ago the allegations or the acts took place, period. 15 If that was in the agreement and you filed a motion to 16 dismiss by someone who brought a claim, it might sound like it 17 might be a violation. 18 MR. CRITTON: I agree. 19 THE COURT: So you would know that when you filed your 20 motion because it was right there for you to read. 21 And so to stay the case because I want to do something 22 that t e contract express y pro i•its me mom ffeirTg7 so stay 23 the case until the agreement expires so then I can do something 24 that the agreement said I couldn't do so you won't be in fear 25 of prosecuting, I'm not sure that that is what I'm concerned TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232772
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page38o151 38 1 about. 2 I'm concerned about discovery, investigation, motion 3 1 practice, that's not prohibited by a provision of the 4 agreement. If there's something that's prohibited by the 5 agreement that you, knowing what the agreement says, go ahead 6 and do, anyway, I guess that's a risk you're going to have to 7 take. If there's a legitimate dispute about it, I guess some 8 arbiter is going to decide whether it's a breach or not. 9 But, again, that's something you and Mr. Burman, 10 Mr. Goldberger, and you are all very good lawyers, and he's got 11 a whole list of lawyers representing him, and you've got the 12 agreement and you're going to make legal decisions on how to 13 proceed, and you're going to have to go and make your own 14 decisions. 15 I'm concerned about things that aren't in the 16 agreement, that aren't covered, that you're going to be accused 17 of violating because, again, you take depositions, you send out 18 subpoenas, you file motions that are not prohibited by the 19 agreement. And that's what /'m concerned about. 20 MR. CRITTON: And I understand that, Your Honor. 21 But at the same time, it's as if the lawyers and the c ien s, •ase• upon our in erpre a ion o e agreement, an• 23 believe me, we would not have filed 101, the motion to dismiss, 24 but for believing that there was a good faith basis to do that 25 under the circumstances. TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232773
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 39 of 51 N 1 And now, in essence, we're being accused not only by 2 -- not accused, but it's been suggested that there's a breach 3 of the NPA, not only by Mr. Josefsberg on behalf of 101, but as 4 well ms. on behalf of the United States. 5 That's the perfect example. They're basically saying 6 we think you violated. We may send you notice under the 7 circumstances. So does that mean that on 101 we have to back 8 off of it because we think in good faith that it's a motion and 9 is that something that this Court ultimately will rule? 10 THE COURT: I don't know that I'm the one who is going 11 to make that decision. Again, that's not the kind of thing 12 that I was concerned about. I was more concerned about the 13 normal, ordinary course of conducting and defending a case that 14 would not otherwise expressly be covered under the agreement, 15 that you're going to then have someone say, ah, he's sent a 16 notice of deposition, he's harassing the plaintiffs. I don't 17 know if there's a no contact provision in the agreement or no 18 harassment type of provision in the agreement. Ah, this is a 19 breach because you sent discovery, or he's issuing subpoenas to 20 third parties trying to find out about these victims' 21 backgrounds, he's breaching the agreement. Those are the -kind of things that I was worried about. 23 MR. CRITTON: The concern that we have is as part of 24 doing this general civil litigation, it's not just the 25 discovery process. And I understand the issues that the Court TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232774
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 40 of 51 40 1 has raised. But part of it is that often cases are disposed of either on a summary basis or certainly legal issues that come before the Court during the course of the case, just like in a criminal case. That's clearly part of the, I'd say the defense of the case under the circumstances; and if, in fact, an individual can't legally bring a cause of action for certain reasons, such as has been suggested in 101, and may be suggested in 102 when that pleading is filed, that certainly is a position that puts my client at risk. As another example that I use with ., that they filed this 30-count complaint. Now, they have the state court claims as well. But they, in essence, have said they filed another pleading with the Court that says depending on what the Court rules, in essence, on whether we can file multiple claims 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 or one cause of action with the state court claims and, multiple violations, we may dump therefore, we'll just ride along on that. That's a very different -- Mr. Epstein would never have entered into, nor would his attorneys have allowed him to enter into that agreement under those circumstances where he had this unlimited lability. That clearly was never envisioned-by any of the 23 defendants -- by the defendant or any of his lawyers under the 24 circumstances. 25 And if that's claimed to be a violation, either by the TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232775
Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 41 of 51 41 1 attorneys; i.e., he's not recapitulating on liability under the 2 2255, and that's all we have now. That's our exclusive remedy. 3 And the Government says, yeah, that's right, that's a 4 violation of the NPA. It again chills us from moving forward, 5 filing the necessary motion papers and taking legal positions 6 that may put my client at risk for violating the NPA and then 7 creating the irreparable harm of, after having been in jail, 8 after having pled guilty to the state court counts, after 9 registering on release as a sex offender, he's complied and 10 done everything, taken extraordinary efforts to comply with the 11 NPA, puts him at substantial risk. And that's what our worry 12 is moving forward. 13 MR. JOSEFSBERG: Your Honor, may I be heard. May I 14 make three comments? It will take less than a minute. 15 THE COURT: Yes, sir. 16 MR. JOSEFSBERG: Mr. Critton refers to the alleged 17 victims. I want you to know that our position is that pursuant 18 to the NPA they're not alleged victims. They are actual, real 19 victims, admitted victims. 20 Secondly, he argues about the statute of limitations 21 on 102. I know that you don't want to hear about that, and I'm not going to comment abraft it. But please don't take our lac 23 of argument about this as being we agree with anything. 24 Last and most important, we totally agree with 25 Mr. Critton in his suggestion that he hand you a copy of the TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232776
Case 9:08-cv-801 19-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page 42 of 51 42 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NPA. I think that many of the questions you asked will be answered when you read the NPA, and I think it's very unfair of everyone who is sitting in front of you who have the NPA to be discussing with you whether it's being breached, whether there should be a stay when you're not that familiar with it. If we would give you a copy of it, I think it would be much more helpful in making your ruling. THE COURT: Maybe Judge Colvat will resolve this issue for me. MR. JOSEFSBERG: Even if he doesn't, Your Honor, : believe we are allowed to show it to you. THE COURT: I'll tell you what: I'll wait for Judge Colvat to rule, and then if he rules that it should remain sealed, then I'll consider whether or not I want to have it submitted to me in camera. Anything else, Mr. Josefsbcrg? MR. JOSEFSBERG: No. I thank you on behalf of myself_ and the other counsel on the phone for permitting us to appear by phone. THE COURT: All right. Anyone else have anything they want to add? FITC-EDWARD ra war s on e a ane oe. I only had one issue here, and when I read your motion Lhat you wanted to hear on the narrow issue of just defense in the civil actions filed against him violates the TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232777
Case9:08-u-801194(kM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page43of51 43 1 non-prosecution agreement, I was expecting that we were going 2 to hear something from the Government similar to the affidavit 3 that was filed by Mr. Epstein's attorneys wherein he indicates 4 as of the day of this affidavit attached to the motion to stay, 5 the U.S. Attorney's Office has taken the position that Epstein 6 has breached the non-prosecution agreement and it names 7 specifically investigation by Epstein of this plaintiff and 8 other plaintiffs, Epstein's contesting damages in this action. 9 Epstein, or his legal representatives, making statements to the 10 press. And we didn't hear any of those things. 11 So that's what I was expecting that the U.S. 12 Attorney's Office was going to expound on and say, yes, we've 13 made some communications to Epstein. He's violating. 14 What we're hearing right now, today, just so that I'm 15 clear, and I think the Court is clear now, is that the 16 non-prosecution agreement is what it is. There have been no 17 violations, but for maybe what Mr. Josefsberg brought up. 18 But there are very few restrictions on Mr. Epstein. 19 He went into this eyes wide open. And whether or not I agree 20 with the agreement, how it came to be in the first place, is 21 neither here nor there. Milt there have been no violations or breaches up to 23 this point. And his affidavit that was filed, I'm just 24 troubled by where it even came from. I mean, it's making 25 specific allegations that the U.S. Attorney's Office is TOTAL ACCESS COURTROOM NETWORK REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION EFTA00232778
Case9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 180 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/24/2009 Page44of51 44 1 threatening a breach, and this is part of the motion to stay, 2 which we're all battling here. 3 So I just wanted to indicate to the Court or remind 4 the Court that there have been specific allegations made, the 5 United States Attorney's Office is making these allegations of 6 i breach, which we haven't heard any of the evidence of. 7 Thank you. 8 THE COURT: All right. 9 Ms. , did you want to respond to that 10 suggestion that there were other allegations of breach besides 11 the one that you've just mentioned today? 12 i MS. : No, Your Honor. 13 THE COURT: Thank you. I appreciate your giving me 14 the information, which I think has been very helpful today, and 15 I'll try and get an order out as soon as possible. 16 [Court adjourned at 11:10 a.m.]. 17 CERTIFICATE 18 I hereby certify that the foregoing is an accurate 19 transcription of proceedings in the above-entitled matter. 20 s/Larry Herr 21 DATE LARRY HERR, RPR-CM-RMR-FCRSC 22 Official United States Court Reporter 400 N. Miami Avenue 23 24 25 Miami, FL 33128 - email: (Fax) Quality Assurance by Proximity Ungulbase Technologies EFTA00232779
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tli 5.1 QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW N UNIVERSITY OF UTAH -Wifredo A. Ferrer United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 99 N.E.4th Street Miami, FL 33132 G. CASSELL Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law Telephone: 801-585-5202 [email protected] December 10, 2010 Re: Request for Investigation of Jeffrey Epstein Prosecution Dear Mr. Ferrer: I am writing as someone with extensive experience in the federal criminal justice system — as a former Associate Deputy Attorney General, Assistant United States Attorney, federal judge, and currently criminal law professor —to alert you to what seems to be the most suspicious criminal case I have ever encountered. I ask that you investigate whether there were improper influences and actions during your office's criminal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, particularly regarding the decision to enter into a binding non-prosecution agreement blocking his prosecution for numerous federal sex offenses he committed over many years against more than thirty minor girls. As I am sure you are well aware, in 2006 your office opened a criminal investigation with the FBI into allegations that for years Jeffrey Epstein sexual abused dozens of minor girls in his West Palm Beach mansion. The FBI soon developed compelling evidence that Epstein had in fact committed numerous federal sex offenses with more than 30 minor girls. And yet, your office ultimately entered into a plea arrangement which allowed Epstein escape with a non- prosecution agreement that ensured he would have no federal criminal liability and would spend no more than 18 months in state jail. For sexual offenses of this magnitude — in a case with more than 30 witnesses providing interlocking testimony, all made automatically admissible by virtue of Fed. R. Evid. 414 —this is an extraordinary outcome. Why did your office enter into this highly.unusual non-prosecution arrangement with Epstein? Suspicion begins with the point that Epstein is a politically-connected billionaire. But that wouldn't be troubling without considerable other evidence that something went terribly wrong with the prosecution for other, improper reasons. Consider the following highly unusual facts: First, it appears that Epstein was tipped off before the execution of a search warrant at his home. We know that lead state police officers -- Detective Recarey and Police Chief Michael Reiter -- complained that the house was "sanitized" by the time they arrived to serve a search warrant for child pornography. This sanitation was evident by the various computer wires hanging with no computers attached. Housekeeper Janusz Banasiak later testified in a civil www.law.utah.edu • Main Office • Facsimile 332 South 1400 East, Room 101 • Salt Lake City, Utah 94112-0730 EFTA00232787
deposition that Epstein's assistant, a and another man (unknown) were instructed to remove, and did in fact remove, multiple computers from Epstein's home shortly before the search warrant was served. The fact that there could well have been a tip off is apparently suspected by federal authorities. Second, there is evidence that one of the senior prosecutors in your office joined Epstein's payroll shortly after important decisions were made limiting Epstein's criminal liability — and improperly represented people dose to Epstein. During the federal investigation of Epstein, was a senior Assistant U.S. Attorney in your office. As we understand things, he was a direct supervisor of the line prosecutor handling the case and thus was well aware of details of the Epstein investigation and plea negotiations. We further believe that he was consulted on issues related to the prosecution of Epstein and Epstein's co-conspirators, including specifically issues related to whether Epstein employees and pilots should be prosecuted for their involvement in Epstein's sexual offense. We further believe that he personally and substantially participated in making such decisions about the course of the criminal investigation. Within months after the non-prosecution agreement was signed by your office, left your office and immediately went into private practice as a white collar criminal defense attorney. His office coincidentally happened to be not only in the same building (and on same floor) as Epstein's lead criminal defense counsel, lack Goldberger, but it was actually located right next door to the Florida Science Foundation -- an Epstein-owned and -run company where Epstein spent his "work release." While working in this office adjacent to Epstein's, undertook the representation of numerous Epstein employees and pilots during the civil cases filed against Epstein by the victims — cases that involved the exact same crimes and exact same evidence being reviewed by the U.S. Attorney's office when he was employed there. Specifically, he represented (Epstein's number one co-conspirator who was actually named as such in the NPA), his housekeeper (Louella Ruboyo), his pilots Larry Morrison, Larry Visoski, David Rogers, William Hammond and Robert Roxburgh. (Hammond and Roxburgh were not deposed but the others were.) Our understanding is that his representation of these individuals was paid for, directly or indirectly, by Epstein. was well aware of what evidence your office and federal investigator had collected against Epstein and about the minor girls who were his victims. As a consequence, he —luew-vvtrat-evidence-the attorneys-fef the-victims Were-licit-1g HP also knew what each of those witnesses had said, if anything, to federal and state investigators during the criminal investigation. We have been unable to place our fingers on the federal regulations governing such later representation. We do know, however, that such actions appear to be in direct contravention of the Florida ethical rules regarding attorneys who leave government employment. For • 2 EFTA00232788
example, Florida R. Prof. Conduct 4-1.11(a) provides "la) lawyer shall not represent a private client in connection with a matter in which the lawyer participated personally and substantially as a public officer or employee unless the appropriate government agency consents after consultation." Similarly, Florida R. Prof. Conduct 4-1.11(b) provides that "[a) lawyer having information that the lawyer knows is confidential government information about a person acquired when the lawyer was a public officer or employee may not represent a private client whose interests are adverse to that person inia matter in which the information could be used to the material disadvantage of that person." Both these rules appear to have been violated. But entirely apart from the details of ethical rules, the fact that one of your prosecutors was involved in making important decisions about the scope of criminal liability for Epstein and his associates and then — after criminal liability was significantly limited — representing numerous people at Epstein's behalf raises serious questions. At the very least, there is the strong appearance that may have attempted to curry favor with Epstein and then reap his reward through favorable employment. At the very worst, there may have been advance discussions — we simply don't know at this point. Third, Epstein appears to have deliberately kept from victims in the case correspondence with your office and the Justice Department that might have shed light on improper influences. • with other capable attorneys, I was involved in representing one of Epstein's victims who filed a federal civil case against Epstein. Suspecting that Epstein may have improperly influenced your office, we immediately served discovery requests on Epstein for all the correspondence with your office regarding the plea negotiations. Eleven months of hard litigation ensued, in which Epstein made every conceivable argument against production. Finally, late in June of this year, his appeals exhausted, Epstein produced the correspondence to us. However, in violation of the court order, he redacted the correspondence so that he provided only emails and other statements from your office — not his emails and statements to your office. More significantly, even though he was under court order to produce all correspondence between his attorneys and your office, Epstein secretly withheld correspondence by several of his most I-Sh-powered attorneys — namely Ken Starr and Lilly. Sanchez. Epstein settled the case with within days after this limited production, and we did not realize the absence of what must have been critical discussions between your office and Starr and Snachez (among others). Epstein's refusal to allow us to see that information raises the suspicion in our minds that there must have been unusual pressures being brought to bear during the plea discussions that would have been revealed had Epstein complied with his production obligations. ourth, fere aywe Ts-to-have-been-an unprecedented level of secrecy between your office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation during this case. The FBI was responsible, along with state and local police agencies, for building the case against Epstein. They appear to have developed an overwhelming criminal against him. And yet, when your office signed the non- prosecution agreement with him, it is not clear to us that the FBI was consulted about this decision. Indeed, we have suspicions that the FBI was not informed of this decision until, perhaps, months later. 3 EFTA00232789
Supporting this suspicion is our on-going litigation regarding the treatment of the victims in this case. As you know from our draft pleadings that we have discussed with your office, we believe there is compelling evidence that the victims and their attorneys were deceived about the existence of a non-prosecution agreement for months in order to avoid what certainly would have been a firestorm of controversy about such lenient treatment of a repeat sex offender. Our impression from the evidence we have been able to obtain so far is that the FBI was similarly kept in the dark — not consulted about or even told about the NM. While a certain amount of tension has always existed between federal prosecuting and investigating agencies, not even informing the FBI about the Epstein NPA seems highly unusual. All of these strange facts -- as well as the facts that we are alleging in our crime victims' litigation — lead us to think that there was something rotten with the way this case was handled. Epstein could have faced years and years in prison for numerous federal sex offenses. And yet he managed to contrive to walk away with no federal time at all (and only minimal state time). We respectfully ask you to investigate through appropriate and independent channels the handling of the Epstein (non)prosecution. Thank you in advance for considering this request. I would be happy to provide any other additional information that would be useful to you. 4 EFTA00232790
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U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Ave., Suite 400 IVest Palm Beach. FL 33401 (561) 820-8 Facsimile: December 5, 2008 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Brad Edwards, Esq. 2028 Harrison Street, Suite 202 Hollywood, Florida 33020 Re: JefTr E teir and Notification of Work Release Dear Mr. Edwards: By virtue of this letter, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida asks that you provide the following notice to your clients, and The U.S. Attorney's Office has learned that Jeffrey Epstein has applied to participate in the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office's ("PBSO") work release program, and PBSO has granted that application. Mr. Epstein is reportedly working for The Florida Science Foundation at 250 South Australian Avenue, Suite 1404, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. After work each day, Mr. Epstein returns to the Palm Beach County Stockade. While outside the Stockade, Mr. Epstein is electronically monitored via a GPS system and an ankle bracelet. Pursuant to the work release rules, Mr. Epstein is to go directly from the Stockade to his office, remain at the office throughout the work day, and then return directly to the Stockade. We regret that we were unable to inform your client of these developments prior to Mr. Epstein's release, but our Office was never notified of Mr. Epstein's application, and we only learned of his release more than six weeks after he began participating in the program. Should you or your client have any questions regarding the work , please direct your inquiries to Captain David Sleeth, Palm Beach Sheriff's By: Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney ssistant Attorney EFTA00232792
U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Ave., Suite 400 h FL 33401 Facsimile: December 11, 2008 VIA HAND DELIVERY Captain David Sleeth Palm Beach Sheriff's Office Corrections Division 3228 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406 Re: Work Release Application of Jeffrey Epstein Dear Captain Sleeth: The U.S. Attorney's Office recently learned that Inmate Jeffrey Epstein applied for and was approved for participation in the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office's ("PBSO") work release program. Through a request for public records, I have received a copy of Mr. Epstein's work release file. After doing some Internet research of public records and making a few telephone calls, I discovered some inaccuracies and omissions in Mr. Epstein's file that I wanted to bring to your attention. During a recent meeting, Roy Black, one of Mr. Epstein's attorneys, invited us to share our concerns with PBSO. gligibility for Participation I understand that Mr. Epstein would be ineligible for participation in the work release program if he committed three violations of F.S.S. 796 within the past five years. Mr. Epstein has been charged with and convicted of a felony violation of F.S.S. 796.07. In order to be convicted of a felony violation of that statute, one must commit "a third or subsequent violation." In other words, Mr. Epstein has committed at least three violations of Section 796.07, and in his "Alternative Custody Program Placement Synopsis," Mr. Epstein's charges are described as "Recommit: Prostitution." In addition to those three violations, Mr. Epstein also has been convicted of violating F.S.S. 796.03, procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution. Throughout his EFTA00232793
CAPTAIN DAVID SLEETH DECEMBER I I, 2008 PAGE 2 paperwork, this violation is referred to simply as "prostitution." The charge is not a solicitation of prostitution charge, it is a procurement of a minor to engage in prostitution. Florida courts have defined the offense as "inducing a victim to engage in sexual activity" for money and "persuading, inducing, or prevailing upon a person to do something sexual" for financial gain. In other words, the statute addresses the recruiting of minors who have not previously been involved in prostitution to engage in sexual activity for commercial gain to a recruiter or "pimp"/"madame." The Florida Legislature has acknowledged the significant difference between solicitation under F.S.S. 796.07 and procurement of minors under F.S.S. 796.03 by requiring persons convicted of violating F.S.S. 796.03 to register as sex offenders. The distinction may be meaningful to the victims of Mr. Epstein's offenses, who could feel that they are being stigmatized as "prostitutes." Inaccuracies and Omission in Work Release Application and Related Documents Throughout the records related to Mr. Epstein's work release placement, he is alternatively referred to as working for "The Florida Science Foundation" or "self- employed," and Mr. Epstein lists his salary as $250,000. Mr. Epstein describes himself as "returning to work" and "eligible for re-employment" at The Florida Science Foundation. Please be advised that the only W-2 that Mr. Epstein provided is from Financial Trust Company, Inc., which shows that Mr. Epstein was employed in the U.S. Virgin Islands at a salary of $180,785.62, not $250,000. Mr. Epstein provided to you no documentation regarding his pre-incarceration employment with "The Florida Science Foundation" or its corporate alter-ego, "The C.O.U.Q. Foundation, Inc." As you will see, the Foundation, its offices, and Mr. Epstein's purported job schedule were all created on the eve of Mr. Epstein's incarceration in order to provide him with a basis for seeking work release. The Florida Science Foundation was not registered with the State of Florida and had no office space or telephone number until after Mr. Epstein was already incarcerated. The application filed with the State of Florida and signed under penal of *u y Richard Kahn lists Mr. Kahn's and the Foundation's telephone number as ' C1 ." That is the telephone number of Atterbury, Goldberger and Weiss—one of the law firms representing Mr. Epstein. Richard Kahn is a partner at the law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell in New York and has no association with the Atterbury firm. Checking public records available on the internet, I located the IRS returns of "The C.O.U.Q. Foundation, Inc." for fiscal years 1999 through 2006 (which covers the period EFTA00232794
CAPTAIN DAVID SLEETH DECEMBER 11, 2008 PAGE 3 through 2/28/07).' These sworn filings show that Mr. Epstein worked for the Foundation for only one hour per week and earned no compensation. (See page 6 of each return.) All of these returns were signed under penalty of perjury by either Mr. Epstein or Darren Indyke, who is listed in Mr. Epstein's work release file as Mr. Epstein's "supervisor." Mr. Epstein's representations concerning his prior work duties and salary may violate the salary and employment verification requirements of C.O.P. #926.01(V)(CX7) and (8). In response to your requirement of "a detailed work schedule," Mr. Indyke has provided the following two sentences: [Mr. Epstein's] duties will require him to work six days a week, Monday through Saturday, at the Foundation's office located at 250 S. Australian Avenue, Suite 1404, West Palm Beach, Florida from the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. As President of the Foundation, Mr. Epstein will be responsible for the general oversight and management of the Foundation, and particularly, to seek out, evaluate and determine worthy charitable causes to which the Foundation may make contributions. Mr. Indyke did not disclose that Mr. Epstein only worked one hour per week prior to his incarceration and has provided no explanation of why Mr. Epstein could perform these duties in one hour per week before he was incarcerated but now needs to spend 72 hours each week to do the same job. Again, this appears to be inconsistent with C.O.P. #926.01(V)(CX7). Mr. Indyke has signed the "Alternative Custody Unit Program Agreement" as Mr. Epstein's "employer." In that Agreement, Mr. Indyke promises to "notify the Alternative 'The returns are available online at the following public websites: FY2006: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDoctunents/2007/133/996/2007-133996471-0391c8db-F.pdf FY2005: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/133/996/2006-133996471-02c9625e-F.pdf FY2004: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2005/133/996/2005-133996471-02056acf-F.pdf umentsi2004, i33/996/2UU4-133W6471-1-r.pcIf FY 2002: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2003/133/996/2003-133996471-1-F.pdf FY2001: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2002/133/996/2002-133996471-1-F.pdf FY2000: http://wwvv.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2001/133/996/2001-133996471-1-F.pdf FY1999: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2000/133/996/2000-133996471-1-F.pdf FY1998: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/1999/133/996/1999-133996471-1-F.pdf EFTA00232795
CAPTAIN DAVID SLEETH DECEMBER I I, 2008 PAGE 4 Custody Unit immediately if the Participant: (1) Fails to appear for work at the scheduled time; and (2) Leaves the place of employment prior to the scheduled time." Both in this form and in Mr. Indyke's letter in support of Mr. Epstein's application, Mr. Indyke neglects to inform the Sheriffs Office of two significant facts. First, Mr. Indyke lives and works in the New York metropolitan area. He likely will not be present at Mr. Epstein's workplace, so he may not know if Mr. Epstein "fails to appear for work" or "leaves the place of employment." In that event, Mr. Indyke also will not be able to supervise Mr. Epstein's actual work to determine whether he is truly doing the work of The Florida Science Foundation? Second, Mr. Indyke does not "employ" Mr. Epstein. Instead, Mr. Epstein "employs" Mr. Indyke. Mr. Epstein is the President and founder of The Florida Science Foundation and Mr. Indyke is its Vice President. More importantly, Mr. Epstein is also the founder and President of the Financial Trust Company, his for-profit corporation. Mr. Indyke is Mr. Epstein's subordinate at that entity as well. One of Mr. Epstein's attorneys has suggested that Mr. Epstein is using his time on work release to manage investments resulting in investment income of millions of dollars. If that is true, then Mr. Epstein is acting outside of the scope of his employment with The Florida Science Foundation. Instead, that would be in keeping with Mr. Epstein's work for his for-profit corporation, which would inure to the benefit of Mr. Indyke. Because that work would result in a financial benefit to him, and because he is Mr. Epstein's subordinate at that corporation, Mr. Indyke may be reluctant to inform the Sheriffs Office of this violation of the terms of Mr. Epstein's Work Release contract. The "references" listed by Mr. Epstein all appear to have the same conflict of interest. Mr. Epstein did not list any past or present co-workers, supervisors, or clients. Instead, he has listed four attorneys who are currently retained—and paid—by Mr. Epstein. Their attorney- client privilege obligations might further restrain them from notifying the Sheriff's Office if Mr. Epstein was not abiding by the work release rules. As I previously mentioned to Colonel Gauger, the decision regarding work release is completely within the discretion of the Sheriff's Office. The purpose of this letter is simply to provide you with information concerning Mr. Epstein's offenses and his work situation. Judge Pucillo, who conducted the change of plea and sentencing, heard the factual proffer and imposed Mr. Epstein's sentence. She has not been consulted regarding Mr. Epstein's 'On the application for registration of the Florida Science Foundation with Florida's Department of State, Mr. lndyke lists his true address in Livingston, New Jersey. EFTA00232796
CAPTAIN DAVID SLEETH DECEMBER 11, 2008 PAGE 5 application for work release. I understand that Judge McSorley's standing order states that she "takes no position with respect to the eligibility of any inmate sentenced in this Division unless specifically stated at time of sentencing." Because of her absence, Judge McSorley did not conduct the sentencing and, therefore, did not have the opportunity to weigh any objections to work release at that hearing. It is unclear whether Judge Pucillo was aware of Judge McSorley's standing order when she imposed sentence. In utilizing your discretion, you may or may not choose to consult with the appropriate judge on this matter. Request for Notification As I had previously asked of Colonel Gauger, I would appreciate if you would keep me informed of any changes to Mr. Epstein's release status so that I may fulfill my obligations to keep the victims identified through the federal investigation informed of Mr. Epstein's status. I have informed all of the known victims of Mr. Epstein of the change in his incarceration status and that you are the contact person if they have any questions. Some may ask that their locations be amongst the "Exclusionary Zones" programmed into Mr. Epstein's GPS unit. If you need their addresses, please let me know. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney By: Assistant United States Attorney cc: Colonel Michael Gauger Chief, Northern Division I EFTA00232797
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U.S. Department ofJustice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida VIA HAND DELIVERY Captain David Sleeth Palm Beach Sheriff's Office Corrections Division 3228 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406 .500 South Australian Ave., Suite 400 each, FL 33401 Facsimile: December I I, 2008 Re: Work Release Application of Jeffrey Epstein Dear Captain Sleeth: The U.S. Attorney's Office recently learned that Inmate Jeffrey Epstein applied for and was approved for participation in the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office's ("PBSO") work release program. Through a request for public records, I have received a copy of Mr. Epstein's work release file. After doing some internet research of public records and making a few telephone calls, I discovered some inaccuracies and omissions in Mr. Epstein's file that I wanted to bring to your attention. During a recent meeting, Roy Black, one of Mr. Epstein's attorneys, invited us to share our concerns with P135O. Eligibility for Participation I understand that Mr. Epstein would be ineligible for participation in the work release program if he committed three violations of F.S.S. 796 within the past five years. Mr. Epstein has been charged with and convicted of a felony violation of F.S.S. 796.07. In order to be convicted of a felony violation of that statute, one must commit "a third or subsequent violation." In other words, Mr. Epstein has committed at least three violations of Section /9b.0 I, and in his Alternative Custody Program Placement Synopsis," Mr. hpstem s charges are described as "Recommit: Prostitution." In addition to those three violations, Mr. Epstein also has been convicted of violating F.S.S. 796.03, procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution. Throughout his EFTA00232799
CAPTAIN DAVID SLEETh DECEMBER 11, 2008 PAGE 2 paperwork, this violation is referred to simply as "prostitution." The charge is not a solicitation of prostitution charge, it is a procurement of a minor to engage in prostitution. Florida courts have defined the offense as "inducing a victim to engage in sexual activity" for money and "persuading, inducing, or prevailing upon a person to do something sexual" for financial gain. In other words, the statute addresses the recruiting of minors who have not previously been involved in prostitution to engage in sexual activity for commercial gain to a recruiter or "pimp"/"madame." The Florida Legislature has acknowledged the significant difference between solicitation under F.S.S. 796.07 and procurement of minors under F.S.S. 796.03 by requiring persons convicted of violating F.S.S. 796.03 to register as sex offenders. The distinction may be meaningful to the victims of Mr. Epstein's offenses, who could feel that they are being stigmatized as "prostitutes." Inaccuracies and Omission in Work Release Application and Related Documents Throughout the records related to Mr. Epstein's work release placement, he is alternatively referred to as working for "The Florida Science Foundation" or "self- employed," and Mr. Epstein lists his salary as $250,000. Mr. Epstein describes himself as "returning to work" and "eligible for re-employment" at The Florida Science Foundation. Please be advised that the only W-2 that Mr. Epstein provided is from Financial Trust Company, Inc., which shows that Mr. Epstein was employed in the U.S. Virgin Islands at a salary of $180,785.62, not $250,000. Mr. Epstein provided to you no documentation regarding his pre-incarceration employment with "The Florida Science Foundation" or its corporate alter-ego, "The C.O.U.Q. Foundation, Inc." As you will see, the Foundation, its offices, and Mr. Epstein's purported job schedule were all created on the eve of Mr. Epstein's incarceration in order to provide him with a basis for seeking work release. The Florida Science Foundation was not registered with the State of Florida and had no office space or telephone number until after Mr. Epstein was already incarcerated. The application filed with the State of Florida and signed under penal of e 'u by Richard Kahn lists Mr. Kahn's and the Foundation's telephone number as ." That is the telephone number of Atterbury, Goldberger and Weiss—one of the law firms representing Mr. Epstein. Richard Kahn is a partner at the law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell in New York and has no association with the Atterbury firm. Checking public records available on the intemet, I located the IRS returns of "The C.O.U.Q. Foundation, Inc." for fiscal years 1999 through 2006 (which covers the period EFTA00232800
CAPTAIN DAVID SLEETH DECEMBER I I, 2008 PAGE 3 through 2/28/07).1 These sworn filings show that Mr. Epstein worked for the Foundation for only one hour per week and earned no compensation. (S page 6 of each return.) All of these returns were signed under penalty of perjury by either Mr. Epstein or Darren Indyke, who is listed in Mr. Epstein's work release file as Mr. Epstein's "supervisor." Mr. Epstein's representations concerning his prior work duties and salary may violate the salary and employment verification requirements of C.O.P. #926.01(V)(C)(7) and (8). In response to your requirement of "a detailed work schedule," Mr. Indyke has provided the following two sentences: [Mr. Epstein's] duties will require him to work six days a week, Monday through Saturday, at the Foundation's office located at 250 S. Australian Avenue, Suite 1404, West Palm Beach, Florida from the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. As President of the Foundation, Mr. Epstein will be responsible for the general oversight and management of the Foundation, and particularly, to seek out, evaluate and determine worthy charitable causes to which the Foundation may make contributions. Mr. Indyke did not disclose that Mr. Epstein only worked one hour per week prior to his incarceration and has provided no explanation of why Mr. Epstein could perform these duties in one hour per week before he was incarcerated but now needs to spend 72 hours each week to do the same job. Again, this appears to be inconsistent with C.O.P. #926.01(V)(C)(7). Mr. Indyke has signed the "Alternative Custody Unit Program Agreement" as Mr. Epstein's "employer." In that Agreement, Mr. Indyke promises to "notify the Alternative 'The returns are available online at the following public websites: FY2006: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2007/133/996/2007-133996471-0391c8db-F.pdf FY2005: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/133/996/2006-133996471-02c9625e-F.pdf FY2004: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2005/133/996/2005-133996471-02056acf-F.pdf r Y2003: nttp://www.guldestar.orgik muocuments/2004/133/996/2004-133996471-1-F.pdf FY 2002: hup://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2003/133/996/2003-133996471-1-F.pdf FY2001: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2002/133/996/2002-133996471-1-F.pdf FY2000: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2001/133/996/2001-133996471-1-F.pdf FYI999: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2000/133/996/2000-133996471-1-F.pdf FY1998: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/1999/133/996/1999-133996471-1-F.pdf EFTA00232801
CAPTAIN DAVID SLEETH DECEMBER 11, 2008 PAGE 4 Custody Unit immediately if the Participant: (1) Fails to appear for work at the scheduled time; and (2) Leaves the place of employment prior to the scheduled time." Both in this form and in Mr. Indyke's letter in support of Mr. Epstein's application, Mr. Indyke neglects to inform the Sheriff's Office of two significant facts. First, Mr. Indyke lives and works in the New York metropolitan area. He likely will not be present at Mr. Epstein's workplace, so he may not know if Mr. Epstein "fails to appear for work" or "leaves the place of employment." In that event, Mr. Indyke also will not be able to supervise Mr. Epstein's actual work to determine whether he is truly doing the work of The Florida Science Foundation.2 Second, Mr. Indyke does not "employ" Mr. Epstein. Instead, Mr. Epstein "employs" Mr. Indyke. Mr. Epstein is the President and founder of The Florida Science Foundation and Mr. Indyke is its Vice President. More importantly, Mr. Epstein is also the founder and President of the Financial Trust Company, his for-profit corporation. Mr. Indyke is Mr. Epstein's subordinate at that entity as well. One of Mr. Epstein's attorneys has suggested that Mr. Epstein is using his time on work release to manage investments resulting in investment income of millions of dollars. If that is true, then Mr. Epstein is acting outside of the scope of his employment with The Florida Science Foundation. Instead, that would be in keeping with Mr. Epstein's work for his for-profit corporation, which would inure to the benefit of Mr. Indyke. Because that work would result in a financial benefit to him, and because he is Mr. Epstein's subordinate at that corporation, Mr. Indyke may be reluctant to inform the Sheriff's Office of this violation of the terms of Mr. Epstein's Work Release contract. The "references" listed by Mr. Epstein all appear to have the same conflict of interest. Mr. Epstein did not list any past or present co-workers, supervisors, or clients. Instead, he has listed four attorneys who are currently retained—and paid—by Mr. Epstein. Their attorney- client privilege obligations might further restrain them from notifying the Sheriff's Office if Mr. Epstein was not abiding by the work release rules. As I previously mentioned to Colonel Gauger, the decision regarding work release is completely within the discretion of the Sheriff's Office. The purpose of this letter is simply to provide you with information concerning Mr. Epstein's offenses and his work situation. Judge Pucillo, who conducted the change of plea and sentencing, heard the factual proffer and imposed Mr. Epstein's sentence. She has not been consulted regarding Mr. Epstein's 2On the application for registration of the Florida Science Foundation with Florida's Department of State, Mr. Indyke lists his true address in Livingston, New Jersey. EFTA00232802
CAPTAIN DAVID SLEETH DECEMBER 11, 2008 PAGE 5 application for work release. I understand that Judge McSorley's standing order states that she "takes no position with respect to the eligibility of any inmate sentenced in this Division unless specifically stated at time of sentencing." Because of her absence, Judge McSorley did not conduct the sentencing and, therefore, did not have the opportunity to weigh any objections to work release at that hearing. It is unclear whether Judge Pucillo was aware of Judge McSorley's standing order when she imposed sentence. In utilizing your discretion, you may or may not choose to consult with the appropriate judge on this matter. Request for Notification As I had previously asked of Colonel Gauger, I would appreciate if you would keep me informed of any changes to Mr. Epstein's release status so that I may fulfill my obligations to keep the victims identified through the federal investigation informed of Mr. Epstein's status. I have informed all of the known victims of Mr. Epstein of the change in his incarceration status and that you are the contact person if they have any questions. Some may ask that their locations be amongst the "Exclusionary Zones" programmed into Mr. Epstein's GPS unit. If you need their addresses, please let me know. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorne By: Assistant United States Attorney cc: Colonel Michael Gauger Chief, Northern Division I EFTA00232803
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Date: 7/25/06 Time: 8:47:53 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: Incident Report Program: CMS3 Case No SPECIAL NOTES Occur To Date Day Of Week . Common/Location: City • Location Type : Beat Assignment: Dept Class . . : Case Status . : Supervisory Dt.: Entry Date . . : Names' Vehicles? Narrative? 1-05-000368 : DO NOT RELEASE Occur From Date: 1/27/05 0000 : 1/27/05 0000 Report Date . 3/14/05 1600 : Thursday . . : . . : 358 EL BRILLO WY PALM BEACH, FL RESIDENCE-SINGLE DETECTIVE BUREAU SEXUAL BATTERY OPEN / ACTIVE TRYLCH, JEFFREY OREGERO, LAURA *********VEHICLE I N FAMILY Map Reference Report Officer Case Status Dt 3/14/05 4/06/05 Property? . . Offenses? . . Related Cases? FORMATION # 10 PAGAN, MICHELE 3/14/05 1 ********************* Case number . : State Veh Type : 1-05-000368 Category . . . Year 0 Make • Model Name . . : Style Color Bottom : VIN Model Permit Number Color - Top . License # . . Stolen value . 0 Dir Isition Ins_red by . Vehicle locked : Date recovered : Insured . . . Keys in car . Lein holder . 0/00/00 Recovery value 0 Street number : City Recovery code : Be On Look Out?: NCIC number . ********* P E R S O N R E P O R T I N G INFO - #1 ********* Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Street Number : City Birth Date/Age Occupation . . Home Phone No. Sex Weight ************** S Case Number . : Street Number : City ROYAL Birth Date . . Employer? . . : Ope•• Lic NO. . Ott : Phone Nbr: Sex Female Minimum Weight : 0 • WEST PALM • Female • 0 Last Name . . BEACH, FL 33412 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race Height Other Phone Nbr: • White • 0 USPECT/ARRESTEE IN 1-05-000368 Prompt valid FORMATION in: PALM BEACH, FL 334121460 18 Maximum Age . : 18 Occupation . . : FL Home Phone No. : Race White Minimum Height : 0 Maximum Height : 0 FL # 1 ** EFTA00232806
Date: 7/25/06 Time: 8:47:53 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 2 Incident Report Program: CMS301L Casa No Maximum Weight : Aliases? Hair Color . Hair Style . Glasses . . Facial Hair Teeth Hat Shirt Shoes Body Marks #2 Body Marks #4 Arrest Case No : ************** S Case Number . : Street Number : City Birth Date Employer? Oper Lic No . • Other Phone Nbr: Sex Mir'mum Weight : Ma). sum Weight : Aliases') Hair Color Hair Style Glasses . . . . . . . : : : Hair Length Eye Color Complexion Facial Hair Teeth Hat Shirt Shoes . : • • Build Speech Coat Pants Body Marks #1 : Body Marks #2 : Body Marks #3 : Body Marks #4 : Status STILL SUSPECT Arrest Case No.: • 1-05-000368 0 (Continued) Misc. ID# . . MO/Crime Spec? : Hair Length . Eye Color . . Complexion . . Build Speech Coat Pants Body Marks #1 : Body Marks #3 : Status • STILL SUSPECT Additional UCR?: USPECT/ARRESTEE INFORMATION- # 2 ** 1-05-000368 Prompt valid in: 358 EL BRILLO WY PALM BEACH, FL 000033480 25 Maximum Age Occupation . . Home Phone No. 111111001. Race Female 0 0 Minimum Height Maximum Height Misc. ID# . MO/Crime Spec? 25 PERSONAL ASST/EPSTEIN 0 0 ************** S Case Number . : Street Number : City Birth Date . . : Employer? . . : Oper Lie No. 1 Other Phone Nbr: Sex Minimum Weight Maximum Weight Al sea' Hair Color . . Hair Style . . • • Additional UCR? : USPECT/ARRESTEE INFORMATION- # 3 ** 1-05-000368 Prompt valid in: EPSTEIN, JEFFREY 358 EL BRILLO WY PALM BEACH, FL 000033480 52 Maximum Age Occupation . Male 0 0 -FL me Le No; Race Minimum Height Maximum Height Misc. ID# . . MO/Crime Spec? Hair Length . Eye Color . . : 52 White : 0 : 0 EFTA00232807
Date: 7/25/06 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 3 Time: 8:47:53 incident Report Program: CMS301L Case No • 1-05-000368 Glasses . . . : Facial Hair . : Teeth Hat Shirt Shoes Body Marks #2 : Body Marks #4 : Arrest Case No.: ************** Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Prompt valid in: Street Number City • WEST Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : STUDENT Home Phone No. : 561 Sex Weight 0 Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : JUVENILE Residency Sts : Car Identify . : In; ry Extent : Injury Type 2 : Med Treatment : Phys Last Name : ICTIM ************** V Case Number . : Street Number : City Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : Sex Female Weight 0 Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : ADULT Residency Sts Can Identify . Injury Extent Injury Type 2 : -Med-Treatment Phys Last Name : ************** Caste Number . : 1-05-000368 St. Number : City • PALM BEACH, FL 000033480 Birth Date/Age : VICTIM Employer? ICTIM 1-05-000368 Complexion Build Speech Coat Pants Body Marks Body Marks Status Additional UCR? INFORMATIO PALM BEACH, FL 33412 (Continued) STILL SUSPECT N - # 1 ******************** Employer? . . Oper Lic No. . Race Height Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: White 0 INFORMATION -# 2 ******************** Prompt valid in: PALM BEACH FL 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race White Height 0 Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys- -First Name: INFORMATION - # 3 ******************** Prompt valid in: • EFTA00232808
Date: 7/25/06 Time: 8:47:53 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 4 Incident Report Program: CVIS301L Cass.: No • 1-05-000368 Occupation Home Phone No. : Sex Female Weight 0 Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : JUVENILE Residency Sts : Can Identify . Injury Extent : Injury Type 2 Med Treatment : Phys Last Name : ************** VICTIM Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Street Number : City PALM BEACH, Birth Date/Age Occupation . . Home Phone No. Sex ▪ Female Weight • o Be On Look Out?: Vir'lm Type . Re= lency Sts Can Identify . Injury Extent Injury Type 2 Med Treatment Phys Last Name ************** : JUVENILE VICTIM Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Street Number : City • PALM BEACH Birth Date/Age Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : Sex • Female Weight • 0 Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : ADULT Residency Sts : Can Identify . : Injury Extent Injury Type 2 : Med Treatment : Phys Last Name : ** .*********VICTIM Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Prompt valid in: Oper Lic No. Race White Height 0 Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: (Continued) INFORMATION -# 4******************** Prompt valid in: FL 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race White Height 0 Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: INFORMATION -# 5 ******************** Prompt valid in: FL 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race Height Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: -Injury Type 1 . Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: • : White 0 INFORMATION -# 6******************** EFTA00232809
Date: 7/25/06 Time: 8:47:53 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 5 Incident Report Program: CMS301L Casc No • 1-05-000368 Street Number City Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : Sex Weight Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . Residency Sts Can Identify . Injury Extent Injury Type 2 Med Treatment Phys Last Name ************** PALM BEACH, FL 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race White Height 0 0 Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: JUVENILE Residency Type : VICTIM Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Street Number : City PALM Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . Home Phone No. Ser • Female Wei .it 0 Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : Residency Sts : Can Identify . : Injury Extent : Injury Type 2 : JUVENILE Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Med Treatment : Phys First Name: Phys Last Name : ************** CTIM INFORMATION -# 8******************** Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Prompt valid in: Street Number : City Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : PALM BEACH. FL 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race White Sex Female Height • 0 Weight Be On Look Out?: 0 Misc. ID# . Other Phone Nbr: Victim Type . : Residency Sts : JUVENILE- Residency Type . File Charges . : Can Identify . Injury Extent : Injury Type 2 Met reatment : Phys Last Name : . : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: (Continued) INFORMATION -# 7******************** Prompt valid in: BEACH, FL 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race White Height 0 Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: **************VICTIM Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: INFORMATION -# 9******************** EFTA00232810
Date: 7/25/06 Time: 8:47:53 Incident Report PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 6 Program: CMS301L Case No Case Number . : Street Number : City Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : Sex Weight Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : Residency Sts Can Identify . Injury Extent Injury Type 2. Med Treatment : Phys Last Name : 1-05-000368 1-05-000368 PALM BEACH FL ************** Case Number . : Prompt valid in: Street Number : City Birth Date/Age : 0c, ,at ion . . : Hoh.... Phone No. : Sex Weight Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . Residency Sts Can Identify . Injury Extent Injury Type 2 Med Treatment Phys Last Name Female 0 JUVENILE VICTIM ************** 1-05-000368 PALM BEACH, FL Female 0 JUVENILE VICTIM Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Street Number : City • PALM BEACH Birth Date/Age Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : Sex Female -Weight . . . • : 0 Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : ADULT Residency Sts : Car Identify . : In ry Extent : Injury Type 2 : Med Treatment : Prompt valid in: 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race • White Height • 0 Misc. ID# . . : Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: . : (Continual, INFORMATION -# 10 ******************* 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race White Height • 0 Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: . : . : INFORMATION - # 11 ******************* Prompt valid in: FL 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. . : Race • White Height • 0 Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . Phys First Name: EFTA00232811
Date: 7/25/06 Time: 8:47:53 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 7 Incident Report Program: CMS301L Cast No • 1-05-000368 Phys Last Name : ************** V Case Number . : Street Number : City Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . Home Phone No. Sex • Female Weight • 0 Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : Residency Sts : Can Identify . : Injury Extent : Injury Type 2 : Med Treatment : Phys Last Name : ************** Case Number . Street Number : Cit Bil_A Date/Age : Occupation . . Home Phone No. Sex Weight Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : Residency Sts : Can Identify . : Injury Extent : Injury Type 2 Med Treatment : Phys Last Name : ************** V Case Number . : Street Number : City Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. Sex Weight Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : Re: lency Sts : Can Identify . : Injury Extent ICTIM 1-05-000368 PALM BEACH ADULT (Continued) INFORMATION -# 12 ************* Prompt valid in: FL 000033480 ICTIM 1-05-000368 PALM BEACH. FL Female 0 JUVENILE ICTIM 1-05-000368 Employer? . Oper Lic No. . Race White Height • 0 Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: INFORMATION - # 13 ******* ****** ****** Prompt valid in: PALM BEACH. FL 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race White Height 0 Misc. ID# . . : Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: INFORMATION -# 14 ******************* Prompt valid in: S61/OOO-04O8- --- Female 0 JUVENILE 000033480 Employer? . . : Oper Lic No. . : Race Whit Height 0 Misc. ID# . . : Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : EFTA00232812
Date: 7/25/06 Time: 8:47:53 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 8 Incident Report Program: CMS301L Cas.. No • 1-05-000368 Injury Type 2 : Med Treatment : Phys Last Name : ************** V Case Number . : Street Number : City Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : Sex Female Weight 0 Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . : Residency Sts : Can Identify . : Injury Extent : Injury Type 2 : Med Treatment : Phys Last Name : ICTIM 1-05-000368 PALM BEACH ************** V Cas- Number . : St]. .t Number : City Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : Sex Fema Weight • 0 Be On Look Out?: Victim Type . Residency Sts Can Identify . Injury Extent Injury Type 2 Med Treatment Phys Last Name ************** V Case Number : Street Number : City Birth Date/Age Occupation . . Home Phone No. Sex Weight Be . Look Out?: Victim Type . : Residency Sts : ADULT ICTIM 1-05-000368 PALM BEACH e JUVENILE ICTIM 1-05-000368 PALM BEACH • Female • 0 JUVENILE (Continued) Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: INFORMATION -# 15 ****** ****** ******* Prompt valid in: FL 000033480 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race • White Height • 0 Misc. ID# . . : Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: INFORMATION - # 16 ******************* Prompt valid in: FL 000033480 Employer? . . : Oper Lic No. . : Race White Height 0 Misc. ID# . . : Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type : File Charges . : Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: INFORMATION -# 17 ****** ***** ******** Prompt valid in: FL 000033480 Fmployer' Oper Lic No. . : Race White Height • 0 Misc. ID# . . Other Phone Nbr: Residency Type File Charges . : EFTA00232813
Date: 7/25/06 Time: 8:47:53 Incident Report PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Page: 9 Program: ams3olL Cast No 1-05-000368 Can Identify . Injury Extent Injury Type 2 Med Treatment : Phys Last Name : ********* OTHER P E R S O N Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Street Number : III City • WEST PALM BEACH, Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. Sex Weight Other Phone Nbr: • Victim Sobriety: Injury Type 1 : Hospital ID . : Phys First Name: (Continued) INFORMATION -# 1 ********* Last Name . . : FL 33411 Employer? . STUDENT Oper Lic No. 561 Race White Height 0 0 Person Type : OTHER PERSON Last Name Street Number : 358 EL BRILLO WY INFORMATION - 2********* Case Number . : 1-05-000368 ********* OTHER PERSO N City • PALM BEACH FL 000033480 Birth Date/Age : Employer? . Occupation . . : Oper Lic No. FL Hor Phone No. : Race Sex Female Weight 0 Type Other Phone Nbr: *********OTHER PERSON Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Street Number : II City • NM! BEACH, FL Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : 561 m Sex Fernia! Weight 0 Other Phone Nbr: *********OTHER P E R Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Street Number : City Birth Date/Age Occupation . : PAINTER Home Phone No. : 561 Sex • Male Weight • 0 Other Phone Nbr: INFORMAT Last Name . . 33411 Employer? . Oper Lic No. White Height 510 Person : OTHER PERSON I 0 N - # 3 Race White Height 0 Person Type : OTHER PERSON *******## S 0 N INFORMATION -# 4 ********* • ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL Last Name . 33411 Employer? --Olper--Bie—No. Race . • : 1 • White Height Person Type : 0 OTHER PERSON ********* OTHER P E R S Case Number . : 1-05-000368 0 N INFORMA - 5 ********* Last Name . . : EFTA00232814
Date: 7/25/06 Time: 8:47:53 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Incident Report Page: 10 Program: CMIS301L Caste No • 1-05-000368 (Continued) Street Number City Birth Date/Age : 0/00/0000 0 Employer? . . : Occupation . . : FAMILY THERAPIST Oper Lic No. . : Home Phone No. Sex • Fema le Race Height • • White 0 Weight • 0 Person Type . : OTHER PERSON Other Phone Nbr: Case Number . : Employer Name : Address . . . : City/State/Zip : Phone Number . : ***EMPLOYER INFORMATION*** 1-05-000368 PBC DIVISON OF YOUTH AFFAIRS 4200 N AUSTRALIAN AV WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33407 ********* OTHER P E R S O N INFORMATION Iiiiiii ********* Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Last Name . . Street Number : City • WELLINGTON, FL 33414 Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : Ser Wei .it Other Phone Nbr: Case Number . : Address . . : City/State/Zip : Phone Number . : STUDENT 561, Male 0 Employer? . . : Oper Lic No. . : Race White Height 0 Person Type . : OTHER PERSON ***EMPLOYER INFORMATION*** 1-05-000368 Employer Name 4900 SUMMIT BV WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33415 ********* OTHER P E R S O N Case Number . : Street Number : City Birth Date/Age : Occupation . . : Home Phone No. : Sex Weight Other Phone Nbr: SCHOOL INFORMATION -# 7 ********* 1-05-000368 Last Name . . : WEST PALM BEACH, FL 0/00/0000 0 Male 0 ********* OTHER ......._11_SHR-S-ON Case Number . Street Number City Birth Date/Age Oc, )ation . . Home Phone No Sex 33412 Employer? . Oper Lic No. Race White Height 0 Person Type : OTHER PERSON INFORMATION -# 8 * * *MA" : 1-05-000368 Last Name . . : WEST PALM BEACH, : 0/00/0000 0 FL 33411 Employer? . : Oper Lic No. : 561 Race • Height • 0 EFTA00232815
Date: 7/25/06 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT Time: 8:47:53 Page: 11 Incident Report Program: CMS301L Cas No • 1-05-000368 Weight • 0 Other Phone Nbr: (Continued) Person Type . : OTHER PERSON *********OTHER PERSON Case Number . : 1-05-000368 Last Name . . : INFORMATION ti, Street Number : City • WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33417 Birth Date/Age : Employer? . • : Home fil Occupation . . : Oper Lic No. . Phone No. : Race • Sex • Race Height 0 Weight • 0 Person Type : OTHER PERSON Other Phone Nbr: ********* FL. ****************************NARRATIVE # 1*************************** Original Report LO Reported By: PAGAN, MICHELE D. 9/20/05 Entered By.: , LAURA D. 9/20/05 On 03/14/2005, I received a call from a woman who 'd not wish to identify herself (later identified as . She stat . that her fourteen year old step daughtl'illater i entified as possibly ma have been molested in Palm Beach by a wealthy man. According to she learned of the possible molestation by a third party. e exp ained that she had received a call from the mother of her stepdaughter's friend. The mother claimed to have overheard a conversation between her daughter and a male friend; they were talking about The conversation was about how had met with a 45- ear-old man and had sex with him and was paid or it. I advised that I would like to meet with her to obtain a more detailed s a ement and facts. stated she did not know what iiillill do and had to discuss the ma ter with her husband. At this point did not provide me with a call back number or any other in ormation. She stated that she would contact me once she had spoken with her husband and mother. On 03/14/2005 received a call from Mr. & Mrs. They stated it was all right to speak to their daughter via cell phone 561 Her mother had been ma e aware of the case. T ey a reed to meet me at tirlice department later this date. (561) On 03 14/2005, Mr. III II TIT. accompanied by his wife came to the Pa m Bea Po ice Department where they advised me t at they believed their fourteen year old daughter may have had some type of serual_selationabip with an nidAr male who resided in Palm Beach. Neither knew the suspect's name or address. Both stated that their daughter did not talk to them about the incident, nor would she admit to it. Daniel identified his daughter as IIIII w/f.4_22D • resides with her biological mother at IIIII RPB, 33411, (561) Ma is a EFTA00232816












































