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U.S. Department of Justice 
United States Attorney 
Southern District of New York 
The Silvio J. Mollo Building 
One Saint Andrew's Plaza 
New York. New York 10007 
July 12, 2019 
VIA ECF 
The Honorable Richard M. Berman 
United States District Court 
Southern District of New York 
United States Courthouse 
500 Pearl Street 
New York, New York 10007 
Re: 
United States v. Jeffrey Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) 
Dear Judge Berman: 
The Government respectfully submits this letter in response to the defendant's Motion for 
Pretrial Release (the "Release Motion"), dated July 11, 2019 (Dkt. 6), and in further support of its 
Memorandum in Support of Detention (the "Detention Memo"), submitted to Magistrate Judge 
Pitman on July 8, 2019, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein (Ex. A). 
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 
The defendant is a serial sexual predator who is charged with abusing underage girls for 
years. A grand jury has returned an indictment alleging that he sexually exploited dozens of 
minors, including girls as young as 14 years old, in New York and Florida. To this day, he is a 
registered sex offender designated by New York State in the highest category of risk to reoffend, 
despite unsuccessfully attempting to have that classification lowered. And any doubt that the 
defendant is unrepentant and unreformed was eliminated when law enforcement agents discovered 
hundreds or thousands of nude and seminude photographs of young females in his Manhattan 
mansion on the night of his arrest, more than a decade after he was first convicted of a sex crime 
involving a juvenile. 
The defendant also faces substantial evidence of his guilt, founded on the corroborated 
testimony of numerous victims, and this case presents the very real possibility that he will go to 
prison for the rest of his life. The defendant has at his disposal a vast fortune, the details of which 
remain largely concealed from the Court. He also has a history of obstruction and manipulation 
of witnesses, including, as detailed herein, as recently as within the past year, when media reports 
about his conduct reemerged. And he continues to show a shocking lack of understanding of the 
gravity of the harm he has perpetrated, including through the minimization of his conduct and 
casual disparagement of victims in his arguments. 
Against this backdrop of significant—and rapidly-expanding—evidence, serious charges, 
and the prospect of a lengthy prison sentence, the defendant proposes to be released on conditions 
that are woefully inadequate. The Release Motion misconstrues and misunderstands the relevant 
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law, seeks to diminish and demean the harm caused to the many victims of the defendant's 
appalling sexual abuse, and utterly fails to meet its burden of rebutting the presumption that no 
condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant as 
required and the safety of the community. Rather than even attempting to address the grave risks 
of releasing a defendant with extraordinary financial resources and a history of abusing minors, 
the defendant instead proposes a bail package that amounts to little more than a barely-secured 
bond masquerading as a 14-point plan. The Court should reject the defendant's application and 
order him detained pending trial. 
Among other things, the proposed bail package contemplates the defendant pledging as the 
principal security a property that has already been identified by the Government as subject to 
forfeiture upon the defendant's conviction, and which therefore is of no value as collateral. His 
proposed global waiver of extradition is unenforceable, and even if enforceable would be little 
comfort to victims forced to wait additional years while the defendant is located and returned to 
this country. The promise to "deregister or otherwise ground" his private jet is meaningless given 
his wealth and ability to easily secure other means of travel. The two co-signers he proposes only 
further highlight his minimal community ties, including his lack of any family in or near the 
District. Electronic monitoring would merely give the defendant less of a head start in fleeing—
and does not guard against the risk of him endangering victims in the very home where he has 
continued to hoard nude images of young women and girls. And the private security force he 
proposes to guard his gilded cage, a proposal already rejected by this Court in similar 
circumstances, simply reinforces the obvious fact that the defendant should be housed where he 
can be secured at all times: a federal correctional center. 
The defendant faces a presumption of detention, Pretrial Services has recommended 
detention, and victims of the defendant seek his detention. Because there are no set of conditions 
short of incarceration that can reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant or reasonably 
protect the community from the dangers he poses if released, the Court should order him detained. 
BACKGROUND 
As previously set forth, a federal grand jury in this District returned an indictment (the 
"Indictment") charging the defendant with violating Title 18, United States Code Section 1519, 
and conspiracy to commit the same. 
As charged by the grand jury, the facts giving rise to those counts involve a years-long 
scheme to sexually abuse underage girls. Specifically, the defendant enticed and recruited dozens 
of minor girls to engage in sex acts with him, for which he paid the victims hundreds of dollars in 
cash, in at least two different states. Victims were initially recruited to provide "massages" to the 
defendant, which would be performed nude or partially nude, would become increasingly sexual 
in nature, and would typically include one or more sex acts, including groping and direct or indirect 
contact with victims' genitals. To perpetuate this exploitation of underage girls, the defendant 
actively encouraged certain victims to recruit additional girls to be similarly sexually abused. He 
paid these victim-recruiters hundreds of dollars for each additional girl they brought to him, 
creating a network of underage victims for him to exploit in New York and Palm Beach. 
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The defendant, through counsel, continues to evidence a complete lack of appreciation for 
the gravity of the offenses with which he is charged.' As an initial matter, there can be no plausible 
suggestion that the allegations against the defendant involve isolated or aberrational conduct; they 
involve repeated, regular acts of sexual abuse committed over a period of many years. And 
following the defendant's prior conviction, as described previously by the Government, the 
defendant continued to maintain at least hundreds and possibly thousands of nude photos of young 
subjects. The defendant's victims in this case, often particularly vulnerable girls, were as young 
as 14 years old when he abused them. The defendant knew he was abusing minors, including 
because victims told him directly they were underage. And he preyed on his victims habitually 
and repeatedly—day after day, month after month, year after year. 
The defense calls these disturbing alleged acts "simple prostitution!' Mag. Tr. 12:12; see 
also D. Tr. at 6:15-19 ("This is basically the Feds today . . . redoing the same conduct that was 
investigated 10 years ago and calling it, instead of prostitution, calling it sex trafficking"). That 
characterization is not only offensive but also utterly irrelevant given that federal law does not 
recognize the concept of a child prostitute—there are only trafficking victims—because a child 
cannot legally consent to being exploited. 
Defense counsel's repeated assertion that the 
Government's case is infirm because no threats or coercion are alleged—e.g., Mag. Tr. at 12 
("There was no coercion. There were no threats. There was no violence."), 17 ("there was no 
coercion. There was no intimidation. There is no deception."); Release Motion at 2 ("There are 
no allegations . . . that he forced, coerced, defrauded, or enslaved anybody . . . .")—is equally 
irrelevant because the offense with which the defendant has been charged requires no such proof. 
See, e.g., United States v. Afyare, 632 F. App'x 272, 278 (6th Cir. 2016) ("We hold that § 1591(a) 
criminalizes the sex trafficking of children (less than 18 years old) with or without any force, fraud, 
or coercion, and it also criminalizes the sex trafficking of adults (18 or older), but only if done by 
force, fraud, or coercion."). 
Far more important, the defense has already effectively conceded that the Government will 
be able to present evidence of the actual primary elements of the charged offense—i.e., that the 
defendant engaged in sex acts for money with girls he knew were underage. See Release Motion 
at 2. On this record, the Government agrees with Pretrial Services that the defendant should be 
detained pending trial. He poses a tremendous risk of flight and a danger to the community, and 
he cannot overcome the statutory presumption in favor of detention in this case. 
' Such arguments are unsurprising from a defendant who previously compared himself to a "person 
who steals a bagel" or a tragic mythical figure. See, e.g., Amber Southerland, Billionaire Jeffrey 
Epstein: I'm a sex offender, not a predator, N.Y. Post (2011) ("I'm not a sexual predator, I'm an 
"offender," the financier told The Post yesterday. 'It's the difference between a murderer and a 
person who steals a bagel.'"); Philip Weiss, The Fantasist, NY Magazine (2007) ("It's the Icarus 
story, someone who flies too close to the sun,' I said. 'Did Icarus like massages?' Epstein asked."). 
2 "Mag. Tr." refers to the transcript of the hearing before Magistrate Judge Pitman on July 8, 2019; 
"D. Tr." refers to the transcript of the hearing before this Court on July 8, 2019. 
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Honorable Richard M. Berman 
United States District Judge 
July 12, 2019 
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ARGUMENT 
The Government respectfully submits that the defendant cannot overcome the statutory 
presumption in favor of detention in this case for the following reasons, among others: 
I. 
Victims Seek Detention 
Pursuant to the Crime Victims' Rights Act ("CVRA"), a crime victim has the right to be 
reasonably heard at certain public proceedings in the district court, including proceedings 
involving release. 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(4). Consistent with that requirement, the Government has 
been in contact with victims and counsel identified through this investigation in connection with 
the argument regarding bail. 
Multiple victims and/or their counsel have asked the Government to seek detention (and to 
inform the Court of their views in that respect) for multiple reasons. First, they believe that the 
defendant's continued detention is necessary under the CVRA's right to be reasonably protected 
from the accused. 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(1). They have specifically conveyed to the Government 
that they would be fearful for their safety if the defendant were released. For the reasons articulated 
herein, the Government believes those concerns to be well-founded. 
Additionally, certain victims have asked the Government to advise the Court that they are 
specifically concerned about the defendant's proposal to be released even if under conditions that 
included home detention and full-time private guards. They believe it would be unfair to victims 
of a wealthy defendant, like Epstein, if he were to be given greater freedoms than others would be 
in similar circumstances, and that such an arrangement would be inconsistent with their rights. 
They specifically asked the Government to advise the Court that they believed such an arrangement 
could result in harassment and abuse by the defendant. 3
II. 
The Defendant's Proposal Does Nothing to Mitigate His Flight Risk 
Each of the relevant factors to be considered as to flight risk—the nature and circumstances 
of the offense, the strength of the evidence, and the history and characteristics of the defendant—
counsel strongly in favor of detention, and the defendant's proposed package would do nothing 
whatsoever to mitigate those risks. 
A. Defendant Proposes No Infringement Upon His Ability to Use his Vast Wealth to Flee 
It might not be immediately apparent to a reader of the Release Motion that the defendant 
is extravagantly wealthy and worth, according to records relating to the defendant recently 
obtained by the Government from a financial institution ("Institution-1"), more than $500 million. 
3 The Government is aware of at least one additional attorney for a victim who has publicly stated 
that her client supports the pretrial detention of the defendant. The Government is unaware of any 
victim who has expressed support for the defendant being granted pretrial release on bail. 
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United States District Judge 
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Indeed, while the defendant has still not filled out a financial affidavit, under penalty of 
perjury, in connection with his application for bail, his token effort to account for his finances 
makes painfully clear the need for detention. The defendant reports having an extraordinary 
amount of money in both total assets and cash or cash-equivalent holdings. And while the 
defendant repeatedly represents in his Release Motion that his assets are "in the United States," 
there is absolutely nothing in the defendant's minimal financial submission to verify that. 
Indeed, and as discussed further below, even assuming the defendant's assets are presently 
in the United States, nothing in the proposed package would prevent the defendant from 
transferring liquid assets out of the country quickly and in anticipation of flight or relocation. The 
defendant is an incredibly sophisticated financial actor with decades of experience in the industry 
and significant ties to financial institutions and actors around the world. He could easily transfer 
funds and holdings on a moment's to places where the Government would never find them so as 
to ensure he could live comfortably while a fugitive. 
But perhaps most important, even were the defendant to sacrifice literally all of his current 
assets, there is every indication that he would immediately be able to resume making millions or 
tens of millions of dollars per year outside of the United States. He already earns at least 
$10,000,000 per year, according to records from Institution-1, while living in the U.S. Virgin 
Islands, traveling extensively abroad, and residing in part in Paris, France; there would be little to 
stop the defendant from fleeing, transferring his unknown assets abroad, and then continuing to do 
whatever it is he does to earn his vast wealth from a computer terminal beyond the reach of 
extradition.4
That the defendant faces up to 45 years of incarceration on the current counts with which 
he is charged provides the motive for him do so and is another significant factor in assessing the 
risk of flight. See United States v. Jackson, 823 F.2d 4, 7 (2d Cir. 1987). So too is the strength of 
the evidence, detailed above and in the Government's Detention Memo. Indeed, that evidence, 
already robust less than a week ago when the Indictment was unsealed, is growing stronger by the 
day. Just since the Indictment was unsealed, several additional women, in multiple jurisdictions, 
have identified themselves to the Government as having been victimized by the defendant when 
they were minors. Moreover, pursuant to judicially-authorized search warrants, the Government 
has discovered and seized a significant volume of photographs of nude and seminude young 
women and girls in the defendant's Manhattan residence, and is in the process of reviewing dozens 
of electronic discs that contain still more such photos? And dozens of individuals have called the 
Government in recent days to convey information regarding the defendant and the allegations 
4 As noted in the Government's Detention Memo, the defendant is a frequent traveler and regularly 
travels to and from the United States, including approximately more than 20 flights in which he 
traveled to or from a foreign country since 2018 alone. Extensive international travel of this nature 
further demonstrates a significant risk of flight. See, e.g., United States v. Anderson, 384 F. Supp. 
2d 32, 36 (D.D.C. 2005). 
5 The Government's review of these materials, seized earlier this week, remains ongoing. 
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contained in the Indictment. All this in less than a week, and all in addition to an Indictment that 
already alleges the existence of dozens of victims in New York and dozens of victims in Florida. 
B. The Proposed Bond is Inadequate to Overcome the Presumption of Detention 
The defendant's "slate of highly restrictive" measures which purportedly "amply suffice to 
secure his release" are neither highly restrictive nor amply sufficient. Rather, they are effectively 
standard conditions of home confinement, monitoring, and bond unsecured by the defendant's 
assets—broken out into 14 pieces. The Government will address the most concerning and salient 
elements of the defendant's proposal below. 
I. Lack of Meaningful Bond Security 
The defendant proposes that the Court accept his Manhattan mansion as the primary 
security for a personal recognizance bond of an indeterminate amount, to be co-signed by the 
defendant's brother and a friend. Release Motion at 4. This is plainly insufficient. 
As an initial matter, and as noted above, the defendant's Manhattan mansion has been 
identified in the Indictment as subject to forfeiture because it is alleged to have been used to 
commit or facilitate the commission of the sex trafficking offenses charged there. See 18 U.S.C. 
§ 1594(c)(1). 
Because the defendant would thus be likely to lose that property following a 
conviction, it provides no value whatsoever as collateral. See 18 U.S.C. § 3142(g)(4) ("In 
considering the conditions of release described . . . the judicial officer . . . shall decline to accept 
the designation, or the use as collateral, of property that, because of its source, will not reasonably 
assure the appearance of the person as required."). And while the defendant offers to also pledge 
his private jet as additional collateral, there is absolutely no reason to assume that the defendant 
would not readily trade his private plane for his freedom. Indeed, the defendant, who has a net 
worth of more than $500 million, by his own admission recently sold a second plane and thus 
presumably has cash on hand to replace the posted aircraft without difficulty if need be. 
Nor does the proposed security of properties owned by two identified co-signers 
meaningfully change the calculus. As further described below, the defendant provides no 
information about the value or equity of the property of his brother, Mark (the "Palm Beach 
Property"), or the significance of that property in the context of his brother's own net worth!' 
Similarly, the defendant provides no details regarding the "investment interests" of his friend Mr. 
Mitchell, nor any reason to believe the loss of those "interests" would be meaningful to Mr. 
Mitchell, let alone the defendant. More generally, given the defendant's proffered net worth, the 
defendant could easily make his co-signers whole — and even reward them — were he to flee. 
The proposed security, in sum, should give the Court little comfort the defendant would 
appear in Court if released on bail. 
6 In fact, the defendant's own submission makes clear that the Palm Beach Property is not his 
brother's exclusive residence and that his brother lives elsewhere for half of the year. 
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2. Co-Signers, Moral Suasion, and Ties to the Community 
The dearth of detailed financial information about the defendant himself, much less his 
brother or friend, further shows the hollowness of the proposal. The Court cannot possibly 
evaluate whether there would be any incentive whatsoever for those the two proposed co-signers 
to exercise moral suasion over the defendant—or whether, as noted above, the defendant could 
easily compensate them, perhaps many times over, for any loss they incurred through the 
defendant's flight from justice. The defendant provides no information about his brother other 
than that he lives half the year in the home he purportedly would pledge, and even less information 
about Mr. Mitchell, other than that he is "Mr. Epstein's friend," his "close personal friend of 
decades," and his "close personal friend." Release Motion at 4, 9. Their willingness to "guarantee" 
his appearance, Release Motion at 9, is meaningless in the absence of such information. 
Moreover, the notion that any individual co-signer could meaningfully secure a bond for 
this defendant strains credulity. Given the defendant's wealth and his extraordinary risk of flight, 
any bond for this defendant would assuredly have to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars to 
even be claimed to be sufficient to guard against the risks posed by the defendant's release. The 
defendant offers no reason to believe any co-signers could meaningfully sign such a bond, much 
less these two particular individuals, which is yet another reason the proposed package is patently 
insufficient. 
3. The Defendant's "Consent" to Extradition is Unenforceable and Impractical 
The defendant's offer to sign a so-called "consent" to extradition provides no additional 
reassurance whatsoever. As an initial matter, the Government would need to find and re-arrest the 
defendant before such a waiver would even come into play. Moreover, even assuming the 
Government could locate and apprehend the defendant, numerous courts have recognized that such 
purported waivers are unenforceable and effectively meaningless because any defendant who signs 
such a purported waiver and then flees will assuredly contest the validity and/or voluntariness of 
the waiver, and will get to do so in the jurisdiction of his choosing (Le., the one to which he chose 
to flee). See, e.g., United States v. Morrison, No. 16-MR-118, 2016 WL 7421924, at *4 (W.D.N.Y. 
Dec. 23, 2016); United States v. Kazeem,No. 15 Cr. 172, 2015 WL 4645357, at *3 (D. Or. Aug. 
3, 2015); United States v. Young, Nos. 12 Cr. 502, 12 Cr. 645, 2013 WL 12131300, at *7 (D. Utah 
Aug. 27, 2013); United States v. Cohen, No. C 10-00547, 2010 WL 5387757, at *9 n.11 (N.D. 
Cal. Dec. 20, 2010); United States v. Bohn, 330 F. Supp. 2d 960, 961 (W.D. Tenn. 2004); United 
States v. Stroh, No. 396 Cr. 139, 2000 WL 1832956, at *5 (D. Conn. Nov. 3, 2000); United States 
v. Botero, 604 F. Supp. 1028, 1035 (S.D. Fla. 1985). . The Department of Justice's Office of 
International Affairs is unaware of any country anywhere in the world that would consider an 
anticipatory extradition waiver binding. And, of course, the defendant could choose to flee to a 
jurisdiction with which the United States does not have an extradition treaty. 
Beyond being impossible to guarantee, extradition is typically a lengthy, complicated and 
expensive process, and the possibility that it would be successful neither provides any real 
deterrent to the defendant's incentive to flee nor any measure of justice to the victims who would 
be required to wait years for his return. 
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4. Home Confinement and Electronic Monitoring Provide No Assurance 
The defendant's proposal of ankle-bracelet monitoring should be of no comfort to the 
Court. In particular, the defendant's endorsement of a GPS monitoring bracelet rather than a radio 
frequency bracelet is farcical because neither one is useful or effective after it has been removed. 
At best, home confinement and electronic monitoring would reduce his head start should he decide 
to cut the bracelet and flee. See United States v. Zarger, No. 00 Cr. 773, 2000 WL 1134364, at *1 
(E.D.N.Y. Aug. 4, 2000) (rejecting defendant's application for bail in part because home detention 
with electronic monitoring "at best . . . limits a fleeing defendant's head start"); see also United 
States v. Casteneda, No. 18 Cr. 047, 2018 WL 888744, at *9 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 2018) (same); United 
States v. Anderson, 384 F. Supp.2d 32, 41 (D.D.C. 2005) (same); United States v. Benatar, No. 02 
Cr. 099, 2002 WL 31410262, at *3 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 10, 2002) (same). 
5. Private Security is Inadequate, Unfair, and Impractical Here 
The defendant also proposes the use of a private security force to march him to and from 
court under the threat of deadly force. This proposal should be rejected. 
At the outset, it is far from clear that private jail, which seeks to replicate the conditions of 
a government-run detention facility in the defendant's home, is a condition of "release" that 
implicates the Bail Reform Act. "[T]here is a debate within the judiciary over whether a defendant, 
if she is able to perfectly replicate a private jail in her own home at her own cost, has a right to do 
so under the Bail Reform Act and the United States Constitution." United States v. Valerio, 9 F. 
Supp. 3d 283, 292 (E.D.N.Y. 2014) (Bianco, J.) (collecting cases). The Second Circuit has never 
directly addressed this issue. See United States v. Sablmani, 493 F.3d 63, 78 n.18 (2d Cir. 2007) 
("The government has not argued and, therefore, we have no occasion to consider whether it would 
be `contrary to the principles of detention and release on bail' to allow wealthy defendants `to buy 
their way out by constructing a private jail." (citations omitted)). Indeed, a decision by this Court 
reasoned that "the very severe restrictions" in the private jail proposal presented to him did "not 
appear to contemplate `release' so much as it describes a very expensive form of private jail or 
detention." United States v. Zarrab, 2016 WL 3681423, at *10 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2016). 
Courts have long been troubled by private jail proposals like the defendant's which, "at 
best `elaborately replicate a detention facility without the confidence of security such a facility 
instills."' United States v. Orena, 986 F.2d 628, 632 (2d Cir. 1993) (quoting United States v. Gotti, 
776 F. Supp. 666, 672 (E.D.N.Y. 1991) (rejecting private jail proposal)); see also Valerio, 9 F. 
Supp. 3d at 295 ("The questions about the legal authorization for the private security firm to use 
force against defendant should he violate the terms of his release, and the questions over whether 
the guards can or should be armed, underscore the legal and practical uncertainties—indeed, the 
imperfections-of the private jail-like concept envisioned by defendant, as compared to the more 
secure option of an actual jail."). A private security firm simply cannot replicate the controlled 
environment of a federal correctional facility, in which, typically, all of the needs to the prisoner 
can be attended to without placing the prisoner in the community at large; the defendant's proposed 
private jail arrangement would have the effect of permanently placing him in just such a high-
flight-risk circumstance. The risk of a public escape attempt while in the community and involving 
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armed private guards attempting to stop the defendant, potentially by force—rather than the 
defendant being in the environment of a federal facility—also greatly magnifies the danger of the 
defendant's flight to the public. See United States v. Boustani, 356 F. Supp. 3d 246, 257 (E.D.N.Y. 
2019). "This is why, as the Government correctly notes, federal prisoners should be detained in 
facilities run by trained personnel from federal correctional facilities." Id. at 258 (citing Sabhnani, 
493 F.3d at 74 n.13 ("To the extent [armed private guards] implies an expectation that deadly force 
may need to be used to assure defendant['s] presence at trial... [s]uch a conclusion would, in fact, 
demand a defendant's detention")). 
The Second Circuit has held it is not legal error "for a district court to decline to accept," 
as "a substitute for detention," a defendant hiring private security guards to monitor him. United 
States v. Banki, 369 Fed. App'x 152, 153-54 (2d Cir. 2010). In the same decision, the Second 
Circuit noted that it was "troubled" by the possibility of "allow[ing] wealthy defendants to buy 
their way out by constructing a private jail." (internal quotation marks omitted)). Id.; accord, e.g., 
United States v. Cilins, No. 13 Cr. 315 (WHP), 2013 WL 3802012, at *3 (S.D.N.Y. July 19, 2013) 
("it is contrary to underlying principles of detention and release on bail that individuals otherwise 
ineligible for release should be able to buy their way out by constructing a private jail, policed by 
security guards not trained or ultimately accountable to the Government, even if carefully 
selected' (quoting Borodin v. Ashcroft, 136 F. Supp. 2d 125, 134 (E.D.N.Y. 2001))); Valerio, 9 
F. Supp. 3d at 293-94 (E.D.N.Y. 2014) ("There is nothing in the Bail Reform Act that would 
suggest that a defendant (or even, hypothetically, a group of defendants with private funding) has 
a statutory right to replicate or construct a private jail in a home or some other location."). 
The defendant's payment of his guards also raises the conflict of interest inherent in having 
the defendant having extraordinary influence over a private security company tasked with guarding 
him, leaving the company's incentives entirely aligned with the defendant. See, e.g., Boustani, 
356 F. Supp. 3d at 257 (in finding that private armed guards would not reasonably assure the 
appearance of a defendant, noting a "clear conflict of interest—private prison guards paid by an 
inmate" and noting that in a recent S.D.N.Y. case involving private security guards the defendant 
"was outside of his apartment virtually all day, every weekday; was visited by a masseuse for a 
total of 160 hours in a 30-day period; and went on an unauthorized visit to a restaurant in 
Chinatown with his private guards in tow"); see also United States v. Tajideen, 17 Cr. 046, 2018 
WL 1342475, at *5-6 (D.D.C. Mar. 15, 2018) (finding Zarrab "particularly instructive" and further 
noting: "While the Court has no reason to believe that the individuals selected for the defendant's 
security detail would intentionally violate federal law and assist the defendant in fleeing the Court's 
jurisdiction, it nonetheless is mindful of the power of money and its potential to corrupt or 
undermine laudable objectives. And although these realities cannot control the Court's ruling, they 
also cannot be absolutely discounted or ignored."). 
Finally, in Zarrab this Court found that "the Defendant's privately funded armed guard 
proposal is unreasonable because it helps to foster inequity and unequal treatment in favor of a 
very small cohort of criminal defendants who are extremely wealthy, such as Mr. Zarrab." 2016 
WL 3681423, at *13; see also Boustani, 356 F. Supp. 3d at 258 ("although this Defendant has vast 
financial resources to construct his own `private prison,' the Court is not convinced 'disparate 
treatment based on wealth is permissible under the Bail Reform Act"') (quoting United States v. 
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Bruno, 89 F. Supp. 3d 425, 432 (E.D.N.Y. 2015) ("Even if Defendant had the financial capacity 
to replicate a private jail within his own home, this Court is not convinced that such a set of 
conditions would be sufficiently effective in this case to protect the community from Defendant, 
or that such disparate treatment based on wealth is permissible under the Bail Act.")); Borodin, 
136 F. Supp. 2d at 134 (E.D.N.Y. 2001) (Nickerson, J.) ("It is contrary to underlying principles of 
detention and release on bail that individuals otherwise ineligible for release should be able to buy 
their way out by constructing a private jail, policed by security guards not trained or ultimately 
accountable to the government, even if carefully selected."). 
If the defendant's appearance can only be assured through use of round-the-clock guards, 
the defendant belongs in a federal detention center, not released under bail conditions that 
effectively create a private prison of one, using guards to be paid by the defendant himself. It is 
frankly outrageous for the defendant to suggest that preventing him from using his vast wealth to 
duplicate a private prison that cannot control, monitor, and contain him consistent with the 
requirements of the Bail Act would cause him to somehow "bear a special disadvantage." Release 
Motion at 12 n.9. Indeed: "What more compelling case for an order of detention is there than a 
case in which only an armed guard and the threat of deadly force is sufficient to assure the 
defendant's appearance?" Zarrab, 2016 WL 3681432, at *12 (quoting United States v. Vaierio, 9 
F. Supp. 3d at 295). 
HI. 
The Defendant Provides No Assurance He is Not a Danger to the Community and a 
Risk to Obstruct Justice 
A. Danger to the Community 
In the first instance, the defendant's argument that 14 years without a criminal conviction 
eliminates "any danger presumption" should be rejected. Were that the case—which is certainly 
is not—a lack of criminal record for any defendant would automatically rebut the presumption 
applicable to crimes such as sex trafficking. That is manifestly incorrect. See United States v. 
Artis, 607 F. App'x 95, 97 (2d Cir. 2015) (finding that a defendant's lack of criminal record was 
"not so compelling as to defeat the presumption or to manifest clear error in the district court's 
determination that no combination of release conditions . . . could reasonably assure against 
dangerousness and the risk of flight"). Moreover, here, the defendant not only has a criminal 
record, but has been convicted of a sex crime involving a minor. 
But the ongoing and forward-looking danger posed by the defendant is further 
demonstrated by the defendant's maintenance of a substantial collection of photographic trophies 
of his victims and other young females in his mansion, as discovered by the Government through 
its search warrants. As indicated in the Detention Memo, the many discs found in the defendant's 
residence included those with hand-written labels including the following: "Young [Name] + 
[Name]," "Misc nudes I," and "Girl pies nude." Not surprisingly, the Government has found that 
such discs contain photographs of sexually suggestive photographs of fully- or partially-nude 
females appearing to be underage. 
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Honorable Richard M. Berman 
United States District Judge 
July 12, 2019 
Page 11 
B. Danger to Obstruct Justice 
The defendant has also already demonstrated a willingness to use intimidation and 
aggressive tactics in connection with a criminal investigation. Far from being "musty," Release 
Motion at 6 n.6, the defendant's past behavior in connection with being investigated for sexually 
abusing children is the best predictor of his likely incentives and activities in connection with being 
charged with sexually abusing children. For example, in the incident the defendant now claims 
was not attributable to or authorized by him, the contemporaneous police report indicates that 
pressure tactics were at the very least coordinated closely with individuals in the defendant's orbit. 
See Palm Beach Police Report (the "Police Report") (Ex. B). According to the Police Report, the 
parent of one of the defendant's victims was driven off the road by a private investigator. The 
Police Report provides further information regarding victim and witness threats and intimidation 
reported against an individual who was directly in contact with an assistant of the defendant, 
followed "immediately" by a call to that same individual from a phone number associated with the 
defendant's businesses and associates. 
Separately, and in addition, there are also extensive allegations of obstruction and 
tampering in connection with civil lawsuits brought against the defendant following his 2008 
conviction. See Doe v. United States, 08 Civ. 80736 (S.D. Fla.), Dkt. 291-15 at 21-23, 31. 
Moreover, police reports suggest that an associate of Epstein's was offering to buy victims' silence 
during the course of the prior investigation. Specifically, one victim reported that "she was 
personally contacted through a source that has maintained contact with Epstein," who "assured 
[the victim] that she would receive monetary compensation for her assistance in not cooperating 
with law enforcement." Indeed, the victim reported having been told: "Those who help him will 
be compensated and those who hurt him will be dealt with." See Palm Beach Police Report 
(Ex. C). 
And Epstein's efforts to influence witnesses continue to this day. As in the past, within 
recent months. he paid significant amounts of money to influence individuals who were close to 
him during the time period charged in this case and who might be witnesses against him at a trial. 
By way of background, on or about November 28, 2018, the Miami Herald began publishing a 
series of articles relating to the defendant, his conduct, and the circumstances of his prior 
conviction and the non-prosecution agreement ("NPA"). Records obtained by the Government 
from Institution-1 appear to show that just two days later, on or about November 30, 2018, the 
defendant wired $100,000 from a trust account he controlled to an individual named as a possible 
co-conspirator in the NPA. The same records appear to show that just three days after that, on or 
about December 3, 2018, the defendant wired $250,000 from the same trust account to another 
individual named as a possible co-conspirator in the NPA and also identified as one of the 
defendant's employees in the Indictment. Neither of these payments appears to be recurring or 
repeating during the approximately five years of bank records presently available to the 
Government. This course of action, and in particular its timing, suggests the defendant was 
attempting to further influence co-conspirators who might provide information against him in light 
of the recently re-emerging allegations 
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Honorable Richard M. Berman 
United States District Judge 
July 12, 2019 
Page 12 
IV. 
The Defendant Raises Legal Arguments Not Relevant Here 
Finally, the defendant raises certain legal arguments he contends he will litigate at the 
appropriate stage and which he further suggests mitigate in favor of bail. None is meritorious, and 
certainly none should give the Court any comfort whatsoever that the defendant would, if granted 
bail, refrain from fleeing so he could attempt to vindicate himself via dubious legal strategies. 
Nevertheless, the Government will address the defendant's arguments briefly in turn. 
A. The Non-Prosecution Agreement Does Not Preclude Prosecution 
As an initial matter, as the Court itself noted at the parties' initial appearance earlier this 
week, and as the defendant appears to concede, the instant Indictment charges conduct well beyond 
the scope of the NPA — that is, alleged conduct that occurred here in New York and involving New 
York based victims. D. Tr. 6-8; Release Motion at 2. For present purposes, that alone is sufficient 
to put this issue to rest, because even assuming the defendant were to mount a meritorious 
challenge to the NPA, he would still have to stand trial on Count Two of the Indictment and 
additional charges brought based on New York conduct. 
But more generally, the reasons the defendant can be prosecuted in the Southern District 
of New York—or anywhere else outside the SDFL—are manifold. The language of the NPA 
overwhelmingly refers to the SDFL, and the core terms and text of the agreement are limited to 
the SDFL. The prefatory language states: "THEREFORE, on the authority of R. Alexander 
Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, prosecution in this District for 
these offenses shall be deferred in favor of prosecution by the State of Florida."' The final 
paragraph of the prefatory language also states, among other things, that after fulfilling the terms 
of the agreement, "no prosecution for the [sex abuse] offenses set out on pages 1 and 2 of this 
Agreement, nor any other offenses that have been the subject of the joint investigation by the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney's Office, nor any offenses that 
arose from the Federal Grand Jury investigation will be instituted in this District." 
In its terms section, the NPA further states that Epstein's signature "is not to be construed 
as an admission of civil or criminal liability or a waiver of any jurisdictional or other defense" as 
to any victim whose identity was not disclosed by SDFL to Epstein, as provided for in the NPA, 
and additionally states that neither Epstein's signature nor any resulting waivers or civil 
settlements "are to be construed as admissions or evidence of civil or criminal liability or a waiver 
of any jurisdictional or other defense as to any person." These provisions show the parties 
contemplated possible criminal prosecutions in other jurisdictions and/or based on victims not 
initially identified in the Florida investigations (whether in Florida or elsewhere). The final 
substantive paragraph of the NPA states that "Epstein hereby requests that the United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida defer [...] prosecution." 
It is well settled in the Second Circuit that "a plea agreement in one U.S. Attorney's office 
does not, unless otherwise stated, bind another." United States v. Prisco, 391 F. App'x 920, 921 
All emphases relating to the NPA are added unless otherwise specified. 
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Honorable Richard M. Berman 
United States District Judge 
July 12, 2019 
Page 13 
(2d Cir. 2010) ("A plea agreement binds only the office of the United States Attorney for the 
district in which the plea is entered unless it affirmatively appears that the agreement contemplates 
a broader restriction.") (citing United States v. Annabi, 771 F.2d 670, 672 (2d Cir. 1985) (per 
curiam)). Moreover, any references in an NPA to the "Government" or the "United States" do not 
abrogate these principles. Annabi, 771 F.2d at 672 ("[A] plea agreement whereby a federal 
prosecutor agrees that 'the Government' will dismiss counts of an indictment .. . might be thought 
to bar the United States from reprosecuting the dismissed charges in any judicial district unless the 
agreement expressly limits the scope of the agreement . . . . However, the law has evolved to the 
contrary."). "The mere use of the term 'government' in the plea agreement does not create an 
affirmative appearance that the agreement contemplated barring districts other than the particular 
district entering into the agreement." United States v. Salameh, 152 F.3d 88, 120 (2d Cir. 1998) 
(citations and internal quotation marks omitted); see also United States v. Brown, No. 99-1230, 
2002 WL 34244994, at *2 (2d Cir. Apr. 26, 2002) (in analyzing an SDFL plea agreement, 
reiterating the holding of Annabi and noting that it applies "even if the plea agreement purports to 
bind 'the Government' or the "United States") (summary order); United States v. Bruno, 159 F. 
Supp. 3d 311, 321 (E.D.N.Y. 2016) ("The Court disagrees with Defendant's argument that the 
phrase 'United States' shows an intent to bind all United States Attorney's Offices. Rather, the 
plea agreement covers only Defendant's liability in the SDFL."). 
In sum, this issue is a distraction that has little relevance to the bail determination and does 
nothing to address the defendant's risk of flight or mitigate the danger he poses to the community. 
B. The Defendant Wrongly Argues the Statute Does Not Apply to His Sex Trafficking 
Next, the defendant wrongly argues that the "principal conduct" giving rise to the charges 
is his payment of underage girls for sex acts, and that such conduct could not possibly fall under 
the charged statutes. As the defendant implicitly concedes, Release Motion at 14, this is an issue 
for a motion to dismiss. Nevertheless, the defendant's argument is incorrect for two reasons. 
First, although the defendant undoubtedly participated on the demand side of the crime, he 
was also instrumental on the supply side given his role in recruiting and causing others to recruit 
additional victims. He organized, funded, and perpetuated a sex trafficking scheme in two states, 
including with co-conspirators. The fact that he did so for his own eventual and frequent sexual 
gratification does not vitiate his role in enticing and recruiting victims, consistent with the elements 
of the offense with which he is charged. The defendant was the leader of a sex-trafficking 
enterprise, not a mere consumer. 
This analysis similarly extends to a non-prosecution agreement. See United States v. Laskow, 
688 F. Supp. 851, 854 (E.D.N.Y. 1988) ("Defendant's argument, in effect, is that unless there is 
an explicit statement to the contrary, it is presumed that a non-prosecution agreement binds offices 
of the United States Attorney that are not parties to the agreement. This position is at odds with 
the law in this Circuit, which presumes a narrow reading of the boundaries of a plea agreement 
unless a defendant can affirmatively establish that a more expansive interpretation was 
contemplated.") (citing Annabi, 771 F.2d at 672). 
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Honorable Richard M. Berman 
United States District Judge 
July 12, 2019 
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Second, he is also wrong on the law. Courts have found that Section 1591 applied to both 
suppliers and consumers of commercial sex acts. See, e.g., United States v. Jungers, 702 F.3d 
1066, 1069 (8th Cir. 2013) (upholding the conviction of a defendant who attempted to pay for oral 
sex from an underage girl and explaining: "The sole issue raised on appeal is whether 'Nile plain 
and unambiguous provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 1591 apply to both suppliers and consumers of 
commercial sex acts.' We conclude they do.") (alteration in original). The lone case cited by the 
defendant, Fierro v. Taylor, No. 11 Civ. 8573, 2012 WL 13042630 (S.D.N.Y. July 2, 2012), relied 
heavily on the statutory interpretation undertaken by two district courts in the District of South 
Dakota, United States v. Bonestroo, No. 11 Cr. 40016, 2012 WL 13704 (D.S.D. Jan. 4, 2012), and 
United States v. Jungers, II Cr. 40018, 2011 WL 6046495 (D.S.D. Dec. 5, 2011), both of which 
were explicitly overruled by the Eighth Circuit decision in Jungers, 702 F.3d 1066. In the seven 
years since Fierro has been decided, it does not appear to have been cited by a single other court. 
Additionally, other cases in this Circuit and elsewhere have upheld convictions of procurers or 
customers. See United States v. O'Connor, 650 F.3d 839 (2d Cir. 2011) (upholding convictions 
under Section 1591 of both the buyer and seller of a child); United States v. Cook, 782 F.3d 983 
(8th Cir. 2015) (rejecting a constitutional challenge that Section 1591 would be void for vagueness 
if applied to purchasers); United States v. Mikoloyck, No. 09 Cr. 036, 2009 WL 4798900 (W.D. 
Mo. Dec. 7, 2009) ("contrary to defendant's argument, 18 U.S.C. § 1591 clearly applies to those 
who attempt to purchase underage sex, not merely the pimps of actual exploited children") (citing 
United States v. Roberts, 174 F. App's 475 (1 I th Cir. 2006) (in which defendant was convicted 
under sections 1591(a) and 1594(a) even though no actual children were involved)). 
CONCLUSION 
As set forth above, the defendant's proposed bail package is insufficient and insubstantial. 
Pretrial Services, victims, and the Government all recommend pretrial detention due to the unusual 
and concerning confluence of factors in this case, including the defendant's extraordinary wealth, 
demonstrated willingness to interfere with victims and witnesses, continued possession of lewd 
photographs of young females, and both the incentive and means to flee prosecution. 
Very truly yours, 
GEOF REY S. BERMAN 
United States Attorney 
By: 
Assistant United States Attorney 
Southern District of New York 
Tel: (212) 637-2415 / 2225 / 2324 
Cc: 
Martin Weinberg, Esq., and Reid Weingarten, Esq., counsel for defendant 
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U.S. Department of Justice 
United States Attorney 
Southern District of New York 
The Silvio J. Mollo Building 
One Saint Andrew's Plaza 
New York, New York 10007 
July 8, 2019 
VIA ECF 
The Honorable Henry Pitman 
United States District Court 
Southern District of New York 
United States Courthouse 
500 Pearl Street 
New York, New York 10007 
Re: 
United States v. Jeffrey Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) 
Dear Judge Pitman: 
The Government respectfully submits this letter in advance of the bail hearing scheduled 
for July 8, 2019, in the above-captioned case. For the reasons set forth herein, the Court should 
order that the defendant be detained pending trial; he cannot meet his burden of overcoming the 
presumption that there is no combination of conditions that would reasonably assure his continued 
appearance in this case or protect the safety of the community were he to be released. 
As set forth below, the charges in this case are exceptionally serious: the defendant is 
alleged to be a serial sexual predator who preyed on dozens of minor girls over a period of years, 
and he now faces a potentially massive prison sentence predicated on substantial and multifaceted 
evidence of his guilt. In light of the strength of the Government's evidence and the substantial 
incarceratory term the defendant would face upon conviction, there is an extraordinary risk of 
flight, particularly given the defendant's exorbitant wealth, his ownership of and access to private 
planes capable of international travel, and his significant international ties. Indeed, the arrest of 
the defendant occurred when he arrived in the United States on his private jet after having returned 
from a multi-week stay abroad. 
Finally, and as detailed herein, the Government has real concerns—grounded in past 
experience with this defendant—that if allowed to remain out on bail, the defendant could attempt 
to pressure and intimidate witnesses and potential witnesses in this case, including victims and 
their families, and otherwise attempt to obstruct justice. As a result, he poses both an acute danger 
to the community, including some of its most vulnerable members, and a significant risk of flight. 
The defendant thus cannot overcome the statutory presumption that detention is appropriate in this 
case, and the Court should order that he be detained pending trial. 
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Honorable Henry Pitman 
United States Magistrate Judge 
July 8, 2019 
Page 2 
BACKGROUND 
A. Overview 
On July 2, 2019, a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York returned a sealed 
indictment (the "Indictment") charging the defendant with one count of sex trafficking of minors, 
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591, and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, 
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. 
As charged by the grand jury, the facts underlying the charges in the Indictment arise from 
a years-long scheme to sexually abuse underage girls. In particular, beginning in at least 2002, the 
defendant enticed and recruited dozens of minor girls to engage in sex acts with him, for which he 
paid the victims hundreds of dollars in cash. 
He undertook this activity in at least two different locations, including his mansion in 
Manhattan, New York (the "New York Residence") and his estate in Palm Beach, Florida (the 
"Palm Beach Residence"). In both New York and Florida, the defendant perpetuated this abuse in 
similar ways. Victims were initially recruited to provide "massages" to the defendant, which 
would be performed nude or partially nude, would become increasingly sexual in nature, and 
would typically include one or more sex acts, including groping and direct or indirect contact with 
victims' genitals. The defendant paid his victims hundreds of dollars in cash for each separate 
encounter. 
Moreover, the defendant actively encouraged certain of his victims to recruit additional 
girls to be similarly sexually abused. He incentivized his victims to become recruiters by paying 
these victim-recruiters hundreds of dollars for each additional girl they brought to him. In this 
fashion, the defendant created a vast network of underage victims for him to exploit, in locations 
including New York and Palm Beach. 
The defendant's victims were as young as 14 years old when he abused them. Many of his 
victims were, for various reasons, often particularly vulnerable to exploitation. The defendant 
intentionally sought out—and knew that he was abusing—minors. Indeed, in some instances, his 
victims expressly told him they were underage before or during the period in which he abused 
them. 
In creating and maintaining a network of minor victims whom he abused, the defendant 
worked with others, including employees and associates who facilitated his exploitation of minors 
by, among other things, contacting victims and scheduling their sexual encounters with the 
defendant, both in New York and in Florida. 
B. The Defendant 
Jeffrey Epstein designed, financed, and perpetrated this scheme, both as its main participant 
and through his direction of others, including certain of his employees, to further facilitate his 
rampant abuse of underage girls. 
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Honorable Henry Pitman 
United States Magistrate Judge 
July 8, 2019 
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As has been widely reported, the defendant is extraordinarily wealthy, and he owns and 
maintains luxury properties and residences around the world, including in Manhattan, New York; 
Palm Beach, Florida; Stanley, New Mexico; and Paris, France. Additionally, Epstein owns a 
private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands which, as noted above, is believed to be his primary 
residence in the United States. His mansion in Manhattan alone—a multi-story townhouse 
reported to be one of the largest single residences in all of Manhattan, which previously housed a 
school and which he owns through an LLC—has been valued at approximately $77 million. 
Entities controlled by the defendant also own at least two private jets in active service, at least one 
of which is capable of intercontinental travel. 
As described further below, the defendant possesses three active United States passports, 
and his international connections and travels are extensive. 
For example, in addition to 
maintaining a residence in Paris, France, as described above, in the past 18 months alone, the 
defendant has traveled abroad, via private jet, either into or out of the country on approximately 
more than 20 occasions. 
C. The Prior Florida Investigation 
In or about 2005, the defendant was investigated by local police in Palm Beach, Florida, in 
connection with allegations that he had committed similar sex offenses against minor girls. The 
investigation ultimately also involved federal authorities, namely the U.S. Attorney's Office for 
the Southern District of Florida ("SDFL") and the FBI's Miami Office, and included interviews 
with victims based in the Palm Beach area, including some of the alleged victims relevant to Count 
One of the instant Indictment.' 
In fall 2007, the defendant entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the SDFL in 
connection with the conduct at issue in that investigation, which the non-prosecution agreement 
identified as including investigations into the defendant's abuse of minor girls in the Palm Beach 
area. The Southern District of New York was not a signatory to that agreement, and the defendant 
was never charged federally.2 In June 2008, the defendant pled guilty in state court to one count 
of procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution, a felony, and one count of solicitation 
of prostitution, a felony. As a result, the defendant was designated as a sex offender with 
registration requirements under the national Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. 
' The non-prosecution agreement, further discussed below, was entered into at the conclusion of 
the SDFL investigation and did not purport to cover any victims outside of the State of Florida. 
As noted above, the instant Indictment expressly alleges the existence of dozens of victims who 
were abused in this District in addition to dozens of victims who were abused in Florida. 
2 While beyond the scope of a bail hearing, as discussed further below, it is well-established in the 
Second Circuit that absent an express provision to the contrary in the agreement, one District is 
not bound by the terms of an agreement entered into between a defendant and a U.S. Attorney's 
Office in another district. See page 6, infra. 
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Honorable Henry Pitman 
United States Magistrate Judge 
July 8, 2019 
Page 4 
ARGUMENT 
I. 
Applicable Law 
Under the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3141 et seq., federal courts are empowered to 
order a defendant's detention pending trial upon a determination that the defendant is either a 
danger to the community or a risk of flight. 18 U.S.C. § 3142(e) ("no condition or combination of 
conditions would reasonably assure the appearance of the person as required and the safety of any 
other person and the community"). 
A finding of risk of flight must be supported by a 
preponderance of the evidence. See, e.g., United States v. Jackson, 823 F.2d 4, 5 (2d Cir. 1987); 
United States v. Chinmrenga, 760 F.2d 400, 405 (2d Cir. 1985). A finding of dangerousness must 
be supported by clear and convincing evidence. See, e.g., United States v. Ferranti, 66 F.3d 540, 
542 (2d Cir. 1995); Chinmrenga, 760 F.2d at 405. In addition, a court may also order detention if 
there is "a serious risk that the [defendant] will . . . attempt to obstruct justice, or . . . to threaten, 
injure, or intimidate, a prospective witness or juror." 18 U.S.C. § 3142(0(2)(B); see also United 
States v. Friedman, 837 F.2d 48 (2d Cir. 1988). 
The Bail Reform Act lists four factors to be considered in the detention analysis: (1) the 
nature and circumstances of the crimes charged; (2) the weight of the evidence against the person; 
(3) the history and characteristics of the defendant, including the person's "character . . . [and] 
financial resources"; and (4) the seriousness of the danger posed by the defendant's release. See 
18 U.S.C. § 3142(g). Evidentiary rules do not apply at detention hearings and the government is 
entitled to present evidence by way of proffer, among other means. See 18 U.S.C. § 3142(0(2); 
see also United States v. LaFontaine, 210 F.3d 125, 130-31 (2d Cir. 2000) (government entitled 
to proceed by proffer in detention hearings); Ferranti, 66 F.3d at 542 (same); United States v. 
Martir, 782 F.2d 1141, 1145 (2d Cir. 1986) (same). 
Where a judicial officer concludes after a hearing that "no condition or combination of 
conditions will reasonably assure the appearance of the person as required and the safety of any 
other person and the community, such judicial officer shall order the detention of the person before 
trial." 18 U.S.C. § 3142(e)(1). Additionally, where, as here, a defendant is charged with 
committing an offense involving a minor victim under 18 U.S.C. § 1591, it shall be presumed, 
subject to rebuttal, that no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the 
appearance of the defendant as required and the safety of the community. 
18 U.S.C. 
§ 3142(e)(3)(E). 
II. 
Discussion 
The defendant should be detained pending trial. For the reasons set forth below, it is 
difficult to overstate the risk of flight and danger to the community if the defendant is released, 
and for those reasons, the defendant cannot overcome the statutory presumption in favor of 
detention in this case. 
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Honorable Henry Pitman 
United States Magistrate Judge 
July 8, 2019 
Page 5 
A. The Defendant Poses an Extreme Flight Risk 
Each of the relevant factors to be considered as to flight risk — the nature and circumstances 
of the offense, the strength of the evidence, and the history and characteristics of the defendant —
counsel strongly in favor of detention. 
I. The Nature and Circumstances of the Offense and the Strength of the Evidence 
The "nature and circumstances" of this offense plainly favor detention. 18 U.S.C. 
§ 3I42(g)( I ) (specifically enumerating "whether the offense. . . involves a minor victim" as a 
factor in bail applications). Indeed, the crime of sex trafficking of a minor is so serious that for a 
defendant charged with that offense, there is a presumption that no condition or combination of 
conditions will reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant as required and the safety of the 
community. 18 U.S.C. § 3142 (e)(3)(E). Here, as specified in the Indictment, the defendant's 
conduct was committed serially, over a period of years, and affected dozens of victims. 
The seriousness of the charge is also reflected in the penalties the defendant faces, which 
include up to 45 years of incarceration for Counts One and Two of the Indictment.' As the Second 
Circuit has noted, the possibility of a severe sentence is a significant factor in assessing the risk of 
flight. See Jackson, 823 F.2d at 7; see also United States v. Cisneros, 328 F.3d 610, 618 (10th Cir. 
2003) (defendant was a flight risk because her knowledge of the seriousness of the charges against her 
gave her a strong incentive to abscond); United States v. Townsend, 897 F.2d 989, 995 (9th Cir. 1990) 
("Facing the much graver penalties possible under the present indictment, the defendants have an even 
greater incentive to consider flight."). Here, the defendant is facing a statutory maximum of decades 
in prison. Even in the absence of means—which, as discussed in detail below, the defendant has 
in abundance—this fact alone would provide a compelling incentive for anyone to fail to appear. 
It is particularly compelling for a defendant who is 66 years old and therefore faces the very real 
prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison if convicted. 
The likelihood of a substantial period of incarceration is buttressed by the strength of the 
evidence. As set forth in the Indictment, the evidence in this case is strong. The Indictment alleges 
that the defendant sexually abused dozens of minor victims, and the conspiracy count lists 
numerous overt acts committed in furtherance of the defendant's crimes.' 
The current penalties for violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1591 include a 10 year mandatory minimum 
sentence. However, that punishment was created through an amendment to the statute in 2006. 
The penalty for a violation of Section 1591 during the period charged in the Indictment, and 
therefore relevant here, was a maximum of 40 years' imprisonment. 
With respect to the evidence in this case, the Court should start its analysis by accepting that the 
Indictment is sufficient, on its own, to establish probable cause that the defendant committed the 
crimes of sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy. Contreras, 776 F.2d at 54. ("Were an 
evidentiary hearing addressing the existence of probable cause required in every § 3142(e) case in 
which an indictment had been filed, the court would spend scarce judicial resources considering 
that which a grand jury had already determined, and have less time to focus on the application of 
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Honorable Henry Pitman 
United States Magistrate Judge 
July 8, 2019 
Page 6 
Multiple victims, including several specified in the Indictment, have provided information 
against the defendant. That information is detailed, credible, and corroborated, in many instances, 
by other witnesses and contemporaneous documents, records and other evidence—including, as 
further detailed below, evidence from a search of the New York Residence on the night of the 
defendant's arrest that reflects an extraordinary volume of photographs of nude and partially-nude 
young women or girls. Such corroborating evidence also includes documents and other materials, 
such as contemporaneous notes, messages recovered from the defendant's residence that include 
names and contact information for certain victims, and call records that confirm the defendant and 
his agents were repeatedly in contact with various victims during the charged period. Put simply, 
all of this evidence — the voluminous and credible testimony of individuals who were sexually 
abused by the defendant as minors, each of whom are backed up by other evidence — will be 
devastating evidence of guilt at any trial in this case and weighs heavily in favor of detention. 
Finally, it bears noting that neither the age of the conduct nor the defendant's previous non-
prosecution agreement ("NPA") with a different federal district pose any impediment to his 
conviction. As an initial matter, all of the conduct is timely charged, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3283, 
which was amended in 2003 to extend the limitations period for conduct that was timely as of the 
date of the amendment, to any time during the lifetime of the minor victim. See United States v. 
Chief, 438 F.3d 920, 922-25 (9th Cir. 2006) (finding that because Congress extended the statute 
of limitations for sex offenses involving minors during the time the previous statute was still 
running, the extension was permissible); United States v. Pierre-Louis, No. 16 Cr. 541 (CM), 2018 
WL 4043140, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 9, 2018) (same). 
Moreover, with respect to the NPA, that agreement, to which the Southern District of New 
York was not a party, which by its express language pertained exclusively to the SDFL 
investigation, and which did not purport to bind any other Office or District, does not preclude 
prosecution in this District for at least two reasons. First, it is well settled in the Second Circuit 
that "a plea agreement in one U.S. Attorney's office does not, unless otherwise stated, bind 
another." United States v. Prisco, 391 F. App'x 920, 921 (2d Cir. 2010) ("A plea agreement binds 
only the office of the United States Attorney for the district in which the plea is entered unless it 
affirmatively appears that the agreement contemplates a broader restriction.") (citing United States 
v. Annahi, 771 F.2d 670, 672 (2d Cir. 1985) (per curiam)). This is true even if the text of the 
agreement purports to bind "the Government." See Annabi, 771 F.2d at 672. This analysis 
similarly extends to a non-prosecution agreement. See United States v. Laskow, 688 F. Supp. 851, 
854 (E.D.N.Y. 1988) ("Defendant's argument, in effect, is that unless there is an explicit statement 
to the contrary, it is presumed that a non-prosecution agreement binds offices of the United States 
Attorney that are not parties to the agreement. This position is at odds with the law in this Circuit, 
which presumes a narrow reading of the boundaries of a plea agreement unless a defendant can 
affirmatively establish that a more expansive interpretation was contemplated.") (citing Annabi, 
771 F.2d at 672). Second, the Indictment charges conduct not covered by the NPA, namely 
the presumptions and the § 3142(g) factors in deciding whether the defendant should be 
detained."). 
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