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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 4 of 16 SORA HEARING page 3 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 one victim and that is what the defendant plead to. So it is unlike a situation where everything was indicted and then we get to sort of assess points for all of the victims, if it was part of a plea bargain. They did not actually choose to go forward on any except for the one victim. So under the board guidelines, the risk assessment interim guidelines, it actually says, you know, by way of contrast if an offender is not indicted for an offense, it is strong evidence that the offense did not occur and I don't think -- THE COURT: Do you find that if somebody is not indicted it is strong evidence that it did not occur? MS. GAFFNEY: I don't know that we can rely on it as clear and convincing evidence if the prosecutor's office never went forward on it. The prosecution said that the victims, although they spoke to the police early on, did not cooperate with them. So we don't have any follow up information. THE COURT: But the board found a Level Three. I have to tell you, I am a little overwhelmed because I have never seen the prosecutor's office do anything like this. I have never seen it. I had a case with one instance it was a marine who went to a bar, and I wish I had the case before me, but he went to a bar and a 17 Mkt, Senile! Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184564
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 5 of 16 SORA }LEAKING page 4 1 year old, he was an adult obviously, he was a Marine, a 17 2 year old came up to him and one thing lead to another and he 3 had sex with her and the People would not agree to a 4 downward modification on that. 5 So I am a little overwhelmed here because I see -- 6 I mean I read everything here, I am just a little 7 overwhelmed that the People are making this application. 8 I could cite many many, I have done many SORAs 9 much less troubling than this one where the People would 10 never make a downward argument like this. 11 MS. GAFFNEY: I agree with Your Honor, it is 12 incredibly unusual for us to make a downward argument. But 13 the problem is the one thing that we have from the board is 14 it seems to be in contradiction to their own guidelines 15 which if something was not indicted, you are not supposed to 16 rely on it. 17 THE COURT: They obviously took that into 18 consideration. 19 MS. GAFFNEY: And I tried to reach -- I reached 20 the authorities in Florida to try to see if they had all the 21 interview notes or other things that we can then 22 subsequently rely on that might be considered clear and 23 convincing evidence, if they had interviewed these women on 24 their own, and they never did. No one was cooperative and 25 they did not go forward on any of the cases and none of thee. Vikki J. Benkel Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184565
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 6 of 16 SORA HEARING page 5 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 were indicted. So I don't know. THE COURT: And you spoke to the prosecutor? MS. GAFFNEY: The actual prosecutor left the office. I spoke to the prosecutor that took over the case. THE COURT: Maybe you can find the prosecutor that left the office. You have done more in other cases looking into it. I have never seen the prosecutor's office do this. I have to tell you, I am shocked. MS. GAFFNEY: Right, but I spoke to the prosecutor that took over the case and they don't have anything, any affidavits, any statements, any notes. THE COURT: Why don't you speak to the prosecutor that did do the case, I am sure you could find that prosecutor. MS. GAFFNEY: I can find her, but based upon what the other prosecutor said, they did not speak to that prosecutor either. THE COURT: You did not speak to the prosecutor yourself, you did not speak to them, that is hearsay. You did not speak to the prosecutor that handled the case. MS. GAFFNEY: That's right. THE COURT: I don't think you did much of an investigation here. MS. GAFFNEY: I mean I called the prosecutor. Vikki J. Benkel Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184566
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 7 of 16 SORA HEARING page 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Even though the first prosecutor left, presumably the prosecutor's office has the file. THE COURT: I would still call the prosecutor. MS. GAFFNEY: Anything from these women they would have forwarded it to us. THE COURT: I don't know that, I think you have to speak to the prosecutor. But be that as it may, I hear your argument. Anything else? MS. GAFFNEY: I mean that is why I don't think we can, I don't think we are entitled to rely on this because they did not go forward. THE COURT: The board made a recommendation. MS. GAFNEY: Correct. MS. MUSUMECI: May I speak, Your Honor? THE COURT: Yes. MS. MUSUMECI: Good afternoon. I would like to bring a few additional points to Your Honor's attention that don't come across in the board recommendation. The first is that Mr. Epstein is not a resident of New York, unlike most of these out of state, he has not changed his address and moved to New York, he maintains a vacation home in New York. His primary residence is the U.S. Virgin Islands. Yak J. Benkel Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184567
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 8 of 16 SORA HEARTNG page 7 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 He is registered in the U.S. Virgin Islands, he has been since his release from jail. He notifies the Virgin Island authorities every time he leaves that jurisdiction. Virgin Island authorities rated him at the lowest level of registration. He also registered in Florida, which is the state of this particular offense, and the only reason that this conviction is even before Your Honor. The offense for which he was convicted is not a registrable offense in New York. He is only registrable here arguably because based on the provision of SORA that says if a crime is registrable in the state of conviction, then it is registrable here in New York. And the Florida authorities that considered that rated him at the lowest level of their SORA statute. He additionally has a vacation home in New Mexico and is registered in New Mexico. The New Mexican authorities when they considered his offenses, determined he need not register at all. Nevertheless, he has voluntarily registered with New Mexico and maintains that registration. Additionally, because of his possession of a vacation home in New York, he has been voluntarily registered with New York SOMU, the Sex Offender Monitoring Unit since May of this year. He notifies them whenever he comes to travel to New York. He never comes to New York for Mkt J. Benkel Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184568
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 9 of 16 SORA HEARING page 8 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 more than seven days or at least he has not since he has been registered. He has no intention to ever be here for longer than a period of ten days. Like I said, he does notify the authorities when he is here. He fully understands the reason for voluntary registration, he wants to be compliant with the Federal SORA law which requires wherever you own a property to register. To require Mr. Epstein to register as a Level Three offender in New York would actually require him to come to New York more than he does normally, it would require him to come every 90 days and renew his registration. He is very diligent in registering with New York authorities. All of the other jurisdictions that have considered his case have determined that he either not register at all or register at the lowest level, and he has been more than compliant with all of those requirements. Your Honor, we would join in the prosecutor's application. THE COURT: I am sure you would. MS. MUSUMECI: By way of background, we have been in contact with the prosecutor's office on this matter since I believe certainly since Mr. Epstein got his notification, which I believe was in August. We have met with the Vikki J. Benkel Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184569
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 10 of 16 SORA HEARING page 9 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 prosecutor and provided numerous materials for the prosecutor to consider. We have included in that a deposition from the detective who headed this investigation who acknowledged in a sworn deposition that the lead prosecutor who originally had the case, whose name I cannot pronounce, , I apologize for the mispronunciation, said to the detective after her investigation, there are no real victims here. All of the alleged conduct that is cited in the board's write up was commercial conduct. All of the alleged conduct the women went voluntarily, there are no allegations of force certainly none. THE COURT: There was no allegation of force in the marine either, who met a girl in a bar, a young girl 17, there was no force there. MS. MUSUMECI: It is our understanding that the prosecutor in Florida conducted a full investigation, as full as she was able with the cooperation afforded by these complainants, and determined that the only case that she could present to the grand jury was this indictment for a non registrable offense then -- THE COURT: But it is registrable here. I don't know what you mean non registrable offense. MS. MUSUMECI: Let me explain, Your Honor. Vaal J. Berke! Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184570
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 11 of 16 SORA HEARING page 10 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 Mr. Epstein plead to two charges, one was an indictment which is an offense that is not registrable, it is a Florida indictment for -- THE COURT: Then why does he have to register here? MS. MUSUMECI: It was a second offense that he plead to -- THE COURT: That is registrable. MS. MUSUMECI: That is registrable. That offense was by information and that is the only registrable offense, that is what the DA's office is considering in doing their scoring. The indictment which was the only case that the prosecutor even prosecuted through grand jury is not even a registrable offense. THE COURT: He plead guilty to a registrable offense. MS. MUSUMECI: Yes. THE COURT: What did he plead guilty to? MS. GAFFNEY: He plead guilty to the procuring a person under 18 for prostitution. THE COURT: Procuring a person under 18 for prostitution. MS. GAFFNEY: Right. THE COURT: How old was she? Mk! J. Henkel Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184571
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 12 of 16 SORA HEARING page 11 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 MS. GAFFNEY: It appears the first time they met she was either 16 or 17, then for the remainder of their relationship she was probably 17. THE COURT: Haw long was their relationship? MS. GAFFNEY: She met, she gave him approximately 15 massages, including with sexual contact, and ultimately when she is 17 had intercourse with him. THE COURT: She is a child. MS. MUSUMECI: Your Honor, I would note that under SORA it is clear that prostitution offenses are only registrable when in fact by clear and convincing evidence the women or victim is 17, is under 17. THE COURT: Well, she met him at 16, he procured her at 16 from what I read. MS. MUSUMECI: There is evidence we challenged. THE COURT: He plead guilty to that, didn't he? MS. MUSUMECI: He plead guilty to under 18, which is the law in Florida, which is a different standard than what the law is in New York. And there is no evidence, there is no clear and convincing evidence as to her specific age at the time of the specific conduct. THE COURT: Well, the DA just told me she was most likely 17, she just said it on the record. MS. MUSUMECI: Your Honor, we agree that the evidence is that she was 17 on the one occasion she had Mk! J. Benkel Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184572
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 13 of 16 SCRAHEARING page 12 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 consensual intercourse with him and 17 is not registrable or criminal under New York law. And the prostitution aspect of having intercourse with a 17 year old is not registrable conduct. THE COURT: Why does he have to register here? MS. GAFFNEY: Because it is a register able offense in Florida, New York State board of examiners -- THE COURT: Recognizes it. MS. GAFFNEY: Recognizes it, yes. THE COURT: I have had many cases like that where it was not registrable here but it was in the state where the person came from and New York recognized that. MS. MUSUMECI: Your Honor, we are not saying that he should not register. Mr. Epstein has already registered and recognizes his duty to register. THE COURT: I am glad of that, very glad of that. I am sorry he may have to come here every 90 days. He can give up his New York home if he does not want to come every 90 days. Anything else? I rely on the board. MS. MUSUMECI: Your Honor, we would reserve our right to appeal Your Honor's ruling. THE COURT: Of course, do so. MS. GAFFNEY: For the record, Your Honor, he is Mkt J. Benkel Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184573
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 14 of 16 SORA HEARING page 13 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 going to be deemed a Level Three sex offender with no designation, correct? THE COURT: Correct. MS. MUSUMECI: For purposes of the appeal I believe that Your Honor -- THE COURT: Give me the board's scoring. The board has scored use of violence the least, 10. Sexual contact with victim, 25. I agree. Number of victims, three or more. He only plead guilty to one, but apparently there were more than one and I think the People concede that although they say it was not reliable. Duration of offense, conduct with victim, continuing course of sexual misconduct, the People have told me it was continuing for 20 points. Age of victim 11 through 16, he got 20 points for that, and she was 16 at the time. Other victim characteristics, there was no mental disable or helplessness. I agree. Relationship with victim stranger, 20 points. Age at first act of sexual misconduct, 20 or less. They scored him zero on that. Number and nature of prior crimes, no history, they scored him five on that. Yikki J. Benkel Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184574
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 15 of 16 SORA HEARING page 14 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 Recency of prior offense less than three years, they gave him zero. Drug or alcohol abuse history, they gave him zero. Acceptance of responsibility, they gave him zero. Conduct while confined, they gave him zero. And supervision, they gave him zero. Living employment situation, zero. They gave him 130 points, which is the highest level, and I agree with that. MR. LEFKOWITZ: If I could be heard for one moment. It appears that the state board made its determination based on access to a police report in Florida The prosecutor, the lead prosecutor, the lead sex crimes prosecutor in Palm Beach made a determination that the complainants and the police report itself was not credible and decided not to prosecute on the basis of all of that. In addition, there has been through the course of the last few years some civil litigation, as you might imagine, involving these matters and we now have sworn testimony in evidence from the complainants themselves disclaiming much of what appears in the police report. So, Your Honor, we would submit and this is not to make light in any way of the conduct what Mr. Epstein did of Vikki J. Benkel Senior Coon Reporter EFTA00184575
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-36 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 16 of 16 SORA HEARING page 15 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 what Mr. Epstein plead guilty to, but with respect to everything and that is why Mr. Epstein voluntarily registered in New York even though there is a question about whether he has any obligation just as a jurisdictional matter, but Your Honor, with respect to the appropriate level for him to register, we would submit Your Honor that the evidence simply does not support the foundation of the state's determination. THE COURT: You have made a very clear record and you have your right to appeal. I feel the board looked into all of this, made their recommendation, found him to have 130 points and I see no reason to disturb that. Thank you. I, Vikki J. Benkel, a Senior Court Reporter in and for the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing transcript is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge, skill and ability. Vikki J. Benkel VAR J. Benkel Senior Court Reporter EFTA00184576
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-37 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 1 of 7 EXHIBIT 37 EFTA00184577
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-37 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 2 of 7 U.S. Department of Justice United Stales Attorney Southern District of Florida DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE Jay P. Lefkowitz, Esq. Kirkland & Ellis LIP Citigroup Center New York, New York 10022-4675 Re: Jeffrey Epstein Dear Jay: 500 S. Australian Ave. Ste 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Facsimile: August 13, 2008 As per your request, I am attaching several documents related to Mr. Epstein's performance of the Non-Prosecution Agreement. The first document attached hereto is the June 30, 2008 proposed Notification, which was hand-delivered to Jack Goldberger and Michael Tein shortly after Mr. Epstein entered his guilty plea. Following that, I have attached the July 9, 2008 response from Mr. Goldberger. I have highlighted two portions. The first is where Mr. Goldberger (presumably with the approval of Mr. Tein) approves of the portion of my proposed Notification that quotes directly from the U.S. Attorney's December letter to Lilly Ann Sanchez. The second portion is where Mr. Goldberger provides his interpretation of the Agreement, and nowhere mentions that he does not believe that the December letter is operative. I note that Mr. Goldberger's letter contains a notation showing that Mr. Epstein was provided with a copy. The third document I have attached is a copy of one of the notifications that was provided directly to a victim. Copies of all of the notifications have been provided to Mr. Goldberger, and neither he nor any other attorney for Mr. Epstein has ever stated that the letter misrepresents the Agreement between the parties or the benefit that the Agreement bestows upon the victims. The fourth document I have attached is a copy of a Declaration that 1 have filed in connection with the victims' lawsuit filed against the United States. This Declaration sets forth our understanding of the Agreement and again quotes from the U.S. Attorney's December letter. Messrs. Goldberger and Tein are aware of this Declaration and have tiled copies of it in connection with their 08-80736-CV-MARRA RFP WPB 000550 EFTA00184578
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-37 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 3 of 7 By: A. Assistant United States Attorney JAY P. IJEFKOWITZ, ESQ. AUGUST 13, 2008 PAGE 2 OF 2 efforts to stay all o fthe civil litigation. Again, neither of them ever expressed to me — or to the Court — that it inaccurately describes the Agreement between the United States and Mr. Epstein. Please contact me tomorrow morning so that we can resolve this issue. Sincerely, United States Attom 4y cc: Karen Atkinson, Chief, Northern Division 08-80736-CV-MARRA RFP WPB 000551 EFTA00184579
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-37 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 4 of 7 /440:7 U.S. Department of Justice United Stales Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Ave., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 aesimt June 30, 2008 NOTIFICATION OF IDENTIFIED VICTIMS NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 3509(d) AND FLORIDA LAW, THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT IS TO BE TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL AND SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH A LEGAL PROCEEDING. 08-80736-CV-MARRA RFP WPB 000552 EFTA00184580
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-37 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 5 of 7 U.S. Department of Justice United Slates Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Ave., Suite 400 ch, FL 33401 Facsimile: June 30, 2008 NOTIFICATION OF IDENTIFIED VICTIMS On June 30, 2008, Jeffrey Epstein (hereinafter referred to as "Epstein) entered a plea of guilty to violations of Florida Statutes Sections 796.07 (felony solicitation of prostitution) and 796.03 (procurement of minors to engage in prostitution), in the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County (Case Nos. 2006-cf-009454AXXXMB and 2008-cf- 009381AXXXMB) and was sentenced to a term of twelve months' imprisonment to be followed by an additional six months' imprisonment, followed by twelve months of Community Control I, with conditions of community confinement imposed by the Court. In light of the entry of the guilty plea and sentence, the United States has agreed to defer federal prosecution in favor of this state plea and sentence, subject to certain conditions. One such condition to which Epstein has agreed is the following: "Any person, who while a minor, was a victim of a violation of an offense enumerated in Title 18, United States Code, Section 2255, will have the same rights to proceed under Section 2255 as she would have had, if Mr. Epstein had been tried federally and convicted of an enumerated offense. For purposes of implementing this paragraph, the United States shall provide Mr. Epstein's attorneys with a list of individuals whom it was prepared to name in an Indictment as victims of an enumerated offense by Mr. Epstein. Any judicial authority interpreting this provision, including any authority determining which evidentiary burdens if any a plaintiff must meet, shall consider that it is the intent of the parties to place these identified victims in the same position as they would have been had Mr. Epstein been convicted at trial. No more; no less." Initials of Jeffrey Epstein Initials of Jack Goldberger 08-80736-CV-MARRA RFP WPB 000553 EFTA00184581
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-37 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 6 of 7 NOTIFICATION OP IDENTIFIED VICTIMS lows 30, 2008 PAGE 2 OF 3 Through this letter, this Office hereby provides Notice that the individuals identified below are individuals whom the United States was prepared to name as a victim of an enumerated offense. Identified Individuals UNITED S I A flIS A I 1ORNEY Dated: By: A. VILLAEAA ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY ACKNOWLEDGMENT I have received this Notification from my attorney, Jack Goldberger, Esquire, have read it and discussed it with my attorney, and I hereby acknowledge that it accurately sets forth my understanding and agreement with the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida regarding the notification and rights of identified victims. I Initials of Jeffrey Epstein Initials of Jack Goldberger 08-80736-CV-MARRA RFP WPB 000554 EFTA00184582
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-37 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 7 of 7 NOTIFICATION OF MINIMUM VICTIMS JUNE 30, 2008 PAGE, 3 or 3 understand that an exact copy of this Notification will be provided to each identified individual, except that the names of all other identified individuals will be redacted, and I hereby waive any evidentiary challenges to the introduction of a copy of this document—even in redacted form—in any judicial proceeding between any identified individual and myself. Dated: Jeffrey Epstein Witnessed by: Jack Goldberger, Esquire 08-80736-CV-MARRA RFP WPB 000555 EFTA00184583