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company of underage females subsequently identified as victims of Mr. Epstein's criminal molestations. This information is derived from both sworn testimony and private interviews." Exhibit 14. Despite providing Dershowitz with the basis for wanting his deposition, and the assurance that questions regarding privileged information would not be asked, Dershowitz did not cooperate. 2015 After Jane Doe No. 3 moved to intervene in this case, Dershowitz said "what they [victims' counsel] have done is so under-handed . . . not giv[ing] me an opportunity to disprove it. That's Kafkaesque." UMAR News, Following public statements such as these, on January 3, 2015, attorney Jack Scarola immediately sent an e-mail to Dershowitz, requesting an opportunity to take his deposition: Dear Mr. Dershowitz: Statements attributed to you in the public media express a willingness, indeed a strong desire, to submit to questioning under oath regarding your alleged knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's extensive abuse of underage females as well as your alleged personal participation in those activities. As I am sure you will recall, our efforts to arrange such a deposition previously were unsuccessful, so we welcome your change of heart. Perhaps a convenient time would be in connection with your scheduled appearance in Miami on January 19. I assume a subpoena will not be necessary since the deposition will be taken pursuant to your request, but please let us know promptly if that assumption is inaccurate.... Thank you for your anticipated cooperation. Exhibit 15. As of the date of this filing, Dershowitz has completely ignored this request, while simultaneously continuing to publicly protest his inability to challenge the allegations against him in a legal proceeding. 14 EFTA00191416
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In light of these opportunities that have been extended to Dershowitz previously to answer any questions about his knowledge of (and even participation in) Epstein's sex trafficking, his claim that he needs a forum in this Court to defend his reputation rings hollow.9 For the sake of completeness — and to show a sinister pattern — it is also worth noting that each of the other four individuals Jane Doe No. 3 identified by name in her motion (Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jean Luc Brunel, and Prince Andrew) have also all been afforded opportunities to explain themselves — and all four have declined to take them. Epstein. The Court is familiar with Jeffrey Epstein's repeated invocations of the Fifth Amendment when asked questions about his sexual abuse of young girls, including Jane Doe No. I, Jane Doe No. 2, and Jane Doe No. 3. See generally Exhibit 16 at 1-7. Marvell. In 2009, undersigned counsel (Brad Edwards) served Ghislaine Maxwell with a subpoena for a deposition in a civil case against Jeffrey Epstein. After extensive discussion and coordinating a convenient time and place, as well as ultimately agreeing to a confidentiality agreement prepared by Maxwell's attorney, at the eleventh hour Maxwell's attorney informed the undersigned that Maxwell's mother was very ill and that consequently Maxwell was leaving the country with no plans to return. The deposition was cancelled. Yet a short time later, Maxwell was photographed at Chelsea Clinton's wedding in Rhinebeck, New York, confirming the suspicion that she was indeed still in the country and willing to say anything to avoid her deposition. 9 The difficulty in scheduling this deposition also fits into a pattern for Dershowitz. In around 2005 to 2006, Dershowitz was Jeffrey Epstein's "primary" lawyer. When the Palm Beach Police Department tried to interview Epstein, Dershowitz pretended that Epstein was willing to answer questions. Dershowitz set up, then cancelled, Epstein interviews with the police "several times." See B.B. Epstein, No. 502008CA037319XXXX MB AB, Depo. of Police Chief Michael Reiter at 80 (Palm Beac Cty. Cir. Ct. Nov. 23, 2009). 15 EFTA00191417
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Brunel. In 2009, undersigned counsel (Brad Edwards, representing Jane Doe) served Jean Luc Brunel with a subpoena for a deposition before this court in Doe'. Epstein, No. 9:08- cv-80I19-KAM (S.D. Fla.). Brunel's attorney asked counsel for Jane Doe to postpone the scheduled deposition date. Jane Doe's counsel agreed, and then Brunel's attorney cancelled the rescheduled deposition date. Brunel's counsel represented that Brunel was outside the country and thus unavailable. But later sworn deposition testimony revealed that Brunel was actually inside the country at this time — indeed, he was hiding at Epstein's Palm Beach home. All this was brought to the Court's attention via a motion for sanctions. DE 483. This is just another example of the inner circle of Epstein's friends refusing depositions to answer questions. Prince Andrew. In 2011, Jack Scarola, representing Brad Edwards in the Epstein'. Edwards case, faced procedural impediments to obtaining a sworn deposition from a member of the British Royal family. Accordingly, he publicly invited the voluntary testimony of Prince Andrew, explaining: "We would be very keen to speak with Prince Andrew, given his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. . . . We have reason to believe that Prince Andrew has been in the company of Mr. Epstein while Mr. Epstein has been in the company of under-aged children." http://effiefolkerts.blogspot.com/2011/03/convicted-paedophile-jeffrey-epstein-is.html. Prince Andrew never responded. Two weeks ago, after Jane Doe No. 3 and Jane Doe No. 4 moved to join in this action, a spokesperson for Prince Andrew denied Jane Doe No. 3's allegations, without providing any explanation of what the Prince was doing with this minor girl late at night in a private setting. Accordingly, on January 14, 2015, Jack Scarola sent Prince Andrew a certified letter requesting his voluntary cooperation in answering questions about his sexual interactions with Jane Doe No. 16 EFTA00191418
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3. See Exhibit 17. The letter requested an opportunity to take a statement under oath from Prince Andrew. Federal Express has informed us that the letter has been refused by the recipient. In light of these avoided opportunities by Dershowitz — as well as Epstein, Maxwell, Brunel, and Prince Andrew — to answer questions under oath regarding Epstein's trafficking of young girls, there is no good reason that the Court should now allow a special, discretionary opportunity to intervene to respond to the allegations. C. DERSHOWITZ SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO INTERVENE TO STRIKE ALLEGATIONS RELEVANT TO ISSUES PENDING BEFORE THE COURT. The Court should also deny Dershowitz's motion for intervention because it would be a pointless exercise. Citing Rule 12(0 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Dershowitz seeks to intervene to strike "immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter." DE 282 at 7. Dershowitz contends that Jane Doe No. 3's allegations regarding sexual contacts with him "have nothing to do with any relevant issues in this case." Id. at 3. Courts generally "disfavor the motion to strike . . . ." Moore's Federal Practice § 12.37[1] (3d ed. 2014) (internal citation omitted). "Striking allegations from a pleading 'is a drastic remedy to be resorted to only when required for the purposes of justice,' and only when the allegations to be stricken have 'no possible relation to the controversy.' Larise Atlantis, Inc.'. Pac. Ins. Co., No. 10.61583-CIV, 2011 WL 1584359 at •2 (S.D. Fla. 2011) (quoting Augustus' Bd. of Pub. Instruction, 306 F.2d 862, 868 (5th Cir.1962)). "If there is any doubt as to whether the allegations might be an issue in the action, courts will deny the motion." In re 2TheMart.com. Inc. Sec. Litig., 114 F. Supp. 2d 955, 965 (C.D. Cal. 2000) (emphasis in original). Just as with a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, in ruling on a motion to strike "the Court must view the pleadings in a light most favorable to the 17 EFTA00191419
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pleading party." Id. Any motion to strike by Dershowitz would be meritless, because Jane Doe No. 3's allegations are pertinent to at least eight pending issues. I. The Pending Motion to Intervene. Of course, the first reason that Jane Doe No. 3 made her allegations was to support her pending motion to join this action. As the Court has seen from the chronology recounted above, victims' counsel engaged in months of efforts to reach a stipulated motion for joinder by Jane Doe No. 3 and Jane Doe No. 4 that would not have required reciting any specific factual allegations. The U.S. Attorney's Office refused to provide any answer to that request, until finally tersely objecting (without providing any rationale). Once the joinder motion became contested, Jane Doe No. 3 then needed to proffer allegations supporting her entry into the case. To join this CVRA action, Jane Doe No. 3 must first show that she is the "victim" of a federal crime, 18 U.S.C. § 3771(e) — and, further, that the crime is one that implicates persons covered by the NPA. Jane Doe No. 3 alleged that she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein. But she also focused much of her joinder motion on the fact that she was the victim of a "sex trafficking scheme" organized by Epstein. DE 280 at 3. To prove site is a victim of sex trafficking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591, Jane Doe must demonstrate that she was recruited, transported, or harbored while under the age of I8 and "cause(d) to engage in a commercial sex act." Accordingly, she briefly described the trafficking scheme, including identifying several persons to whom she was trafficked (i.e., Dershowitz and Andrew).1° The fact that Dershowitz 10 In his motion, Dershowitz alleges that Jane Doe No. 3 identified these two names solely to stir up media attention. DE 282 at 2. But Dershowitz does not address the obvious reasons for the identification - i.e., that he was an attorney who helped draft the NPA and that a sex act with Prince Andrew in London affected "foreign commerce" — part of a jurisdictional requirement of the statute. See 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)(1). In addition, Jane Doe No. 3 has also alleged that she was trafficked to "many other powerful men, including politicians and powerful business executives." Ex. I at 1 58. The names of these persons could have been included in her pleading and would have created significantly more media attention than 18 EFTA00191420
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(and Prince Andrew) engaged in a "sex act" with her is simply a required element of her proof
that she is the victim of a sex trafficking crime.
Sexual trafficking is not the only crime that could support Jane Doc No. 3's joinder in
this case. There are also various federal sex offenses, such as travel with intent to engage in
illicit sexual conduct, 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b), which Jane Doe No. 3's proffer supported. And
perhaps most obviously, Jane Doe No. 3 was the victim of a conspiracy tinder 18 U.S.C. § 371.
Dershowitz, of course, was a co-conspirator against her — thereby directly implicating the NPA.
In her pleading, Jane Doe No. 3 alleged only the fact that a sex act took place, not the nature of
the sex act nor any "unnecessary detail." Begay I. Public Service Co. of New Mexico, 710
F.Supp.2d 1161 (D. N. Mex. 2010)."
2. The Pending Discovery Issues.
Another reason Jane Doe No. 3 cited in her pleading for specifically naming Dershowitz
(and Prince Andrew) is that the Court has before it a pending discovery dispute involving
documents relating to these two people. See DE 280 at 10 (citing DE 225 at 7.8 (discussing DE
48 at 16-18)). As the Court is aware, on December 1, 2011, Jane Doe No. 1 and Jane Doe No. 2
propounded a Request for Admission (RFA) asking the Government to admit that it possesses
"documents, correspondence or other information reflecting contacts with the Department
the names that she did include. If the Court would like proof of this assertion, counsel would request
leave to provide an ex parte, sealed submission of the names of the other immediately recognizable
persons who either observed or participated in the trafficking of Jane Doe No. 3.
Where sexual issues are relevant to a case, they must not be stricken. See, e.g., Zdenekl School Bd. of
Broward County, No. 07-CV-61110, 2007 WL 4521489, at •2 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 19, 2007) ("given the
Eleventh Circuit standards on what constitutes actionable sexual harassment, the allegations in question
[with one exception] do not rise to the level of what is considered 'redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or
scandalous'"); Dowel. Corr. USA, No. CIVS071790LICKEFB, 2009 WL 2591146 at *3 (E.D. Cal. Aug.
20, 2009) ("these statements [referring to sexual contact] are made in the . . . larger context of alleging
that the defendants' financial misconduct stemmed in pan from an intention to cover up sexual
misconduct. As such, the court agrees that the allegations are no more scandalous than those that would
be asserted in any cause of action relating to sexual harassment.").
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between May 2007 and September 2008 on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein by . . . (b) Andrew Albert Christian Edward (a/Icla Prince Andrew, Duke of York); (c) Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz." While the Government denied that it had documents reflecting contacts by Prince Andrew, it specifically admitted possessing documents reflecting contacts by Dershowitz. Gov't Answer to RFA #6. The two victims further requested the Government admit that it possessed "information (including telephone logs and emails) reflecting contacts between Bruce E. Reinhart and persons/entities affiliated with Jeffrey Epstein (including . . . Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz). The Government admitted this fact. Gov't Answers to RFA #16. These RFA's tie into a major discovery battle that is currently before the Court. Related to the RFA's, on October 3, 2011, Jane Doe No. I and Jane Doe No. 2 propounded Request for Production (RFP) #8, seeking "all correspondence, documents, and other information regarding Epstein's lobbying efforts to persuade the Government to give him a more favorable plea arrangement and/or non-prosecution agreement, including efforts by . . Andrew Albert Christian Edward (a/k/a Prince Andrew, Duke of York), [and) Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz." The two victims also propounded RFP #21, requesting all documents relating to the NPA, including documents in the Government's possession from "defense attorneys representing Epstein (including . . . Alan Dershowitz)" and from "agents acting in support of Epstein (including . . . Andrew Albert Christian Edward (Ala Prince Andrew Duke of York))." The Government responded to these (and other RFPs) by asserting privilege over 14,825 pages of documents that it provided to the Court.'2 But contrary to the Court's specific direction, the Government did not provide a log that "clearly identifies each document[] by author(s), addressee(s), recipient(s), date, and general subject matter . . . ." DE 190 at 2. Accordingly, The Government has also raised relevancy objections to producing the documents, as discussed below. 20 EFTA00191422
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there is no way to determine which of the documents that the Government has provided to the
Court are responsive to which of the victims' discovery requests — including which documents
relate to Dershowitz. See DE 265 at 1-2. The Govermnent then asserted a host of privileges,
including qualified privileges, such as deliberative process privilege, investigative privilege, and
the work product doctrine. Qualified privileges require the Court to engage in a far-ranging
inquiry that balances competing interests. As the victims have recounted in their (currently-
pending) objections to the Government's assertion of privilege, the Court must weigh such things
as "the 'seriousness' of the litigation" (DE 265 at 9), "the importance of the information sought
to the plaintiff's case" (DE 265-1 at 22), and whether there is a "compelling need" for disclosure
(DE 265 at 14). Clearly Jane Doe No. 3's allegations factor into this balancing of interests about
production of documents relating to Dershowitz (and others).
3. Motive
When the Court ultimately rules on the underlying substantive issue of whether the
Government violated the victims' rights, motive will be a central issue. The Government has
repeatedly asserted benign motivations for not revealing the NPA to the victims, and the victims
have strongly contested those assertions. See, e.g., DE 266 at 10 ("Motive is clearly in dispute in
this case . . . ."). The NPA itself contains several unusual provisions that invite debate over how
they came into existence — such as the "confidentiality" provision that illegally barred disclosure
to the victims and the "blank check" co-conspirator immunity provision discussed immediately
below. An important question is whether these strange provisions were crafted accidentally — or
as part of a deliberate plan to keep the victims in the dark, as the victims are contending. See,
e.g., DE 48 at 11 (alleging that the Govermnent and defense counsel decided that the NPA
should be "kept from public view because of the intense public criticism that would have
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resulted from allowing a politically-connected billionaire who had sexually abused more than 30 identified minor girls to escape from federal prosecution with only a county court jail sentence"). The fact that an important attorney on the defense team had strong personal reasons for resolving the case without a public trial bears directly on this question, by showing motivation to reach a secret deal. Dershowitz's need to keep his abuse secret, and his direct personal knowledge of Epstein's abuse, also goes to issues revolving around whether the defense team engaged in a "yearlong assault on the prosecution and prosecutors," as alleged by former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta. See DE 266 at 12.13 Issues pertaining to motive can always be pursued, particularly when a case is in an early discovery phase. See, e.g., Gelabertl. Stare, 407 So. 2d 1007, 1010 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). And "motive is always relevant in a criminal case, even if it is not an element of the crime." United Stalest. Hill, 643 F.3d 807, 843 (11th Cir. 2011) (internal quotation omitted). When speaking not to the Court but rather to the media, Dershowitz has clearly admitted the relevance of Jane Doe No. 3's allegations about him to issues of motive. Speaking on CNN, for example, Dershowitz stated that he was being "targeted" precisely because his involvement in Epstein's sexual trafficking would help "blow up" the plea agreement: 13 In his Supplement to his Motion for Limited Intervention, Dershowitz claims that only infonnation relevant to this case is information known by the Government before September 24, 2007 — the latest date on which, according to Dershowitz, the Government made the decision not to pursue federal criminal charges against Epstein. DE 285 at 1. Dershowitz appears to be unaware that the Government told the victims well after that date that the Government was still "investigating" the case. DE 48 at 16. In addition, what knowledge the Government had of Epstein's trafficking crimes before September 24, 2007, is very much a disputed issue. For example, the victims believe that among the 14,825 pages of discovery currently before the Court in camera are many documents proving the Government's had knowledge while it was negotiating the NPA that Epstein was trafficking underage girls for sex to Dershowitz and others. Indeed, it is likely that documents pertaining to the trafficking of Jane Doe No. 3 herself are found in those pages, and she would ask the Court to pay particular attention to such documents as part of its in camera review. This evidence provides a further reason the Government wanted to conceal the NPA from the victims — and the public: to avoid the outcry that would have arisen if it was known that prosecutors were giving such a lenient deal to an international sex trafficker. 22 EFTA00191424
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[The victims] want to be able to challenge the plea agreement. I was one of the lawyers who organized the plea agreement. I got the very good deal for Jeffrey Epstein. . . . And if they [i.e., victims' counsel] could find a lawyer who helped draft the agreement who also was a criminal, having sex — wow — that could help them blow up the agreement. So they sat down together, the three of them - these two sleazy, unprofessional, disbarrable lawyers, Paul Cassell, a former federal judge [and] current professor, and another sleazy lawyer from Florida, Brad Edwards — . .. and said who would fit into this description: A lawyer, who knows Epstein, who helped draft ...? Ha, Dershowitz! So they and the woman got together and contrived and made this up." Similarly, on the Meredith Vieira Show, Dershowitz alleged that allegations against him "fit the profile" of what it could take to vacate the plea:5 Of course, Jane Doe No. 3 (and her attorneys) are prepared to show they did not "contrive' the allegations. Dershowitz's name was not drawn from a hat. Rather, he was added to the pleading because Jane Doe No. 3 identified him as one of her abusers. And once she proves the truth of her sworn allegations, then — as Dershowitz himself colorfully puts it — the victims have additional relevant evidence that will help them to "blow up" the plea. 4. The NPA 's "Blank Check - Co-Conspirator Immunity Provision and the Scope of the Remedy that the Victims Might Obtain. Jane Doe No. 3 explained in her motion to intervene that Dershowitz helped negotiate a NPA that contained a sweeping provision that provided immunity in the Southern District of Florida not only to Epstein, but also to "any potential co-conspirators of Epstein." DE 280 at 4 (quoting NPA at 5).16 This provision is very unusual — a proverbial "blank check" blocking federal criminal prosecution of people who are not specifically identified — raising an inference 14 http://www.enn.com/2015/01/06/us/dershowitz-sex-allegation/ (Jan. 6, 2015) (emphasis added). 17 http://meredithvieirashow.corn/videos/alan-dershowitz-defends-himself/ (Jan. 8, 2015). 16 In his "supplemental" response, Dershowitz asserts that other defense attorneys negotiated that provision. DE 285 at 4. Jane Doe No. 3 disputes this claim and requests discovery on it, as it seems far- fetched to believe that Dershowitz did not see that NPA that his client ultimately signed. 23 EFTA00191425
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that the defense team may have had ulterior or unidentified motives for pressing for the provision. More broadly, knowledge of the persons who are covered by this provision is directly relevant to the scope of the remedy that the victims may be able to obtain from the Court if they prevail on the merits of their claim. The Court has already received briefing from the victims and the Government on the remedy issue — and has prospectively allowed Epstein to intervene on any issue involving rescission of the NPA. DE 246. The victims all intend to seek rescission of the co-conspirator provision as part of any relief in this case. The fact that several of Jane Doe No. 3's sexual abusers — i.e., Dershowitz, Maxwell, Brunel, and Prince Andrew — are currently covered by the provision will thus be relevant to the scope of the remedy that the victims can obtain and the persons that they can seek to have prosecuted. 5. Interface Issues. The Court has previously ruled that the victims' CVRA claim "implicates a fact-sensitive equitable defense which must be considered in the factual context of the entire interface between Epstein, the relevant prosecutorial authorities and the federal offense victims ...." DE 189 at 12 n.6. Part of that "entire interface" is Epstein's defense team — which included Dershowitz. And Jane Doe No. 3 is one of the victims — indeed, an international sex trafficking victim. Her important factual allegations about extremely serious international trafficking crimes being swept under the rug in a dubious and secret non-prosecution agreement provide a critical piece of the "factual context" that the Court must consider. 6. The "Crime/Fraud" Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege and Other Privileges. Jane Doe No. 1 and Jane Doe No. 2 have specifically raised the argument that a crime/fraud/misconduct exception applies to the Government's assertion of attorney-client 24 EFTA00191426
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privilege over various documents. DE 265 at 5-6. Based on Jane Doe No. 3's allegations, communications between the Epstein defense team and the Government appear to furthered a crime — i.e., Dershowitz's conspiracy with Epstein to engage in, and conceal, sex trafficking. And Government prosecutors' internal discussions may have unwittingly furthered that crime. See In re Grand July Investigation, 445 F.3d 266, 275-76 (3rd Cir. 2006) (attorney's lack of knowledge of the crime being furthered not relevant to crime-fraud exception). 7. Right to be "Treated with Fairness" Issues. In his "supplemental" pleading, Dershowitz seems to assume that the victims are raising only a claim about their right to "confer" with prosecutors. DE 285 at 1-2. But Jane Doe No. 1 and Jane Doe No. 2 also have a much broader, over-arching claim of a violation of their right "to be treated with fairness" under 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(8). See DE 48 at 36. Jane Doe No. 3 was known to the United States Attorney's Office at the time of the Epstein investigation, as evidenced by her inclusion in the NPA's attachment identifying known victims. The fact that Jane Doe No. 3 — a victim of international sex trafficking — was kept in the dark about the plea deal will provide further evidence of a violation of the right to be treated with fairness. The scope of her abuse — and the fact that the prosecution of crimes against her in the Southern District of Florida is now blocked by an agreement negotiated by one of her abusers — also all go to violations of the fairness right. 8. Jane Doe No. 3 Will Be a Witness for Jane Doe No. I and Jane Doe No. 2 at Trial. Finally, the record in this case should reflect that Jane Doe No. 1 and Jane Doe No. 2 intend to call Jane Doe No. 3 as a witness in any hearing or trial that the Court may schedule in this matter. The Government's violation of her rights is clearly evidence of a common scheme 25 EFTA00191427
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or plan to keep crime victims in the dark, made admissible in any hearing by virtue of Fed. R.
Evid. 404(b).
For each of these eight reasons, Jane Doe No. 3's allegations against Dershowitz are
plainly relevant to this case and therefore his attempt to intervene to strike them is futile."
D.
DESHOWITZ SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO INTEVENE TO
STRIKE JANE DOE NO. 3'S ALLEGATIONS BECAUSE SHE HAS
SWORN TO THEIR TRUTH AND THEY ARE ALL
SUPPORTED
BY
STRONG CORROBORATING EVIDENCE.
Dershowitz finally claims that he should be allowed to intervene because Jane Doe No.
3's allegations against him are false. In support of this position, he attaches a carefully-crafted,
self-serving declaration. But a litigant's mere claim that contrary allegations are false provides
no legal basis for striking them. See Moore's Federal Practice § 12.37[3A] (3d ed. 2014) ("Rule
12 does not provide any authority to strike pleadings on the basis of falsity' because doing so
would "effectively [be] a resolution on the merits, which is not appropriate at the pleading
stage."). At early stages of litigation, "[t]he court accepts all well-pleaded allegations as true"
and views factual allegations "in the light most favorable to the non-moving party." Johnson!.
Nob:, Associates South Beach, LP, No. 9:10-cv-21691-KAM, 2011 WL 780028 at *2 (S.D. Fla.
2011). In any event, to rebut Dershowitz's false claims directly, Jane Doe No. 3 now provides
her own sworn affidavit, attached as Exhibit 1," repeating under oath the allegations that her
17 A ninth reason now also exists that the allegations are relevant, given that the Government recently-
raised the argument that the Jane Doe No. 3 has failed to meet a six-year statute of limitations specified in
18 U.S.C. § 2401. DE 290. Jane Doe No. 3 will contest whether that statute of limitations even applies.
But Jane Doe also intends to raise an equitable estoppel argument — that the statute was tolled while she
was in hiding in Australia due to the danger posed by Epstein and his powerful friends. Her factual
allegations — including the specific identities of those powerful persons - are clearly relevant to
demonstrating the factual underpinnings for her estoppel argument.
" In paragraph 52 of Exhibit 1, the name of a sexual participant and eye-witness was redacted out of an
abundance of caution, because while she was not a minor at the relevant time she is believed to have
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attorneys proffered in her earlier motion — i.e., that Epstein sexually trafficked Jane Doe No. 3 to numerous persons, including Dershowitz. If the Court believes it would be useful, Jane Doe No. 3 requests an evidentiary hearing to prove she is telling the truth 19 and directs the Court's attention the following substantial information supporting her sworn statement 20 To be clear, what follows is just part of the compelling information supporting Jane Doe No. 3's allegations. Any assessment of Jane Doe No. 3's sworn statement (and Dershowitz's protestations of innocence) must begin with two incontestable facts: First, Dershowitz is an extremely close personal friend of Epstein's. In fact, in 2005 (before the scandal of the criminal prosecution broke) Dershowitz stated "I'm on my 20th book. . . . The only person outside of my immediate family that I send drafts to is Jeffrey." The Talented Mr. Epstein, by Vicky Ward, in Vanity Fair (Jan. 2005)21 Dershowitz has also been quoted as saying that, even if Epstein went bankrupt, "I would be as interested in him as a friend if we had hamburgers on the boardwalk in Coney Island and talked about his ideas." Vanity Fair Reminds Us When Jeffrey Epstein Wasn't a Creep, by Ray Gustini, in The Wire (June 21, 201 I). Second, Jeffrey Epstein brazenly abused numerous girls in his Florida mansion, his New York mansion, and several other places that Dershowitz apparently admits he visited. See DE 282-1 at 1-3 (Dershowitz affidavit discussing visits to Epstein). Proof of the notorious abuse originally been a victim of Epstein's sexual abuse while a minor. She is now a well-known actress whose identity we have unilaterally protected in this context. 19 Jane Doe No. 3 asks that the evidentiary hearing be held after discovery phase in this case is completed, because she believes that the Government possesses significant information that, if disclosed, would fully support her allegations. S • the Government acknowledge this fact in any response it files. 20 Cf.The Last Word with O'Donnell — MSNBC (Jan. 8, 2015), http://www.msnbc.com/the- last-word/watch/alan-dcrshowitz-on-allegations--totally-false-381942851573 (Dershowitz: "Right now, they have accused me of these ... things without a single affidavit, without a single piece of evidence."). 21 Morc recently, Dershowitz has disclaimed knowing Epstein well, stating that during the relevant time he was a mere "social acquaintance" and that "I was at [Epstein's] home for parties with a large number of most) scientists most) men dinner arties, intellectual gatherings." UMAR News, (Jan. 4, 2015). 27 EFTA00191429
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starts with the NPA, under which Epstein agreed to register as a sex offender and provide compensation to approximately forty girls who he had sexually abused. Additional girls who he abused (such as movant Jane Doe No. 4) were not included in the NPA. Combined with the sworn testimony in the underlying civil cases, the NPA demonstrates persuasively that Epstein committed hundreds and hundreds of acts of sexual abuse against young girls — ostensibly "massage therapists" — during the relevant time period. See Exhibit 16 at 2 (collecting testimony). A small sample of the girls that Epstein sexually abused includes Jane Does Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, as well as S.G., A.D., ■., N.R., J.S., J.A., J.E., M.L., M.D., D.D, and D.N. — all girls between the ages of 13 and 17. Id. at 7-8. Given the astonishing number of victims, and the detailed descriptions from many of them, Epstein's abuse of young girls clearly occurred on a "daily" basis. See Ex. I at ¶ 17. Indeed, according to his scheduled appointments, evidenced by the message pads retrieved by the Palm Beach Police Department, on some days Epstein engaged in sex with multiple girls.'-' In 2009, one of Epstein's household employees, Juan Alessi, was deposed about 11w parade of young "massage therapists" entering Epstein's Palm Beach mansion. He started working for Epstein in about January 1999. He testified that Jane Doe No. 323 was one of the girls who came to Epstein's mansion regularly when she was in the age range of 15 to 19. Juan Alessi Depo. at 46:21- 47:4, 48:18-25, Jane Doe No. 11 Epstein, No. 9:08-ev-80119-cv-KAM (S.D. Fla. Sept. 8, 2009) (excerpts attached as Exhibit 18). Alessi also saw many celebrities came to the Florida mansion, including not only Prince Andrew and his wife Sarah but also "a very famous lawyer that I'm sure you know, Alan 22 Upon request, victims counsel could provide the Court with these materials for review. The materials contain the names of minor victims of sexual assault, so scaled transmission would be necessary. 2% In the deposition, Janc Doe No. 3 is identified by initials. 28 EFTA00191430
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Dershowitz." Id. at 70:9.25. Alessi testified that Dershowitz came to the mansion "pretty often . . . at least four or five times a year" and would stay "two [or) three days." Id. at 73:22-25. Jane Doe No. 3 came to the house when Dershowitz was there. Id. at 73:18-20. And — importantly — Dershowitz got massages while he was visiting Epstein's home. Alessi answered "yes" when asked whether Dershowitz "had massages sometimes when he was there," and explained that "[a] massage was like a treat for everybody." Id. at 74:1-4. The private, upstairs room where Dershowitz got his "massages" was one that contained a lot of vibrators — Maxwell had "a laundry basket . .. full of those toys" in that room. Id. at 76:11-15. In 2009, one of Epstein's most trusted employees was also deposed: Alfredo Rodriguez, the butler at Epstein's Palm Beach mansion. Rodriguez testified under oath that Dershowitz was at Epstein's mansion when underage girls were there to give massages. Alfredo Rodriguez Depo. at 278:13-25, 279:9-280:2, Jane Doe No. 21 Epstein (excerpts attached as Exhibit 19).24 Rodriguez also testified that Dershowitz stayed at the house in his role as Epstein's friend, as opposed to being his lawyer (id. at 279:5-8; 385:I-6) and that Dershowitz was present alone at the home of Jeffery Epstein, without his family, in the presence of young girls. Id. at 199:12-13, 279:9-12, 426:16-25, 427:1. In fact, Rodriguez described that when the underage girls would come over, Dershowitz would drink wine and read books on the couch. Id. at 426:16-25; 427:1. As is familiar to this Court, after Rodriguez's deposition, he attempted to sell a 97-page document that he appropriated from Epstein's computer. The document contained Epstein's telephone directory — as well as a list of apparent young girls in various locations, including 24 According to press reports, Rodriguez recently passed away. See "Houseman who cleaned pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's sex toys and feared he would make him 'disappear' takes billionaire's secrets to the grave after he died just law week," http://www.dailymail.co.uk(news/article-2897939/Houseman-cleaned- pedophile-Jeffrey-Epstein-s-sex-toys-feared-billionaire-tnake-disappear-takes-secrets-grave.html (Jan. 6, 2015). 29 EFTA00191431
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Florida, New York, New Mexico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. An FBI undercover employee (UCE) set tip a meeting with Rodriguez to exchange $50,000 in "buy money" for the document. Following the exchange, the FBI arrested Rodriguez for obstruction of justice related to the attempted sale of this document (which Rodriguez called "the Holy Grail"). According to an FBI agent's ensuing report, Rodriguez "discussed in detail the information contained within the book, and identified important information to the UCE." See United States'. Rodriguez, No. 9:10-cr- 80015-KAM, DE 3 at 5 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 9, 2009). While all of the details of the verbal information explained by Rodriguez to that agent have not been disclosed,25 the documents have been. While there are hundreds of names, addresses, and phone numbers in the document, Rodriguez apparently circled only a select few entries. For instance, lie circled each of the sections listing the girls that provided "massages" for Epstein in various locations. This includes the various confirmed under-age Florida victims. Additionally, a few other individuals in the book were circled. The logical presumption is that Rodriguez circled specific individuals, identifying them as persons who were involved in the illicit activities. One of the few people Rodriguez circled was Alan Dershowitz. See Exhibit 20. Moving up from household help to the next echelon in Epstein's criminal conspiracy, three individuals the NPA lists by name as Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirators are Sarah Kellen, Nadia Marcinkova, and Adrianna Mucinska. Extensive investigation demonstrated that Nadia Marcinkova participated in several of the sex acts with underage girls (including Jane Doe I) and that Sarah Kellen and Adrianna Mucinska were heavily involved in procuring underage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse. See, e.g., Exhibit 16 at 12, 20. Of particular relevance here, all three 25 It has been disclosed that Rodriguez said that "he had witnessed nude girls whom he believed were underage at the pool area of [Epstein's] home, knew that [Epstein) was engaging in sexual contact with underage girls, and had viewed pornographic images of underage girls on computers in [Epstein's) home." DE 3 at 7. 30 EFTA00191432
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implicated Dershowitz by invoking their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination26 when asked questions about Dershowitz's connection to Epstein's abuse — including a specific question about whether Dershowitz had been involved with massages by young girls. Sarah Kellen took the Fifth when asked: Have you seen a gentleman by the name of Alan Dershowitz at the home of Jeffrey Epstein before? Do you know Alan Dershowitz? Are you aware of friendship between [Alan] Dershowitz and Jeffrey Epstein? When [Alan] Dershowitz comes to Palm Beach, he stays at the El Brillo mansion, doesn't he? [H]as [Alan] Dershowitz ever been there when young ladies came to give massages? Has [Alan] Dershowitz ever been the beneficiary of those massages [given by young ladies at Epstein's mansionfri Sarah Kellen Depo. at 211:16-18, 317:5, 436-37:25-1, 437:9-10; 437:18-19, 437-38: 25-1, Jane Doe No. 21 Epstein, No. 8:09-cv-801 19-KAM (Mar. 24, 2010) (emphasis added) (excerpts attached as Exhibit 21). Nadia Marcinkova pled the Fifth when asked: Do you know what Jeffrey Epstein's relationship is with Alan Dershowitz? That's somebody [i.e., Dershowitz] who you know to have stayed at Jeffery Epstein's house on many occasions, correct? And also somebody who you know to have been at the house when E.W. was in Jeffrey Epstein's bedroom getting sexually abused, correct? 26 Of course, in a proceeding such as this one, the victims are entitled to an inference in their favor when a witness takes the Fifth Amendment rather than answer a relevant question where that witness is associated with the other side of the case or otherwise in an adverse position to the victims. See, e.g., LiBuiti I. United States, 107 F.3d 110, 124 (2d Cir. 1997). 27 Interestingly, defending the deposition of Sarah Kellen was Bruce Reinhart, a former prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office when the Epstein NPA was negotiated. Reinhart had confidential, non-public information about the prosecution's case against Epstein. See note 7, supra. 31 EFTA00191433
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Alan Dershowitz is also somebody that you also know to have been at the house when L.M. was being sexually abused in Jeffrey Epstein's bedroom, correct? Generally, Alan Dershowitz is familiar with Jeffrey Epstein's habit of engaging in sexual acts with minors on a daily basis, correct? When Alan Dershowitz was in town, Jeffrey Epstein did not break his schedule for Alan Dershowitz, meaning he continued to sexually abuse minors despite Alan Dershowitz being a guest in the house? Nadia Marcinkova Depo. at 56:22-25; 57:1-25, 58: 1-10, Jane Doe'. Epstein, No. 9:08-cv- 80893-1CAM (April 13, 2010) (excerpts attached as Exhibit 22). And Adrianna Mucinska took the Fifth when asked: Have you ever met Alan Dershowitz? When Alan Dershowitz stays at Jeffrey Epstein's house, isn't it true that he has been at the house when underage minor females have been in the bedroom with Jeffrey Epstein? Have you ever flown on the airplane [privately owned by Jeffrey Epstein] with Alan Dershowitz before? Adrianna Mucinska Depo. at 37:6, 37:8, 81:25, Jane Doe. Epstein, No. 9:08-cv-80893-KAM (Mar. 15, 2010) (excerpts attached as Exhibit 23).28 Finally, moving to the top of the conspiracy, Epstein himself has been questioned repeatedly, taking the Fifth when asked about Dershowitz's awareness of underage girls. For example, when Epstein took the Fifth when asked during his deposition "[h]ave you ever socialized with Alan Dershowitz in the presence of females under the age of 18?" Jeffrey Epstein Depo. at 90, Epstein'. Edwards, No. 502009CA040800XXXXMB (Palm. Beach Cty. Cir. Ct. Mar. 17, 2010) (excerpts attached as Exhibit 24). Indeed, going a step further, on October 8, 2009, Epstein took the Fifth when asked whether he even knew Dershowitz was a 38 Mucinska also took the Fifth when asked about the involvement of Prince Andrew, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Jean Luc Brunel. id. at 37:3, 85:12, 85:13. 32 EFTA00191434
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professor at Harvard. Epstein, No. 502008CA0373 I XXXXMB, Epstein Depo. Tr. at 122 (Palm Beach Cty. Cir. Ct. Oct. 8, 2009). In short, all the key conspirators in Epstein's sexual trafficking ring who could be asked about Derhowitz's involvement took the Fifth.29 This Isjilence is . . . evidence of the most persuasive character." United States ex rd. Biloktanskyl. Tod. 263 U.S. 149, 153-54 (1923) (Brandeis, J.), quoted in Baxter". Pahnigiano, 425 U.S 308, 319 (1976). And that silence takes on an even more sinister cast when combined with the fact that Epstein's sexual interest in young girls would have been obvious to someone like Dershowitz, Epstein's close personal friend who was present at the very locations when abuse was taking place. See Ex. I at ¶ 17. Additional credibility to Jane Doe No. 3's sworn statement is provided by clear evidence of a common scheme or plan, admissible under Fed. R. Evid. 404(b). As is clear from the evidence recounted above, Jane Doe No. 3's allegations against Jeffrey Epstein are overwhelmingly corroborated by numerous other girls and Epstein's private flight logs demonstrating Jane Doe No. 3's travel with him while under 18 years old. In addition, her allegations against Prince Andrew are strongly corroborated. For example, while Buckingham Palace has recently denied that Prince Andrew had sexual contact with Jane Doc No. 3, it has not attempted to explain what led to the Prince having his picture taken with his arm around a 17- year-old American girl at night in London in an intimate setting in a private residence. Nor has the Palace explained what Ghislaine Maxwell is doing there and who took that picture — while Jane Doe No. 3 has provided a sworn affidavit that the photographer was Prince Andrew's close friend (as well as sex trafficker and now-registered sex offender): Jeffrey Epstein. Jane Doe No. 29 As noted earlier, two other key conspirators — Ghislaine Maxwell and Jean Luc Brunel — evaded depositions to avoid answering any questions under oath. 33 EFTA00191435