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FBI VOL00009
EFTA00183038
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THE PAW BEACH POST • FRIDAY, NE 26, 2009 Judge agrees Epstein's sex By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL Patin Beach Past Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH — A circuit judge agreed Thursday to unseal a deal billionaire Jeffrey Epstein struck with federal pros- ecutors to avoid their fil- ing of charges in the wake of his sex scandal with underage girls. Circuit Judge Jeff Col- bath said he would not re- lease Epstein% agreement with federal prosecutors until Monday, allowing him time to redact the to unseal scandal deal Epstein names of vic- tims. Colbath ruled that the deal had not been sealed proerly. Jack Goldberger, Epstein's at- torney, immediately asked for a stay of Colbath% deci- sion to unseal the agree- ment in order to appeal it. A hearing on that request is set for this morning See EPSTEIN. 58 P. Epstein scheduled for release in July IP. EPSTEIN from m Attorneys for women now suing Epstein, as well as attorneys for The Palm Beach Post, had asked Col- bath to release the deal, arguing the public and the victims have a right to see it. "There is nothing more fundamentally important than for the public and press to observe how the government is doing its job," Post attorney Deanna Shullman said. "There is great public interest in how everybody in this case is doing their job." Goldberger argued that the confidential agreement Epstein struck with federal prosecutors should remain confidential. Included in it, Goldberger said, are ref- erences to federal grand jury proceedings, which are secret and protected by federal rules. A federal judge should decide the issue, he said. Attorneys Spencer Kuvin and Brad Edwards, who represent some of the women now suing Epstein, both said they were 'not surprised by Epstein% at- torney moving to appeaL "My chance to stall in any way and keep the agreement out of public disclosure, they will take it," said Edwards outside court He will have served about 13 months of an 18-month sentence. Epstein pleaded guilty nearly one year ago to solicitation of prostitution and procuring teenagers for prostitution and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. A sheriff% office official confirmed Thursday that Epstein will be released from the. Palm Beach County Stockade on July 22 — nearly 13 months into his sentence. Sheriff% ofi ookes- person Eric said Epstein has earn gain time for good behavior and for participating in a work-release program. The saga began years ago after Palm Beach po- lice began investigating reports that young women were. being brought to his manse on El Brillo Way to massage him and have sex with him in exchange for money. Displeased with the way the state attorney office handled the case, Palm Beach police later forwarded information to the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation. susatspencer_ wendel Opbbposlcom EFTA00183078
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ROY BLACK HOWARD M. SREBMCK SCOTT A. KORNSPAN LARRY A. STUMPF MARIA NEYRA JACKIE PERCZEK MARK A.J. SHAPIRO JARED Jeffrey Sloman, Esq. United States Attorney 99 N.E. 4th Street Miami, FL 33132 RE: Jeffrey Epstein Dear Mr. Sloman: BLACK SREBNICK KORNSPAN & STUMPF February 8, 2010 JESSICA FONSECA-NADER KATHLEEN P. PHILLIPS AARON ANTHON MARCOS BEATON, JR. MATTHEW P. O'BRIEN JENIFER J. SOULIKIAS NOAH Fox E-Mail: Rfilack@Roylilackcom First, thank you for meeting with us on Wednesday and providing us with an opportunity to address a wide range of concerns with you. At the conclusion of the meeting we discussed Mr Epstein's eligibility for a modification, or termination of his one-year community control sentence under either of two provisions of state law, FSA §948.05 and FSA §948.10(4). You asked what our position would be in the event an application for such relief was made regarding notification of those persons determined by you to be federal rather than just state victims. We believe that such notification would not be required by 18 USC §3771. Your office has come to a similar conclusion, see AUSA Alex Acosta's December 19, 2007 letter to Lilly Sanchez, pg 2. We are sensitive, however, to the adversarial litigation previously filed regarding other §3771 issues. Accordingly, we propose the following: 1. That if Mr Epstein applies for a termination of community control sentence that seeks an early release from all probation, that your office would (a) not oppose this request under state law, i.e., you would permit the state to make its own discretionary decision on the application without taking a position one way or the other, (b) not consider it a breach of the NPA for Epstein to either so apply or, if the application is allowed, to accept the reduction, and (c) notify the federal victims that such an application has been made, and the date, if any, when the matter would be heard. We further propose, however, that the victim notification letter neither request nor encourage the attendance of the federal victims at any scheduled hearing nor request nor encourage that the federal victims make filings in state court as to their position since those rights, to our understanding, are at most limited under state law to state victims. Those on the 201 S. Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 1300 • Miami, Florida 33131 • Phone: 305-371-6421 • Fax: 305-358-2006 • www.RoyBlack.com EFTA00183079
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Jeffrey Sloman, Esq. February 8, 2010 Page 2 federal victim notification list, of course, once notified, would have the non- statutory right at their own election to attend any hearing, 2. That if Mr Epstein applies for a modification of community control that only converts it, pursuant to FSA §948.10(4) into a normal probation with no shortening of the terms of supervision that you would neither oppose nor support the request nor would either the request nor any acceptance of any subsequent order converting the community control to some other form of probation be considered a breach of the NPA, however, given that Mr Epstein would remain under state supervision for the remainder of the 12-month sentence, no prior notification to federal victims would be provided. Respectfully submitted, MARTIN WEINBERG, ESQ. ALAN r SH • WITZ, ESQ. ROY = Q. /wg cc: InnEsq. , Esq. Black, Srebnick. Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A. EFTA00183080
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT, 1525 PALM BEACH LAKES BLVD., WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 September 2, 2009 CASE NO.: 4D09-2554 L.T. No. : 20098CF009381A JEFFREY EPSTEIN STATE OF FLORIDA, ET AL. Appellant / Petitioner(s), BY ORDER OF THE COURT: Appellee / Respondent(s). ORDERED that appellee E.W.'s motion filed July 13, 2009, to file portion of response under seal is hereby determined to be moot; further, ORDERED that appellant's agreed motion filed July 14, 2009, to file one reply supporting petiton for writ of certiorari and for the time to run from service of the last- filed response is hereby granted; further, ORDERED that appellee B.B.'s motion filed August 5, 2009, to supplement the record is hereby granted; further, ORDERED that appellee E.W.'s motion filed July 27, 2009, for attorney's fees and costs is hereby denied; further, ORDERED that appellee B.B.'s motion filed July 23, 2009, for attorneys' fees and costs is hereby denied; further, ORDERED that appellee Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. d/b/a The Palm Beach Post's motion filed July 21, 2009, for attorneys' fees and costs is hereby denied. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of the original court order. Served: Barbara J. Compiani Robert D. Critton, Jr. William J. Berger State Attorney-P.B. Michael J. Pike Jeffrey H. Sloman rc Jane Kreusler-Walsh Deanna K. Shullman U.S. Attorney'S Office Bradley J. Edwards James B. Lake Hon. Jeffrey J. Colbath Jack A. Goldberger Diana Martin Spencer T. Kuvin Rebecca Mercier Vargas R. Alexander Acosta EFTA00183081
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT July Term 2009 JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Appellant, 1. STATE OF FLORIDA, E.W. B.B. and PALM BEACH NEWSPAPERS, INC., d/b/a THE PALM BEACH POST, Appellees. No. 4D09-2554 [September 2, 20091 PER CURIAM. We treat petitioner's petition for writ of certiorari as a full appeal and affirm. HAZOURI, DAMOORGIAN and LEVINE, JJ., concur. * * Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Jeffrey J. Colbath, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 502006CF009454AXXMB & 502008CF009381AXXMB. Jane Kreusler-Walsh and Barbara J. Compiani of Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani & Vargas, P.A., Robert D. Critton of Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman, and Jack A. Goldberger of Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant. James B. Lake and Deanna K. Shullman of Thomas, LoCicero & Bralow, PL, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a The Palm Beach Post. William J. Berger of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee E.W. Diana L. Martin and Spencer T. Kuvin of Leopold-Kuvin, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, for appellee B.B. EFTA00183082
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Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. - 2 - EFTA00183083
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44, _ 2!_tdAdattifreeleat RIL N BEUTTENMULLEFt, Clerk Fourth District Court of Appeal EFTA00183084
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 2008CF009381A STATE OF FLORIDA vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. AGREED ORDER This cause came on to be heard upon the agreement of the parties, Jack Goldberger representing Jeffrey Epstein and Barbara Burns representing the State of Florida, and the Court being fully advised that the parties have reviewed both the plea agreement and the transcript of the plea conference in the Defendants case and have confirmed that the requirement of "mandatory public service" as a special condition of community control checked off on the Order Placing the Defendant on Community Control was due to a clerical error. Accordingly, it is hereby ordered and adjudged that the special condition of "mandatory public service" is deleted. The Court being further advised that the Order Placing the Defendant on Community Control did not address the Defendant's travel outside the State of Florida for work or business purposes and the parties desire to clarify that omission, it is hereby ordered and adjudged that the Defendant is authorized to travel outside the State of Florida for business and work purposes if allowed by his community control officer. At least 48 hours before the need to travel outside the State of Florida for work purposes the Defendant shall first obtain the permission of his community control officer and then follow any instructions or EFTA00183085
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requirements imposed on him by his community control officer. DONE AND ORDERED in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida on this day of September, 2009. JEFFREY COLBATH Circuit Court Judge Copies: Jack A. Goldberger, Esquire Barbara Burns, ASA Carmen Sloane, Department of Corrections EFTA00183086
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