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Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Jay Lefkowitz <JLefkowitz@kirkland.com> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:01 PM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS); Roy Black Cc: Lee, Dexter (USAFLS); Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS) Subject: Re: Reply Brief in Jane Does I United States Thanks Marie - welcome to the club. I often wish plaintiffs would sue someone else instead of my client. :) From: "Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS)" [Ann.Marie.C.Villafana(gusdoj.gov) Sent: 10/16/2008 04:23 PM AST To: Jay Leflcowitz; "Roy BLACK" <RBLACK®royblack.com> Cc: "Lee, Dexter (USAFLS)" <Dexter.Lee®usdoj.gov>; "Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS)" <Karen.Atkinson@usdoj.gov> Subject: Reply Brief in Jane Does United States Dear Roy and Jay: I am attaching the reply brief filed by Brad Edwards with two pieces of correspondence that he attached to his pleading as exhibits. I had not seen Mr. Edwards' October 15th letter before he filed it in connection with his Reply, so I do not know whether Mr. Lee has even received it yet. Mr. Edwards argues that Mr. Epstein has no interest in keeping the agreement confidential because he has not responded to Mr. Edwards' motion to unseal. As you know, in our Response, the United States argued that this issue should be litigated in one of the suits filed by Mr. Edwards against Mr. Epstein. Mr. Edwards apparently believes it is to his benefit to argue these issues, instead, in his lawsuit against the United States. «DE30_081016_RepIy re Motn Unseal.pdf>> «DE30-2_081016_Ex 1.pdf>> «DE30-3_081016_Ex 2.pdf>> A. Marie Villafafia Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 ***** *Ilt*** ****** ********** ********** ******************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of 8 EFTA00194155
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communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to postmaster@kirkland.com, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. EFTA00194157
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Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Jay Lefkowitz <JLefkowitz@kirkland.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 2:40 PM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS); Roy Black Cc: Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS); Lee, Dexter (USAFLS) Subject: Re: Jane Does". United States Thank you for sending this. Jay From: "Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS)" [Ann.Marie.C.Villafana@usdoj.gov) Sent: 10/08./2008 02:37 PM AST To: <RBlack@RoyBlack.com>; Jay Lefkowitz Cc: "Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS)" <Karen.Atkinson®usdoj.gov>; "Lee, Dexter (USAFLS)" <Dexter.Lee@usdoj.gov> Subject: Jane Does'. United States Dear Roy and Jay: I am attaching the United States' Response to the Petitioners' Motion to Unseal the Non-Prosecution Agreement, which was filed in the victims' rights suit filed against the United States by Attorney Brad Edwards on behalf of two of the victims. In his motion to unseal, Attorney Edwards stated that he would provide notice of his motion to counsel for Mr. Epstein. I do not know if he actually did so. In our response, we oppose the Petitioners' motion, and point out that Mr. Edwards has filed a civil suit against Mr. Epstein and that litigation regarding the Non-Prosecution Agreement is more appropriate in that forum where the real party in interest (Mr. Epstein) is a party to the suit. «DE29_081008_Resp to Motn Unseal.pdf» A. Marie Malefic, Assistant U.S. Attorney 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 ****** ********* *********** ****** ****** *********** ********** The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of Kirkland & Ellis LLP or Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this 6 EFTA00194159
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Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Senior, Robert (USAFLS) <RSenior@usa.doj.gov> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 3:00 PM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Subject: RE: Jane Does I United States Thx. I agree that a copy should be sent. From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:17 PM To: Acosta, Alex (USAFLS); Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS); Senior, Robert (USAFLS); Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS) Cc: Lee, Dexter (USAFLS); Garcia, Rolando (USAFLS) Subject: Jane Does I United States Hi all — Here is the pleading that Dexter and I filed today in response to the Jane Does' Motion to Unseal the Non-Prosecution Agreement. Although the Petitioners' Motion asserts that they would provide notice of the motion to Epstein's attorneys, I think it would be prudent for us to send a copy to Roy and Jay. Please let me know if you agree. Thank you. Once Judge Main decides this motion, I think we should move to dismiss the petition, otherwise Brad Edwards will try to use the case as a never-ending "wishing well" to keep making more and more outrageous requests of Judge Marra. << File: DE29_081008_Resp to Moth Unseal.pdf >> A. Marie Villafafia Assistant U.S. Attorney 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 18 EFTA00194161
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Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS) <JSIoman@usa.dolgov> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 230 PM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Subject: Re: Jane Does'. United States Fine with me. From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) To: Acosta, Alex (USAFLS); Sbman, Jeff (USAFLS); Senior, Robert (USAFLS); Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS) Cc: Lee, Dexter (USAFLS); Garcia, Rolando (USAFLS) Sent: Wed Oct 08 14:16:50 2008 Subject: Jane Does'. United States Hi all - Here is the pleading that Dexter and I filed today in response to the Jane Does' Motion to Unseal the Non-Prosecution Agreement. Although the Petitioners' Motion asserts that they would provide notice of the motion to Epstein's attorneys, I think it would be prudent for us to send a copy to Roy and Jay. Please let me know if you agree. Thank you. Once Judge Marra decides this motion, I think we should move to dismiss the petition, otherwise Brad Edwards will try to use the case as a never-ending "wishing well" to keep making more and more outrageous requests of Judge Marra. «DE29_081008_Resp to Motn Unseal.pdf» A. Marie Villafana Assistant U.S. Attorney 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 27 EFTA00194163
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Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: ViHelena, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:32 PM To: Acosta, Alex (USAFLS) Cc: Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS) Subject: Follow up on the trust issue Hi Alex — I wasn't sure if you knew that I actually did quite a bit of research on the issue of "the Trust." With Drew's help, I tracked down and spoke with the AUSA in Alaska who put together that agreement. His case did not involve damages, it was purely restitution. He also had a small number of identified victims (1 think 12), and they all consented to the procedure. In Alaska, they also were able to persuade a small local bank to serve as the trustee, and they had a somewhat elaborate procedure for deciding who would get what money. There also was a Court order approving the procedure. Also, one of Starr's objections is that the his client was informed of who the victims were before he signed the agreement, but the same thing happened in Alaska. In a notice to the Court, the AUSA wrote: This filing is made ex parte because Boehm, in his plea agreement, waived any rights he had pertaining to the selection of beneficiaries and the disbursement of funds to such beneficiaries. My objections to the Trust concept were: (1) I could not bind the girls to an agreement that would involve waiving their rights to file private lawsuits; (2) since there would be no federal plea, there was no mechanism to involve the Court in administering the Trust and there would be no federal order of restitution; (3) I knew that all of the girls would not consent to such a procedure; (4) there was no way to estimate the damages of all of the girls to decide what the corpus amount should be; and (5) given how difficult the negotiations had been, I knew that creating and agreeing to an elaborate trust structure would be impossible. I did offer to include language about our Office and the attorney for the girls sitting down with the defense to try in good faith to develop a trust, but that was rejected. I have copies of all of the documents that they used in Alaska, if you are interested. Thanks. A. Marie Villafaila Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 P-"aNkt-- upotC' ci f 1O-1 Tracking: 2485 EFTA00194164
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Recipient Acosta. Alex (USAFLS) 8lornan, Jeff (USAFLS) Read Read: 12/3/2007 4:32 PM 2486 EFTA00194166
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ViBatelle, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:10 PM To: Oosterbaan, Andrew Subject: RE: Epstein Hi Drew —I tracked down the AUSA in Alaska and he is sending the trust agreement out to me. I will let you know how things go in the morning. Thanks. A. Marie Villafafla Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 From: Oosterbaan, Andrew Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:54 PM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Subject: RE: Epstein Thanks for the information, Marie. I'll get the details on the Boehm arrangements from the prosecutors and get back to you tomorrow. I believe the girls agreed to the arrangement, but I'll confirm that. I should have the indictment reviewed by then as well. From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) [mallto:Ann,Marle.C.VIllafana@usdoj.gov] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:37 PM To: Oosterbaan, Andrew -Subject Epstein Hi Drew - Sony to bother you, but the plea negotiations are getting fast and furious. Epstein's lawyers are fixated on this idea of a "victim's fund" rather than having the girls file separate 2255 actions. I know that the reason they want to do it is not out of the goodness of their hearts but to keep this stuff out of the public Court files, but in some ways it will help the girls, too. Do you know anything about how the fund in Alaska was worked out? Did all the victims consent or did the Court just do it? Thank you for your help. I also turned in the indictment package to my immediate supervisor today, so I expect some edits back from her before it goes higher up the chain.. If you had any thoughts, please let me know. A. Marie Illiafafia Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 3164 EFTA00194168
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Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: • Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 5:24 PM To: Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS); Lourie, Andrew (USAFLS) Subject: FBI Jeff and Andy — The agents are asking whether Alex had a chance to talk to the SAIC. Do you know? A. Marie Villafana Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 Tracking: 3231 EFTA00194169
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Good job. A few thoughts: I would eliminate the first sentence of para 2. Is there another way to deal with the issue in para 3 without this in the plea agreement ? Do we need pare 10? Isn't para 11 sufficient without 10? Is it our place to include para 13 in this agreement? I think it belongs in the state agreement and it looks out of place here. I think you should include Roy or another member of the FL Bar on the plea agreement so we are not slowed down at the last minute by Pro Hac stuff. From: VIllafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) (mailto:Ann.Marie.C.Villafana@usdoj.gov] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 2:36 PM To: Lourie, Andrew Subject: RE: epstein FYI - The Palm Beach Post reported the whole deal in today's paper and claimed to have a "federal source" and a "spy" in Epstein's camp. .4. Marie Villafaiia Assistant U.S. Attorney 56I 209.1047 From: Lourie, Andrew [mailto:Andrew.Lourie2@usdoJ.gov] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 2:33 PM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Subject: RE: epstein Can you send me copy of the last thing you sent them? Thanks. From: VIllafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) [mailto:Ann.Marie.C.Villafana@usdoj.gov] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 2:31 PM To: Lourle,_Andem;Rarcia,_1101ando (OARS) _ Subject: RE: epstein We are still waiting for a "Taline'roWeement that they seemed happy with yelfErdarBrAy an Lanna and Epstein's attorneys are coming to our office on Monday to finalize everything with the plan of getting him at least arraigned on Monday afternoon. They tried to drag it into Tuesday and I said no. A. Marie Viliafatia Assistant U.S. Attorney 561 209-1047 From: Lourie, Andrew [mallto:Andrew.Lourle2@usdoj.gov] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 2:25 PM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS); Garcia, Rolando (USAFLS) Subject: epstein What is the latest? 3045 EFTA00194170
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Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:33 PM To: Lourie, Andrew; Garcia, Rolando (USAFLS) Cc: Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS) Subject: RE: Draft Plea Agreement Importance: High Andy and Rolando -- This is my proposed response (below). I know that you keep saying he is going to plead, and he will plead if we cave on everything, but I really do not think that Mr. Epstein is going to engage in serious negotiations until he sees the Indictment and shows up in mag court (preferably in flip- flops). In reviewing the indictment package, if you would like to maintain flexibility for the future, we could indict Mr. Epstein just on Count 1 (the conspiracy charge), and, if he won't plead to 5 years at that time, supersede with the remaining counts and just go to trial. But we gave them an initial deadline of early August with the 24-month sentence. We are now seven weeks later and we are just spinning our wheels. Jay -- The same problems that I e-mailed you about on Sunday and discussed yesterday with you and Rolando and that you discussed with Andy are still in here. Paragraphs 4, 7, 8, 9, and 11 have specifically been discussed and rejected. Paragraphs 17 through 19 have been addressed in paragraph 2 and will not be repeated. You have removed our paragraphs 4 (regarding the application of the Sentencing Guidelines) and 18 (appeal waiver) both of which are specifically required by the Office's Appellate Division. You have replaced Mr. Epstein's plea to a registrable offense, to one that does not require registration, and you have again delayed the plea until after Mr. Epstein completes his federal prison — - sentence. Relande—and I specifically—told-you that was—unacceptable,—and_Bacry____ Krischer also has informed us that he will not keep his case open for that period. You-also have inserted that_this.is a Rule 11(_O.(1)_(C) the judge, which you know we have specifically rejected. There are other, smaller, changes that the Office probably cannot agree to, but the bigger issues are these. If you or your client insists on these, there can be no plea agreement. A. Marie Villafana Assistant U.S. Attorney 561 209-1047 Original Message From: Jay Lefkowitz [mailto:JLefkowitz@kirkland.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:44 PM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Subject: Fw: Draft Plea Agreement 3041 EFTA00194171
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Confidential For settlement purposes only Marie - I wanted to get this to you before I took off for nyc. I am landing at 7 and would like to speak shortly thereafter. I am still considering which of the options you suggested Sunday. In this email, I am sending you a redline of your federal resolution. I am also working on a deferred prosecution agreement because it may well be that we cannot reach agreement here. I don't think there are that many issues left open, although clearly we still need to have further discussions. I also like your suggestion from Sunday that we consider a C plea. I know that Alex would have to sign off on it and that he has not done so as of now. Regarding my schedule, I am available tonight to speak, all afternoon tomorrow (I am in fed court in nyc on another criminal matter tomorrow am), and then all day Friday. I will plan on seeing you Monday. I am confident that one of the approaches we have discussed will work out. Jay Original Message From: Jay Lefkowitz Sent: 09/19/2007 03:35 PM EDT To: Jay Lefkowitz Subject: Draft- Plea Agreement-- (See attached file: 9.19.07 Draft Plea Agreement (Clean).doc) (See attached file: 9.19.07 Draft Plea Agreement (Redlined).doc) *********************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney- client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of Kirkland & Ellis LLP or Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e- mail to nostmasterPkirkland.com, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. *********************************************************** Tracking: 3042 EFTA00194172
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