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JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE'Victims say they were kept out or toup 
ATTORNEYS FIGHT TO KEEP 
PLEA DISCUSSIONS PRIVATE 
PALM SEACkl POST 
Miami attorney Roy Black and two other lawyers who 
represented sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have filed a 
motion to intercede in a lawsuit seeking to nix the one. 
time Palm Beach billionaire's nonprosecution agree-
ment WM the federal government 
rok:enPaces% Daft. Ti wee attorneys who mpresented sex 
offender Jeffrey Epstein have Med a motion to intercede in a 
lawsuit seeking to nix the one-time Palm Beach billionaire's 
nonprosecution agreement with the federal government. 
Epstein, who 
served a 13-month 
sentence after 
agreeing to plead 
to a state charge of 
soliciting sex with a 
minor, was accused 
of molesting dozens of tuideragegirls from 2001 to 2007. 
The new pleading seeks a protective order to keep e-mails 
and other correspondence between Epstein's attorneys and 
the U.S, attorney's office out of the hands of two alleged vic-
tims who brought the suit. 
His attorneys object to turtling anything over. They say the 
sanctity otptea negotiations is critical to the eximinaljustice 
system, and they need to be assured plea talks with prosecu-
tors do not end up as evidence in civil lawsuits. 
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JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE Victims say they were kept out of loop 
ATTORNEYS FIGHTTO KEEP 
PLEA DISCOURSE PRIVATE 
Miami attorney Roy Black and two other high-
profile attorneys who represented billionaire sex 
offender Jeffrey Epstein have asked a federal judge 
to prohibit two alleged vic-
tims from obtaining cor-
' respondence between the 
defense team and federal 
- prosecutors who ham-
mered out a nonprosecu-
tion agreement. 
The two women identi-
fied in court papers only 
as Jane Doe 1 and Jane 
Doe 2 say the agreement 
should be invalidated be-
cause they were not ad-
equately informed of the 
plan not to file federal 
charges against Epstein. 
Tice 
defense 
attor-
neys' motion to intervene 
states the sanctity of plea 
talks would be under-
mined 
If U.S. District 
Judge Kenneth Marra in 
West Palm Beach allows 
the correspondence to be 
used in the third-party 
civil action brought by the Miami attom-y Roy Black and 
alleged victims. 
release of the plea discussions 
New York litigator Jay effect" on future talks with the 
Lefkowitz and 
Boston 
criminal defense attorney Martin a Weinberg joined 
Black in the motion filed April 7. 
The fight over the records comes amid claims that 
the defense strong-armed prosecutors into a cushy 
deal for Epstein. 
'The release of these letters and the precedent it 
would establish would have a severe chilling effect 
on the lawyers' ability to engage in candid settlement 
discussions with the government in future cases," the 
13-page motion reads. "Indeed, to the extent such 
written correspondence is deemed discoverable by 
third parties. criminal defense attorneys and the gov-
ernment's lawyers alike would lose the ability to no-
foliate such agreements.-
The alleged victims maintain evidence shows 
Epstein molested more than 30 lads from 2001 to 
2007, luring them to his Palm Beach mansion on the 
pretext of giving him a massage. 
As part of the nonprosecution agreement, he 
pleaded guilty to a state 
charge of soliciting sex 
with a minor and served 
13 months of an 18-month 
sentence. lie resurfaced 
recently in New York and 
has become the subject of 
news reports about social-
izing with Britain's Prince 
Andrew. 
PERSONAL INQUIRY 
The women say the 
nonprosecution 
agree-
ment should be scuttled 
and Epstein should be 
open to federal charges 
because they were not ad-
equately consulted as re-
quired under the Crimps 
Victims Rights Act. They 
seek disclosure of all cor-
respondence 
between 
Epstein's attorneys and 
Poot PI4°11D the government, claiming 
two other attorneys said the 
it would show prosecutors 
would have a "severe chilling failed to meet their obb-
goverement. 
gation to keep them and 
other victims informed. 
The U.S. attorney's office argued in a 54-page re-
sponse April 8 to the women's lawsuit that the law 
does not apply because no federal charges were filed 
against the financier, only a state charge. 
The women were denied access to the loners in 
their civil lawsuit against Epstein, which was settled. 
The motion by Black, Lefkowitz and Weinberg said 
there is "no doubt" the women aim to disseminate 
the material to news outlets. They urge Marra to 
"decline the invitation to fuel the media campaign 
against Mr. Epstein." 
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