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CRIMINAL JUSTiCE Man accused of molesting girls 
Victims want secret deal 
with billionaire withdrawn 
by John Pacenti 
Lawyers for alleged sexual assauh 
victims ofbillionaire Jeffrey Epstein have 
filed a motion to get West Palm Beach 
federal prosecutors to withdraw a secret 
deal not to prosecute him. 
The filing comes as the former Palm 
Beach resident is making headlines 
in Great Britain for hobnobbing with 
Prince Edward, who got him clearance 
to land his private plane at a military 
base In 2000. 
Epstein served 13 months of an 
18-month state prison sentence for so-
liciting sex with a minor. As part of his 
deal to plead guilty to the state charge. 
the US. attorney's office 
agreed in 2007 not to 
prosecute Epstein on fed-
eral sex charges, accord-
ing to court documents 
filed Monday in federal 
civil litigation. 
The motion is an at-
tempt to kick start 2008 EnsteM 
litigation that's been on 
hold while other civil suits were resolved 
with confidential settlements on behalf 
of several underage girls who said they 
were sexually assaulted by Epstein. 
The motion filed with U.S. District 
Judge Kenneth Marra alleges prosecu-
tom violated the Crime Victims Rights 
BILLIONAIRE JEFFREY 
EPSTEIN 
Age: 
Occupation: F financier 
Homes: Palm Beach, US. Virgin Islands. 
New York 
Record: Convicted of solicitation of a 
minor 
Sentence 13 months in prison 
Act for Lpsteufs alleged victims to be 
informed about the non prosecution 
agreement reached by federal prosecu-
tors with Epstein. 
-Rather than confer with the victims 
about this nonprosexution agreement, 
however. the U.S. attorney's office and 
Jeffrey Epstein agreed to econfidential-
ity' provision in the agreement barring 
its disclosure to anyone — including 'the 
tidbits," according to the pleading. 
The motion is pan of a lawsuit filed 
against the US. government In 2008 by 
attorney Bradley J. Edwards an partner 
with Farmer Jaffe Welasing Edwards 
Vistas & Loltrman, and University of 
Utah law professor Paul G. Cassell. They 
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EPSTEIN: Billionaire has ties to England's royal family 
represent three alleged Epstein victims 
in civil actions that resulted in confklen-
tial settlements. 
The motion cites redacted e-mails be-
tween Epstein's attorney and the U.S. at-
torney's office that indicate prosecutors 
were interested in reaching an agree-
. meet that would "effectively keep the 
victims from learning what was happen-
ing through the press: Edwards wrote 
in the motion. 
Cassell said it 'stinks to high heaven" 
for the Justice Department to be so bull-
ish about prosecuting sex crimes, such 
as child pornography. and then to cut a 
'sweetheart dear with Epstein. 
"it certainly raises the suspicion 
that money and power is a way to buy 
your way out of serious felony offenses, 
Cassell said. 
The motion asks Marra for a hearing 
to determine if the Crime Victims Rights 
Act was violated and to consider 
appropriate remedies. Cassell 
said his clients want the confiden-
dal agreement to be nullified. 
The motion said Epstein mo-
lested mora_than 30 girls from 
2001 to 2007.While he had made 
Palm Beach his primary home for 
years, news reports now have him 
living in his Manhattan mansion. 
Epstein has not been able to avoid 
the spotlight since his release from jail 
in July 2009. 
ills criminal case was fictionalized 
in a scathing episode by the television 
show Law & Order Special Victims Unit 
in February. The episode ended with 
federal authorities intervening on be-
half of the fictional assailant, who was 
portrayed as a billionaire who solicited 
underage girls for massages. 
Alicia Valle, spokeswoman for U.S. 
Casale 
AttorneyWdredoFerrer,saidpros-
ecutors have made their position 
clear on the issue of the Crimes 
Victims Rights Act in Epstein's 
case. The law was not violated 
because no federal charges were 
over filed in the Southern District 
of Florida: Valle said. 
Joseph 
L. Ackernutn Jr.. 
Epstein's criminal defense attor-
ney with Fowler White Burnett in West 
Palm Beach. did not return a call for 
comment by deadline. 
Cassell said Marra could be the first 
federal judge to rule on when the act ap-
plies. 
"The government is taking the posi-
tion that because it never filed an indict-
ment, then the victims never had any 
rights. We strenuously disagree with 
that, and we hope to create good law on 
that subject.' Cassell said. 
Meanwhile, Epstein has caused an 
uproar for England's royal family. 
Prince Andrew secured permission 
for Epstein to land his private Jot on Dec. 
7. 2000: at a military, base to visit the 
Duke of York at Sandringham Palace in 
Norfolk. 
Epstein is alleged to have used his 
private fleet of planes to fly in underage 
girls from around the world for sex. 
The Daily Mall reported Queen 
Elizabeth called a meeting with her son 
at Buckingham Palace to explain his re-
lationship with Epstein. 
Sarah Ferguson. the former Duchess 
ofYork, also has been linked with Epstein. 
The Daily Mail reported flight logs show 
Epstein flew to the Bahamas in 1988 to 
meet Ferguson and her daughters, Beatrice 
and Eugenie, then ages 9 and 10. 
John Paeans' can be reacMd at (305) 
347-6638. 
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