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Rule 26(a)(1) Disclosures in Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 vs. United States. No. 09-80736 r .r.• II ' . i S/A Witness #152 Ivan Robles Lebet Johnson All people on inmate visito . • u• ! tli ii . ...: ; J. e. Pan . Stc han .sslyn - L nne DeRothchild Ro ler Shank i Dejongh u ttola Kent Anderson , lo Anderson Dianne Porteaux Whitne Ta or Redd Vonhool r ZW.T1717. , S/A Witness #105 William "Bill" Rile • • Martin Nowak Howard Rubenstein : . Bill Clinton Prince Andrew William Hammon Robert Roxbur: 6 EFTA01099874
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Rule 26(a)(1) Disclosures in Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 vs. United States, No. 09-80736 David Rogers, rrison, Alan Dershowit7. a i Reach Police, Amanda Grant 7 EFTA01099875
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Rule 26(a)(I) Disclosures in Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 vs. United States. No. 09-80736 Ir f3MCMSIRIttau oe, USAO, 500 South Australian Ave., WPB, FL 33401 • order°, PALM BEACH VICTIM SERVICES, =I I Steven Huffenber: Michael Stroll ' Tonargula, Dou las Shoettle, Records Custodian, Palm Beach Police Department Records Custodian, FBI Documents and Tangible Things that Will Be Used to Establish Claims and Defenses Correspondence between the U.S. Attorney's Office and Jeffrey Epstein's Defense Counsel Non-Prosecution Agreement (various copies) Messages taken from message pads found at Defendant's home Documents related to Jeffrey Epstein produced by Alfredo Rodriguez Jeffrey Epstein flight logs Jeffre E stein phone records phone records Jail Visitation Logs Jeffrey Epstein's probation file All probable cause affidavits related to criminal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein 8 EFTA01099876
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Rule 26(a)(1) Disclosures in Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 vs. United States. No. 09-80736 All evidence, information and documents taken or possessed by FBI related to criminal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein Plaintiffs and other victims' statements to the FBI related to criminal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein Video of Search Warrant of Jeffrey Epstein's home being executed Application for Search Warrant of Jeffrey Epstein's home All records of homes, properties, bank accounts and any and all records related to Jeffrey Epstein's assets Jeffrey Epstein's passport (or copy) Jeffrey Epstein's driver's license (or copy) List of corporations owned by Jeffrey Epstein All documents evidencing relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Jean Luc Brunel All documents evidencing relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and MC2 or any modeling agencies Affidavit and Application for Search Warrant on Jeffrey Epstein's home Tape recording or transcript of recording of conversation between Jeffrey Epstein and George Rush Notepads found in Jeffrey Epstein's home and/or during trash pulls outside of his home during criminal investigation The Palm Beach State Attorney's Criminal file against Jeffrey Epstein All documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's 6/30/08 conviction Jeffrey Epstein's criminal plea colloquy Public records from the Department of Corrections related to Jeffrey Epstein Records from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement related to Jeffrey Epstein All statements made by Jeffrey Epstein List of properties and vehicles in Larry Visoski's name All of Jeffrey Epstein's Responses to Requests for Production, Requests for Admission, Answers to Interrogatories in this matter, and cases 08-80119, 08-80232, 08-80380, 08-80381, 08-80994, 08-80811, 08-80893, 09-80469, 09-80591, 09-80656, 09-80802, 09-81092 All discovery related responses of Jeffrey Epstein in this matter and cases 08- 80119, 08-80232, 08-80380, 08-80381, 08-80994, 08-80811, 08-80893, 09- 80469, 09-80591, 09-80656, 09-80802, 09-81092 Jeffrey Epstein's Answers and Affirmative Defenses in all civil cases against him All Complaints in which Jeffrey Epstein was a plaintiff or defendant Jeffrey Epstein's Deposition testimony and discovery responses in this case and cases 08-80119, 08-80232, 08-80380, 08-80381, 08-80994, 08-80811, 08-80893, 09-80469, 09-80591, 09-80656, 09-80802, 09-81092 Jeffrey Epstein's Deposition testimony and discovery responses in State 9 EFTA01099877
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Rule 26(0(1) Disclosures in Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 vs. United States, No. 09-80736 Court cases LM v. Jeffrey Epstein, Case No. 502008CA02805IXXXXMB AB and E.W. v. Jeffrey Epstein, Case No. 502008CP003626)OOOCMB Jeffrey Epstein Deposition Testimony and discovery responses in State Court case Jeffrey Epstein v. Scott Rothstein, et al. Case No. 502009CA040800)COCKMBAG Probable Cause Affidavits . epared against Jeffrey Epstein and Audio ta.e of Photographs, videos and books taken in the search warrant of Jeffrey Epstein's home Documents related to or evidencing Jeffrey Epstein's donations to law enforcement Victim Notification Letter from US Attorney's Office to Plaintiff Palm Beach Police Department Incident Report dated 4/20/06 All reports and documentation generated by Palm Beach Police Department related to Jeffrey Epstein All Witness Statements generated by Palm Beach Police Department relating to Jeffrey Epstein Passenger Manifests of Jeffrey Epstein's aircraft and private plane flight logs Passenger lists for flights taken by Jeffrey Epstein Letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Alberto Pinto regarding house island project Jeffrey Epstein's bank statements Jeffrey Epstein's tax returns 2 emails involving communications of Jeffrey Epstein, Jeff Fuller, Pappas Suat, Jean Luc Brunel and Amanda Grant DVD of plea and colloquy taken on 6-30-08 Transcript of plea and colloquy taken on 6-30-08 Massage Table Lotions taken from Jeffrey Epstein's home during search warrant Computers taken from Jeffrey Epstein's home during search warrant Vibrators, dildos and other sex toys taken from Jeffrey Epstein's home during search warrant No Contact Orders entered against Jeffrey Epstein Criminal Score Sheet regarding Jeffrey Epstein Documents evidencing Jeffrey Epstein's Community Control and Probation Jeffrey Epstein's Sex Offender Registration Jeffrey Epstein's Booking photograph CAD calls to 358 EL BRILLO WAY, PALM BEACH FL 33480 List of Jeffrey Epstein's House contacts Documents related to Jeffre E•stein's investments Letter from Chief to 10 EFTA01099878
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Rule 26(a)(1) Disclosures in Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 vs. United States, No. 09-80736 List of planes owned by Jeffrey Epstein Letter from Guy Fronstin to Assistant State Attorney dated 1-11-06 Letter from Guy Fronstin to Assistant State Attorney dated 1-13-06 Letter from Guy Fronstin to Assistant State Attorney dated 2-17-06 Letter from Guy Fronstin to Assistant State Attorney dated 4-6-06 Letter from Guy Fronstin to Assistant State Attorney dated 4-10-06 Letter from Goldberger dated 6-22-06 All subpoenas issued to State Grand Jury Documents related to the rental of a vehicle for- Documents related toproperty searches of Jeffrey Epstein's properties Arrest Warrant of Police report regarding picking up money dated 11-28-04 Alan Dershowitz Letter dated 4-19-06 and Statute 90.410 Guy Fronstin letter dated 4-17-06 Jeffrey Epstein Account Information Jeffrey Epstein Criminal Closeout Sheet Jeffrey Epstein Polygraph Test and Results JEGE, Inc. Passenger Manifest Hyperion Air Passenger Manifest Fli: information for Passenger List Palm Beach flights 2005 Jeffrey Epstein notepad notes Pleadings of Jane Doe 1 and 2 v. US case Jeffrey Epstein 51° Amendment Speech Reiter letter to dated 5-1-06 Jail recei .ts of Je ffrey Epstein Police Report dated 11-28-04 Victim Notification letter dated 7-9-08 Police report of Juan Alessi theft at Jeffrey Epstein's home All items listed on the Palm Beach Police Property Report Lists All items taken in the execution of the search warrant of Jeffrey Epstein's home: 358 EL BRILLO WAY, PALM BEACH FL 33480 All copies of convictions related to Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Epstein criminal records All documents produced b Palm Beach Police Department prior to the deposition of Detectiv. We believe that the Government has copies or, or immediate access to, all of these materials. As you know, we received the great bulk of these items from the Government. If you require assistance in locating any of them, please let us know. 11 EFTA01099879
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Rule 26(a)(1) Disclosures in Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 vs. United States, No. 09-80736 We look forward to receive your similar disclosures as soon as possible, so that we may incorporate them in our pleadings that we will be filing in this case in reply to your response to our pending motions. Sincerely, A dBradley J. Edwards Fe ORPaul G. j Co-Counsel for Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 The views expressed in this letter are solely those of its authors. 12 EFTA01099880
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SJ. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH March 1, 2011 Wifredo A. Ferrer United States Attorney Southern District of Florida PAUL G. CASSELL Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law Re: Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 vs. United States, No. 09-80736 Dear Mr. Ferrer: We are writing to you personally on behalf of lane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 in one last effort to try and narrow our range of difference in the pending Crime Victims Rights Act case regarding Jeffrey Epstein. We make two requests: First, we are requesting that you agree to . our proposal for narrowing the range of disputes between your Office and the victims, Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2. Second, if you are unable to agree to our proposal, we request that you agree not to withhold information in your Office's possession that would support their claims under the Crime Victims Rights Act (CVRA). By way of background, as you know, we have been attempting to work with your Office for more than two-and-a-half years to reach a stipulated set for facts in this CVRA case that would avoid the need for any public battle between your Office and the victims . Indeed, we reached out to you for a personal meeting to try to avoid a fight, and you were kind enough to meet with Jane Doe #1 and her undersigned attorneys. During that meeting, we expressed our intention to go the extra mile to try and avoid any fight with your Office and to see if there was a way to fight only Jeffrey Epstein the sex offender, rather than the prosecutors who work for you. Today we had a telephone conference call with two of your attorneys, and in which they told us that we would not be receiving any cooperation rom your ice on our CVRA case and that, in short, we would have to "see you in court." We were also told that your Office was taking the position that it could, and would, withhold from the victims information in your Office's possession that would support their claims under the CVRA. After receiving approval from and. we wanted to write to you personally in one last effort to see if we can narrow our differences on these two issues and avoid a disappointing battle. Narrowing the Issues in Dispute During today's conference call, it appeared that there was some confusion from Dexter and Marie as to precisely what the victims were proposing. Our proposal is simply this: that EFTA01099881
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your Office and Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 would stipulate to a set of facts to provide context for the Court while we litigate the legal issue in dispute, that is whether the CVRA applies even though no federal charges were ultimately filed. If your Office prevails on that issue, the victims would obviously have no claim under the CVRA. The victims would then pursue their appellate rights in the Eleventh Circuit. If, however, the victims prevail on that issue, then your Office would take "no position" on the remedy sought by the victims for the violation of their rights afforded them under the Act. Your Office would essentially stand aside and agree not to take any position on the victims' request to set aside the NPA as a remedy for that violation of the victims' rights. We understood from our meeting with you in December that wanted to do what you could to help the victims in this case. Yet as we understood and today, they were taking the position that we would receive no cooperation of any sort from your Office. And we further understood from them that your Office was now going to take the position that even if the victims' congressionally-mandated rights were violated, there is simply no remedy for those violations and thus the victims should have no recourse for the violations. On behalf of our clients, we want to once again reach out and make sure that your Office wants to move to an adversarial litigation posture on these issues. We simply don't understand why your Office is now going to take a litigating position hostile to ours on issues beyond the legal question of when CVRA rights attached in this case. We appreciate that the Department has institutional concerns about the timing of CVRA rights. But we don't understand why your Office is now going to fight against the victims in their efforts seeking to overturn a NPA that by any measure is unfair. This is not simply our view —the unfairness of the NPA has now attracted comment literally throughout the world, Including serving as the basis for an unfavorable portrayal in a recent Law and Order: Special Victim Episode and a feature story yesterday in the London-based Sunday Moil. We are not asking your Office to join us in our efforts to throw out this unjust agreement. But can't your Office simply stand on the sidelines and let us make our case against Epstein. Fighting a politically well-connected billionaire is difficult enough, without having the weight of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida thrown against us too. We respectfully make one last request for you to move forward with our proposal for narrowing differences between us. Withholding Favorable Evidence If you feel that your Office must fight us in court on every possible issue, then we are respectfully writing to request that we resolve one issue outside of court: Whether your Office can withhold from the victims evidence in its ossesslon that is favorable to their CVRA case. During our conference call with and , we pointed out that if we were criminal defense attorneys representing criminals, your Office would promptly turn over to us all information in its possession that was helpful to these criminals under the Brady and Giglio decisions. We asked your Office to to th vi ims the same assistance that it would provide to criminals — i.e., we asked and to voluntarily provide to us information 2 EFTA01099882
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in your Office's possession that was helpful the victims' CVRA case. We were informed that your Office will be taking the position in Court that it can and will withhold from the victims such information, apparently on the theory that victims lack due process or other "discovery" rights under the CVRA. We believe that the position that your Office can suppress relevant evidence is legally unfounded for four reasons and, in any event, is unsound policy at odds with promises that the Attorney General has made to crime victims and to the public. With regard to the legal problems in this position, first, the CVRA promises victims of crime that they will be "treated with fairness." 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(8). The clear intent of Congress in passing this provision was to provide a substantive "due process" right to crime victims. As one of the CVRA's co-sponsors (Senator Kyl) explained, "The broad rights articulated in this section are meant to be rights themselves and are not intended to just be aspirational. One of these rights is the right to be treated with fairness. Of course, fairness includes the notion of due process. Too often victims of crime experience a secondary victimization at the hands of the criminal justice system. This provision is intended to direct Government agencies and employees, whether they are in executive or judiciary branches, to treat victims of crime with the respect they deserve." 150 CONG. M. 54269 (Apr. 22, 2004) (emphasis added). Because the CVRA extends a "due process" right to crime victims like Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2, victims have a right to fair access to evidence to prove their case. The very foundation of the Brady obligation is due process: "[T]he suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused . .. violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment." Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87 (1963). It would similarly violate due process for the prosecution to suppress evidence favorable to a crime victim where the evidence is material either to proving a CVRA violation or to the remedy for a violation. Second, entirely apart from whether the victims have a right to obtain such information, your Office has an affirmative obligation to disclose it to victims. The CVRA directly commands that "[o]fficers and employees of the Department of Justice and other departments and agencies of the United States engaged in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime shall make their best efforts to see that crime victims are notified of, and accorded, the rights described in [the CVRA)." 18 U.S.C. § 3771(c)(1) (emphasis added).' It is simply impossible for As you can see from this language, the CVRA applies not only to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida but also to the relevant office of the FBI. We are "cc'ing" a copy of this letter to the FBI so that they can be informed of our view that they should provide assistance to the victims in this matter as well, rather than join your Office in any effort to withhold evidence. We understand that your Office represents the FBI on these issues, and are happy to continue our discussions with you regarding the FBI obligations in this area. At the appropriate time, however, if we are unable to reach agreement, we would like to have this discussion with a representative of the FBI to see whether they are in accord with your position. It is our understanding that the appropriate person would be the "special agent-In-charge of the division having primary responsibility for conducting the investigation." ATTORNEY GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR VICTIM AND WITNESS ASSISTANCE 11 (May 2005). 3 EFTA01099883
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your Office to make its "best efforts" to accord victims their rights while simultaneously withholding evidence that would help them obtain those rights in court. Third, the attorneys in your Office have duties of candor to the Court that would not permit it to present evidence or testimony that is known to be false. Fla. Bar Rule 4-3.3(a)(4). Allowing the victims access to evidence favorable to their claim will insure compliance with this rule. Similarly, in an ex parte proceeding, a lawyer must inform the court of all material facts known to the lawyer that will enable the court to make an informed decision "whether or not the facts are adverse." Fla. Bar. Rule 4-3.3(d). If your Office is correct that we are not entitled to access to favorable evidence, then the proceedings involving that evidence are essentially ex parte — requiring your Office to make disclosure to the Court. Surely the more appropriate way to proceed is to simply disclose those materials in the first instance to the victims. Fourth and finally, your Office has previously taken the position that the CVRA petition filed by the victims is covered by the civil rules. If so, then the victims can serve discovery requests as in any other civil cases. The victims can likewise take depositions of witnesses who possess relevant evidence to their claims. Indeed, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A), your Office would be required to automatically produce such information. For all these reasons, it is our considered opinion that your Office does not have a legally well-founded position to withhold evidence from the victims in this case. Even if the Office did have such a position, however, we are mystified as to why your Office would want to assert such a position. Attorney General Holder has recently publicly discussed the Department's obligations regarding production of exculpatory information to criminals, explaining "We're not here to win cases, but to do justice." Attorney Genera! Holder Discusses Efforts to Improve Prosecutor Training, WALL ST. J., Apr. 30, 2010. With all respect, we submit that your Office should seek to do justice not merely for criminals, but also for the victims of those criminals. We therefore respectfully request that you simply provide this information to us as a matter of justice, avoiding the need for us to litigate this question. To avoid burdening your Office, we would be happy to provide a specific list of the information that we believe is material to the victims' CVRA case — a limited amount of information that could be swiftly located by your Office. Conclusion We frankly believe we have been very patient on this case and have gone to the extra mile to avoid an unnecessary fight with your Office. But our clients are asking us what the status of their case is, and we have an obligation to proceed diligently. Our first choice is to work something out with you. But if your Office is for some reason unwilling or unable to do that, we believe we have an overwhelming case of clear cut CVRA violations — a case that we will present to the Court. 4 EFTA01099884
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As we told and even though your Office has refused to provide any accommodations to us, we will continue to discuss with them our proposed statement of facts, with the aim of removing information that they believe is damaging to your Office and that we can leave out as unessential to our case. We hope that you will favorably consider our requests in this letter and try to find an approach that will minimize our need to become embroiled in a court dispute between crime victims and the prosecutors who aim to protect them. If we are unable to do so, our intention is to file our "summary judgment" pleadings (which we provided in their entirety to your Office as a courtesy six months ago) on March 18, 2011. Sincerely, Bradley J. dwards Paul Cassell Co-Counsel for Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 Cc: Special Agent in Charge Miami FBI Field Office The views expressed in this letter are solely those of its authors. 5 EFTA01099885
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U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida WIFREDO A. FERRER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY Paul G. Cassell Professor of Law Quinney College of Law University of Utah RE: Letter of March 1, 2011 Jane Does 1 and 2 v. United States Dear Mr. Cassell: 99 N.F.. 4 Street Wong FL 33132 March 15, 2011 As you have recognized in your letter of March 1, 2011, the Department of Justice has a variety of institutional concerns regarding the interpretations of the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) that you are advocating on behalf of your clients. While we have no desire to be involved in any litigation with your clients or to be in any position adverse to them, the positions that you are advocating on behalf of your clients have far-reaching implications that were never intended by the CVRA and that extend beyond the above-referenced matter and the interests of both your clients and Jeffrey Epstein. In fact, requiring victim consultation and involvement before everyday prosecutorial decisions can be made not to pursue federal investigations, not to file federal criminal charges on specific allegations, or to divert a matter/allegations to state and local authorities would bring federal prosecutorial functions to a virtual halt and would exhaust prosecutorial resources in all sorts of cases all across the country. The pre-charge victim consultation and involvement that you advocate are simply unworkable. Moreover, your positions are contrary to the Department of Justice's interpretation of the CVRA and are unsupported by the pertinent statutory provisions. Nonetheless, as this Office has repeatedly attempted to make clear, we remain willing to cooperate with you, your clients, and other victims of Mr. Epstein's offenses. We have provided such cooperation in the past, and we will continue to do so. As you must surely understand, and as I mentioned to you and your client when we met this past December, the government simply cannot take legal positions in a spirit of cooperation that are contrary to law or that would hamper the government's prosecutorial ability to serve its citizenry, even if such positions would help accommodate certain individual crime victims in a particular matter. Because, as a matter of law, the CVRA is inapplicable to this matter in which no federal criminal charges were ever filed, your requests for the government's agreement on a set of proposed EFTA01099886
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Letter to Paul G. Cassell Jane Does / and 2 v. United States March 15, 2011 Page 2 of 2 stipulated facts is unnecessary and premature. That is, because whether the rights in 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a) attach prior to the filing of a charge in a federal court is a matter of statutory interpretation, resolution of that question is not dependent upon the existence of any certain set of facts, other than whether a charging document was ever filed against Jeffrey Epstein in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. And while this Office remains willing to cooperate, cooperation does not mean agreeing to facts that are not relevant to the resolution of the legal dispute at issue, or failing to defend a prerogative that has been entrusted, as a matter of law, solely to the Executive Branch. With respect to your requests concerning information in the government's possession, we are fully aware of our legal and ethical obligations, have complied with those obligations, and will continue to do so in the future. But, contrary to your contentions, the law does not grant either you or your clients any right to discovery or unfettered access to information in the possession of the government, whether under the CVRA, the due process clause, or any other authority. Nonetheless, we remain willing to cooperate with you and your clients with any proper request for information, just as we would with any other person making such a request. Your request that the government not defend the government's non-prosecution agreement with Mr. Epstein is also something to which we simply cannot accede. Although that non- prosecution agreement preceded my tenure as United States Attorney, this Office is legally bound to abide by that agreement and cannot legally or constitutionally engage in any action, direct or indirect, that seeks to undermine or circumvent that agreement and its terms, regardless of those contentions set forth in your March I, 2011 letter that the non-prosecution agreement was unwise or unjust. I recognize that the government's position in this matter is not what you and your clients would have desired. Be assured that this is not because the government and the members of this Office do not sympathize with the victims of Mr. Epstein's offenses or understand their concerns. Nonetheless, as I have tried to explain in a brief, summary fashion, deep-seated prosecutorial concerns and constitutional obligations that we are obliged to satisfy must guide the government's actions in these matters. If you have any questions concerning any of the legiletails regard, overnment's position on these matters, please contact AUSAs and Anne , who continue handling this matter on behalf of the United States and who have my complete confidence. 111 1 11111. WIF O A. FERRER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY EFTA01099887
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LAW OFFICE a -kat/elite alitea • AND ASSOCIATES October 9, 2008 AUSA United States Attorney's Office Re: Jane Doe # and Jane Doe #2 v. United States of America Case No.: 08-80736-CIV-MARRADOHNSON Dear Mr. E: I am writing to call to your attention two potentially false statements that the Government made, albeit inadvertently, in a sworn declaration submitted to the Court in connection with the above-captioned case. I request that your office file a corrected declaration and accompanying explanation. The first statement is found at page 3 to 4 of the July 9 th, 2008 declaration of . There a provision in a plea agreement with Mr. Jeffrey Epstein is recounted. As we understand the Government's current position in this case, it is that this provision is not in fact part of the plea agreement in this case. If our understanding is correct, then Ms. Villafaita has filed a false affidavit with the court, albeit inadvertently. We respectfully request that she file a new affidavit that corrects this false information, along with all other information relevant to understanding how the false information came to be provided to the court — and to the victims in this case. This correction should, in my view, include more details about how Epstein and his attorneys approved a submission of false information to the victims as you stated on Page 5, n.2 in your October 8, 2008 filing "Respondent's Opposition to Victims' Motion to Unseal Non- Prosecution Agreement" — presumably knowing that litigation surrounding the victims' rights issues was on-going and that such false information might be ultimately presented to the court. Such information is highly relevant to what remedy the victims might ultimately choose to seek for violations of their rights in this case. The second statement may or may not be false, but may need some clarification. At page 4 of Ms. declaration, she states that "[i]n October 2007, shortly after the agreement was signed, four victims [including C.W.] were contacted and these provisions were discussed' (emphasis added). Similarly at page 5, the declaration states: "After C.W. had been notified of the terms of the agreement ....." (emphasis added). I write to inquire whether, in view of the fact that the provision noted above is not in fact (according to the Government's current view) part of the_ plea agreement, whether this was the provision that the gevemmentLipaccuratelyldiscussed with the victims. Put another way, I am wondering whether the Government will now stipulate that it, at most, discussed with the victims a provision in the plea agreement that never was actually part of the plea agreement. EFTA01099888
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AUSA United States Attorney's Office October 9, 2008 Page Two I continue to be interested in working out a joint stipulation of proposed facts in this case with the Government. If you would like to proceed in that direction, please give me a call. If, however, the Government is not willing to work out a joint stipulation of facts, then I need to have the record be as clear as possible, and at a minimum would request that the Government correct the inaccurate information it has provided to the court and clarify precisely how such inaccurate information came to be made a part of the record and the extent to which Mr. Epstein, through his attorneys, was culpable. Sincerely, BE/sg Brad Edwards 2028 HARRISON STRERT,SUITE 202, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 33020 EFTA01099889
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Er COLLEG.E Cif- LAW THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Wifredo A. Ferrer United States Attorney Southern District of Florida PAUL C. CASSELL Ronald N. Royce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law September 29, 2011 Re: Follow-up on leffrey Epstein Dear Mr. Ferrer: As you know, Brad Edwards and I represent Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 in their efforts to protect their rights under the Crime Victims' Rights Act. You were nice enough to meet with Jane Doe #1 in December 2010 on that case, and we appreciate that At the conclusion of that meeting, I also provided you with a letter presenting my grave concerns about possible improper influences being brought to bear on your Office during its negotiation of the Jeffrey Epstein non-prosecution agreement (For your convenience, I attach a copy of that letter.) It was my understanding that you deemed my allegations serious enough to forward my letter to the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) for further investigation, and it was my impression that OPR was going to look into the allegations raised in my letter. I must say that I was surprised to receive a letter five months later from OPR indicating that my concerns were not being investigated. On May 6, 2011, OPR stated that it was their policy "to refrain from investigating issues or allegations that were, are being, or could have been addressed in the court of litigation, unless a court has made a specific finding of misconduct by a DOJ attorney ... or there are present other circumstances." OPR stated that my allegations fell into the category of allegations that were being litigated because Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 were raising these issues in their CVRA case. Accordingly, OPR indicated it was not going to review the allegations that I presented. I am writing now to request the opportunity to meet with you further and to pass along additional information in support of my concerns. I wanted to follow up with you to make sure that someone was looking into my allegations about improper influences affecting your Office's decision to accord Jeffrey Epstein an extraordinarily lenient plea. It may well be that OPR has some policy precluding an investigation. But will your Office then investigate these issues? I am also writing to alert you to additional information that continues to lead me to believe that something was rotten with the way this case was handled. 1 www.law.utah.edu • Main Office (801) 581-6833 • Facsimile (801) 581-6897 332 South 1400 East, Room 101 • Salt Lake City. Utah 84132-0730 EFTA01099890
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As you may know, was a senior prosecutor and supervisor in your Office when the non-prosecution agreement with Jeffrey Epstein was approved. It is our impression that he was directly involved in supervising the Epstein investigation as the former Chief of the Criminal Division of your Office. It has been our understanding for quite some time that he frequently corresponded with Epstein's attorneys, especially Lily Ann Sanchez, during the plea discussions, and it is our understanding that he left your Office around the time the non-prosecution agreement was signed. Our private investigator has recently learned that left your office to work at a New York law firm representing white collar criminals. He also learned that - quite expensive apartment in New York City is located in close proximity to real estate properties (specifically condos) owned by Jeffrey Epstein. The location of Menchel's apartment, his role during the Epstein negotiations and his departure immediately after the NPA was signed, leads us to believe that and Epstein may have had a business or other relationship either during or after time in the Office. If that is the case, then we would appreciate you providing the information that you have in that regard voluntarily, as opposed to us having to conduct formal discovery to get it. As you also know, Judge Marra has recently ordered discovery to proceed in this case. We obviously would like for that process to go as smoothly as possible and want to avoid becoming involved in true adversary litigation with your Office. On behalf of our clients, we just want to get to the bottom of this, and we feel safe in assuming that you do too at this point. For all these reasons, I am writing to request another chance to meet with you about our concerns and about making the discovery process go smoothly. Thank you in advance for considering this request. I would be happy to provide any other additional information that would be useful to you. Sincere) Pau G. asse cc: Assistant U.S. Attorney cc: Assistant U.S. Attorney 2 EFTA01099891
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1. A 11' I I C. 1•: • acadedeteaiea(t • AND ASSOCIATES July 17, 2008 MME , AUSA United States Attorney's Office 500 South Australian Avenue West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 Re: Proposed Stipulated Facts for In Re Jane Doe Dear Ms. Thank you for your recent proposed stipulation of facts in this case. I believe that we have considerable common ground. At the same time, however, it appears to me that a few areas of potential disagreement are arising. In view of that, and to avoid any misunderstandings, I thought it might be useful to send a short letter outlining several requests and issues for resolution before I send you back my proposed stipulated facts. 1. I am working with two other attorneys on this case — Jay Howell in Jacksonville, Florida, and Professor Paul Cassell in Salt Lake City, Utah. Because they were not in court for the hearing last Friday, they will need to review a transcript of the hearing before our legal team can agree to any stipulated facts. I have requested a transcript, but the preparation of it will apparently take several weeks. Do you have any way of expediting the preparation of the transcript by requesting it yourself? Also, as you know, my clients are indigent. As part of the Government's responsibility to use its "best efforts to see that crime victims are . . . accorded[] the rights" in the CVRA, 18 U.S.C. § 3771(cX1), I was wondering whether the Government would'be willing to pay for the transcript. 2. Your proposed stipulation indicates that in September 2007 the U.S. Attorney's Office reached an agreement with Epstein to resolve the case, which was then modified in October and December of that year. While this seems plausible, to stipulate to the facts, I would obviously need to see copies of those three agreements. Moreover, because the circumstances surrounding the initial agreement and its later modification are now the subject of litigation, my client is entitled to see them. See 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(8) (victim's right to "be treated with fairness"). In addition, your proposed stipulation states that: "On July 9, 2008, AUSA sent a victim notification to Jane Doe 41 via her attorney, Bradley Edwards, which is attached as Exhibit 6 to the Villafafia Declaration. That notification contains a written explanation of the full terms of the agreement between Epstein and the U.S. Attorney's Office." I am puzzled by this proposed stipulation, as your July 9 letter explicitly noted that it was covering only some of the provisions in the agreement. Perhaps the fact that I have not yet received the agreement is all just an oversight on your part, and you had intended to give me the "full terms" of the plea agreement that was ultimately reached. In any event, the simplest way to proceed at this point is for the plea agreement — and the earlier versions -- to be provided to me so that I can review 2028 HARRISON STREET,SUITE 202, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 33020 - - • . . . . - . • EFTA01099892
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AUSA United States Attorney's Office Page 2 them with my clients. Of course, no possible harm to the Government can come from the release of the documents, as this criminal matter is now concluded — at least from the Government's perspective. 3. I am wondering about your position on the confidentiality provision in the agreement. As I understand things from your proposed stipulation, in September 2007 you "reached" an agreement with Epstein's attorneys that "contained an express confidentiality provision." Are you taking the position that this "express" provision barred disclosure of the substance of the agreement to my clients? And, if so, would you stipulate that the FBI agents and your office complied with the provision up through June 30 when, I assume, the confidential provision expired as Epstein entered his guilty plea in open court? 4. Your proposed stipulation indicates: On October 26, 2007, Special Agents and met in person with Jane Doe #1. The Special Agents explained t t e investigation had been resolved, that Epstein would plead guilty to state charges, he would be required to register as a sex offender for life, and he had made certain concessions related to the payment of damages to the victims, including Jane Doe #1. During this meeting, Jane Doe #1 did not raise any objections to the resolution of the matter. From the drafting of this proposed stipulation, it appears that you may be working from a Report of Interview with my client (i.e., an FBI 302). My client has a differing recollection of some aspects of that meeting. Of course, she did not take notes of the meeting. Therefore, I ask that you provide me (the relevant parts of) any report of this meeting as well as reports of any other meetings relevant to the matters at hand. I believe that my client is entitled to a copy of (the relevant parts of) the reports of interviews with her. Of course, a criminal defendant would be entitled to such documents. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(a)(1)(A) & (B). As an innocent victim in this matter, my client should be treated with at least the same consideration. See 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(8) (victim's right to "be treated with fairness"). 5. I am hoping that the Special Agents' and my client's recollections about one point of the October 26th meeting coincides: that she was never told that the agreement blocked all federal prosecution for the crimes at hand. Is a stipulation on that point agreeable? 2028 HARRISON STRRET,SUITE 202, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 33020 EFTA01099893