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. Case• 9:09-cv-80591-KAM Document 9 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/01/2009 Page 13 of 22 COUNT FOUR (Cause of Action for Transport of Visual Depiction of Minor Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct pursuant to 18 U.S.C. & 2255 in Violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(1)) 37. Plaintiff, Jane Doe No. 101, hereby adopts, repeats, real leges, and incorporates by reference the allegations contained in paragraphs I through 24 above. 38. Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, upon information and belief, knowingly mailed, transported, shipped, or sent via computer and/or facsimile in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce at least one visual depiction of the minor Plaintiff engaging in sexually explicit conduct in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)( I). As previously stated in paragraphs 14, 16, and 34, upon information and belief, Defendant displayed a myriad of nude photographs of underage girls throughout his homes in New York City, Palm Beach, Santa Fe, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Upon information and belief, many of the photographs in the possession of Defendant were taken with hidden cameras set up throughout his home in Palm Beach. On the day of his arrest, police found two hidden cameras and photographs of underage girls on a computer in Defendant's home. Upon information and belief, Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, may have taken lewd photographs of Plaintiff, Jane Doe No. 101, with his hidden cameras and may have transported lewd photographs of Plaintiff (among many other victims) to his other residences and elsewhere using a facility or means of interstate and/or foreign commerce. Upon information and belief, one or more sexually explicit photographs of Plaintiff that were taken when she was a minor were confiscated by the Palm Beach Police Department during its execution of a search warrant of Defendant's Palm Beach mansion on October 20, 2005. Upon information and belief, those photographs are still in the custody of law enforcement. 39. As previously stated in paragraph 22, any assertions by Defendant that he was unaware of the age of the then minor Plaintiff are belied by his actions and rendered irrelevant by the provision of applicable federal and state statutes concerning the sexual exploitation and abuse 13 EFTA00175454
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Case,9:09-cv-80591-KAM Document 9 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/01/2009 Page 15 of 22 COUNT FIVE (Cause of Action for Transport of Child Pornography pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 4 2255 in Violation of 18 U.S.C. 4 2252A(a)(1)) 42. Plaintiff, Jane Doe No. 101, hereby adopts, repeats, realleges, and incorporates by reference the allegations contained in paragraphs I through 24 above. 43. Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, knowingly mailed, transported, shipped, or sent via computer or facsimile in or affecting interstate and/or foreign commerce child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(1). As previously stated in paragraph 16, Defendant displayed a myriad of nude photographs of underage girls throughout his homes, including his homes in New York City, Palm Beach, Santa Fe, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Upon information and belief, many of the photographs in the possession of Defendant were taken with hidden cameras set up throughout his home in Palm Beach. On the day of his arrest, police found two hidden cameras and nude photographs of underage girls on a computer in Defendant's home. Upon information and belief, Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, may have taken lewd photographs of Plaintiff, Jane Doc No. 101, with his hidden cameras and may have transported lewd photographs of Plaintiff (among many other victims) to his other residences and elsewhere using a facility or means of interstate and/or foreign commerce. Upon information and belief, one or more nude photographs of Plaintiff that were taken when she was a minor were confiscated by the Palm Beach Police Department during its execution of a search warrant of Defendant's Palm Beach mansion on October 20, 2005. Upon information and belief, those photographs are still in the custody of law enforcement. 44. As previously stated in paragraph 22, any assertions by Defendant that he was unaware of the age of the then minor Plaintiff are belied by his actions and rendered irrelevant by the provision of applicable federal and state statutes concerning the sexual exploitation and abuse of a minor child. Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, at all times material to this cause of action, knew 15 EFTA00175455
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Cae 9:09-cv-80591-KAM Document 9 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/01/2009 Page 17 of 22 COUNT SIX (Cause of Action for Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2255 in Violation of 18 U.S.C. S 2252Men 47. Plaintiff, Janc Doe No. 101, hereby adopts, repeats, realleges, and incorporates by reference the allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 24 above and Counts One through Five. 48. Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, knowingly engaged in a child exploitation enterprise, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g)(2), in violation of 18 USC § 2252A(g)(1). As more fully above, Defendant engaged in actions that constitute countless violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1591 (sex trafficking of children), Chapter 110 (sexual exploitation of children in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251, 2252(a)(1), and 2252(A)(a)(I)), and Chapter 117 (transportation for illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422, and 2423). As more fully set forth above in paragraphs 9 through 19, Defendant's actions involved countless victims and countless separate incidents of abuse, and he committed those offenses against minors in concert with at least three other persons. 49. Plaintiff, Jane Doe No. 101, was a victim of one or more offenses enumerated in 18 U.S.C. § 2255, and, as such, asserts a cause of action against Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, pursuant to this Section of the United States Code. 50. As a direct and proximate result of the offenses enumerated in 18 U.S.C. § 2255 being committed against the then minor Plaintiff by Defendant, Plaintiff has in the past suffered, and will in the future continue to suffer, physical injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, psychological and/or psychiatric trauma, mental anguish, humiliation, confusion, embarrassment, loss of educational opportunities, loss of self-esteem, loss of dignity, invasion of her privacy, and other damages associated with Defendant's manipulating and leading her into a perverse and unhealthy way of life. The then minor Plaintiff incurred medical and psychological expenses, 17 EFTA00175456
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Case 9:09-cv-80591-KAM Document 9 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/01/2009 Page 19 of 22 DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL Plaintiff demands to have her case tried before a jury. s/Katherine W. Ezell Robert Josefsberg, Bar No. 040856 Katherine W. Ezell, Bar No. 114771 Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 West Flagler Street, Suite 800 Miami Florida 33130 fax Attorneys for Plaintiff 19 EFTA00175457
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' Cede 19:09-cv-80591-KAM Document 9 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/01/2009 Page 21 of 22 SERVICE LIST JANE DOE NO. 101 v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN Case No. 08-CV-80591-MARRA/JOHNSON United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Robert Critton, Esq. Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP 515 North Flagler Drive, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Jack Goldberger, Esq. Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A. 250 Australian Avenue South, Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Bruce E. Reinhart, Esq. Bruce E. Reinhart, P.A. 250 South Australian Avenue, Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone: Fax: Co-counsel for Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein Jack Scarola, Esq. Jack P. Hill, Esq. Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard West Palm Beach, Florida 33409 Phone: Fax: [email protected] inh@searcvlaw,com Counsel for Plaintiff... Adam Horowitz, Esq. Stuart Mermelstein, Esq. Herman & Mermelstein 18205 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 2218 Miami, FL 33160 21 EFTA00175458
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Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 151 Entered on FLED Docket 06/10/2009 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JANE DOE NO. 2, Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 3, Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 4, Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 5, Plaintiff, Vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. CASE NO.: 08-CV-80119-MARRA/JOHNSON CASE NO.: 08-CV-80232-MARRA/JOHNSON CASE NO.: 08-CV-80380-MARRA/JOHNSON CASE NO.: 08-CV-8038I-MARRA/JOHNSON EFTA00175459
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Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 151 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/10/2009 Page 2 of 11 Doe 101 v. Epstein Page 2 CASE NO.: 08-80994.CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON JANE DOE NO. 6, Plaintiff, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. CASE NO.: 08.80993-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON JANE DOE NO. 7, Plaintiff, JBM-/REY EPSTEIN Defendant. CASE NO.: 08-80811-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, JEFFREY EPSTEIN Defendant. JANE DOE, CASE NO.: 08-80893-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, JEFFREY EPSTEIN et al, Defendants. DOE II, CASE NO.: 09-80469-CIV-MARRA-JOHNSON Plaintiff, JEFFREY EPSTEIN et al, Defendants. EFTA00175460
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• Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM
Document 151
Entered on FLSD Docket 06/10/2009
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Doe 101 v. Epstein
Page 3
JANE DOE NO. 101,
Plaintiff,
JEFFREY EPSTEIN
Defendant.
JANE DOE NO. 102,
Plaintiff,
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant.
CASE NO.: 09-80591-CIV-MARRA-JOHNSON
CASE NO.: 09-80656-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON
DEFENDANT JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS JANE DOE NOS.
101 and 102's MOTION FOR AN ORDER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
EVIDENCE & INCORPORATED MEMORANDUM OF LAW (dated 5/26/09, DE 114)
Defendant, JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
("EPSTEIN"), by and through his undersigned
attorneys responds to the Plaintiffs' Jane Doe No. 101 and Jane Doe No. 102 ("Plaintiffs")
Motion For And Order For The Preservation Of Evidence And Incorporated Memorandum Of
Law, [DE 114], and states:
1.
Plaintiffs once again mislead and mischaracterize the criminal counts to which
EPSTEIN pled guilty. Contrary to Plaintiffs' representations in 111 of their motion and in their
memorandum of law, EPSTEIN pled guilty to one count of felony solicitation (which was not
related to a minor), under §796.07(2)(f), Fla.Stat., and one count of procuring a minor for
prostitution under §796.03, Fla. Stat. Plaintiffs' reference to the "pleas of 'guilty' ... to various
Florida state crimes involving the solicitation of minors for the prostitution and procurement of
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Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 151 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/10/2009 Page 4 of 11 Doe 101 v. Epstein Page 4 minors for the purposes of prostitution" mischaracterizes the specific counts to which EPSTEIN pled guilty. 2. As to Plaintiffs' allegations in 11 2 and 3, many of the Plaintiffs' allegations are without any factual basis and know such assertions to be false and untrue. 3. Defendant agrees with Plaintiff's assertion that the Palm Beach Police Department (PBPD) executed a search warrant at EPSTEIN's Palm Beach mansion on October 25, 2005. See 14 Plaintiffs' motion. 4. Defendant's attorneys have no objection to an order to preserve evidence similar to the one entered in the case of Doe v. Epstein, et al, Case No. 08-80804-CIV- MARRA/JOHNSON, (DE 20], and attached hereto as Exhibit A. EPSTEIN's attorneys are unaware of any items referenced in Plaintiffs' motion, ¶5-6, having been returned to EPSTEIN or his attorneys, but will agree to a preservation of such items to the extent such items exist. 5. As to 17 of Plaintiffs' motion, EPSTEIN and his attorneys have no objection to the referenced authorities, (PBPD, FBI, USAO, and PBSAO), preserving items to the extent such items even exist, in a manner that said authorities deem appropriate. 6. As to ¶q8, 9, and 10 of Plaintiffs' motion re: documents, Defendant has asserted in other matters and asserts here, specific legal objections as well as his U.S. constitutional privileges, as follows: My attorneys have counseled me that at the present time I cannot select, authenticate, and produce documents relevant to this lawsuit and I must accept this advice or risk losing my Sixth Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments as guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Drawing an adverse inference under these circumstances would EFTA00175462
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Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 151 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/10/2009 Page 5 of 11 Doe 101 v. Epstein Page 5 unconstitutionally burden my exercise of my constitutional rights, would be unreasonable, and would therefore violate the Constitution. In addition to and without waiving his constitutional privileges, the information sought is privileged and confidential, and inadmissible pursuant to the terms of the deferred prosecution agreement, Fed. Rule of Evidence 410 and 408, and §90.410, Fla. Stat. Further Defendants objects as the request to preserve evidence is overly broad and includes information that is neither relevant to the subject matter of the pending action nor does it appear to be reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. 7. Responding to the grossly overly broad list and categories of documents and items alleged in Plaintiff's motion (j8-10) involves a testimonial component. The Fifth Amendment Privilege extends to the act of production where, as here, it involves a self-incriminating testimonial communication or "a compelled testimonial aspect." United States v, Hubbell, 530 U.S. 27, 120 S.Ct. 2037 (2000)• Fisher v. United States, 425 U.S. 391 (1976); McCormick on Evidence, Title 6, Chap. 13. The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, §138 (6th Ed.). See also Malloy v. Hogan, 84 S.Ct. 1489, 1495 (1964)(the Fifth Amendment's Self-Incrimination Clause applies to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment - "Mt would be incongruous to have different standards determine the validity of a claim of privilege based on the same feared prosecution, depending on whether the claim was asserted in state or federal court.")• Hoffman v. U.S., 71 S.Ct. 814, 818 (1951), and progeny). The Fifth Amendment Privilege may be invoked in a civil action where a litigant or witness is being asked to provide information or respond to a question that may incriminate him in a crime. See generally, DeLisi v. Bankers Ins. Company, 436 So.2d 1099 (Fla. 4h DCA 1983). The privilege against self-incrimination may be asserted during discovery when a litigant EFTA00175463
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'Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 151 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/10/2009 Page 6 of 11 Doe 101 v. Epstein Page 6 has "reasonable grounds to believe that the response would furnish a link in the chain of evidence needed to prove a crime against a litigant." A witness, including a civil defendant, is entitled to invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege whenever there is a realistic possibility that the answer to a question could be used in anyway to convict the witness of a crime or could aid in the development of other incriminating evidence that can be used at trial. Id; Pillsbury Company v. Conboy, 495 U.S. 248, 103 S.Ct. 608 (1983). The United States Supreme Court has made clear that the scope of the Fifth Amendment Privilege includes the circumstances as here "the act of producing documents in response to a subpoena (or production request) has a compelled testimonial aspect." United States v, Hubbell, 530 U.S. 27, 36, 120 S.Ct. 2037, 2043 (2000). In explaining the application of the privilege, the Supreme Court stated: We have held that "the act of production" itself may implicitly communicate "statements of fact." By "producing documents in compliance with a subpoena, the witness would admit that the papers existed, were in his possession or control, and were authentic."all2 Moreover, as was true in this case, when the custodian of documents responds to a subpoena, he may be compelled to take the witness stand and answer questions designed to determine whether he has produced everything demanded by the subpoena. al2g The answers to those questions, as well as the act of production itself, may certainly communicate information about the existence, custody, and authenticity of the documents. Whether the constitutional privilege protects the answers to such questions, or protects the act of production itself, is a question that is distinct from the question whether the unprotected contents of the documents themselves are incriminating. FN19. "The issue presented in those cases was whether the act of producing subpoenaed documents, not itself the making of a statement, might nonetheless have some protected testimonial aspects. The Court concluded that the act of production could constitute protected testimonial communication because it might entail implicit statements of fact: by producing documents in compliance with a subpoena, the witness would admit that the papers existed, were in his possession or control, and were authentic. United States v. Doe. 465 U.S.. at 613. and n. 11, 104 S.Ct. 1237., Fisher, 425 U.S.. at 409-410. 96 S.Ct. 1569., id. at 428. 432. 96 S.Ct. 1569 (concurring opinions). See Braswell v. United States. 1487 U.S.,1 at EFTA00175464
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• Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 151 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/10/2009 Page 7 of 11 Doe 101 v. Epstein Page 7 104 108 S.Ct. 2284, J. id.1 at 122, 108 S.Q. 2284 (dissenting opinion). Thus, the Court made clear that the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination applies to acts that imply assertions of fact."... An examination of the Court's application of these principles in other cases indicates the Court's recognition that, in order to be testimonial, an accused's communication must itself, explicitly or implicitly, relate a factual assertion or disclose information. Only then is a person compelled to be a 'witness' against himself." Poe v. United States. 487 U.S., at 209-210, 108 S.Ct. 2341. (footnote omitted). FN20. See App. 62-70. Thus, for example, after respondent had been duly sworn by the grand jury foreman, the prosecutor called his attention to paragraph A of the Subpoena Rider (reproduced in the Appendix, infra, at 2048-2049) and asked whether he had produced "all those documents." App. 65. Finally, the phrase "in any criminal case" in the text of the Fifth Amendment might have been read to limit its coverage to compelled testimony that is used against the defendant in the trial itself. It has, however, long been settled that its protection encompasses compelled statements that lead to the discovery of incriminating evidence even though the statements themselves are not incriminating and are not introduced into evidence. Thus, a half century ago we held that a trial judge had erroneously rejected a defendant's claim of privilege on the ground that his answer to the pending question would not itself constitute evidence of the charged offense. As we explained: "The privilege afforded not only extends to answers that would in themselves support a conviction under a federal criminal statute but likewise embraces those which would furnish a link in the chain of evidence needed to prosecute the claimant for a federal crime." Hoffman v. United States. 341 U.S. 479, 486, 71 S.Ct. 814, 95 L.Ed. 1118 (1951). Compelled testimony that communicates information that may "lead to incriminating evidence" is privileged even if the information itself is not inculpatory. Doe v. United States, 487 U.S. 201, 208, n. 6. 108 5.O, 2341, 101 L.Ed.2d 184 (1988). It's the Fifth Amendment's protection against the prosecutor's use of incriminating information derived directly or indirectly from the compelled testimony of the respondent that is of primary relevance in this case. In summarizing its holding regarding the application of the Fifth Amendment Privilege to a production request, the Hubbell Court left "no doubt that the constitutional privilege against self incrimination protects" not only "the target of a grand jury investigation from being compelled to answer questions designed to elicit information about the existence of sources of EFTA00175465
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Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 151 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/10/2009 Page 8 of 11 Doe 101 v. Epstein Page 8 potentially incriminating evidence," but the privilege also "has the same application to the testimonial aspect of a response to a subpoena seeking discovery of those sources." At 43, and 2047. Here, Plaintiffs' motion to preserve evidence by listing a large inventory of items is in reality no different that propounding a discovery request upon Defendant, and thus, Defendant is afforded the protection of the Constitutional privileges asserted herein. 8. As stated above, Defendant and Defendant's attorneys have no objection to the entry of an order similar to Exhibit A hereto. WHEREFORE, Defendant requests that the Court enter an order similar to that as entered in Exhibit A hereto. Certificate of Service I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true copy of the foregoing was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using CMJECF. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served this day on all counsel of record identified on the following Service List in the manner specified by CMIECF on this tday of June , 2009 EFTA00175466
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'Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 151 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/10/2009 Page 9 of 11 Doe 101 v. Epstein Page 9 Respectful! By: ROBERT D. R1TTON, JR., ESQ. Florida Bar o. 224162 ESQ. Florida Bar #617296 BUI 1E,N1, LUTHER & COLEMAN 515 N. Hagler Drive, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone Fax (Course or D efendant Jeffrey Epstein) EFTA00175467
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Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 151 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/10/2009 Page 10 of 11 Doe 101 v. Epstein Page 10 Certificate of Service Jane Doe No. 2 v. Jeffrey Epstein Case No. 08-CV-80119-MARRA/JOHNSON Stuart S. Mermelstein, Esq. Adam D. Horowitz, Esq. Mermelstein & Horowitz, P.A. 18205 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 2218 Miami 160 Fax: Counsel for Plaintiffs in Related Cases Nos. 08-80069, 08-80119, 08-80232, 08-80380, 08- 80381, 08-80993, 08-80994 Richard Horace Willits, Esq. Richard H. Willits, P.A. 2290 10th Avenue North Suite 404 33461 Fax: Counsel for Plaintiff in Related Case No. 08- 80811 Jack Scarola, Esq. Jack P. Hill, Esq. Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard ach, FL 33409 Counsel for Plaintiff, Brad Edwards, Esq. Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler 401 East Las Olas Boulevard Suite 1650 Fort 3301 Phon Fax: Counsel for Plaintiff in Related Case No. 08- 80893 Paul G. Cassell, Esq. Pro Rae Vice 332 South 1400 E, Room 101 Salt IBke City, LIT 84112 Co-counsel for Plaintiff Jane Doe Isidro M. Garcia, Esq. Garcia Law Firm, P.A. 224 Datura Street, Suite 900 Reach, FL 33401 Counsel for Plaintiff in Related Case No. 08- 80469 Roberti. Josefsberg, Esq. Katherine W. Ezell, Esq. Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 West Flagler Street, Suite 800 130 Fax: EFTA00175468
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Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 151 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/10/2009 Page 11 of 11 Doe 101 v. Epstein Page 11 Bruce Reinhart, Esq. Bruce E. Reinhart, P.A. 250 S. Australian Avenue Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 • Counsel for Defendant Theodore J. Leopold, Esq. Spencer T. Kuvin, Esq. Ricci-Leopold, P.A. 2925 PGA Blvd., Suite 200 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 Fax: Counsel for Plaintiff in Related Case No. 08- t i t ais Counsel for Plaintiffs in Related Cases Nos. 09-80591 and 09-80656 Jack Alan Goldberger, Esq. Atterbury Goldberger & Weiss, P.A. 250 Australian Avenue South Suite 1400 ach, FL 33401-5012 Counsel for Defendant Jeffrey Epstein EFTA00175469
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