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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 329-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/23/2015 Page 17 of 18 Bates Range Descri tion Privilege(s) Asserted P-014838 thru P-014843 4/4/2008-4/7/2008 emails between Work Product 6(e) Deliberative Process and regarding status of CEOS review of Epstein matter P-014844 thru P-014851 4/10/2008-4/18/2008 emails between 6(e) Work Product Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege and about continued delay in presenting case to grand jury due to failure to receive decision from a DC, status of grand jury presentation and on muesli tion P-014852 thru P-014864 4/11/20084/23/2008 emails between and Work Product Deliberative Process Privacy Act regarding self-reporting to OPR false allegations of ethics violations P-014865 4/29/2008 email from I to , Work Product 6(e) Deliberative Process Investi alive Privilege on re grand jury presentation P-014866 thru P-014883 4/21/2008-5/1/2008 emails between and about continued delay in presenting case to grand jury due to failure to receive decision from DC, status of grand jury presentation and ongoing investigation, staffing of case for purposes of trial, and meeting to prepare for 9 . • d • resentation 6(e) Work Product Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege P-014884 thru PM 14886 5/2/2008 emails between 6(e) Work Product Attorney-Client Privilege Investigative Privilege Deliberative Process and regarding developments in Epstein investigation and impact on grand jury presentation P-014887 thru P-014894 4/29/2008-5/2/2008 emails between and 6(e) Work Product Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege regarding contact by Epstein counsel and victims and draft letter to counsel for Epstein Page 17 of 18 EFTA00185446
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 329-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/23/2015 Page 18 of 18 Bates Ran e Description Privil s Asserted P-014895 thru P-014900 5/7/2008-5/9/2008 emails between Work Product 6(e) Deliberative Process Attorney-Client Privilege Investigative Privilege , and regarding awaiting approval from DC and status of ongoing investigation P-014901 thru P-014906 5115/2008-5/16/2008 emails between and Work Product Deliberative Process regarding receiving final approval from DC P-014907 thru P414911 5/19/2008-5/22/2008 emails between 6(e) Work Product Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege and regarding preparation for grand jury presentation; communication with S/A Kuyrkendall regarding plea negotiations; and status of on oin investigation P414912 thru P-014919 5/23/2008-5/27/2008 emails between Work Product 6(e) Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege (FBI), and Jason Richards (FBI) re status of investigation, indictment review, grand jury preparation, and E . stein's attem •t to revisit plea negotiations P-014920 thru P-014923 8/15/2008 email from to Alex Acosta, Work Product Deliberative Process and containing draft response to 8/15/2008 email from Jay Lefkowitz regarding implementation of the NPA. (Redacted version produced to opposing counsel) Page 18 of 18 EFTA00185447
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 338 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2015 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 08-80736-Civ-Marra/Matthewman JANE DOE #1 AND JANE DOE #2, Petitioners, I UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. UNITED STATES' NOTICE OF FILING THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL PRIVILEGE LOG Pursuant to the Court's June 18, 2013 Omnibus Order (DE 190), the Respondent, United States of America, by and through the undersigned Assistant United States Attorney, hereby gives notice of its filing of its Third Supplemental Privilege Log. The index has been marked with Bates Numbers P-014924 thru P-015267. The documents referenced in the Third Supplemental Privilege Log will be delivered tomorrow to the Chambers of U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra for ex parte in camera review, pursuant to the Court's Omnibus Order. Respectfully submitted, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY By: Assistant United States Attorney Florida Bar No. 0018255 500 South Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach. FL 33401 Telephone: Facsimile: 1 EFTA00185448
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 338 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2015 Page 2 of 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on August 3, 2015, I electronically filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. According to the Court's website, counsel for all parties are able to receive notice via the CM/ECF system. Assistant United States Attorney SERVICE LIST Jane Does 1 and 2'. United States, Case No. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA/MATTHEWMAN United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Brad Edwards, Esq., Farmer Jaffe Weissing Edwards Fistos Lehrman 425 N Andrews Ave Ste 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-3268 brad®pathtojustice.com 954-524-2820 Fax: 954-524-2822 Paul G. Cassell S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah 332 S. 1400 E. Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 (801) 585-5202 Fax: (801) 585-6833 E-mail: casselp®law.utah.edu Attorneys for Jane Doe # 1 and Jane Doe # 2 2 EFTA00185449
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 338-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2015 Page 1 of 7 JANE DOE'. UNITED STATES COURT FILE NO. 08-80736-CV-MARRA THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL PRIVILEGE LOG - BOX #5 Bates Range Deseir.ion Privilege(s) Asserted P-014924 5/27/2008 emails between IM. and regarding Work Product Deliberative Process report of new state. lea deal for J. Epstein P-014925 thru P-014927 5/27/2008 emails between and .-- Work Product Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege 6e regarding potential renewed plea negotiations for J. Epstein and plans to review and revise updated indictment package P-014928 5/23/2008-5/27/2008 emails between , Attorney-Client Privilege Investigative Privilege 6(e) Privacy Act/TVPA/CVRA and regarding plans to meet to prepare for indictment presentation, service of grand jury subpoenas, interviews of additional witnesses, and plea negotiation issue P-014929 thru P-014933 5/27/2008-5/28/2008 emails between E. Attorney-Client Privilege Investigative Privilege 6(e) Privacy Act/TVPA/CVRA and regarding request for legal analysis of statute of limitations issues under state and federal law P-014934 thru P-014935 5/27/2008-5/28/2008 emails between all Work Product Deliberative Process = and regarding report of new state plea deal for J. Epstein P-014936 thru P-014940 5/29/2008-5/30/2008 emails between = E. and regarding planned grand jury presentation, status of investigation, possible grant of immunity to victim/witness for grand jury testimony Work Product Attorney-Client Privilege 6(e) Investigative Privilege Deliberative Process Privacy Act/IVPA/CVRA Page 1 of 7 EFTA00185450
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 338-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2015 Page 2 of 7 Bates Range Description Privilege(s) Asserted P-014941 thru P-014954 6/2/2008 draft letter to Deputy Attorney General regarding Work Product 6(e) Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege reasons to approve continued prosecution of J. Epstein (NB: The Court has already determined that final version of this letter is protected by Work Product/Deliberative Process/Attorney-Client Privileges) P-014955 thru P-014971 6/3/2008 draft letter to Deputy Attorney General regarding Work Product 6(e) Deliberative Process Investigative Privilege reasons to approve continued prosecution of J. Epstein (NB: The Court has already determined that final version of this letter is protected by Work Product/Deliberative Process/Attorney-Client Pria P-014972 thru P-014975 6/6/2008 emails between . li and E. Attorney-Client Privilege Investigative Privilege 6(e) Privacy Act/TVPA/CVRA regarding victim/witness subpoenaed to the grand jury and need for additional grand jury subpoenas P-014976 6/18/2008 emails between A. Acosta, Work Product Deliberative Process M and regarding telephone conference with R. Black about allowing J. Epstein to accept state plea to 60 days' imprisonment. P-014977 thru P-014978 6/19/2008 email forwardin: 6/19/2008 email from to E. and (NB: Asserting privilege only for email. Attorney Edwards presumably has cop of his email to Attorney-Client Privilege Investigative Privilege P-014979 thru P-014980 6/23/2008 emails between . and (USAO staff) regarding scheduling of grand jury time for indictment presentation and witness testimony (Information regardin unrelated d ' case redacted Work Product Investigative Privilege 6(e) P-014981 6/23/2008 emails between . E. , Attorney-Client Privilege Work Product 6(e) Investigative Privilege Deliberative Process Privacy Act/TVPA/CVRA and regarding grand jury subpoena to victim/witness, revisions to indictment, planned grand jury presentation, and plans to supersede indictment Page 2 of 7 EFTA00185451
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 338-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2015 Page 3 of 7 Bates Range Resell Privilege(s) Asserted P-014982 thru P-014990 .) Work Product Deliberative Process 6/25/2008 emails between . , and A. Acosta regarding draft of notification of victim list for J. Epstein counsel with attached drafts (NB: Final list, with victim names redacted, has been produced to counsel for Petitioners P-014991 thru P-015004 6/23/2008-6/26/2008 emails between-. and counsel for 6(e) Investigative privilege Privacy Act/TVPA/CVRA grand jury witness/victim regarding immunity and travel for grand jury ap ear e, P-015005 thru P-015006 6/28/2008 emails between . A. Acosta, and Work Product Deliberative Process Attorney-Client Privilege regarding correspondence with J. Goldberger and proposed chang agreement P-015007 7/3/2008 emails between_and A. Acosta Work Product Deliberative Process regarding telephone cod. nd regarding meeting with Sheriff's Office about work release program P-015008 thru P-015024 7/8/2008 emails between A Attorney Advisory, Victim Witness Staff, EOUSA), and regarding filing of Petitioners' suit, with attached Draft of Declaration and initial Petition (DE1) (NB: Privilege is not being asserted for second attachment (DEI). Attachment was prepared by petitioners and is not being produced because it is within their custodiiii,control.) Work Product Deliberative Process P-015025 thru P-015028 7/8/2008 email from . to A. Acosta, and Work Product Deliberative Process regarding victim notification letter provided to counsel for J. Epstein on 11/28/2007 with attachment (NB: The 11/28/2007 email to J. Leflcowitz with attachment will be produced to petitioners' counsel contemporaneously with the filing of this lo P-015029 thru P-015034 7/7/2008-7/8/2008 emails between and regarding Work Product Deliberative Process Attorney-Client Privilege background of J. Epstein investigation, negotiations, and victim notifications, and forwarding earlier emails related to Lee questions Page 3 of 7 EFTA00185452
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 338-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2015 Page 4 of 7 Bates Ran e Description Privile e s Asserted P-015035 thru P-015062 7/8/2008-7/9/2008 emails between , A. Acosta, , , and regarding response to Jane Doe suit, procedure for filing, and internal office policies Work Product Deliberative Process P-015063 thru P-015069 7/11/2008-7/14/2008 emails between • nr A. Acosta, and re outcome of hearing in Jane Doe I. U.S. suit and contact from counsel for J. E stein Attorney-Client Privilege Work Product Deliberative Process P-015070 thru P-015071 7/14/2008-7/15/2008 emails between E. Attorney-Client Privilege and T. Smith regarding FBI victim notifications and guidance regarding language to use and information to rovide P-015072 thru P-015074 7/17/2008 email from to A. Acosta, . Work Product Deliberative Process and with attached draft of letter to M. Tein regarding misrepresentations in filings on behalf of J. Epstein in civil suits P-015075 thru P-015081 7/18/2008-7/21/2008 emails between U E. , and regarding preparation of victim notification letters, victim contact list, filigg.of victim notification letter in a civil proceeding, and contact by . with one victim o uun that sentence im sed was insufficient Attorney-Client Privilege Work Product Investigative Privilege P4115082 thru P-015084 7/21/2008 emails between I , Work Product Attorney-Client Privilege Deliberative Process 6(e) E. and regarding ongoing victim notification process and Epstein filings in state court litigation related to federal grand * investigation P-015085 thru P-015090 7/22/2008 emails between A. AS , E. , and regarding 7/21/2008 letter from M. Tein announcing plan to stay the civil suits against J. Epstein and notification that B. Reinhart is counsel of record for S. in civil suits (NB: Tein letter is being produced to petitioners' counsel concurrently with production of this privilege log) Work Product Attorney-Client Privilege Deliberative Process Page 4 of 7 EFTA00185453
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 338-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2015 Page 5 of 7 Bates Range Desii Privilege(s) Asserted P-015091 thru .ion 7/22/2008 emails between . r and E. Attorney-Client Privilege 6(e) regarding ongoing victim notification process P-015092 Investigative Privilege Privacy Act/TVPA/CVRA P-015093 7/22/2008 emails between , E. Attorney-Client Privilege thru , and regarding correspondence M inn Work Product P-015097 J. Epstein counsel with attached draft response 6(e) : A final version of the letter has been .roduced.) Deliberative Process P-015098 . 7/23/2008 ernails between and regarding Work Product correspondence with counsel for J. Epstein and notice of breach Deliberative Process 6(e) P-015099 7/25/2008 emails between and regarding 6(e) extension of grand jury to allow for continued presentation of J. Epstein Work Product case Deliberative Process P-015100 8/2/2008 email from to A. Acosta, and Work Product thru P-015116 Mg summarizing status of Jane Doe United States litigation and requesting views on making certain disclosures to counsel for petitioners with attached pleading filed by petitioners (DE19) 6(e) Deliberative Process (NB: Privilege is not being asserted for attachment. Attachment was prepared by petitioners and is not being produced because it is within theirsiSoyd and control.) P-015117 8/5/2008 email from . IM to A. Acosta, . Work Product thru and regarding analysis of JeffiSstem agreement, with Deliberative Process P-015135 attached 6/24/2008 email from . I II to R. Black and J. Goldberger and attached Epstein agreement. (NB: Privilege is not being asserted for the two attachments. The 6/24/2008 email will be produced to petitioners' counsel contemporaneously with the filing of this log, and the Agreement has previously been produced to petitioners pursuant to an earlier Court order.) Page 5 of 7 EFTA00185454
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 338-1 Entered on PLSD Docket 08/03/2015 Page 6 of 7 Bates Range Description Privilege(s) Asserted P-015136 thru P-015172 8/13/2008-8/15/2008 emails between A. Acosta, Work Product Deliberative Process Attorney-Client Privilege and . regarding scope of Epstein agreement and correspondence and telephone conference with J. Lefkowitz (NB: Emails to and from J. Lefkowitz and R. Black have been produced to Petitioners' counsel) P-015173 thru P-015186 8/25/2008 emails between A A. Acosta, Work Product Deliberative Process Attorney-Client Privilege = and regarding letter received from J. Lefkowitz (NB: Lefkowitz letter has been produced to Petitioners' counsel P-015187 thru P-015194 O8-8/26/2008 emails between . A. Acosta, Work Product Deliberative Process S and re draft response to J. Lefkowitz and draft amended victim notification letter (NB: Final version of letter to Lefkotiz and Black has been produced to Petitioners' counsels P-015195 thru P-015198 9/2/2008 emails between . , and Work Product Deliberative Process Attorney-Client Privilege regarding revised victim notification P-015199 thru P-015206 9/17/2008 emails between . A. Acosta, Work Product Deliberative Process Attorney-Client Privilege I= , and regarding efforts by Palm Beach Daily News to unseal NonProsecution Agreement that had been filed in state court (NB: Emails from Counsel for Daily News and from State Attorney's Office have been 'roduced to Petitioners' counsel P-015207 thru P415213 9/17/2008 email from I to A. Acosta, Work Product Deliberative Process Privacy Act/TVPA/CVRA = and regarding attached letters from J. Herman alleging that victim notifications violated Bar ethics rules (NB: Redacted versions of the letters have been produced to Petitioners' counsel) P-015214 thru P-015226 9/29/2008 correspondence to Florida Bar Ethics Counsel regarding victim notification letters and allegation of ethics violation for distribution of letters with attached proposed victim notification letters Work Product Relevance Florida Bar Privacy Rules Page 6 of 7 EFTA00185455
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 338-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2015 Page 7 of 7 Bates Range Description Privilege(s) Asserted P-015227 thru P-015233 10/18/2008-10/20/2008 emails between A. A Work Product Deliberative Process and.. regarding correspondence with discussing changes to understanding of portions of Non-Prosecution agreement and victim notifications P-015234 thru P-015238 11/4/2008 correspondence from Florida Bar Ethics Counsel regarding Florida Ethics Rules involved in distributing victim notification letters. Work Product Relevance Florida Bar Privacy Rules P-015239 thru P-015263 11/26/2008 emails between and Work Product Deliberative Process regarding email from R Black about work release (NB: Email from R. Black has been roduced to Petitioners' cou e P-015264 thru P-015267 12/4/2008 emails between E. and Attorney-Client Privilege Work Product Investigative Privilege Privacy Act/TVPAJCVRA regarding attempts to send victim notification letters overseas via Legal Attaches and unrelated Epstein financial issue Page 7 of 7 EFTA00185456
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 1 of 57 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 9:08-cv-80736-KAM JANE DOE 1 AND JANE DOE 2, Petitioners, UNITED STATES, Respondent. JANE DOE 1 AND JANE DOE 2'S CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED MATERIAL FACTS AND MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT WITH INCORPORATED MEMORANDUM OF LAW Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 (also referred to as "the victims"), by and through undersigned counsel, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 and Local Rule 56.1, move for summary judgment on the issue of the United States Government's violation of their rights under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA), where no genuine issue of material fact exists.' In support, they state: INTRODUCTION In 2004, Congress enacted the CVRA because it found that in case after case "victims, and their families, were ignored, cast aside, and treated as non-participants in a critical event in their lives. They were kept in the dark by prosecutors too busy to care enough ... and by a court system that simply did not have place for them." 150 CONG. REC. 7296 (2004) (statement of The Court previously granted the victims leave to file a 60-page motion for partial summary judgment. DE 327. EFTA00185458
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Sen. Feinstein). In passing the CVRA, Congress mandated a series of rights for crime victims.
Sadly, several years later, when the Government began handling this case, it did precisely what
Congress thought it had forbidden. The Government deliberately kept crime victims "in the
dark" so that it could enter into a plea arrangement designed to prevent the victims from raising
any objection. In doing so, the Government refused to afford victims the rights they had been
promised by Congress—particularly "the right to reasonable, accurate, and timely notice of any
public court proceeding," "the reasonable right to confer with the attorney for the Government in
the case," and "the right to be treated with fairness and with respect for the victim's dignity and
privacy."2
The undisputed evidence begins in 2005, when the Palm Beach Police Department
("PBPD") had identified numerous girls as victims of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual crimes. In 2006,
the PBPD turned the case over to federal authorities for further investigation. As early as March
15, 2007 and throughout the rest of the investigation, the United States Attorney's Office for the
Southern District of Florida ("the Office") specifically identified several dozen girls whom it
classified as "victims" under the CVRA. Once that identification was made, the Government
was obligated to afford these victims certain rights under the CVRA—a fact of which the
Government itself was well aware? Indeed, the Government provided notification to the girls
that they were classified as "victims" under the CVRA.
But what the Government did not tell the victims lies at the heart of the case. It is
undisputed that the Government did not tell the victims that, by May 2007, the Office had
2 18 U.S.C. § 3771(aX2), (4)-(5), (8); RFP MIA 000001-000006 (Exhibit 1).
3 000966-000967 (Exhibit 2); 000589-000591 (Exhibit 3); US_Atty_Cor 00135 (Exhibit 4); RFP MIA 000222
(Exhibit 5).
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prepared an 82-page prosecution memorandum and a 53-page indictment against Epstein and his
co-conspirators! At that time, rather than confer with the victims about how to proceed, the
Government began conferring about this issue exclusively with Epstein's counsel. Epstein's
counsel contended that, despite abundant connection to interstate commerce, Epstein's sex
trafficking was purely of local concern. By August 2007, federal prosecutors had disproven or
rejected these defense arguments and notified the defense that all of the identified victims
retained federal rights.
For example, during August 2007, Jane Doe I, and other similarly situated victims,
provided details to federal agents of the abuse that they endured at the hands of Epstein and his
co-conspirators. In September 2007, without conferring with any of the victims, the Government
and Epstein shifted gears and began working together to concoct a criminal charge for Epstein to
plea to other than his sexual abuse of minors. As alternative charges, they discussed charging
Epstein with: (I) various misdemeanors, (2) assaulting his co-conspirators and girlfriend, (3)
using private investigators to chase and harass victims' families, (4) obstructions of grand jury
subpoenas, or (5) his obstruction of the federal investigation when he instructed another co-
conspirator to lie to federal agents.5 Ultimately, however, none of those would work. Assistant
U.S. Attorney ("AUSA")
(the "line prosecutor") informed Epstein's counsel that
she was getting pushback for creating a charge using one of the main co-conspirators as the
RFP WPB 000286 (Exhibit 6).
5 US_Atty_Cor 00030-00032 (Exhibit 7); RFP MIA 000129 (Exhibit 8); RFP MIA 000133 (Exhibit 9); RFP MIA
000095 (Exhibit 10); RFP MIA 000075-000076 (Exhibit 11); RFP WPB 000220 (Exhibit 12); RFP MIA 000077-
000087 (Exhibit 13); RFP MIA 000088 (Exhibit 14); RFP WPB 000235.000244 (Exhibit 15); RFP WPB 000107-
000112 (Exhibit 16); RFP WPB 002188 (Exhibit 17); RFP WPB 000266-000277 (Exhibit 18); RFP MIA 000113
(Exhibit 19); RFP MIA 000151-000160 (Exhibit 20); RFP MIA 000098-000105 (Exhibit 21).
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 4 of 57 victim .° Consequently, the Government and Epstein searched for another crime for Epstein to plead to, which could accompany a federal non-prosecution agreement (NPA). Incredibly, the offense to which Epstein and the Government ultimately agreed, labeled the minor victims "prostitutes." The undisputed evidence clearly shows that by September 21, 2007, the line prosecutor had informed Palm Beach State Attorney that a federal resolution had been reached by way of a NPA, yet the victims remained uninformed? On September 24, 2007, the NPA was signed, preventing prosecution of all federal crimes committed by Epstein and his co- conspirators against the victims. After the signing of the NPA, the Government and Epstein's attorneys worked together to choose a lawyer to be paid by Epstein to represent Epstein's victims for the purpose of settling civil restitution claims. This too was all being done without the victims having any knowledge whatsoever. The correspondence between the Government and a candidate for that representative position as well as between the Government and Epstein's counsel reflects that the Government still had not yet disclosed the NPA to the victims, and was following the guidance of Epstein's counsel in making decisions with respect to the timing and substance of any communication to the victims.8 For the next nine months, from the time the NPA was signed through the date of Epstein's state court plea in June of 2008, the Office—doing Epstein's bidding—assiduously concealed the NPA's existence from the victims. While this indulgent deal was incredible in its own right, even more extraordinary was how the victims were treated during the process. Rather 6 Exhibit 15. RFP WPB 002125 (Exhibit 22). 3 See e.g., USAttyCor 00166 (Exhibit 23). 4 EFTA00185461
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than confer with the victims about the fact that resolution by NPA was ever being considered—
or even tell them that it was already a signed deal—the Office and Epstein inserted a
"confidentiality" provision into the agreement barring its disclosure to anyone, including the
victims. There is no dispute that the Government did not inform the victims of the NPA or of the
possibility of any such type of resolution. Consequently, there is no dispute that the Government
did not afford the victims any rights before the signing of the NPA.
In October 2007, after the NPA was signed, federal agents spoke with three of the more
than 30 identified victims, including Jane Doe 19 The Government does not dispute that this
contact only occurred after the signing of the NPA. Even more important, it is not disputed that
this contact was: 1) made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") and not a "prosecutor
for the Government," 2) that the FBI did not inform the victims of the NPA and certainly did not
confer with the victims about the details of the NPA, and 3) that this contact only occurred with
three of the more than 30 victims. Lastly, while the content of that conversation is contested, any
stretched argument that the conversation satisfied CVRA requirements for Jane Doe 1 are belied
by the timing of the conversation as well as the uncontested documentary evidence of the
communications with the victims (including with Jane Doe 1) that followed that conversation.
Subsequent to the FBI's contact with three of Epstein's victims, the Government
informed Epstein's attorneys that victim notification letters needed to be sent to all the victims
pursuant to the CVRA. Rather than comply with this acknowledged requirement, Epstein's
counsel convinced the Government that (contrary to standard Government practice) Epstein
9 RIP MIA 000464-000468 (Exhibit 24).
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 6 of 57 should be permitted to provide input into any message being delivered, and ultimately that the victims should not be told anything "until after Epstein pleas."10 In January 2008, FBI agents again met with Jane Doe I and gathered additional details about Epstein's abuse as well as the direct sexual abuse by one of his co-conspirators, who participated in the abuse of other victims as well. The Government then sent a victim notification letter to Jane Doe 1 informing her of her rights under the CVRA, that "this will be a long investigation," and to "be patient."" Jane Doe I was sent a similar letter on June 7, 2008.12 Other victims were also sent these letters communicating that the Epstein case was an on-going active criminal investigation—not that the Government had already immunized Epstein for all federal crimes committed against each of the victims, through a NPA. These misleading letters were sent almost up until the date of Epstein's state court plea in late June 2008.13 On June 30, 2008, Epstein pled guilty to state court charges. It is uncontested that the victims were not reasonably and accurately informed about that hearing—specifically, they were never told the hearing was part of a process that would extinguish any possibility of Epstein being prosecuted for the crimes he had committed against them in Florida. Even after the plea, the Government once again conferred with Epstein's attorneys to decide what to tell the victims. As the Court is aware, this CVRA action was filed in July 2008 at a time when the victims mistakenly believed that the federal case remained open, and wanted to ensure that their rights under the CVRA were afforded before any possible federal disposition. At the emergency RFP WPB 001978-001979 (Exhibit 25). H Declaration of Jane Doe I (Exhibit 26); Declaration of Jane Doe 2 (Exhibit 27). 12 000978-000989 (Exhibit 28). o [DE 48) Exhibit I (Exhibit 29). 6 EFTA00185463
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 7 of 57 hearing on the Petition for Enforcement of Crime Victims' Rights Act, Jane Doe I and Jane Doe 2 were in the courtroom to learn for the first time that the federal case had been resolved. The undisputed facts show that for nine months, the Government and Epstein conspired to conceal the NPA from the victims to prevent them from voicing any objection, and to avoid the firestorm of controversy that would have arisen if it had become known that the Government was immunizing a politically-connected billionaire and all of his co-conspirators from prosecution of hundreds of federal sex crimes against minor girls. Such facts demonstrate clear violations of the CVRA's requirements that the Government afford victims the reasonable right to confer, the right to be treated with fairness, and the right to reasonable and accurate notice about court hearings. No genuine issue of material fact or law can exist on these points. The Court should accordingly grant summary judgment for the victims on the issue of the CVRA violations and then, in subsequent proceedings, turn to the issue of the proper remedy for those violations. STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED MATERIAL FACTS Pursuant to Local Rule 56.1, the victims submit this statement of undisputed material facts in support of their motion for partial summary judgment:14 I' In an effort to streamline their case and bring it to a more rapid resolution, in this summary judgment motion the victims present only some of the evidence that they are prepared to produce at any evidentiary hearing in this matter. For instance, the victims have concentrated on the emails and other documents establishing violations of their rights, largely avoiding issues of the Government's "motive" for the violations and other related issues. Because of the possibility that the Court may not grant summary judgment on this narrower approach, the victims are continuing to pursue discovery with regard to motive and several other important issues that would come into play at a broader evidentiary hearing. See, e.g., [DE 344] (victims' motion for deposition of government witnesses). The victims reserve the right to supplement this motion if additional discovery is received through these discovery efforts and to present these broader issues at any evidentiary hearing or remedy phase of these proceedings. 7 EFTA00185464
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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 8 of 57 EPSTEIN'S CRIMES I. Between about 1999 and 2007, Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused more than 30 minor girls, including Jane Doe I and Jane Doe 2, at his mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, located in the Southern District of Florida, and elsewhere in the United States and overseas.15 2. Because Epstein and his co-conspirators knowingly traveled in interstate and international commerce to sexually abuse Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 2, and other similarly situated victims, they committed violations of not only Florida law (see, e,g., Fla. Stat. §§ 794.05, 796.04, 796.045, 39.201 & 777.04), but also federal law, including repeated violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591, 2421, 2422, 2423, & 371).16 EPSTEIN'S VICTIMS 3. In addition to personally abusing his victims, Epstein also directed other persons to sexually abuse the girls. For example, sexually abused Jane Doe 1 and other victims at the direction of Epstein.I7 IS See, e.g., Exhibit 26; Exhibit 27; Jane Doe 102 Epstein Complaint (Exhibit 30); Response to Request for Admission #1 (Exhibit 31) (admitting federal investigation); FBI 302 of Interview with Jane Doe 1 on August 14, 2007 (Exhibit 32); FBI 302 of Interview with Jane Doe 1 on January 31, 2008 (Exhibit 33); Palm Beach Police Report (Exhibit 34) (discussing investigation of numerous Epstein victims); Exhibit 6 (nagt 82-page prosecution memo and 52-page prepared indictment); [DE 304] Declaration of FBI Special Agent NM (Exhibit 35) (notin that the FBI identified many potential victims of sexual abuse by Epstein); The People of the State of New York I. Jeffrey Epstein (Exhibit 36); RFP WPB 000550.000554 (Exhibit 37) (listing 31 victims the that U.S. Attorney's Office was prepared to name as a victim of an enumerated federal offense); Sora Hearing Transcript (Exhibit 38); RFP MIA 000361-000365 (Exhibit 39) (Chief of Child Exploitation Section of the Justice Department concluding after review of the facts that U.S. Attorney's would not abuse its discretion in prosecuting; noting "multiple mutually-corroborating witnesses," the Epstein case "consistent in principle with other federal prosecutions nationwide"). 16 See note 14, supra. " See Exhibit 32; Exhibit 33; Exhibit 34. 8 EFTA00185465