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EFTA00225672
248 pages
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08/OP/08 YON r5n8a MOEN n5127/26(4 12 18 b).8 EXECUTIVE OFFICE UOJIODAG 12002 lä003/.0i 3 tomp,"liva. Kenneth W. Starr Kirkland tV hill i 1.1.1' ; , NI :vet ‘nrolue.....:.^. 901/4:17 .3kirr n •IIV. 4:13. tS;Kt‘ .7;1 -1O A:•. rItAne. S 1 e'.5(11-46".: 11.e•• :1 ; (NC $/:f.t: baarraktrkl.ta.kom VIA r kcst (2021 $14-040 I loatmtble Mark Filip )I lice OI the Dupnly Attorney General (haled titates Department tif Just ice 050 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington. 0.4'. 70530 Dc.ir Judy.: Filip: May :7, 2008 Pk 0. I: it /c., & Bird LLP The t dated Kidder: ' 19. 1 .mteet. NW *.e .!:“;;;;;Pti. ; ":5‘4 rdh -i1P"-; pv who lin.w.d.e. y 1 .1 C'ONI•%p/::'\'7'/..11. •_ • 'Ibis letter briefly supplements ttttt prior submission to u dated May I.1. 2008. OW! conirmaneation. we urgently requested that your Office etualuel an independent 'reeitm the moused federal pro•annitIon of our client. Miley Epstein. The dual Iti:INONIS Jill' that you review this newer am lit the bedrock need fin integrity in the enfiteentrat flitfe: ud ell "'MI laws. and iiil the prOfteind questions raised hy the unprecedented eKlcumeem id' federal taw by the t Siats Attorney> Office in Mimed (the ESAU') tu a preminem public figure who •:h1µ Iles 11, 'boner President 'Mc need for review is now all the more eNigent. Ou Monday. MaY 19. 2008. Assistant JetTrey Shaun af the t ;SAO responded m an email from JD) I.elkowiitittfintuitu; k Attorney Alex Aeostu that we wnuld he seekinG your Oilliee's review. Mr. Slonew's letter. tvhkh improa:d a deadline of June 2. 2008 to comply with all the terms of the k.ue: cm von. Prosecution Agreement (die - Ago:emu:tn. pies new unilateral modifications, an pain of being deemed in breach Mat Agreement. ;Appeal, lo hove been deliberately designed to deprive UN Of an adequate opportunity Iu aret. your Office's review in ibis minter. (.!SAO'S desire to foreclose a complete revielk is widerstancLible. give!) den ibe Child Esplibitation and Obscenity Section retiON.3 has already delenemed that our subsiaite arg.1111148118 retarding WilY a ((:terot prosecution of mr. upsigin is not warranted were • nelling.- I Inwever. in contradiction w Mr. Sloman's assertion that 8ä0S luad provided an independent. dr Jew° (RÖS made clear that it did not do so. indeed. elifiR declined ut examine several of the more troubling aspgets of the investigation al' Mr. Upstem. the deliberate leak In the New York Times of mInterous highly vontidetekil aspects of the i 'west; gati un and nettothu kin:; Ec t," 3.41 I h e punk% US Weil US tie i«unt coll., of c kw,:'IrisK filed againu Mr. Epstein by Mr. Sloman's former law partner. The t ttttt eeessary anti arbitrarily imposed deadline set by the I /SIMI was done without any ruspee4 an' (lie turmal rum:tip ll tt and scheduling of state judicial neuters. It require< den Mr. Ep stein's counsel persuade the Slate Attorney of l'alen peach tu issue a criminal in !brit union EFTA00225692
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uoiuzive AWN 14:3a /AA 305 530 6440 EXECUTIVE OFFICE (moot U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 99 NE 4Th STREET MIAMI, FLORIDA 33132-2111 Jeffrey H. Sloman First Assistant U.S. Attorney 305 961 9299 Cyndee Campos Staff Assistant fax FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION COVER SHEET DATE: June 2, 2008 TO: Villafana FAX NUMBER: (561) 820 8777 SUBJECT: Epstein NUMBER OF PAGES, INCLUDING THIS PAGE: 9 Message/Comments: This facsimile contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the Addressee(s) named above. If you am not the intended recipient of this facsimile, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or coping of this facsimile is strictly prohibited. If you have received this facsimile in error, please immediately notify us by telephone and return the original facsimile to us at the above address via (ho U.S. Postal Service. Thank you. EFTA00225693
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JAY P. LEFKOWITZ, ESQ. May 19, 2008 PAGE 6 OF 6 Conclusion On February 25, 2008, I sent you an e-mail setting forth a timetable for moving forward in the event that CEOS disagreed with your position. That time is now. As you know, my February 25"' email stated that I would give you one week to comply with the terms and conditions of the Agreement, as modified by the USA's December I94 letter to Ms. Sanchez. In light of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, I have decided to extend that timetable to the close of business on Monday, June 2, 2008, which is a full two weeks. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney By: Jeffrey H. Sloman First Assistant United States Attorney cc: R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney A. Villafana Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Atkinson Assistant U.S. Attorney EFTA00225695
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JAY P. LEFKOWITZ, ESQ. May 19, 2008 PAGE 5 OF 6 C. "Mr. Epstein Does Not Believe He Is Guilty Of The Federal Charges Enumerated Under Section 2255." At our December 14, 2007 meeting at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, counsel for Epstein announced, inter alia, that it was a "profound injustice" to require Epstein to register as a sex offender and reiterated that no federal crime, especially 18 U.S.C. Section 2422(6), had been committed since the statute is only violated if a telephone or means of interstate commerce is used to do the persuading or inducing. This particular attack on this statute had been previously raised and thoroughly considered and rejected by the SDFL and COS prior to the execution of the Agreement. You also argued that the facts were inapplicable to the contemplated state statutes and that Epstein should not have been allowed to have been induced into the Agreement because the facts were not what he understood them to be, It should be noted that the SDFL has never provided you with any evidence suppolg its investigation. This is not, and has never been, an Alford plea situation (see North Carolina Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct: 160 (1970)). Ultimately, you requested an independent review. Subsequent to the above-mentioned meeting, the SDFL received three letters from you and/or Mr. Starr which expanded on some of the themes announced in the December 14th meeting. Essentially, you portrayed the SDFL as trying to coerce a plea to unknown allegations and incoherent theories. On December 17, 2007, you decreed that Epstein's conduct did not meet the requirements of solicitation of minors to engage in prostitution (Fl. Stat. Section 796.03) one of the enumerated crimes Epstein had previously agreed to plead guilty to; that Epstein's conduct does not require registration under Florida law; and the State Attorney's Office does not believe the conduct is registrable. On December 21, 2007, you rejected the USA's proposed resolution of the 2255 provision because you "strongly believe that the provable conduct of Mr. Epstein with respect to these individuals fails to satisfy the requisite elements of either 18 U.S.C. Section[s] 2422(6) ... or ... 2423(6)." In your December 26, 2007 correspondence you stated that "we have reiterated in previous submissions that Mr. Epstein does not believe he is guilty of the federal charges enumerated under section 2255" and requiring "Mr. Epstein to in essence admit guilt, though he believes he did not commit the requisite offense." As the SDFL has reiterated time and time again, it does not want, nor does it expect, Epstein to plead guilty to a charge he does not believe he committed. As a result, we obliged your request for an independent de novo review of the investigation and facilitated such a review at the highest levels of the Department of Justice. It is our understanding that that independent review is complete and a determination has been made that there arc no impediments to a federal prosec by the SDFL. EFTA00225696
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JAY P. I.F.FKOWITZ, ESQ. May 19, 2008 PAGE 4 OF 6 B. Method of Compensation and Notification. During this same time period, you and others, including the former Solicitor General of the United States Kenneth Starr, took issue with the implementation of the methodology of compensation (hereinafter "the 2255 provision")3 and the SDFL's intention to notify the victims under 18 U.S.C. Section 3771 (you objected to victims being notified of time and place of Epstein's state court sentencing hearing). In response, the SUFI, offered, in my opinion, numerous and various reasonable modifications and accommodations which ultimately resulted in United States Attorney R. Alexander Acosta's' December 19, 2007 letter to Lilly Ann Sanchez. In that letter, the United States Attorney tried to eliminate all concerns which, quite frankly, the SDFL was not obligated to address, let alone consider. He proposed the following language regarding the 2255 provision: "Any person, who while a minor, was a victim of a violation of an offense enumerated in Title 18, United States Code, Section 2255, will have the same rights to proceed under Section 2255 as she would have had, if Mr. Epstein been tried federally and convicted of an enumerated offense. For purposes of implementing this paragraph, the United States shall provide Mr. Epstein's attorneys with a list of individuals whom it was prepared to name in an Indictment as victims of an enumerated offense by Mr. Epstein. Any judicial authority interpreting this provision, including any authority determining which evidentiary burdens if any a plaintiff must meet, shall consider that it is the intent of the parties to place these identified victims in the same position as they would have been had Mr. Epstein been convicted at trial. No more; no less." Regarding the issue of notice to the victims, USA Acosta proposed to notify them of the federal resolution as required by law; however, "rwle will defer to the discretion of the State Attorney regarding whether he wishes to provide victims with notice of the state proceedings, although we will provide him with the information necessary to do so if he wishes." As you know, you rejected these proposals as well. See December 26, 2007 correspondence from Jay Lefkowitz to USA Acosta. 3 Prior to any issues arising concerning the implementation of the 2255 provision, the SDP', unilaterally agreed to assign its responsibility to select the attorney representative for the alleged victims to an independent third-party. This was done to avoid even the appearance of favoritism in the selection of the attorney representative. As a result, on October 29, 2007, the parties executed an Addendum wherein it was mutually agreed that former United States District Court Judge Edward B. would serve as the independent third-party. Judge Davis selected the venerable law firm of Podhurs and Josefsberg to represent the approximately 34 alleged identified victims. EFTA00225697
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JAY P. LEFKOWITZ, ESQ.
May 19, 2008
PAGE 3 OF 6
of the guilty plea and sentence no later than October 26, 2007; and (5) the start of the above-
mentioned sentence no later than January 4, 2008.
Furthermore, and significantly, Epstein agreed that he had the burden of ensuring compliance
of the Agreement with the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office and the Judge of the 15111
Judicial Circuit and "that the failure to do so will be a breach of the agreement" (emphasis added).
Post-Execution of the Agreement
Within weeks of the execution of the Agreement, you sought to delay the entry of Epstein's
guilty plea and sentence. After the SDFL agreed to accommodate your request, counsel for Epstein
began taking issue with the methodology of compensation, notification to the victims, and the issues
that had been previously considered and rejected during negotiations, i.e., that the conduct does not
require registration and the contemplated state and federal statutes have no applicability to the instant
matter.
A.
Delay.
The Agreement required that "Epstein shall use his best efforts to enter his guilty plea and
be sentenced not later than October 26, 2007. The United States has no objection to Epstein self-
reporting to begin serving his sentence not later than January 4, 2008." Agreement, pages 4-5,
paragraph I I (emphasis added). After the Agreement was executed, the SDFL accommodated your
request to extend the October 26th plea deadline to November 20111 based upon, what seemed to be,
reasonable scheduling conflict issues.' By early November, you represented that the presiding state
court judge would not "stagger the plea and sentencing as contemplated in the Agreement."Al though
the Agreement clearly did not contemplate a staggered "plea and sentencing," the SDFL again agreed
to accommodate Epstein's request to appear in state court for plea and sentencing on January 4,
2008.2
I "Accordingly, I have now confirmed with Mr. Epstein's Florida counsel that the state's
attorney's office and the court will be available to have him enter his plea on November 20. So we will
plan to proceed on one that date." October 18, 2007 email from Jay Lefkowitz to USA R. Alexander
Acosta.
On the same day, Mr. Lelkowitz confirmed with First Assistant Jeffrey H. Sloman that this
postponement " will not affect when Epstein begins serving his sentence."
2 Correspondence from Jay Lefkowitz to FAUSA Sloman dated November 8, 2007 ("the judge
has invited the parties to appear for the plea and sentencing on January 4th, we do not anticipate any delay
beyond that date.")
EFTA00225698
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JAY P. LEFKOWITZ, ESQ. May 19, 2008 PAGE 2 OF 6 Background The Agreement was the product of months of negotiations. Specifically, you requested and received numerous meetings, at the highest levels of the SDFL and DOJ's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) concerning claims that (a) the investigation merely produced evidence of relatively innocuous sexual conduct with some minors who, unbeknownst to Epstein, misrepresented their ages; (b) the authorities investigating Epstein engaged in misconduct; (c) the contemplated federal statutes have no applicability to this matter; and (d) the federal authorities disregarded the fundamental policy against federal intervention with state criminal proceedings. After careful review, the SDFL ultimately rejected those claims. Subsequent to its decision, however, but before proceeding any further, the SIMI, provided you with 30 days to appeal the decision to the Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Alice Fisher. As you recall, you chose to forego an appeal to AAG Fisher, and instead pursued a negotiated resolution which, ultimately, resulted in the execution of the Agreement. The Negotiation Phase During negotiations, you tried to avoid a resolution that called for incarceration and registration as a sexual offender — both of which would be triggered by a successful federal prosecution. The SDFL believed and continues to believe that should this matter proceed to trial, your client would be convicted of the federal statutes identified in the Agreement. In order to achieve a global resolution, the SDFL indicated a willingness to defer to the State the length of incarceration; however, it remained adamant that Epstein register as a sex offender and that all victims identified during the investigation remain eligible for compensation. In order to achieve this result, the parties considered two alternatives, a plea to federal charges that limited Epstein's sentencing exposure, or, as suggested by you, a plea to state charges encompassing Epstein's conduct. Ultimately, the parties agreed to, inter alia, a plea to the state charges outlined in the Agreement, registration and a method of compensation. The Agreement The crux of the Agreement defers in favor of the State federal prosecution of Epstein for his sexual conduct involving those minor victims identified as of September 24, 2007, in exchange for a guilty plea to a state offense that requires registration as a sex offender; a sufficient term of imprisonment; and a method of compensation for the victims such that they would be placed in the same position as if Epstein had been convicted of one of the enumerated offenses set forth in Title 18, United States Code, Section 2255. Specifically, the Agreement mandates, inter alia, (1) a guilty plea in Palm Beach County Circuit Court to solicitation of prostitution (Fl. Stat. Section 796.07) and procurement of minors to engage in prostitution (Fl. Stat. Section 796.03) (an offense that requires him to register as a sex offender); (2) a 30-month sentence including IS months' incarceration in county jail; (3) a methodology to compensate the victims identified by the United States; (4) entry EFTA00225699
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U.S. Department of Justice
United Slates Attorney
Southern District of Florida
First As,ramt US Attorney
DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE
Jay P. Lefkowitz, Esq.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Cifigroup Center
153 East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022-4675
Re:
Jeffrey Epstein
Dear Mr. Lefkowitz,
99 N.F.. a Suter
Mw ,v. Fl. 33132
961-9/00
May 19, 2008
I am in receipt of your e-mail dated May 19, 2008 to the United States Attorney. The U.S.
Attorney would like me to advisearthat all communications and inquiries related to the Epstein
matter, will be handled by AUSA
Villafana and/or her supervisor, Karen Atkinson, so he does
not intend to respond to your e-mail or calls unless AUSA Villafana and/or her supervisors advise
him otherwise. Furthermore, you make reference to "our July 8 deadline." Respectfully, the United
States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida ("SDFL") has never agreed to any such
deadline. Should you decide to provide the SDFL with any additional information, please do so
through AUSA Villafana, and, in her absence, AUSA Atkinson.
On September 24, 2007, your client, Jeffrey Epstein, in consultation with Gerald Lefcourt,
Esq. and Lilly Ann Sanchez, Esq., as well as numerous other nationally-renowned lawyers, including
but not limited to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, former Independent Counsel and
Solicitor General of the United States Kenneth Starr, just to name a few, entered into a global
resolution of state and federal liabilities faced by your client ("the Agreement') with the SDFL.
Although you and other members of the defense team have since claimed that the Agreement was
the product of adhesion, the following facts demonstrate that Epstein knowingly and voluntarily
entered into the Agreement in order to avoid a federal indictment regarding his sexual conduct
involving minor victims. Despite the fact that by signing the Agreement, Epstein gave up the right
to object to its provisions, the SDFL bent over backwards to exhaustively consider and re-consider
your objections. Since these objections have finally been exhausted and Epstein has previously
expressed his intent to not comply with several of the terms and conditions of the Agreement as set
forth below, the SIN!, hereby notifies you that unless he complies with all of the terms and
conditions of the Agreement, as modified by the United States Attorney's December 19, 2007 letter
to Ms. Sanchez by close of business on Monday, June 2, 2008, the SDFL will elect to terminate the
Agreement.
EXHIBIT B-32
EFTA00225700
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JAY P. LEFKOWITZ, ESQ. May 19, 2008 PAGE 6 OF 6 Conclusion On February 25, 2008, I sent you an e-mail setting forth a timetable for moving forward in the event that CEOS disagreed with your position. That time is now. As you know, my February 25th email stated that I would give you one week to comply with the terms and conditions of the Agreement, as modified by the USA's December 19th letter to Ms. Sanchez. In light of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, I have decided to extend that timetable to the close of business on Monday, June 2, 2008, which is a full two weeks. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney By: Jeffrey H. Sloman First Assistant United States Attorney cc: R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney A. Villafana Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Atkinson Assistant U.S. Attorney EFTA00225701
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JAY P. LEFICOWITZ, ESQ. May 19, 2008 PAGE 5 OF 6 C. "Mr. Epstein Does Not Believe lie Is Guilty Of The Federal Charges Enumerated Under Section 2255." At our December 14, 2007 meeting at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, counsel for Epstein announced, inter alia, that it was a "profound injustice" to require Epstein to register as a sex offender and reiterated that no federal crime, especially 18 U.S.C. Section 2422(6), had been committed since the statute is only violated if a telephone or means of interstate commerce is used to do the persuading or inducing. This particular attack on this statute had been previously raised and thoroughly considered and rejected by the SDFL and CEOS prior to the execution of the Agreement. You also argued that the facts were inapplicable to the contemplated state statutes and that Epstein should not have been allowed to have been induced into the Agreement because the facts were not what he understood them to be, It should be noted that the SDFL has never provided you with any ii evidence support g its investigation. This is not, and has never been, an Alford plea situation (see North Carolina Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct: 160 (1970)). Ultimately, you requested an independent review. Subsequent to the above-mentioned meeting, the SDFL received three letters from you and/or Mr. Starr which expanded on some of the themes announced in the December 14" meeting. Essentially, you portrayed the SDFL as trying to coerce a plea to unknown allegations and incoherent theories. On December 17, 2007, you decreed that Epstein's conduct did not meet the requirements of solicitation of minors to engage in prostitution (Fl. Stat. Section 796.03) one of the enumerated crimes Epstein had previously agreed to plead guilty to; that Epstein's conduct does not require registration under Florida law; and the State Attorney's Office does not believe the conduct is registrable. On December 21, 2007, you rejected the USA's proposed resolution of the 2255 provision because you "strongly believe that the provable conduct of Mr. Epstein with respect to these individuals fails to satisfy the requisite elements of either 18 U.S.C. Section[s] 2422(6) ... or 2423(b)." In your December 26, 2007 correspondence you stated that "we have reiterated in previous submissions that Mr. Epstein does not believe he is guilty of the federal charges enumerated under section 2255" and requiring "Mr. Epstein to in essence admit guilt, though he believes he did not commit the requisite offense." As the SDFL has reiterated time and time again, it does not want, nor does it expect, Epstein to plead guilty to a charge he does not believe he committed. As a result, we obliged your request for an independent de novo review of the investigation and facilitated such a review at the highest levels of the Department of Justice. It is our understanding that that independent review is now complete and a determination has been made that there arc no impediments to a federal prosecution by the SDFL. EFTA00225702
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JAY P. LEFKOWITL, ESQ. May 19, 2008 PAGE 4 OF 6 B. Method of Compensation and Notification. During this same time period, you and others, including the former Solicitor General of the United States Kenneth Starr, took issue with the implementation of the methodology of compensation (hereinafter "the 2255 provision")3 and the SDFL's intention to notify the victims under 18 U.S.C. Section 3771 (you objected to victims being notified of time and place of Epstein's state court sentencing hearing). In response, the SDFL offered, in my opinion, numerous and various reasonable modifications and accommodations which ultimately resulted in United States Attorney R. Alexander Acosta's December 19, 2007 letter to Lilly Ann Sanchez. In that letter, the United States Attorney tried to eliminate all concerns which, quite frankly, the SDFL was not obligated to address, let alone consider. He proposed the following language regarding the 2255 provision: "Any person, who while a minor, was a victim of a violation of an offense enumerated in Title 18, United States Codc, Section 2255, will have the same rights to proceed under Section 2255 as she would have had, if Mr. Epstein been tried federally and convicted of an enumerated offense. For purposes of implementing this paragraph, the United States shall provide Mr. Epstein's attorneys with a list of individuals whom it was prepared to name in an Indictment as victims of an enumerated offense by Mr. Epstein. Any judicial authority interpreting this provision, including any authority determining which evidentiary burdens if any a plaintiff must meet, shall consider that it is the intent of the parties to place these identified victims in the same position as they would have been had Mr. Epstein been convicted at trial. No more; no less." Regarding the issue of notice to the victims, USA Acosta proposed to notify them of the federal resolution as required by law; however, "rwle will defer to the discretion of the State Attorney regarding whether he wishes to provide victims with notice of the state proceedings, although we will provide him with the information necessary to do so if he wishes." As you know, you rejected these proposals as well. See December 26, 2007 correspondence from Jay Lefkowitz to USA Acosta. 3 Prior to any issues arising concerning the implementation of the 2255 provision, the SDFL unilaterally agreed to assign its responsibility to select the attorney representative for the alleged victims to an independent third-party. This was done to avoid even the appearance of favoritism in the selection of the attorney representative. As a result, on October 29, 2007, the parties executed an Addendum wherein it was mutually agreed that former United States District Court Judge Edward B. would serve as the independent third-party. Judge Davis selected the venerable law firm of Podhurs and Josefsberg to represent the approximately 34 alleged identified victims. EFTA00225703
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JAY P. LEFKOWITZ, ESQ.
May 19, 2008
PAGE 3 OF 6
of the guilty plea and sentence no later than October 26, 2007; and (5) the start of the above-
mentioned sentence no later than January 4, 2008.
Furthermore, and significantly, Epstein agreed that he had the burden of ensuring compliance
of the Agreement with the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office and the Judge of the 15'h
Judicial Circuit and "that the failure to do so will be a breach of the agreement" (emphasis added).
Post-Execution of the Agreement
Within weeks of the execution of the Agreement, you sought to delay the entry of Epstein's
guilty plea and sentence. After the SDFL agreed to accommodate your request, counsel for Epstein
began taking issue with the methodology of compensation, notification to the victims, and the issues
that had been previously considered and rejected during negotiations, i.e., that the conduct does not
require registration and the contemplated state and federal statutes have no applicability to the instant
matter.
A.
Delay.
The Agreement required that "Epstein shall use his best efforts to enter his guilty plea and
be sentenced not later than October 26. 2007. The United States has no objection to Epstein self-
reporting to begin serving his sentence not later than January 4, 2008." Agreement, pages 4-5,
paragraph I 1 (emphasis added). After the Agreement was executed, the SDFL accommodated your
request to extend the October 26th plea deadline to November 20'h based upon, what seemed to be,
reasonable scheduling conflict issues.' By early November, you represented that the presiding state
court judge would not "stagger the plea and sentencing as contemplated in the Agreement."Although
the Agreement clearly did not contemplate a staggered "plea and sentencing," the SDFL again agreed
to accommodate Epstein's request to appear in state court for plea and sentencing on January 4,
2008.2
I "Accordingly, I have now confirmed with Mr. Epstein's Florida counsel that the state's
attomey's office and the court will be available to have him enter his plea on November 20. So we will
plan to proceed on one that date." October 18, 2007 email from Jay Lefkowitz to USA R. Alexander
Acosta.
On the same day, Mr. Lefkowitz confirmed with First Assistant Jeffrey H. Sloman that this
postponement " will not affect when Epstein begins serving his sentence."
2 Correspondence from Jay Lefkowitz to FAUSA Sloman dated November 8, 2007 ("the judge
has invited the parties to appear for the plea and sentencing on January 41, we do not anticipate any delay
beyond that date.")
EFTA00225704
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JAY P. LEFKOWIT7., ESQ. May 19, 2008 PAGE 2 OF 6 Background The Agreement was the product of months of negotiations. Specifically, you requested and received numerous meetings, at the highest levels of the SDFL and DOJ's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) concerning claims that (a) the investigation merely produced evidence of relatively innocuous sexual conduct with some minors who, unbeknownst to Epstein, misrepresented their ages; (b) the authorities investigating Epstein engaged in misconduct; (c) the contemplated federal statutes have no applicability to this matter; and (d) the federal authorities disregarded the fundamental policy against federal intervention with state criminal proceedings. After careful review, the SDFL ultimately rejected those claims. Subsequent to its decision, however, but before proceeding any further, the SDFL provided you with 30 days to appeal the decision to the Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Alice Fisher. As you recall, you chose to forego an appeal to AAG Fisher, and instead pursued a negotiated resolution which, ultimately, resulted in the execution of the Agreement. The Negotiation Phase During negotiations, you tried to avoid a resolution that called for incarceration and registration as a sexual offender — both of which would be triggered by a successful federal prosecution. The SDFL believed and continues to believe that should this matter proceed to trial, your client would be convicted of the federal statutes identified in the Agreement. In order to achieve a global resolution, the SDFL indicated a willingness to defer to the State the length of incarceration; however, it remained adamant that Epstein register as a sex offender and that all victims identified during the investigation remain eligible for compensation. In order to achieve this result, the parties considered two alternatives, a plea to federal charges that limited Epstein's sentencing exposure, or, as suggested by you, a plea to state charges encompassing Epstein's conduct. Ultimately, the parties agreed to, inter alia, a plea to the state charges outlined in the Agreement, registration and a method of compensation. The Agreement The crux of the Agreement defers in favor of the State federal prosecution of Epstein for his sexual conduct involving those minor victims identified as of September 24, 2007, in exchange for a guilty plea to a state offense that requires registration as a sex offender; a sufficient term of imprisonment; and a method of compensation for the victims such that they would be placed in the same position as if Epstein had been convicted of one of the enumerated offenses set forth in Title 18, United States Code, Section 2255. Specifically, the Agreement mandates, inter alia, (1) a guilty plea in Palm Beach County Circuit Court to solicitation of prostitution (Fl. Stat. Section 796.07) and procurement of minors to engage in prostitution (Fl. Stat. Section 796.03) (an offense that requires him to register as a sex offender); (2) a 30-month sentence including 18 months' incarceration in county jail; (3) a methodology to compensate the victims identified by the United States; (4) entry EFTA00225705
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U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of Florida
First Assistant U.S. Attorney
DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE
Jay P. Lefitowitz, Esq.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Citigroup Center
153 East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022-4675
Re:
Jeffrey Epstein
Dear Mr. Leficowitz,
99114E. 4 Street
Mann. FL 13132
(305) 961.9100
May 19, 2008
I am in receipt of your e-mail dated May 19, 2008 to the United States Attorney. The U.S.
Attorney would like me to advisesithat all communications and inquiries related to the Epstein
matter, will be handled by AUSA
Villafana and/or her supervisor, Karen Atkinson, so he does
not intend to respond to your e-mail or calls unless AUSA Villafana and/or her supervisors advise
him otherwise. Furthermore, you make reference to "our July 8 deadline." Respectfully, the United
States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida ("SDFL") has never agreed to any such
deadline. Should you decide to provide the SDFL with any additional information, please do so
through AUSA Villafana, and, in her absence, AUSA Atkinson.
On September 24, 2007, your client, Jeffrey Epstein, in consultation with Gerald Lefcourt,
Esq. and Lilly Ann Sanchez, Esq., as well as numerous other nationally-renowned lawyers, including
but not limited to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, former Independent Counsel and
Solicitor General of the United States Kenneth Starr, just to name a few, entered into a global
resolution of state and federal liabilities faced by your client ("the Agreement") with the SDFL.
Although you and other members of the defense team have since claimed that the Agreement was
the product of adhesion, the following facts demonstrate that Epstein knowingly and voluntarily
entered into the Agreement in order to avoid a federal indictment regarding his sexual conduct
involving minor victims. Despite the fact that by signing the Agreement, Epstein gave up the right
to object to its provisions, the SDFL bent over backwards to exhaustively consider and re-consider
your objections. Since these objections have finally been exhausted and Epstein has previously
expressed his intent to not comply with several of the terms and conditions of the Agreement as set
forth below, the SDFL hereby notifies you that unless he complies with all of the terms and
conditions of the Agreement, as modified by the United States Attorney's December 19, 2007 letter
to Ms. Sanchez by close of business on Monday, June 2, 2008, the SDFL will elect to terminate the
Agreement.
EXHIBIT B-32
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FD-302 (Rev. 10495) -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 10/04/2007 LANE RIVERA, date of birth 06/17/1988, Social Security Accoun Number 593-70-9393, telephone number (561)689- 4717, was contacted telephonically regarding a federal investigation involving the sexual exploitation of minors. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and the nature of the interview, RIVERA stated that she would not provide any info ' regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN. The interviewing agent provided with FBI contact information. RIVERA was informed to contac t e BI should she decide to cooperate with authorities. It should be noted that RIVERA had an active warrant with the State of Florida for failure to appear regarding an arrest for shoplifting. Investigation on 10/02/2007 at West Palm Beach, Florida (telephonically) Aka 31E-MM-108062 by SA E. Nesbitt Kuyrkendall Date dictated 10/02/2007 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your *racy CAN No 011-110716CV.MARRA P.012645 EFTA00225707
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FD•302a (Rev 10.6-931 31E-MM-108062 Comirusion of FD•302 of hair. hair. Molls/ Smythe .On 06/12/2001 .Pagc 3 described one of the UWFs as tan with long brown er UWF was described as having short, bobbed, blonde said that both UWFs spoke with an accent. SMYTHE believed that an individual named STEPHANIE LNU, who is FIGUEROA's age, also provided believed she drove a Jeep Cherokee. female shay have provided name was drug over EPSTEIN told with massages. She knew of only one other N with massages. Her She was a student at RPBHS who died of a that he was a scientist. Case No 08-607M,CV•MARR EFTA00225708
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FD-302a (Rev. 10-645) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 or Moll, Smythe On 06/12/2007 .Par 2 he responded by telling her to relax. EPSTEIN told ral times to ref STEIN also insinuated that he wan to touch him. stated that she believed EPSTEIN wante o do more than u massage him. She said that EPSTEIN propositioned her when he told her that she would get more money if she did more. She understood that to x. SMYTHE viewed EPSTEIN climax and the massa over. believed EPSTEIN got up and took a shower. did not de EPSTEIN with any further massages because s e i not want to be put in that position again. was unsure who paid her I for providing TEIN with the massage. 0.00 she received hat FIGUEROA was also paid $200.00. This was the only provided EPSTEIN with a massage. After departing the re , FIGUEROA stated that she coul ore money if she was willing to do ording to ke of an exgirlfriend, dentified who had gone to EPSTEIN's rest many occasions. said that was the reas that had so much money and was able to support him. state a 0BERTS had a nice apartment and nice clothes. believed ROBERTS had sex with EPSTEIN. and IIIIIII den i ie as oo er shirt off w en prove ing P she might have to do the same. She told age she should say she was eighteen and t back she co eive more money. FIGUEROA and pool while massage. received for friend, at she e mas age and that that if asked her called sat by the went upstairs to provide EPSTEI wi i the receiIIIIIII.00 from FIGUEROA's $200.00 he ringing to EPSTEIN. went to ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH complet grade and a few classes during year. was unable to recall her exac provide IN with a massage. However, vided EPSTEIN with a massage shortly e about massaging EPSTEIN. III left her jewelry on a bench at EPSTEIN's residence during one o er visits to the EPSTEIN residence. She and FIGUEROA returned to the residence to retrieve her jewelry. SCHOOL where she her eleventh grade t the time she ore recalled that she ore she approached Cast No 01407364N.MARRA P-012644 EFTA00225709
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FD-302 (Rev. 10-645) -t- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dale or vansalPhon 06/12/2007 regarding of minors. agent and following MOLLY was interviewed in West Palm Beach, Florida, a fede investigation involving the sexual exploitation After being advised of the Mr of the interviewing the nature of the interview, provided the information: was introduced to JEFFREY E by a friend of hers, "TON tified as TONY FIGUEROA). stated that she knew FIGUEROA through her neighbors. She ha nown FIGUEROA for about a year when he said that she could make some easy providing a massage to a guy who lived in Palm Beach. said that FIGUEROA used the name "JEFFREY". She was aware o IN's last name only because she saw it in a Vanity Fair magazine she was looking at on and visit to Epstein's Palm Beach residence. FIGUEROA told that she would make $200.00 for providing the massage. He a s d her if asked her age she was to say she was eighteen. Prior to going to the residence with FIGUEROA, that she had "smoked weed" with FIGUEROA to calm her own. said that during that time in her life she believed she was so using Cocaine and Ecstasy. Once at the residence, EPSTEIN walked her through the house and upstairs to the spa/bathroom. One of two Unidentified White Females(UWFs).she had met previously downstairs was upstairs preparing the room for the massage. The UWF, who was topless, set ou lotions to be used during the massag UWF "coached" and had her remove her shirt and bra. was very nervous an ensed he UWF started to perform e massage on EPSTEIN. Later, began providing EPSTEIN with the massage and the UWF lef e room. EP egan the massage by lying on his stomach and instructing to perform the massag r and lower down on his back. o point, EPSTEIN asked to t his towel. After a short time EPSTEIN turne o r and continued the massage. EPSTEIN soon began to mas while E was performing the massage. Epstein asked if she rvous because she did not watch him while he mas ur ated. said that told breas s. IIIIIII feeling uncomfortable. During the massage, STEIN she had nice shaped breasts. EPSTEIN fondled her told EPSTEIN again that she was uncomfortable and maminmomml 06/12/2007 at West Palm Beach, Florida Filer 31E-MM-108062 SA E.1Ntsbitt Kuyrkendall by SA Jason R. Richards Date dictated 06/12/2007 This document contains neither rceonunendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the properly of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your aaencv. Cu No 0840716,CV•MARRA P.012641 EFTA00225710
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FD-302 (Rev. 104-95) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Om trainctwoon 10/04/2007 AMANDA BJORKLAND FREELING, date of birth 08/22/1987, Social Security Account Number 594-56-7772, cellular telephone number ( FREELING's father, MARK LNU's telephone number ( was interviewed telephonically regarding a federal i n involving the sexual exploitation of minors. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and the nature of the interview, FREELING provided the following information: FREELING currently resides with her husband, BRAD FREELING, at GROTON NAVY BASE located in Connecticut. The interviewing agent inquired if FREELING was able to speak freely over the phone with her husband in the car with her. FREELING stated she was fine. When FREELING was asked about JEFFREY EPSTEIN, she told the interviewing agent that she believed she knew an EPSTEIN that had been a math teacher in the middle school she had attended. FREELING stated that she could not recall traveling with her friend ALEX HALL to EPSTEIN's Palm Beach residence. FREELING stated that she could not recall providing EPSTEIN with a massage. She asked the interviewing agent if she could take some time to think about it. At this time, FREELING was advised that she was not in any trouble but that she needed to be completely honest with the interviewing agent. FREELING stated that she was unable to remember any details regarding a JEFFREY EPSTEIN that resided in Palm Beach. The interview was concluded. Investigation on 10/02/2007 at Groton Base, Connecticut ifts 31E-MM-108062 by SA E. Nesbitt Kuyrkendall Date dictated 10/02/2007 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI It is the progeny of the FBI and is loaned to your agency: it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Case No 08 SO lo ( ARR A P.012642 EFTA00225711