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FBI VOL00009
EFTA00230786
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9 1 THE COURT: Community control two. / ) 2 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 3 THE COURT: Community control one -- 4 that would be no electronic monitor? 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 MR. GOLDBERGER: That is correct. THE COURT: Now which of the terms and conditions of community control one are you incorporating? MR. GOLDBERGER: I can go through them with Your Honor. THE COURT: None of the them appear to be articulated in the plea sheet which is why I'm asking. MR. GOLDBERGER: These are the standard conditions of community control by statute would apply to anyone that goes on 17 community control and out of an abundance 18 of caution, we simply memorialized those 19 standard conditions in the plea sheet 20 agreement. 21 THE COURT: The Court shall require 22 intensive supervision and surveillance for 23 an offender placed on community control 24 which may include but is not limited to 25 specified contact with the parole and PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231226
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10 1 probation officer, specified by who? 2 P-R-agicTIUN— OFF=EIC -SI:WcifiCd—by you, 3 4 5 Your Honor. THE COURT: I don't see that in the plea sheet. That's why I'm asking the 6 questions. No one has specified how often, 7 8 9 how frequently he is to have contact with his parole and probation officer. Confinement to an agreed upon residence 10 during the hours away from employment and 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 . 19 public service activity, has that been articulated? MS. BELOHLAVEK: I believe Judge McSorley has a standard order somewhere on the bench up there regarding this, I'm told by the prosecutor. MS. LENHARDT: Judge, usually this is the probation sheet she hands out to folks. THE COURT: I have seen those 20 sheets -- I have seen them incorporated in 21 plea agreements which is why I'm asking. 22 MR. GOLDBERGER: I see. 23 THE COURT: Is there some reason you 24 didn't use this particular document in this 25 case? PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231227
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11 1 MS. BELOHLAVEK: I didn't realize 2 3 4 5 until Ms. Lenhardt just told me that Judge McSorley has that. MR. GOLDBERGER: We'd be happy to execute that document, Your Honor. We were 6 -- we overreacted by just having him sign 7 off on all conditions of community control. 8 THE COURT: Well, this is -- 9 MR.. GOLDBERGER: Perhaps the better 10 practice would be -- 11 THE COURT: This is, the reason Judge McSorley does this which makes ultimate sense is we're going to be here half the morning if we're going to decide among ourselves now what the -- MR. GOLDBERGER: That makes sense. 17 THE COURT: I'm not going to leave 18 this just unspecified. 19 MS. BELOHLAVEK: We can take care of 20 that right now if you could give us a few 12 13 14 15 16 21 minutes. 22 THE COURT: All right. 23 These are the standard conditions 24 that Judge McSorley normally uses. If you 25 like them, you need to circle the ones that PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231228
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12 1 apply and everyone must initial them. We 2 will go over it. If you wish to change 3 you understand there is quite a bit of 4 latitude given the court in putting 5 somebody on community control. If you 6 agree to some change, let me know, but 7 understand at the outset that I'm a big fan 8 of specificity. I want to know what he 9 will be doing for employment. I want to 10 know exactly where he is going to be living 11 and I want it on the record now. It can 12 change but it can only change with 13 preapproval by DOC. I want it crystal 14 clear. I don't want the community control 15 officer who gets this case the day he walks 16 out the Palm Beach County to have any doubt 17 or confusion as to exactly what this 18 defendant is supposed to do, where he is 19 supposed to be when, exactly what I am 20 requesting that officer to supervise. 21 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Absolutely. 22 THE COURT: Okay. 23 MR. GOLDBERGER: We will work on it. 24 Thank you, Your Honor. 25 THE COURT: We will recall that case. PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231229
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13 1 (Brief recess.) 2 MR. GOLDBERGER: Your Honor, we are 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 back on Jeffrey Epstein, actually it worked, we had an opportunity to go through Judge McSorley's conditions of community control and we asked the Department of Corrections representative to assist us to make sure we did everything properly. They were very helpful and we executed the document. MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes, and Your Honor, this defendant doesn't fall under the sex offender probation but we have included 14 special sex offender conditions as part of 15 the community control and they are all 16 circled there. 17 . THE COURT: The plea agreement stated 18 the defendant is designated as a sexual 19 offender pursuant to Florida Statute 20 942.035. 21 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. But the 22 sex offender probation, the statute is . 23 different and only applies to certain 24 offenses and this one was not enumerated. 25 THE COURT: Okay. I want to make PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231230
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14 1 sure both I and the defendant are clear. 2 3 4 5 6 7 The sexual offender statute you are referring to in the plea sheet is the one that requires registration? MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. MR. GOLDBERGER: Correct. THE COURT: And we will talk about 8 that. 9 MR. GOLDBERGER: Okay. 10 THE COURT: But it is not the one 11 that requires the special conditions of sex 12 offender probation? 13 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct'. 14 THE COURT: Now, rather than 948, do 15 you want me to disregard 948? He's read 16 it? 17 MS. BELOHLAVEK: He's read it. 18 THE COURT: We will leave it in 19 there. But these conditions we are going 20 to go over right now are going to be viewed 21 in my mind, yes, and they have been signed 22 by the defendant and we will go over that 23 in a second as a part of the whole plea. 24 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 25 THE COURT: II circled are PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231231
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15 1 conditions, A, you will remain confined to 2 your residence except one half hour before 3 and after your approved employment, 0 4 5 6 community service work or any other activity approved by your probation officer. 7 B, you will maintain an hourly 8 accounting of all your activities on a 9 10 . 11 12 13 daily log which you will submit to your supervising officer upon request. My understanding about the daily log, maybe I'm just confused from other cases I've heard, is the daily log is a 14 weekly log, I guess it is submitted ahead 15 of time, is that correct? 16 PROBATION, OFFICER: That is correct, 17 Your Honor. 18 THE COURT: part A, where he has 19 to stay in his residence except for one 20 hour before and after the approved 21 employment, community service work and 22 other activity. All that's information 23 that will be recorded in wil-ang and-the 24 defendant will have a copy and he will know 25 exactly where he is supposed to be when. PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231232
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16 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, 2 Your Honor. 3 THE COURT: As will his supervising 4 probation officer. And.then to document that he's supposedly done all that he 6 himself will be keeping a daily log? 7 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, 8 Your Honor. 9 THE COURT: And the log form will be 10 provided by the department and he will be 11 turning that in every time he meets with 12 the probation officer? 13 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, 14 Your Honor. 15 THE COURT: Okay. Illthat applies 16 and F applies. Does E apply? No. 17 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Did I circle ET 18 THE COURT: No. F -- made one up, 19 the defendant will be residing at 358 El 20 Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida, 33480. He 21 knows now that that's where he will be 22 living when he is released after his 12 23 months and six months. 24 MR. GOLDBERGER: That is correct, 25 Your Honor. PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231233
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17 1 THE COURT: That's a private 2 3 4 5 6 residence? MR. GOLDBERGER: That is his home. THE COURT: Does he own the residence? MR. GOLDBERGER: He does, Your Honor. 7 THE COURT: Is there any possibility 8 that he no longer owns the residence? 9 10 11 MR. GOLDBERGER: Not anticipated, Your Honor. THE COURT: Okay. Should he not be 12 for whatever reason -- 18-months is a long 13 time, should he not be owning that 14 residence or able to reside there, he will 15 have the obligation of notifying his 16 probation officer prior, and I emphasize 17 • this, prior to his release from custody. I 18 assume that the department will be notified 19 prior to, to his release? 20 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, 21 Your Honor. 22 THE COURT: And then you would need 23 to send someone to meet with him before he 24 walks out of the Palm Beach County jail and 25 verify his address and employment PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231234
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18 1 information? 2 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct. 3 THE COURT: All address -- I assume 4 all of this, to and from work and any other 5 approved activities restricts him to Palm 6 Beach County, is that correct? 7 PROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, 8 Your Honor. 9 THE COURT: II let's be clear, 10 everything, from the day he walks out 11 occurs in Palm Beach County, is that clear? 12 MR. GOLDBERGER: We understand, Your 13 Honor. That's correct. 14 THE COURT: Then the additional 15 condition of his probation, they are not 16 sex offender standard conditions, they are 17 just conditions that are being imposed 18 especially in this case? 19 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 20 THE COURT: They are as follows, you 21 shall submit to a mandatory curfew from 10 22 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. regardless of any other 23 restrictions regarding work or approved 24 activity, there will be no exceptions to 25 being at home in house from 10 p.m. to 6 1 PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231235
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19 1 2 a.m., is that correct? MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 7-7,1 3 THE COURT: If the victim was under 4 age of 18 years which I gather is the case because it's circled, you shall not live 6 within 1000 feet of a school, day care 7 center, park, playground or other place 8 where children regularly congregate. 9 Hai someone verified that 358 El 10 Brillo is such a place? 11 MS. BELOHLAVEK: No, but that will be 12 done prior to his release. 13 THE COURT: II 358 El Brillo will not 14 be approved if it should happen to be one 15 thousand feet from a school, day care 16 center, park, playground or other place 17 this is rather open. 18 MR. GOLDBERGER: Where children 19 gather. 20 THE COURT: Where children regularly 21 congregate. 22 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Right. 23 --TEE COURT: The Court knows 358 El 24 Brillo Way is a residential neighborhood, 25 are there areas there where children PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231236
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4 1 regularly congregate? 20 2 MS. BELOHLAVEK: I personally do not 3 know. 4 THE COURT: Neither do I, which is 5 why I'm asking. Has that been 6 investigated? 7 MR. GOLDBERGER: We have done our due 8 diligence, for what it's worth, there is a 9 residential street. There are not children 10 congregating on that street. We think the 11 address applies, if it doesn't, we fully 12 recognize that he can't live there. 13 THE COURT: Okay. D is, you shall 14 not have any contact with the victim, are 15 there more than one victim? 16 MS. BELOHLAVEK: There's several. 17 THE COURT: Several, all of the 18 victims. II this should be plural. I'm 19 making that plural. You are not to have 20 any contact direct or indirect, and in this 21 day and age I find it necessary to go over 22 exactly what we mean by indirect. By 23 indirect, we mean no text messages, no 24 e-mail, no Face Book, no My Space, no 25 telephone calls, no voice mails, no PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231237
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21 1 2 3 4 messages through carrier pigeon, no mews yetl through—third partl-e's7—no hey would you tell and for me, no having a friend, acquaintance or stranger approach 5 any of these victims with a message of any 6 sort from you, is that clear? 7 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am 8 9 10 11 12 THE COURT: And then it states, unless approved by the victim, the therapist and the sentencing court. Okay. THE DEFENDANT: I understand. THE COURT: And the sentencing court. 13 II, if there is a desire which, I would 14 think would be a bit strange. to have 15 contact with any of the victims the court 16 must approve it. 17 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 18 THE COURT: If the victim was under 19 the age of 18, which was the case, you 20 shall not until you have successfully 21 attended and completed the sex offender 22 program. II, is this sex offender program 23 becoming a condition of probation? 24 MS. BELOHLAVEK: That is not. I 25 don't believe I circled that one. PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231238
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22 1 THE COURT: You did. 2 MR7—BULDBERGERT--Thrs a mi-Srt-ZOnr-Orl 3 our part. Actually the statute that he is 4 pleading guilty to does not require the 5 THE COURT: I understand that, but 6 you circled it. 7 MS. BELOHLAVEK: I apologize, that 8 one is not. He has already been in 9 treatment with a private psychiatrist. 10 THE COURT: Which you find to be an 11 adequate substitute for sex offender 12 program? 13 MS. BELOHLAVEK: I -- it is not 14 required and based upon the evaluation and 15 my contact with that doctor, I don't 16 believe it's necessary at this point. 17 THE COURT: Has that been -- I assume 18 .you have a law degree and do not have a 19 Ph.D in a psychology or II in psychiatry? 20 MS. BELOHLAVEK: That is correct, I 21 don't. 22 THE COURT: ■ it is just your 23 judgement -- 24 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 25 THE COURT: -- that his treatment PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231239
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23 1 with some fancy private psychiatrist or 2- psychologist—in his—case—rs—ckey9 3 MS. BELOHLAVEK: That is correct. 4 THE COURT: II you are not imposing 5 E? 6 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 7 THE COURT: F, if the victim was 8 under the age of 18, you shall not work or 9 play or as a volunteer in any school, day 10 care center, park, play ground or other 11 12 place where children regularly congregate, is that understood? 13 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 14 THE COURT: Children will be defined 15 as anyone under the age of 18. There are a 16 lot of places where children regularly 17 congregate. What kind of.work do you do? 18 THE DEFENDANT: Banking. 19 THE COURT: Here in Palm Beach 20 County? 21 THE DEFENDANT: Virgin Islands, 22 ma'am. 23 THE COURT: You understand you will 24 not travel from Palm Beach County for the 25 duration of this? PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231240
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24 1 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 2 MR. uritDahNvERT--Tiout—Hunur7—T- m 3 sorry to interrupt, we do cover the 4 employment later in the agreement as to 5 what he is going to be doing during the one 6 year that he is on community control. 7 THE COURT: Okay. And let me -- 8 condition G, which is circled, unless 9 otherwise indicated in the treatment plan 10 provided by sexual offender treatment 11 program. 12 MR. GOLDBERGER: That's not in there. 13 THE COURT: Is that what you want? 14 MS. BELOHLAVEK: No. 15 THE COURT: But you do want the, you 16 will not view, own or possess any obscene 17 pornographic -- 18 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 19 THE COURT: Okay. But are you saying 20 that this therapist can okay him to own 21 certain pornographic material? 22 MS. BELOHLAVEK: No, not at all. 23 MR. GOLDBERGER: No, Your Honor. 24 THE COURT: Would be really helpful 25 if people read these things before they PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231241
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25 1 signed them thoroughly. 3 UffretW—D-Cherwise indicated in treatment plan. I'm just going to strike 4 out, provided by the sexual offender 5 treatment program. Is that what you 6 intend, that his therapist can 7 MS. BELOHLAVEK: No. 8 THE COURT: No? 9 MS. BELOHLAVEK: No. 10 THE COURT: Unless otherwise 11 indicated. 12 MR. GOLDBERGER: The parties have 13 agreed that during the period that he is -- c"--) 14 cannot be -- 15 THE COURT: Condition G will now 16 read, you shall not view, own, possess any 17 obscene, pornographic or sexually 18 stimulating visual or auditory material 19 including telephonic, electronic media, 20 computer program or computer services that 21 are relevant to your deviant behavior 22 pattern. And who is going to enforce that? 23 MS. BELOHLAVEK: The community 24 control officer. 25 THE COURT: How? PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231242
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26 1 MS. BELOHLAVEK: They have the :1) 2 oBaliTion and ardarided-177fbere tor 3 warrantless search to check at any time his 4 home, his computer, anything he has contact 5 with. 6 THE COURT: And do they regularly do 7 that?. 8 9 10 11 12 PROBATION OFFICER: Yes, ma'am. THE COURT: Since we have the pleasure of having someone from the Department of Corrections here. Okay. H, you shall submit two 13 specimens of blood to the Florida 14 Department of Law Enforcement to be 15 registered in the DNA data bank. 16 J, you shall submit to a 17 warrantless search by your probation 18 officer or community control officer of 19 your person, residence or vehicle. 20 G -- where is the G? 21 MS. BELOHLAVEK: That was under the 22 original part, not under the sex offender 23 one. 24 THE COURT: Okay. Defendant to have 25 contact with the community control officer PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231243
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27 1 at a minimum one time a week. 2 DeZendant-to.,...mozk-at_Eloxida 3 Science Foundation, 250 Australian Avenue, 4 5 6 West Palm Beach, Florida. Is that volunteer work or work for pay? MR. GOLDBERGER: It is a 501C 7 corporation that he has formed, Your Honor, 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 that will be doing charitable work. THE COURT: That he has formed? MR. GOLDBERGER: Yes. THE COURT: What exactly is Florida Science Foundation? MR. GOLDBERGER: Do you want to explain? THE DEFENDANT: It funds science programs around the state and the country. THE COURT: How long has it been in existence? THE DEFENDANT: Fifteen years. THE COURT: How many programs has it funded? THE DEFENDANT: Numerous, more than 23 50. 24 THE COURT: What is your position 25 with the organization? PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231244
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28 1 THE DEFENDANT: President. THS--e6URIL-. Is—there—a board o-f-- 3 directors? 4 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 5 THE COURT: Who's on the board of 6 directors? 7 THE DEFENDANT: Two attorneys. 8 THE COURT: What exactly do you do? 9 THE DEFENDANT: I'm an investment 10 banker but my -- 11 THE COURT: No, no, I mean with the 12 science foundation. 13 THE DEFENDANT: We fund 14 science programs -- 15 THE COURT: I don't want to know what 16 we do, I want to know what you do. How 17 often are you there? 18 THE DEFENDANT: I'm there every day, 19 I research, I take in people who want to 20 make presentations about why they need 21 money for funding medical research, 22 advanced science research. My background 23 is in physics. I go through all the 24 programs in detail, review the science work 25 potentials, I follow through on a daily PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00231245