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FBI VOL00009
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AU itK A (Re. (Al es!,c ala Deposition in a Civil Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of Florida M.J. P mg, Civil Action No. CASE NO.: 9:10-cv-81111 JEFFREY EPSTEIN and WM Defendant (If the action is pending in another district, state %%here: SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY AT A DEPOSITION IN A CIVIL ACTION To: JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 9 East 71st Street, New York, NY 10021 Testimony: YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear at the time, date, and place set forth below to testify at a deposition to be taken in this civil action. If you are an organization that is not a party in this case, you must designate one or more officers, directors, or managing agents, or designate other persons who consent to testify on your behalf about the following matters, or those set forth in an attachment: I—Plitce: US LEGAL SUPPORT I_ 444 West Railroad Avenue, Suite 300 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 The deposition will be recorded by this method: Date and Time: 11/10/2010 10:00 am VIDEQDEPOSITION / COURT REPORTER O Production: You, or your representatives, must also bring with you to the deposition the following doctiments, electronically stored information, or objects, and permit their inspection, copying, testing, or stimpjjgg of the material: is The provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(c), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena, and Rule 45 (d) and (e), relating to your duty to respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so, are attached. Date: te." / 7:24 1, CLERK OF COURT Signature of Clerk or Deputy Clerk OR Amor s signature The name, address, e-mail, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party) PLAINTIFF, M.J. , who issues or requests this subpoena, are: BRADLEY J. EDWARD W ' g, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, 425 N. Andrews Avenue, Suite 2. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, telephone: 954-524-2820. EFTA00729603
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AO BSA (Rev. 06/09) Subpoena to ic.t .11 .i /cro.nion in a Ci‘i! An Civil Action No. CASE NO.. 9.10-cv-81111 PROOF OF SERVICE (This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.) This subpoena for (name of individual and title. Vat& JEFFREY EPSTEIN was received by me on (date) O I served the subpoena by delivering a copy to the named individual as follows: on (date) ; or 0 I returned the subpoena unexecuted because: Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also tendered to the witness fees for one day's attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of My fees are $ Date: for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ I declare under penalty of perjury that this information is true. Server's signature 0.00 Primed name and tide Server's address Additional information regarding attempted service, etc: EFTA00729604
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-WPD Document 3 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 1 of 2 AO 4411 (Rev I 2.(9) Summons m a Civil Aclion UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of Florida M.J. Plaintiff v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN and Defendant Civil Action No. 10-CV-81111-DIMITROULEAS/SNOW SUMMONS IN A CIVIL ACTION To: (Defendant's name and address) JEFFREY EPSTEIN 9 East 71st Street New York, NY 10021 A lawsuit has been filed against you. Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it) — or 60 days if you arc the United States or a United States agency, or an officer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (a)(2) or (3)— you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney, whose name and address arc: BRADLEY J. EDWARDS Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman 425 N. Andrews Avenue, Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. You also must file your answer or motion with the court. Date: SEPTEMBER 177 2010 Steven M. Larimore Clerk of Court SUMMONS s/Gregory Maestre Deputy Clerk U.S. District Courts EFTA00729606
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO.: Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN and Defendants. COMPLAINT Plaintiff, M.J., by and through her undersigned counsel, sues the Defendants, Jeffrey Epstein and and alleges: I. This is an action in an amount in excess of $15,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs and is within the jurisdictional limits of this Court. 2. This Complaint is brought under a fictitious name in order to protect the identity of the Plaintiff because this Complaint makes allegations of sensitive nature of offenses against a then minor child. 3. At all times material to this cause of action, the Plaintiff, M.J. (hereinafter referred to as "Plaintiff"), was a resident of Palm Beach County, Florida. 4. At all times material to this cause of action, Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, had a residence located at 358 El Brillo Way, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. 5. Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, is currently a citizen of the United States Virgin Islands. EFTA00729608
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 2 of 29 6. At all times material to this cause of action, Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, was an adult male born in 1953. 7. Defendant, a , is currently a citizen of New York, where she currently resides. 8. At all times material, the Defendants Jeffrey Epstein and I. ME both owed a duty unto Plaintiff to treat her in a non-negligent manner and to not commit or conspire to commit intentional or tortious illegal acts against her. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS 9. At all times material, Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, was an adult male, over 50 years old. Defendant Epstein is known as a billionaire, yet even those closest to him, including family members, long time employees and those that he considers his closest friends have no idea what he does or did to earn money to support his lifestyle. 10. Defendant Epstein owns, directly or through nominee individuals used to conceal his interests, a fleet of airplanes, motor vehicles, boats and a helicopter. He owns numerous properties and homes, including a 51,000-square-foot mansion in Manhattan, a $30 Million 7,500-acre ranch in New Mexico, a 70-acre private island formerly known as Little St. James in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (he is alleged to have renamed this island Little St. Jeff's after himself), a mansion in London, England, a home in Paris, France, and a mansion in Palm Beach County, FL. The allegations herein primarily concern the defendant's conduct while at his mansion in Palm Beach County, FL. I. Defendant Epstein has a sexual preference and obsession for underage minor females, specifically targeting female children age 12 to 17, and Defendant Epstein acts on that obsession by luring underage minor females to him where he attempts to sexually molest and batter these 2 EFTA00729609
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 3 of 29 underage minor females on an everyday basis, oftentimes 2 or 3 different underage minor females on one day. 12. Sometime prior to 1998, Defendant Epstein devised a complex plan, scheme and criminal enterprise to gain access to countless underage minor females, some as young as 12 years old, for the purpose of coercing the minor females into various acts of sexual misconduct that he committed upon them. His enterprise operated with a definite hierarchal structure with his various employees/assistants and associates, including Defendana, Jean Luc Brunel, Ghislaine Maxwell, IS In; Ma a a a, various housekeepers, butlers and pilots, performing their respective roles to ensure the goals of the enterprise: operate an organized and efficient system to maximize the number of underage minor females for Defendant Epstein (and others) to sexually abuse and exploit while avoiding law enforcement detection. 13. Defendant Epstein, with help from his assistants and associates, recruited and procured underage minor females, lured them to one of his mansions, had the underage minor female taken to a room to be alone with him, then he would appear naked or wearing only a towel and sexually batter or otherwise sexually exploit the underage minor female. He would then pay the underage minor female for the sex acts he committed against her (typically between $200 and $300 per molestation session, or as his criminal enterprise commonly refers to it — per "massage"). Prior to leaving, Defendant Epstein's assistant would get the phone number of the underage minor female and input it into his computer system or otherwise keep it on file. He would then offer the underage minor female to return to his house to make money in exchange for him committing sexual acts against her, and he also typically informed her of another option - make more money recruiting and procuring other underage minor females for him to sexually 3 EFTA00729610
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 4 of 29 abuse. He would tell the underage minor female that he will pay her for each underage minor female that she brings to him (again, typically between $200 and $300), and he encouraged, and oftentimes forcefully demanded, her to bring him as many underage minor females as she was able. Through this general pitch, Defendant Epstein created a vast pyramid of underage minor females recruiting and procuring other underage minor females for his purpose of coercing these underage females into sexual acts for money. 14. Defendants Epstein and and the criminal enterprise specifically targeted underprivileged and economically disadvantaged children to sexually exploit and molest and otherwise prey upon the vulnerabilities of these young girls. 15. It is unknown exactly how long Defendant Epstein's aforementioned criminal enterprise operated, although information and belief indicates that it was continuously and actively in operation from at least 1998 through Defendant Epstein's criminal arrest in 2006. 16. The complete list of underage minor females that were sexually abused by Defendant Epstein over the years is believed to have been kept on a computer system controlled by Defendant Epstein and accessible by several of his employees, including Defendant It is also known that much of the data regarding the names, addresses and whereabouts of each underage minor female was input by one of his assistants, including Defendant 17. Defendant was listed in the Federal Non-prosecution Agreement related to Defendant Epstein's criminal plea on sex charges against minors as a criminal co-conspirator for her role in the criminal activity that was committed by Defendant Epstein against many underage minor females. She was employed by Defendant Epstein to maintain his schedule, arrange for underage minor females to be with Defendant Epstein, maintain contact with the underage minor females, schedule the underage minor females' transportation to and from Defendant Epstein's 4 EFTA00729611
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-)OOOC Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 5 of 29 mansion, and greet the underage minor female at the house before taking her upstairs to be alone with Mr. Epstein. Upon information and belief, Defendant remains employed by Defendant Epstein and continues to work for Defendant Epstein in furtherance of the goals of the criminal enterprise. 18. Defendant Epstein used his vast wealth and power to lure underprivileged minor females to him, and to coerce them into prostitution once he was alone with the underage minor female. He sexually battered, molested, committed lewd and lascivious acts upon and otherwise exploited numerous underage minor females and then gave them money. So long as the underage minor female followed his demands and advances, he assumed the role of a friend or mentor or father figure to the minor female in an attempt to groom the minor female; however, if any minor female resisted his sexual advances, Defendant Epstein became frustrated, angry and threatening towards the underage minor. His intent was to groom each minor female into engaging in sexual acts with him as well as to "work" for him, i.e. bring him other underage minor females to sexually molest, batter and exploit. He was masterful in his exploitation and grooming of these minor females with an additional intent of gaining trust and cooperation from these minors to prevent any one of them from reporting his criminal acts to law enforcement. Certain of his many co-conspirator associates, including Ghislane Maxwell and Jean Luc Brunel, helped in this recruiting process by creating the impression that legitimate modeling opportunities were available for the minor females. 19. Through information and belief, Defendant Epstein has been successful in luring hundreds of underage minor girls to him for the purpose of him (and sometimes others) sexually abusing them. He intentionally preys upon underage minor females that are middle school or high school children who are not working prostitutes, and he takes pleasure in using his power 5 EFTA00729612
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 6 of 29 and influence to coerce these minor females into acts of prostitution with him personally and sometimes with his friends and associates as well, including but not limited to Ghislaine Maxwell and 20. Over time, Defendant Epstein fine-tuned his operation to further his goals of gaining access to a greater number and variety of underage girls while avoiding detection by law enforcement. He also provided the roadmap for his enterprise should the illegal sexual exploitation of the enterprise be detected — he or the criminal enterprise would (and did) retain legal representation for each criminal enterprise member who would instruct each member to invoke his/her 5th amendment rights, they would hide behind the 5th amendment to avoid turning over incriminating materials (i.e. computer system that logged information about the underage sexual molestation victims, scheduling books, message pads, and tangible items such as vibrators and dildos), they would destroy evidence and refuse all cooperation with law enforcement. 21. The plan and scheme was developed by Defendant Epstein, and he and his assistants and associates carried it out with each underage minor female in a well-planned and ritualistic manner; Epstein ran this criminal enterprise as an experienced Mob boss would run any organized crime family — in a well-planned, organized, arrogant and ruthless manner, with complete cooperation from his co-conspirator associates and underlings and an absolute dedication to carrying out the illegal operations of the criminal enterprise. 22. Defendant Epstein frequently traveled between his various mansions and either he or an authorized agent would call to inform a recruiter, assistant, or scheduler at his next destination as to his arrival time. His scheduler, usually Defendant la, would then contact an underage minor female and schedule her to be at Defendant Epstein's mansion or to bring another underage minor female to his mansion at a particular time. Once the minor female was 6 EFTA00729613
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 7 of 29 brought to Defendant Epstein's residence, she was greeted at the door of the mansion and lead inside by one of Defendant Epstein's employees, oftentimes Defendant 23. Defendant would lead the underage minor female up to Defendant Epstein's room and leave the underage minor alone in the room. Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, himself would then appear naked or wearing only a towel. He would then demand a massage and during the massage he would attempt, usually successfully, to perform one or more lewd, lascivious, and sexual acts, including, but not limited to, masturbation, touching of the underage minor female's sexual organs, coercing or forcing the underage minor female to perform sex acts with him, using vibrators or sexual toys on the underage minor female, coercing the underage minor female into sexual intercourse with himself or others, and digitally penetrating the underage minor female. He would then give the Plaintiff money for engaging in this sexual activity. 24. Consistent with Defendants Epstein and foregoing scheme or plan, in or around the summer of 2002, Plaintiff, an economically poor and vulnerable child, was told by another one of Epstein's underage minor sex abuse victims, that she could make $300 cash by giving an old man a massage on Palm Beach. 25. Plaintiff's then minor acquaintance (also a sexual abuse victim of Epstein) telephoned Defendant Epstein and scheduled for Plaintiff to go to Defendant Epstein's house to give him a massage. During that call, Defendant Epstein himself got on the phone and spoke with Plaintiff MJ and asked her personally to come to his mansion in Palm Beach. 26. Plaintiff then took a taxicab to Defendant Epstein's mansion and was greeted by Epstein's top assistant, Defendant 27. Defendant in furtherance of the scheme to exploit Plaintiff, escorted Plaintiff upstairs to Defendant Jeffrey Epstein's large bathroom, where Defendant set up the 7 EFTA00729614
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 8 of 29 massage table and showed Plaintiff different massage lotions to use. Defendant Illlithen left Plaintiff alone in the room. Plaintiff was alone in Defendant Epstein's bathroom until Defendant Jeffrey Epstein emerged wearing only a towel. 28. Defendant Epstein then walked to the massage table that was already open in the room. He lied face down on the table and told Plaintiff to start massaging him, at which time he engaged in a conversation with Plaintiff. During the conversation, Defendant Epstein asked Plaintiff her age and she told him she had recently turned 16. 29. Consistent with all of Defendant Epstein's known underage minor female victims, Plaintiff had no massage experience whatsoever and she informed him of that, and Defendant Epstein began instructing Plaintiff on how he liked his massage. 30. After approximately 15 minutes, Defendant Epstein turned over onto his back, and he commanded Plaintiff to massage his chest. 31. Defendant Epstein then suddenly removed his towel and his penis was already erect. He then commanded Plaintiff to remove her shirt and bra and to begin "pinching his nipples" as he began masturbating with his right hand. 32. As he was masturbating, Defendant Epstein began fondling Plaintiff's breasts. 33. Defendant Jeffrey Epstein, while masturbating with his right hand, reached out his left hand and grabbed Plaintiff's vagina and butt over her clothes. Plaintiff pushed Defendant's hand away and told him repeatedly not to touch her like that. Epstein was persistent in his attempt to grab Plaintiff's vagina and continued to grab her vagina and butt on multiple occasions after she told him not to. 34. Defendant Epstein continued to masturbate his exposed penis until he ejaculated in front of the then minor Plaintiff. 8 EFTA00729615
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 9 of 29 35. Plaintiff was shocked and embarrassed by the events and Defendant Epstein talked to her to persuade her that everything he was doing with he was normal. 36. Epstein paid Plaintiff $300 for allowing him to grope her and masturbate in her presence. 37. Plaintiff returned to Epstein's home on approximately 20 occasions. On each occasion Epstein grabbed Plaintiff's bare breasts, exposed his penis, masturbated and ejaculated in Plaintiff's presence, and paid her $300 each time. 38. Defendant Epstein coerced Plaintiff into acts of prostitution, preying on her low economic status and troubled upbringing, complimenting Plaintiff for being "special" to him and having a "very pretty body" and making promises to Plaintiff such as — he told Plaintiff that if she graduated high school, then he would buy her a computer, something that she wanted yet could not afford. 39. On multiple occasions Defendant Epstein pressured Plaintiff to bring him other underage minor females to abuse; he told Plaintiff that he would pay her $300 for each girl she brought him, but Plaintiff refused to bring other girls. 40. Defendant Epstein told Plaintiff that he would pay her more money if she would give him oral sex and that he would pay her $600 for actual sexual intercourse. Plaintiff refused. 41. Defendant Epstein personally called Plaintiff at least five times to tell her when she should be at his house to "work" or give him a "massage" (Epstein's criminal enterprise's learned code words for paying minors for Epstein and others to interact with them sexually). 42. Every other time (approximately 15) Defendant called to inform Plaintiff of the date and time when she needed and was expected to be at Epstein's mansion to "work". 43. The acts referenced above, committed by Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, against the then minor Plaintiff were committed in violation of numerous State and Federal criminal statutes 9 EFTA00729616
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 10 of 29 condemning battery, assault and the exploitation of minor children, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and other crimes, specifically including, but not limited to, those criminal offenses outlined in Chapters 796, 800, and 827 of the Florida Statutes, as well as those designated in Florida Statutes §796.03, §796.07, §796.045, §796.04, §796.09, §39.01, §450.151, and §827.04. 44. The above-described acts took place in Palm Beach County, Florida at the residence of the Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein. Any assertions by Defendants, Jeffrey Epstein and that they were unaware of the age of the then minor Plaintiff are belied by their actions and rendered irrelevant by the provisions of applicable Florida Statutes concerning the sexual exploitation and abuse of a minor child. The Defendants, Jeffrey Epstein and at all times material to this cause of action, knew and should have known of the Plaintiffs minority as Plaintiff specifically told Epstein her age and Defendant Epstein and criminal organization has a history of seeking out underage minor children to sexually abuse. In fact, one primary goal of the organization is to sexually abuse females who are under the age of 18, and oftentimes Defendant Epstein has turned away females (i.e. refused to engage in sexual acts with them) for being "too old" once she reaches 18 years of age, and he has reprimanded girls for bringing him other girls who are over the age of majority. 45. In June 2008, in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida, Defendant Epstein entered pleas of "guilty" to various Florida State crimes related to his exploitation of minors for sex. 46. As a condition of that plea and in exchange for the Federal Government entering into a Non-Prosecution Agreement with Defendant Epstein, wherein the Federal Government agreed to effectively stay any prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, and other criminal co- 10 EFTA00729617
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 11 of 29 conspirators a =Mt and a Defendant Epstein agreed to admit that approximately 40 underage minor females, whose names were provided to Defendant Epstein, were his victims. Plaintiff was not included in that list as she moved away from the West Palm Beach area in part to escape from Epstein, and she has lived in fear of Epstein and his organization and has not yet been contacted by law enforcement. 47. Beginning in or about June 2008 and continuing to the present time, defendant Epstein has been aware he faces significant financial liability for his sexual offenses, both to land to many other similarly-situated girls whom he abused. I and these other girls are creditors of Epstein, in that have filed and can file ton actions against him under both Florida and Federal laws. Accordingly, Epstein has conveyed substantial assets and property into the names of other persons and into overseas bank accounts and other financial institutions. These assets and properties could have been attachable and used to pay the debts owed to ■and to the other girls that Epstein has abused. 48. As an example of the fraudulent conveyances that Epstein has attempted, in approximately October 2009, Epstein placed his personal 727 aircraft up for sale, with the intent that the proceeds of that sale would be hidden so that Nand other creditors of Epstein would not be able to secure payment from that substantial asset. 49. While Epstein is clearly distinct from the criminal enterprise that he oversees that asset, as well as his other airplanes and helicopters and other assets, have been used continuously and repeatedly to further the interest and endeavors of Epstein and his criminal enterprise. 50. As another example of the fraudulent transfers that Epstein has made, Epstein has titled a Ford F-I50 Truck in the name of Larry Visoki (Epstein's personal pilot). Visoski was unaware that the truck was titled in his name when he was questioned under oath in a deposition. II EFTA00729618
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 12 of 29 51. In approximately 2009, Defendant Epstein purchased a $68,000 Land Rover and registered it in Visoski's name with the intent to hide this asset fromUnd other creditors. 52. In approximately 2009, Defendant Epstein purchased a Mercedes-Benz 2005 by wiring funds to Visoski and then placing the car in Visoski's name. 53. In approximately 2009, Defendant Epstein bought a Jaguar X-Type 2005 so that he (Epstein) would have another car around Palm Beach available for his friends to use and then placed the car in Visoski's name. 54. In approximately September 2009, Visoski attempted to sell a Ferrari owned by Epstein for $159,000. Epstein intended for the sale to hide the value of this Ferrari and prevents and other creditors from recovering from him. 55. Epstein is concealing substantial assets through a new corporation, Shmitka Air, Inc., whose representative is Larry Visoski. In September 2010, Epstein attempted to sell a 1999 Bell Helicopter for approximately $1,900,000. This sale was an attempt to prevent sand other creditors from recovering from him. 56. Epstein is also concealing substantial assets through an entity known at JEGE, Inc. He is currently attempting to sell an aircraft for $10,000,000 through that entity in an attempt to prevent Nand other creditors from recovering from him. 57. Through information and belief, Epstein and/or his criminal enterprise provides the financial support for his various employees, co-conspirators, other criminal enterprise members and associates. 58. In addition to Epstein's various houses, he owns or controls other condominiums, including approximately 8 to 10 units at in New York City, where certain of his or his Criminal Enterprise associates live or reside, including Jean Luc Brunel, 12 EFTA00729619
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Case 9:10-cv-8111140(XX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 13 of 29 ME'S= and at times various underage minor girls are stashed at this location as well. 59. Defendant Epstein has numerous overseas contacts and accounts and sophistication in international business transactions. He previously served as a trader at Bear Steams and founded his own financial management firm. J. Epstein and Col. (later called Financial Trust Co.) located on his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands where, until his recent incarceration, according to him he allegedly managed the assets of billionaire clients. 60. After extensive investigation into Epstein's employment history, including questioning of Epstein's family, those whom Epstein considers friends and longtime employees of Epstein, the only known client of Epstein was Limited, Inc. Founder Leslie Wexner, although it is believed that even that relationship has been severed. No other legitimate means of income have been reported. COUNT I BATTERY AGAINST DEFENDANT EPSTEIN 61. Plaintiff M.J. adopts and realleges paragraphs I through 60 above. 62. In the summer of 2002, just after Plaintiff turned 16 years old, Defendant Epstein committed battery against Plaintiff when he intentionally touched intimate areas of her body and person in an offensive manner while she was a minor child. 63. Defendant Epstein intentionally touched Plaintiff private areas multiple times against the will of 64. Defendant Epstein's tortious commission of battery upon Plaintiff was done willfully. 65. As a direct and proximate result of the offenses committed by Defendant Epstein against the then minor Plaintiff,■ she has in the past suffered and will in the future suffer injury, pain 13 EFTA00729620
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Case 9:10-cv-S1111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 14 of 29 and suffering, emotional distress, psychological and psychiatric trauma, mental anguish, humiliation, confusion, embarrassment, loss of self-esteem, loss of dignity, loss of enjoyment of life, invasion of her privacy and other damages associated with Defendant's manipulation and leading her into a perverse and unhealthy way of life. Plaintiff will incur medical and psychological expenses. Plaintiff has suffered a loss of income, a loss of the capacity to earn income in the future, and loss of proper and complete education. These injuries are permanent in nature and Plaintiff will continue to suffer these losses in the future. WHEREFORE, Plaintiff demands judgment against Defendant Epstein for compensatory damages, punitive damages and such other relief as this Court deems proper and hereby demands trial by jury on all issues triable as of right by a jury. COUNT II INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AGAINST DEFENDANT EPSTEIN 66. The Plaintiff adopts and realleges paragraphs I through 60 above. 67. Defendant Epstein's extreme and outrageous conduct towards the then minor Plaintiff was intentional and reckless. 68. Defendant Epstein acted with the intent to cause severe emotional distress or with reckless disregard for the high probability of causing severe emotional distress. 69. As a direct and proximate result of the offenses committed by Defendant Epstein against the then minor Plaintiff, ■she has in the past suffered and will in the future suffer injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, psychological and psychiatric trauma, mental anguish, humiliation, confusion, embarrassment, loss of self-esteem, loss of dignity, loss of enjoyment of life, invasion of her privacy and other damages associated with Defendant's manipulation and leading her into a perverse and unhealthy way of life. Plaintiff will incur medical and 14 EFTA00729621
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Case 9:10-cv-81111-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/17/2010 Page 15 of 29 psychological expenses. Plaintiff has suffered a loss of income, a loss of the capacity to earn income in the future, loss of proper and complete education. These injuries are permanent in nature and Plaintiff MJ will continue to suffer these losses in the future. WHEREFORE, Plaintiff ■ demands judgment against Defendant Epstein for compensatory damages, punitive damages and such other relief as this Court deems proper and hereby demands trial by jury on all issues triable as of right by a jury. COUNT HI C NSPIRACY TO COMMIT T In BATTERY AGAINST DEFENDANT 70. The Plaintiff adopts and realleges paragraphs I through 60 above. 71. Defendant = is one of Defendant Epstein's top assistants, as referenced previously in this Complaint. Defendant Epstein, Defendant = and others reached an agreement amongst and between them and otherwise conspired for the purpose of allowing Defendant Epstein and others to commit the tortious and illegal acts described above against Plaintiff. 72. Defendant aided, abetted and assisted Defendant Epstein in his organized scheme and plan to sexually exploit Plaintiff and commit battery against her and/or commit or attempt to commit numerous other crimes against her, including coercing her into prostitution. 73. Defendant conspired with Defendant Epstein to commit tortious and illegal conduct against Plaintiff, and in furtherance of the conspiracy specifically engaged in overt acts such as contacting Plaintiffs on many occasions, scheduling the then minor Plaintiff's appointment for a "massage" knowing that Defendant Epstein was going to commit battery against Plaintiff, attempt sexual battery against Plaintiff, and force her into prostitution and otherwise did everything in her ability to conceal the illegal operation and refuse cooperation with law enforcement. 15 EFTA00729622
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