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The Miami Herald's series on the Epstein case is riddled with factual errors and 
represents the very worst example of irresponsible and unethical reporting I have witnessed in 
my professional career: 
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Jeffrey Epstein was not a hedge fund manager. Contrary to the Herald's report, Epstein 
was never a hedge fund manager. This is a basic error which even the most superficial 
research would have revealed. 
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The Herald reported that Epstein was an informant for the government. Epstein most 
definitely was not. Investigating for FoxBusiness, Charlie Gasparino was able to confirm 
this error easily. On March 19, 2019 he reported that "Epstein did not provide any 
meaningful cooperation to obtain his relatively light sentence in the hedge fund case or 
likely any case tied to the financial crisis, according to numerous people with direct 
knowledge of the matter." Among the "numerous" sources that Gasparino interviewed 
for his report was one of the former assistant U.S. attorneys on the Bear Stearns hedge 
fund case, who advised: "Bottom line, I have no knowledge of Epstein cooperating in 
any way in the Bear Stearns case" "There was no reason to use him." The Herald makes 
no mention of interviewing any of the attorneys who prosecuted the Bear Stearns case 
before publishing false reports that Epstein was an informant in that case? 
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The Miami Herald's reporting betrays obvious bias with its sensationalized portrayal of 
the women involved in the Epstein case as tortured victims. In complete disregard of 
their ethical responsibilities as journalists, the Herald ignored critical elements of the 
story necessary for balanced and accurate reporting. 
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The Herald failed to report that every single woman identified as a "victim" in the 
Epstein case voluntarily came to Epstein's home knowing she was going to be paid 
substantially and every single one was paid. 
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As confirmed over and again by their statements to police and the FBI, none of the 
women who came to Epstein's home were coerced or threatened. 
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No alcohol or drugs were offered to them and several of them confirmed in their 
statements to police, federal investigators or in their sworn depositions that Epstein has 
never used and does not approve of alcohol or drugs. 
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As repeatedly confirmed in the police report and by their sworn testimony, many of the 
women brought their own friends to Epstein. When they did so, both the women who 
brought their friends and their friends were each paid as well. 
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Consistently, the women who were under the age of 18 admitted to police that they 
told Epstein that they were 18 years old because they were told if they were not, 
Epstein would not allow them in his home. 
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Not only did the women lie to Epstein about their ages, but, based on the Herald's 
grossly exaggerated reports, they lied to the Herald as well. [In one case, a woman said 
she was older than she really was and in other the woman portrayed herself as much 
younger than she actually was when she interacted with Epstein][I am not sure what 
this refers to. Jeffrey, please elaborate]. The relevant ages of the women interviewed 
by the Miami Herald could easily have been confirmed by comparison of personal 
identification documents with allegations in the police reports or in the civil cases they 
filed. There has never been any evidence provided to support the exaggerated age 
claims published by the Herald. 
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original sworn statements to the FBI establish that her later conflicting 
allegations against Epstein were motivated by the financial windfall she hoped to 
receive in her civil suit against Epstein. 
refused to speak with the FBI during the 
federal investigation unless and until she was granted complete immunity. Once she 
was given immunity and could freely discuss Epstein's conduct and her involvement 
with Epstein without fear of incriminating herself, 
continued to speak of Epstein 
in glowing terms. A complete copy of the transcript of 
sworn recorded 
statements to the FBI is are available at [Provide Link] 
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In her sworn recorded statements to the FBI, 
was adamant that she never had 
any type of sexual relations with JE: 
Q: 
Did he at any point kiss you, touch you, show any kind of affection 
towards you? 
Never, never ... 
So he never pulled you closer to him in any sexual way? 
I wish. No, no, never, ever, ever, no, never. Jeffrey is an awesome 
man. 
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told the FBI that she always carried fake identification on her and lied to JE 
that she was 18. Like others in this case, she also testified that the woman who 
brought her to JE's home told 
"make sure that you're 18 because Jeffrey does 
not want any underage girls." 
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also accepted money to bring her friends to JE's home, and under the 
protection of complete immunity told the FBI that: 
None of my girls ever had a problem and they'd call me. They'd beg me, you 
know, for us to go to Jeffrey's house because they love Jeffrey. Jeffrey is a 
respectful man. He really is. I mean, and he all thought we were of age 
always. This is what's so sad about it. 
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When asked by the FBI whether she had anything more to say about Epstein and the 
case, 
replied: 
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I hope Jeffrey, nothing happens to Jeffrey because he's an awesome man and it 
really would be a shame. It's a shame that he has to go through this because he's 
an awesome guy and he didn't do nothing wrong, nothing. 
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In its investigation of witness allegations in the Epstein case, the Herald failed to report 
that before they ever even met Epstein, many of the witnesses worked in strip clubs and 
accepted money from other men on Palm Beach Island and West Palm Beach where 
they worked at local massage parlors. 
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A review of the Palm Beach police reports and other pleadings and evidence in the 
Epstein case reveal that most of the women interviewed by investigators were in their 
mid-twenties, rather than the ages of 13 and 14 irresponsibly reported by the Herald. 
There were some witnesses as old as 62 years of age, but that never made its way into 
the Herald's series. 
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In its reports, the Herald features a meeting between Epstein's former lawyer Jay 
Lefkowitz and former U.S. Attorney and now Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta at a hotel 
outside of the US Attorney's Office. It uses this meeting to imply that something 
inappropriate transpired between them resulting in a sweetheart deal between Epstein 
and the U.S. Attorney, even though in that same article the meeting was reported to 
take place after Epstein's agreement with the U.S. Attorney's office had already been 
signed. The report should have emphasized that fact to eliminate the possibility of any 
improper innuendo. [dki to verify the Herald story to confirm if it was in same article 
or subsequent article] 
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The Herald included in its articles reports that 
was Epstein's 
sex slave, who he purchased from her parents when she was 12. 
is not from 
, and Epstein certainly did not purchase 
from her parents at any age. 
met Epstein when she was already in the 
United States and was at least 18 years old. 
parents can and will testify that the 
reports about her, her parents and Epstein are absolutely false. 
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The Herald features allegations made by 
) regarding sexual 
relations she claims to have had with a list politicians, academics and business leaders, 
but she fabricated that list from the people she found on a guest list. [JEFFREY, NOT 
SURE OF THE GUEST LIST YOU ARE REFERRING TO CAN YOU ELABORATE?] 
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Lanna Belohlavec, lead prosecutor for the State attorney in the Epstein case, and a 13-year 
veteran of the Palm Beach County Sex Crimes Unit, personally interviewed many of the 
witnesses in this case, and she found that this was a case of local prostitution, nothing more and 
nothing less. At the time that the Epstein case was under investigation, there was no minimum 
age of a purported sex worker that would disqualify an offense as a prostitution offense. 
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There is not one shred of evidence that establishes that Epstein provided women to other men, 
except for the unproven allegations o
which have been categorically denied by 
both by me [AD] and the Royal Family and conclusively proven by me to be malicious falsehood. 
allegations have become more and more detailed and sensationalized at each time an 
opportunity to financially profit from her increasingly salacious allegations presented itself. She 
received payment in a syndication deal for the photographs published of her and Prince Andrew 
and she has been marketing a book deal regarding her allegations against Epstein, the prospects 
of which were only enhanced by featuring her in the Herald's series. 
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There is not a shred of evidence in either the State investigation or the federal investigation that 
any parties were held at any of Epstein's homes. He does not host parties, though he has from 
time to time sponsored academic conferences and did host a passover dinner at one time. 
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Reports of video cameras in Epstein's home are easily discredited. The only video camera 
installed in Mr. Epstein's home was installed in the common area of his Palm Beach home by the 
Palm Beach Police. The camera was installed in order to catch a thief who had been stealing 
from the home. The thief turned out to be the houseman, Juan Alessi, who was terminated 
from this position because of this theft and whose subsequent deposition you quote. This can 
be verified with the Palm Beach Police. Reporting any allegations made by Mr. Alessi without 
also reporting his obvious bias against Epstein and the reasons for it is yet another example of 
irresponsible journalism. 
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The other houseman of Mr. Epstein whose allegations must be equally suspect is Alfredo 
Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez went to jail for stealing a phone book and trying to profit from the 
civil cases against Epstein by attempting to sell that phone book to the Plaintiffs lawyers as the 
"holy grail" in those cases. 
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