Deferred Prosecution Agreement allegedly creates victim list without proof, bypassing §2255 safeguards

a KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 8. ALL IDENTIFIED VICTIMS BE PUT IN SAME POSITION AS IF EPSTEIN HAD BEEN TRIED. Mr. Sloman’s Leiter: e “The Agreement provides for 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.” Id. The Truth: ¢ Mr. Sloman continues to mischaracterize the highly irregular provisions of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement. The SDFL did not merely attempt to preserve the compensation rights of those it identified as victims; it attempted to create compensation rights for those it identified, without imposing on them the burden of proving that they were in fact victims under § 2255. o In the Deferred Prosecution Agreement, the SDFL required Mr. Epstein to waive the right to contest lability under 18 U.S.C. § 2255 as to a list of individuals that the SDFL would not disclose to Mr. Epstein until after he was sentenced and to pay for an attorney to secure compensation under § 2255 for those undisclosed individuals, or if they decided to sue Mr. Epstein. oO § 2255 ordinarily provides individuals with a right to recover minimum guaranteed damages of $150,000, without having to prove actual damages, only if: (1) they were victims of an enumerated federal offense, including offenses under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422 and 2423, (2) they were minors at the time of the offense, and most importantly (3) they were personally injured as a result of the offense. o The defense has confirmed examples of women who testified that they were not victims of Mr. Epstein and suffered no personal injury. These women were, nevertheless, on the list of “victims” identified by the government. . In fact, when confronted with the testimony of a women who denied both being a victim and incurring personal injury, Ms. Villafana actually acknowledged such testimony. To justify inclusion of that woman on the government’s list, however, Ms. Villafana then challenged her own witness’s credibility. e For this reason, it is false to state that these “identified” individuals are in the same position that they would have been had Epstein been convicted at trial. Had there been a trial, Mr. Epstein would have had a right to confront these individuals through cross- examination. Any individual that did not establish that she was a minor victim of conduct that satisfied each element of an enumerated statute under § 2255,or that she suffered personal injury, would not qualify for any treatment under § 2255. However, under the Deferred Prosecution Agreement, as an “identified individual” on the government’s list, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012178