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COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 2 EFTA00605710 Attorneys Say Miami Prosecutors Violated Crime Vtakns' Rights Act I Main Justice 4/7/11 1 36 PM JEGOTIATING WITH THE DOJ: p :Juana iTRATEGIES FOR OPTIMAL RESULTS - - BRACEWELL FREE Webinar - Wed., April 13 &GIULIANI Wanted: Lawyers with DOJ Experience Mj ribs About Om Tips? teeth ea Rootter Search Co IrlithltWAY APillt 0. 231! [(mail 0/ own.... i‘C,1054CI ri g Jo ExisTJOBS1 lAIN JUSTICE TICS, POLICY AND t ANTI-CORRUPTION orneys Say Miami Prosecutors Violated Crime Victims' Rights Act roll ante SNOcdrow I Math 22.2011 11:52 am ms attorneys for two gds who content they were misaulted by tellorer and aid sea offender Jaffrey Epstein Ned cwt Mare on Monday claiming the I U S. Attorney's office viol a9A the Crime Victims' Rights Ad by signng a nrprOstratecid agreement with Epstein ut waving them, the Palm Beech Cagy News reported POntaide Vann RightuReprthis EPOS", mimed 13 months In IS from June 7006 to July 2000 f area state count of madding en tthdaropa gid son prorthutlith Manna he is inguired to nlw elates ore der Willa he wasn't poseased for additional chews. mon Men 40 gifts under Me see of I B say they came to Na home and gave him ma wart Curl/ the massages. they say. he rhialutbalad and Suety assaulted rem Brad Edwards and Paul Cassell, allomem represantei two of Na raged steams. say In Meting than the U S Attorneys eke for the Southern Cleric' of Florida of OMNIrattly misled the Sabre by telly them thant was an ongair9 investigarlon Into the darn However. they say, me office was conossling the fact that may •frOntlY had spread • 'eteCUlled deist with Epstein i Esser cc-dei ling to the moor, the U.S. Arromeye dike in Jansen 2008 ar4 May 2005 sent 'false nottflanons Moms In to sln a alleged spans WAN 'Mils case Is currently undce investcatIon.' However. the cake had seen d the agreement liners in September 2007. am rya wants court hearing during whSch May will ass Mal the armmuni be Invaddidel because 5 sedated the li eights In the rnobth the allomerys Balm the nreeinart Is 'legal because the government did not protect the pesalcrisay mandated rights of viarnts beCte It entered Ma agreement' dge grants the request. Epstein code be clamed by the US Attorney's °Ike dm were chanasd end convicted on el Merged. ho =old be sentenced to 10 years to the !or each charge. s'q to the moor. -The only rumen that the (USAttomeye peke) eanCealed the existence of the nen-prosecution rent from the vans was no to comply wish porno legs resthaon tut reser to aeon a taster: of public Jnosy in* weld have andstad If us sweeter pies deal Wan a poetically connected beathre had been revealed' I Vas, epeeist counsel for re U S Attorney's Olds Southern Disekt et Florida In an smell to the newspaper that the knorneys etas will remorti n cad anus ever, as we staled more than two yeare ago In -My 2003 in ow response to the Olivetti Ben-emergency iseMon for cement of the Crime Verve Rghts Act, the CVRA was rot Wedded because no federal charges wore trier hied in es lent Meld of Florida' Veils mid 'Macaws* two matter remises pending In court. 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Wedreeday. Mint 23, 2011 Post 7.21 pm, Man*, March 21.2011 I SEARCH Wet Sure, by YAHOO! Ewa. t Print I Shril l weer Type Court papers led Monday say the U.S. Attorneys Office violated the Cnrrie Victims' Rights Act by signing a nonprosecudon agreement with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein without notifying his victims Attorneys Brad Edvrards and Paul Cassel, representing Jane Doe 01 and Jane Doe #2, want a court hearing, where they Mink that the agreement be inveldated because, they say. the viclistsPrights were violated II that happens, It could open up the 58-year-dd Pam Beach OM:snake to e slew d federal charges involving sex crimes with minors that Wife set aside by the agreement. The motor. filed Monday in federal court In West Palm Beath, accuses the US. Attorneys Office of deliberately misleading the victims by lading them the investigation was ongiang. while contain they had arteady signed a deal with Edstetn According to the modal, the U S. Attorney's Office sent 'false notification' letters in January 2008 and May 2008 to the victims saying TIM, case is currently under mvestigalion- after the government had signed the agreement w.th Epstein in September 2007. -The only reason that the (U.S Attorney's Office) concealed the existence of the non-prosecution agreement from the %fonts was not to comply will some legal reerie bon, but rather to avoid a firestorm of public controversy that would have melee if the sweetheart plea deal with a poltically connected billonare had been revealed: the motion says. If Epstein wore found guilty on federal charges, statutory penalties ranged from 10 years to life. hilted. the sealed pact was pan and parcel of Epstein's acceptance of a state plea deal, where he received en 1B-month sentence for sacking a 'New for prosetullon and seeding prostitution. He served 13 months segregated Ina vacant wing of the county studied. and was let out on work release six days a week for up to 18 twin a day. Edwards and other attorneys (men In court for a year before sucoessfe et getting the agreement unsealed In September 2009 More than 30 miler gins were tient died as Epstein's vicUms in the marl if " I ,1:".1, I S l i t . ow.. 2<l la Puerta Way, Palm Beach ciothrtely Cosigned Iltaii et :moan Palm WNW) Hanel emote. i) yore beads COTC071171 tRITI \tit roy, N OF UM Al RI H 1911 • CENI ENNIAL • 20 I I ILA:lack heft for the blest ereetstkle Find us on Facebook Palm Beach ()ally News Like 2,411 Mode like Pate suns Pally News- MIS Own* comia, Eitabcol, v.iro MOST RECENT At .911'.'S ino Pile Ser-h T.Sn ey el nu 00V. [cm, AT latteultl Atte inwnv.palmbeachdallynews.cominewsistiorneys-wam-Jelfrey-epstein-sgreement- thrown- our-1338111.html Page 1 of 3 EFTA00605713 Attorneys want Jeffrey Epstein agreement thrown. out 4/7/11 1 37 PM Doe 1 and 2, villa were 14 and 13, resbecbvely, at the time of the Incidents. received monetary settlements in civil cases. They are among more than hvo-dozom uneerage girls who Hod awstats settled dawns against Epstein. alleging they wore lured to his Palm Beach mansion to give him sexually charged massages andfor sex n exchange for money. The motion filed Monday says the agreement is alegal because the government did not protect the 'Congressionally mandated rights of victims before II ent&ed this agreement? Alicia Vale. special counsel for the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern lYstnct of Florida, said in an email that the U.S. Attorney's Office will respond in court Rings 'However. as we stated more than two years ago in July 2008 in our response to the plaintiffs' then-emergency petition for enforcement Of the Crime Victim Rights Act the CVRA was not violated because no federal charges were ever filed In the Southern District of Valle said. 'Because the maser remains pending In court. would be Inappropriate at rob time to provide additional conrnent on the merits of the currant motion' The attorneys reference o-nialls and letters from the federal office In Epsietn's lawyers acknowledging the government's legal obligation to Inform victims about the pact The emit:3 are redacted in ono motion because they are urder seal. The attorneys filed a separate motion Monday to unseal the correspondence. 'The reasonable inference from the evidence is that the U S. Attorneys Office wanted to keep the agreement a social to avoid intense criticism that would surely ensued had the victims and the pubic learned that a billonaire sex offender with political connections had arranged to avoid federal prosecution for numerous felony sex albinos paint minor girls; the motion says. 'As part of this pattern of deception, the U.S. Attorneys Office discussed victim notification with the defendant sex offender and. after he raised objections, slopped making nobfications.' Epstein sought 'a higher level of review' within the Department of Justice. the motion says. 'A reasonable inference from the evidence Is that Epstein used Ns significant palatal and social connections to lobby the Justice Department to avoid significant federal prosecution? the motion stales. Shan this sends. COMMENTS Comments are closed MEW" SOCIEW WEA11401 ARTS AithiCAVIBE wtcw. SECTIOWS abli••• bmil••• SPORT, Ms Cakeitdsr Ittlerkill NA,. •••t• UN Asc.... 300100 Coleostm Han* • tam*. Ps. 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Author Details • OHM Maratha a sonar O e 7 J News Reports about Billionaire Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Highlight the Importance of Victims Rights Hundreds of news articles have reported billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epsteln's close relationship with Britain's Pr.nce Andrew Attorney Brad Edwards has pursued victim rights cases on behalf of ten women who were sexually molested by Epstein Ask a Lawyer °pane Now 12 Lawyers Are Online. Current Wait Time: 14 Minutes LnJuutAnemertam OD Aos Google PattfinoWiro.com 3/08/2011 - Contact Farmer. JeffieNeissIng, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, (954) 524-2820 Kim Saler. BARD Marketing/PR (589 677-2575 Fon Lauderdale, FL In the last week. hundreds of news ertic'es have reported billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's close relationship with Britain's Prince Andrew. Attorney Brad Edwards has pursued wcilm rights cases on behalf of len women who, between 12 end 15 years of age, were sexually molested and abused by Epstein. 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Edwards successfully represented these women, obtaining Justice for each of them, by proving that Epstein and his international sex trafficking criminal enterprise exploited them and hundreds of other underage girls. This recent wave of news coverage highlight the importance of the victims rights work dial Attorney Edwards does on behalf of victims of sexual molestation and other sexual abuse. Edwards conducts extensive investigations and pursues civil lawsuits against sexual predators to protect the rights of hls victim clients and to Pled sexual predators, like Epstein. accountable. Many sexual predators, like Epstein. are wealthy and powerful and able to locus vest resources and high profile legal learns In an attempt to deflect attention, avoid criminal liability, and deny justice to their victims. Speaking of his work on the Epstein cases, Edwards says 'we took on powerful people and sought lo level the playing Geld to protect victims" Representing these wren has made Edwards aware that child sexual abuse Is extremely prevalent According to a U.S. Health and Human Services study, more than 83,000 substantiated reports of sexually abused children were made In 2005 alone. The actual number of Incidents of sexual abuse is likely much higher because it is beloved that sexual abuse, especially amongst Wenn, is significantly underreported. Edwards hopes that the media attention focused on Epstein's sexual abuse will Inspire victims to report these crimes' and WSJ convey his beket "that victims rights cases can effectively protect their rights, maintain their anonymity, and hold predators accountable.' Farmer, Jeff issing, Edwards, Flstos Ee 8 Lehrman, a Fort Lauderdale Litigation firm, oases on Consumer Class Actions, Sexual Abuse Cases 83 well as other significant Personal Injury. 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Apo1 7, 20;1 SOCIETY AUSANFSS SOTS FASHION filifTlIARIES 07Iii Chi 07V:in ES SHINY SHOTS ADVERTISE CahrACT US eissbch los Palo Bosch Daly Nabs rolow ©ShinySbeeli • on Twitien NEWS Revlon I Archon Electronic Edition Now Available! E-nloil this page forthl his page Cr Stool popular New Search Return to results Printer Friendly About yew archives purchase: Your purchase of 20 artickss robin on Gammon 4:22 Pa. You have visored 3 and** aril have 17 arthokrs remaining Palm Desch Daily News (FL) JUDGE RECEIVES EPSTEIN TAPE RULING PENDING MICHELE °ARCM. Daly News Sall Writer Published: May 5.2010 NEW YORK — A Manhattan federal judge Tuesday took Into custody a tape•recorded conversation between veteran newspaper reporter George Rush and convicted sex offender Jerey Epstein But U S. District Judge Lawrence M. McKenna reserved ruLng on whether the recording will be re'eased to atierneYs representing young women who were sexually abused by Epstein as mfrors. McKenna didn't Wen to the recanting tiring the hearing. Fon Lauderdale attorney Bald Edwards and Utah allomey and low professor Paul Casten ors flghtng to obtain the 22-minute tope on bend( of Epstein victim Jane Doe She Pea Ned one of a Dozen pond rig civl cases n federal court In West Palm Beach against Epstein. A status check Is set for Thursday in those cases before U.S. Claim Judge Kennel Marra. Dog mad have welled the lawsuit for 550.000 but b asking for $50 ratan ter damages. Cassell said Tuesday. -Jane Doe was repeatedly sexually assaulted over a lengthy period of Urne by this wealthy and powerful man,' Cassell said. East*. 57, is currently under house arrest In his Palm Beach home after seeing 13 months clan 18- month stale sentence foe soliciting • minor for onolautlon and sologIng pnostlution Needy two dozen young women have filed lawsuits against the t; aortae, money manager -. some Overly gelded -- alleging Epstein sexually abused them as mine, al Its El Belo Way home. Cites reporters protected pdvlege Rush, or the Now York Dally News, was present In me COurtroom, but did not haw to testify Tuesday. Neither did Fors Lauderdale prtvale Investigator WRNS Prim, Woo In the courtroom. Working on beret, of Epstein votims. Ratan discovered the existence of the tope and had a conversation wtn Rush about its contents. Representing Rush end the newspaper, Washington elfamey Laura Hardman and New York Daily News attorney Anne Carroll argued the tape should not be released under anycircumstances. thing reporter's protected prtigege. Rush told Epstein the convertibles was 'off Me moat' and has never published any portion of that conversation. But even If portions had been printed, the unpubished pones would sUI be protected, Handman Said. Handrran cited cases where interviews were conducted In the presence of other people and powliege was not waved. In addeon. Handrean argued that Rush sheik' not have to testily In court. The atilt/ for reporter's privilege to be protected Is crucial ih citing sources and gethenne Inky-melon for news stories Hardman said Reporting Is VI about give end take between the reporter and the source, Mare what repents have to do, Hardman said. 'This is so seal to news gathering? Hand/mart said. 'Mr. Rush could and histsell testifying In (many) cases just because he had the tamely to do some reporting 0411 very important story.' There b nothing helpful to Does case on the lap, and 'Jens Doe is not referred to once In that WPC' Hendman said. CasseS argued that the tape a aortal In shooing Epstein's lack of remorse' Closet described Epstein es • pitiless sexual abuser to Jane Doe end et least 30 other minor es. Even though Jane Does not referred to by flans, on the Ice, Epstein refers to h's victims as 'the gins and main disagreeing remsrigli about tern on the tape. Croat?! said Tape played for others Ceases Said privilege does not app because t was waived when Rush played to tape for three people end verbally divulged its contents to two others. Inducing Palen arid Edwards, who also represents two other victims. But even if them Is %parted privi ego; Cassell says, it Is outweighed by Does Inability to obtain to informsion anywhere else and the jury's need to hear Epstein'( own words about hb lack of Since Epstein has exercised Ns Fifth Amendrmtni right during guestimate by victirs' attorneys. the jury Gloated, Advertise Real Estate -I Autametive http /nl.newsbank.com n search /we/Archlvesip_xtIon ir do dip_dod mane d ki esodis_xcourt Id •AC01110406202210122618 s_upg radeable w no Page 1 of 2 EFTA00605719 Palm Beach Daily News: Archives 4/7/11 1 35 PM wr have no other way to hear Epsteln's words in his own voice, Cassell said. 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Those end other rewitaticns about the 22-rranute nterview by New York Deily News reporter Dooms Rush win Epstein are contained in a 24.page Mud fang by stomeys Brad Edwards and Pad Casa" On behalf of Jone Doe Edwards repents Doe end two other Epstein *time. Ediverde and Cassell one Aghling to obtain Co tope to further their moo of enS abate by Enter Whin Doe wanted:tor. Epstein, 57, was lensed from $111n July eller serving 13 months of en 1$ -month state sentence for solicitlrg a mror for prosecution and folding prostitution. Newly two dozen young women have fed lawsuits against Epstein — some already seeded en ategIng Epsteari sexually abused them as mean at tia El Bib Way home, store he Is now serving h0use west. The Nen York Daily News Is seeking to keep the tape confden0al, ding reporter's protected envied°. In response. Cass aye the newNalper weed Is protected privilege awn Rush played ye reccatIng for three people sad desated b wards to two others. Including Edwards. In addleon, Cassel writes that Wilms can't be app led n this elusion because It doesn't Invotve en issue mated to a congthineM source. The penal on V. taps le Epstein. Even If Mani lequelfied prhlisper Cameo maintains k is outweighed by Doe's natality to obtain the inlonesoon anywhere elm end her *compelling need lo obtain Jeffrey Eptlelati own words trout Na sexual abuse and tedt of remorse! When reached by phone Wednesday. Mae Carrot Money for the New York Daly News, said she will answer Cassell In • court Sing. Both the New York Daily New end Doe have asked a federal coon judge in Manhattan to listen to re laps In chambers to help determine whether privilege applies Epstein and others who hoped him procure minor girls for massages end sex acts have taken th e Pith Amendment h they depositions. stymieing Doe end the other victims suing Epstein. the documents say. Micheet Fisten, an Investigator woddng inn Doe, dbcovared the existence or the tape in fat 2009. An author who had listened to the tape bid Fists, that Rush had a tape retracing of Epstein 'discussing the sexual abuse of minor gins According to a swum affidavit by Piston. he called Rush. who confirmed he Interviewed Epstein and made tape. According to Rehm. Rush Jed Mtn that he compiled negative Information from Ewan ebod les exploits with underage girls and how he eluded the Justice system. Out Aston said that Rush Jed him that lea pubhher, who knows Elston, killed It alter receiving a cal from Easton. Fision said Rush tad h rn, among other things. that the loilowng Int.:mown wen contained on the tape. That East° n sad he wont to Jelin Ferlda for no reason and n the sexual abuse of ?ninon hid happened In Neaaork. ha would lave only received $200 fine. Thal M, one of Edwams' dients who sued Epstein for sexual abuse OS • Minor. came 10 thl es a Pnastltuto and e drug user (meanng two on to Nm far sex, rather than Nm pursuing her). That all thu g de sung him are only trylog to get• meal ticket. That Me only thing he m cant have done wrong was to maybe cross the lea a Me too dos*. in • sworn clegoStbon. Edwards steles that Rush clsclosed much of the Information contained on the Mee to him In a conversation. Edwards sold n his statement that the Rush Interview Is 'analog and not °Mends° obtained* front other wtnessss because it can be used to prove perjury - a federal akin. Edwards said Epstein MOW in e deposlion that he did not recognize the name George Rah from the New York Daly Nan 'cieliplte the fad that he gave a personal WervIew that we at now knew to have been taps recorded - mderganaotidellynewsoom Classified' Adverbs I nes esti Aorta. up:late:is in your e-mail Sign up to receive our e-mail newsletters here. reZarcicia Palm Beach Daily News NEWSLETTERS Imp iird.newsbank.cominl-searchiweiArchhres?p_actIonedocap_doci .ernamendldesq&s_accounticlaAC0111040620221012261&s_upgradeableuno Page 1 of 2 EFTA00605721 Pain Beach Daily News Archives 4/7/11 1 32 PM Epue!n Has 'come dose to crossing a Nne! Copyright (c) 2010 Palm Bosch Daily News Beffierteltatee.AtiveS1/2 4160,000 Manage for $669/rro. No SSN rep sere* CCOPMOrtflee 1441(021/?* Car_treseranse Your Auto Insurer hates this. toen)errespricoseesecer Man raseetatCredit Stott He Added 126 Points To His Credit Score ever.Crecitecoeirrreviteree Mn SIM! lek ,zerspeninat Mae $79nir Week ng ‚ram Horne. 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Those were the details unsealed Frida in a nine- a e federal nom rosecution agreement that lets Epstein and co-conspirators and off the hook for any of those past crimes. "He could have gone to prison for life and somehow he's getting immunity in exchange for nothing? said Fort Lauderdale attorney Brad Edwards, who represents three Epstein victims. "I have never seen a stranger case. To me, it's more spectacular what's not in it. It's the U.S. Attorney's Office saying we'll do everything in our power to see he doesn't get punished." Edwards has been fighting for a year in federal and state court to unseal the agreement. "The non-prosecution agreement raises more questions than it answers," said Miami attorney Adam Horowitz, who represents seven victims. 'Why did all the co-conspirators receive immunity? Why were the victims not consulted re- garding the sentence? Why did he receive such a minimal sentence? The federal deal has remained sealed in Epstein's state court file since he pleaded guilty in June 2008 to state charges of procuring a minor for prostitution and soliciting prostitution. US. Attorney's Office does not comment The federal charges he could have faced were: conspiracy to persuade minor females to engage in prostitution, conspiracy to travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minor females, persuading minor females to engage in pros- titution, traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minor females and causing a person under 18 years to engage in sex for money while knowing they are underage. The charges carry various statutory penatities ranging from 10 years to life, with a minimum mandatory of at least 10 years. Alicia Valle, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, declined comment. Expert: Feds take few sex-assault cases EFTA00605723 Page 2 ATTORNEY FOR EPSTEIN VICTIMS: 'I HAVE NEVER SEEN A STRANGER CASE' Palm Beach Daily News September 20, 2009 Sunday North Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Barry Maxwell said he is not surprised that federal charges weren't filed. "My experience has been that the federal government does not intervene in sex-assault cases, except if we're deal- ing with a serial rapist or it crosses jurisdictional lines," Maxwell said. "It's either not a big enough case or not atrocious enough for them? Epstein, 56, served 13 months of his 18-month sentence at the Palm Beach County Stockade and received liberal work-release privileges while in jail. He was able to go to his West Palm Beach office six days a week for up to 16 hours a day. He is now serving one year of probation at his Palm Beach mansion and is registered as a lifelong sex offender. Epstein 'fully abided' by deal, says defense Epstein's attorney Jack Goldberger released the following statement: "This document relates to allegations that were made many years ago. It was by its provisions and agreement of the parties to remain confidential in part to protect the identities of collateral third parties. "Mr. Epstein has fully abided by all of its terms and conditions. He is looking forward to putting this difficult peri- od of his life behind him. He is continuing his longstanding history of science philanthropy both here in South Florida and nationwide." Goldberger had blocked the unsealing by filing court papas asking that the documents stay scaled "to prevent a se- rious imminent threat to the fair, impartial and orderly administration of justice; to protect a compelling government interest; to avoid substantial injury to innocent third parties; and to avoid substantial injury to a party by disclosure of matters protected by a common law and privacy right, not generally inherent in these specific type of proceedings, sought to be closed." Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath ordered the agreement to be unsealed in June, but Epstein's attorneys appealed the ruling to the Fourth District Court of Appeals, which affirmed Colbath's ruling. Colbath had ruled that the federal agreement — sealed in state court — was improperly sealed. 'I felt it was my fault' More than a dozen lawsuits against the billionaire money manager have been filed in federal and state court, all with similar allegations: that a minor girl was taken to Epstein's mansion on El Brillo Way and led upstairs to a spa room by one of Epstein's assistants, where he would ask the girl to perform massages and/or various sex acts, for which he would pay her. One victim, who is known as Jane Doe #5 in a federal court lawsuit against Epstein, said she didn't find out about the deal until after it was finalized. She was 15 at the time one of her schoolmates told her she could make $200 by giv- ing a massage to a man in Palm Beach. She says she was "nervous and scared and wanted to leave" once she got to Epstein's spa room. "I thought, 'I can't call my dad or my mom because I'm stuck in this situation and didn't know what to do," she said. "I really didn't know what this man was capable of. For a long time, I felt like it was my fault and that's exactly what he wanted me to feel." Epstein has curfew While he is serving the 12 months of house arrest at his Palm Beach home, Epstein must observe a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m, curfew, have no unsupervised contact with anyone younger than 18 and not view, own or possess pornographic or sexual materials. The indictment followed an I I -month investigation by Palm Beach police, who said Epstein paid five underage girls for massages and sometimes sex at his El Braila Way home. Then-State Attorney Barry Krischer declined to pros- ecute Epstein on multiple charges involving unlawful sex acts with minors. Instead, he brought the case to a grand jury, which charged Epstein on the lesser charge of soliciting prostitution. Then-Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter wrote Krischer a letter asking him to remise himself from the case. When that didn't happen, Reiter requested an FBI investigation to determine if any federal laws were broken. EFTA00605724 Page 3 ATTORNEY FOR EPSTEIN VICTIMS: 'I HAVE NEVER SEEN A STRANGER CASE' Palm Beach Daily News September 20, 2009 Sunday 'Out of the ordinary' West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Gregg Lerman said several aspects of the Epstein case are unusual. "I don't understand why it would be a federal case in this circumstance, and why was there anything in writing at all and why did they seal the agreement? Lerman said. "Why did it go to the grand jury instead of through the gate filing lewd assault charges? That's unusual. And it's very unusual that they structure a plea to get county time rather than prison time. That's definitely out of the ordinary. Nobody goes to county jail as a state criminal punishment" mdargan ®pbdailynews.com GRAPHIC: Caption: Epstein Deal does not allow prosecution of co- conspirators. LOAD-DATE: September I, 2010 EFTA00605725 4 lr Local News West Palm teach, Palm teeth County, Martin & St. Lucie Couniks I The Palm Beach Post 4/6/11138 FM TI le rn B ria el flo3t NEWS I I de' et:* =II LOCATE .i. NO(TCON:PATIONINNCIUt CLEANS OUT UP TO 40%0F SLUDGE IN THEIST OIL CHANGE" lewlawerowew..eum• w0.4l. Swann to, Rohn I ricyrry I OGruARIES I (SIN ON cal►d en, mama, I' 4105T f.. Al ESTATE I I Linea Et3 -ctu,,,,,,IEHT I PHOMS 1 BREAKING NEWS: GOV. Scott O1“ last-minute bailout for courts, averting two-week furloughs Crick to row 5:01r Local News GI Govan Palm Beaches and nrosure Coast Palm Beach sex offender's secret plea deal: Possible co-conspirators not charged, presses victims to settle civil suits By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL Palm Beach Poo Soh Wier Friday. 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Mod Mae as :Twit al's !reel Page 2813 EFTA00605727 Page I LexisNexis' 7 of II DOCUMENTS Copyright 2009 ProQuest Information and Learning An Rights Reserved ProQuest SuperTcxt Copyright 2009 Palm Beach Post Palm Beach Daily News June 25.2009 Thursday Final Edition SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A.I LENGTH: 557 words HEADLINE: JUDGE TO RULE ON SEALED PLEA-DEAL PAPERS TODAY BYLINE: MICHELE DARGAN, MICHELE DARGAN. Daily News Staff Writer BODY: A circuit judge will decide today whether the public will be privy to the federal government's non-prosecution deal with Jeffrey Epstein, which was sealed when the convicted sex offender pleaded guilty in June 2008 to two felony counts. Epstein. of Palm Beach, will be released from the Palm Beach County Stockade July 22, after serving less than 13 months of his 18- month sentence for procuring a minor for prostitution and solicitation of prostitution. Teri Barbera, spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, confirmed his release date Tuesday. Epstein's projected release date had been Sept. 24, hut gain time — which includes his participation in a work-release program — moves the date up to July 22, Barbera said. Epstein, 56, has been in the work-release program since Oct. 10, in which he is allowed out of the stockade six days a week, from I0 a.m. to 10 p.m., to go to his West Palm Beach office, the Florida Science Foundation, monitored by an ankle bracelet and accompanied by a deputy. As part of Epstein's state plea agreement, the U.S. Attorney's Office agreed not to prosecute Epstein on federal charges as long as he fulfills all requirements of his sentence and probation. The federal non-prosecution agreement has been under seal in state court. Epstein's attorney Jack Goldberger filed court papers asking that the documents stay scaled for the following rea- sons: "to prevent a serious imminent threat to the fair, impartial and orderly administration of justice; to protect a com- pelling government interest: to avoid substantial injury to innocent third parties and to avoid substantial injury to a party by disclosure of matters protected by a common law and privacy right, not generally inherent in these specific type of proceedings, sought to be closed." Fort Lauderdale-based attorney Brad Edwards represents three Epstein victims and has asked Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colhath to unseal the federal agreement to the public. An attorney for The Palm Beach Post also has asked that the rec- ords be unsealed. Edwards and his clients have seen the agreement after a federal judge ruled that they are allowed to see it. But that ruling bars Edwards and anyone else who sees the document from disclosing the terms to anyone else. Edwards said he wants to use that document "in the deposition of various material witnesses" relative to his cases. EFTA00605728 Page 2 JUDGE TO RULE ON SEALED PLEA-DEAL PAPERS TODAY Palm Beach Daily News June 25. 2009 Thursday Radaronline.com has reported that Epstein has "secretly been helping the feds unravel a Ponzi scheme" related to the June 2008 indictment of two former managers of Bear Steams Mortgage Investment Fund. Epstein's rep. Howard Rubenstein, confirmed last year that Epstein is "Major Investor No. I" in the indictment, which says he lost about 557 million. Goldberger could not be reached for comment. The Manhattan money manager has been incarcerated since June 30, when he pleaded guilty to the two felony counts. As part of the plea agreement, Epstein must serve one year of house arrest after his release and register as a life- long sex offender. In addition to the criminal case, there are more than a dozen civil lawsuits — both state and federal -- pending against Epstein. All contain similar allegations: Epstein, through his employees and assistants, brought minor girls to his Palm Beach home on El Brillo Way for erotic massages and sometimes sex. mdargangsbdailynews.com GRAPHIC: Caption: Epstein To be released from jail July 22. LOAD-DATE: September L 2010 EFTA00605729 Page I LexisNexis' 9 of 13 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2009 Sun-Sentinel Company All Rights Reserved Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) June 15. 2009 Monday Palm Beach Edition SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 3B LENGTH: 348 words HEADLINE: HEARING SET TO CONSIDER SECRECY OF PLEA BARGAIN BYLINE: Susan Spencer-Wendell The Palm Beach Post BODY: A Palm Beach Circuit Court judge will not immediately unseal a deal that wealthy Palm Beach money manager Jeffrey Epstein made with federal prosecutors to avoid charges. Circuit Judge Jeff Colbath acknowledged, though, at a hearing last week that Epstein's deal was not sealed in ac- cordance with state and local court rules. "I don't see where any of the procedures were ever followed to begin with," Colbath said. Colhath also set a full hearing on the matter for June 25. Attorneys for young women now suing Epstein. together with The Palm Beach Post, arc asking Colbath to unseal the deal that Epstein made with federal prosecutors. "Ifs a secret agreement, a secret sweetheart agreement," said former Circuit Judge Bill Berger, who represents some of the women. "Everybody was in on this deal except the victims and the public. The public should be outraged it has gone as far as it has." Brad Edwards, a second attorney representing the women, has seen the sealed deal after a federal judge allowed him and his clients to view' it, but would not discuss its contents. Edwards would say only that the women were "outraged" that it had been negotiated behind their backs. A reporter asked Edwards whether he thought Epstein received special treatment by federal prosecutors. "Are you kidding? It's transparent. Certainly, no one else gets treated like that," Edwards said. Epstein, 56, a reported money manager of billionaires, is serving an 18-month sentence in the Palm Beach County Stockade after pleading guilty almost a year ago in state court to felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring teen- agers for prostitution. Epstein is allowed out, though, each day from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., a Sheriffs Office spokesman said. Displeased with the way the State Attorney's Office handled the case, Palm Beach police forwarded information to the FBI. INFORMATIONAL BOX: Young women have sued EFTA00605730 Page 2 HEARING SET TO CONSIDER SECRECY OF PLEA BARGAIN Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) June 15, 2009 Monday Money manager Jeffrey Epstein made a deal and is serving an 18-month sentence in jail. Attorneys for young women suing Epstein are asking a judge to unseal the deal that Epstein made with federal prosecutors. NOTES: < Informational box at end of text. (TOPIC) Prostitution solicitation case WAD-DATE: June 15, 2009 EFTA00605731