EFTA Document EFTA01711760

FD-302a (14.1/. 1104.95) • • 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of PD-302 ol .On 11/28/2007 ,Page _a_ telephonically contacted on several additional occasions inviting back to Epstein's residence and offering to go skydiving. declined invitations. EFTA01711760 `This was a typical 14-year-old girl. ... What happened here was despicable.' JEFFREY HERMAN, lawyer for parents of girl, now 17, who accuses Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault Palm Beach man faces lawsuit in teen sex case By LARRY KELLER Palm Brach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH — The parents of a teenage girl sued part-time Palm Beach resi- dent Jeffrey Epstein for more than $50 million on Thursday. alleging that the wealthy money manager had her brought to his mansion for a massage, then engaged in sexual activity with her. The girl, identified only as Jane Doe, was 14 at the time. She was the youngest of sev- eral alleged victims of Epstein, according to Palm Beach police, who spent 11 months investigating him. The federal lawsuit, filed by Miami at- • torney Jeffrey Herman, says "Epstein has a sexual preference and obsession for under- age minor girls." Epstein "gained access to primarily disadvantaged minor girls in his home, sexually assaulted these girls, and then gave them money." • Herman, who specializes in child sex abuse litigation, sued on behalf of the girl, her father and her stepmother on grounds of sexual assault, intentional infliction of , emotional distress and loss of parental con- sortium. "Jane Doe ... fell into Epstein's trap and • became one of his victims," the lawsuit says. "We're dismayed by the filing of the law- suit, but not surprised," said Jack Goldberger, stone of Epsteist's attorneys. "We think this shows what this case is all about: money." He and another Epstein attorney, Lilly Ann Sanchez, launched an immediate counterof- fensive, even showing up at Herman's news conference outside the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach. They distributed copies of documents showing that the girl's father and Lawyer Jeffrey Her- man (left) conducts a news conference Thursday with the fa- ther and stepmother of a girl who claims wealthy money nen- ager Jeffrey Epstein assaulted her in • 2005. The parents seek more than $50 million in their lawsuit. Epstein, who faces a prostitution solicitation charge, is scheduled to enter a plea March 10. Bill IhGRAM &Taff Photograpr-ei stepmother have prior arrests for financial crimes the lawyers say show the lawsuit is fi- nancially motivated. Mother Epstein lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt, a prominent New York crim- inal defense attorney, provided some of those See EPSTEIN, TB, 1O Mount Clipping in Space Below) • • EFTA01711761 Epstein paid girl ► EPSTEINfrom 1B documents to Goldberger. "Jeffrey Epstein did not have sex with this woman," Sanchez said. Herman suggested that Epstein masturbated in front of the alleged victim and used a vibrator on her after she was brought to his home in February 2005. The girl is now 17. "This was a typical 14- year-old girl at the time she met Epstein," Herman said. 'What happened here was despicable." The girl told police inves- tigators that she informed Epstein she was 18 when she met him, and she said that was her age on her Web page, Sanchez said. The girl's father and step- mother also attended the news conference. "We're very angry," the father said. "It's not right that this wealthy man can fly into town and destroy my daugh- ter's innocence." He did not take questions. Epstein, 55, is a mysteri- ous New York money man- ager who owns a Manhattan mansion, as well as homes! in Palm Beach, New Mexico and the Virgin Islands. A Palm Beach County grand jury indicted him in July 2006 on one count of felony solicitation of prostitu- tion stemming, from alleged incidents between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31, 2005. Epstein is scheduled to enter a plea in the case on Epstein 300, suit claims March 10, but he has post- poned other court dates to resolve the case. His in- dictment followed an exhaustive investigation by the Palm Beach Police De- partment, which concluded that Epstein paid underage girls and young women to be brought to his five-bedroom, 71/2-bath Intracoastal home for massages and sometimes sex play. Much of the language in the Jane Doe suit mirrors that of police reports in the case. Herman's client said her meeti was set up by of Loxa- hatchee, w o was a Palm Beach Community College student at the time. When Jane Doe arrived at Epstein's home, she was escilit an Epstein assistant, Kel- len, to a mom with a massage table, police reports and the lawsuit say. Epstein walked in wear- ing only a towel, removed it and lay naked on the mas- sage table, the lawsuit says. He demanded that Jane Doe remove her clothing, and she did, except for her under- wear, the lawsuit alleges. The sexual activity followed, the suit says. Epstein p t i$300 af- terward, and got S200 for bringing t e gir to him, sa and. helped Epstein arrange of er liai- sons with girls, Palm Beach police concluded. Neither was charged. This- is not the first time Epstein has been sued over purported activities with teenage girls. He was sued in New York in October by a woman who says she had sex with Epstein when she was 16 and had sought his help in becoming a model. The lawsuit filed Thurs- day also alleges that Epstein has assaulted girls on his private island in the Virgin Islands. Herman declined to elaborate on that assertion. 0 larry_keller@pbpost.com EFTA01711762 FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) • • Mount Chopin in Space Below) Part-time Palm Beacher faces another sex suit By LARRY KELLER Palm Beath Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH — For the second time in two weeks, part-time Palm Beach resident Jeffrey Epstein has been sued for more than $50 million by a woman who contends that he engaged in sexual activity with her when she was a minor after enticing her to give him a massage at his home. More lawsuits may follow, Miami lawyer Jef- frey Herman said. "I'm aware of oth- er victims," he said. "I have been con- • tacted." Herman filed a similar lawsuit against Epstein on ' Jan. 24 on behalf of a girl - A identified as "Jane Doe," her father and stepmother. The • girl, now 17, says she was 14 when she gave Epstein a Epstein sexually tinged massage at his home. The latest alleged victim is identified as "Jane Doe No. 2." She went to Epstein's Palm Beach mansion in 2004 or 2005 when she was 16, the lawsuit alleges. She says another girl recruited her to go there to give Epstein a massage. Once there, she alleges, she was led to an upstairs room with a massage table. Epstein came in wearing only a towel around his waist and told her to remove her clothes. She did, except for her bra and panties, accord- ing to the lawsuit. Epstein removed his towel, rolled onto his back, mastur- bated and touched Jane Doe No. 2 sexually, according to the lawsuit filed in federal court in West Palm Beach on Wednesday. Jane Doe No. 2 was paid $200 afterward, and the girl who recruited her was given See EPSTEIN, 5B ► (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 16 / 56 / The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, FL Date: 2/1/2008 Edition. Title: Part-time Palm Reacher faces another sex suit Character or Classification' 31E-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM ndexing EFTA01711763 • • 1 plaintiff's parents at odds over suit ► EPSTEIN from 1B $100, according to the lawsuit. The two attended the same Palm Beach County high school. Jane Doe No. 2 is now 19 and living in Virginia, Her- man said. Both lawsuits contend that Epstein, 55, targeted "economically disadvantaged girls from western Palm Beach County" who were perceived as less likely to complain to authorities, or whose credibility would be fined if they did. "Both complaints are full of lies," said Guy Lewis, former US. attorney in Miami and one of Epstein's many attor- neys. Jane Doe No. 2's lawsuit "is an outrageous, defamatory copycat of the first." There has been a twist in the first Jane Doe lawsuit. Her mother in Georgia contends that her former husband — Jane Doe's father — con- sulted with neither of them before filing the lawsuit. She is asking a judge to halt the litigation until her daughter turns 18 in May and can make her own decisions. The mother asked in court filings to be added to the law- suit, saying she "has suffered and will continue to suffer severe mental anguish and pain" as a result of Epstein's "reckless conduct." Jane Doe "just didn't want the lawsuit going forward with the father's involve- ment," said Ted Leopold, the mother's attorney. "She wanted to pursue it on her own. The father essentially did this on his own." Jane Doe has been es- tranged from her father since Thanksgiving. Leopold said. "That's why it's even stranger what he did," he said. The girl's mother is asking a judge in their divorce case to find the father in contempt of court for violating their divorce decree by not con- ferring with her on a matter involving their daughter. "The father has sole custo- dy and has the right to make decisions on his daughter rights," Herman said. Epstein is a wealthy New York money manager who has counted Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Britain's Prince Andrew among his friends. He was the target of a lengthy investigation into his activities with girls by the Palm Beach Police Depart- ment that resulted in his in- dictment in July 2006 on one count of felony solicitation of prostitution. That case is pending. Epstein has been sued in New York by a woman who says he had sex with her when she was 16. Herman said he has received calls from others making the same assertions in that state. Herman convened a news conference Wednesday on the middle bridge connecting West Palm Beach and Palm Beach. "This is the bridge ... these girls were recruited to come over and give a massage," he said. "When they crossed this bridge, they had no idea what was in store for them. This is a bridge of tears." Herman has described both Jane Does as typical teenage girls Epstein robbed of their innocence. But Harvard University law Professor Alan Dershowitz, another Epstein attorney, pro- vided the state attorney's of- fice with information gleaned from the myspace.com Web site two years ago showing that some of Epstein's alleged victims boasted of their alco- hol and marijuana use. Herman said the girls' backgrounds aren't relevant to Epstein's purported be- havior. "They don't have the mental capacity to consent to something like this with a grown man." he said. Olarry_keller@pbpost.com EFTA01711764 Girl drops lawsuit against Palm Beach man By LARRY KELLER Palm Brach Post Staff Writer A girl who says that wealthy money manager and part-time Palm Beach resident Jeffrey Epstein engaged in • sexual activity with her when she was 14, has dropped her lawsuit against him because her divorced parents are squabbling over the litigation. "It has to do with the fact that the parents aren't on the same page right . now," said Jeffrey Herman, the attorney for the girl, identified in court papers only as Jane Doe. "It's like a sideshow." The girl turns 18 in May and can sue • again at that time without her parents' involvement, Herman said. Herman sued Epstein last month on behalf of the girl, her father and her stepmother. Her birth mother, who lives near Atlanta, then asked to intervene on her daughter's behalf and asked that Epstein Accused of sexuallly assaulting then- 14-year-old girl. the litigation be halted until her daughter turns 18. The mother com- plained that Jane Doe's father did not consult with her or their daughter before suing Epstein for $50mi1- lion. The lawsuit al- leges sexual assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and loss of parental consortium. Herman also represents a Jane Doe No. 2 who, like Jane Doe, claims Epstein summoned her to his home for a massage when she was a minor and sexually touched her. Epstein, 55, induced several under- age girls to give him sexual massages at his Intracoastal home, a Palm Beach Police Department investigation con- cluded. He was indicted in July 2006 on a single count of felony solicitation of prostitution. The case is pending. Jane Doe's parents separated two months after she was born at Good Sa- maritan Medical Center, according to court records. The couple's subsequent divorce has been contentious. Each has had primary custody of the girl at various times. The father pleaded guilty to fed- eral fraud charges in 2001 and was sen- tenced to 21 months in federal prison, plus three years' probation. The US. attorney overseeing his prosecution was Guy Lewis. Now in private practice. Lewis was hired by Epstein to defend him against the father's lawsuit filed on behalf of Jane Doe. elarry_keller@pbpost com Mount Clipping in Space Below) a CO 0 a EFTA01711765 FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) • • Mount Clipping in Space Below) Another suit alleges sex during massage By LARRY KELLER Palm Bradt Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH --- Another woman filed a federal lawsuit against Jef- frey Epstein on Wednesday, alleging that he turned a massage she gave him at his Palm Beach mansion into a sexual episode when she was 16 years old, Identified as "Jane Doe No. 3," she is seeking more than $50 million, the same as two other "Jane Does"who filed similar lawsuits in the past six weeks. All three suits were filed by Miami lawyer Jeffrey Herman. Herman subsequently withdrew the first Jane Doe's lawsuit because of squabbling by her parents over the litiga- tion. The girl may refile the suit after she turns 18 in May and can make her own deci- sions, Herman said. Other alleged victims also have contacted him, Herman said. "I do anticipate more cases," he said. In the latest litigation, Jane Doe No. 3 alleges that she was recruited lege student, to give Epstein a massage or money at his waterfront home late in 2004 or early in 2005. The lawsuit alleges that, while on the massage table, Epstein sexually touched Jane Doe No. 3, then mas- turbated. She is suing on grounds of sexual assault and intentional infliction of emo- tional distress. "She felt intimidated. She felt scared," Herman said. Jane Doe No. 3 made only the one visit to Epstein's home, he said. "It's just another copycat lawsuit filed by the same lawyer who appears less interested in the truth than in grandstanding with these press conferences," said Jack Goldberger, one of Epstein's attorneys. 'We now have sworn testimony that girls lied about their age to Jeffrey Epstein, and they were care- ful in being convincing that they were over the Herman said instructed Jane Doe ZQo "When he asks how old you are, tell him 18 or 19 years old." But he said it doesn't matter. "They were underage girls," Herman said. 'They were sexually assaulted." In addition to the civil law- suits, Epstein was indicted on a single count of felony solicitation of prostitution in July 2006 after a lengthy Palm Beach Police Depart- ment investigation into his activities with underage girls at his home. A resolution has been delayed continually. The case is on Monday's court docket but is expected to be rescheduled once again. "One of the reasons (Jane Doe No. 3) came forward is she is tired of waiting for jus- tice," Herman said. elarry_kelletepboost.com (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 3B / The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, FL Date: 316/2008 Edition: Title: Mother suit alleges sex during massages Character or Classification: 31E-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM Indexing: .3, E - rovx,2- /‘ct EFTA01711766 t Automated Serial Permanent Charge-Out FD-5a (1-5-94) Date: 04/02/08 Time: 13:21 Case ID: 31E-MM-108062 Serial: 152 Description of Document: Type : FD302 Date : 03/20/08 To : MIAMI From : Topic: Reason for Permanent Charge-Out: Error in serializing. Employeek WAS INTERVIEWED AT THE NEW YORK 31E AIN- logot,31, icait EFTA01711767 Automated Serial Permanent Charge-Out FD-5a (1-5-94) Date: 04/02/08 Time: 13:21 Case ID: 31E-MM-108062 Serial: 153 • Description of Document: Type : EC Date : 03/27/08 To : MIAMI From : NEW YORK Topic: TO COVER LEAD SET BY THE MIAMI DIVISION,SERIAL 134,LEAD 1 Reason for Permanent Charge-Out: Error in serializing. Employeeito io?o&9,1513 EFTA01711768 FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 03/24/2008 (hereafter referred to as New York, NY 10019, date of irt address cellular telep hone number was interviewed at the New York Office of the Fe era Bureau of Investigation (FBI), located at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: stated she is currently employed at the that address) in New York, NY and is a so a stu ent at studying to be an actor. the added she was not ig sc ool; she lived w' was in a boy band called NAME UNKNOWN (LNU). All life live between and hat she was a studiiiiit located on jit. City (NYC). her arents wh"l g r id e anher friend LAST (he in an apartment locate at III in NYC. IIIIIIII had a best friend by the name of IIIIIIIIIIIIIII He attended a high school (name unknown) in Queens, NY and it was ugh that met a girl by the name of LNU. LNU had met at middle school (name R, also in and Queens, NY an since they both had moved from Brazil to NYC, they had this bond and became very close friends. was about 17 years of age when she met LNU who was a out 14 or 15 years old at the time, but who was very street savvy. stated that iiiiiiii out with an older crowd and was smart beyond her years. stated that sheactually deferred to her whenever they went out "to party" because actual i seemed to know everyone in the club scene. stated she and LNU began hanging out with LNU and her friend LNU. She recalled that sometime fa ter her 18th birthda (ma be sometime in ), AND were taking a cab to a club. l were talking a out something in a quiet tone and asked them what was going on. After some hesitation, Mmfigationm D3/20/2008 pt n New York, NY Fik0 31E-MM-10806245 Datediemed by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 3/6-7- NN-108roba--/sy l EFTA01711769 FD•302a (Rev. 10.6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of ED-302 of 03/20/2008 ,On ,Page 2 III told the girls that she and new a man by the name of Y LNU who would pay $300.00 to g r s who would give him a massage. told and that it was very legitimate an he never toucf!!!!!!, he just wanted to see a pretty girl giving him a massage at home. was suspicious and wondered why he would pay so much money just a just a massage. told her it was very easy money and she was not required to 1.1thing else but massage him. told that JEFFREY just wanted to have pretty young 19111around him. About a week later, called and told her that she had made an appointment for to go to JEFFREY's house to give him a massage. a never agreed to this but felt obligated to go to the appointment now that had set it up. local!!! gave her the address of JEFFREY's apartment which was (from what she can recall). She also remembered the apartment was adjacent to the Ralph Lauren store in the Upper East Side, NYC. was still apprehensive about going but since the appointment was during the day she figured nothing bad could happen. She recalled that the apartment was a four story brownstone and when she pressed the buzzer a maid answered the door. She noticed two security cameras facing the front doorstep. The maid asked her to sit in the foyer and then the maid left. RIM was nervous and was thinking about leavill Ater five was very nervous and she sent a text to telling her minutes she got up to leave but just then the maid showed up and told her that JEFFREY would be with her shortly and not to leave. In a minute or so JEFFREY came downstairs and introduced himself. She described him as a man in his 60's with salt and pepper hair and about 5'9". He then led her to an elevator where they went up to the fourth floor. He then took her to a room that was set up like a massage parlor complete with massage table and an assortment of massage oils, lotions, and other aroma-therapy products. JEFFREY then ex lained that She which she was en left the room and returned fully undressed with t e exception of a EFTA01711770 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) • • 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of ,On 03/20/2008 "le 3 towel he had wrapped around his waist. JEFFREY laid down on the massage table face down and kept the towel on. then massaged his back and legs. JEFFREY at no time to •zokili her or disrobed in front of her. After 20 minutes of being massaged he got off the table and paid her $300.00 in $100.00 bills. (It should be noted that JEFFREY always paid her using $100.00 bills only). After the massage was over, JEFFREY told he did no her to massage him again because He told her that he wanted her to oring im other gir s instead. At no time did he discuss her age or asked about the ages of her friends. He did not ask that he bring a girl with a specific hair color or age but did ask for slim and petite girls. About a week later, called again and told her she had set up another appointment. ad told about it and said that she should go with er an they could both make some easy money. told about her experience and since he never toucRATor trillitlithing sexual with her, she thought it was okay to get involved. led The girls then went to JEFFREY's apartment and he again He asked them both to The ame to a compromise an they JEFFREY then went o e o er room, an• came •ac un•resse• wi a towel wrapped around his waist. The girls then began to massage him and then JEFFREY asked to leave the room and for to stay. After some time, went the rj!!'"Ii she noticed that both and JEFFREY JEFFREY was on the massage table and was closer to t e door. paid each girl $400.00 in $100.00 bills. The girls and left JEFFREY's home. refused to tell w at in the room but sil seemed upset. had happened About a week later, received a call from a ' LNU, who identified herse as callin on behalf of JEFFREY EPSMIN s office. She left a message on cell phone (which is the same number she has current y to in her that she needed to call back as soon as possible. did not return her call as s e did not know who these peop e were. A few minutes later, called told her LNU EFTA01711771 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of 03/20/2008 .on , Page 4 worked at JEFFREY EPSTEIN's office and he was the same JEFFREY that she had met and had massaged. call to make an appointment. caller ID and it was the business n woman by the name of her right back. LNU called and said told her to give called the number a itlillr er for JEFFREY's office. A would call immediately called and told her that she needed to contact to make anofil.ointment and needed her cell phone number w is provided. A few minutes later, she go with her to JEFFREY's house. same scenario as the previous visit. Once again, after a few minutes of in the massage room she was asked to leave. This time they got paid $300.00a again refilii!!!ell When she return to the room, and JEFFREY were what happened once she left the room. recalled going with to JEFFREY's house a total of !!!!!'!imes. IIIIIIII and t at and asked that and it was the knew from talking to the other girls like was still going to JEFFREY's house eve. ..r stopped going. On one occasion went to see JEFFREY and she came a- She stated t at JEFFREY had asked to and became very upset and JEFFREY ended up throwing the money at er and yelled for her to get out of his home. added JEFFREY called her directl on her cell phone and IIIIIII!r to refer more girls to him. stopped taking calls from JEFFREY or any of his assistants ecause she did not want to refer any other girls to JEFFREY. She stated she had made a mistake by giving out number to in the first place and did not want to make Mme mistake again. recalls getting paid about $1000.00 in the few months she had visited JEFFREY's home. stated that her apartment was like a revolving door whereill ill friends stopped by. would hear things REY once the girls and some o).. ills (like IIIII and lig). She recalled that one of friends, who was about 15 at the time, would also give JEFFREY massages. did not know her very well but knew that she EFTA01711772 FD-302a (Rev. 10.6.95) • • 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of 03/20/2008 .On ' Page 5 also lived in Queens, NY. It is her belief that was recruited by another female (name unknown) who went to high school in Queens, NY, never met this other female. then seemed to be the one recruiting more girls for JEFFREIll'ilhe time met did not graduate high school and seemed content enough to make money giving JEFFREY massages. heard through that IIIIII IIIIIII and i. '. When aka.whi he meant by it illiihe replied . . Moreover, went with to JEFFREY's office to collect mone he owed her. She describe . building being located on in NYC. She remembers seeing the exterior o t e us ing as marble with large columns on either side. She believes this was the only occasion she was ever in his office building. • When was asked whether she had ever been asked to take trips witjill. outside of NYC she stated she had not. However, she had overheard brag to the other girls about going on a trip with JEFFREY to West Palm Beach, Florida. She was going on about going to West Palm Beach on a boat and having a great time in Florida. believes that all probably went on a trip if not several trips with JEFFREY to Miami and West Palm Beach, FL but did not have further information on this matter. Once disassociated herself from those girls, she never heard anymore etails of the trips. She stated that once she refused to take or JEFFREY's calls and did not refer any more girls to his Ouse, she stopped hanging around so much with the other irls who did. The last time she saw was at a club when was 19 years old. She does not eep in contact with her but s e nows that III is still very good friends with stated that JEFFREY EPSTEIN used to like to boast about all the celebrities he knew and loved to "name drop" and make calls to celebrities in the movie industry while he was getting a massage. JEFFREY at one point had claimed to know, GELSEY KIRKLAND, a famous ballet star, KIERA KNIGHTLY among others. He thought this would impress her but since mother was in show business for a long time she was not east y impressed. EFTA01711773 FD-302* (Rev. 10-6-95) • • 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of 03/20/2008 , On Page 6 Nonetheless, is cognizant that JEFFREY has a lot of money and power and 111111., this has come to light, she fears him and fears for her safety. stated she was not in contact with most of the girls aLaLalaaLlaagambut stated that cell phone number would probably ave contact information for and rovided the number for LNU, JEFFREY'S assistant as which she believes was JEFFREY'S office number and LNU's number which is ( EFTA01711774 FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 03/24/2008 (hereafter referred to as birth address _I New York, NY 10019, cellular tele/A-one nnill s in was interviewed at the New York Office_ o` the Fe era ureau of Investigation (FBI), located at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: stu eni stated she is cur tntly employed_gt the that_addre. ) in New YprIc,,Fy_and a so a studying to e an actor. at added that rio- to between 11,11 added she was not !ool; she lived w was in a boy band called an NAME UNKNOWN (LNU). All arse in an betweenlIlland in New York that she was a student at located on City (NYC). nts whiiii ng (he er f!!!!!AIIIIII -LAST apartment loca at III ■ in NYC. had a best friend by the name of He attended a hIgh school (name unknown) in Queens, and LNU had met at middle school ( III through LNU met a girl by the name of nab Queens, NY and since they both had moved from had this bond and became very close friends. years of age when she met LNU who was about 14 or 15 years old at the time, but who was very street savvy. stated that LNU hung out with an older crowd and was smart beyond her years. stated that she actually deferred to her whenever they went out "to party" because seemed to know everyone in the club scene. NY an it was LNU. nown also in to NYC, they was about 17 stated she and LNU began hanging out with LNU and her friend LNU. She recalled that sometime after her 18th birthday (maybe sometime in ) , AND were taking a cab to a club. an were talking about something in a quiet tone and asked them what was going on. After some hesitation, Investigation on 03/20/2008 at New York, NY Ellen 31E-MM-108062- v•Li by Date dictated This do:ument contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents arc not to be distributed outside your agency. 3/6-14N- (O&D&z-/f/ EFTA01711775 EFTA01711776 FD-302a (Rev. I 0-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FC$301 of 03/20/2008 ,On Pap 2 told the girls that she and I'll'. knew a man by the name of JEFFREY LNU who would iiiii00.00 to irls who would give him a massage. told and that it was very legitimatelillihat he never touc e t em, he just wanted to see a pretty girl giving him a massage at home. was suspicious and wondered why he would pay so much moneyll...r a just a massage. told her it was very easy money and she was not required to !!'"!thing else but massage him. IIIIII told that JEFFREY just wanted to have pretty young jcifliaround him. About a week later, called and told her that she had made an appointment or to go to JEFFREY's house to give him a massage. a. never agreed to this but felt obligated to go to the appointment now that had set it up. lliF ill II gave her the address of JEFFREY's apartment which was locate (from what she can recall). S e also remembell. apartment was adjacent to the Ralph Lauren store in the Upper East Side, NYC. was still apprehensive about going but since the appointmen!MmIring the day she figured nothing bad could happen. She recalled that the apartment was a four story brownstone and when she pressed the buzzer a maid answered the door. She noticed two security cameras facing the front doorstep. The maid asked her to sit in the foyer and then the maid left. 'MR" was very nervous and she sent a text to telling her was nervous and was thinking about leaving. After five minutes she got up to leave but just then the maid showed up and told her that JEFFREY would be with her shortly and not to leave. In a minute or so JEFFREY came downstairs and introduced himself. She described him as a man in his 60's with salt and pepper hair and about 5'9". He then led her to an elevator where they went up to the fourth floor. He then took her to a room that was set up like a massage parlor complete with massage table and an assortment of massage oils, lotions, and other aroma-therapy products. lained that he wanted her declined but en left the room and returned fully undressed with the exception of a EFTA01711777 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) • • 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of 1-O.302 of 03/20/2008 , . Page 3 towel he had wrapped around his waist. JEFFREY laid down on the massage table face down and kept the towel on. then massaged his back and legs. JEFFREY at no time RST i her or disrobed in front of her. After 20 minutes of being massaged he got off the table and paid her $300.00 in $100.00 bills. (It should be noted that JEFFREY always paid her using $100.00 bills only). not want her to massage him again because she remin!!!Wof his After the massage was over, JEFFREY told he did niece. He told her that he wanted her to bring him other girls instead. At no time did he discuss her age or asked about the ages of her friends. He did not ask that he bring a girl with a specific hair color or age but did ask for slim and petite girls. About a week later, called again and told her she had set up another appointment. ad told about it and said that she should go with er an they could both make some easy money. told about her experience and since he never touched her or tried anything sexual with her, she thought it was okay to get involved. The girls then went to JEFFREY's apartment 'n the massage room. He asked them both to compromise and they JEFFREY then went came a towel wrapped agree to the around to other room, an his waist. The asked some time, both table an girl $400.00 ln JEFFREY's home. in the room but girls then began to massage him and then JEFFREY went back into the rift" she noticed that to leave the room and for to stay. After JEFFREY JEFFREY was closer to the door. $100.00 bills. The girls j!III refused to tell Imed upset. was on the massage paid each and left had happened About a week later, received a call from a LNU, who identified herse as callin on behalf of JEFFREY EPSTEIN's office. She left a message on cell phone (which is the same number she has currently) tellin her that she needed to call back as soon as possible. did not return her call as she did not know who these people were. A few minutes later, called told her LNU EFTA01711778 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FO-302 of worked at( EFFREY EPS she had met a 03/20/2008 ,On ),age 4 s office and he was the same JEFFREY that ed. told her to give IIIIII a call to make an appointment. called the numbeFOnher caller ID and it was the business number for JEFFREY's office. A woman by the name of LNU called and said would call her right back. immediately called and told her that she needed to contact to make anot er appointment and needed her cell phone number which provided. A few minutes later, called and asked that she go with her to JEFFREY's house. agree and it was the same scenario as the previous visit. Once again, after a few minutes of in the massage room she was asked When she return to the room, and JEFFREY were This time they got paid $300.00 each. again re used to tell what happened once she left the room. recalled going with to JEFFREY's house a total of three times. and t at was still going to JEFFREY's house even knew from talking to the other girls like stopped going. On one occasion went to see JEFFREY and she came home crvincr. She stated thif- 2FFREY had to and became very upset and JEFFREY ended up throwing the money at er and yelled for her to get out of his home. added JEFFREY called her directly on her cell phone and as a er to refer more girls to him. stopped taking calls from JEFFREY or any of his assistants oecause she did not want to refer any other girls to JEFFREY. She stated she had made a mistake by giving out number to IIIIII in the first place and did not want to make t e same mistake again. recalls getting paid about $1000.00 in the few months sil,. visited JEFFREY's home. stated that her apartment was like a revolving door whereal!! friends stopped by. would hear things JEFFREY once the girls and some of111111s like and III). She recalled that one of 's PRis, who was about 15 at the time, would also give JEFFREY il la massages. did not know her very well but knew that she EFTA01711779 • • FD-3021 (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of 03/20/2008 ,On .114e 5 also lived in Queens, NY. It is her belief that was recruited by another female (name unknown) who went to high school in Queens, NY, never met this other female. then seemed to be the one recruiting more girls for JEFFREIRRhe time met did not graduate high school and seemed content enough to make money giving JEFFREY massages. heard throw h that IIIIII IIIIIII and 1111l " 1. When ifikgaWEJEIFe meant by he replied Moreover, went with to JEFFREY's office to collect money he owes her. She descrijill. building being located on in NYC. She remitirIllIlling the exterlor of the bulicillias marble with large columns on either side. She believes this was the only occasion she was ever in his office building. When was asked whether she had ever been asked to take trips with JEFFREY outside of NYC she stated she had not. However, she had overheard brag to the other girls about going on a trip with JEFFREY to West Palm Beach, Florida. She was going on about going to West Palm Beach on a boat and having a great time in Florida. believes that probably went on a trip if not several trips with JEFFREY to Miami and West Palm Beach, FL but did not have further information on this matter. Once disassociated herself from those girls, she never heard anymore details of the trips. She stated that once she refused to take LESLIE's or JEFFREY's calls and did not refer any more girls to his house, she stopped hanging around so much with the other girls who digs The last time she saw was at a club when was years old. She does not keep in contact with her bi.•.1cnows that is still very good friends with stated that JEFFREY EPSTEIN used to like to boast about all 111,Ibrities he knew and loved to "name drop" and make calls to celebrities in the movie industry while he was getting a massage. JEFFREY at one point had claimed to know, GELSEY KIRKLAND, a famous ballet star, KIERA KNIGHTLY among others. He thought this would impress her but since mother was in show business for a long time she was not easily impressed. EFTA01711780 FD-102a (Rev. 10495) • • 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of Sta . On 03/20/2008 , Page 6 Nonetheless, of money and power and !!!!!!!! this has come to light, she fears him and fears for her safety. is cognizant that JEFFREY has a lot stated she was not in contact with most of the girls a •ut stated that I L.C9,14 Phone n would probably have contact information for an• rovided the number for LNU, JEFFREY's assistant as which she believes was JEFFREY's office number and LNU's number which is ( EFTA01711781 FD.302 (Rev. 10-6-95) • • -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 03/26/2008 (hereafter referred to as date ofbirth IIII, address III , New York, NY 10019, cellular telephone number , telephonically contacted Special Agent (SA) of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of nvestigation (FBI). provided the following information: stated her friend III had called her after had spoken to FBI agents on March 20, 2008. She stated they spoke briefly about captioned investigation but did not "swap notes" about details of the information they provided to interviewing agents. informed SA that she was concerned about providing the correct time IRM I!egarding her involvement with JEFFREY EPSTEIN. stated had told her it was sometime in the summer months of 2004 when she first met JEFFREY EPSTEIN because she recalled it was hot and sunny outside. then remembered purchasing a summer sleeveless dress during that time frame and she had worn tank to s and short skirts whenever she visited JEFFREY at his home. apologized for the confusion of the time line. If this time line is correct, she was 17 years old when she first met JEFFREY. stated she had also recalled a particularly embarrassing situation she had not disclosed to interviewing agents when she first spoke to them (SAs IIIIIII AND =ME on March 20, 2008. She stated she wanted to block that memory because she was ashamed. added that on the second occasion when she had gone to JEFFREY's home, by herself to give him a massage, he had stated he had disrobed in front of her and laid down on the massage table with a towel around his mid-section He began He t en asked her if she was uncomfortable and she answered "yes". He then got upset, and paid her $300.00. She asked if she could leave and he told her that he did not want her to massage him anymore. However, he offered to pay her $200.00 if she referred Incestigationm 03/25/2008 at New York, NY File w 31E -MM-108062 -15-2S " by _NM Date dictated (telephonically) this document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents arc not to be distributed ouuidc your agency. c_5/6 -A-114 —V08-06?--/S EFTA01711782 f0.3021 (Rev. 10-6-95) • • 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FO-3O2 of 03/25/2008 ,On .Page 2 other girlfriends to massage him. He told her she could accompany any of the girls she referred. After that second time of going by herself, she decided not to return by herself and that is when she took with her for the third session with JEFFREY. claimed she did not refer other girls to JEFFREY because allill'l!her friends were from the I School and they were very "straightlaced kids with good morals and good upbringing". The only friend she referred to JEFFREY was was asked if she ever heard about JEFFREY taking pictures 11,11 of the girls who provided massage services. She stated she had no knowledge regarding that aspect of JEFFREY EPSTEIN's life. EFTA01711783 FD.302 (Rev. 10-695) • • she was uncomfortable -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date or transcnpuon 03/26/2008 Mil. IMP IIM , address IIIt s II (hereafter referred o a New York, NY 10019, cellular telephone null. telephonically contacted Special Agent (SA) E. of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). provided the following information: stated her friend III had called her after a spoken to FBI agents on March 20, 2008. She stated they spoke briefly about captioned investigation but did not "swap notes" about details of the information they provided to interviewing agents. informed SA that she was concerned about providing the correct time frame regarding her involvement with JEFFREY EPSTEIN. stated had told her it was sometime in the summermor of 2004 when she first met JEFFREY EPSTEIN because she recalled it was hot and sunny outside. then remembered purchasing a summer sleeveless dress during time frame and she had worn tank to s and short skirts whenever she visited JEFFREY at his home. apologized for the confusion of the time line. If this time line is correct, she was 17 years old when She first met JEFFREY. stated she had also recalled a particularly embarrassing situation she had not disclosed to interviewing agents when she first spoke to them (SAs AND ) on March 20, 2008. She stated she wanted to block that memory because she was ashamed. added that on the second occasion when she had gone to JEFFREY's home, by herself to give him a massage, he had stated he had disrobed in front of her and laid down on the massage table with a towel around Y Leave ana ne tola ner anymore. However, he He began He then asked her if and she answered "yes". He then got upset, and paid her $300.00. She asked if she could that he did not want her to massage him offered to pay her $200.00 if she referred InvestigmMnon 03/25/2008 at New York, NY Filet/ 31E-MM-108062---‘65/ by (telephonically) Date dictated This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents arc not to be distributed outside your agency. aie-14t- lOgo k 2 - /CS- EFTA01711784 I I EFTA01711785 S FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) • • 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of 03/25/2008 ,On ,Page 2 other girlfriends to massage him. He told her she could accompany any of the girls she referred. After that second time of going by herself, she decided not to return by herself and that is when she took III with her for the third session with JEFFREY. claimed she did not refer other girls to JEFFREY because al her other friends were from the I School and they were very "straightlaced kids with good morals and good upbringing". The only friend she referred to JEFFREY was was asked if she ever heard about JEFFREY taking pictures 111/11111 of the girls who provided massage services. She stated she had no knowledge regarding that aspect of JEFFREY EPSTEIN's life. EFTA01711786 Rev. 00-04-2007) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE To: Miami From: New York C-20 Contact: Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062 6(Pending) Title: JEFFREY EPSTFTN; • Date: 03/27/2008 Attn: PB-2/PBCRA GHISLAINE N. MAXWELL; WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTION; SA Synopsis: To cover lead set by the Miami Division, serial 134 lead 1. Enclosure(s): For the Miami Division the following documents have been enclosed: 1. OniiiiiiiiaiiiiiIiiiiiiiies of FD-302 reflecting interview with dated 03/20/2008 with original notes in a 1-A envelope. 2. One original and two copies of FD-302 reflecting interview with dated 03/25/2008 with original notes in a 1-A envelope. Details: was interviewed at the NYO FBI office on 03 20 2008. then contacted writer telephonically after the irst interview to provide additional information on 03/25/2008. Some of most salient facts that were discovered during these interviews are as follows: 1. met Jeffrey Epstein in the summer of 2004, which would make her 17 years of age at the time of the first meeting. 2. was paid $300.00 for each massa e she gave Jeffrey Epsteir m inin she referred another friend, 31E-KR- to %%2- (A) EFTA01711787 SEARCHED SERIALIZED FtED MAR 2 7 2008 Q.._ 4 s EFTA01711788 t To: Miami From: liew York Re:. 31E-MM-108062, 03/27/2008 • to Jeffrey she was paid $400.00 on that occasion. Moreover she was offered $200.00 by Jefiiiiiiii refer more friends to him. She claimed she only referred 3. Jeffrey attem ted to 11111 provided by When she voiced that s e was ,table he tol er to leave and paid her $300.00. After this day, she did not massage him by herself. She would accompany to Jeffrey's house and get paid $300.00.. 4. to her as old when t ey another female massages was introduced to Jeffrey by a female known Last Name Unknown (LNU), who was 14-15 years first met. According to LNU and minor, LNU, not only ypproveded Jeffrey with 5. LNU might have traveled with Jeffrey to West Palm Beach, Filling the 2004-2005 time frame. The NYO considers this lead covered. However, given the fact that there is the possibility that other minors are involved in the NY territory, investigation continues in this matter. • • EFTA01711789 FD-302 (l&. 10-6-95) • • • - I - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of nnscription 03/22/2008 lia. III Mastic, NY, cell phone date of in was advised of the identities o t e interviewing agents an the purpqse of the interview and provided the following information: III used to live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with friend/roommate describes as a party girl. III was a singer in a "girliind" and wasl!!!!!yed as a club promoter. told III she was making $300 per session for giving a massage to JEFFREY EPSTEIN. was introduced to massages for EPSTEIN through a girl name (Last Name Unknown) who lives in Queens, New York. EPSTEIN brings girls into his home, which described as a mansion on the east side of Manhattan, and has illm give him massages in a spa-like room. Girls who bring in new girls to give massages, such as when she brought in, can earn an additional $200 for recruits. Initially found the proposal to get involved with massages as "dis• stin•". was aware that EPSTEIN would request that III estimates that she went to the EPSTEIN residence a roximately six or seven times. During the first several sessions insisted that stay in the room with h-r. claims she leves • had leave presumes that EPSTEIN uture visits was present w en EPSTEIN wou leave. recalls EPSTEIN she refuliIIII occasionally during these sessions. was always paid 300 or massages. On the occasions schedild by EPSTEIN's assistant, known to III as that went to the house without the app ' were III described EPSTEIN as "always on the phone" throughout the duration of the massage. He apparently knew a lot of celebrities. He claimed he could get III into modeling. III knew very little of EPSTEIN's life while she was involved in giving him Investigation on 03/17/2008 at Mastic, New York nett 31E-MM-108062--/ by Date dictated This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 31C- MN- I0M2 -/Y7 EFTA01711790 • • , - • FD-302a (R4ay. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of 03/17/2008 ,On Jay massages but learned more about him from the internet. III was inattentive toward the names and ages of girls she knew o that were involved in these massages but, in retros ect, she believes some would have been underage. III believes was underage when she started out with EPSTEIN. III does not 'Ice estimates that these sessions spanned a four to five month peril!! III stopped working at EPSTEIN's residence in July, 2005. III was not a minor when she was dealing with EPSTEIN. III was unaware of locations or residences beyond Manhattan and was never asked to travel to another state for EPSTEIN. EFTA01711791 . • F&302 (Rev. 10-645) 0 • phone identities of interview and -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 03/22/2008 , Mastic, NY, cell , date of birth was advised of the the interviewing agents and the purpose of the provided the following information: III used to live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with friendiiiommate describes as a party was a singer in a "girl-band" and wasm!!!!!yed as a club III girl. promoter. told III she was making $300 per session for giving a massage to JEFFREY EPSTEIN. was introduced to massages for EPSTEIN through a girl name (Last Name Unknown) who lives in Queens, New York. EPSTEIN brings girls into his home, which as a mansion on the east side of Manhattan, and has Ili described m give him massages in a spa-like room. Girls who brim in new girls to give massages, such as when she brought in, can earn an additional $200 for recruits. Initially ound the proposal to get involved with massages as "disgusting". was aware that quest that !!! estimates that she a roximat six or seven times. insisted that stay in from t e eginnin and s owed for present when EPSTEIN would leave. III recalls EPSTEIN atte she refused. occasionally uring t, se was always paid or massages. On the occasions sched!!!d by EPSTEIN's assistant, known to III that went to the house without the app intment were as lig described EPSTEIN as "always on the phone" throughout the duration of the massage. He apparently knew a lot of celebrities. He claimed he could get III into modeling. III knew very little of EPSTEIN's life while shi- was involved in giving him went to the EPSTEIN residence During the first several sessions the room with her. that she would never EPSTEIN a believes leave presumes that EP IN uture visits, was Investigation on 03/17/2008 at Mastic, New York FileA 31E-MM-108062 r ) Date dictated by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. EFTA01711792 c4'..ATcYr 4 • EFTA01711793 • . v. • Fi1302a (Rev. 10495) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of On 03/17/2008 Page massages but learned more about him from the internet. III was inattentive toward the names and ages of girls she kneurbt that were involved in these massages but, in retros ect, she believes some would have been underage. III believes was underage when she started out with EPSTEIN. does not Ike estimates that these sessions spanned a four to five month peril! III stopped working at EPSTEIN's residence in July, 2005. III was not a minor when she was dealing with EPSTEIN. was unaware of locations or residences beyond Manhattan and was never asked to travel to another state for EPSTEIN. EFTA01711794 FD-302 (Rev. 10.6-95) - - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 0 3 /22/2908 phone date_af bir rtilla il r : was advised of the Mastic, NY, cell iden i ies o t e in erviewing a nts an the purpose of the interview and provided the follows g information: III used to live on the U er East Side of Manhattan with friend/roommate describes as a pat girl. III was a singer in a "girl-band" and was•E!!!yed as a III promoter. told III she was making $300 per session for giving a massage to JEFFREY EPSTEIN. was introduced to massages for EPSTEIN through a girl named (Last Name Unknown) who lives in Queens, New York. EPSTEIN brings girls into his home, which described as a mansion on the east side of Manhattan, and has !Lim give him massages in a spa-like room. Girls who bring in new girls to give massages, such as when she brought in, can earn an additional $200 for recruits. Initially ound the proposal to get involved with massages as "disgusting". was aware that 7PcTRTN wnuld request that estimates that she went to the EPSTEIN residence approximate six or seven times. During the first several sessions insisted that IIIIII stay in the room with her. claims she fromhheheginnin• that she would never and she woul• not a owed for more r M believes had leave presumes that EPSTEIN In future visits was t when EPSTEIN would recalls EPSTEIN attem tin s e refu!!!e occasionally during these sessions. was always paid 300 or massages. On the occasions that went to the house without the app were as schecad by EPSTEIN's assistant, known to III III described EPSTEIN as "always on the phone" throughout the duration of the massage. He apparently knew a lot of celebrities. He claimed he could get III into modeling. III knew very little of PACTETN 1 life while she was involved in giving him Ay›AV0 >Tar Investigation on 03/17/2008 at Mastic, New York File # 31E-MM-108062 — by Date dictated This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 3/c- MM- wen, z - /a-2 EFTA01711795 • • FD-302a (Rev. 10.6.95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of ED-302 of 03/17/2008 Page massages but learned more about him from the internet. was inattentive toward the names and ages of girls she knejill that were involved in these massages but, in retrospect, she believes some would have been underage. III believes was underage when she started out with EPSTEIN. III does not estimates that these sessions spanned a four to five month peri, III stopped working at EPSTEIN's residence in July, 2005. III was not a minor when she was dealing with EPSTEIN. III was unaware of locations or residences beyond Manhattan and was never asked to travel to another state for EPSTEIN. EFTA01711796 • (Rev. 06-04.2007) • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE PTO: Miami rom: New York C41 Contact: Approved By: Drafted By: Date: 04/22/2008 Attn: SA II Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062-, {Pending) /--g Title: JEFFREY EP STEIN; HISLAINE N. MAXWELL; WSTA-CHILD PROSTITUTION Synopsis: Response to lead at Mastic, New York, to interview FD-302 attached. This lead is completed. Details: was interviewed regarding above captioned matter. Re1. 11111forth in attached FD-302. LEAD(s): Set Lead 1: (Action) MIAMI • • AT PBCRA Read and Clear. wm 1 .:JT TEX* DA. 3(e -kin-le loto42-, EFTA01711797 AC) 93 (Rev. 5/951 Search Warrant • • United States District Court SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA In the Matter of the Search of (Name, address or brief description 01 property or premises to be searched' One PNY Technologies 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked THNCF128MMA(TOOCB) 999223 TAIWAN 0247 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation TO: States: SEARCH WARRANT CASE NUMBER FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION , and any Authorized Officer of the United Affidavit(s) having been made before me by Al ant who has reason to believe that n on the person of or E on the premises known as (name, description and/or location) One PNY Technologies 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked ThINCF128MMA(TOOCE) 999223 TAIWAN 0247 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 505 S. Hagler Drive, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, Florida in the SOUTHERN District of FLORIDA there is now concealed a certain person or property, namely IdeSCithe The person or properly) the electronic information contained in that CompactFlash memory card, which is property that constitutes evidence of the commission of a criminal offense, instrumentalities of such violations; and any fruits of those crimes, that is, violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423. I am satisfied that the affidavit(s) and any recorded testimony establish probable cause to believe that the person or property so described is now concealed on the person or premises above-described and establish grounds for the issuance of this warrant. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to search on or before 2 7- e Mate/ „,....-Inhaacceeckledaystihe person or lace nam roperty specified, serving this warrant and making the search ( :00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M.)(at any time in the day or night as I find reasonable cause has been established)) and if the persZrror property be found there to seize same, leaving a copy of this warrant and receipt for the person or property taken, and prepare a written inventory of the person or property seized and promptly return this warrant to the duty Magistrate Judge as requiredby low. - I- 0? 1- v WEST PALM BEACH. FLORIDA Date and Time Issued City and Stale LINNEA R. JOHNSON United States Magistrate Judge Name and Title of Judicial Officer S gna ore o u•iCia EFTA01711798 AO 93 (Rev. 5/85) Search Warrant RETURN DATE AR T RECEIVED DATE ND ME WARRANT EXECUTED copy a wane on no OteCtIPT tea rroaS apt win. o3 /7 ,0Ost 79 3 iq 200 1-7)6m1 ?ESC INVENTOR MADE IN THE PRESENCE OF Is PQSc i-q4e INVENTORY OF PROPERTY SEIZED PURSUANT Tki r rr,. P. I A Q. aq AiL 2-- 4(..k V fct C- CU E1/40%- a± U e (1-qa..tk lOVI -CO( eiOC1C_ 1 rn e A3,6 ) Cov ,ecAs 1asc rnernorI co" ck, ry‘arita Qs= ii?rn rvi 4 Cro ocz) qcre2-2-3 tiockAi 02-91 . CERTIFICATION I swear that this inventory is a true and de•ailed account of the property seized by me on the warrant. Subscribed, swan to, and returned before me this date. U.S. Magivrate .:udge Date EFTA01711799 • • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA No. _ IN RE APPLICATION FOR SEARCH WARRANT FOR ONE PNY TECHNOLOGIES 128 MEGABYTE COMPACTFLASH MEMORY CARD, MARKED THNCF128MMA(T00CB) 999223 TAIWAN 0247 IN THE CUSTODY OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL COVER SHEET I. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the United States Attorney's Office prior to April 1, 1999? Yes X No If yes, was it pending in the Central Region? Yes No 2. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the United States Attorney's Office prior to April 1, 2003? Yes X No 3. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the Narcotics Section (Miami) of the United States Attorney's Office prior to May 18, 2003? Yes X No 4. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the Northern Region of the United States Attorney's Office prior to October 14, 2003? Yes X No 5. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the Central Region of the United States Attorney's Office prior to September 1, 2007? Yes X No DaesebnilAalhe animen;ff "A UNITED STATES ATTORNEY BY: ASSISIANI UNIltll S1 A 1 tb Al RJRNtY Florida Bar No. West Palm Beach, FL 33401 TEL FAX EFTA01711800 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA IN RE: SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL The United States of America, by and through the undersigned Assistant United States Attorney, hereby moves to seal-its Application for Search Warrant for the following reasons: 1. The attached documents contain information relating to an ongoing grand jury investigation; thus, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e)(6), all records and orders related to the grand- jury proceedings must be kept under seal to the extent and as long as necessary to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of a matter occurring before the grand jury. 2. Public disclosure of this matter would jeopardize the criminal investigation, notify potential subjects and/or targets and undermine the public interest and the function of the grand jury. WHEREFORE, the United States respectfully requests that the aforementioned documents be sealed. Respectfully submitted, By: venue, Suite 400 401 EFTA01711801 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA IN RE: SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION ORDER GRANTING UNITED STATES' MOTION TO SEAL This matter comes before the Court upon the United States' Motion to Seal the documents related to its Search Warrant Application. The Court being fully apprised in the premises, orders that the motion is hereby GRANTED. DONE AND ORDERED in chambers, in West Palm Beach, Florida, this day of March, 2008. LINNEA R. JOHNSON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE cc: AUSA EFTA01711802 (Rev. 06/2005)Scalcd Document Tracking Forrn • In Re SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION Party Filing Matter Under Seal On behalf of (select one): UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Southern District of Florida Number: SEALED DOCUMENT TRACKING FORM Name: -u.S. Attorneys Office Address: 500 S. Aostraian Ave, Suite 400, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Telephone: 9 Plaintiff O Defendant Date sealed document filed: 3/17/2008 If sealed pursuant to statute, cite statute: Fed. R. Odin. P. e(e) (Grand Jury Malarial) If sealed pursuant to previously entered protective order, date of order and docket entry number: The matter should remain sealed until: I0 Conclusion of Trial 0 Arrest of First Defendant El Case Closing O Other: K Permanently. Specify the authorizing law, rule, court order: 0 Conclusion of Direct Appeal The moving party requests that when the sealing period expires, the fded matter should be (select one): El Unsealed and placed in the public portion of the court file 0 Destroyed D Returned to the party or counsel for the party, as identified above Attorney for: Movant United Slat of America EFTA01711803 AO 106 (Rev. 5/05) Affidavit for Search Warrant • • United States District Court SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF In the Matter of the Search of (Name, address or brief description of penoo to be marched) One PNY Technologies 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card marked THNCF128MMA(T00CB) 999223 TAIWAN 0247 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation CASE NUMBER: FLORIDA APPLICATION AND AFFIDAVIT FOR SEARCH WARRANT , being duly sworn, depose and say: I am a Special Agent. Federal Bureau of Investigation , and have reason to believe that on the person of or X on the premises known as (name, description and/or location): One PNY Technologies 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked TBNCF128MMA(T00CB) 999223 TAIWAN 0247 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 505 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, Florida in the Southern District of Florida there is now concealed a certain person or property, namely (describe the person or property): the electronic information contained in that CompactFlash memory card, which is (give alleged grounds for search and seizure under Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure) evidence, instrumentalities, and fruits of a crime, concerning violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423. The facts to support the issuance of a Search Warrant are as follows: att Attached Affidavit of Continued on the attached sheet and made a part hereof. X Yes _No Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence: at Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Date City and State LINNEA R. JOHNSON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Name and Title of Judicial Officer Signature of Judicial Officer EFTA01711804 AFFIDAVIT (the "Affiant'D, being duly sworn, depose and state: 1. I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") and have been so employed for the past ten (10) years. I am currently assigned to PB-2, the Violent Crimes and Major Offenses Squad of the Palm Beach County Resident Agency, Miami Division. Among my responsibilities as a Special Agent are investigating crimes against children, particularly offenses involving child pornography and the exploitation of children. 2. I make this affidavit in support of an application by the United States of America for issuance of a warrant to search and seize evidence of violations of Title 18, United States Cod; Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423; instrumentalities of such violations; and any fruits of those crimes located within electronic media, specifically two 128MB CompactFlash memory cards, seized in October 2005 by The Town of Palm Beach Police Department("PBPD") during the execution of a State of Florida search warrant at the premises located at 358 El Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida 33480, owned by Jeffrey Epstein (hereinafter, "Epstein's residence"). Those CompactFlash memory cards are more fully described as follows: (a) one Ritz Big Print Digital Film 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked 3608128AW4801CF53, and (b) one PNY Technologies 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked THNCF128MMA(T00CB) 999223 TAIWAN 0247 (hereinafter jointly referred to as "CompactFlash memory cards"). 3. The facts set forth in this affidavit are based on my personal knowledge, information obtained in this investigation from others, including other law enforcement officers, my review of documents and records related to this investigation, and information gained through my training and -1- EFTA01711805 • • experience. Since this affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of securing a search warrant, I have not included each and every fact known to me concerning this investigation, but have set forth only those facts necessary to establish probable cause to believe that evidence, instrumentalities, and fruits of crimes, that is violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423 will be found within the CompactFlash memory cards, specifically the electronic information contained therein. The Statutes Involved 4. The investigation involves possible violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423, which provide as follows: a. 18 U.S.C. § 371 makes it an offense for two or more persons to conspire to commit an offense against the United States; b. 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) makes it an offense for anyone to knowingly, in or affecting interstate commerce, recruit, entice, provide, or obtain by any means a person , knowing that the person has not attained the age of eighteen and will be caused to engage in a commercial sex act; c. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252 and 2252A prohibit the manufacture, possession, distribution, and receipt of child pornography; d. 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) prohibits the use of a facility of interstate commerce, including the telephone, to persuade, induce, or entice a minor to engage in prostitution or any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense; and e. 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b) makes it an offense for anyone to travel in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in any illicit sexual conduct with another person. "Illicit -2- EFTA01711806 • sexual conduct" includes a commercial sex act with a person under eighteen or other sexual conduct with a person under the age of sixteen. 5. Section 2422(b) refers to activity "for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense." Pursuant to: a. Florida Statutes Section 794.05, a "person 24 years of age or older who engages in sexual activity with a person 16 or 17 years of age commits a felony of the second degree;" b. Florida Statutes Section 794.021, "ignorance of the age [of the victim] is no defense," and that neither "misrepresentation of age by [the victim] nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age [shall] be a defense;" c. Florida Statutes Sections 800.04(5)(a) and 800.04(5)(c)(2), an adult "who intentionally touches in a lewd or lascivious manner the breasts, genitals, genital area, or buttocks, or the clothing covering them, of a person less than 16 years of age, or forces or entices a person under 16 years of age to so touch the perpetrator, commits lewd or lascivious molestation," which is a felony of the second degree if the victim is 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age; d. Florida Statutes Sections 800.04(6)(a) and 800.04(6)(b), an adult "who [i]ntentionally touches a person under 16 years of age in a lewd or lascivious manner or [s]olicits a person under 16 years of age to commit a lewd or lascivious act commits lewd or lascivious conduct," which is a felony of the second degree; -3- EFTA01711807 • e. Florida Statutes Sections 800.04(7)(a) and 800.04(7)(c), an adult "who: (1) [i]ntentionally masturbates; (2) [i]ntentionally exposes the genitals in a lewd or lascivious manner; or (3) [i]ntentionally commits any other sexual act that does not involve actual physical or sexual contact with the victim, including, but not limited to . . . the simulation of any act involving sexual activity in the presence of a victim who is less than 16 years of age, commits lewd or lascivious exhibition," which is a felony of the second degree. f. Florida Statutes Section 800.04(2), "[n]either the victim's lack of chastity nor the victim's consent is a defense to the crimes proscribed by [Section 800.04]." g. Florida Statutes Section 800.04(3), "[t]he perpetrator's ignorance of the victim's age, the victim's misrepresentation of his or her age, or the perpetrator's bona fide belief of the victim's age cannot be raised as a defense in a prosecution under [Section 800.04]." h. Florida Statutes Section 800.02, a "person who commits any unnatural and lascivious act with another person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree." The Epstein Investiaation 6. In the Spring of 2006, Detective with the Town of Palm Beach Police Department contacted me about the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's solicitation of minors to engage in prostitution and his lewd and lascivious conduct with minors. The FBI opened a case file in July 2006, and your Affiant is the case agent assigned to the investigation. 7. At around the same time that the FBI opened its investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office began a grand jury investigation. Your Affiant is one of the agents on the Federal Rule of -4- EFTA01711808 • Criminal Procedure 6(e) list, that is, someone who is authorized to have access to the facts of the investigation and the materials related thereto. 8. As part of the Federal Grand Jury investigation, a subpoena was issued for all of the physical evidence obtained by PBPD during the course of its investigation, including the evidence seized when PBPD executed the search warrant at Epstein's residence in October 2005. Included in the evidence seized during the search of the Premises were the two CompactFlash memory cards. I have reviewed that evidence, which included a number of photographs of topless and nude young women taken at Epstein's residence. The evidence, including the two CompactFlash memory cards that are the subject of this application, have been in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since August 2006 and have not been tampered with or altered. Prior to that, they were in the custody of the Evidence Custodian of the Palm Beach Police Department, and I understand that the evidence was not tampered with or altered while in PBPD's custody. 9. I note that I am aware that Epstein's attorneys have alleged that Detectivella made misstatements in his application for the state search warrant, but they have not moved to suppress any of that evidence in connection with the prosecution of Epstein by the State Attorney's Office for felony solicitation of prostitution. No federal agency was involved in the application for or execution of the search warrant, and this application is based upon evidence obtained through the FBI's independent investigation. 10. During the course of the federal investigation, federal agents have interviewed more than two dozen young women who have reported engaging in sexual activity with Jeffrey Epstein while they were under eighteen. All of those girls have reported essentially the same information. While they were under the age of eighteen (between the ages of fourteen and seventeen), they were -5- EFTA01711809 • • approached by a colleague — either an acquaintance at school, a co-worker, a "friend of a friend," or the like — who told them that they could make a lot of money performing a "massage" for a wealthy older man who lived on Palm Beach island. In some cases the girls were told that they would have to remove some clothing during the massage, other girls were not told about this. The girls traveled to Epstein's residence and entered through a side door into the kitchen of the residence. There they were met by Epstein and/or one of his personal assistants, usually The girls would be led up to the master bathroom area of Epstein's bedroom. The bathroom had a separate room similar to a dressing area where a massage table would be set up. The girls described the presence of nude and topless photographs of young women throughout the house. Epstein would lie face down on the massage table and the girl would begin by massaging his back and legs. Epstein would then turn over and begin to masturbate while instructing the girl to pinch his nipples or to straddle him. In some cases, Epstein would place a large back massager/vibrator on the victim's vagina. With some girls, he would digitally penetrate her vagina while he masturbated. The sexual activity with some minors progressed to oral sex, sexual intercourse, and the introduction of an adult female into the activity. With some girls, the sexual activity began with the first massage; with others, there was no sexual activity at first but sexual activity occurred in later massages; and in many cases, Epstein pushed the girls to engage in more and more sexual activity with each visit. 11. Almost all of the sexual massages ended the same way, when Epstein ejaculated. Epstein or one of his assistants would pay the girl $200 or more, depending on how much sexual activity occurred. A fee of $200 also would be paid to the "recruiter" who brought the girl for the visit. If Epstein liked the girl, he or his assistant would ask for the girl's telephone number. Later, one of Epstein's assistants would call the girl directly to arrange for the girl to return. In some -6- EFTA01711810 • • instances of scheduling a girl for "work," which was a euphemism for performing a sexual massage, Epstein's assistants would make the arrangement for the next time that Epstein was in Florida. During those calls, the assistant would invite the girl to return to Epstein's home to "work." None of the girls ever spontaneously went to Epstein's home to provide a sexual massage. The appointments were set up over the telephone. 12. The victims interviewed by the federal agents were asked about Epstein's knowledge that they were minors. Many of the victims specifically discussed their ages with Epstein, and he provided them with birthday gifts, made statements about trips that he wanted to take them on when they were eighteen, and discussed high school events and college plans with them. For other victims, the subject of age was never discussed, and for others, their "recruiter" instructed them to lie and say they were eighteen. 13. One of the young women interviewed during the course of the FBI's investigation was "C" who stated that she first met Epstein at the age of fourteen. Epstein paid C $200 - $400 to provide him with massagei. According to C, during the three years that she saw Epstein, all but three of the over one hundred massages she provided were sexual in nature. The sexual activity ranged from self masturbation on Epstein's part to Epstein touching C's vagina. On a separate occasion, Epstein introduce an unidentified female during a massage, who performed oral sex on C while Epstein had sexual intercourse with the unidentified female. 14. When C was approximately sixteen years old, Epstein's assistant, contacted C and told her that Epstein wanted to take some photographs of her. utilizing a digital camera, took nude photographs of C in several different locations in and around Epstein's Palm Beach residence. paid C $500 for posing for the nude photographs. Other -7- EFTA01711811 • • victims interviewed have repeatedly pointed to the existence of the pictures of nude and semi-nude women throughout the residence. 15. Efforts have been made to corroborate the statements of C and the other young women who have described their sexual relationships with Epstein. With respect to C, there are telephone records showing phone calls to C during the time period that she was seeing Epstein. C also described receiving gifts from Epstein via Federal Express. A grand jury subpoena issued to Federal Express contained records of a number of packages sent by Epstein or his assistants to C. Likewise, the statements of other victims have been corroborated through telephone records, Western Union records, travel records, credit card receipts, sales records of theaters, and rental car records. 16. Also, during the FBI's investigation, I interviewed a young woman, "M," who had known Epstein several years ago, when she was in her late teens/early twenties. The woman was a struggling artist in New York who was specializing in painting nude portraits. Prior to preparing a portrait, M would take several photographic studies. Epstein was very interested in her work and her photographs, and also expressed an interest in the artist's younger sister, "A," who was sixteen years old at the time. 17. Epstein and an associate/companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, made arrangements and paid for A to travel to one of his homes, located in New Mexico. One morning during that visit, Epstein got into bed with A. Mr. Epstein told A that he felt like "cuddling." A described Epstein's actions as "spooning" and constantly hugging her. 18. Epstein and Maxwell also made arrangements and paid for M to fly home to Arizona for the primary purpose of taking artistic photographs of her family members in the nude. This -8- EFTA01711812 • • included the artist's younger siblings, two sisters, A and a younger sister, age 9 or 10, and two brothers. Due to the sensitive nature of the photographs, M created a photo log to document each image and the order it was taken. Later, M learned that seven photographs, two of A and five of the 9 or 10 year old, were missing. M, who was very upset, contacted Epstein's office and asked for one of Epstein's assistants to look for the missing photographs. M also confronted Epstein and Maxwell about the missing photographs which they claimed they did not possess. A few weeks later M received a telephone call from an unidentified caller who stated that the missing photographs were in Epstein's briefcase. The missing photographs were not recovered and M believes that Epstein is in possession of them. Although those photographs were artistic, rather than pornographic in nature, this further shows Epstein's interest in taking and maintaining nude and semi-nude photographs of minors. 19. I have interviewed M and A about their experiences with Epstein. Both M and A are reluctant to divulge their experiences publically. During the interview with A, she was visibly disturbed when recalling an incident with Epstein at his ranch in New Mexico when she was sixteen years old. A stated that one evening Epstein had come into her bedroom and sat on the bed. Epstein stroked her hair and told her she was beautiful. A was unable to recall the remainder of any events that evening. M has also expressed her concern of speaking publicly against Epstein for fear of reprisals against her or her family. The Items to Be Searched and the Information Sought 20. This application seeks permission to forensically examine two CompactFlash memory cards. Your Affiant knows that electronic media, i.e., CompactFlash memory cards, may be important to a criminal investigation because the objects may be used as storage devices that contain -9- EFTA01711813 contraband, evidence, instrumentalities, or fruits of a crime in the form of electronic data. Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permit the government to search for and seize computer hardware, software, and electronic files that are evidence of crime, contraband, instrumentalities of crime and/or fruits of crime. I know that CompactFlash memory cards are most often used in digital cameras to store photographs taken with the cameras. However, memory cards can be used to store any type of digital data, including computer files. 21. The nature of electronic media, i.e., CompactFlash memory cards, requires forensic analysis to employ a variety of different search techniques. These techniques include, but are not limited to, opening files, reviewing directories of files, and searching for and analyzing deleted and/or hidden information. While conducting the analysis, data will be continuously evaluated as to whether or not it is within the scope of the issued search warrant. Only information within the scope of the search warrant will be acknowledged, shared with, or provided to, the investigators involved in this matter. All other information will be closed and maintained within the analytical unit. Forensic analysis will be conducted in close consultation with the United States Attorney's office for specific legal guidance throughout the analytical and reporting process. 22. I understand that reviewing the contents of the CompactFlash memory cards was within the scope of the State search warrant that gave rise to the seizure of the cards from Epstein's residence, and that PBPD reviewed the contents of the cards. I also understand that an FBI agent conducted a similar review when all of the items were taken into federal custody pursuant to the federal grand jury subpoena. Those reviews did not involve a forensic examination to determine if there were any deleted or corrupted files, which could be recovered only via such a forensic analysis. I understand that the cursory reviews performed by the other law enforcement officers did not delete -10- EFTA01711814 • or add any files to the CompactFlash memory cards and, therefore, they contain the same information that they had at the time they were removed from the Epstein residence. While the cursory review performed by the FBI agent did not exceed the scope of the PBPD's review, and therefore did not require the issuance of a warrant, the forensic review that is requested by this application would expand that review and, accordingly, your Affiant requests the issuance of a search warrant in accordance with United States v. Jacobsen, 466 U.S. 109, 115-21 (1984). 23. As explained above, Epstein instructed one of his assistants to photograph C using a digital camera; M reported Epstein's unusual interest in, and probable theft of, nude photographs of the minor members of her family; and Epstein engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with numerous minor females. In light of Epstein's display of photographs of nude and semi-nude young women throughout his residence, your Affiant avers that there is probable cause to believe that photographs or other evidence of the victims' visits to Epstein's residence may be found on the CompactFlash memory cards. Accordingly, your Affiant seeks permission to forensically examine the CompactFlash memory cards for evidence, instrumentalities, and fruits of the crimes listed above, that is, the electronic information contained within the memory cards, including electronic files containing photographs, owner identification information, date and time information, names, addresses, and information regarding the source of any photographs or the persons depicted in any photographs. 24. Although the cursory reviews did not reveal any of the items sought, your Affiant avers that there is probable cause to believe that a thorough forensic examination, which would include the recovery of any deleted or corrupted files, would result in the discovery of the data listed above, which is evidence, instrumentalities, and fruits of the crimes under investigation. -11- EFTA01711815 • S WHEREFORE, your Affiant requests that this court issue a search warrant for the CompactFlash memory cards described in the Application for Search Warrant and for the seizure of the items listed above. FURTHER YOUR AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT. , Special Agent Fe era Bureau o vestigation Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of March, 2008 LINNEA R. JOHNSON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE -12- EFTA01711816 e AO 93 (Fle)i. 5/85) Search Warrant tS United States District Court SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF In the Matter of the Search of (Name, address or brief description of property or premises to be searched) One PNY Technologies 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked THNCF128MMA(TOOCB) 999223 TAIWAN 0247 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation TO: States: FLORIDA SEARCH WARRANT CASE NUMBER , FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION and any Authorized Officer of the United Affidavit(s) having been made before me by who has reason to ant believe that on the person of or Ed on the premises known as (name, description and/or location) One PNY Technologies 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked THNCF128MMAITOOCB) 999223 TAIWAN 0247 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 505 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, Florida in the SOUTHERN District of FLORIDA there is now concealed a 'certain person or property, namely (aesaibe the person or property) the electronic information contained in that CompactFlash memory card, which is property that constitutes evidence of the commission of a criminal offense, instrumentalities of such violations; and any fruits of those crimes, that is, violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1591, 2252, 2262A, 2422, and 2423. I am satisfied that the affidavit(s) and any recorded testimony establish probable cause to believe that the person or property so described is now concealed on the person or premises above-described and establish grounds for the issuance of this warrant. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to search on or before (Date) (not to exceed 10 days) the person or place named above for the person or property specified, serving this warrant and making the search (in the daytime - 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M.)(at any time in the day or night as I find reasonable cause has been established)) and if the person or property be found there to seize same, leaving a copy of this warrant and receipt for the person or property taken, and prepare a written inventory of the person or property seized and promptly return this warrant to the duty Magistrate Judge as required by law. at WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Date and Time Issued City and State LINNEA R. JOHNSON United States Magistrate Judge Name and Title of Judicial Officer Signature of Judicial Officer EFTA01711817 AO 93 (Rev. 5/85) Search Warrant • • United States District Court SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA In the Matter of the Search of (Name, address or brief description of propeny or premises to be searched) One Ritz Big Print Digital Film 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card. marked 3608128AW4801CF53 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation TO: States: SEARCH WARRANT CASE NUMBER , FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION , and any Authorized Officer of the United Affidavit(s) having been made before me by who has reason to Af tant believe that El on the person of or Eon the premises known as (name. description and/or location) One Ritz Big Print Digital Film 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked 3608128AW4801CF53 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 505 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, Florida in the SOUTHERN District of FLORIDA there is now concealed a certain person or property, namely (detente the person or properly) the electronic information contained in that CompactFlash memory card, which is property that constitutes evidence of the commission of a criminal offense, instrumentalities of such violations; and any fruits of those crimes, that is, violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423. I am satisfied that the affidavit(s) and any recorded testimony establish probable cause to believe that the person or property so described is now concealed on the person or premises above-described and establish grounds for the issuance of this warrant. YOU ARE HER OMMANDED to search on or before 3 7 -r (Dote) to exceed 1 he person or I meeebevef e person or property specified, serving this warrant making the search (i ytinitC6:00 A.M. to 10:00 . .)(at any time in the day or night as I find nibie cause has been established)) operty be found there to seize same, leaving a copy of this warrant and receipt for the person or property token, and prepare a written inventory of the person or property seized and promptly return this warrant to the duty Magistrate Judge as required by low. 3 - f Date and Time Issued LINNEA R. JOHNSON United States Magistrate Jude Name and Title ol Judicial Officer Sc WEST PALM BEACH. FLORIDA City and State 77. 1 ax, 31 elhfilt EFTA01711818 AO 93 (Rev. 51851 Semen Warrant RETURN DATE WARRANT RECEIVED b -2)//i/D co Y DATE AND TIME WARRANT EXECUTED 0,3/il ice) is- //: a) am . Copy cic ai - ms lin KITH FRS() INVE ENC INVENTORY OF PROPERTY EIZED PURSUANT A- Lop)), ttn...t.. e_orvk eta:h ov-L.A. R I 1-2.. i )— is 0\i2t c...\06t7e._ into-etta 3 OF '1 n n ct TO THE WARRANT Me_ et\ earo (O. c. Lb- g aidtis\s>l• cof O n a•- C-0( ems ( L a vu,-r 1/2 B1 (Piniit+ I), it . -kJ VI l yvk ) Camp 4..(-41 Cata l el. binel e- vh 6 Int Cad a, CP 0 31 -2_ AR) 9 got C. F S 3 CERTIFICATION I swear that this inventory is a true and detailed account of the property seized by me on the warrant. Subscribed, sworn to, and returned before me this date. U.S. Magistrate Judge Date EFTA01711819 S UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA No. IN RE APPLICATION FOR SEARCH WARRANT FOR ONE RITZ BIG PRINT DIGITAL FILM 128 MEGABYTE COMPACT FLASH MEMORY CARD MARKED 3608128AW4801CF53 IN THE CUSTODY OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL COVER SHEET 1. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the United States Attorney's Office prior to April I, 1999? Yes X No If yes, was it pending in the Central Region? Yes No 2. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the United States Attorney's Office prior to April I, 2003? Yes X No 3. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the Narcotics Section (Miami) of the United States Attorney's Office prior to May 18, 2003? Yes X No 4. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the Northern Region of the United States Attorney's Office prior to October 14, 2003? Yes X No 5. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the Central Region of the United States Attorney's Office prior to September 1, 2007? Yes X No BY: Respectfully submitted, R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA D STATES A RTES ATTORNEY West Palm Beach, FL 33401 EFTA01711820 • • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN D TRI FLORIDA IN RE: SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL The United States of America, by and through the undersigned Assistant United States Attorney, hereby moves to seal its Application for Search Warrant for the following reasons: 1. The attached documents contain information relating to an ongoing grand jury investigation; thus, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e)(6), all records and orders related to the grand- jury proceedings must be kept under seal to the extent and as long as necessary to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of a matter occurring before the grand jury. 2. Public disclosure of this matter would jeopardize the criminal investigation, notify potential subjects and/or targets and undermine the public interest and the function of the grand jury. WHEREFORE, the United States respectfully requests that the aforementioned documents be sealed. Respectfully submitted, R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY By: EFTA01711821 • • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 08-8067-LRJ IN RE: SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION ORDER GRANTING UNITED STATES' MOTION TO SEAL This matter comes before the Court upon the United States' Motion to Seal the documents related to its Search Warrant Application. The Court being fully apprised in the premises, orders that the motion is hereby GRANTED. DONE AND ORDERED in chambers, in West Palm Beach, Florida, this day of March, 2008. LINNEA R. JOHNSON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE cc: AUSA EFTA01711822 (Rev.06/2005)Seakd Document Traddng Form • • In Re SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION Party Filing Matter Under Seal On behalf of (select one): UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Southern District of Florida Number: SEALED DOCUMENT TRACKING FORM Name: U.S. Attorneys Office Address: 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400. West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Telephone: 561 820-8711 Date sealed document filed: 3/17/2008 El Plaintiff El Defendant If sealed pursuant to statute, cite statute: Fed. R. Grim. P. 6(e) (Grand Jury Material) If sealed.pursuant to previously entered protective order, date of order and docket entry number: The matter should remain sealed until: K Conclusion of Trial 0 Arrest of First Defendant El Case Closing O Other: El Permanently. Specify the authorizing law, rule, court order: 0 Conclusion of Direct Appeal The moving party requests that when the scaling period expires, the filed matter should be (select one): El Unsealed and placed in the public portion of the court file El Destroyed O Returned to the party or counsel for the party, as identified above Attorney for: Movant United States o rice EFTA01711823 AO 106 (Rev. 5/85) Affidavit for Search Warrant • United States District Court SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF In the Matter of the Search of (Name, address or brief deseripdon of person lobe starched) One Ritz Big Print Digital Film 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card marked 3608128AW4801CF53 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FLORIDA APPLICATION AND AFFIDAVIT FOR SEARCH WARRANT CASE NUMBER: , being duly sworn, depose and say: I am a Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation , and have reason to believe that on the person of or X on the premises known as (name, description and/or location): in the One Ritz Big Print Digital Film 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked 3608128AW4801CF53, in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 505 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, Florida Southern District of Florida there is now concealed a certain person or property, namely (describe the person or property): the electronic information contained in that CompactFlash memory card, which is (give alleged grounds for search and seizure under Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure) evidence, instrumentalities, and fruits of a crime, concerning violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423. The facts to support the issuance of a Search Warrant are as follows: see Attached Affidavit of E. Nesbitt Kuyrkeudall Continued on the attached sheet and made a part hereof. X Yes _No Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence: Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation at WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Date City and State LINNEA It JOHNSON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Name and Title of Judicial Officer Signature of Judicial Officer EFTA01711824 • • AFFIDAVIT (the "Affiant"), being duly sworn, depose and state: 1. I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") and have been so employed for the past ten (10) years. I am currently assigned to PB-2, the Violent Crimes and Major Offenses Squad of the Palm Beach County Resident Agency, Miami Division. Among my responsibilities as a Special Agent are investigating crimes against children, particularly offenses involving child pornography and the exploitation of children. 2. I make this affidavit in support of an application by the United States of America for issuance of a warrant to search and seize evidence of violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423; instrumentalities of such violations; and any fruits of those crimes located within electronic media, specifically two 128MB CompactFlash memory cards, seized in October 2005 by The Town of Palm Beach Police Department("PBPD") during the execution of a State of Florida search warrant at the premises located at 358 El Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida 33480, owned by Jeffrey Epstein (hereinafter, "Epstein's residence"). Those CompactFlash memory cards are more fully described as follows: (a) one Ritz Big Print Digital Film 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked 3608128AW4801CF53, and (b) one PNY Technologies 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked TBNCF128MMA(T00CB) 999223 TAIWAN 0247 (hereinafter jointly referred to as "CompactFlash memory cards"). 3. The facts set forth in this affidavit are based on my personal knowledge, information obtained in this investigation from others, including other law enforcement officers, my review of documents and records related to this investigation, and information gained through my training and -1- EFTA01711825 • • experience. Since this affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of securing a search warrant, I have not included each and every fact known to me concerning this investigation, but have set forth only those facts necessary to establish probable cause to believe that evidence, instrumentalities, and fruits of crimes, that is violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423 will be found within the CompactFlash memory cards, specifically the electronic information contained therein. The Statutes Involved 4. The investigation involves possible violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423, which provide as follows: a. 18 U.S.C. § 371 makes it an offense for two or more persons to conspire to commit an offense against the United States; b. 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) makes it an offense for anyone to knowingly, in or affecting interstate commerce, recruit, entice, provide, or obtain by any means a person , knowing that the person has not attained the age of eighteen and will be caused to engage in a commercial sex act; c. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252 and 2252A prohibit the manufacture, possession, distribution, and. receipt of child pornography; d. 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) prohibits the use of a facility of interstate commerce, including the telephone, to persuade, induce, or entice a minor to engage in prostitution or any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense; and e. 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b) makes it an offense for anyone to travel in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in any illicit sexual conduct with another person. "Illicit -2- EFTA01711826 • • sexual conduct" includes a commercial sex act with a person under eighteen or other sexual conduct with a person under the age of sixteen. 5. Section 2422(b) refers to activity "for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense." Pursuant to: a. Florida Statutes Section 794.05, a "person 24 years of age or older who engages in sexual activity with a person 16 or 17 years of age commits a felony of the second degree;" b. Florida Statutes Section 794.021, "ignorance of the age [of the victim] is no defense," and that neither "misrepresentation of age by [the victim] nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age [shall] be a defense;" c. Florida Statutes Sections 800.04(5)(a) and 800.04(5)(c)(2), an adult "who intentionally touches in a lewd or lascivious manner the breasts, genitals, genital area, or buttocks, or the clothing covering them, of a person less than 1.6 years of age, or forces or entices a person under 16 years of age to so touch the perpetrator, commits lewd or lascivious molestation," which is a felony of the second degree if the victim is 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age; d. Florida Statutes Sections 800.04(6)(a) and 800.04(6)(b), an adult "who [i]ntentionally touches a person under 16 years of age in a lewd or lascivious manner or [s]olicits a person under 16 years of age to commit a lewd or lascivious act commits lewd or lascivious conduct," which is a felony of the second degree; -3- EFTA01711827 • • e. Florida Statutes Sections 800.04(7)(a) and 800.04(7)(c), an adult "who: (1) [i]ntentionally masturbates; (2) [i]ntentionally exposes the genitals in a lewd or lascivious manner; or (3) [i]ntentionally commits any other sexual act that does not involve actual physical orsexual contact with the victim, including, but not limited to ... the simulation of any act involving sexual activity in the presence of a victim who is less than 16 years of age, commits lewd or lascivious exhibition," which is a felony of the second degree. f. Florida Statutes Section 800.04(2), "[njeither the victim's lack of chastity nor the victim's consent is a defense to the crimes proscribed by [Section 800.04]." g. Florida Statutes Section 800.04(3), "[t] he perpetrator's ignorance of the victim's age, the victim's misrepresentation of his or her age, or the perpetrator's bona fide belief of the victim's age cannot be raised as a defense in a prosecution under [Section 800.04]." h. Florida Statutes Section 800.02, a "person who commits any unnatural and lascivious act with another person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree." The Epstein Investigation 6. In the Spring of 2006, Detective Joseph with the Town of Palm Beach Police Department contacted me about the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's solicitation of minors to engage in prostitution and his lewd and lascivious conduct with minors. The FBI opened a case file in July 2006, and your Affiant is the case agent assigned to the investigation. 7. At around the same time that the FBI opened its investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office began a grand jury investigation. Your Affiant is one of the agents on the Federal Rule of -4- EFTA01711828 Criminal Procedure 6(e) list, that is, someone who is authorized to have•access to the facts of the investigation and the materials related thereto. 8. As part of the Federal Grand Jury investigation, a subpoena was issued for all of the physical evidence obtained by PBPD during the course of its investigation, including the evidence seized when PBPD executed the search warrant at Epstein's residence in October 2005. Included in the evidence seized during the search of the Premises were the two CompactFlash memory cards. I have reviewed that evidence, which included a number of photographs of topless and nude young women taken at Epstein's residence. The evidence, including the two CompactFlash memory cards that are the subject of this application, have been in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since August 2006 and have not been tampered with or altered. Prior to that, they were in the custody of the Evidence Custodian of the Palm Beach Police Department, and I understand that the evidence was not tampered with or altered while in PBPD's custody. 9. I note that I am aware that Epstein's attorneys have alleged that Detective made misstatements in his application for the state search warrant, but they have not moved to suppress any of that evidence in connection with the prosecution of Epstein by the State Attorney's Office for felony solicitation of prostitution. No federal agency was involved in the application for or execution of the search warrant, and this application is based upon evidence obtained through the FBI's independent investigation. 10. During the course of the federal investigation, federal agents have interviewed more than two dozen young women who have reported engaging in sexual activity with Jeffrey Epstein while they were under eighteen. All of those girls have reported essentially the same information. While they were under the age of eighteen (between the ages of fourteen and seventeen), they were EFTA01711829 • • approached by a colleague — either an acquaintance at school, a co-worker, a "friend of a friend," or the like — who told them that they could make a lot of money performing a "massage" for a wealthy older man who lived on Palm Beach island. In some cases the girls were told that they would have to remove some clothing during the massage, other girls were not told about this. The girls traveled to Epstein's residence and entered through a side door into the kitchen of the residence. There they were met by Epstein and/or one of his personal assistants, usualla. The girls would be led up to the master bathroom area of Epstein's bedroom. The bathroom had a separate room similar to a dressing area where a massage table would be set up. The girls described the presence of nude and topless photographs of young women throughout the house. Epstein would lie face down on the massage table and the girl would begin by massaging his back and legs. Epstein would then turn over and begin to masturbate while instructing the girl to pinch his nipples or to straddle him. In some cases, Epstein would place a large back massager/vibrator on the victim's vagina. With some girls, he would digitally penetrate her vagina while he masturbated. The sexual activity with some minors progressed to oral sex, sexual intercourse, and the introduction of an adult female into the activity. With some girls, the sexual activity began with the first massage; with others, there was no sexual activity at first but sexual activity occurred in later massages; and in many cases, Epstein pushed the girls to engage in more and more sexual activity with each visit. 11. Almost all of the sexual massages ended the same way, when Epstein ejaculated. Epstein or one of his assistants would pay the girl $200 or more, depending on how much sexual activity occurred. A fee of $200 also would be paid to the "recruiter" who brought the girl for the visit. If Epstein liked the girl, he or his assistant would ask for the girl's telephone number. Later, one of Epstein's assistants would call the girl directly to arrange for the girl to return. In some -6- EFTA01711830 • • instances of scheduling a girl for "work," which was a euphemism for performing a sexual massage, Epstein's assistants would make the arrangement for the next time that Epstein was in Florida. During those calls, the assistant would invite the girl to return to Epstein's home to "work." None of the girls ever spontaneously went to Epstein's home to provide a sexual massage. The appointments were set up over the telephone. 12. The victims interviewed by the federal agents were asked about Epstein's knowledge that they were minors. Many of the victims specifically discussed their ages with Epstein, and he provided them with birthday gifts, made statements about trips that he wanted to take them on when they were eighteen, and discussed high school events and college plans with them. For other victims, the subject of age was never discussed, and for others, their "recruiter" instructed them to lie and say they were eighteen. 13. One of the young women interviewed during the course of the FBI's investigation was "C" who stated that she first met Epstein at the age of fourteen. Epstein paid C $200 - $400 to provide him with massages. According to C, during the three years that she saw Epstein, all but three of the over one hundred massages she provided were sexual in nature. The sexual activity ranged from self masturbation on Epstein's part to Epstein touching C's vagina. On a separate occasion, Epstein introduce an unidentified female during a massage, who performed oral sex on C while Epstein had sexual intercourse with the unidentified female. 14. When C was approximately sixteen years old, =, Epstein's assistant, contacted C and told her that Epstein wanted to take some photographs of her. utilizing a digital camera, took nude photographs of C in several different locations in and around Epstein's Palm Beach residence. paid C $500 for posing for the nude photographs. Other -7- EFTA01711831 • • victims interviewed have repeatedly pointed to the existence of the pictures of nude and semi-nude women throughout the residence. 15. Efforts have been made to corroborate the statements of C and the other young women who have described their sexual relationships with Epstein. With respect to C, there are telephone records showing phone calls to C during the time period that she was seeing Epstein. C also described receiving gifts from Epstein via Federal Express A grand jury subpoena issued to Federal Express contained records of a number of packages sent by Epstein or his assistants to C. Likewise, the statements of other victims have been corroborated through telephone records, Western Union records, travel records, credit card receipts, sales records of theaters, and rental car records. 16. Also, during the FBI's investigation, I interviewed a young woman, "M," who had known Epstein several years ago, when she was in her late teens/early twenties. The woman was a struggling artist in New York who was specializing in painting nude portraits. Prior to preparing a portrait, M would take several photographic studies. Epstein was very interested in her work and her photographs, and also expressed an interest in the artist's younger sister, "A," who was sixteen years old at the time. 17. Epstein and an associate/companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, made arrangements and paid for A to travel to one of his homes, located in New Mexico. One morning during that visit, Epstein got into bed with A. Mr. Epstein told A that he felt like "cuddling." A described Epstein's actions as "spooning" and constantly hugging her. 18. Epstein and Maxwell also made arrangements and paid for M to fly home to Arizona for the primary purpose of taking artistic photographs of her family members in the nude. This -8- EFTA01711832 • • included the artist's younger siblings, two sisters, A and a younger sister, age 9 or 10, and two brothers. Due to the sensitive nature of the photographs, M created a photo log to document each image and the order it was taken. Later, M learned that seven photographs, two of A and five of the 9 or 10 year old, were missing. M, who was very upset, contacted Epstein's office and asked for one of Epstein's assistants to look for the missing photographs. M also confronted Epstein and Maxwell about the missing photographs which they claimed they did not possess. A few weeks later M received a telephone call from an unidentified caller who stated that the missing photographs were in Epstein's briefcase. The missing photographs were not recovered and M believes that Epstein is in possession of them. Although those photographs were artistic, rather than pornographic in nature, this further shows Epstein's interest in taking and maintaining nude and semi-nude photographs of minors. 19. I have interviewed M and A about their experiences with Epstein. Both M and A are reluctant to divulge their experiences publically. During the interview with A, she was visibly disturbed when recalling an incident with Epstein at his ranch in New Mexico when she was sixteen years old. A stated that one evening Epstein had come into her bedroom and sat on the bed. Epstein stroked her hair and told her she was beautiful. A was unable to recall the remainder of any events that evening. M has also expressed her concern of speaking publicly against Epstein for fear of reprisals against her or her family. The Items to Be Searched and the Information Sought 20. This application seeks permission to forensically examine two CompactFlash memory cards. Your Afflant knows that electronic media, i.e., CompactFlash memory cards, may be important to a criminal investigation because the objects may be used as storage devices that contain -9- EFTA01711833 • • contraband, evidence, instrumentalities, or fruits of a crime in the form of electronic data. Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permit the government to search for and seize computer hardware, software, and electronic files that are evidence of crime, contraband, instrumentalities of crime and/or fruits of crime. I know that CompactFlash memory cards are most often used in digital cameras to store photographs taken with the cameras. However, memory cards can be used to store any type of digital data, including computer files. 21. The nature of electronic media, i.e., CompactFlash memory cards, requires forensic analysis to employ a variety of different search techniques. These techniques include, but are not limited to, opening files, reviewing directories of files, and searching for and analyzing.deleted and/or hidden information. While conducting the analysis, data will be continuously evaluated as to whether or not it is within the scope of the issued search warrant. Only information within the scope of the search warrant will be acknowledged, shared with, or provided to, the investigators involved in this matter. MI other information will be closed and maintained within the analytical unit. Forensic analysis will be conducted in close consultation with the United States Attorney's office for specific legal guidance throughout the analytical and reporting process. 22. I understand that reviewing the contents of the CompactFlash memory cards was within the scope of the State search warrant that gave rise to the seizure of the cards from Epstein's residence, and that PBPD reviewed the contents of the cards. I also understand that an FBI agent conducted a similar review when all of the items were taken into federal custody pursuant to the federal grand jury subpoena. Those reviews did not involve a forensic examination to determine if there were any deleted or corrupted files, which could be recovered only via such a forensic analysis. I understand that the cursory reviews performed by the other law enforcement officers did not delete -10- EFTA01711834 • • or add any files to the CompactFlash memory cards and, therefore, they contain the same information that they had at the time they were removed from the Epstein residence. While the cursory review performed by the FBI agent did not exceed the scope of the PBPD's review, and therefore did not require the issuance of a warrant, the forensic review that is requested by this application would expand that review and, accordingly, your Affiant requests the issuance of a search warrant in accordance with United States v. Jacobsen, 466 U.S. 109, 115-21 (1984). 23. As explained above, Epstein instructed one of his assistants to photograph C using a digital camera; M reported Epstein's unusual interest in, and probable theft of, nude photographs of the minor members of her family; and Epstein engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with numerous minor females. In light of Epstein's display of photographs of nude and semi-nude young women throughout his residence, your Affiant avers that there is probable cause to believe that photographs or other evidence of the victims' visits to Epstein's residence may be found on the CompactFlash memory cards. Accordingly, your Affiant seeks permission to forensically examine the CompactFlash memory cards for evidence, instrumentalities, and fruits of the crimes listed above, that is, the electronic information contained within the memory cards, including electronic files containing photographs, owner identification information, date and time information, names, addresses, and information regarding the source of any photographs or the persons depicted in any photographs. 24. Although the cursory reviews did not reveal any of the items sought, your Affiant avers that there is probable cause to believe that a thorough forensic examination, which would include the recovery of any deleted or corrupted files, would result in the discovery of the data listed above, which is evidence, instrumentalities, and fruits of the crimes under investigation. -11- EFTA01711835 • • WHEREFORE, your Affiant requests that this court issue a search warrant for the CompactFlash memory cards described in the Application for Search Warrant and for the seizure of the items listed above. FURTHER YOUR AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT. Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of March, 2008 LINNEA R. JOHNSON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE -12- EFTA01711836 AO 93 (Rev. 5/85) Search Warrant , • • SOUTHERN United States District Court DISTRICT OF FLORIDA In the Matter of the Search of (Name, address or brief description of property or premises to be searched) One Ritz Big Print Digital Film 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked 3608128AW4801CF53 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation SEARCH WARRANT CASE NUMBER TOL= FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION , and any Authorized Officer of the United Sta W Affidavits) having been made before me by who has reason to MAI believe that 0 on the person of or [(ion the premises known as (name, description and/or location) One Ritz Big Print Digital Film 128 Megabyte CompactFlash memory card, marked 3608128AW4801CF53 in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 505 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, Florida in the SOUTHERN District of FLORIDA concealed a certain person or property, namely id.-esc-bo the person or property) the electronic information contained in that CompactFlash memory card, there is now which is property that constitutes evidence of the commission of a criminal offense, instrumentalities of such violations; and any fruits of those crimes, that is, violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423. • I am satisfied that the affidavit(s) and any recorded testimony establish probable cause to believe that the person or property so described is now concealed on the person or premises above-described and establish grounds for the issuance of this warrant. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to search on or before (Date) (not to exceed 10 days) the person or place named above for the person or property specified, serving this warrant and making the search (in the daytime - 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M.)(at any time in the day or night as I find reasonable cause has been established)) and if the person or property be found there to seize same, leaving a copy of this warrant and receipt for the person or property taken, and prepare a written inventory of the person or property seized and promptly return this warrant to the duty Magistrate Judge as required by law. at WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Date and Time Issued City and State LINNEA R. JOHNSON United States Magistrate Judge Name and Title of Judicial Officer Signature of Judicial Officer EFTA01711837 FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) • • Mount Clipping in Space Below) (Indicate page. name of newspaper, city and state.) Ift / The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, FL Date. 3/18/2108 Edition: Title. Girl sues Epstein. two others she says conspired in massages Character Or Classification.. 31E-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM intlexirg Girl sues Epstein, two others she says conspired in massages Jane Doe,' 17, sues in state court after dropping a federal suit. By LARRY KELLER Paint Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH - A former Palm Beach Community College student who police say procured underage girls to give Jeffrey Epstein sexual massages at his Palm Beach mansion, and Epstein's personal assis- tant have been sued along with Epstein over their alleged conduct. The girl behind the lawsuit was 14 years old when she contends he engaged in sexual conduct with her after she went to his water- front home in 2005 to give him a massage. Her lawsuit, filed under the name Jane Doe, seeks unspecified damages from Epstein for sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She also sued i of Loxahatchee and of t ew ork City on grounds oMpiracy and civil rack- eteering. "We just want a full measure of justice for thk • • " said her attorney, Ted Leopold. , who attended Palm Beach Com- mum y liege, was paid by Epstein to bring girls to his mansion for massages and more, according to Palm Beach police. "I'm like a Heidi Fleiss," they said she told them. Her attorney could not be reached immediately for ent. was an Epstein personal assistant who arranged the encounters, even escort- ing the girls to his massage mom, police Ileged. "These two conspired {vith him to help with the criminal enterprise," Leopold said. Jane Doe, through her father and stepmother, filed a federal lawsuit against Epstein in January. She dis- missed it after her mother said she wasn't consulted about the litigation and sought to intervene. The mother is acting on her daughter's behalf in the latest lawsuit. Epstein's lawyer has denied the girl's al- legations and said her family is simply at- tempting to get money from a very rich man. Epstein, 55, is a Manhattan money manager who has homes there, in New Mexico and the Virgin Islands, in addition to his S8.5 million Palm Beach mansion. Two other Jane Does have sued Epstein in federal court this year, making similar al- legations to those of the first Jane Doe. Those cases remain active. Also pending against Epstein in state court is a felony charge of solicitation of prostitu- tion arising from the same alleged incidents with several girls. That case is set for trial in July, two years after he was indicted. Jane Doe's new lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, is the most explicit in detailing Epstein's alleg • nduc the only suit to include and as defendants, and the on y one o make con- spiracy and racketeering allegations. Jane Doe will turn 18 in May. She lives with other family members in Palm Beach County, is nearing graduation from high school and is working part time, Leopold said. larry_keller@pbpost.com 3/1-- NH -iogo62_14,/ EFTA01711838 cv. 06-04-2007) • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 05/31/2008 To: Miami From: New York C-20 Contact: Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 31E-MM-108062 Title: GHISLAINE N. MAXWELL; WSTA - CHILD PROSTITUTION; Attn: PB-2/PBCRA SA Synopsis: To document service of Grand Jury Subpoena to Enclosure(s): For the Miami Division the following documents have been enclosed: 1. One original and two copies of FD-302 reflecting interview with dated 05/29/2008. 2. One original Grand 'Curl, Subpoena return dated 05/29/2008 in a 1-A envelope. Details: On Ma 29 2008, Special Agents (SAs) and (FBI met wit of the Federal Bureau of Investigate e at her residenc at =II', New Yor agents and., agents could state the purpose of the was advised of the identity of the interviewing interview, stated she did not want to speak to the agents and wanted to speak to her attorney. then provided agents with her attorney's business car attorney as listed on the business card is and Law Firm) , New York, NY 10075, to ephone number Agents explained they were not there to arrest and stated she was not a target of any FBI investigation ut were 3/E- — jo kOto 2— Ro2 EFTA01711839 fc wed 6 EFTA01711840 To: Miami From: ft York Re: 31E-MM-108062, 05/31/2008 there to interview She was then provided with a copy of a Grand Jury Subpoena issued by the Southern District of Florida, United States District Court, 701 Clemantis Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 to appear before the grand jury on June 3, 2008. stated that she would speak to her attorney and understoo t e consequences of not showing up to the rand 'ury in Florida. Agents provided contact information for should she later want to contact agents regarding this matter. It should be noted that did call SA later that same day and stated shell". to know why agents wanted to talk to her so that she in turn could consult her attorney in this matter. SA replied that this was regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN. S then asked "well you are familiar with JEFFREY EPSTEIN right?". t en answered "OK...", and then asked about travel arrangements to Florida for grand jury. was then referred to the printed material that was include ill! the subpoena regarding her travel and answered questions. added that her was in town and her uniii i!!! also supposed to visit and stay with her but she would do her best to make arrangements for them. She added that her husband (last name not provided) would probably be traveling with her. provided no further information at this time. The return of service for the Grand Jury Subpoena was placed in a 1-A envelope. ♦• EFTA01711841 FD-302 (Rev. 10445) • -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcnption 05/29/2008 and On May 29, 2008, Special Agents (SAs) Ill 'III, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation BI) met wit at her residence at Astoria, New Yor was advised of the identity of the interviewing a ents and e ore agents could state the purpose of the interview, stated she did not want to speak to the agents and wanted to speak to her attorney. then provided agents with her attorney's business card. attorney as listed on the d is DIARMUID WHITE, White and White Law Firm , New York, NY 10075, telephone number Agents explained they were not there to arrest and stated she was not a target of any FBI investigation ut were there to interview She was then provided with a copy of a Grand Jury Subpoena issue by the Southern District of Florida, United States District Court, 701 Clemantis Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 to appear before the grand jury on June 3, 2008. stated that she would speak to her attorney and understoodltl itinsequences of not showing up to the rand jury in Florida. Agents provided contact information for should she later want to contact agents regarding this matter. It should be noted that did call SA later that same day and stated she wanteM illow why agentsi!!!!!! to talk to her so that she in turn could consult her attorney in this matter. SA replied that this was regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN. SA then asked "well you are familiar with JEFFREY EPSTEIN right?". then answered "OK...", and then asked about travel arrangements to Florida for grand jury. was induct."' the subpoena regarding her was then referred to the printed material that questions. added that her was in town and her uncle 1111!!!o supposed to visit and stay with her but she would do her best, to make arrangements for them. She added that her husband JOHN (last name not provided) would probably be Investigation on 05/29/2 storia, NY hie!' 31E -MM-108062 by Date dictated This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI antis loaned to your agency: it and its contents arc not to be distributed outside your agency. -1-1 \A- 10&062-gpj EFTA01711842 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 6, Comm inthmotH0.302of 05/30/2008 .Fage 2 traveling with her. provided no further information at this time. EFTA01711843 FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) • • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 05/29/2008 On May 29, 2008, Special Agents (SAs) and of the Federal Bureau of Investigation IBI) II met wit at her residence at Astoria, New Yo was advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and.. agents could state the purpose of the interview, stated she did not want to speak to the agents and wanted on the to speak to her attorney. a hen provided agents with her attorney's business card. attorney as 1 business card is DIARMUID WHITE, (White and White , New York, NY 10075, telephone number Agents explained they were not there to arrest and stated she was not a target of any FBI investigation 119!!!e there to interview She was then provided with a copy of Grand Jury Subpoena issued by the Southern District of Florida, United States District Court, 701 Clemantis Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 to appear before the grand jury on June 3, 2008. stated that she would speak to her attorney an understood the consequences of not showing up to the grand jury in Florida. Agents provided contact information for should she later want to contact agents regarding this matter. It should be noted that did call SA later that same day and stated she wante to now why agents mill!! to talk to her so that she in turn could consult her attorney in this matter. SA replied that this was regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN. SA then asked "well you are familiar with JEFFREY EPSTEIN right?". then answered "OK...", and then asked about travel arrangements to Florida for grand jury. was then referred to the printed material that was included with the sub oena regarding her rfl"n 1 1-irl anemia LACERDA's questions. added that her -rod was in town and her uncle was also supposed to visit and stay with ter but she would do her best to make arrangements for them. She added that her husband JOHN (last name not provided) would probably be Investigation on 05/29/2008 at Astoria, NY rikll 31E-W4-108062- tO Date dictated by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents arc not to be distributed outside your agency. EFTA01711844 SEARCHED INDEIP SERIAL DID RED MAY 3 1 2008 co. • • EFTA01711845 1 1 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) • 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of 05/30/2008 2 ,On iNga --- traveling with her. provided no further information at this time. EFTA01711846 e FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) • • -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transeriPticin 05/29/2008 and f the Federal Bureau of FiRtligaRTIP BI) On May 29, 2008, Special Agents (SAs) met wit at her residence at Astoria, New Yor was advised of the identity of the interviewing a ents and e ore agents could state the purpose of the interview, stated she did not want to speak to the agents and wanted. to speak to her attorney. hen provided agents with her attorney's business card. attorney as listed on th d is DIARMUID WH TE, W ite and White Law Firm), , New York, NY 10075, telephone number Agents explained they were not there to arrest t and stated she was not a target of any FBI investigation l it ere there to interview She was then provided with a copy of a Grand Jury Subpoena issue by the Southern District of Florida, United States District Court, 701 Clemantis Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 to appear before the grand jury on June 3, 2008. stated that she would speak to her attorney and understood e consequences of not showing up to the rand jury in Florida. Agents provided contact information for should she later want to contact agents regarding this matter. It should be noted that did call SA later that same day and stated she wante to now why agents 111911 to talk to her so that she in turn could consult her attorney in this with JEFFREY EPSTEIN right?". then answered "OK...", and EPSTEIN. SAI I then asked "well you are familiar • matter. SA replied that this was regarding JEFFREY then asked'about travel arrangements to Florida for grand jury. was then referred to the printed material that M N the sub oena regarding her questions. added that her was in town and her uncle was a so supposed to visa an say wi er but she would do her best to make arrangements for them. She added that her husband JOHN (last name not provided) would probably be lnvcstigation on 05/29/2008 • at Astoria, NY Mkt/ 31E-MI4-108062- Date dictated by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents arc not to be disnibutcd outside your agency. EFTA01711847 FO-302a (Rev. 10+95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of ,On fage 05/30/2008 2 i traveling with her. provided no further information at this time. EFTA01711848 • U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI - West Palm Beach Suite 500 505 South Flagler Drive West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone: (561) 833-7517 Fax: (561) 833-7970 May 30. 2008 est alm eac , FL 33417 Re: Case Number: 31E-MM-108062 Dear Your name was referred to the FBI's Victim Assistance Program as being a possible victim of a federal crime. We appreciate your assistance and cooperation while we are investigating this case. We would like to make you aware of the victim services that may be available to you and to answer any questions you may have regarding the criminal Justice process throughout the investigation. Our program is part of the FBI's effort to ensure the victims are treated with respect and are provided information about their rights under federal law. These rights include notification of the status of the case. The enclosed brochures provide information about the FBI's Victim Assistance Program, resources and instructions for accessing the Victim Notification System (VNS). VNS is designed to provide you with information regarding the status of your case. This case is currently under investigation. This can be a lengthy process and we request your continued patience while we conduct a thorough investigation. As a crime victim, you have the following rights under 18 United States Code § 3771: (1) The right to be reasonably protected from the accused; (2) The right to reasonable, accurate, and timely notice of any public court proceeding, or any parole proceeding, involving the crime or of any release or escape of the accused; (3) The right not to be excluded from any such public court proceeding, unless the court, after receiving clear and convincing evidence, determines that testimony by the victim would be materially altered if the victim heard other testimony at that proceeding; (4) The right to be reasonably heard at any public proceeding in the district court involving release, plea, sentencing, or any parole proceeding; (5) Tho reasonable right to confer with the attorney for the Government in the case; (6) The right to full and timely restitution as provided in law; (7) The right to proceedings free from unreasonable delay; (8) The right to be treated with fairness and with respect for the victim's dignity and privacy. We will make our best efforts to ensure you are accorded the rights described. Most of these rights pertain to events occurring after the arrest or indictment of an individual for the crime, and it will become the responsibility of the prosecuting United States Attorney's Office to ensure you are accorded those rights. You may also seek the advice of a private attorney with respect to these rights. The Victim Notification System (VNS) is designed to provide you with direct information regarding the case as it proceeds through the criminal justice system. You may obtain current information about this matter on the Internet at WWW.Notify.USDOJ.GOV or from the VNS Call Center at 1-866-DOJ-4YOU (1-866-365- 4968) (TDD/TTY: 1.866-228.4619) (International: 1.502-213-2767). In addition, you may use the Call Center or Internet to update your contact information and/or change your decision about participation in the notification program. if you update your information to include a current email address, VNS will send information to that address. You will need the following Victim Identification Number (VIN) and Personal Identification Number (PIN) '1816' anytime you contact the Call Center and the first time you log on to VNS on the Internet. In addition, the first time you access the VNS Internet site, you will be prompted to enter your last name (or business name) as currently contained In VNS. The name you should enter is ( Set o , pDF-- ec2.--1641 EFTA01711849 • If you have additional questions which involve this matter, please contact the office listed above. When you call, please provide the file number located at the top of this letter. Please remember. your participation in the notification part of this program is voluntary. In order to continue to receive notifications, it is your responsibility to keep your contact information current. Sincerely, Specialist EFTA01711850 FD-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) • • Palm Beacher pleads in sex case Jeffrey Epstein will serve Ph years on teen solicitation charges. By LARRY KELLER Palm Beach Par Staff 'Wife WEST PALM BEACH — He lives in a Palm Beach water- front mansion and has kept company with the likes of President Clinton, Prince An- drew and Donald Trump, but investment banker Jeffrey Ep- stein will call the Palm Beach County Jail home for the next 18 months. Epstein, 55, pleaded guilty Monday to felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution. After serving 18 months in jail, he will be under house arrest for a year. And he will have a lifelong obligation to register as a sex offender. He must submit to an HIV test within 48 hours, with the results being pro- vided to his victims or their parents. As part of the plea deal. federal investigators agreed to drop their investigation of Epstein, which they had taken to a grand jury, two law enforcement sources said. Epstein was indicted two years ago after an 11-month investigation by Palm Beach police. They received a complaint from a relative of a 14-year-old girl who had given Epstein a naked mas- sage at his five-bedroom, 7,234-square-foot, $8.5 million Intracoastal home. Police concluded that there See EPSTEIN. 8A ► o Space Below) (Indicate page. name of newspaper. city and state.) 1A/8A The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach. FL Date: 7/1/2008 Edition Title: Palm Beecher pleads in sex case Character or Classification: 31E-MM-108062 Submitting Office: MM Indexing UMA SANG,' 'i/Staff Photographer Investment banker Jeffrey Epstein waits in court Monday before his guilty plea. vv 31C-1O4- 10 1O(92-1(a5 EFTA01711851 • • Epstein faces civil lawsuits; more clients may be added ► EPSTEIN from IA were several other girls brought in 2004 and 2005 to an upstairs room at the home for similar massages and sexual touching. The indictment charged Epstein only with felony so- licitation of prostitution. The state attorney's office later added the charge of procur- ing underage girls for that purpose. Prosecutor Lanna Be- lohlavek said of the plea: "I took into consideration the length the trial would have been and witnesses having to testify" about sometimes embarrassing incidents. Epstein may have made a serious mistake soon after he was charged. He rejected an offer to plead guilty to one count of aggravated assault with intent to commit a felo- ny, according to police docu- ments. He would have gotten five years probation, had no criminal record and not been a registered sex offender, the documents indicate. Epstein arrived in court Monday with at least three attorneys. He wore a blue blazer, blue shirt, blue jeans and white and gray sneakers. After Circuit Judge Deborah Dale Pucillo accepted the plea, he was fingerprinted. Epstein then removed his blazer and was handcuffed for the trip to jail while his attorneys tried to shield him from photographers' lenses. When he eventually is released to house arrest, Ep- stein will have to observe a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, have no unsupervised contact with anyone younger than 18 and neither own nor pos- sess pornographic or sexual materials "that are relevant to your deviant behavior," the judge said. Epstein will be allowed to leave home for work. The New York-based money manager told the judge he has formed the not-for-profit Florida Science Foundation to finance scientific re- search. "I'm there every day," Epstein said. The foundation was in- corporated in November. Epstein said he already has awarded money to Harvard and MIT. When he is released from jail, there is a chance that Ep- stein will be forced to move. Sex offenders are not allowed to live within 1,000 feet of a school, park or other areas where children may gather. No determination has been made as to whether Epstein's home complies, but attorneys said it likely does. Sex offenders also typi- cally must attend counseling sessions. Belohlavek said that was waived for Epstein because his private psychia- trist is working with him. 'It's validation of what we're saying in the civil cases.' JEFFREY HERMAN Attorney who represents alleged victims, commenting on the plea The judge was skeptical but agreed to it. Epstein's legal woes don't end with Monday's plea. There are four pending fed- eral civil lawsuits and one in state court related to his behavior. At least one woman has sued him in New York, where he owns a 51,000- square-foot Manhattan man- sion. "It's validation of what we're saying in the civil cases," said Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman, who repre- sents the alleged victims in the federal lawsuits. West Palm Beach attorney Ted Leopold represents one al- leged victim in a civil suit in state court. He said he antici- pates amending that lawsuit to add "a few other clients" as well. In the criminal case, po- lice went so far as to scour Epsteins trash and conduct surveillance at Palm Beach International Airport, where they watched for his private jet so they would know when he was in town. They con- cluded that Epstein paid girls $200 to $300 each after the massage sessions. Heidi Fleiss," now 22, told mice about er efforts in recruiting girls for Epstein. There was probable cause to charge Epstein with un- lawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious mo- lestation, police concluded. The state attorney's of- fice said questions about the girls credibility led it to take the unprecedented step of presenting the evidence against Epstein to a grand jury, rather than directly charging him. Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter was furious with State Attorney Barry Krischer, saying in a May 2006 letter that the prosecu- tor should disqualify himself. "I continue to find your office's treatment of these cases highly unusual," he wrote. He then asked for and got a federal investigation. Epstein hired a phalanx of high-priced lawyers—includ- ing Harvard law professor and author Alan Dershowitz — and public relations people who questioned Reiter's com- petence and the victims' truthfulness. In addition to mansions in Palm Beach and Manhat- tan, Epstein owns homes in New Mexico and the Virgin Islands. He's a frequent con- tributor to Democratic Party candidates. He also donated $30 million to Harvard in 2003. Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer returned a $50,000 campaign contribu- tion from Epstein after his indictment, then resigned this year during his own sex scandal. And the same Palm Beach Police Department that vigorously investigated Epstein returned his $90,000 donation for the purchase of a firearms simulator. Staff writer Eliot Kleinberg and staff researcher Michelle Quig- ley contributed to this story. 0 tanoener@popost.com EFTA01711852 • • • 8A THE PALM BEACH POST • TUESDAY. JULY 1.2008 SANGIWStaff Photographer effrey Epstein (left) appears in court Monday. Soon after he was charged two years ago, Epstein reject- ed a deal that would have given him five years' probation and no criminal record, documents show. EFTA01711853 FO.350 (Rev. 5-8-81) (Indicate page. name of newspaper. en> and state l thlount Cln in in ace Retch) Rich man fought the law — and he mostly won Two years after a grand jury indicted him on a felony charge of solicitation of prostitution, Jeffrey Epstein finally admitted that he lured a teenage girl to his S8.5 mil- lion, 13,0O0-square-foot Palm Beach mansion for sex. A week ago, the 55-year-old investment banker be- gan serving 18 months in jail. But that plea deal — guilty of felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution — does not account for all five of the girls, one as young as 14, who alleged that Epstein sexually abused them. And why is Epstein serving his term in the overcrowded Palm Beach County Jail and not a state prison, where inmates are sent if their sentences are longer than one year? The slow, dissatisfy- ing resolution of the case sends a message to the public that there's a dif- ferent system of justice for the wealthy who hire high-powered lawyers. Epstein's legal team includ- ed West Palm Beach defense attor- ney Jack Goldberger, Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz, who defended OJ. Simpson against murder charges, and Kenneth Starr, the prosecutor who pursued then-President Bill Clinton for lying about sex with young women. Palm Beach police spent 11 months investigating Epstein be- fore State Attorney Barry Krischer sent the case to a grand jury. in- stead of charging Epstein so the man who once boasted of accepting only billionaire clients could face a trial. The police had taken a high school transcript, class schedules and phone messages from Epstein's Why is Jeffrey Epstein in jail, and not prison? home that showed he knew the girls were underage. Yet Mr. Krischer was more swayed by Epstein's law- yers, who attempted to impugn the girls character by showing they had chatted on myspace.com about smoking marijuana and drinking. He should have let a jury decide whether the victims — and Epstein — were credible. Ultimately, one charge against Epstein finally reflected the age of one victim, and the plea agreement left Epstein labeled a sex of- fender. With that additional charge, if Epstein had been convicted at a trial, he could have been sentenced to anything from probation to 15 years in prison, Assis- tant State Attorney Lanna Beloh avek said, adding that the recommended guideline sentence was 2 months. Epstein also won't have to cer- tify to the court that he is receiv- ing counseling, typically required of sex offenders, because he has a private psychiatrist. But without court supervision, who will ensure Epstein is in fact being treated? The plea deal also drops a federal investigation of Epstein. If a federal investigation was warranted, how does dropping it before completion benefit the public? Epstein preyed on girls and de- nied it. For three years, his wealth and the influence of his lawyers bought him the protection the state attorney owed to the victims. Date 07072008 Edition Palm Beach Post Title. Rich man fought the law and he mostly won Character Or Classification: 3 I E-MM-I08062 Submitting Office. Miami (PB2) Indexing. d/C- Mi-r- logobe- EFTA01711854 THREE WOMEN SUING BILLIONAIRE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FOR SEX ABUSE WANT PLE... Page 2 of 4 black Black Singles are Waiting to Meet You! CLICK HERE Cindy Adams SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN JAUNT ITALY used to be beautiful sunny, friendly, delicious. Today it is MORE> Liz Smith uge Shoe Sale! FREE SHIPPING BID TO BURN EPSTEIN PLEA With Paula Froelich Bill Hoffmann Corynne Steindler and Marianne Garvey July 21. 2008 -- THREE young women suing billionaire Jeffrey Epstein for sex abuse at his Palm Beach mansion want a federal judge to quash the plea deal he made with the state of Florida to serve 18 months in jail in exchange for admitting he solicited a 14-year-old hooker. Their lawyer, Brad Edwards. has asked US District Judge Kenneth Marra to toss the deal - which included an agreement that Epstein's wouldn't face federal prosecution, which could have led to a longer jail term - because they weren't consulted on it. Marra has asked for more information before he rules. Epstein's rep, Howard Ruben stein, said, "The lawsuit has absolutely no merit. They're just looking for money. These women have lied repeatedly, and in no way shape or form were they victims. They were at his place freely and voluntarily. 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TODAY IN PAGE SIX 3/C—it/en- ObL447 MORE> http://www.nypost.com/seven/07212008/gossip/pagesix/bid_to_burn_epstein_plea_l 20770.htna 7/25/2008 EFTA01711855 1110 a U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI - West Palm Beach Suite 500 505 South Flagler Drive West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone: (561) 833-7517 Fax• (561) 833-7970 July 23, 2008 US Embassy Bogota Calle Santafe 0cBogota Colombia Re: Case Number: 31E-MM-108062 Dear ALAT You have requested to receive notifications for Your name was referred to the FBI's Victim Assistance Program as being a possible victim of a federal crime. We appreeate your assistance and cooperation while we are investigating this case. We would like to make you aware of the victim services that may be available to you and to answer any questions you may have regarding the criminal justice process throughout the investigation. Our program is part of the FBI's effort to ensure the victims are treated with respect and are provided information about their rights under federal law. These rights include notification of the status of the case. The enclosed brochures provide information about the FBI's Victim Assistance Program, resources and instructions for accessing the Victim Notification System (VNS). VNS is designed to provide you with information regarding the status of your case. As a crime victim, you have the following rights under 18 United States Code § 3771: (1) The right to be reasonably protected from the accused; (2) The right to reasonable, accurate, and timely notice of any public court proceeding, or any parole proceeding, involving the crime or of any release or escape of the accused; (3) The right not to bo excluded from any such public court proceeding, unless the court, after receiving clear and convincing evidence, determines that testimony by the victim would be materially altered if the victim heard other testimony at that proceeding: (4) The right to be reasonably heard at any public proceeding in the district court involving release, plea, sentencing, or any parole proceeding: (5) The reasonable right to confer with the attorney for the Government in the case; (6) The right to full and timely restituton as provided in law; (7) The right to proceedings free from unreasonable delay: (8) The right to be treated with fairness and with respect for the victim's dignity and privacy. We will make our best efforts to ensure you are accorded the rights described. Most of these rights pertain to events occurring after the arrest or indictment of an individual for the crime, and It will become the responsibility of the prosecuting United States Attorney's Office to ensure you are accorded those rights. You may also sook the advice of a private attorney with respect to these rights. The Victim Notification System (VNS) is designed to provide you with direct information regarding the case as it proceeds through the criminal justice system. You may obtain current information about this matter on the Internet at WWW.Notify.USDOJ.GOV or from the VNS Call Center at 1-866-DOJ-4YOU (1-866-365- 4968) (TDD/TTY: 1-886-228-4619) (International: 1-502.213-2767). In addition. you may use the Call Center or Internet to update your contact information and/or change your decision about participation in the notification program. If you update your information to include a current email address, VNS will sseend information to that address. You will need the following Victim Identification Number (VIN) and Personal Identification Number (PIN) '8731' anytime you contact the Call Center and the wet time you !Og on to VNS on the Internet. In addition, the first time you access the VNS Internet site, you will be prompted to enter your last name (or business name) as currently contained in VNS. The name you should enter is ) P111 3( I - inp,-/ov) co 2--tot EFTA01711856 e If you have additional questions which involve this matter, pease contact the office listed above. When you call, please provite the file number located at the top of this letter. Please remember, your participation in the notification pan of this program is voluntary. In order to continue to receive notifications, it is your responsibility to keep your contact information current. Sincerely, is im pecialist EFTA01711857 • July 23, 2808 US II•Pogota Calle - Attn: Santafe Cegota Colombia U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI - West Pain Beach Suite 500 505 South Flag er Drive West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone: (561) 833-7517 Fax. (561) 833-7970 Re: Case Number. 31E-MM-108062 Dear Your name was referred to the FBI's Victim Assistance Program as being a possible victim of a federal crime. We appreciate your assistance and cooperation while we are investigating this case. We would like to make you aware of the victim services that may be available to you and to answer any questions you may have regarding the criminal justice process throughout the investigation. Our program is part of the FBI's effort to ensure the victims are treated with respect and are provided information about their rights under feceral law. These rights include notification of the status of the case. The enclosed brochures provide information about the FBI's Victim Assistance Program, resources and instructions for accessing the Victim Notification System (VNS). VNS is designed to provide you with informaton regarding the status of your case. As a crime victim, you have the following nghts under 18 United States Ccde § 3771: (1) The right to be reasonably protected from the accused; (2) The right to reasonable. accurate, and timely notice of any public court proceeding, or any parole proceeding, involving the crime or of any release or escape of the accused; (3) The nght not to be excluded from any such public court proceeding, unless the court, after receiving clear and convincing evidence, determines that testimony by the victim would be materially altered if the victim heard other testimony at that proceecing; (4) The right to be reasonably hearc at any public proceeding in the district court involving release, plea, sentencing, cr any parole proceeding; (5) The reasonable nght to confer with the attorney for the Government in the case: (6) The right to full and timely restitution as provided in law; (7) The right to proceedings free from unreasonable de'ay: (8) The right to be treated with fairness and with respect for the victim's dignity and privacy. We will make our best efforts to ensure you are accorded the nghts descnoed. Most of tnese rights pertain to events occurring after the arrest or indictment of an individual for the crime, and it will become the responsibility of the prosecuting United States Attorney's Office to ensure you are accorded those rights. You may also seek the advice of a private attorney with respect to these rights. The Victim Notification System (VNS) is designed to provide you with direct information regarding the case as it proceeds through the criminal justice system. You may obtain current information about this matter on the Internet at WWW.Notify.USDOJ.GOV or from the VNS Call Center at 1-866-DOJ-4YOU (1-866-365- 4968) (TOD/TTY: 1-866-228-4619) (International: 1-532-213-2767). In addition, you may use the Call Center or Internet to update your contact information and/or charge your decision about participation in the notification program. If you update your information to include a current email address, V information to that address. You will need the fallowing Victim Identification Number (VIN) and Personal Identification Number (PIN) '6459' anytime you contact the Call Center and the irst bme you log on to VNS on the Internet. In addition, the first time you access the VNS Internet site, you will be prompted to enter your last name (or business name) as currently contained in VNS. The name you should enter is 3(6 -/7M-(orolca-ies EFTA01711858 • i If you have additional questions which involve this matter, please contact the office listed above. When you call, please provide the file number located at the top of this letter. Please remember, yourparticipation in the notification part of this program Is voluntary. In order to continue to receive notifications, It Is your responsibility to keep your contact information current. Sincerely, is im pecialist CC: ALAT EFTA01711859