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be N Ww ws Oo OY ~] oO Ke) Ww a OY 20 21 22 23 24 25 Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB j782epsC kjc that is, post charg Document 20 Filed 07/16/19 Page 8 of 24 8 have been contacted by multiple attorneys and severa r W 1 additional identified themselv with the government, spoken with. Your Honor, charged with appalling crimes, by significant evidence, S as victims and ar individuals who have interested in speaking none of whom the government has previously the deit fendant is 66 years old. He is and those charges are supported including victim and witness testimony and damning record of spending the rest videnc He faces th of his life in prison. He motivation in the world to flee, and he has the And I will note where the government has really put it is on the risk of flight. efforts to maintain the covert status o many months due to the risk of flight o single media report, for victims to come This district for the court that very real prospect has every means to do it. this is a case ts money where its mouth t took extraordinary f its investigation for f the defendant -- not a not a single public statement, no appeals risks we are discussing now. Turning to the characteristics of Honor, some individuals who face significan means to flee. Not this defendant. As set government's submission, offender registratio hundreds of millions in the det forward because of precisely the flight the defendant, your t charges lack the for th in the Fendant's most ct recent sex lists six residences worth tens or lars, including a residence abroad. SOUTH n, he of dol FERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00000413