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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 293-1 Filed 05/25/21 Page 24 of 349 VII. IX. XI. XII. A. September — October 2007: The Case Agents Notify Some Victims about the NPA, but Stop When the Case Agent Becomes Concerned about Peert(al, HGCA CHC he: cscnamncomes acm aman mem SeERE Smee EN mare ORTON OL 207 B. October 2007: Defense Attorneys Object to Government Victim Notifications... eeecesecssecseeeeeseesseessecssesseesaesseesseesaesnaesaeeseeseesaeenaeesaesaeesateas 210 CG October — November 2007: The FBI and the USAO Continue to Investigate, and the FBI Sends a Notice Letter to One Victim Stating That the Case is “Under Investigation” ............esceeceeeeeeseeeeeeeeeereeseeesneeenaeenenenenes 211 D. The USAO Informs the Defense That It Intends to Notify Victims by Letter about Epstein’s State Plea Hearing and the Resolution of the Federal Investigation, but the Defense Strongly Objects to the Notification Plan........... 212 E. December 19, 2007: Acosta Advises the Defense That the USAO Will Defer to the State Attorney the Decision Whether to Notify Victims of the State Plea Hearing, but the USAO Would Notify Them of the Federal Resolution, “as Required by Law”?...........cceeccsescesseeceeeeeseeeeneesaeecnaeeneeesneesaeeesaeenes 216 F. January — June 2008: While the Defense Presses Its Appeal to the Department in an Effort to Undo the NPA, the FBI and the USAO Continue Investigating Epstein ............ccccceececeseceneeeeeeeeeeeeeecnaeeeeeeseeeseesnaeeneneesnes 220 1. Villafafia Prepares to Contact Victims in Anticipation That Epstein, Will Break THe NPA cesses accmrmscmems emmnemmscommees acm ence mst 220 2. The FBI Uses VNS Form Letters to Re-Establish Contact with VICTINS 00. eeeeeeeeeecssecnseeseeseeeseesaecnsecaaesaeeseeaeesaecsaesaeesaeseesatesaeenaesaeesateas 221 3. Villafafia, the FBI, and the CEOS Trial Attorney Interview Victims......224 4. February — March 2008: Villafafia Takes Additional Steps to Prepare for a Prosecution of Epstein, Arranges for Pro Bono Attorneys for Victims, and Cautions about Continued Delay ................. 227 Be March — April 2008: Villafafia Continues to Prepare for Filing PRAGA] CHATOGS «cise: anmemnmans memrenscmnenT Hse scoNInKeE MMM eT I 227 USAO SUPERVISORS CONSIDER CVRA OBLIGATIONS IN AN UNRELATED MATTER AND IN LIGHT OF A NEW FIFTH CIRCUIT OPINION......... eee eeeeeeeee 228 JUNE 2008: VILLAFANA’S PRE-PLEA CONTACTS WITH THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE VICTIMS WHO LATER BECAME THE CVRA PETITIONERS 0.0... cceeceeseseneesecnseseesseseeeaeeaevsecnevsrcnaeenenaeseesaesaeeaesnevareneesees 228 JUNE 2008: EFFORTS TO NOTIFY VICTIMS ABOUT THE JUNE 30, 2008 PLEA HEARING Lu... cececcecesscesessesseeeessecnevsreneeseersesaesaesaeveeeneeseensesaesnevaeenevseenaeseesaesaneatens 231 JUNE 30, 2008: EPSTEIN ENTERS HIS GUILTY PLEAS IN A STATE COURT HEARING AT WHICH NO VICTIMS ARE PRESENT...........ceeeceseereneeees 234 SIGNIFICANT POST-PLEA DEVELOPMENTS. .........ccccsseseeeseeneeeeeneeseceeeseesaesaeeaeenees 235 A. Immediately After Epstein’s State Guilty Pleas, Villafafia Notifies Some Vitis” ALOIS a cane: aura GR LR I RRL RRC MLA 235 XX DOJ-OGR-00004321