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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 293-1 Filed 05/25/21 Page 79 of 349 as a “non-prosecution agreement” came from Acosta, although Menchel may have communicated that terminology to her. According to Villafafia, she asked that it include a mechanism for the victims to be provided monetary compensation through 18 U.S.C. § 2255 in lieu of the restitution that would have been available if Epstein were pleading guilty to federal charges.*° Acosta told OPR that he “developed and approved” the term sheet.” Before the document was presented to defense counsel, two terms were dropped from Villafafia’s draft—one providing that the agreement would apply only to already-identified victims, and another requiring the deal to be accepted, and Epstein to plead guilty, within the month. The final term sheet was as follows: to plea agreements, which involve the formal conviction of a corporation in a court proceeding. Memorandum from Acting Deputy Attorney General Craig S. Morford to Heads of Departmental Components and United States Attorneys at n.2 (Mar. 7, 2008), available at https://www justice. gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource- manual-163-selection-and-use-monitors. Villafafia did not have significant experience prosecuting corporate entities. 86 A civil remedy for personal injuries suffered by victims of certain crimes is provided for in the federal criminal code at 18 U.S.C. § 2255. Subsection (a) of the statute, as in effect from July 27, 2006, to March 6, 2013, provided as follows: Any person who, while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 2241 (c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of this title and who suffers personal injury as a result of such violation, regardless of whether the injury occurred while such person was a minor, may sue in any appropriate United States District Court and shall recover the actual damages such person sustains and the cost of the suit, including a reasonable attorney’s fee. Any person as described in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to have sustained damages of no less than $150,000 in value. Villafafia also told OPR that she asked that the terms include the requirement that Epstein plead to an offense that required him to register as a sexual offender; however, sex offender status was also mentioned in Menchel’s July 3, 2007 email to Villafafia recounting his preliminary discussions with Sanchez. 52 DOJ-OGR- 00004376