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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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IN RE APPLICATION TO QUASH
SUBPOENAS TO DAILY NEWS, L.P.,
AND GEORGE RUSH
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No. 10 M8-85 (LMM)
REPLY DECLARATION OF ANNE B. CARROLL
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, Anne B. Carroll declares as follows:
1.
I am Vice President and General Counsel of movant Daily News, L.P., publisher of
the New York Daily News (the "Daily News"). I am admitted to practice before this Court.
2.
I make this Declaration in further support of the motion of the Daily News and
Daily News journalist George Rush for an Order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 45(cX3XAXiii)
quashing subpoenas ad testificanduni and duces twain served on than by plaintiff Jane Doe in an
action pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida captioned
Doe v. Jeffrey Epstein, No. 08-cv-80893-1CAM, or in the alternative for a Protective Order
pursuant to Fed. R Civ. Proc. 26(cXI).
3.
Annexed hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of E & J Gallo Winery v.
Encana Energy Servs.. Inc. 33 Med. L. Rptr. 1413 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) (Preska, J.).
4.
Annexed hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of L.W. v. Knox County
Bd. of Educ.. 36 Med. L. Rptr. 1721 (E.D. Tenn. 2008).
5.
Annexed hereto as Exhibit C is the Supplementary Affidavit of George Rush in this
proceeding, sworn to on April 30, 2010.
6.
Jane Doe's brief in opposition to Jeffrey Epstein's motion for summary judgment
dismissing the federal claims in this action ("Si °pp.') may be found on PACER, S.D. Ma. Civil
Docket for Jane Doe v. Jeffro Epstein, Case # 9:08-cv-80893-KAM ("Dockerp,
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expressions of confidence in the strength of the evidence in her own case may be found at, e.g., SJ
Opp 2 (Doe "has ample evidence that [Epstein] committed federal sex offenses against her"); 11
(Epstein's fraudulent concealment of assets "evidences [his] awareness that he is liable to the girls
for substantial sums of money because of his sexual abuse of them," citing Epstein's Mar. 8, 2010,
deposition); 12 ("Epstein does not deny that he repeatedly sexually abused Jane Doe when she was
a minor"); 35 ("Jane Doe can easily prove her case").
7.
Specific examples given in Doe's opposition to summary judgment of invocations
of the 5th Amendment warranting adverse inferences include Epstein's silence in the face of such
confrontational Requests for Admission as "[y]ou have committed sexual assault against Plaintiff,
a minor," and "[y]ou digitally penetrated Plaintiff when she was a minor," SJ Opp. at 4, and his
refusal to answer numerous questions at a Mar. 8, 2010, deposition, id. at 10 & Ex. D.
8.
Annexed hereto as Exhibit E is a copy of pertinent pages of the Complaint in
Epstein v. Rothstein, Edwards
No. 50 2009 CAO 40800 (Cir. Ct., 15th Jud. Cir., Palm
Beach Co., Dec. 7, 2009), as downloaded from http://www.scribd.com/doc/23947743/121009-
epstein.
9.
Shortly after receiving service of the subpoenas served on Daily News, L.P., and
George Rush which movants seek to quash in this proceeding, I asked plaintiffs counsel Bradley
Edwards whether he would withdraw them in exchange for an affidavit from Mr. Rush attesting to
the fact that he had interviewed Mr. Epstein. Mr. Edwards said he would not.
10.
On Friday, April 30, 2010, I received service of a subpoena from Doe's counsel
requiring movant journalist George Rush to appear before this Court on May 4, 2010, at 11:00
a.m., for the purpose of giving testimony in an evidentiary hearing in connection with this matter.
A copy of the subpoena is annexed hereto as Exhibit F.
I I.
On Friday, April 10, 2010, 1 entailed the Supplementary Affidavit of
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George Rush (Exhibit C hereto) in this proceeding to counsel for plaintiff Doe and asked if,
having seen it they would withdraw the testimonial subpoena to Rush, given that there are no
material facts in dispute among the parties to this proceeding. Counsel responded that they would
do so only if movants would stipulate to the accuracy of all facts alleged in the subpoenas of Brad-
ley Edwards and Michael Fisten submitted in support of Doe's opposition to movants' motion to
quash or for a protective order. I declined.
1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on May 3, 2010
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Anne B. Carroll (AC 5322)
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Source: Media Law Reporter Cases > U.S. District Courts, New York > E&J Gallo Winery v. Encana Energy Services Inc., 33
Med.L.Rptr. 1413 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)
33 Med.L.Rptr. 1413
EL) Gallo Winery v. Encana Energy Services Inc.
U.S. District Court
Southern District of New York
No. M8-85
January 12, 2005
EPO GALLO WINERY, a California corporation v. ENCANA ENERGY SERVICES INC., a
Delaware corporation, f/k/a PANCANADIAN ENERGY SERVICES INC.; ENCANA
CORPORATION, a Canadian corporation, f/k/a and successor to PANCANADIAN ENERGY
CORPORATION
Headnotes
NEWSGATHERING
[1] Forced disclosure of information — Disclosure of unpublished information — In civil actions (.60.1003)
Forced disclosure of information — Common law privilege (.60.20)
Plaintiff's subpoena seeking documents and testimony from nonparty media entity will be quashed, since information
sought is subject to full protection of qualified reporter's privilege, in that nonparty engages in newsgathering
activities, information sought involves confidential sources and information, information was gathered with intent to
distribute it to public in form of published price indices, and creation of price indices involves subjective editorial
judgment, since plaintiff failed to overcome privilege by making sufficient showing that material sought is highly
material and critical to its claims, and that it exhausted other available sources of information, and since subpoena is
unduly burdensome under Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(c).
Case History and Disposition
Civil action in which plaintiff issued subpoena seeking documents and testimony from nonparty media entity. On
nonparty's motion to quash.
Granted.
Attorneys
Stephen Williams, of Cotchett, Pitre, Simon & McCarthy, Burlingame, Calif., for plaintiff.
Allison Gooding, of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, New York, N.Y., for defendants.
Victor A. Kovner, Matthew Leish, and Duffy Carolan, of Davis Wright Tremaine, New York, for nonparty McGraw-Hill
Companies.
Opinion Text
Opinion By:
Preska, J.:
ORDER
Non-party The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ("McGraw-Hill"), by its attorneys, "Victor A. Kovner and Matthew A. Leish,
Davis Wright Tremaine LIP (Duffy Carolan, Davis Wright Tremaine LIP, of counsel) having moved for an Order quashing a
subpoena duces tecum and ad testificandum issued to McGraw-Hill by Ha Gallo Winery ("Gallo") on October 25, 2004 in
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connection with the underlying action pending in the Eastern District of California; and
The court having considered the Declaration of Larry Foster in Support, dated December 13, 2004, with exhibits; the
Declaration of Duffy Carolan in Support, dated December 8, 2004, with exhibits; the Supplemental Declaration of Larry
Foster in Support, dated January 6, 2005; the Declaration of Barbara L Lyons in Opposition, dated December 27, 2004;
the Declaration of Steven N. Williams
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in Opposition, dated December 28, 2004, with exhibits; the Request for Judicial Notice submitted in Opposition by Mr.
Williams, dated December 28, 2004; the Joinder by Encana defendants in McGraw-Hill's motion; the Declaration of Julie K
Buxbaum in Support of the Joinder by Encana, dated December 22, 2004, with exhibits; the Supplemental Confidential
Declaration of Mr. Williams in Opposition, dated December 28, 2004, with exhibit; the various Memoranda of law
submitted by McGraw-Hill, Gallo, and the Encana defendants; and argument of counsel;
The Court hereby finds as follows:
[ 1 ] The Gallo subpoena seeks documents and testimony that are subject to the full protections of the qualified reporter's
privilege as recognized in this Circuit. In re Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation, 680 F.2d 5 [8 Med.L.Rptr. 1525) (2d.
Cir. 1982); see also In re Pan Am Corp., 161 B.R. 577 [22 Med.L.Rptr. 1118) (S.D.N.Y. 1993). McGraw-Hill has
established that its division Plans is engaged in newsgathering activities in connection with its publication of price indices
(also referred to as price assessments); that the subpoenaed documents and testimony involve confidential sources and
confidential information; that Platts gathers information from its sources with the intent to distribute it to the public in the
form of its published price indices; and that the creation of the indices involves subjective editorial judgments.
Accordingly, to overcome the privilege, Gallo must make a clear and specific allowing that the documents and testimony it
seeks are (1) highly material and relevant, (2) necessary or critical to its claims, and (3) not obtainable from other
available sources. Gonzales v. National Broad. Co., Inc., 194 F.3d 29 [27 Med.L.Rptr. 2459] (2d Cir. 1999), Krase v.
Graco Children's Products, Inc., 79 F.3d 346 [24 Med.L.Rptr. 1599] (2d Cir. 1996).
Gallo has failed to make a sufficient showing that the subpoenaed documents and testimony are either highly material, as
required to satisfy the first prong of the three-part test, or critical to its claims, as required to satisfy the second prong.
Gallo also has failed to show that it has exhausted other available sources of information, including the Encana
defendants, the CFTC, and other energy companies. In particular, because Gallo cannot establish that it has exhausted the
deposition process, or that it has completed its litigation efforts to seek documents and testimony from alternative
sources, it cannot make a clear and specific showing of exhaustion.
Finally, I find that the subpoena is unduly burdensome under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(c). While Gallo has
narrowed its subpoena to the Henry Hub and hubs in California, this narrowing does not decrease the burden on McGraw-
Hill for the reasons set forth in the Declarations of Mr. Foster.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that McGraw-Hill's motion to quash the subpoena duces tecum and ad testificandum is
granted.
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Source: Media Law Reporter Cases > U.S. District Courts, Tennessee > L.W. v. Knox County Board of Education, 36 Med.L.Rptr.
1721 (E.D. Tenn. 2008)
36 Med.L.Rptr. 1721
L.W. v. Knox County Board of Education
U.S. District Court
Eastern District of Tennessee
No. 3:05-CV-274
March 25, 2008
L.W., a minor, by and through his parents SAMUEL and TINA WHITSON v. KNOX COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION, et at.
Headnotes
NEWSGATHERING
(1) Forced disclosure of Information — Disclosure of unpublished Information — In dvil actions (.60.1003)
Forced disclosure of information — Common law privilege (P60.20)
Forced disclosure of information — Statutory privilege ("shield" laws) (P60.25)
Given federal claims raised by plaintiffs, nonparty reporter's motion to quash subpoena in civil action must be resolved
under federal, and not state, law; motion is granted, even though reportor's privilege does not exist in U.S. Court of
Appeals for Sixth Circuit, since, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26, plaintiffs have failed to show that reporter possesses any
unique evidence not addressed during her previous deposition or otherwise available from individuals referenced in
article, since plaintiffs have had ample opportunity to obtain information sought, and since burden and expense of
proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit.
Case History and Disposition
Motion by nonparty reporter to quash subpoena in civil action.
Granted.
Attorneys
Charles W. Pope Jr., of Pope Law Offices, Athens, Tenn.; Heather G. Hacker, Alliance
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Defense Fund, Folsom, Calif., and Nathan W. Kellum and Jonathan Scruggs, of Alliance Defense Fund - Memphis,
Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.
Martha H. McCampbell, Office of Knox County Law Director, Knoxville, Tenn.; and Gary M. Prince and P. Alexander Vogel,
of O'Neil, Parker & Williamson, Knoxville, for defendants.
Opinion Text
Opinion By:
Guyton, U.S. Magistrate Judge:
This civil action is before the Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(b), the Rules of this Court, and by the Order [Doc. 192) of
the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, United States District Judge, for disposition of non-party Endo Mellon's Motion to
Quash Subpoena and for Protective Order. [Doc. 189) On March 24, 2008, the parties appeared before the Court for a
hearing on the instant motion. Attorney Richard Hollow appeared on behalf of Ms. Mellon, attorneys Martha McCampbell
and Gary Prince appeared on behalf of the defendants, and attorney Jonathan Scruggs appeared on behalf of the
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plaintiffs.
Ms. Mellon moves the Court to quash a deposition subpoena served on her by the plaintiffs, with the deposition set to
occur on March 26, 2008, in Houston, Texas. ' As grounds, Ms. Mellon states that the plaintiffs seek to depose Ms. Mellon
regarding a newspaper article 2 she authored in May, 2005, on matters at issue in this litigation. Ms. Mellon argues that
Tennessee's Shield Law protects her from having to testify in this matter, and further argues that, even if Tennessee's
Shield Law does not apply, that the deposition should still be quashed under the standards established by Rule 26(b)(2) of
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The plaintiffs oppose the motion, arguing that under Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of
Evidence, it is federal common law, not Tennessee Law, that controls, and that the Sixth Circuit does not recognize a
reportorial privilege. Plaintiffs further argue that under Rule 26, the discovery sought is highly necessary for plaintiffs' case
and unavailable from other sources, and thus the deposition should be permitted.
1 Ms. Mellon, formerly a newspaper reporter in Knoxville, currently resides in Houston, where she continues to
work as a newspaper reporter.
2 The Court notes, for the sake of reference, that the newspaper article at Issue was filed by the plaintiffs in
conjunction with their motion for preliminary injunction. [Doc. 21, Exhibit G)
( 1 ] Under Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, questions of privilege are generally controlled by federal common
law when the court's jurisdiction is based upon a federal question, but state law generally controls when the court is
exercising diversity jurisdiction. Fed. R. Evid. 501. In the instant case, the Court is faced with several federal claims, but
plaintiff also relies in part on claims under the Tennessee Constitution, thus there is a mix of state and federal claims. The
Sixth Circuit has held that, when faced with a combination of federal claims and pendent state law claims, federal common
law controls under Rule 501. Hancock v. Dodson, 958 F.2d 1367, 1372-73 (6th Cir. 1992) ("Since the instant case is a
federal question case by virtue of the appellant's section 1983 claim, we hold that the existence of pendent state law
claims does not relieve us of our obligation to apply the federal law of privilege/1 Given the federal claims raised by the
plaintiffs, the Court accordingly finds that the instant motion must be resolved under federal, not state, law.
Turning next to the question of whether there is a reportorial privilege in the Sixth Circuit, the Court finds that there is
not. The Sixth Circuit has clearly recognized that reporters do not possess a special privilege against being compelled to
testify. In re Grand Jury Proceedings, 810 F.2d 580, 584-85 [13 Med.L.Rptr. 2049) (6th Cir. 1987). Rather, the Court
must apply the balancing test established by Rule 26. In re DaimlerChrysler AG Securities Litigation, 216 F.R.D. 395 (E.D.
Mich. 2003) (finding that the Sixth Circuit does not recognize a general reportorial privilege, but quashing a deposition
subpoena of a reporter under Rule 26 as unduly burdensome and duplicative). Under Rule 26(b)(2)(C):
[title frequency or extent of use of the discovery methods otherwise permitted under these
rules and by any local rule shall be limited by the court if it determines that: (i) the
discovery sought is unreasonably cumulative or duplicative, or is obtainable from some
other source that is more convenient, less burdensome, or less expensive; (ii) the party
seeking discovery has had ample opportunity by discovery in the action to obtain the
information sought; or (iii) the burden or expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its
likely benefit, taking into account
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the needs of the case, the amount in controversy, the parties' resources, the importance of
the issues at stake in the litigation, and the importance of the proposed discovery in
resolving the issues.
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(2)(C).
During the motion hearing, defense counsel stated that all of the individuals referenced in the article have been deposed
in this matter, and that none of those individuals have refuted the article during their depositions. Additionally, Ms.
Mellon's counsel stated that Ms. Mellon was deposed in this matter by the plaintiffs on May 26, 2006, during which Ms.
Mellon answered several questions as to the veracity of the article. 3 Ms. Mellon's counsel also stated that the deposition
would pose a significant hardship for Ms. Mellon, as it would necessarily require Ms. Mellon to miss work, as well as
requiring Ms. Mellon to incur additional expenses associated with an attorney traveling out of state to attend a deposition.
3 A copy of the transcript from Ms. Mellon's May 26, 2006, deposition has been filed. [Doc. 190, Exhibit 8)
In contrast, the plaintiffs argue that the previous deposition of Ms. Mellon is of no use at trial if the plaintiffs cannot also
introduce the underlying newspaper article, and thus that they need to conduct a second deposition in light of the Court's
Order precluding the introduction of the newspaper article as an exhibit at trial. The plaintiffs contend that the information
they seek from Ms. Mellon cannot be obtained from any other source, and that the information sought is essential to their
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case.
With these facts in mind, the Court turns to the Rule 26 factors. Under the first factor, the Court finds that the discovery
sought is unreasonably cumulative or duplicative, or is obtainable from some other source that is more convenient, less
burdensome, or less expensive. Specifically, the Court finds that the plaintiffs have failed to show that Ms. Mellon posses
any unique evidence not addressed during Ms. Mellon's previous deposition or otherwise available from the individuals
referenced in the article. There is no evidence that any of the individuals referenced in the newspaper articles have denied
making the statements attributed to them in the article, and thus Ms. Mellon's second deposition would be cumulative to
her own previously given deposition and that of the other witnesses.
With respect to the second factor, the Court finds that the plaintiffs have had ample opportunity to obtain the information
sought. The plaintiffs have previously deposed Ms. Mellon, and had ample opportunity to question her at that time, as well
as ample opportunity to depose the individuals referenced in the article. With respect to the third factor, the Court finds
that the burden and expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit. Given the almost three year period
since the article was published, and given the plaintiffs' failure to establish the uniqueness of Ms. Mellon's additional
testimony, the Court finds that the likely benefit of this deposition would be small, and that any likely benefit is
outweighed by the cost in time and money to Ms. Mellon posed by the deposition.
Thus, the Court finds that all of Rule 26 factors weigh in favor of Ms. Mellon, and, accordingly, Ms. Mellon's motion is
hereby GRANTED. The deposition of Ms. Mellon scheduled for Mardi 26, 2008, is hereby QUASHED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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IN RE APPLICATION TO QUASH
SUBPOENAS TO DAILY NEWS, L.P.,
AND GEORGE RUSH
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No. 10 M8-85 (LMM)
SUPPLEMENTARY AFFIDAVIT OF GEORGE RUSH
STATE OF NEW YORK
)
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
GEORGE RUSH, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
1.
I make this affidavit in further support of the motion of Daily News, L.P., and
myself to quash subpoenas served on us in this action.
2.
My counsel was recently advised by one of plaintiff's attorneys that there is an
additional individual -- Michael Fisten, private investigator for Doe's attorney Bradley Edwards
-- to whom I described certain aspects of the taped interview with Jeffrey Epstein but whom I did
not identify in my prior affidavit. Hearing that refreshed my memory that in fact I did speak to
Mr. Fisten about the interview. The attorney's representation that the interview with Mr. Epstein
must have occurred prior to October 22, 2009, because my conversation with Mr. Fisten took
place on or about that date, is also correct. My statement in my prior affidavit that the interview
took place on November 18, 2009, was drawn from an erroneous entry in my Outlook calendar.
(Despite a diligent effort, I have been unable to establish the exact date on which the interview
with Mr. Epstein took place.) My mistakes in failing to recall the discussion six months ago with
Mr. Fisten (which in my memory became conflated with my conversations with Mr. Edwards)
and in giving the wrong date for the interview were wholly inadvertent and by no means were, as
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Doe's lawyers suggest in their opposition papers to this motion, intentional falsities.
3.
Although I do not have a present memory of every item we discussed concerning
the interview, I cannot dispute the subject matters that Fisten and Edwards say in their affidavits
were covered, because most of them do at least roughly correspond to parts of the content of the
interview. There are, however, additional matters discussed in the interview that plaintiff does
not allege were disclosed to her litigation team and that have link or no relevance to this case.
4.
1 do dispute both men's characterization of a number of matters discussed,
however. As this Court will be able to confirm if it does an in camera review of the recording,
Edwards' and Fisten's accounts of what I allegedly told them -- or what is allegedly on the tape -
- are off the mark or simply untrue in several important respects. Most prominently, Mr. Epstein
did not state on the tape either that "he may have come too close to the line" (Edwards Aff't ¶ 13)
or that "the only thing he might have done wrong was to maybe cross the line a little too closely"
(Fisten Afft ¶ 7).
5.
Mr. Epstein did not make a "damning admission" during the interview about Jane
Doe (or any other woman). (Doe Opp. Br. at 1, 20.) In fact, he made no reference whatsoever
to Jane Doe, the plaintiff in this case. Therefore, plaintiff's allegation that the tape "is the only
direct evidence in existence or available to Jane Doe to prove what Epstein thinks about what he
did to her" (Opp. Br. at 22-23) is untrue.
6.
As I stated in my prior affidavit, in my meeting with my three sources for whom I
played a short segment of the interview tape in the process of an exchange of information to
assist my reporting, there was an agreement that the contents of the interview were to be held in
confidence. Plaintiff Jane Doe does not contest this. In addition, I have since learned from one
of those three sources that in fact he was not present in the room when the recording was played
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and heard none of it. He has expressed a willingness to submit an affidavit to that effect in this
proceeding, should the Court find that appropriate or necessary.
7.
I reiterate that the disclosures I made about the contents of the tape were solely in
the context of seeking information from sources in the course of my reporting. Reporters doing
investigative journalism customarily use information given to them by one side in a dispute as a
basis for questions aimed at testing the veracity of that information and drawing out the positions
of the other side, as I did in this case. I do not view my having used certain information gained
during the Epstein interview in this way to be a waiver of the essential confidentiality of the
interview because I did not intend to, and did not, publish the information imparted to me by Mr.
Epstein during the interview. Mr. Edwards' bald statement that he and my other sources with
whom I spoke about the tape "were not sources in the tradition [sic] sense of the word," but
rather individuals with whom 1 was "simply chatting" (Edwards Afft ¶ 23) fundamentally
misunderstands how I and reporters generally gather information.
8.
While it is correct that, in response to Mr. Fisten's request for a copy of the tape, I
said that I would consider doing that but needed to check with the newspaper's lawyer (Fisten
Afft ¶ 10), in fact I never intended to give him a copy, never discussed the issue with the
newspaper's lawyer, and never gave him a copy, as he confirms.
9.
The statements by Mr. Fisten that I told him that I had "compiled very negative
information on Epstein concerning his exploits with underage girls and how he eluded the justice
system" and that I presented the story to my publisher, "who killed [it)" (Fisten Afft ¶ 6), is
false: I never represented that I had gathered any information about Mr. Epstein that was not a
matter of public record, and the Daily News publisher did not "kill" my story -- in fact my article
about the Epstein case was subsequently published in the paper. Besides being wrong, Mr.
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Fisten's statements are also gratuitous because they have no bearing at all on the issues before
this Court.
10.
There is no question that the subpoenas in this case are oppressive and highly
burdensome to the Daily News and to me as a reporter. Forcing me to testify and to give up the
tape of my off-the-record interview would compromise my reporting by deterring other sources
from speaking to me out of fear that they will become involved in third-party litigations and
force me to change the way I go about my work; for example, 1 would no longer keep newsga-
thering materials important to my work, and I know I would have to think twice before taking on
reporting projects that involve civil litigations, which up to now I have done frequently. Such
subpoenas against the press in aid of private disputes, seeking information that offers, in this
case, at best marginal support, would place extraordinary and undue time demands on myself and
other reporters and impose heavy financial costs on newspapers seeking to protect their reporting
at a time when the industry is struggling.
Sworn to before me this
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times you went to Mr. Epstein's home?
A.
I don't know. Like 17.
Q.
And I think you testified you never took
anyone to Mr. Epstein's home, correct?
A.
Yes.
Q.
That's correct?
A.
Yes.
Q.
I asked you a little bit, I asked you at
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your last deposition what occurred at the first time
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that you went to Mr. Epstein's home. And whatever
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you said will be obviously on the record, so it will
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be there. But I want to bring you back to that time
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so I can ask some follow-up questions.
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It's my recollection, correct me if I'm
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wrong, please, is that when you went to
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Mr. Epstein's home III. was the one who took you,
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correct?
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A.
Yes.
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Q.
And it was your testimony that when you,
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at some point during the time you were in
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Mr. Epstein's home the first time, you took off your
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clothes in conjunction
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Yes.
24
Q.
-- with III., correct?
25
A.
Yes.
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IN
THE
CIRCUIT
COURT
OF
THE
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Complex Litigation, Fla. R. Civ. Pro. 1.201
CASE NO.
Plaintiff,
v.
SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually,
ilr
DLEY J. EDWARDS, individually, and
., individually,
Defendants.
50 2009 cAo 03 (JUI0X04B
COMPLAINT
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Plaintiff, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, (hereinafter "EPSTEIN"), by and through his
undersigned attorneys, files this action against Defendants, SCOTT ROTHSTEIN,
individually, BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, individually, and M., individually. Accordingly,
EPSTEIN states:
SUMMARY OF ACTION
Attorney Scott Rothstein aided by other lawyers and employees at the firm
of Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, and Adler, P.A. for personal greed and enrichment, in betrayal
of the ethical, legal and fiduciary duties to their own clients and professional obligations
to the administration of justice, deliberately engaged in a pattern of racketeering that
involved a staggering series of gravely serious obstructions of justice, actionable frauds,
and the orchestration and conducting of egregious civil litigation abuses that resulted in
profoundly serious injury to Jeffrey Epstein one of several targets of their misconduct
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and others. Rothstein and RRA's fraud had no boundary; Rothstein and his co-
conspirators forged Federal court orders and opinions. Amongst the violations of law
that are the subject of this lawsuit are the marketing of non-existent Epstein settlements
and the sanctioning of a series of depositions that were unrelated to any principled
litigation purpose but instead designed to discover extraneous private information about
Epstein or his personal and business associates (including well-known public figures) in
order to defraud investors and support extortionate demands for payment from Epstein.
The misconduct featured the filing of legal motions and the pursuit of a civil litigation
strategy that was unrelated to the merits or value of their clients' cases and, instead,
had as its improper purpose the furthering of Rothstein's misrepresentations and deceit
to third party investors. As a result, Epstein was subject to abusive investigatory tactics,
unprincipled media attacks, and unsupportable legal filings. This lawsuit is filed and will
be vigorously pursued against all these defendants. The Rothstein racketeering
enterprise endeavored to compromise the core values of both state and federal justice
systems in South Florida and to vindicate the hardworking and honest lawyers and their
clients who were adversely affected by the misconduct that is the subject of this
Complaint.
Plaintiff reserves the right to add additional defendants — co-conspirators as the
facts and evidence is developed.
GENERAL ALLEGATONS
1. This is an action for damages in excess of $15,000.00, exclusive costs, interest,
and attorneys' fees.
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40. EDWARDS filed amended answers to interrogatories in the state court matters,
i.
and.., and listed additional high profile witnesses that would allegedly be called
at trial, including, but not limited to:
(i) Bill Richardson (Governor of New Mexico, formerly U.S.
Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations); and
(ii) Any and all persons having knowledge of EPSTEIN'S charitable,
political or other donations?
41. The sole purpose of the scheduling of these depositions or listing high profile
friends/acquaintances as potential witnesses was, again, to "pump" the cases to
investors. There is no evidence to date that any of these individuals had or have any
knowledge regarding RRA's Civil Actions.
42. In furtherance of their illegal and fraudulent scheme against EPSTEIN,
ROTHSTEIN, EDWARDS (who either know or should have known) and, at times,
in her Civil Action against EPSTEIN:
a) Included claims for damages in Jane Doe's federal action in
excess of $50,000,000.00 rather than simply alleging the
jurisdictional limits.
b) Organized a Jane Doe TV media interview without any legitimate
legal purpose other than to "pump* the federal case for potential
2 These high-profile celebrity 'purported* witnesses have no personal knowledge regarding the facts on
these "Three Cases", but were being contacted, subpoenaed or listed to harass and intimidate them and
Epstein, and to add "star" appeal to the marketing effort of the Ponzi scheme.
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investors or to prejudice Epstein's right to a fair trial in Palm
Beach County.
c) EDWARDS, Berger and Russell Adler (another named partner in
RRA) all attended EPSTEIN's deposition.
At that time,
outrageous questions were asked of EPSTEIN which had no
bearing on the case, but so that the video and questions could be
shown to investors.
d) Conducted and attempted to conduct completely irrelevant
discovery unrelated to the claims in or subject matter of the Civil
Actions for the purpose of harassing and embarrassing witnesses
and EPSTEIN and causing EPSTEIN to spend tens of thousands
of dollars in unnecessary attorneys' fees and costs defending
what appeared to be discovery related to the Civil Actions but was
entirely related to the furtherance of the Ponzi scheme.
e) After EDWARDS was recruited and joined RRA in the spring of
2009, the tone and tenor of rhetoric directed to cases against
EPSTEIN used by Attorney EDWARDS and Berger changed
dramatically in addressing the court on various motions from
being substantive on the facts pled to ridiculously inflammatory
and sound-bite rich such as the July 31, 20O9, transcript when
EDWARDS stated to the Court in ..M.:
`What the evidence
is really going to show is that Mr. Epstein — at least dating back as
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0
g)
far as our investigation and resources have permitted, back to
1997 or '98 - has every single day of his life, made an attempt to
sexually abuse children. We're not talking about five, we're not
talking about 20, we're not talking about 100, we're not talking
about 400, which, I believe, is the number known to law
enforcement, we are talking about thousands of children. . . and it
is through a very intricate and complicated system that he devised
where he has as many as 20 people working underneath him that
he is paying well to schedule these appointments, to locate these
girls."
As an example, EDWARDS filed an unsupportable and legally
deficient Motion for Injunction Restraining Fraudulent Transfer of
Assets, Appointment of a Receiver to Take Charge of Property of
Epstein, and to Post a $15 million Bond to Secure Potential
Judgment, in Jane Doe v. Epstein, Case No. 08-CV-80893-
Marra/Johnson. The motion was reported in the press as was the
ultimate goal (i.e., to "pump" the cases for investor following).
However, the Court found "Plaintiffs motion entirely devoid of
evidence . . ", and denied the motion in toto.
ROTHSTEIN told investors he had another 52 females that he
represented, and that Epstein had offered $200 million to resolve,
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but that he could settle, confidently, these cases for $500 million,
separate and apart from his legal fees.
h) ROTHSTEIN and the Litigation Team knew or should have known
that their three (3) filed cases were weak and had minimal value
for the following reasons:
(i)
- testified she never had any type of sex with
Epstein; worked at numerous strip clubs; is an
admitted prostitute and call girl; has a history of
illegal drug use (pot, painkillers, Xanax, Ecstasy);
and continually asserted the 5th Amendment
during her depositions in order to avoid answering
relevant but problem questions for her;
(ii)
— testified she worked at eleven (11)
separate strip dubs, including Cheetah
which
RRA represented and in which ROTHSTEIN may
have owned an interest and.. also worked at
Platinum Showgirls in Boynton Beach, which was
the subject of a recent police raid where dancers
were allegedly selling prescription painkillers and
drugs to customers and prostituting themselves.
(iii)
Jane Doe (federal case) seeks $50 million from
Epstein. She and her attorneys claim severe
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emotional distress as a result of her having
voluntarily gone to Epstein's home. She testified
that there was never oral, and or sexual
intercourse; nor did she ever touch his genitalia.
Yet, Jane Doe suffered extreme emotional distress
well prior to meeting Epstein as a result of having
witnessed her father murder his girlfriend's son.
She was required to give sworn testimony in that
matter and has admitted that she has lied in sworn
testimony. Jane Doe worked at two different strip
dubs, including Platinum Showgirls in Boynton
Beach.
i) Conducted
ridiculous
and
irrelevant
discovery
such
as
subpoenaing records from an alleged sex therapist, Dr. Leonard
Bard in Massachusetts, when the alleged police report reflected
that EPSTEIN had only seen a chiropractor in Palm Beach named
Dr. Bard. No records relating to EPSTEIN existed for this alleged
sex therapist, Dr. Bard, and the alleged subpoena for records was
just another mechanism to "pump" the cases for investor appeal;
j) Allowed a Second Amended Complaint to be filed on behalf of
alleging that EPSTEIN forced the minor into "oral sex," yet
■.
testified that she never engaged in oral, anal, or vaginal
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intercourse with EPSTEIN and she had never touched his
genitalia.
k) Told investors, as reported in an Associated Press article, that
celebrities and other famous people had flown on EPSTEIN'S
plane when assaults took place. Therefore, even though none
(zero) of RRA's clients claim they flew of EPSTEIN'S planes, the
Litigation Team sought pilot and plane logs. Why? Again, to
prime the investment "pump" with new money without any
relevance to the existing claims made by the RRA clients.
I) After EDWARDS joined RRA, EDWARDS and former Circuit
Judge William Berger filed and argued motion to make the Non-
Prosecution Agreement (NPA) between Epstein and USAO
public. But, RRA, EDWARDS and Berger, and their three clients,
already had a copy of the NPA. They knew what it said and they
knew the civil provisions in the agreement had no impact
whatsoever on the three pending Civil Actions.
The concept behind certain civil provisions in the NPA was
to allow an alleged victim to resolve a civil claim with Epstein,
maintain her complete privacy and anonymity and move on with
her life.
As an assistant United States Attomey stated at a
hearing in federal court, the NPA was not designed "to hand them
a jackpot or a key to a bank."
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43. ROTHSTEIN, with the intent and improper motive to magnify his financial gain
so continue to fund the fraudulent and illegal investment and/or Ponzi scheme, had
EDWARDS demand excessive money from EPSTEIN in the Civil Actions.
44. The actions described in paragraph 42 above herein had no legitimate purpose in
pursuing the Civil Actions against EPSTEIN, but rather were meant to further the
fraudulent scheme and criminal activity of ROTHSTEIN so that he and others could
fraudulently overvalue the settlement value of the existing and non-existent claims
against EPSTEIN to potential investors.
45. As a result of the fraudulent investment or (Ponzi) scheme, RRA and its
attorneys in the Civil Actions against EPSTEIN may have compromised their clients'
interests. ROTHSTEIN and the Litigation Team would have been unable to give
unbiased legal counsel because outside investor(s) had been promised a financial
interest in the outcome of the actions. Additionally, if a plaintiff received payments from
investment monies while her action is pending, this clearly could impact the plaintiff's
decision of whether or not to settle the current litigation or shade their testimony (i.e.
commit perjury) to gain the greatest return on the investment and to further promote the
Ponzi Scheme.
46.
The truthfulness of■
allegations and testimony in ■.'s state civil
action have been severely compromised by the need to seek a multi-million dollar
payout to help maintain RRA's massive fraud. Because fictitious settlements of tens of
millions of dollars in cases relating to EPSTEIN were represented to Investors" in this
Ponzi scheme, RRA and the attorneys in the Civil Actions needed to create a fiction that
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included extraordinary damages. However, the actual facts behind her action would
never support such extraordinary damages. Therefore, extraordinary measures were
undertaken to create an entirely inflated value of her claims against EPSTEIN.
a. Though she held herself out as a "victim" of Epstein, she admitted to having
returned over and over again to him despite her current claim of abuse. She
has now admitted, under oath, to being a call girt/escort since the age of 15.
(in her deposition September 24, 2009 Transcript "Dr 280:16-19).
She
testified "Well, I lived life as a prostitute," (see DT 156:7) and "I am a
prostitute when I make money" (see DT 156:12-13). ■.
admitted her
activity with men other than Epstein to making $1,000 a day from prostitution
on maybe more than 20 occasions in one year alone (DT 157:11-158:21).
admitted under oath to keeping a list of amounts she collected from
"Johns" in 'two or three" lined books including a book of 'Psalms" that she
obtained from a religious store (DT 152:1-14). Under the circumstances, her
claim for damages against EPSTEIN, one of ■.'s many "Johns" during that
same period, would be so incredible and certainly not likely to produce the
extraordinary settlements promised to "RRA'S investors."
47.
In April 2007, before she was represented by EDWARDS, and RRA,..
gave sworn taped recorded testimony to the agents of the FBI. She was represented
by a lawyer other than EDWARDS at that statement She spoke of EPSTEIN in a very
positive and friendly terms and directly contradicted the central allegations on which
■.'s civil action against Epstein is now based.
However, once in the hands of
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EDWARDS and RRA, Ill's story changed dramatically. All of a sudden she wanted to
sue EPSTEIN and like other RRA clients, sought tens of millions of dollars.
a. For example, in her sworn statement to the FBI,
was insistent that
"Jeffrey is an awesome man." (p. 21 — FBI); At the conclusion of she
stated: "I hope Jeffrey, nothing happens to Jeffrey because he's an
awesome man and it really would be a shame. It's a shame that he has to
go through this because he's an awesome guy and he didn't do nothing
wrong, nothing." (pp. 57-58 - FBI).
In fact, III
spoke so highly of
EPSTEIN and her interactions with him that the US Attorney's office
informed a federal court in July 2008 that the US Attorney could not
consider
a victim.
Yet, by September 24, 2009, the date on which In
began her
deposition in her civil action and now represented by RRA and
EDWARDS, Ill's
new and very different tale about purported sexual
misconduct under the supposed influence of EPSTEIN had been
thoroughly rehearsed and her role into the ROTHSTEIN scam was
complete. In her deposition in her civil action,.. declared that:
"I, I don't realty care about money." (DT 206:8)
"He needs time in jail. He doesn't want to be — this is not right for
him to be on the streets living daily . ." (DT 219:21-23)
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"You don't think my whole life I have lived that shifty life because of
Jeffrey Epstein?" (DT 222:7-8)
b.
In her sworn FBI testimony (pre-EDWARDS and RRA), ■.
was
emphatic that her interactions with Epstein involved no inappropriate
sexual touching in any way. In fact, it was exactly the opposite:
Q: Did he at any point kiss you, touch you, show any kind of
affection towards you?
A: Never, never. (p. 21 — FBI) . . .
Q: So he never pulled you closer to him in a sexual way?
A: I wish.
No, no, never, ever, ever, no, never.
Jeffrey is an
awesome man, no. (p. 21 - FBI)
Yet,
filed her second amended complaint in April 20O9,
after EDWARDS joined RRA, the allegations against EPSTEIN in
■.'s complaint became even more salacious. In paragraph 12 of
■.'s Second Amended Complaint, ■.
alleges among other
things, that:
"Jeffrey Epstein coerced, induced, or enticed .
.the then minor
Plaintiff to commit various acts of sexual misconduct. These acts
included, but were not limited to, fondling and inappropriate and
illegal sexual touching of the then minor Plaintiff, forcing or inducing
the then minor plaintiff into oral sex or other sexual misconduct..."
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c. In her sworn FBI statement (pre-EDWARDS and RRA),
testified that
, the individual who first brought ■.
to EPSTEIN's
home, told ■.
"make sure you're 18 because Jeffrey doesn't want any
underage girls." (p. 8 - FBI).
Yet at her September, 2009 deposition now represented by
EDWARDS and RRA,■. told a very different story:
Q: My question was what did Carolyn tell you to tell Mr. Epstein
about your age?
A: She said it didn't matter.
Q: That's your recollection about what she said?
A: Yes, she said — I remember her saying it doesn't matter. Don't
worry about it.
(DT 199:20-25)
d.
Pre-EDWARDS and RRA,
testified to the FBI : "I always made
sure — I had a fake ID, anyways saying that I was 18? (p. 8 - FBI).
Yet, when questioned about her fake ID at her September 2009 depo, she
stated:
O: And did you have a fake ID?
A: No.
Q: Have you ever had a fake ID?
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A: No.
(DT 300:5-8)
e.
In her FBI statement (pre-EDWARDS and RRA),
f
l
testified
about others ■
brought to the Epstein home.
testified that women she
brought to EPSTEIN's home were eager for the opportunity and content with their
experiences:
A: None of my girls ever had a problem and they'd call me. They'd
beg me, you know, for us to go to Jeffrey's house because they
love Jeffrey. Jeffrey is a respectful man. He really is. I mean, and
he all thought we were of age always. This is what's so sad about
it. (p 30 - FBI).
Q: Did any of the girls complain about what happened after they left
there?
A: No. You asked me that question. No, everybody loved Jeffrey.
(p. 44 - FBI)
A: Every girl that I brought to Jeffrey, they said they were fine with
it. and like for example j.
— another of RRA's clients in the
Civil Actions], a lot of girls begged me to bring them back for the
money. And as far as I know, we all had fun there. (p. 45 - FBI)
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Yet, with EDWARDS and RRA as her attorneys, •
did a "180" at her
September, 2009 deposition in saying:
A: . . . Once they were there, they were scared out of their mind.
They did it anyways and some of them walked out and said a
don't ever do this to me again. That was the worst thing that ever
happened to me. (DT 170:6-11)
. . A: And then, a lot of girls weren't comfortable. (DT 171:13)
f.
The above represent only a few of the dramatic changes 115 made
in her testimony prior to her representation by EDWARDS/RRA and after she
hired ROTHSTEIN, EDWARDS and RRA.
48. As a result of the fraudulent investment or (Ponzi) scheme,
may knowingly
have compromised her alleged interests in her Civil Action, or committed a fraud on the
court.
49. RRA and the Litigation Team took an emotionally driven set of facts involving
alleged innocent, unsuspecting, underage females and a Palm Beach Billionaire and
sought to turn it into a gold mine. Rather than evaluating and resolving the cases based
on the merits (i.e. facts) which included knowledgeable, voluntary and consensual
actions by each of the claimants and substantial pre-Epstein psychological and
emotional conditions of each of the claimants and substantial sexual experiences pre-
Epstein, RRA and the Litigation Team sought through protective orders and objections
to block relevant discovery regarding their claimants. They instead forged ahead with
discovery the main purpose of which was to pressure Epstein into settling the cases.
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Fortunately, their tactics have not been successful.
As Magistrate Judge Linnea
Johnson wrote in a discovery order dated September 15, 2009 (DE 299 in Federal Case
#08-80119) in denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order:
"This is his [Epstein's] right. The Record in this case is clear that the childhood of
many of the Plaintiffs was marred by instances of abuse and neglect, which in
turn may have resulted, in whole or in part, in the damages claimed by the
Plaintiffs."
In addition, in an Omnibus Order dated October 28, 2009 (DE 377 in Federal
Case #08-80119) Magistrate Judge Linnea Johnson wrote:
"Here the request at issue goes to the very heart of the Plaintiff's damage claims,
requesting not only general information relating to Plaintiffs sexual history, but
inquiring as to specific instances wherein Plaintiff received compensation or
consideration for sex acts, claim other males sexually assaulted, battered, or
abuses her, and/or claim other males committed lewd or lascivious acts on her.
As a global matter, Plaintiffs clearly and unequivocally place their sexual history
in issue by their allegations that Epstein's actions in this case has negatively
affected their relationships by, among other things, "distrust in men," "sexual
intimacy problems," "diminished trust," "social problems," s problems in personal
relationships," " feeling of stress around men," "premature teenage pregnancy,"
"antisocial behaviors," and "hyper-sexuality and promiscuity." Considering these
allegation, there simply can be no question that Epstein is entitled to know
whether Plaintiffs were molested or the subject of other "sexual activity" or "lewd
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and lascivious conduct' in order to determine whether there is an alternative
basis for the psychological disorders Plaintiffs claim to have sustained, whether
Plaintiffs engaged in prostitution or other similar type acts and how certain acts
alleged in the Complaint materially affected Plaintiffs' relationships with others or
how those acts did not have such an affect on those relationships and/or whether
Plaintiffs suffered from the alleged emotional and psychological disorders as a
result of other sexual acts prior to the acts alleged in the Complaint. To deny
Epstein thus discovery, would be tantamount to barring him from mounting a
defense."
50. ROTHSTEIN, EDWARDS and l.'s
actions constitute a fraud upon EPSTEIN
as RRA, ROTHSTEIN and the Litigation Team represented themselves to be acting in
good faith and with the bests interests of their clients in mind at all times when in reality,
they were acting in furtherance of the investment or Ponzi scheme described herein.
EPSTEIN justifiably relied to his detriment on the representations of RRA, and
Defendants, ROTHSTEIN, EDWARDS and ■. as to how he conducted and defended
the Civil Actions brought against him.
51. As a direct and proximate result of the fraudulent and illegal investment or Ponzi
scheme orchestrated by ROTHSTEIN and as yet other unknown co-conspirators arid as
a result of the litigation tactics undertaken by the Litigation Team and ■.
as set forth
herein, Plaintiff EPSTEIN has incurred and continues to incur the monetary damages
including, but not limited to, having to pay an amount in excess of the Civil Actions' true
value as a result of them refusing to settle in that a percentage of any payment by
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EXHIBIT F
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AO83 (Rev. 06/D9) Subpxra to Ammar and Testify at a Hoar* or Trial in a Cir0 Action
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the
Southern District of New York
In Re: Application to Quash Subpoenas
Plaintiff
v.
to Daly News, L.P. and George Rush
Defendant
Civil Action No. 10 MB-85
SUBPOENA TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY
AT A HEARING OR TRIAL EN A CIVIL ACTION
To: George Rush do New York Daily News Legal Department, Attn: Anne Carrot, 450, West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear in the United States district court at the time, date, and place set forth below
to testify at a hearing or trial in this civil action. When you arrive, you must remain at the court until the judge or a court
officer allows you to leave. If you are an organization that is not a party in this case, you must designate one or more
officers, directors, or managing agents, or designate other persons who consent to testify on your behalf about the following
matters, or those set forth in an attachment:
Place: United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street
New York, NY
Courtroom No.: Part One
Date and Time: 05/04/201011:00 am
You must also bring with you the following documents, electronically stored information, or objects (Monk 11/01
applicable):
The provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(c), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena, and Fed.
R. Civ. P. 45 (d) and (e), relating to your duty to respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing
so, are attached.
Date: 04/30/2010
CLERK OF COURT
OR
&gran of Clerk or Deputy Clerk
Attorney's signature
The name, address, e-mail, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
Real Party In Interest
Jane Doe
, who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
ion Pro Hac Vice Pending, 332 S. 1400 E.. Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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AO 88 (Rev 06/09) Subpoena to Appear epd Testify at a Sleazing or Trial in a Civil Action (Mgt 3)
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), and (e) (Effective 12/1/07)
(e) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or
attorney responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take
reasonable steps to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a
person subject to the subpoena. The issuing court must enforce this
duty and impose an appropriate sanction — which may include lost
earnings and reasonable attorney's fees — on a party or attorney
who fails to comply.
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit In:pea:ion
(A) Appearance Not Required A person commanded to produce
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or
to permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the
place of production or inspection unless also commanded to appear
for a deposition, hearing, or trial.
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or
tangible things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or
attorney designated in the subpoena a written objection to
inspecting, copying, testing or sampling any or all of the materials or
to inspecting the premises — or to producing electronically stored
information in the form or forms requested. The objection must be
served before the earlier of the time specified for compliance or 14
days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, the
following rules apply:
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the saving
party may move the issuing court for an order compelling production
or inspection.
(II) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and
the order must protect a person who Is neither a party nor a party's
officer from significant expense resulting from compliance.
(3) Quashing or Minifying a Subpoena
(A) When Required On timely motion, the issuing court must
quash or modify a subpoena that
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply;
(ii) requires a person who is neither a party nor a party's officer
to travel more than 100 miles from where that person resides, is
employed, or regularly transacts business in person — except that,
subject to Rule 45(eX3X8Xiii), the person may be commanded to
attend a trial by traveling from any such place within the state where
the trial is held;
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected mattes, if
no exception or waiver applies; or
(Iv) subjects a person to undue burden.
(B) When Permitted To protect a person subject to or affected by
a subpoena, the issuing court may, on motion, quash or modify the
subpoena if it requires:
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research,
development, or commercial information;
(II) disclosing an unretained expert's opinion or information that
does not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from
the expert's study that was not requested bye party; or
(id) a person who is neither a party nor a party's officer to incur
substantial expense to travel more than 100 miles to attend trial.
(C) Specifying Conditions as as Alternative. In the circumstances
described in Rule 45(c)(3XB), the court may, instead of quashing or
modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under
specified conditions if the serving party:
(I) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that
cannot be otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(II) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably
compensated.
(d) Ditties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(I) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information
These procedures apply to producing documents or electronically
stored information:
(A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce
documents must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course
of business or must organize and label them to correspond to the
categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not
Specified If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing
electronically stored information, the person responding must produce
it in a form or forms in which it is ordinarily maintained or in a
reasonably usable form or forms.
(C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form.
The person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
information in more than one form.
(D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored
information from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably
accessible because of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel
discovery or for a protective order, the person responding must show
that the information is not reasonably accessible because of undue
burden or cost If that showing is made, the court may nonetheless
order discovery from such sources if the requesting party shows good
cause, considering the limitations of Rule 26(b)(2XC). The court may
specify conditions for the discovery.
(2) padding Pritsikge or Protection
(A) Information Withheld A person withholding subpoenaed
information under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection
as trial-preparation material must
(i) expressly make the claim; and
(ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications,
or tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information
itself privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the
claim.
(B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as trial-
preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any
party that received the information of the claim and the basis for it
After being notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or
destroy the specified information and any copies it has; must not use
or disclose the information until the claim is resolved; must take
reasonable steps to retrieve the information if the parry disclosed it
before being notified; and may promptly present the information to the
court under seal for a determination of the claim. The person who
produced the information must preserve the information until the claim
is resolved.
(e) Contempt. The issuing court may hold in contempt a person who,
having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
subpoena. A nonparty's failure to obey must be excused if the
subpoena purports to require the nonparty to attend or produce at a
place outside the limits of Rule 45(cX3XAXii).
EFTA00207331
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