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...Menchel left the USAO on August 3, 2007, before the parties drafted the NPA.
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...Menchel left the USAO on August 3, 2007, before the parties drafted the NPA.
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...he did not specifically recall
the issues Villafafia set forth in her declaration, he believed they would have been important to the
USAO in 2007. Lourie also told OPR that he generally recalled concerns within the USAO about
the charges and a potential trial:
[M]y vague recollection is that...
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...he did not specifically recall
the issues Villafafia set forth in her declaration, he believed they would have been important to the
USAO in 2007. Lourie also told OPR that he generally recalled concerns within the USAO about
the charges and a potential trial:
[M]y vague recollection is that...
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...The next day, October 10, 2007, Lefkowitz sent a six-page letter to Acosta, as a
“follow up to our conversation yesterday,” expressing “serious disagreements” with Villafafia’s
view of the process for victims to claim § 2255 damages under the NPA. Lefkowitz reiterated the
defense position that the attorney representative...
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...The chart set forth on the following page shows the positions and
relationships among the individuals in those offices involved in communicating with the USAO
or defense beginning in November 2007 or in those offices’ reviews, which continued through
June 2008.
162 On February 28, 2008, USAO Criminal Division Chief...
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...Acosta had agreed in December 2007 that we
would not provide written notice of the state change of plea, the written victim notifications were
prepared to be sent immediately following Epstein’s guilty plea.”°*! As she did with prior draft
victim notification letters, Villafafia provided the draft to the defense...
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...In Villafafia’s
view, the significance of the early meetings granted to the defense team was that, but for those
meetings, the USAO would not have offered the disposition set forth in the July 31, 2007 “term
sheet” and, moreover, “that term sheet would never have been offered to anyone...
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...In Villafafia’s
view, the significance of the early meetings granted to the defense team was that, but for those
meetings, the USAO would not have offered the disposition set forth in the July 31, 2007 “term
sheet” and, moreover, “that term sheet would never have been offered to anyone...
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message, “That is fine. [The West Palm Beach manager] and I will nail everything down, we just
want to get a final blessing.”
Negotiations continued throughout the day on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, with
Villafafia and Lefkowitz exchanging emails regarding the factual proffer for a plea and the
scheduling of...
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...States v. Cornielle, 171 F.3d 748 (2d Cir. 1999) oo. cee seseseessecssecnsecneeseeseeeseenaeeaeeaee 15
United States v. Dionisio, 503 F.3d 78 (2d Cir. 2007).........cceceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeneeenees 8,9, 10, 11
United States v. Drago, No. 18 Cr. 0394 (SJF) (AYS), 2019 WL 3072288 (E.D.N.Y. July 15,
0...
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...Contemporaneous Written Records and Witness and Subject Interviews Did
Not Reveal Evidence Establishing That the Subjects Were Improperly
Influenced by Epstein’s Status, Wealth, or Associations
Although Epstein’s name is now nationally recognized, in 2006 and 2007, he was not a
familiar national figure or even particularly well known...
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...After his
October 12, 2007 breakfast meeting with Lefkowitz, Acosta immediately communicated with
Sloman about their conversation. In late 2008, when Acosta anticipated leaving the USAO and
was considering pursuing employment with Kirkland & Ellis, he recognized the conflict of interest
and instructed Sloman to stop copying him on emails relating...
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...The USAO Rejects Defense Efforts to Eliminate the Sexual Offender
Registration Requirement
On the afternoon of Friday, September 21, 2007, State Attorney Krischer informed
Villafafia that Epstein’s counsel had contacted him and Epstein was ready to agree “to all the
terms” of the NPA—except for sexual offender registration...
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...Menchel left the USAO on August 3, 2007, before the parties drafted the NPA.
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...allegations that Epstein had coerced
girls into engaging in sexual activity with him at his Palm Beach estate.*> The Miami Herald
reported that in 2007, Acosta entered into an “extraordinary” deal with Epstein in the form of the
NPA, which permitted Epstein to avoid federal prosecution and a potentially lengthy...
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...allegations that Epstein had coerced
girls into engaging in sexual activity with him at his Palm Beach estate.? The Miami Herald
reported that in 2007, Acosta entered into an “extraordinary” deal with Epstein in the form of the
NPA, which permitted Epstein to avoid federal prosecution and a potentially lengthy...
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...They were very worried about their privacy
rights.7'©
In his written response to OPR, Lourie stated that although he did not specifically recall
the issues Villafafia set forth in her declaration, he believed they would have been important to the
USAO in 2007. Lourie also told OPR that he...
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...VILLAFANA DID NOT COMMIT PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT IN HER
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS TO VICTIMS AND VICTIMS’ ATTORNEYS, IN
WHICH SHE DESCRIBED THE CASE AS “UNDER INVESTIGATION” BUT DID
NOT DISCLOSE THE EXISTENCE OF THE NPA TO SOME VICTIMS
From September 24, 2007, when the NPA was signed, until after Epstein’s June...
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...Neither Lourie nor the other USAO supervisor present could recall any substantive details
of the September 12, 2007 meeting, and Krischer and Belohlavek told OPR they did not remember
the meeting at all. Krischer did, however, recall that he was “not offended at all” when he learned
of the proposed...
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...Neither Lourie nor the other USAO supervisor present could recall any substantive details
of the September 12, 2007 meeting, and Krischer and Belohlavek told OPR they did not remember
the meeting at all. Krischer did, however, recall that he was “not offended at all” when he learned
of the proposed...
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 204-3 Filed 04/16/21 Page 293 of 348
Thereafter, in his December 19, 2007 letter to defense counsel mainly addressing other
matters, Acosta informed the defense that the USAO would defer to the State Attorney’s discretion
the responsibility for notifying...
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 293-1 Filed 05/25/21 Page 294 of 349
Thereafter, in his December 19, 2007 letter to defense counsel mainly addressing other
matters, Acosta informed the defense that the USAO would defer to the State Attorney’s discretion
the responsibility for notifying...
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...In Acosta’s estimation, a trial court in 2007 might have permitted “victim shaming,”
which would have been traumatic for them. In addition, the fact that the state grand jury returned
a one-count indictment with a charge that would not require jail time suggested to Acosta that the
state...
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...Acosta continued to
provide supervisory oversight and to have meetings and other communications with Epstein’s
attorneys during the nine-month period between the signing of the NPA on September 24, 2007,
and Epstein’s entry of guilty pleas in state court pursuant to the terms of the agreement, on...
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