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...October 2006 — February 2007: Epstein’s Defense Counsel Initiate
Contact with Villafaiia, Lourie, and Sloman, and Press for a Meeting
Just as Epstein had learned of the PBPD investigation at its early stage, he quickly became
aware of the federal investigation, both because the FBI was interviewing his employees and...
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...October 2006 — February 2007: Epstein’s Defense Counsel Initiate
Contact with Villafaiia, Lourie, and Sloman, and Press for a Meeting
Just as Epstein had learned of the PBPD investigation at its early stage, he quickly became
aware of the federal investigation, both because the FBI was interviewing his employees and...
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...Specifically, during the
September 12, 2007 meeting, at the state prosecutor’s suggestion, the USAO team agreed, with
Acosta’s subsequent approval, to permit Epstein to plead guilty to one state charge of solicitation
of minors to engage in prostitution, rather than the three charges the USAO had originally
specified...
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...Other Significant Factors Are Inconsistent with a Conclusion That the
Subjects’ Actions Were Motivated by Improper Influences
OPR considered additional aspects of the Epstein case that were inconsistent with a
suggestion that Acosta’s decision to offer the July 31, 2007 terms was driven by corruption, a
desire to provide...
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...Other Significant Factors Are Inconsistent with a Conclusion That the
Subjects’ Actions Were Motivated by Improper Influences
OPR considered additional aspects of the Epstein case that were inconsistent with a
suggestion that Acosta’s decision to offer the July 31, 2007 terms was driven by corruption, a
desire to provide...
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...Among the documents submitted with the letter were the prosecution memorandum,
one of the proposed charging documents, and the NPA with its addendum and Acosta’s
December 19, 2007 letter to Sanchez.
As the review was ongoing in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, State Attorney
Krischer mentioned to...
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...Menchel’s last day in the office was
August 3, 2007, the day he sent to the defense his letter making the initial offer, and presumably
in the immediate period before his departure date, Menchel would have been trying to wrap up his
outstanding work. Yet, this was also the...
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...The documentary evidence confirms that he had at
least some contemporaneous knowledge of the issue—when asked by Villafafia whether to put off
a September 12, 2007 hearing on the litigation, he told her to do so. Finally, as noted previously,
the FBI co-case agent proposed at a meeting...
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...OPR did not find evidence establishing that Acosta’s “breakfast meeting” with one
of Epstein’s defense counsel in October 2007 led to the NPA, which had been signed weeks earlier,
or to any other significant decision that benefited Epstein. The contemporaneous records show
that USAO managers’ concerns about legal...
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...OPR did not find evidence establishing that Acosta’s “breakfast meeting” with one
of Epstein’s defense counsel in October 2007 led to the NPA, which had been signed weeks earlier,
or to any other significant decision that benefited Epstein. The contemporaneous records show
that USAO managers’ concerns about legal...
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...OPR did not find evidence establishing that Acosta’s “breakfast meeting” with one
of Epstein’s defense counsel in October 2007 led to the NPA, which had been signed weeks earlier,
or to any other significant decision that benefited Epstein. The contemporaneous records show
that USAO managers’ concerns about legal...
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...investigators were aware of Epstein’s longtime
relationship with a close female friend who was a well-known socialite, but, according to
Villafafia, in 2007, they “didn’t have any specific evidence against her.””*? Accordingly, Villafafia
believed that the only “co-conspirators” of Epstein who would benefit from the provision...
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...OPR Did Not Find Evidence Establishing That the Lack of Consultation Was
Intended to Silence Victims
During her OPR interviews, Villafafia recalled more than one discussion in which she
raised with her supervisors the issue of consulting with the victims before the NPA was signed on
September 24, 2007. Acosta...
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...OPR Did Not Find Evidence Establishing That the Lack of Consultation Was
Intended to Silence Victims
During her OPR interviews, Villafafia recalled more than one discussion in which she
raised with her supervisors the issue of consulting with the victims before the NPA was signed on
September 24, 2007. Acosta...
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...Villafafia raised those concerns with the USAO’s
Professional Responsibility Officer in October 2007 after the agents brought the issue to her
attention, and she ultimately raised the issue with Sloman and Acosta as well, neither of whom
advised her that those concerns were improper or unsound. OPR also considered...
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The Palm Beach Post
TOM GIUPFRIDA, Publisher
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CHARLISS GERARDI, General Manaper
RANDY SCHULTZ, Editor of the Editorial Page
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...OPR did not find evidence establishing that Acosta’s “breakfast meeting” with one
of Epstein’s defense counsel in October 2007 led to the NPA, which had been signed weeks earlier,
or to any other significant decision that benefited Epstein. The contemporaneous records show
that USAO managers’ concerns about legal...
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...OPR did not find evidence establishing that Acosta’s “breakfast meeting” with one
of Epstein’s defense counsel in October 2007 led to the NPA, which had been signed weeks earlier,
or to any other significant decision that benefited Epstein. The contemporaneous records show
that USAO managers’ concerns about legal...
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...Any discussion involving Menchel
necessarily occurred before August 3, 2007, when it was unclear whether the defense would agree
to the government’s offer. Supervisors could well have decided that at such an early stage, there
was little to discuss with victims.
To the extent that Villafafia’s supervisors affirmatively...
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...October 2006 — February 2007: Epstein’s Defense Counsel Initiate
Contact with Villafaiia, Lourie, and Sloman, and Press for a Meeting
Just as Epstein had learned of the PBPD investigation at its early stage, he quickly became
aware of the federal investigation, both because the FBI was interviewing his employees and...
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...prosecutor.” Green, Candor in Criminal Advocacy, supra, at 446;
cf. United States v. E.V., 500 F.3d 747, 754 n.12 (8 Cir. 2007) (referring to “prosecutors”
obligation to apprise the court of facts relevant to sentencing”). Consequently, the Office cannot
consciously disregard Ms. Giuffre’s deposition testimony bearing...
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...Other Significant Factors Are Inconsistent with a Conclusion That the
Subjects’ Actions Were Motivated by Improper Influences
OPR considered additional aspects of the Epstein case that were inconsistent with a
suggestion that Acosta’s decision to offer the July 31, 2007 terms was driven by corruption, a
desire to provide...
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...OPR Did Not Find Evidence Establishing That the Lack of Consultation Was
Intended to Silence Victims
During her OPR interviews, Villafafia recalled more than one discussion in which she
raised with her supervisors the issue of consulting with the victims before the NPA was signed on
September 24, 2007. Acosta...
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...On or after July 1, 2007, has been adjudicated delinquent for committing, or attempting,
soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in the following
statutes in this state or similar offenses in another jurisdiction when the juvenile was 14 years
of age or older at the...
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...Specifically, during the
September 12, 2007 meeting, at the state prosecutor’s suggestion, the USAO team agreed, with
Acosta’s subsequent approval, to permit Epstein to plead guilty to one state charge of solicitation
of minors to engage in prostitution, rather than the three charges the USAO had originally
specified...
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