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U.S. Department of Justice UnitedStates Attorney Southern District ofFlorida • t • . Fl. 33401 Facsimile: August 4, 2009 Yliagnarallifa Spencer T. Kuvin, Esq. Leo old—Kuvi P.A. Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 Re: Jeffrey Ensteir.— Requested Disclosure of Non-Prosecution Agreement Dear Mr. Kuvin: Thank you for your letter regarding the disclosure of the Non-Prosecution Agreement signed by Jeffrey Epstein. I understand that are asking for a copy of that Agreement in connection with your representation or As you are aware, the Agreement contains a confidentiality provision. Based upon a lawsuit filed by some of Mr. Epstein's victims, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra has issued a Protective Order requiring the U.S. Attorney's Office to provide copies of the Agreement to certain individuals under certain circumstances. The Order states: If any individuals who have been identified by the USAO [U.S. Attorney's Office] as victims of Epstein and/or any attomey(s) for those individuals request the opportunity to review the Agreement, then the USAO shall produce the Agreement to those individuals, so long as those individuals also agree that they shall not disclose the Agi =went or its terms to any third party absent further court order, following notice to and an opportunity for Epstein's counsel to be heard.. . (Court File No. 08-CV-80737-MARRA, DE 26, 1 (e).) The language "individuals who have been identified by the USAO as victims of Epstein" refers to a specific list of individuals who were the subject of the federal invesi- - . A list of those individuals was provided to Mr. Epstein's attorney. Your client, was not identified during that investigation, and, therefore was not on the list. By statinglkus am not, in any way, denigrating any harm that your client may have suffered. 1 am simply stating that, given time and resource limitations that we faced during the investigation vas not a person who was positively identified, such that she would have been the subject of charges within a EFTA00599385 SPENCER T. KUVIN, ESQ. Aunusr 4, 2009 PAGE 2 possible federal indictment. For this reason, your client is not covered by the Court's Protective Order and the Agreement's confidentiality provision remains intact. If you are unable to get a copy of the Agreement via the civil discovery process in the lawsuit that you have filed against Mr. Epstein, please ask his counsel if they will consent to my production of the Agreement to you and I will send a copy to you. Sincerely, Jeffrey H. Sloman Acting United States Attorney By: Assistant U.S. Attorney cc: Karen Atkinson, Esq. EFTA00599386