EFTA00223465.pdf

EFTA00223465  LAW OFFICES OF GERALD B. latErcouRT, P.C. A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 148 EAST 7e STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021 GERA TELEPHONE FACSIMILE SHERYL E. REICH RENATO C. STABILE FAITH A. FRIEDMAN February 5, 2007 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Esq., Assistant United States Attorney Office of the United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Avenue, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 Re: Jeffrey Epstein Dear Ms. Villafafia: Thank you for meeting with us last week regarding our client, Jeffrey Epstein. I write to clarify statements we made concerning the significance of the debit/credit card statement we produced. As it stands, I am afraid my failure to inform you that Mr. Epstein's birthday is January 20th, may have left some confusion as to how the statement relates to the allegations. For ease of reference an additional copy of the statement is annexed hereto. The debit/credit card statement is from Chase account. It reflects a $122.21 purchase at Guys and Dolls, an adult vtostor i. ...Wm West Palm Beach. According to the statement, the urchase was made on January 20, 2005 — Jeffrey Epstein's birthday — at a time when whose date of birth is December 30, 1986, was clearly 18 years of age. At our meeting on February 1, 2007, you asked how we were sure this statement related to the events in question. The best response would have been to refer you to Mil own words. In her sworn statement of October 11, 2005, she referred several times to an occasion when she and purchased and used sexti s, an event which a herself described as a "birthday gift" to Epstein. Specifically, stated that "... foilEpstein's] birthday, and 1 went shopping. And um, we got a bunch of toys, [laughs] . . .". She later reiterated, . . .on his birthday ...Um, we went shopping at this like sex place . . . and um we bought a bunch of stuff and then we just went at it in front of him". ■ further made it clear that the purchase was in EFTA00223466  LAW OFFICES Or GREtsto B. 1.1117COUEtT, P.C. Esq., Assistant United States Attorney Office of the United States Attorney Southern District of Florida February 5, 2007 Page 2 connection with Epstein's birthday (January 20, 2005, the date reflected on the statement): "Urn, it was a [birthday] gift, I guess you could call it a [birthday] gift from me and In light of the foregoing, there should be no doubt that the credit card statement rovided relates directly to allegations and that this encounter occurred at a time when was 18 years old. Very truly yours, cc: Esq., Deputy Chief, Northern Region Lilly Ann Sanchez, Esq. Roy Black, Esq. EFTA00223467  January ie. February Pen 1 as 15, 2008 .7N macilitoVA Chan Statement NCH YORK pt 10021 hullUntil IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1AIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIII miry A00241 Nvmbv; Humbit 01 WSW.* EMICiaalt OVERVIEW F#4,NoitSliitogt, ,.911119 Mittling .erTh. Mowert Numbs, Onning &Mina ChM ena Ctikking Salty mann Chits Wm Stmg, Total THIS ENDS YOUR STATEMENT OVE RVIeW (Witt/ ce qualm Winn MMus 0•tualitint Ratting lialln00 EFTA00223468