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e kept out or toup FF R E Y E P S T E IN C A S E'Victims say they wer JE G H T T O K E E P ATTORNEYS FI I VA T E S I O N S P R PLEA DISCUS e attorneys who mpresen rok:enPaces% Daft. Ti we Med a motion to intercede in a have ted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein e one-time Palm Beach billionaire's nix th lawsuit seeking to vernment. np ro se cu tio n ag re em ent with the federal go no Epstein, who se ed a 13-month rv sentence after ffityfvite*;cm agreeing to plead feia eaa6onSectbyie it ReadRe to a state charge of attpailek tin ilyeusiniel soliciting sex wi th a minor, was accused 01 to 2007. ideragegirls from 20 of molesting dozens of tua protective order to keep e-mails The new pleading seeksnce between Epstein's attorneys and and other corresponde e out of the hands of two alleged vic- the U.S, attorney's offic suit. tims who brought the tu rtl in g y the anything over. They sa e PALM SEACkl POST His attorne ys ob jec t to the eximinaljustic d tw o oth er law yers who sa nc tit y ot pt ea negotiations is critical toea talks with prosecu- Miami attorney Roy Bla ck an to be assured pl off en de da r Jeffrey Epstein have file one. system, and they need lawsuits. rep res en ted sex ed e in a law sui t see king to nix the to rs do no t en d up as evidence in civil motion to interc agree- naire's nonprosecution SEE STORY, PAGE AS time Palm Beach billio vernment ment WM the federal go EFTA01086550  I JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE Victims say they were kept out of loop ATTORNEYS FIGHTTO KEEP PLEA DISCOURSE PRIVATE foliate such agreements.- The alleged victims maintain evidence shows Epstein molested more than 30 lads from 2001 to Miami attorney Roy Black and two other high- 2007, luring them to his Palm Beach mansion on the profile attorneys who represented billionaire sex pretext of giving him a massage. offender Jeffrey Epstein have asked a federal judge As part of the nonprosecution agreement, he to prohibit two alleged vic- pleaded guilty to a state tims from obtaining cor- charge of soliciting sex ' respondence between the with a minor and served defense team and federal 13 months of an 18-month - prosecutors who ham- sentence. lie resurfaced mered out a nonprosecu- recently in New York and tion agreement. has become the subject of The two women identi- news reports about social- fied in court papers only izing with Britain's Prince as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Andrew. : Doe 2 say the agreement should be invalidated be- PERSONAL INQUIRY cause they were not ad- The women say the equately informed of the nonprosecu tion agree- plan not to file federal ment should be scuttled charges against Epstein. and Epstein should be Tice defense attor- open to federal charges neys' motion to intervene because they were not ad- states the sanctity of plea equately consulted as re- talks would be under- quired under the Crimps mined If U.S. District Victims Rights Act. They Judge Kenneth Marra in seek disclosure of all cor- West Palm Beach allows respondence between the correspondence to be Epstein's attorneys and used in the third-party Poot PI4°11D the government, claiming civil action brought by the Miami attom-y Roy Black and two other attorneyssaid the it would show prosecutors alleged victims. release of the plea discussions would have a "severe chilling failed to meet their obb- New York litigator Jay effect" on future talks with the goverement. gation to keep them and Lefkowitz and Boston other victims informed. criminal defense attorney Martin a Weinberg joined The U.S. attorney's office argued in a 54-page re- Black in the motion filed April 7. sponse April 8 to the women's lawsuit that the law The fight over the records comes amid claims that does not apply because no federal charges were filed the defense strong-armed prosecutors into a cushy against the financier, only a state charge. deal for Epstein. The women were denied access to the loners in 'The release of these letters and the precedent it their civil lawsuit against Epstein, which was settled. would establish would have a severe chilling effect The motion by Black, Lefkowitz and Weinberg said on the lawyers' ability to engage in candid settlement there is "no doubt" the women aim to disseminate discussions with the government in future cases," the the material to news outlets. They urge Marra to 13-page motion reads. "Indeed, to the extent such "decline the invitation to fuel the media campaign written correspondence is deemed discoverable by against Mr. Epstein." third parties. criminal defense attorneys and the gov- ernment's lawyers alike would lose the ability to no - SEE EPSTEIN, PAGE AI Cl A;fj SAre China-grown vegetables organic? EFTA01086551