EFTA01735430.pdf

WIGGIN tots flax Aid Binkkrtt 22 PM" 5t'CCI 1.9,40n WIT 13k) itlelhent *44 Dna Wet: Man. r.:t. a BY FAX AND POST Our ref: CMK/jcd Your ref: PT/DW/ME00010029 10 may 2011 Johnsons 21 Arlington treet London SW1A 1BN Dear Sirs YOUR CLIEN JEFFREY EPSTEIN we act for t e publishers of Tatter: our clients have passed to us your letter dated 5 May 2011 and we reply on their behalf. As you cone de In your letter, your client has been convicted of soliciting prostitutes, and procuring a person under 18 for prosti ution. He is on Americas sex offenders register. He has been served with a number of civil claims for damages. H has, as you note, been widely described as a 'paedophile throughout the media • not simply in the tabloid press While the ve rd 'paedophilia' as a medical diagnosis is defined as a psychiatric disorder typically characterised by primary or elusive sexual interest in pre-pubescent children, in popular usage. paedophilia means any sexual interest in c Ildren. This common application extends to sexual interest in and abuse of pubescent or post- pubescent inors. In common parlance, therefore, the use of the word 'paedophile to describe your client Is correct. In the circa stances, our clients are not prepared to agree to the publication of a clarification or an apology. Your client's corn taint has, however, been noted and In the event that our clients publish any further material concerning your client, our clients points will be borne In mind. Your, faithf Ily /1 1838597_1. DpC Sys:. kq,n MK CI Valli 'MEI SWAMI owl vism • wp Ceavoted • Astai te Silva • Sean inn . Adr[v• NIOCI • CM0 At QM Maar. :book Mina Medea •Clia.9.2 Mwit O. Altsild0 Mit • 'AMA IVA•IsIt 1001111tert• Asia Mar Snow Awaii ‘‘) . Wig PIAUI SbIlfr• d Phy Su.oer at. (Miµbtt Cansult•ntl' Stith I' • MOS Users tat *.,Ti awn -Pett, MiirANIP vow% UP n minis be Mt SplicAvr,' Popalitga. Aflity a.1 a itgir .fiftifel y n1 411411 M ntrSI4 and Wain oil'. IM ..-7 a..ed1 van , nrioni., anises Wit 95 The Note .t...hrs.m.. liaantsleakirg Otto) iviri 10/TO abed 61.91 9 0 II TT 02 /SO/EI EFTA_R1_00018823 EFTA01735430