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(„we teoCiall ;00.111191SIIPC“..e asked him to stop. CRIMINAL JUSTiCE Man accused of molesting girls Victims want secret deal with billionaire withdrawn by John Pacenti BILLIONAIRE JEFFREY EPSTEIN Lawyers for alleged sexual assauh victims ofbillionaire Jeffrey Epstein have Age: filed a motion to get West Palm Beach federal prosecutors to withdraw a secret Occupation: F financier deal not to prosecute him. Homes: Palm Beach, US. Virgin Islands. The filing comes as the former Palm New York Beach resident is making headlines in Great Britain for hobnobbing with Record: Convicted of solicitation of a Prince Edward, who got him clearance minor to land his private plane at a military Sentence 13 months in prison base In 2000. Epstein served 13 months of an 18-month state prison sentence for so- liciting sex with a minor. As part of his Act for Lpsteufs alleged victims to be deal to plead guilty to the state charge. informed about the non prosecution the US. attorney's office agreement reached by federal prosecu- agreed in 2007 not to tors with Epstein. prosecute Epstein on fed- -Rather than confer with the victims eral sex charges, accord- about this nonprosexution agreement, ing to court documents however. the U.S. attorney's office and filed Monday in federal Jeffrey Epstein agreed to econfidential- civil litigation. ity' provision in the agreement barring The motion is an at- its disclosure to anyone — including'the tempt to kick start 2008 EnsteM tidbits," according to the pleading. litigation that's been on The motion is pan of a lawsuit filed hold while other civil suits were resolved against the US. government In 2008 by with confidential settlements on behalf attorney Bradley J. Edwards an partner of several underage girls who said they with Farmer Jaffe Welasing Edwards were sexually assaulted by Epstein. Vistas & Loltrman, and University of The motion filed with U.S. District Utah law professor Paul G. Cassell. They Judge Kenneth Marra alleges prosecu- tom violated the Crime Victims Rights SEE EPSTEIN, PAGE Al3 EFTA01086552  FROM PAGE A2 EPSTEIN: Billionaire has ties to England's royal family Act was violated and to consider AttorneyWdredoFerrer,saidpros- Meanwhile, Epstein has caused an represent three alleged Epstein victims uproar for England's royal family. in civil actions that resulted in confklen- appropriate remedies. Cassell ecutors have made their position said his clients want the confiden- clear on the issue of the Crimes Prince Andrew secured permission tial settlements. for Epstein to land his private Jot on Dec. The motion cites redacted e-mails be- dal agreement to be nullified. Victims Rights Act in Epstein's The motion said Epstein mo- case. The law was not violated 7. 2000: at a military, base to visit the tween Epstein's attorney and the U.S. at- Duke of York at Sandringham Palace in torney's office that indicate prosecutors lested mora_than 30 girls from because no federal charges were 2001 to 2007.While he had made over filed in the Southern District Norfolk. were interested in reaching an agree- Epstein is alleged to have used his . meet that would "effectively keep the Palm Beach his primary home for of Florida: Valle said. years, news reports now have him Casale Joseph L. Ackernutn Jr.. private fleet of planes to fly in underage victims from learning what was happen- girls from around the world for sex. ing through the press: Edwards wrote living in his Manhattan mansion. Epstein's criminal defense attor- Epstein has not been able to avoid ney with Fowler White Burnett in West The Daily Mall reported Queen in the motion. Elizabeth called a meeting with her son Cassell said it 'stinks to high heaven" the spotlight since his release from jail Palm Beach. did not return a call for in July 2009. comment by deadline. at Buckingham Palace to explain his re- for the Justice Department to be so bull- lationship with Epstein. ish about prosecuting sex crimes, such ills criminal case was fictionalized Cassell said Marra could be the first in a scathing episode by the television federal judge to rule on when the act ap- Sarah Ferguson. the former Duchess as child pornography. and then to cut a ofYork, also has been linked with Epstein. 'sweetheart dear with Epstein. show Law & Order Special Victims Unit plies. in February. The episode ended with "The government is taking the posi- The Daily Mail reported flight logs show "it certainly raises the suspicion Epstein flew to the Bahamas in 1988 to that money and power is a way to buy federal authorities intervening on be- tion that because it never filed an indict- half of the fictional assailant, who was ment, then the victims never had any meet Ferguson and her daughters, Beatrice your way out of serious felony offenses, and Eugenie, then ages 9 and 10. Cassell said. portrayed as a billionaire who solicited rights. We strenuously disagree with The motion asks Marra for a hearing underage girls for massages. that, and we hope to create good law on John Paeans' can be reacMd at (305) to determine if the Crime Victims Rights Alicia Valle, spokeswoman for U.S. that subject.' Cassell said. 347-6638. Check out dbr's status updates on facebook a Find us by searching Daily Business Review EFTA01086553