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Subject: Re: Revised Epstein Disclosure Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 00:21:10 +0000 Importance: Normal I will be around (in WPB) tomorrow. Also, I did ask Salans for permission to disclose re Zloch case and am waiting for his response. Thanks, Ben. Subject: Re: Revised Epstein Disclosure With the caveat that I don't really know about any of this first hand, I have one small thought. Are you around tomorrow? I need to re-read the Salans e-mail and I don't have that on my BB. Subject: Fw: Revised Epstein Disclosure Can you take another look? This is shorter. If you are ok, I am going to send to Jeff Sloman for his review next. Subject: Revised Epstein Disclosure I was the line attorney assigned to the federal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein into allegations of sexual misconduct with minor females. As explained by The New York Times, Mr. Epstein had been charged by a Florida grand jury with an offense that would have resulted in no prison time. "But then the United States Attorney's Office in Miami became involved. Last summer, Mr. Epstein got an ultimatum: plead guilty to a charge that would require him to register as a sex offender, or the government would charge him with sexual tourism[.]" ("Financier Starts Sentence in Prostitution Case," The New York Times, July 1, 2008.) One of the other terms of the agreement with Epstein, which was made public by The Palm Beach Post, is that Epstein had to pay damages to the victims of his misconduct, and he had to pay for a private attorney to represent them. In an effort to set aside the agreement, attorneys for Mr. Epstein made allegations of misconduct regarding the investigation against myself and others. I referred the matter to the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility, which determined that the allegation did not warrant the opening of a full investigation. Also in connection with the Epstein matter, one of the victims' private attorneys complained to the Florida Bar about letters that I sent to unrepresented victims notifying them of the Special Master's selection of the attorney representative, accusing me of soliciting business on behalf of the attorney representative. (Edward Davis served as the Special Master and selected Robert Josefsberg, Esq. of Podhurst Orseck to serve as the attorney representative.) The Florida Bar investigated and determined that my actions were required by law and not in violation of the Florida Bar Rules. Two of the Epstein victims have filed suit against the U.S. Attorney's Office alleging that they were not adequately consulted prior to the resolution of the investigation. That matter is pending. The allegations were referred to the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility, but it has declined to open an investigation while the litigation is pending. The Committee is welcome to contact Mr. Josefsberg and former U.S. Attorneys Jeffrey Sloman and R. Alexander Acosta regarding these matters. EFTA00207965 Ann Marie Villafana [email protected] EFTA00207966