Page Two Case No The State of Florida charged the Defendant Jeffrey Epstein with Felony Solicitation of Prostitution The State of Florida and Mr Epstein came to a negotiated resolution of the charges Part of that resolution included an agreement entered into between Mr Epstein and the United States At the plea conference in State court Mr Epstein plead guilty to the State charges At the plea conference the agreement between Mr Epstein and the United States were made part of this Courts record The agreement was sealed in two separate filings At the time the State court took these matters under seal the proper procedure for sealing such documents had not been followed The June 25th hearing was to give Mr Epstein the State and/or the United States an opportunity to comply with the well-defined and narrow parameters for sealing such documents After hearing argument of counsel the Court makes the following findings and rulings Neither the State of Florida nor the U.S Government nor Mr Epstein have presented sufficient evidence to warrant the sealing of documents currently held by the Court The Motions to seal the Court records are denied The Motions to intervene are granted The Motion to unseal the documents is granted Page Three case No The originals will not be disclosed however the undersigned will do an in camera inspection and redact the names of the underage victims if any so their identity will be indicated by their initials This Order is in no way to be interpreted as permission to not comply with U.S District Court Kenneth Marras previous Orders The disclosure of the sealed documents shall be stayed at least until June at a.m at which time the Court will hear Epsteins Motion to Stay Disclosure of Non-Prosecution Agreement and Addendum Pending Review DONE AND ORDERED in West Palm Beach Palm Beach County Florida this ay of June Copies furnished Alexander Acosta U.S Attorneys Office Southern District South Australian Avenue Suite West Palm Beach FL Barbara Bums Esq State Attorneys Office North Dixie Highway West Palm Beach FL William Berger Esq Bradley Edwards Esq Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler East Las Olas Boulevard Suite Ft Lauderdale FL Robert Critton Esq Burman Critton Luttler Coleman North Flagler Drive Suite West Palm Beach FL Page Four Case No Jack A Goldberger Esq Atterbury Goldberger Weiss P.A Australian Avenue South Suite West Palm Beach FL Spencer Kuvin Esq Leopold-Kuvin P.A PGA Boulevard Suite Palm Beach Gardens FL Deanna Shullman Esq Box Tampa FL
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