Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of39 EXHIBIT Epstein vs Edwards Undisputed Statement of Facts Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of JEFFREY EPSTEIN Plaintiff vs SCOTT ROTHSTEIN individually and BRADLEY EDWARDS individually Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH TIJDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA Case No CA STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS Defendant Bradley Edwards Esq offers the following specific facts as the undisputed material facts in this case Each of the following facts is numbered separately and individually to facilitate Epsteins required compliance with Fla Civ The adverse party shall identify any summary judgment evidence on which the adverse party relies Sexual Abuse of Children Bv Epstein Defendant Epstein has a sexual preference for young children Deposition of Jeffrey Epstein Mar at hereinafter Epstein Depo Deposition Attachment Epstein repeatedly sexually assaulted more than forty young girls on numerous When questioned about this subject at his deposition Epstein invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent rather than make an incriminating admission Accordingly Edwards is entitled to the adverse inference against Epstein that had Epstein answered the answer would have been unfavorable to him It is well-settled that the Fifth Amendment does not forbid adverse inferences against parties to civil actions when they refuse to testify in response to probative evidence offered against them Baxter Palmigiano U.S accord Vasquez State So.2d Fla App The reason for this rule is both logical and utilitarian A party may not trample upon the rights of others and then escape the consequences by invoking a constitutional privilege at least not in a civil setting Fraser Security and Inv Corp So.2d Fla App Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of occasions between and in his mansion in West Palm Beach Florida These sexual assaults included vaginal penetration Epstein abused many of the girls dozens if not hundreds of times Epstein Depa at How many times have you engaged in oral sex with females under the age of A Invocation of the Fifth Amendment Deposition of Jane Doe September and continued March at minor girl sexually abused at least times by Epstein hereinafter Jane Doe Depa Deposition Attachment id vaginal penetration by Epstein with his finger vaginal penetration by Epstein with a massager Deposition of L.M September at hereinafter L.M Depo Deposition Attachment describing the manner in which Epstein abused her beginning when LM was years old touching her vagina with his fingers and vibrator at line she was personally molested by Epstein more than times at line and line and line describing that in addition to being personally molested by Epstein she was paid per underage girl she brought Epstein and she brought him more than seventy underage girls she told him that she did not want to bring him any more girls and he insisted that she continue to bring him underage girls Deposition of E.W May hereinafter E.W Depa Deposition Attachment at and describing Epsteins abuse of her beginning at age when he paid her for touching her vagina inserting his fingers and using a vibrator and he also paid her for each other underage female E.W brought him to molest She brought him between and underage females Deposition of Jane Doe date hereinafter Jane Doe Depa Deposition Attachment at and she describes first being taken to Epstein at years old Being fingered by him having him use a vibrator on me grabbing my nipples smelling my butt jerking off in front of me licking my clit several times Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to conclude and did conclude that Epstein was able to access a large number of underage girls through a pyramid abuse scheme in which he paid underage victims cash for each other underage victim that she brought to him See Palm Beach Police Incident Report at hereinafter Incident Report Exhibit A The Palm Beach Police Incident Report details Epsteins scheme for molesting underage females Among other things the Incident Report outlines some of the experiences of other Epstein victims When S.G a year old minor at the time was brought to Epsteins home she was taken upstairs by a woman she believed to be Epsteins assistant The woman started to fix up the room putting covers on the massage table and bringing lotions out The assistant then left the room and told S.G that Epstein would be up in a second Epstein walked over to S.G and told her to take her clothes off in a stern voice S.G states in the report she did not know what to do as she was the only one there S.G took off her shirt leaving her bra on Epstein then in a towel told her to take off everything S.G removed her pants leaving on her thong panties Epstein then instructed S.G to give him a massage As S.G gave Epstein a massage Epstein turned around and masturbated S.G was so disgusted she did not say anything Epstein told her she had a really hot body Id at In the report S.G admitted seeing Jeffrey Epsteins penis and stated she thought Epstein was on steroids because he was a really built guy and his wee wee was very tiny Id at The exact number of minor girls who Epstein assaulted is known only to Epstein However Edwards had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact believe that Epsteins victims were substantially more than forty in number In addition to the deposition excerpts from two of his many victims above about the number of underage girls brought to Epstein and the Palm Beach In support of all assertions concerning the actions Edwards took what Edwards learned in the course of his representation of his clients Edwardss good faith beliefs and the foundation for those beliefs see Edwards Affidavit and specifically paragraphs and of that Affidavit For clarity depositions attached to this memorandum will be identified numerically as attachments etc while exhibits attached to this memorandum will be identified alphabetically as exhibits A etc Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of incident report there is overwhelming proof that the number of underage girls molested by Epstein through his scheme was in the hundreds See Complaint Jane Doe Epstein hereinafter Jane Doe complaint Exhibit see also Deposition of Jeffrey Epstein April at and Epstein invoking the 5th on questions about his daily abuse and molestation of children Deposition Attachment At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact believe that.Epstein and his attorneys lmew of the seriousness of the criminal investigation against him and corresponded constantly with the United States Attorneys Office in an attempt to avoid the filing of numerous federal felony offenses which effort was successful See Correspondence from U.S Attorneys Office to Epstein hereinafter U.S Attorneys Correspondence Composite Exhibit provided in discovery during the Jane Doe Epstein case At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact believe that more specifically Epsteins attorneys knew of Epsteins scheme to recruit minors for sex and also knew that these minors had civil actions that they could bring against him In fact there was much communication between Epsteins attorneys and the United States Prosecutors in a joint attempt to minimize Epsteins civil exposure For example on October Assistant U.S Attorney Marie Villafaiia sent an email attached hereto as Exhibit to Jay Lefkowitz counsel for Epstein with attached proposed letter to special master regarding handling numerous expected civil claims against Epstein The letter reads in pertinent part The undersigned as counsel for the United States of America and Jeffrey Epstein jointly write to you to provide information relevant to your service as a Special Master in the selection of an attorney to represent several young women who may have civil damages claims against Mr Epstein The U.S Attorneys Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Gointly referred to as the United States have conducted an investigation of Jeffrey Epstein regarding his solicitation of minor females in Palm Beach County to engage in prostitution Mr Epstein through his assistants would recruit underage females to travel to his home in Palm Beach to Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of engage in lewd conduct in exchange for money Based upon the investigation the United States has identified forty young women who can be characterized as victims pursuant to USC Some of those women went to Mr Epsteins home only once some went there as much as times or more Some of the womens conduct was linuted to performing a topless or nude massage while Mr Epstein masturbated himself For other women the conduct escalated to full sexual intercourse As part of the resolution of the case Epstein has agreed that he would not contest jurisdiction in the Southern District of Florida for any victim who chose to sue him for damages pursuant to USC Mr Epstein agreed to provide an attorney for victims who elected to proceed exclusively pursuant to that section and agreed to waive any challenge to liability under that section up to an amount agreed to by the parties The parties have agreed to submit the selection of an attorney to a Special Master At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact believe that L.M was in fact a victim of Epsteins criminal abuse because L.M was one of the minor females that the United States Attorneys Office recognized as a victim L.M.s sworn deposition testimony and the adverse inference drawn from Epsteins refusal to testify confirm that Epstein began sexually assaulting L.M when she was years old and continued to molest her on more than fifty occasions over three years Epstein Depo Attachment at Did you ever engage in any sexual conduct with L.M A Invocation of the Fifth Amendment see also Epstein Depa April Attachment at LM was an underage female that you first abused when she was years old is that con-ect A Invocation of Fifth Amendment Epstein was also given ample opportunity to explain why he engaged in sexual activity with L.M beginning when L.M was years old and why he has molested minors on an everyday basis for years and he invoked his 5th amendment right rather than provide explanation See Epstein Deposition February at Deposition Attachment Epstein also sexually assaulted E.W beginning when she was years old and did so on numerous occasions See E.W Depa Attachment at Another of the minor girls Epstein sexually assaulted was Jane Doe the abuse began Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of when Jane Doe was years old Rather than incriminate himself Epstein invoked the 5th amendment to questions about him digitally penetrating Does vagina using vibrators on her vagina and masturbating and ejaculating in her presence Epstein Depa April Attachment at When Edwardss clients L.M E.W and Jane Doe were or years old each was brought to Epsteins home multiple times by another underage victin1 Epstein engaged in one or more of the following acts with each of the then-minor girls at his mansion receiving a topless or completely nude massage using a vibrator on her vagina masturbating in her presence ejaculating in her presence touching her breast or buttocks or vagina or the clothes covering her sexual organs and demanding that she bring him other underage girls Epstein and his co-conspirators used the telephone to contact these girls to entice or induce them into going to his mansion for sexual abuse Epstein also made E.W perform oral sex on him and was to perform sex acts on Nadia Marcinkova Epsteins live in sex slave in Epsteins presence See Plaintiff Jane Does Notice Regarding Evidence of Similar Acts of Sexual Assault filed in Jane Doe Epstein No S.D Fla as DE hereinafter Rule Notice Exhibit Jane Doe Depo Attachment at L.M Depa Attachment at E.W Depa Attachment at At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact believe that yet another of the minor girls Epstein sexually assaulted was C.L Vlhen she was approximately years old C.L was brought to Epsteins home by another underage victim Vlhile a minor she was at Epsteins home on multiple occasions Epstein engaged in one or more of the following acts with her while she was a minor at his house topless or completely nude massage on Epstein Epstein used a vibrator on her vagina Epstein masturbated in her presence Epstein ejaculated in her presence Epstein also demanded that she bring him other underage girls See Rule Notice Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Exhibit Incident Report Exhibit A At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact believe that yet another girl Epstein sexually assault was A.H When she was approximately years old she was brought to Epsteins home by another underage victim While a minor she was at Epsteins home on multiple occasions Epstein engaged in one or more of the following acts with her while she was a minor at his house topless or completely nude massage on Epstein Epstein used a vibrator on her vagina Epstein masturbated in her presence Epstein ejaculated in her presence Epstein touched her breast or buttock or vagina or the clothes covering her sexual organs was made to perform sex acts on Epstein made to perform sex acts on Nadia Marcinkova in Epsteins presence Epstein also forcibly raped this underage victim as he held her head down against her will and pumped his penis inside her while she was screaming No See Rule Notice Exhibit Incident Report Exhibit A at specifically discussing the rape A.H remembered that she climaxed and was removing herself from the massage table A.H asked for a sheet of paper and drew the massage table in the master bathroom and where Epstein Marcinkova and she were Epstein turned A.H on to her stomach on the massage bed and inserted his penis into her vagina A.H stated Epstein began to pump his penis in her vagina A.H became upset over this She said her head was being held against the bed forcibly as he continued to pump inside her She screamed no and Epstein stopped A.H advised there were times that she was so sore when she left Epsteins house A.H advised she was ripped torn in her vagina area A.H advised she had difficulty walking to the car after leaving the house because she was so sore Without detailing each fact known about Epsteins abuse of the many underage girls Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact believe at all relevant times that Epstein also abused other victims in ways closely similar to those described in the preceding paragraphs Epsteins additional victims include the following among many other young girls S.G A.D V.A N.R J.S V.Z I.A F.E M.L M.D D.D and D.N These girls were between the ages of and Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of when Epstein abused them See Rule Notice Exhibit Deposition of E.W Deposition Attachment One of Mr Epsteins household employees Mr Alfredo Rodriguez saw numerous underage girls coming into Epsteins mansion for purported massages See Rodriguez Depo at Deposition Attachment Rodriguez was aware that sex toys and vibrators were found in Epsteins bedroom after the purported massages Id at Rodriguez thought what Epstein was doing was wrong given the extreme youth of the girls he saw Id at Alfredo Rodriguez took a jomual from Epsteins computer that reflected many of the names of underage females Epstein abused across the country and the world including locations such as Michigan California West Palm Beach New York New Mexico and Paris France See Journal hereinafter The Journal or Holy Grail Exhibit identifying among other Epstein acquaintances females that Rodriguez believes were underage under the heading labeled Massages Rodriguez was later charged in a criminal complaint with obstruction of justice in connection with trying to obtain from civil attorneys pursuing civil sexual assault cases against Epstein as payment for producing the book to the attorneys See Criminal Complaint at U.S Rodriguez No S.D Fla Exhibit Rodriguez stated he needed money because the journal was his property and that he was afraid that Jeffrey Epstein would make him disappear unless he had an insurance policy i.e the journal Id at Because of the importance of the infornmtion in the journal to the civil cases Mr Rodriguez called it The Holy Grail In the Holy Grail or The Journal among the many names listed along with the abused girls are some of the people that Epstein alleges in his Complaint had no connection whatsoever with the litigation in this case See e.g Journal Exhibit at Donald Trun1p at Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Bill Clinton phone numbers listed 1mder Doug Bands Federal Investigation and Plea Agreement With Epstein In approximately the FBI and the U.S Attorneys Office in the Southern District of Florida learned of Epsteins repeated sexual abuse of minor girls They began a criminal investigation into federal offenses related to his crimes See U.S Attorneys Correspondence Exhibit At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact believe that to avoid the Government learning about his abuse of minor girls Epstein threatened his employees and demanded that they not cooperate with the government Epsteins aggressive witness tampering was so severe that the United States Attorneys Office prepared negotiated plea agreements containing these charges For example in a September email from AUSA Villafana to Lefkowitz attached hereto as Exhibit she attached the proposed plea agreement describing Epsteins witness tampering as follows UNITED STATES vs JEFFREY EPSTEIN PLEA PROFFER On August FBI Special Agents Nesbitt Kuyrkendall and Jason Richards traveled to the home of Leslie Groff to serve her with a federal grand jury subpoena with an investigation pending in the Southern.District of Florida Ms Groff works as the personal assistant of the defendant Ms Groff began speaking with the agents and then excused herself to go upstairs to check on her sleeping child Wbile upstairs Ms Groff telephoned the defendant Jeffrey Epstein and informed him that the FBI agents were at her home Mr Epstein instructed Ms Groff not to speak with the agents and reprimanded her for allowing them into her home Mr Epstein applied pressure to keep Ms Groff from complying with the grand jury subpoenas that the agents had served upon her In particular Mr Epstein warned Ms Groff against turning over documents and electronic evidence responsive to the subpoena and pressured her to delay her appearance before the grand jury in the Southern District of Florida This conversation occurred when Mr Epstein was aboard his privately owned civilian aircraft in Miami in the Southern District of Florida His pilot had filed a flight plan showing the parties were about to return to Teterboro NJ After the conversation with Ms Groff Mr Epstein became concerned that the FBI would try to serve his traveling companion Nadia Marcinlcova with a similar grand jury subpoena In fact the agents were Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of preparing to serve Ms Marcinkova wi1h a target letter when the flight landed in Teterboro Mr Epstein 1hen redirected his airplane making the pilot file a new flight plan to travel to the US Virgin Islands instead of the New York City rn:ea thereby keeping the Special Agents from serving 1he target letter on Nadia Marcinkova During 1he flight the defendant verbally harassed Ms Marcinkova harassing and pressuring her not to cooperate with 1he grand jurys investigation thereby hindering and dissuading her from reporting the commission of a violation of federal law to a law enforcement officer namely Special Agents of the FBI Epstein also threatened and harassed Sarah Kellen against cooperating against him as well Edwards learned 1hat the Palm Beach police department investigation ultimately led to the execution of a search warrant at Epsteins mansion in October See Police Incident Report Exhibit A Edwards learned that at around the same time the Palm Beach Police Department also began investigating Epsteins sexual abuse of minor girls They also collected evidence of Epsteins involvement with minor girls and his obsession wi1h training sex slaves including pulling information from Epsteins trash Their investigation showed that Epstein ordered from Amazon.corn on about September such books as SMl0l A Realistic Introduction by Jay Wiseman SlaveCraft Roadrnaps for Erotic Servitude Principles Skills and Tools by Guy Baldwin and Training with Miss Aberna1hy A Workbook for Erotic Slaves and Their Owners by Christina Abernathy See Receipt for Sex Slave Books Exhibit I The Palm Beach incident reports provided Edwards with the names of numerous witnesses that participated in Epsteins child molestation criminal enterprise and also provided Edwards with some insight into how far-reaching Epsteins power was and how addicted Epstein was to sex with children See Incident Report Exhibit A The Palm Beach Police Department also collected Epsteins message pads which provided other names of people that also knew Epsteins scheme to molest children See Message Pads Exhibit note the names of underage females have been redacted to protect the anonymity Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of of the underage sex abuse victims Those message pads show clear indication that Epsteins staff was frequently working to schedule multiple young girls between the ages of and years old literally every day often two or three times per day Id In light of all of the information of numerous crimes committed by Epstein Edwards learned that the U.S Attorneys Office began preparing the filing of federal criminal charges against Epstein For example in addition to the witness tampering and money latmdering charges the U.S Attorneys Office prepared an 82-page prosecution memo and a 53-page indictment of Epstein related to his sexual abuse of children On September at PM AUSA Villafana wrote to Epsteins counsel Jay Lefkowitz Jay I hate to have to be finn about this but we need to wrap this up by Monday I will not miss my indictment date when this has dragged on for several weeks already and then if things fall apart be left in a less advantageous position than before the negotiations I have had an 82-page pros memo and 53-page indictment sitting on the shelf since May to engage in these negotiations There has to be an ending date and that date is Monday These and other communications are within the correspondence attached as Composite Exhibit Edwards learned that rather than face the filing of federal felony criminal charges Epstein through his attorneys engaged in plea bargain discussions As a result of those discussions on September Epstein signed an agreement with the U.S Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Florida Under the agreement Epstein agreed to plead guilty to an indictment pending against him in the th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County charging him with solicitation of prostitution and procurement of minors for prostitution Epstein also agreed that he would receive a thirty month sentence including months of jail time and months of community control In exchange the U.S Attorneys Office agreed not to pursue any federal charges against Epstein See Non-Prosecution Agreement Exhibit Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Part of the Non-Prosecution Agreement that Epstein negotiated was a provision in which the federal government agreed not to prosecute Epsteins co-conspirators The co-conspirators procured minor females to be molested by Epstein One of the co-conspirators Nadia MaTcinkova even participated in the sex acts with minors including E.W and Epstein See Incident Report Exhibit A at Deposition of Nadia Marcinkova April hereinafter Marcinkova Depo at Deposition attachment Under the Non-Prosecution Agreement Epstein was to use his best efforts to enter into his guilty pleas by October However Edwards learned that Epstein violated his agreement with the U.S Attorneys Office to do so and delayed entry of his plea See Letter from U.S Attorney Alexander Acosta to Lilly Ann Sanchez Dec Exhibit On January and again on May E.W and L.M received letters from the FBI advising them that this case is currently under investigation This can be a lengthy process and we request yom continued patience while we conduct a thorough investigation Letters attached at Composite Exhibit This document is evidence that the FBI did not notify E.W and L.M that a plea agreement had already been reached that would block federal prosecution of Epstein Nor did the FBI notify E.W and L.M of any of the parts of the plea agreement Nor did the FBI or other federal authorities confer with E.W and L.M about the plea See id In Edwards believed in good faith that criminal prosecution of Epstein was extremely important to his clients E.W and L.M and that they desired to be consulted by the FBI and/or other representatives of the federal government about the prosecution of Epstein The letters that they had received around January suggested that a criminal investigation of Epstein was on-going and that they would be contacted before the federal government reached any final resolution of that investigation See id Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Edwards Agrees to Serve as Legal Counsel for Three Victims ofEpstein Sexual Assaults In about April Bradley Edwards Esq was a licensed attorney in Florida practicing as a sole practitioner As a former prosecutor he was well versed in civil cases that involved criminal acts including sexual assaults Three of the many girls Epstein had abused L.M E.W and Jane Doe all requested that Edwards represent them civilly and secure appropriate monetary damages against Epstein for repeated acts of sexual abuse while they were minor girls Two of the girls L.M and E.W also requested that Edwards represent them in connection with a concern that the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and U.S Attorneys Office might be arranging a plea bargain for the criminal offenses committed by Epstein without providing them the legal rights to which they were entitled including the right to be notified of plea discussions and the right to confer with prosecutors about any plea arrangement See Affidavit of Bradley Edwards Esq at hereinafter Edwards Affidavit Exhibit On June attorney Edwards agreed to represent E.W on July attorney Edwards agreed to represent Jane Doe and on July attorney Edwards agreed to represent L.M in connection with the sexual assaults committed by Epstein and to insure that their rights as victims of crimes were protected in the criminal process on-going against Epstein Mr Edwards and his three clients executed written retention agreements See id at In mid June of Edwards contacted AUSA Villafana to inform her that he represented Jane Doe and later Jane Doe AUSA Villafana did not advise that a plea agreement had already been negotiated with Epsteins attorneys that would block federal prosecution To the contrary AUSA Villafana mentioned a possible indictment AUSA Villafana did indicate that federal investigators had concrete evidence and information that Epstein had sexually molested many underage minor females including E.W LM and Jane Doe See id at Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Edwards also requested from the U.S Attorneys Office the information that they had collected regarding Epsteins sexual abuse of his clients However the U.S Attorneys Office declined to provide any such information to Edwards It similarly declined to provide any such information to the other attorneys who represented victims of Epsteins sexual assaults At the very least this includes the items that were confiscated in the search warrant of Epsteins home including dildos vibrators massage table oils and additional message pads See Property Receipt Exhibit On Friday June at approximately p.m AUSA Villafana received a copy of Epsteins proposed state plea agreement and learned that the plea was scheduled for a.m Monday June AUSA Villafana called Edwards to provide notice to his clients regarding the hearing AUSA Villafana did not tell Attorney Edwards that the guilty pleas in state court would bring an end to the possibility of federal prosecution pursuant to the plea agreement See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at Under the Crime Victims Rights Act CVRA U.S.C victims of federal crimes including E.W and L.M are entitled to basic rights during any plea bargaining process including the right to be treated with fairness the right to confer with prosecutors regarding any plea and the right to be heard regarding any plea The process that was followed leading to the non prosecution of Epstein violated these rights of E.W and L.M See Emergency Petn for Victims Enforcement of Crime Victims Rights No S.D Fla Exhibit Because of the violation of the CVRA on July Edwards filed an action in the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Florida Case No seeking to enforce the rights of E.W and L.M That action alleged that the U.S Attorneys Office had failed to provide E.W and L.M the rights to which they were entitled under the Act including the right to be notified Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of about a plea agreement and to confer with prosecutors regarding it See id On July Edwards took E.W and L.M with him to the hearing on the CVRA action It was only at this hearing that both victims learned for the first time that the plea deal was already done with Epstein and that the criminal case against Epstein had been effectively terminated by the U.S Attorneys office See Hearing Transcript July Exhibit Edwards learned that Jane Doe felt so s1.rnngly that the plea bargain was inappropriate that she made her own determination to appear on a television program and exercise her First Amendment rights to criticize the unduly lenient plea bargain Epstein received in a criminal case The CVRA action that Edwards filed was recently administratively closed and Edwards filed a Motion to reopen that proceeding See No S.D Fla Epsteins Enny of Guilty Pleas to Sex Offenses Ultimately on June in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County Florida defendant Epstein entered pleas of II guilty to various Florida state crimes involving the solicitation of minors for prostitution and the procurement of minors for the purposes of prostitution See Plea Colloquy Exhibit As a condition of that plea and ID exchange for the Federal Government not prosecuting the Defendant Epstein additionally entered into an agreement with the Federal Government acknowledging that approximately thirty-four other young girls could receive payments from him under the federal statute providing for compensation to victims of child sexual abuse U.S.C As had been agreed months before the U.S Attorneys Office did not prosecute Epstein federally for his sexual abuse of these minor girls See Addendum to Non Prosecution Agreement Exhibit in redacted form to protect the identities of the minors involved Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Because Epstein became a convicted sex offender he was not to have contact with any of his victims Dming the course of his guilty pleas on June Palm Beach Cfrcuit Court Judge Deborah Dale Pucillo ordered Epstein not to have any contact dfrect or indfrect with any victims She also expressly stated that her no-contact order applied to all of the victims Similar orders were entered by the federal court handling some of the civil cases against Epstein The federal court stated that it finds it necessary to state clearly that Defendant is under this courts order not to have dfrect or indirect contact with any plaintiffs Order Case No S.D Fla DE at emphasis added see also Order Case No DE at emphasis added Edwards Files Civil Suits Against Epstein Edwards had a good faith belief that his clients felt angry and betrayed by the criminal system and wished to prosecute and punish Epstein for his crimes against them in whatever avenue remained open to them On August at the request of his client Jane Doe Brad Edwards filed a civil suit against Jeffrey Epstein to recover damages for his sexual assault of Jane Doe See Edwards Affidavit at if7 Included in this complaint was a RJCO count that explained how Epstein ran a criminal conspiracy to procure young girls for him to sexually abuse See Complaint Jane Doe Epstein Exhibit On September at the request of his client E.W Brad Edwards filed a civil suit against Jeffrey Epstein to recover damages for his sexual assault of E.W See Complaint E.W Epstein Exhibit On September at the request of his client L.M Brad Edwards filed a civil suit against Jeffrey Epstein to recover damages for his sexual assault of L.M See Complaint L.M Epstein Exhibit Jane Does federal complaint indicated that she sought damages of more than Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Listing the amount of damages sought in the complaint was in accord with other civil suits that were filed against Epstein before any lawsuit filed by Edwards See Complaint Jane Doe Epstein Exhibit filed by Herman and Mermelstein PA At about the same time as Edwards filed his three lawsuits against Epstein other civil attorneys were filing similar lawsuits against Epstein For example on or about April another law firm Hennan and Mermelstein filed the first civil action against Epstein on behalf of one of its seven clients who were molested by Epstein The complaints that attorney Herman filed on behalf of his seven clients were similar in tenor and tone to the complaint that Edwards filed on behalf of his three clients See id Over the next year and a half more than other similar civil actions were filed by various attorneys against Epstein alleging sexual assault of minor girls These complaints were also similar in tenor and tone to the complaint that Edwards filed on behalf of his clients These complaints are all public record and have not been attached but are available in this Courts files and the files of the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Florida In addition to the complaints filed against Epstein in Florida a female in New York Ava Cordero filed a lawsuit against Epstein in New York making similar allegations that Epstein paid her for a massage then forced her to give him oral sex and molested her in other ways when she was only years old Cordero was born a male and in her complaint she alleges that Epstein told her during the massage I love how young you are You have a tight butt like a baby See Jeff Epstein Sued for Repeated Sexual Assaults on Teen New York Post October by Dareh Gregorian link at http 44zlWyLUFH7Rl OUtKYGPbP;j sessionid 6CA3EBF BEF68F5DE14BFB2CAA5C37E0 See Article attached hereto as Exhibit Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Edwardss three complaints against Epstein contained less detail about sexual abuse than as one example a complaint filed by attorney Robeli Josephsberg from the law firm of Podhurst Orseck See Complaint Jane Doe Epstein Exhibit As recounted in detail in this Complaint Jane Doe was years old when Ghislaine Maxwell discovered her and lured her to Epsteins house Maxwell and Epstein forced her to have sex with both of them and within weeks Maxwell and Epstein were flying her all over the world According to the Complaint Jane Doe was forced to live as one of Epsteins underage sex slaves for years and was forced to have sex with not only Maxwell and Epstein but also other politicians businessmen royalty academicians etc She was even made to watch Epstein have sex with three 12-year-old French girls that were sent to him for his bilihday by a French citizen that is a friend of Epsteins Luckily Jane Doe escaped to Australia to get away from Epstein and Maxwells sexual abuse Edwards lea.med that in addition to civil suits that were filed in couli against Epstein at around the same time other attorneys engaged in pre-filing settlement discussions with Epstein Rather than face filed civil suits in these cases Epstein paid money settlements to more than other women who had sexually abused while they were minors See aliicles regarding settlements attached hereto as Composite Exhibit Epsteins Obstruction of Normal Discove,y and Attacks on His Victims Once Edwards filed his civil complaints for his three clients he began the normal process of discovery for cases such as these He sent standard discovery requests to Epstein about his sexual abuse of the minor girls including requests for admissions request for production and interrogatories See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at and Rather than answer any substantive questions about his sexual abuse and his conspiracy for procuring minor girls for him to abuse Epstein invoked his 5th amendment right against self-incrimination An Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of example of Epsteins refusal to answer is attached as Composite Exhibit original discovery propounded to Epstein and his responses invoking 5th amendment During the discovery phase of the civil cases filed against Epstein Epsteins deposition was taken at least five times During all of those depositions Epstein refused to answer any substantive questions about his sexual abuse of minor girls See e.g Deposition Attachments and During these depositions Epstein further attempted to obstruct legitimate questioning by inserting a variety of irrelevant information about his case As one of innumerable examples on March Mr Horowitz representing seven victims Jane Does asked In did you rub Jane Doe 3s vagina A Excuse me Id like to answer that question as I would like to answer mostly every question youve asked me here today however upon advice of counsel I cannot answer that question Theyve advised me I must assert my Sixth Amendment Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment Rights against self--excuse me against--under the Constitution And though your partner Jeffrey Herman was disbarred after filing this lawsuit a statement that was untrue Mr Edwards partner sits in jail for fabricating cases of a sexual nature fleecing unsuspecting Florida investors and others out of millions of dollars for cases of a sexual nature with--Id like to answer your questions however if I--Im told that if I do so I risk losing my counsels representation therefore I must accept their advice Epstein deposition March at Deposition attachment When Edwards had the opportunity to take Epsteins deposition he only asked reasonable questions all of which related to the merits of the cases against Epstein All depositions of Epstein in which Mr Edwards participated on behalf of his clients are attached to this motion See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at Ill and Deposition attachments and Cf with Deposition of Epstein taken by an attorney representing BB one in which Edwards was not Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of participating http://w.youtube.com/watch dg oEy YX:x:4 and http://w.youtube.com/watch?v YCNiYltW-rO Edwardss efforts to obtain information about Epsteins organization for procuring young girls was also blocked because Epsteins co-conspirators took the Fifth Deposition of Sarah Kellen March hereinafter Kellen Depo Deposition attachment Deposition of Nadia Marcinkova April Deposition attachment Deposition of Adriana Mucinska Ross March hereinafter Ross Depo Deposition attachment Each of these co conspirators invoked their respective rights against self-incrinlation as to all relevant questions and the depositions have been attached At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact believe Sarah Kellen was an employee of Epsteins and had been identified as a defendant in at least one of the complaints against Epstein for her role in bringing girls to Epsteins mansion to be abused At the deposition she was represented by Bruce Reinhart She invoked the Fifth on all substantive questions regarding her role in arranging for minor girls to come to Epsteins mansion to be sexually abused Reinhart had previously been an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Florida when Epstein was being investigated crinlally by Reinharts office Reinhart left the United States Attorneys Office and was immediately hired by Epstein to represent Epsteins pilots and certain co-conspirators during the civil cases against Epstein See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at if Edwards also had other lines of legitimate discovery blocked through the efforts of Epstein and others For example Edwards learned through deposition that Ghislaine Maxwell was involved in managing Epsteins affairs and companies See deposition of Epsteins house manager Janusz Banziak Febmary at page lines Deposition Attachment See Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of deposition of Epstein housekeeper Louella Rabuyo October page lines Deposition Attachment See deposition of Epstein pilot Larry Eugene Morrison October page Deposition Attachment See deposition of Alfredo Rodriguez August page and Deposition Attachment See also Prince Andrew Friend Ghislaine Maxwell Some Underage Girls and A Very Disturbing Story September by Wendy Leigh link at 18950HANNA SJOBERG Exhibit AA Alfredo Rodriguez testified that Maxwell took photos of girls without the girls knowledge kept the images on her computer knew the names of the underage girls and their respective phone numbers and other underage victims were molested by Epstein and Maxwell together See Deposition of Rodriguez Deposition attachment at and In reasonable reliance on this and other information Edwards served Maxwell for deposition in See Deposition Notice attached as Exhibit BB Maxwell was represented by Brett Jaffe of the New York firm of Cohen and Gresser and Edwards understood that her attorney was paid for directly or indirectly by Epstein She was reluctant to give her deposition and Edwards tried to work with her attorney to take her deposition on terms that would be acceptable to both sides The result was the attached confidentiality agreement under which Maxwell agreed to drop any objections to the deposition attached hereto as Exhibit CC Maxwell however contrived to avoid the deposition On June one day before Edwards was to fly to NY to take Maxwells deposition her attorney informed Edwards that Maxwells mother was deathly ill and Maxwell was consequently flying to England with no intention of returning to the United States Despite that assertion Ghislaine Maxwell was in fact in the country on July as she attended the wedding of Chelsea Clinton former President Clintons daughter and was captured in a photograph taken for OK magazine Photos from Issue of the publication See US Weeldy dated August are attached hereto as Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Exhibit DD and Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at Maxwell is not the only important witness to lie to avoid deposition by Edwards Upon review of the message pads that were taken from Epsteins home in the police trash pulls see Exhibit supra many were from Jean Luc Brunel a French citizen and one of Epsteins closest pals He left messages for Epstein One dated said He has a teacher for you to teach you how to speak Russian She is years old not blonde Lessons are free and you can have your st today if you call See Messages taken from Jean Luc Brunel are attached hereto as Exhibit EE In light of these circumstances of the case this message reasonably suggested to Edwards that Brunel might have been procuring two eight-year-old girls for Epstein to sexually abuse According to widely circulated press reports reviewed by Edwards Brunel is in his si:;._ti.es and has a reputation throughout the world and especially in the modeling industry as a cocaine addict that has for years molested children through modeling agencies while acting as their agent conduct that has been the subject of critical reports books several news articles and a Minutes documentary on Brunels sexual exploitation of underage models See http attached hereto as Exhibit FF Edwards learned that Brunel is also someone that visited Epstein on approxinmtely occasions while Epstein was in jail See Epsteins jail visitor log attached as Exhibit GG Edwards learned that Brunel currently runs the modeling agency MC2 a company for which Epstein provides fmancial support See Message Pads attached as Exhibit supra and Sworn Statement of MC2 employee Maritza Vasquez Jtme Maritza Vasquez Sworn Statement attached at Exhibit HH at Employees of MC2 told Edwards that Epsteins numerous condos at East Street in New York were used to house young models Edwards was told that MC2 modeling agency Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of affiliated with Epstein and Brunel brought underage girls from all over the world promising them modeling contracts Epstein and Brunel would then obtain a visa for these girls then would charge the underage girls rent presumably to live as underage prostitutes in the condos See Maritza Vasquez Sworn Statement Exhibit HH at and In view of this information suggesting Brunel could provide significant evidence of Epsteins trafficking in young girls for sexual abuse Edwards had Brunel served in New York for deposition See Notice of Deposition of Jean Luc Brunel attached hereto as Exhibit II Before the deposition took place Brunels attorney Tama Kudman of West Palm Beach contacted Edwards to delay the deposition date Eventually Kudman informed Edwards in January that Brunel had left the country and was back in France with no plans to return This information was untrue Brunel was actually staying with Epstein in West Palm Beach See Banasiak deposition deposition attachment at and see also pages from Epsteins probation file evidencing Jean Luc Brunel JLB staying at his house during that relevant period of time attached Exhibit JJ As a result Edwards filed a Motion for Contempt attached hereto as Exhibit KK Because Epstein settled this case the motion was never ruled upon Edwards was also informed that Epstein paid for not only Brunels representation during the civil process but also paid for legal representation for Sarah Kellen Epsteins executive assistant and procurer of girls for him to abuse Larry Visoski Epsteins personal pilot Dave Rogers Epsteins personal pilot Larry Harrison Epsteins personal pilot Louella Rabuyo Epsteins housekeeper Nadia Marcinkova Epsteins live-in sex slave Ghislaine Maxwell manager of Epsteins affairs and businesses Mark Epstein Epsteins brother and Janusz Banasiak Epsteins house manager It was nearly impossible to take a deposition of someone that would have helpful information that was not represented by an attorney paid for by Epstein See Edwards Affidavit Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Exhibit at il Vlhile Epstein and others were preventing any legitin1ate discovery into his sexual abuse of minor girls at the same time he was engaging through his attorneys in brutal questioning of the girls who had filed civil suits against him questioning so savage that it made local headlines See Jane Musgrave Victims Seeldng Sex offenders Millions See Pairiful Pasts Used Against Them Palm Beach Post News Jan available at attached hereto as Exhibit LL Edwards Pursues Other Lines of Discovery Because of Epsteins thwarting of discovery and attacks on Edwardss clients Edwards was forced to pursue other avenues of discovery Edwards only pursued legitimate discovery designed to further the cases filed against Epstein See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at ifl Edwards notified Epsteins attorneys of his intent to take Bill Clinton deposition Edwards possessed a legitimate basis for doing so a Clinton was friends with Ghislaine Maxwell who was Epstein longtime companion and helped to run Epsteins companies kept images of naked underage children on her computer helped to recruit underage children for Epstein engaged in lesbian sex with underage females that she procured for Epstein and photographed underage females in sexually explicit poses and kept child pornography on her computer it was national news when Clinton traveled with Epstein aboard Epsteins private plane to Africa and the news articles classified Clinton as Epsteins friend the complaint filed on behalf of Jane Doe No stated generally that she was required by Epstein to be sexually exploited by not only Epstein but also Epsteins adult male peers including royalty politicians academicians businessmen and/or other professional and personal acquaintances categories Clinton and acquaintances of Clinton fall into The flight logs showed Clinton traveling on Epsteins plane on numerous occasions between and See Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Flight logs attached hereto as Exhibit MM Clinton traveled on many of those flights with Ghislaine Maxwell Sarah Kellen and Adriana Mucinska all employees and/or co-conspirators of Epsteins that were closely connected to Epsteins child exploitation and sexual abuse The documents clearly show that Clinton frequently flew with Epstein aboard his plane then suddenly stopped raising the suspicion that the friendship abmptly ended perhaps because of events related to Epsteins sexual abuse of children Epsteins personal phone directory from his computer contains e-mail addresses for Clinton along with phone numbers for him including those for his assistant Doug Band his schedulers and what appear to be Clintons personal numbers This information certainly leads one to believe that Clinton might well be a source of relevant information and efforts to obtain discovery from him were reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence See Exhibits AA DD and MM and Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at r1s Bradley Edwards Esq provided notice that he intended to take the deposition of Donald Trump Edwards possessed a legitimate basis for doing so a The message pads confiscated from Epsteins home indicated that Trump called Epsteins West Palm Beach mansion on several occasions during the time period most relevant to my Edwardss clients complaints Trump was quoted in a Vanity Fair article about Epstein as saying Ive known Jeff for fifteen years Terrific guy Hes a lot of fun to be with It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do and many of them are on the younger side No doubt about it Jeffrey enjoys his social life Jeffrey Epstein International Moneyman of Mystery Hes pals with a passel of Nobel Prize-winning scientists CEOs like Leslie Wexner of the Limited socialite Ghislaine Maxwell even Donald Trump But it wasnt until he flew Bill Clinton Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private Boeing that the world began to wonder who he is By Landon Thomas Jr See article attached hereto as Exhibit NN Trump allegedly banned Epstein from his Maralago Club in West Palm Beach because Epstein Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of sexually assaulted an underage girl at the club Jane Doe No complaint alleged that Jane Doe was initially approached at Trumps Maralago by Ghislaine Maxwell and recruited to be Maxwell and Epsteins underage sex slave Mark Epstein Jeffrrey Epsteins brother testified that Trump flew on Jeffrey Epsteins plane with him the san1e plane that Jane Doe alleged was used to have sex with underage girls Tnunp had been to Epsteins home in Palm Beach Epsteins phone directory from his computer contains phone numbers for Donald Trun1p including emergency numbers car nun1bers and numbers to Trumps security guard and houseman Based on this information Edwards reasonably believed that Trump might have relevant information to provide in the cases against Jeffrey Epstein and accordingly provided notice of a possible deposition See deposition of Mark Epstein September at Deposition Attachment See Jane Doe Epstein Exhibit Exhibit Exhibit"J and See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at Edwards provided notice that he intended to depose Alan Dershowitz Edwards possessed a legitimate basis for doing so a Dershowitz is believed to have been friends with Epstein for many years in one news article Dershowitz comments that Im on my 20th book The only person outside of my immediate family that I send drafts to is Jeffrey The Talented Mr Epstein By Vicky Ward on January in Published Work Vanity Fair See article attached as Exhibit Epsteins housekeeper Alfredo Rodriguez testified that Dershowitz stayed at Epsteins house during the years when Epstein was assaulting minor females on a daily basis Rodriguez testified that Dershowitz was at Epsteins house at tin1es when underage females where there being molested by Epstein see Alfredo Rodriguez deposition at Dershowitz reportedly assisted in attempting to persuade the Palm Beach State Attorneys Office that because the underage females alleged to have been victims of Epsteins abuse lacked credibility and could not be believed Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of that they were at Epsteins house when Dershowitz himself was an eyewitness to their presence at the house Jane Doe No stated generally that Epstein forced her to be sexually exploited by not only Epstein but also Epsteins adult male peers including royalty politicians academicians businessmen and/or other professional and personal acquaintances categories that Dershowitz and acquaintances of Dershowitz fall into during the years Alan Dershowitz was on Epsteins plane on several occasions according to the flight logs produced by Epsteins pilot and information described above suggested that sexual assaults may have talcen place on the plane Epstein donated Million one year to the university at which Dershowitz teaches Based on this information Edwards had a reasonable basis to believe that Dershowitz might have relevant information to provide in the cases against Jeffrey Epstein and accordingly provided notice of a possible deposition See Dershowitz letters to the State Attorneys office attached as Exhibit PP Deposition of Alfredo Rodriguez at Flight Logs Exhibit MM Exhibits and and Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at Epsteins complaint alleges that Edwards provided notice that he wished to talce the deposition of Tommy Mattola That assertion is untrue Mr Mattolas deposition was set by the law firm of Searcy Denny Scarola Barnhart and Shipley See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at Edwards gave notice that he intended to talce David Copperfields deposition Edwards possessed a legitimate basis for doing so Epsteins housekeeper and one of the only witnesses who did not appear for deposition with an Epstein bought attorney Alfredo Rodriguez testified that David Copperfield was a guest at Epsteins house on several occasions His name also appears frequently in the message pads confiscated from Epsteins house It has been publicly rep01ied that Copperfield himself has had allegations of sexual misconduct made against him by women claiming he sexually abused them and one of Epsteins sexual assault victims also alleged that Copperfield had touched her Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of in an improper sexual way while she was at Epsteins house Mr Copperfield likely has relevant infonnation and deposition was reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at ifl Epstein also talces issue with Edwards identifying Bill Richardson as a possible witness Richardson was properly identified as a possible witness because Epsteins personal pilot testified to Richardson joining Epstein at Epsteins New Mexico Ranch There was inf01mation indicating that Epstein had young girls at his ranch which given the circumstances of the case raised the reasonable inference he was sexually abusing these girls as he had abused girls in West Palm Beach and elsewhere Richardson had also returned campaign donations that were given to him by Epstein indicating that he believed that there was something about Epstein with which he did not want to be associated Richardson was not called to testify nor was he ever subpoenaed to testify See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at ifl Edwards learned of allegations that Epstein engaged in sexual abuse of minors on his private aircraft See Jane Doe Complaint Exhibit Accordingly Edwards pursued discovery to confrm1 these allegations Discovery of the pilot and flight logs was proper in the cases brought by Edwards against Epstein Jane Doe filed a federal RICO claim against Epstein that was an active claim through much of the litigation The RICO claim alleged that Epstein ran an expansive criminal enterprise that involved and depended upon his plane travel Although Judge Marra dismissed the RICO claim at some point in the federal litigation the legal team representing Edwards clients intended to pursue an appeal of that dismissal Moreover all of the subjects mentioned in the RJCO claim remained relevant to other aspects of Jane Does claims against Epstein including in particular her claim for punitive damages See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at ifl9 Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Discovery of the pilot and flight logs was also proper in the cases brought by Edwards against Epstein because of the need to obtain evidence of a federal nexus Edwards client Jane Doe was proceeding to trial on a federal claim under U.S.C Section is a federal statute which unlike relevant state statutes established a minimum level ofrecovery for victims of the violation of its provisions Proceeding under the statute however required a federal nexus to the sexual assaults Jane Doe had two grounds on which to argue that such a nexus existed to her abuse by Epstein first his use of telephone to arrange for girls to be abused and second his travel on planes in interstate commerce During the course of the litigation Edwards anticipated that Epstein would argue that Jane Does proof of the federal nexus was inadequate These fears were realized when Epstein filed a summary judgment motion raising this argument In response the other attorneys and Edwards representing Jane Doe used the flight log evidence to respond to Epsteins summary judgment motion explaining that the flight logs demonstrated that Epstein had traveled in interstate commerce for the purpose of facilitating his sexual assaults Because Epstein chose to settle the case before trial Judge Marra did not rule on the summary judgment motion Edwards had further reason to believe and did in fact believe that the pilot and flight logs might contain relevant evidence for the cases against Epstein Jane Doe No complaint outlined Epsteins daily sexual exploitation and abuse of underage minors as young as years old and alleged that Epsteins plane was used to transport underage females to be sexually abused by him and his friends The flight logs accordingly were a potential source of information about either additional girls who were victims of Epsteins abuse or friends of Epstein who may have witnessed or even participated in the abuse Based on this information Edwards reasonably pursued the flight logs in discovery In the fall of Epstein gave a recorded interview to George Rush a reporter with Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of the New York Daily News about pending legal proceedings In that interview Epstein demonstrated an utter lack ofremorse for his crin1es but indirectly admitted his crimes by stating People do not like it when people make good and that was one reason he Epstein was being targeted by civil suits filed by young girls in Florida He Epstein had done nothing wrong He Epstein had gone to jail in Florida for soliciting prostitution for no reason If the same thing i.e sexual abuse of minor girls had happened in New York he Epstein would have received only a fine Bradley Edwards was the one causing all of Epsteins problems i.e the civil suits brought by Jane Doe and other girls L.M came to him as a prostitute and a drug user i.e came to Epstein for sex rather than Epstein pursuing her All the girls suing him are only trying to get a meal ticket The only thing he might have done wrong was to maybe cross the line a little too closely He Epstein was very upset that Edwards had subpoenaed Ghisline Maxwell that she was a good person that did nothing wrong i.e had done nothing wrong even though she helped procure young girls to sat1sfy Epsteins sexual desires With regard to Jane Doe Epstein which involved an allegation that Epstein had repeatedly sexually abused a 15-year-old girl forced her to have sex with his friends and flew her on his private plane nationally and internationally for the purposes of sexually molesting and abusing her he Epstein flippantly said that the case was dismissed indicating that the allegations were ridiculous and untrue See Affidavit of Michael Fisten attached hereto as Exhibit QQ The Rush interview also demonstrated perjury a federal crime on the part of Epstein Epstein lied about not knowing George Rush See Epstein Deposition February taken in L.M Jeffrey Epstein case page line through line Deposition attachment wherein Jeffrey Epstein clearly impresses that he does not recognize George Rush from the New York Daily News This impression was given despite the fact that he gave a lengthy Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of personal interview about details of the case that was tape recorded with George Rush Epsteins Harassment of Witnesses Against Him At all relevant times Edwards has a good faith basis to believe and did in fact believe that Epstein engaged in threatening witnesses See Incident Report Exhibit A at U.S Attorneys Correspondence Exhibit Indictments drafted by Federal Government against Epstein and Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at if Despite three no contact orders entered against Epstein see Exhibit supra Edwards learned that Epstein continued to harass his victin1s For example Jane Doe had a trial set for her civil case against him on July As that trial date approached defendant Epstein intimidated her in violation of the judicial no-contact orders On July he had a private investigator tail Jane Doe following her every move stopping when she stopped driving when she drove refusing to pass when she pulled over When Jane Doe ultimately drove to her home the private investigator then parked in his car approximately feet from Jane Doe house and flashed his high beam lights intermittently into the home Even more threateningly at about p.m when Jane Doe fled her home in the company of a retired police officer employed by Jane Does counsel the private investigator attempted to follow Jane Doe despite a request not to do so The retired officer successfully took evasive action and placed Jane Doe in a secure undisclosed location that night Other harassing actions against Jane Doe also followed See Motion for Contempt filed by Edwards in Jane Doe Epstein detailing the event including Fisten Affidavit attached to Motion Composite Exhibit RR Epstein Settlement of Civil Claims Against Him for Sexual Abuse of Children The civil cases Edwards filed against Epstein on behalf of L.M E.W and Jane Doe were reasonably perceived by Edwards to be very strong cases Because Epstein had sexually Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of assaulted these girls he had committed several serious torts against them and would be liable to them for appropriate damages See Preceding Undisputed Facts Because of the outrageousness of Epsteins sexual abuse of minor girls Edwards reasonably expected that Epstein would also be liable for punitive damages to the girls Because Edwards could show that Epstein had molested children for years and designed a complex premeditated scheme to procure different minors everyday to satisfy his addiction to sex with minors the punitive damages would have to be sufficient to deter him from this illegal conduct that he had engaged in daily for years Epstein was and is a billionaire See Complaint referring to Palm Beach Billionaire see also Epstein Deposition February at Deposition Attachment talcing the Fifth when asked whether he is a billionaire Accordingly Edwards reasonably believed the punitive damages that would have to be awarded against Epstein would have been substantial enough to punish him severely enough for his past conduct as well as deter him from repeating his offenses in the future See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at On July rather than face trial for the civil suits that had been filed against him by L.M E.W and Jane Doe defendant Epstein settled the cases against him The terms of the settlement are confidential The settlement amounts are highly probative in the instant action as Epstein bases his claims that Edwards was involved in the Ponzi scheme on Epsteins inability to settle the L.M E.W and Jane Doe cases for minimal value His continued inability to settle the claims for minimal value after the Ponzi scheme was uncovered would be highly probative in discrediting any causal relationship between the Ponzi scheme and Edwardss settlement negotiations See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at j2 Edwards Non-Involvement in Fraud by Scott Rothstein From in or about through in or about November Scott Rothstein appears to Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of have run a giant Ponzi scheme at bis law fmn of Rothstein Rosenfeldt and Adler P.A RRA This Ponzi scheme involved Rothstein falseiy infonning investors that settlement agreements had been reached with putative defendants based upon claims of sexual harassment and/or whistle-blower actions Rothstein falsely informed the investors that the potential settlement agreements were available for purchase Plea Agreement at United States Scott Rothstein No COHN S.D Fla Jan attached hereto as Exhibit SS It has been alleged that among other cases that Rothstein used to lure investors into his Ponzi scheme were the cases against Epstein that were being handled by Bradley Edwards Esq Edwards had no lmowledge of the fraud or any such use of the Epstein cases See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit at Bradley Edwards Esq joined RRA in about April and left RRA in November a period of less than one year Edwards would not have joined RRA had he been aware that Scott Rothstein was running a giant Ponzi scheme at the firm Edwards left RRA shortly after learning of Rothstein fraudulent scheme Id at At no time prior to the public disclosure of Roth.steins Ponzi scheme did Edwards lmow or have reason to believe that Rothstein was using legitimate claims that Edwards was prosecuting against Epstein for any fraudulent or otherwise illegitin1ate purpose Id at Edwards never substantively discussed the merits of any of his three cases against Epstein with Rothstein See Deposition of Bradley Edwards taken March at hereinafter Edwards Depo Deposition Attachment On July Bradley Edwards received a letter from the U.S Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Florida the office responsible for prosecuting Roth.steins Ponzi scheme The letter indicated that law enforcement agencies had determined that Edwards was a victim or potential Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of victim of Scott Rothsteins federal crimes The letter informed Edwards of his rights as a victim of Rothsteins fraud and promised to keep Edwards informed about subsequent developments in Rothsteins prosecution See Letter attached hereto as Exhibit TT Jef-frey Epstein filed a complaint with the Florida Bar against Bradley Edwards Esq raising allegations that Edwards and others were involved in the wrongdoing of Scott Rothstein After investigating the claim the Florida Bar dismissed this complaint See Edwards Affidavit Exhibit ati23 Epstein Takes the Fifth 267when Asked Substantive Questions About His Claims Against Edwards On March defendant Epstein was deposed about his lawsuit against Edwards Rather than answer substantive questions about bis lawsuit Epstein repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege See Epstein Depo taken Deposition Attachment In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Specifically what are the allegations against you which you contend Mr Edwards ginned up Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than name people in California that Edwards had tried to depose to increase the settlement value of the civil suit he was handling Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Do you know former President Clinton personally Id In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Are you now telling us that there were claims against you that were fabricated by Mr Edwards Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Well which of Mr Edwards cases do you contend were fabricated Id In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question What is the Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of actual value that you contend the claim of E.W against you has Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer a question about the actual value of the claim of L.M and Jane Doe against him Id In his deposition talcen prior to the settlement of Edwards clients claims against Epstein Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Is there any pending claim against you which you contend is fabricated Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Did you ever have damaging evidence in your garbage Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Did sexual assaults ever take place on a private airplane on which you were a passenger Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Does a flight log kept for a private jet used by you contain the names of celebrities dignitaries or international figures Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Have you ever socialized with Alan Dershowitz in the presence of females under the age of Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Have you ever socialized with Mr Mottola in the presence of females under the age of Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Did you ever socialize with David Copperfield in the presence of females under the age of Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Have you ever socialized with Mr Richardson Governor of New Mexico and formerly U.S Representative and Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Ambassador to the United Nations in the presence of females under the age of Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifih rather than answer the question Have you ever sexually abused children Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Did you have staff members that assisted you in scheduling appointments with underage females that is females undertheageof18 Id In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question On how many occasions did you solicit prostitution Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question How many minors have you procured for prostitution Id at In his deposition Epstein took ihe Fifth rather than answer the question Have you ever coerced induced or enticed any minor to engage in any sexual act with you Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question How many times have you engaged in fondling underage females Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question How many times have you engaged in oral sex with females under the age of Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Do you have a personal sexual preference for children Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Your Complaint at page paragraph says that RRA and the litigation team took an emotionally driven set of facts involving alleged innocent unsuspecting underage females and a Palm Beach billionaire and sought to turn it into a goldmine end of quote Who is the Palm Beach billionaire referred to in that sentence Id at Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Vho are the people who are authorized to make payment to your lawyers on your behalf Id at In his deposition Epstein took the Fifth rather than answer the question Is there anything in L.M Complaint that was filed against you in September of which you contend to be false Id at CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on September a copy of the foregoing has been served via U.S Mail and email transmittal to all those on the attached service list By Jack Scarola Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart Shipley Palm Beach Lakes Blvd West Palm Beach FL ax Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Case Doc Filed Page of Christopher Knight Esq Joseph Ackennan Esq FOWLER WHITE
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