IT ED TAT ES IS TR IC OU SOU THER DI STRIC OF FLO RI DA CA SE CI MA RR A/J OH NS ON JAN OE Pl ain ti ff JEF FR EY EPS TEIN Defendant Relate case OM NI BU OR DE TH IS A US is bef or the Cour on Defendant oti on for Rec onsi der ati on and or and Def end ant Su pple me nta ry rief ursua nt to Magi strate Order Requesting a More Particula riz ed Sh owi ng Re Fifth Ame ndm ent D.E In th is case hich ha bee con solidat ed or purpo ses of discovery Plaintif are Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of take-20 ce over the course-9 sev9 eral ears in or aroun-12 hen-12 the girl9 in uest10 ion14 er9 appr15 ox16 ely23 ear10 o9 age9 part of this13 sc13 heme E9 pst9 ein9 it10 the help-10 his assistan-12 Sarah-12 Kellen-11 allegedly lured econo-10 mica-9 lly14 disadvanta-11 ged mino-9 irls to his in Palm each-12 New11 ork and-20 as w9 ith the-11 prom-9 ise mon-12 ey in xch-9 ge for a ag12 Epst11 ein9 pur13 por10 tedl12 tr14 ansfor8.992 med the mass9 ag12 nto a9 se9 ual assau-12 lt Th-9 e-cou-9 nt Com-12 plaint-10 alleges sex10 ual assa-11 ult an-9 ttery Coun-10 I int11 enti12 onal10 fl20 ti10 on of emoti12 onal10 di11 str16 ess11 Cou9 nt I and9 oer10 ci12 on and enti12 cement9 to ual act9 iv22 it10 iol15 ati11 on of Cou9 nt II In Epste9 in enter15 ed into a Pr10 osec17 uti11 on Agr16 eement it10 the U9 nit11 ed St10 ates Attorne9 Gene9 ra9 for the eder11 al Southe9 rn9 is12 tr11 ic12 of F9 lor16 ida9 and the tate Atto9 rn9 ey16 Office for10 Beac10 ounty11 er9 the ter12 ms of the Non9 ro9 sec11 uti11 on Ag13 re9 ement any17 imi12 nal9 pr12 osec12 uti11 on ag17 ain9 st Epst11 d9 eferr11 ed as11 ong13 as9 he bid9 es by the er9 tai11 ter16 ms and9 cont10 ain9 ed th9 er9 ein9 I9 at any20 ti13 me the Uni15 ted tates Atto-11 rney 2s ice has rea-9 son believe Epste-9 in is in brea-9 ch the Agreem-13 ent-10 it need-12 only provide Epste-11 in 2s coun-9 sel ith not-10 ice the-10 brea-9 ch and-12 the-10 orw11 ard ith Epst-10 ein 2s gly rsi-10 gne-17 wou-11 gre-10 with-12 2s sta-16 ge of it11 espon9 that the fact10 ther16 ts a Pr10 osec12 uti11 on Ag18 re9 ement es not mean that Epst11 ein9 ee from futur14 c9 ri15 minal14 pr12 uti11 on a9 nd th9 at fact,-11 thr15 eat o9 pr9 osec12 uti11 on ubst10 anti12 and pr9 esent11 On A9 ug12 ust9 the u9 si12 ned ent11 ered an Or11 der10 on lai15 nti11 oti11 on to Compel15 as9 to cer14 tai11 eq12 uest10 hic13 efen-14 stein as ass11 er9 ti10 ng12 a ifth Amendment pr9 iv22 il14 eg12 the tw20 moti13 ons re9 rre-13 Eps12 tei11 eeki14 ng re9 cons12 ide9 ra9 ti10 on of a por16 on of the Or11 der10 as9 ela9 tes9 to Inter16 ro9 ator13 number13 and Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of and pursu a to the Cou rt di re cti has su bmit ted a mor par ti cul ar iz ed show ing as to hy Eps tei n?s ifth A mendment pr iv ile ge a to eq uest for ro duct ion Number and shoul be sus tai ned The Fi fth Amendment ser es as a uar antee ag ain st tes ti monial co mpuls ion and pr ov ide in re lev ant par that no per son hal be compel led i any ri minal ase to be a i a a i i ms I I a i i ft A me me i i agai nst inc ri minat ion per mits a pe rs on not a nsw er off ic ial uest ion ut hi in any othe proce edin ci il or criminal orma or inf orma where the a nswers might incrimina te him in future cr imi nal proce edi ng Edw in Pr ic 2d 11th Ci it ing Lefkow it Tur ley The pr iv il eg i a cc or ded li ber al cons tr uct ion in fa i i a i ffm a i a and ex tends not onl to answ er that oul in themse lv es suppo rt a ri minal conv iction but tends al so to hose answ er hic oul furni sh a ink i the ch ain of ev ide nce needed to prose cu te the cl aimant for a cr ime I Bl au nit ed St ates U.S hus inf orma tion is prote cted by the priv ilege not only if it ould supp ort a crimina convi ction but also in those i tan ces here the respo nses would me rely i a a i a i a i i mi a i a ff 2d 9th ir er deni ed he Fif th Am end me nt?s priv ilege against self-incrimin ation com es into lay only i th os insta nc es he th i tn es as ea on ab au to a pp eh en da ng er fr om a dir ect ans er off man at ci ti ng ason nit ed States U.S The cl aimant must be onfronte by subs tanti al and eal and not mer ely tr ifli ng or i mag ina ry haz ar ds of inc ri minat ion nit ed St ates Ap felbaum Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of hen app9 li14 ed to9 doc10 umentar12.992 pr12 oduct11 ion9 t9 he aw18 ell15 establ10.992 is12 hed that the ifth end-12 nt privi10 lege may not ply to spe-11 cif-10 ic docum-14 tho-11 ugh the-9 in inc13 ri15 minat10 ing19 as9 ser14 ons of act9 or12 bel12 ief caus12 the9 cr13 eati12 on of those document10.992 as not ompell15 ed it10 hin9 the mean9 of the p9 ri15 il14 eg12 nit11 ed St10 ates10 ubbel11 Howev)12 er in certain inst-9 ance-12 221the act ction itself-17 may implicitly com-11 nicate-12 221statem-14 ent-10 act Id For this the-10 Fifth-12 Ame-11 ndm-15 ent-10 priv14 ilege also encompas13 ses11 the ci12 umstan9 ce her10 ct of produ8.992 ci12 ng12 doc10 uments9 espon9 se to a subp-12 oen-12 a or prod-9 uction-12 request has a com-11 pelled-12 testim-13 onia-10 aspe-12 ct Id se ins13 tanc10 es her10 the9 is12 tenc10 and/10 or9 ocat10 ion9 of the eq12 uest10 ed document11 ar9 unk11 now19 or9 her10 pr13 oduct11 ion9 oul9 mpli13 ci12 tl10 auth9 enti12 cat9 the re9 uest10 ed doc12 uments9 t9 he of pr9 oduci15 ng12 espon9 si12 uments9 onsi14 der10 ed te9 sti15 monial15 and pr12 otec10 ted b9 the Fi13 fth ry Uni15 ted tates13 ss10 ue ex21 ess11 ed as11 hether15 co9 mpli13 ance it10 a document11 que-17 st su9 bpoena aci13 tl10 co9 ncede9 the it10 em auth9 enti12 ci12 ty18 ex22 is12 tenc10 or poss12 ess11 ion9 by19 the defendant MO11 TI9 ON10 F9 OR10 EC9 ON10 ER9 TI9 ON10 ND14 OR13 PPEA43 Inter16 ro9 ator13 Number9 re9 uest10 all13 time peri12 ods dur10 ing19 hic13 Eps12 tei11 as esent in the tate-12 ncl13 udi9 ng12 for e9 ach the d9 ate h9 ar13 ri15 ed and the d9 ate h9 depar16 ted rrog18 ator13 umber9 a9 ll14 tel14 ephone number10 u9 sed by16 Eps11 tei11 udi9 ng cel13 lul15 ar9 phones13 and lan9 ine9 any21 of his13 esi13 by9 st11 ati11 ng12 the compl12 ete p9 hone number10 and name of the pr9 ov16 ide9 In the ug12 ust14 rd9 er9 the under12 si12 ned eje9 cte9 Epst11 ein9 asser13 ti10 on the Fi13 fth Amendment pri15 il14 eg12 as appli10 ed to these uest10 fin9 din9 Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of the bje cti on so ener al and eep in i natu re that they amounte a lan ket ass er ti on of the pr iv il eg Id In he i nst ant oti on for Rec onsi der ati on pst ein has se fort addi ti onal facts and detai led eason ing su cc ess fully demons tr ati ng how forc ing hi to a nsw er thes eq uest wo ld re a li ic a ll a a ri ly rn is a li in ch a in vid ro ve a cr im a ga in im a wo ld re qu ir im ro vid se lf i ri in a in vid re la ive i a a a ted cas es th a i a i fi a a inc ri minat ion In ig ht of the addi ti onal i nformati on pr ov ide he our i ow per suade that Epst ein her eabouts a le phone umber a re cr uci al is sues i thi ase and other ela ted ases and that if he is rce to re eal thi i nformati on hese tes ti monial disclosure could sub sequen tly be use to incrimin ate him an d/o pr osecu te him or a cr imi nal off ense See Hoffman Uni ted tates nit ed St ates Hubb ell U.S As such he Court here by acat es tha portio of he August Order hich ra nts Pl ain ti ff oti on to ompel as it ela tes to Inter ro ator umber a and ins tead deni es Pl ain ti ff oti on i thi imi ted espec Ac cor din ly Ep ste in a ss er ti on of his ifth A mendment pri il eg as i ela tes to Inter ro ator umber and i ust ain ed and he need no pr ov ide ans er the se uest ion MO RE PA RT IC UL A RI ZED SH OWIN In he Aug ust rd er Eps tei as or der ed to pr ov ide a mor par ti cul ar iz ed show ing it espec Pr oduct ion Req uest and so as to demonst ra te hy his Fift Am end me nt priv ilege a a pplied the se requests sho uld be sustain ed Epstein has su a i i i i a i i a for Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of pr oduct ion se eki ng deta il ed i nformati on ela ti ng to Epst ein ai tr av el ai rc ra ft used and flig ht mani fests al communi cat ion it female mode ls C2 models or Je an Luc Br unel relating ref erring to em ales com ing i nto the Unite Sta tes rom the countries an his perso nal cale nda rs and sche dule could rev eal th availability to him and or use him of interstat acilities and thus would const itute a link in the cha in of vid ence that could potent ial ly ex pose him to he dang er sel f-in cr imi nati on In this an the othe civ il actions la in if allege that Ep stein violated certain federal and sta te ri minal st atute i an attempt to make lai ms ag ain st Epst ein ang ing from se ual batt er to int enti onal i nflic ti on of emoti onal di str ess The lync in or the ex er i of fe de al i mi na ju i di ti on und er hi fi ur es i om th Co la in ts ile is th us of an a cil it or a in a re ign com me rce and th an alogous ssent ial elem ent of U.S.C hich also fig ur es in some the omplai nts i tr av el in int er sta te ommerc or tr av els i nto he Uni ted tates or trav els in or eig ommerc Ac cor din ly eq uir ing Eps tei to pr ov ide re spons es to he ubj ect pr oduct ion eq uest oul i es senc be compel li ng hi to pr ov ide ass er ti ons of fact ther eby admit ti ng that suc document ex ist an furth er adm itting that th do cum ent in his posse ssion or cont rol ere au the ntic In re Grand Jury Sub poe na F.3d 2d Cir notin tha in tho se instan ces here the ex istence and or locatio of the request ed ocum ent are unkn own or here produ ction would i li i a ic a re qu a ro in re ive docu me nts is conside red test imo nial an is protect ed the Fif th Am end me nt In ummary he our finds that the dang er st in aces by bei ng forc ed to respo nd a nd rodu ce do cum ent relativ ro duct ion Request an is Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of a ia a re a a re re a rt io is Fi A ri vil ge re la ive to th ese request is sustained and Plaintif Motion to Com pe a i relates to these re uest i eni ed In ac cor dance it the abov and foreg oin i i er eby OR DE RE A ND A DJU DG ED as ollows efendant oti on for Rec onsi der ati on and or eq uest for ule ev iew and Appe al of Portion of the Magistrate?s Order D.E is GR A NT ED The undes ig ned has rec onsi der ed the Augus re lat iv to Inter ro ator Number and and finds Epst ein as ser ti on of hi ifth A men ri il eg as to thes eq uest ali Acc or din ly that por ti on of he Aug ust Or der hic ra nts Pl ain ti ff oti on Co a it re la I rr ga ry Nu rs a is re VA CA TED Ins tead Pl ain ti ff ti Compel as it ela tes to Inter ro ator umber and i eni ed Accordin gly Epste in?s assertion of his Fifth Ame ndm ent priv ilege as it elate to the se int er ro ator ies i ust ain ed and he need not pr ov ide ans er the se uest ion and efendant uppl ementar Br ief pur suant to ag is tr ate rd er eq uest ing a More Particula riz ed Sh owi ng Re Fifth Ame ndm ent D.E is GR A NT ED Becau se the Court inds th a ger Epstein aces being orced to respo nd a nd rodu ce docu me nts relative to Produ ction Reque sts and is subst ant ial and real his ass er ti on of hi ifth A mendment pr iv il ge re la ti to thes eq uest i ust ain ed and Pl ain ti ff oti on to ompel as it ela tes to thes eq uest i eni ed DONE A ND ORD ERED th i tember in Cha mbers at est Pal Beac Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Fl13 or9 ida9 LIN11 NE9 A OH10 NS9 ON UN14 ITED STATES TRATE UD14 GE he Hon-11 orab-9 le Ken-10 net-10 A Marra All Counse-10 Record Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of
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