IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA¶
CASE NO.: 50-2019-CA-014O81-AG¶
CA FLORIDA HOLDINGS, LLC Publisher of THE PALM BEACH POST,¶
Plaintiff¶
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DAVE ARONBERG, as State Attorney of Palm Beach, County, Florida; SHARON BOCK, as Clerk and Comptroller of Palm Beach County, Florida,¶
Defendants.¶
THE MCCLATCHY COMPANY, L ION TO INTERVENE¶
The McClatchy Company, LLC (“M intervene in this action for the limited access to grand jury materials re , publisher of The Miami Herald, moves to obtaining, pursuant to §905.27, Florida Statutes, y Epstein. The grounds for this motion are:¶
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- I. McClatchy pub The Miami Herald. The reporting of McClatchy’s professional journalists, e Jeffrey Epstein’ regarding
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- ly Julie =, have been central and instrumental in exposing al abuse and trafficking of minors. The Miami Herald’s first articles V n were published in November 2018. hrough an initial and amended complaint, and then the prosecution of an appeal, Plaintiff has sought to obtain through this action grand jury materials relating to Mr. Epstein.
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- By Agreed Order dated February 28, 2024, the Court permitted the Associated Press to intervene in this action, writing that It]he Associated Press is hereby permitted to
intervene in this matter and shall be granted access to any grand jury materials the Court orders to be disclosed.Ӧ
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Yesterday, on February 29, 2024, this Court entered an order ruling that under the law, as it existed on that date, releasing the grand jury materials would not further justice and, on that basis, the Court would not order the release of the materials. However, the Cou noted that the governing law will change on July 1, 2024, and the Court granted the parti to file a motion for reconsideration once the law changes. S”
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Through this Motion, McClatchy seeks to intervene iOn for the limited purpose of obtaining access to any grand jury materials that, u .1 {sup}
Olot or reconsideration, the Court orders to be disclosed. As the publisher of a news l ill neral circulation, McClatchy has standing to intervene for the purpose of oppo i ’ h, of records and seeking to obtain access to records. See, e.g., Barron v. Flori c M e Newspapers, Inc., 531 So.2d 113, 118 (Fla. 1988); Miami Herald Publishing C Lei , 426 So.2d 1, 4 (Fla. 1983).
WHEREFORE, McClatch a Ily requests the entry of an Order permitting it to intervene in this action for th imit purpose of obtaining access to the grand jury materials related to Mr. Epstein. 17 ter,¶
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Respectfully submitted,¶
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HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3300 Miami, Florida 33131 (305) 374-8500 (telephone) (305) 789-7799 (facsimile)¶
By: Isl Scott D. Ponce Scott D. Ponce (FBN 0169528) sponceahklaw.com¶
Attorneys for The McClatchy Company, LLC¶
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE¶
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I filed this document on March 1, 2024 using Florida’s efiling portal, which will serve a copy on all counsel of record.¶
By: /s/ Scott D. Ponce¶
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