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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN,

HON. RICHARD M. BERMAN,

District Judge

## APPEARANCES

GEOFFREY S. BERMAN

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

BY:

Assistant United States Attorneys

MARTIN G. WEINBERG, PC

Attorney for Defendant

BY: MARTIN G. WEINBERG



STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP

Attorneys for Defendant

BY: REID WEINGARTEN

MICHAEL MILLER



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speaking this morning is

Good morning, your Honor.

THE COURT: Good morning.

I had the opportunity to speak at Jeffrey Epstein's bail hearing, and I really appreciate that you heard me and listened to me that day. I am so sorry that others will not have the opportunity to stand before him the way that I did. But I'm here today to speak on behalf of my sister, who could not be here.

Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell not only assaulted her, but as we're hearing from so many of these brave women here today, they stole her dreams and her livelihood. She risked her safety in 1996, so many years ago, to report them, to no avail, and it is heartbreaking to her and to me that all this destruction has been wrought since that time.

We were deeply disappointed and disturbed by Epstein's death and the fact that that was allowed to happen while he was in the government's custody, and I'm encouraged to hear that there will be a full investigation as to how that was allowed to happen.

But it is extremely important, as others are saying, that he did not act alone and that the other people that were a part of what he did are held accountable and that that investigation continues.

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I believe that we have a real problem in this country with perpetrators of sexual abuse and sexual assault being held accountable. There are so many roadblocks to victims being heard, to cases being investigated thoroughly, and then to those cases being prosecuted. And so I think this is a really important signal to send a message to victims out there that people will take you seriously, people will follow through, and that even those in power, as we have unfortunately seen, that has not been often are able to escape that, that even those in power will be held accountable. Thank you.

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