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LAW OFFICES OF¶
GERALD B. LEFCOURT, P.C. A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 148 EAST 78TH STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021¶
TELEPHONE¶
| Name | Contact Information |¶
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| SHERYL E. REICH | reich@lefcourtlaw.com |¶
| RENATO C. STABILE | stabile@lefcourtlaw.com |¶
| FAITH A. FRIEDMAN | ffriedman@lefcourtlaw.com |¶
FACSIMILE¶
February 5, 2007¶
VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS¶
Office of the United States Attorney¶
Southern District of Florida¶
500 South Australian Avenue, Suite 400¶
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401¶
Re: Jeffrey Epstein¶
Dear|¶
Thank you for meeting with us last week regarding our client, Jeffrey Epstein. I write to clarify statements we made concerning the significance of the debit/credit card statement we produced. As it stands, I am afraid my failure to inform you that Mr. Epstein’s birthday is January 20th, may have left some confusion as to how the statement relates to the allegations. For ease of reference an additional copy of the statement is annexed hereto.¶
The debit/credit card statement is from Chase account. It reflects a $122.21 purchase at Guys and Dolls, an adult video store located in West Palm Beach. According to the statement, the purchase was made on January 20, 2005 – Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday – at a time when whose date of birth was clearly 18 years of age.¶
At our meeting on February 1, 2007, you asked how we were sure this statement related to the events in question. The best response would have been to refer you to own words. In her sworn statement of October 11, 2005, she referred several times to an occasion when she and purchased and used sex toys, an event which herself described as a “birthday gift” to Epstein. Specifically, stated that“…for [Epstein’s] birthday, and I went shopping. And um, we got a bunch of toys, [laughs] …”. She later reiterated,“…on his birthday …Um, we went shopping at this like sex place … and um we bought a bunch of stuff and then we just went at it in front of him”. Further made it clear that the purchase was in¶
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LAW OFFICES OF¶
GERALD B. LEFCOURT, P.C.¶
Office of the United States Attorney Southern District of Florida February 5, 2007¶
connection with Epstein’s birthday (January 20, 2005, the date reflected on the statement): “Um, it was a [birthday] gift, I guess you could call it a [birthday] gift from me and .”¶
In light of the foregoing, there should be no doubt that the credit card statement provided relates directly to allegations and that this encounter occurred at a time when was 18 years old.¶
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