U.S. Department of Justice¶
United States Attorney Southern District of Florida¶
500 S. Australian Ave, Ste 400¶
West Palm Beach, FL 33401¶
Facsimile:¶
August 13, 2008¶
DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE¶
Jay P. Lefkowitz, Esq.¶
Kirkland & Ellis LLP¶
Citigroup Center¶
153 East 53rd Street¶
New York, New York 10022-4675¶
B-78¶
Re: Jeffrey Epstein¶
Dear Jay:¶
As per your request, I am attaching several documents related to Mr. Epstein’s performance of the Non-Prosecution Agreement.¶
The first document attached hereto is the June 30, 2008 proposed Notification, which was hand-delivered to Jack Goldberger and Michael Tein shortly after Mr. Epstein entered his guilty plea.¶
Following that, I have attached the July 9, 2008 response from Mr. Goldberger. I have highlighted two portions. The first is where Mr. Goldberger (presumably with the approval of Mr. Tein) approves of the portion of my proposed Notification that quotes directly from the U.S. Attorney’s December letter to Lilly Ann Sanchez. The second portion is where Mr. Goldberger provides his interpretation of the Agreement, and nowhere mentions that he does not believe that the December letter is operative. I note that Mr. Goldberger’s letter contains a notation showing that Mr. Epstein was provided with a copy.¶
The third document I have attached is a copy of one of the notifications that was provided directly to a victim. Copies of all of the notifications have been provided to Mr. Goldberger, and neither he nor any other attorney for Mr. Epstein has ever stated that the letter misrepresents the Agreement between the parties or the benefit that the Agreement bestows upon the victims.¶
The fourth document I have attached is a copy of a Declaration that I have filed in connection with the victims’ lawsuit filed against the United States. This Declaration sets forth our understanding of the Agreement and again quotes from the U.S. Attorney’s December letter. Messrs. Goldberger and Tein are aware of this Declaration and have filed copies of it in connection with their¶
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efforts to stay all of the civil litigation. Again, neither of them ever expressed to me—or to the Court —that it inaccurately describes the Agreement between the United States and Mr. Epstein.¶
Please contact me tomorrow morning so that we can resolve this issue.¶
Sincerely,¶
Chief, Northern Division¶