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JANE DOE II
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, and
Defendants.
#### UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
Mar. 24, 2009
STEVEN M. LARIMORE CLERK U.S. DIST. CT. S. O. OF FLA. • MIAMI
## 09-80469-Civ-RYSKAMP/VITUNAC
#### COMPLAINT
- 1. Plaintiff, JANE DOE II, hereby sues JEFFREY EPSTEIN and IM and states:
#### JURISDICTION AND VENUE
- 2. This is an action for damages in excess of \$75,000, exclusive of interests, costs and attorney's fees.
- 3. Venue is proper in this Court as all acts occurred in Palm Beach County and all parties reside and/or do business herein.
#### PARTIES
- 4. Ms. DOE II is a natural person residing in Palm Beach County, Florida. During the events giving rise to this claim, she was a minor but has now reached majority. She files this suit under a pseudonym to protect her privacy because the acts alleged occurred while she was a minor.
SCANNED
5. Defendant EPSTEIN is a natural person, who is an adult, and who resides and/or does business in Palm Beach County, Florida, and who committed the acts alleged within the jurisdiction of Palm Beach County, Florida, within the boundaries of the United States District Court in and for the Southern District of Florida. Defendant is a natural person, who is an adult, believed to reside in the State of New York, but who committed the acts alleged within the jurisdiction of Palm Beach County, Florida, within the boundaries of the United States District Court in and for the Southern District of Florida.
1. Defendant EPSTEIN is believed to now be incarcerated in the Palm Beach County Jail for crimes committed that are related to and/or similar to the claims in this case.
#### FACTS
7. Defendant EPSTEIN was, at all times relevant to this action, a part time resident of Palm Beach County, Florida. All acts complained of herein occurred at his estate residence in the Town of Palm Beach, Florida.
1. Defendant EPSTEIN has a history of enticing young women, who are minors (under 18 years of age), and soliciting them to engage in prostitution for his own sexual gratification.
1. Defendant EPSTEIN, in agreement with two (2) persons he employed for this purpose, and Defendant, conspired with these other two, and others, to solicit young women of the type Defendant EPSTEIN preferred, blonde, attractive in appearance, and younger than 18 years of age, to provide sexual gratification for him by engaging in acts of prostitution.
1. Defendants EPSTEIN and entered into a criminal conspiracy to solicit young women for acts of prostitution, including the Plaintiff, here in Palm Beach County.
1. From about June, 2003 until on or about February, 2005, Defendants EPSTEIN ale persuaded, induced, or enticed the Plaintiff to come to Defendant EPSTEIN's home and provide Defendant EPSTEIN with "massages" which escalated into sexual encounters between Defendant EPSTEIN and the Plaintiff designed to fulfill his unnatural sexual desires for young women or even younger girls who were minors. These acts included Defendant EPSTEIN's request that he wanted the encounter to be like a "porn video." Defendant EPSTEIN would script lines for the Plaintiff to say, including calling out his name and requesting that he perform a certain sexual act "harder,"while he touched the Plaintiffs vagina with a vibrator or with his fingers; alternately, he would masturbate in the presence of the Plaintiff after demanding her to disrobe and walk in front of him in provocative sexual poses. Defendant EPSTEIN would pay the Plaintiff a fee of \$200 on each occasion after he ejaculated while masturbating in the presence of the Plaintiff.
1. Defendant EPSTEIN touched Plaintiffs vagina, or penetrated Plaintiffs vagina, using his fingers and/or a vibrator on multiple occasions, during the time that Plaintiff was a minor, causing personal injury to her.
1. In violation of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b),Defendants EPSTEIN and knowingly persuaded, induced, or enticed the Plaintiff to engage in acts of prostitution, when the Plaintiff was under the age of 18, approximately on or about the following dates that Plaintiff can document based on payments received: 6/16/03, 7/2/03, 4/9/04, 6/7/04, 7/30/04, 8/30/04, 10/9/04, 10/12/04, 10/30/04 and 11/9/04. In addition, Plaintiff believes that there were as many as 10 to 20 other occasions during this time frame that Defendant EPSTEIN solicited her and procured her to perform prostitution services, all during the time that she was a minor.
1. Plaintiff seeks damages for personal injury in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §2255(a) for each of the acts of prostitution set forth above for which Defendants solicited her, \$150,000 for each violation, for a total range of damages between \$1.5 million dollars to \$4.5 million dollars, jointly and severally, and a reasonable attorney's fees and costs, as permitted by the statute.
1. Defendant EPSTEIN has made an agreement with the United States Attorney's Office to not contest liability for claims brought exclusively pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §2255, in exchange for avoiding federal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §2422(b), which provides a sentence of 10 years for each violation of the law.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff demands judgment in her favor, and a jury trial on all issues so triable as of right.
Res tted,
BY: ISI CIA Flo No. 437883 GA CIA LAW FIRM, P.A. 224 Datura Street, Suite 900 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Telephone:(561) 832-7732 Telecopier: (561) 832-7137 e-mail: isidrogarcia@bellsouth.net
Date: 51 ICIP
Mar. 24, 2009
The JS 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as by local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the use of the Clerk the civil docket sheet. (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE REVERSE OF THE FORM.)
NOTICE: Attorneys MUST Indicate All Re-filed
I. (a) PLAINTIFFS
JANE DOE II
DEFENDANTS
JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND SARAH KELLEY
STEVEN M. LARIMORE\
CLERK U.S. DIST. CT.\
S.D. OF FLA. - MIAMI
(b) County of Residence of First Listed Plaintiff PALM BEACH\
(EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES)
County of Residence of First Listed Defendant PALM BEACH\
(IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY)
(c) Attorney's (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone Number)
NOTE: IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF THE TRACT LAND INVOLVED.
LAW FIRM, P.A.\
224 DATURA STREETM SUITE 900\
WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401
Attorneys (If Known)\
ROBERT D. CRITTON, ESQ.\
JACK A. GOLDBERGER, ESQ.
(d) Check County Where Action Arose: MIAMI- DADE MONROE BROWARD PALM BEACH ST. LUCIE INDIAN RIVER OKEECHOBEE HIGHLANDS
II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION
(Place an "X" in One Box Only)\
1 U.S. Government Plaintiff 3 Federal Question (U.S. Government Not a Party)\
2 U.S. Government Defendant 4 Diversity (Indicate Citizenship of Parties in Item III)\
**09 CV 80469 KLR/AEV**
III. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES
(Place an "X" in One Box for Plaintiff and One Box for Defendant)\
(For Diversity Cases Only)\
PTF DEF\
Citizen of This State 1 1 Incorporated or Principal Place of Business In This State 4 4\
Citizen of Another State 2 2 Incorporated and Principal Place of Business In Another State 5 5\
Citizen or Subject of a Foreign Country 3 3 Foreign Nation 6 6
IV. NATURE OF SUIT
| CONTRACT | TORTS | FORFEITURE/PENALTY | BANKRUPTCY | OTHER STATUTES | |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 110 Insurance 120 Marine 130 Act 140 Negotiable Instrument 150 Recovery of Overpayment & Enforcement of Judgment 151 Medicare Act 152 Recovery of Defaulted Student Loans (Excl. Veterans) 153 Recovery of Overpayment of Veteran's Benefits 160 Stockholders' Suits 190 Other Contract 195 Contract Product Liability 196 Franchise | 310 Airplane 315 Airplane Product 320 Assault, Libel & Slander 330 Federal Employers' Liability 340 Marine 345 Marine Product Liability 350 Motor Vehicle 355 Motor Vehicle Product Liability 360 Other Personal Injury | 362 Personal Injury - Med. Malpractice 365 Personal Injury - Product Liability 368 Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liability 370 Other Fraud 371 Truth in Leading 380 Other Personal Property Damage 385 Property Damage Product Liability | 610 Agriculture 620 Other Food & Drug 625 Drug Related Seizure of Property 21 USC 881 630 Liquor Laws 640 R.R. & Truck 650 Airline Regs. 660 Occupational Safety/Health 690 Other | 422 Appeal 28 USC 158 423 Withdrawal 28 USC 157
PROPERTY RIGHTS 820 Copyrights 830 Patent 840 Trademark | 400 State Reapportionment 410 Antitrust 430 Banks and Banking 450 Commerce 460 Deportation 470 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations 480 Consumer Credit 490 Cable/Sat TV 810 Selective Service 850 Securities/Commodities/Exchange 875 Customer Challenge 12 USC 3410 890 Other Statutory Actions 891 Agricultural Acts 892 Economic Stabilization Act 893 Environmental Matters 894 Energy Allocation Act 895 Freedom of Information Act 900 Appeal of Fee Determination Under Equal Access to Justice 950 Constitutionality of State Statutes |
| REAL PROPERTY | CIVIL RIGHTS | PRISONER PETITIONS | LABOR | SOCIAL SECURITY | |
| 210 Land Condemnation 220 Foreclosure 230 Rent Lease & Ejectment 240 Torts to Land 245 Tort Product Liability 290 All Other Real Property | 441 Voting 442 Employment 443 Housing/Accommodations 444 Welfare 445 Amer. w/Disabilities Employment 446 Amer. w/Disabilities Other | 510 Motions to Vacate Sentence Habeas Corpus: 530 General 535 Death Penalty 540 Mandamus & Other | 710 Fair Labor Standards Act 720 Labor/Mgmt. Relations 730 Labor/Mgmt. Reporting & Disclosure Act 740 Railway Labor Act 790 Other Labor Litigation 791 Empl. Ret. Inc. Security Act | 861 HIA (1395ff) 862 Black Lung (923) 863 DIWC/DIWW (405(g)) 864 SSID Title XVI 865 RSI (405(g))
FEDERAL TAX SUITS 870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff or Defendant) 871 IRS—Third Party 26 USC 7609 | |
| JUDGE | IMMIGRATION | | | | |
| | 462 Naturalization Application 463 Habeas Corpus-Alien Detaince 465 Other Immigration Actions | | | | |
V. ORIGIN
(Place an "X" in One Box Only)\
1 Original Proceeding 2 Removed from State Court 3 Re-filed- (see VI below) 4 Reinstated or Reopened 5 Transferred from another district (specify) 6 Multidistrict Litigation 7 Appeal to District Judge from Magistrate Judgment
VI. RELATED/RE-FILED CASE(S).
(See instructions second page):
a) Re-filed Case YES NO
b) Related Cases YES NO
DOCKET NUMBER **9:08-cv-80469-KAM**
VII. CAUSE OF ACTION
Cite the U.S. Civil Statute under which you are filing and Write a Brief Statement of Cause (Do not cite jurisdictional statutes unless diversity):
18 U.S.C. §2422(b)
LENGTH OF TRIAL via \_\_\_\_\_ days estimated (for both sides to try entire case)
VIII. REQUESTED IN COMPLAINT:
CHECK IF THIS IS A CLASS ACTION UNDER F.R.C.P. 23
DEMAND S
CHECK YES only if demanded in complaint:
JURY DEMAND: Yes No
ABOVE INFORMATION IS TRUE & CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD
DATE\
March 19, 2009
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY\
AMOUNT **350** RECEIPT # **725609**