## UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

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Plaintiff, v.

17-cv-00616-JGK

JEFFREY EPSTEIN, GHISLAINE MAXWELL, LESLEY GROFF, and NATALYA

Defendants.

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## Declaration of Laura t. Nlenninger in Support of Defendant Nlotion to Disinis,,

I, Laura A. Menninger, declare as follows:

1. I am an attorney at law duly licensed in the State of New York and admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. I am a member of the law firm Haddon, & P.C., counsel of record for Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell in this action. I respectfully submit this Declaration in support of Ms. Maxwell's Motion to Dismiss.

1. Attached as Sealed Exhibit A is a true and correct copy

1. Attached as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the April 7, 2015 Order of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida denying Petitioners' Motion to Join under Rule 21 and Motion to Amend under Rule 15 in Case No. 9:08-cv-80736-KAM.

1. Consistent with the Confidentiality Stipulation and Order, (Doc. # 100), Ms.

Maxwell has redacted her Memorandum of law in Support of her Motion to Dismiss and moved to seal hereto Exhibit A.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Dated: March 13, 2018.

s/ Laura A. Menninger

Laura A. Menninger

## CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on March 13, 2018, I served the accompanying Declaration of Laura A. Menninger in Support of Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell's Motion to Dismiss on the following counsel of record:

Sigrid S. McCawley Meredith Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP 401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Ste. 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 smccawley@bsfllp.com mschultz@bsfllp.com

J. POTTINGER LLC 425 North Andrews Ave., Ste. 2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 brad@pathtojustice.com

John E. Stephenson, Jr. Jonathan D. Parente Alexander S. Lorenzo ALSTON & BIRD, LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 john.stephenson@alston.com jonathan.parente@alston.com alexander.lorenzo@alston.com

Paul G. Cassell 383 S. University Street Salt Lake City, UT 84112 cassellp@law.utah.edu

Michael C. r Justin Y.K. Michael A. Keou h STEPTOE & LLP 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 mmiller@steptoe.com jchu@steptoe.com mkeough@steptoe.com

Is/ Nicole Nicole