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we go that route, would you intend to make the deferred [sic] prosecution
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twelve months, with six served in home confinement, to run
consecutively.
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to the assault charge” and suggesting a different factual scenario to support a f
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D. The Parties Continue to Negotiate but Primarily Focus on a Potential Plea to
F
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having directly with Alex Acosta, and Alex Acosta agreed to 18
months.
Villafafi
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Villafafia added that the PBPD Chief had alerted the FBI that an upc
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U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District af Florida
A
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charges in addition to state charges. On behalf of the defense team, Sanchez foll
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CONFIDENTIAL PLEA NEGOTIATIONS
TERMS OF EPSTEIN NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT
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as a “non-prosecution agreement” came from Acosta, although Menchel
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Sloman also told OPR that he did not know how the decision to offer
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understood that the PBPD would not have asked the FBI to investigate
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proof beyond a reasonable doubt of Epstein’s criminal culpability.
Lastly, I was
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on the defense team believes that the federal investigation in this
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I do think it’s important to look back on this, and try to be in the
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[The prosecution] was going forward on the part of the state, and so
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damages.°°> During a two-month period, the subject attorneys were in
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On that same day, Villafafia emailed Lourie, Menchel, Sloman, and he
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the FBI squad supervisor on May 9, 2007, to explain that charges against Epstein
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recalled generally having conversations with Sloman and Menchel abou
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forward with charges in this case. Lourie forwarded a copy of the pr
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““anything’ she wanted” without the necessity of legal process. Lewis asked to m
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4. Late July 2006: The State Indicts Epstein, and the USAO Moves
For
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told OPR that Epstein’s local counsel brought attorney Alan Dershowi
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and some of the victims as well, regularly recruited local high-school-age girls
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CHAPTER TWO
THE NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT
PART ONE: FACTUAL BACKGROUND
I. OVERV
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for the Department’s Criminal Division, a position in which he served as Chief o
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B. The State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Florida state criminal prosecut
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B. Because the Federal Investigation Continued after the NPA Was Signed,
the
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A. September — October 2007: The Case Agents Notify Some Victims about
the NP
II.
IV.
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OPR FOUND THAT NONE OF THE SUBJECTS VIOLATED A CLEAR AND
UNAMBIGUOUS S
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B. May — June 23, 2008: Review by the Office of the Deputy
AttOMEY GSH Al ce
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I. The Defense Rejects the Federal Plea Agreement, Returns to the NPA
“State-
VI.
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2. The Subjects’ Explanations for the Decision to Offer Epstein
a Sentence
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that the victims were not treated with the forthrightness and sensitivity expected
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investigate, litigate, or provide legal advice.” OPR also has jurisd
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carefully considered the comments and made changes, or noted comments, as OPR
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Secretary of Labor. In a brief oral statement, Acosta explained that continu
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abuse of minors. The Miami Herald report led to public outrage and media scrutiny o
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NPA required Epstein to plead guilty in state court to the then-pending state indic
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13. On February 28, 2023, Maxwell filed her opening brief on appeal,
which contains approximately 19,950 words.
14. Maxwell’s brief raises
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and a related extension of the deadline for Maxwell to file her reply brief until July
27, 2023.
3. Maxwell appeals from a judgment of conv
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SPA-7
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AO 245B (Rev. 09/19) Judgment in a Criminal Case
Sheet 5 — Criminal
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SPA-1
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AO 245B (Rev. 09/19) Judgment in a Criminal Case (form modified withi
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CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, all counts should be vacated and the indictment
dismissed. However, based on the preceding argume
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count (whether it be Count Four or Six). Accordingly, a new trial on the remaining
count would be required.
For the Reasons Stated in P
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core, but of a crime ‘distinctly different’ from the one alleged.” D’Amelio, 683
F.3d at 419-21). The standard of review is de novo. D'A
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A238
The second element of Count Four in the Jury Charge to which the jury
plainly refers requires “that Maxwell knowingly transported Ja
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corroborates Defendant’s interpretation. The Joint Report accompanying the 2003
amendment to this provision opined that the prior statute
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3283 should be read through a categorical rather than case-specific lens. See U.S.
v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019) (interpreting 18 U.S.