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Events
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Summary
This document excerpt details legal arguments and communications surrounding victim notification in the Epstein case in late 2007. It highlights disagreements between legal representatives (Starr, Lefkowitz) and the USAO (Acosta, Villafaña) regarding victim status, notification requirements, and the appropriate compensation mechanisms, with a specific focus on an individual referred to as 'Jane Doe #2' whose attorney was paid by Epstein.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Acosta | USAO Representative / Legal Official |
Advised defense, received submissions from Starr, instructed Villafaña not to consider an individual as a victim
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| Starr | Attorney / Legal Representative |
Transmitted submissions to Acosta, authored submissions, asserted concerns regarding victim notification
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| Lefkowitz | Attorney / Legal Representative |
Authored submissions challenging NPA, argued against government's victim notification practices, received letter from...
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| Epstein | Subject of investigation / Defendant |
Investigation into Epstein, Epstein's due process rights, victim interview favorable to Epstein, paid for attorney
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| Villafaña | Legal Official / Prosecutor |
Decision to utilize civil remedy statute, proposed Victims Notification letter, wrote letter to Lefkowitz, told OPR s...
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| Sloman | Legal Official / Prosecutor |
Instructed Villafaña not to consider an individual as a victim
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| Jane Doe #2 | Victim |
Not included on the victim list, attorney paid by Epstein
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| USAO (United States Attorney's Office) |
Deferred to State Attorney, would notify of Federal Resolution, asserted obligation to send victim notification letter
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| FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) |
Recorded interview, conducted interview
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| OPR (Office of Professional Responsibility) |
Villafaña told OPR about instructions
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Timeline (5 events)
Relationships (7)
Villafaña told OPR she was instructed by either Sloman or Acosta "not to consider [this individual] as a victim"
submissions authored by Lefkowitz presenting... in his transmittal letter, Starr asserted
attorney who was representing this victim at the time of her FBI interview was paid by Epstein
Key Quotes (9)
""to go above and beyond in terms of caring for the victims.""Source
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"Acosta Advises the Defense That the USAO Will Defer to the State Attorney the Decision Whether to Notify Victims of the State Plea Hearing, but the USAO Would Notify Them of the Federal Resolution, “as Required by Law”"Source
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Quote #2
""the background and conduct of the investigation""Source
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Quote #3
""latest episodes involving [§] 2255 notification to the alleged victims put illustratively in bold relief our concerns that the ends of justice, time and time again, are not being served.""Source
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Quote #4
""oral notification of the victim notification letter""Source
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Quote #5
""did not in any manner view herself as a victim.""Source
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Quote #6
""assertion" that the USAO was obligated to send a victim notification letter"Source
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Quote #7
""false" allegations that the government had"Source
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Quote #8
""not to consider [this individual] as a victim for purposes of the NPA because she was not someone whom the Office was prepare[d] to include in" a federal charging document."Source
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Quote #9
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