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This document details communications and events in September-October 2007 concerning the Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) and informing victims. Key figures like Villafaña, Lefkowitz, Acosta, and Lourie discuss preventing the NPA from becoming public, managing information disclosure to victims, and coordinating legal representation for the victims to recover damages from Epstein. There is a clear effort to control the narrative and information flow regarding the NPA and its implications for the victims.

People (8)

Name Role Context
Villafaña Case Agent
Received NPA, forwarded email, emailed West Palm Beach manager, emailed Lefkowitz, told OPR
Lefkowitz Defense Attorney
Asked Villafaña to prevent NPA from becoming public, received emails from Villafaña
Acosta Individual
Received email from Villafaña, responded regarding NPA publicity, agreed to set up a call
Lourie Individual
Received email from Villafaña, agreed on not disclosing details of non pros
Chief Reiter Police Chief
Mentioned by Villafaña as being told not to disclose outcome
Sloman Individual
Mentioned as a possible director for outreach to defense
Epstein Subject of monetary damages
Victims recovering monetary damages from Epstein
girls Victims
Discussed in relation to the NPA and receiving information

Organizations (5)

Name Type Context
West Palm Beach manager
New manager, received email from Villafaña
USAO
United States Attorney's Office, noted as not proactively informing the media
PBPD
Palm Beach Police Department, Chief concerned about being surprised
FBI
Mentioned by Villafaña as a group who might be told about the NPA
OPR
Office of Professional Responsibility, Villafaña told OPR, Lourie told OPR, Acosta told OPR

Timeline (8 events)

2007-09-24
Defense attorney Lefkowitz transmits signed NPA to Villafaña and asks to prevent it from becoming public.
2007-09-24
Villafaña forwards Lefkowitz's email to Acosta, Lourie, and West Palm Beach manager.
2007-09-24
Villafaña emails West Palm Beach manager about meeting with victims to explain legal system.
2007-09-24
Villafaña emails Lefkowitz about discussing agreement with attorney representative and victims, and non-disclosure by Chief Reiter.
Villafaña Lefkowitz Chief Reiter attorney representative girls
2007-09-24
Villafaña provides Lefkowitz with list of potential attorney representative candidates.
2007-09-26
Villafaña emails Lefkowitz to request guidance on informing victims about NPA, planning to meet with agents.
Villafaña Lefkowitz agents victims
2007-09-26
Villafaña tells OPR about reaching out to defense to coordinate informing victims due to disagreement on attorney representative.
Villafaña OPR Acosta Sloman victims defense
2007-09-26
Acosta proposes a call to discuss who to inform and how much.

Locations (1)

Location Context
Location of the manager

Relationships (7)

Lefkowitz professional communication Villafaña
Lefkowitz asked Villafaña to prevent NPA from public, Villafaña emailed Lefkowitz
Villafaña professional communication Acosta
Villafaña forwarded email to Acosta, Acosta responded to Villafaña, Acosta agreed to call Villafaña
Villafaña professional communication Lourie
Villafaña forwarded email to Lourie, Lourie agreed with Villafaña
Villafaña professional communication West Palm Beach manager
Villafaña forwarded email to manager, Villafaña emailed manager
Villafaña indirect communication/mention Chief Reiter
Villafaña's office 'is telling Chief Reiter not to disclose'
Acosta colleagues/co-directors Sloman
Villafaña reached out to defense at direction of either Acosta or Sloman
Epstein perpetrator/victim victims
recovering monetary damages from Epstein

Key Quotes (15)

""do whatever you can to prevent [the NPA] from becoming public.""
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""I don't intend to do anything with it except put it in the case file.""
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""thought the [NPA] already binds us not to make [it] public except as required by law or [FOIA]""
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""this is the State Attorney[']s show.""
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""In other words, what more does he want?""
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""My guess is that if we tell anyone else (like the police chief or FBI or the girls), that we ask them not to disclose.""
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""there really is no reason to tell anyone all the details of the non pros or provide a copy.""
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""The [PBPD] Chief was only concerned that he not get surprised by all this.""
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""meet with the girls myself to explain how the system [for obtaining relief under 18 U.S.C. § 2255] will work.""
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""what I can tell [the attorney representative] and the girls about the agreement""
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Quote #10
""is telling Chief Reiter not to disclose the outcome to anyone.""
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""Can you give me a call. . . I am meeting with the agents and want to give them their marching orders regarding what they can tell the girls.""
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""would not be made public or filed with the Court, but it would remain part of our case file. It probably would be subject to a FOIA request, but it is not something that we would distribute without compulsory process.""
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""would see the light of day" because the victims would have to "hear about [their § 2255 rights] from somewhere" and "given the press interest, eventually this would be FOIA'd.""
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""that benefitted the victims were there for the victims to take advantage of. . . and they did. How . . . they were going to receive that information and when they were going to receive it is a different question, but there's no . . . issue with the fact that they were going to get that information.""
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