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This document excerpt details the breakdown of negotiations for a federal plea agreement for Epstein by September 20, 2007, shifting focus to a state-only resolution to which the defense wanted to avoid sexual offender registration. It describes communications between Villafaña, Lefkowitz, Acosta, Lourie, and Krischer regarding proposed plea terms, sentencing, and deadlines, highlighting Villafaña's firm stance against further delays and Epstein's apparent goal to avoid sexual offender registration.

People (6)

Name Role Context
Epstein Subject of negotiations
Pleading to state charges, sexual offender registration requirement
Acosta Supervisor / Recipient of communication
Defense attorneys spoke with him, Lourie emailed him
Lefkowitz Defense counsel
Spoke with Villafaña, emailed Villafaña, represented Epstein's defense
Villafaña Prosecutor / Official
Spoke with Lefkowitz, emailed by Lefkowitz, responded to Lefkowitz, alerted Krischer
Lourie Official / Supervisor
Reported to by Villafaña, alerted Villafaña, emailed Acosta
Barry Krischer State Attorney
Mentioned in a meeting, alerted by Villafaña

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
USAO
U.S. Attorney's Office, insisted on sexual offender registration, questioned about flexibility
Immigration
The Office cannot and will not bind Immigration

Timeline (4 events)

Prior to September 20, 2007
Negotiations regarding federal charges for a plea agreement.
defense attorneys prosecutors
Prior to Villafaña's response
Meeting where Barry Krischer discussed the timetable for a plea agreement and information for a change of plea.
September 20, 2007
Defense rejected federal plea option and resumed negotiations for a state-only Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) for Epstein.
Epstein defense attorneys USAO
September 25, 2007
Deadline set by Villafaña for filing charges if no agreement is reached.

Relationships (6)

Epstein client-attorney defense attorneys
Defense attorneys fought for Epstein, represented his interests.
Lefkowitz negotiator-negotiator Villafaña
Spoke and emailed each other regarding plea agreements.
Villafaña reporter-supervisor Acosta
Villafaña reported to Acosta.
Villafaña reporter-supervisor Lourie
Villafaña reported to Lourie.
Lourie correspondent-recipient Acosta
Lourie emailed Acosta.
Villafaña communicator-recipient Barry Krischer
Villafaña alerted Krischer.

Key Quotes (8)

""back to doing the state-charges-only agreement""
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""we need a signed agreement by tomorrow [Friday] or we are [filing charges] on Tuesday.""
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""The 18 and 12 has already been agreed to by our office, so that is not a problem. On the issue about 18 [U.S.C. §] 2255, we seem to be miles apart.""
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""Your most recent version not only had me binding the girls to a trust fund administered by the state court, but also promising that they will give up their [§] 2255 rights.""
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""the office may be more willing to be specific about not pursuing charges against others. However, as I stated on Sunday, the Office cannot and will not bind Immigration.""
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""negotiations were 'not going very well' and that defense counsel 'changed their minds again, and they only want to plead to state charges, not concurrent state and federal.'""
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""If we cannot reach an agreement, then I need to [charge] the case on Tuesday [September 25] and I will not budge from that date.""
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""He wants to get out of [sexual offender] registration which we should not agree to.""
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