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This document details negotiations and communications surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's guilty plea and the Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) addendum in late 2007. It highlights disagreements and strategies among prosecutors (Acosta, Sloman, Villafaña, Lourie) and defense counsel (Lefkowitz), including the postponement of Epstein's plea and concerns about Epstein's alleged attempts to discredit victims and influence the legal process. The text also includes Acosta's perspective on not dictating to the state attorney's office.

People (7)

Name Role Context
Lefkowitz Defense Counsel
Mischaracterized discussions, negotiated Addendum, emailed Acosta about postponing plea, reported State Attorney's Of...
Acosta Federal Prosecutor / USAO
Told OPR about Lefkowitz's mischaracterizations, phoned Sloman, received emails from Lefkowitz and Sloman, agreed to ...
Sloman Federal Prosecutor / USAO
Received call from Acosta, emailed Lefkowitz revision, became more involved in NPA negotiations after Lourie's depart...
Villafaña Federal Prosecutor / USAO
Reported to by Sloman about Lefkowitz's rejection, faced negotiation problems with Lourie, involved in NPA negotiatio...
Lourie Federal Prosecutor / USAO
Departed from USAO, faced negotiation problems with Villafaña.
Epstein Defendant
Guilty plea postponement, activities to be reimbursed, alleged attempt to knock out civil lawsuit, alleged planting o...
AUSA Assistant United States Attorney
Mentioned generally alongside Acosta, possibly mischaracterized by defense counsel.

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
OPR
Office of Professional Responsibility, to whom Acosta reported.
State Attorney's Office
Agreed to postponement of Epstein's plea, subject of negotiation regarding deadlines.
USAO
United States Attorney's Office, Lourie departed from, Sloman became more involved in, made a proposal to Lefkowitz.

Timeline (6 events)

2007-10-26
Original date for Epstein's guilty plea in state court (postponed)
State court
2007-11-20
Postponed date for Epstein's guilty plea in state court
State court
Breakfast meeting between Acosta and Lefkowitz
Victim in New York filed a civil lawsuit against Epstein.
New York
Newspaper reports indicating Epstein planted false stories to discredit victims.
Epstein victims
Between 2007-10-12 and 2007-10-19
Negotiations for NPA addendum language, including selection of attorney representative and reimbursement details.

Locations (1)

Location Context
Location where a victim filed a civil lawsuit against Epstein.

Relationships (8)

Acosta negotiating party / communication recipient Lefkowitz
Engaged in breakfast meeting, email exchanges, and phone calls regarding Epstein's plea and NPA Addendum.
Acosta colleagues / communication recipient Sloman
Acosta phoned Sloman, Sloman emailed Lefkowitz at Acosta's request, Sloman forwarded emails to Acosta, communicated about NPA negotiations.
Acosta colleagues / instructed Villafaña
Villafaña faced negotiation problems with Lourie, continued negotiating with Acosta/Sloman/Lefkowitz, instructed by Acosta regarding NPA language.
Sloman negotiating party / communication recipient Lefkowitz
Sloman emailed Lefkowitz a revision, Lefkowitz emailed Sloman with 'areas of concern'.
Sloman colleagues / communication Villafaña
Sloman reported to Villafaña about Lefkowitz's revision being rejected, both involved in NPA negotiations.
Villafaña colleagues / co-negotiators Lourie
Faced negotiation problems together with defense attorneys.
Epstein client-attorney Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz acted as Epstein's defense counsel.
Epstein defendant-plaintiff Victim (New York)
Victim filed a civil lawsuit against Epstein.

Key Quotes (8)

"Lefkowitz's 'suggested revision has been rejected.'"
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""didn't want to dictate a schedule to the state.""
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""areas of concern""
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""re-ploughs some of what we accomplished this week,""
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""unnecessary" issues"
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""this may be the real reason for the delay in the... plea. She thinks that [Epstein]... want[s] to knock that lawsuit out before the guilty plea to deter others.""
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""not comfortable with requiring the State" to comply with a specific deadline."
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""we as federal prosecutors are not going to walk in and dictate to the state attorney.""
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