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Summary
This document details ongoing negotiations and disagreements surrounding a federal plea agreement for Mr. Epstein in September 2007. It highlights the involvement of Assistant State Attorney Villafaña, who communicated with Belohlavek and sent revised agreements to Lefkowitz, and Acosta, who provided feedback on the USAO's 'hybrid' plea agreement to Lourie, emphasizing the trial team's support is crucial. A key point of contention was the change in offense description from solicitation of minors to forcing adults into prostitution, which made the agreement unacceptable to Villafaña.
People (8)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Mr. Epstein | Subject of legal proceedings |
Accused of federal conspiracy charge, negotiations for plea agreement
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| Villafaña | Assistant State Attorney |
Emailed Belohlavek, sent revised plea agreement to Lefkowitz, received email from Lourie
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| Belohlavek | Recipient of email from Villafaña |
Informed about the status of the plea agreement
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| Acosta | Legal professional involved in plea agreement |
Sent thoughts to Lourie about USAO plea agreement, told Lourie he didn't typically sign plea agreements, explained OP...
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| Lourie | Recipient of thoughts from Acosta, sender of email to Villafaña |
Received proposed federal plea agreement from Acosta, forwarded email to Villafaña, noted defense preference for stat...
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| Lefkowitz | Recipient of email/draft from Villafaña |
Received proposed email (from an unnamed person) detailing objectionable provisions, received revised plea agreement ...
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| Alex | Unknown, possibly a colleague or involved party |
Referred to by Lourie as having 'good changes'
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| Jay | Recipient of final changes |
To receive the final plea agreement
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Timeline (5 events)
Negotiations regarding Mr. Epstein's plea agreement, lasting seven weeks, described as 'spinning our wheels'.
September 20, 2007
Villafaña emailed Assistant State Attorney Belohlavek regarding the status of the federal plea agreement and arraignment deadline.
Relationships (6)
Her proposed email to Lefkowitz detailed all of the objectionable provisions in his draft, and concluded, 'If you or your client insists on these, there can be no plea agreement.'
Villafaña emailed Assistant State Attorney Belohlavek and informed her
Acosta sent Lourie '[s]ome thoughts' about the USAO version of the proposed 'hybrid' federal plea agreement he had received from Lourie
When Villafaña sent the revised plea agreement to Lefkowitz later that afternoon
documents such as plea agreements to be signed by an AUSA under the name of the U.S. Attorney
Key Quotes (8)
""If you or your client insists on these, there can be no plea agreement.""Source
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""Our deadline is Monday evening for a signed agreement and arraignment in the federal system. At this time, things don't look promising anyway, but I will keep you posted.""Source
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Quote #2
""In their latest draft, they changed what they agreed to plead to in the state from solicitation of minors for prostitution (a registrable offense) to forcing adults into prostitution (a non-registrable offense). We will not budge on this issue, so it is looking unlikely that we will reach a mutually acceptable agreement.""Source
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Quote #3
""it seems very straightforward" and "we are not changing our standard charging language" for the defense."Source
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Quote #4
""this should not be the first""Source
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Quote #5
""the USAO 'should only go forward if the trial team supports and signs this agreement.'""Source
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Quote #6
""I think Alex's changes are all good ones. Please try to incorporate his suggestions, change the signature block to your name and send as final to Jay.""Source
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Quote #7
""if it's something they don't feel comfortable with we . . . shouldn't go forward with it.""Source
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Quote #8
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