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Extraction Summary
4
People
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Document Information
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News article / court exhibit
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1.56 MB
Summary
This document is a printout of a Miami Herald article titled 'Perversion of Justice' by Julie K. Brown, dated November 28, 2018, which details the lenient sentencing and special treatment Jeffrey Epstein received in 2008. It highlights how U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta signed a non-prosecution agreement that shelved a federal indictment, allowing Epstein to serve a short sentence in a private wing of a county stockade with extensive work release privileges. The document appears to be filed as a court exhibit in 2019, bearing a House Oversight Bates stamp.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Jeffrey Edward Epstein | Subject / Sex Offender / Financier |
Accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls; Inmate No. W35755.
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| Julie K. Brown | Author |
Journalist for the Miami Herald who wrote the article.
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| Jack Goldberger | Attorney |
Epstein's attorney present at his sentencing on June 30, 2008.
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| Alexander Acosta | Miami U.S. Attorney |
Signed off on a non-prosecution agreement in 2007 that shelved a 53-page federal indictment.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Miami Herald |
Newspaper publishing the investigative series 'Perversion of Justice'.
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| Palm Beach County Courthouse |
Location of Epstein's sentencing.
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| FBI |
Prepared a 53-page federal indictment in 2007 charging Epstein with sex crimes.
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| House Oversight |
Referenced in the Bates stamp at the bottom right.
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Timeline (2 events)
2007
FBI prepared a 53-page federal indictment which was subsequently shelved due to a non-prosecution agreement.
Miami/Federal
2008-06-30
Sentencing hearing for Jeffrey Epstein.
Palm Beach County Courthouse
Jeffrey Epstein
Jack Goldberger
Locations (7)
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Site of the June 30, 2008 sentencing.
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Epstein's home where girls were lured for massages and sexual acts.
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Where Epstein was assigned a private wing instead of state prison.
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Downtown office where Epstein spent up to 12 hours a day on work release.
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Location of one of Epstein's homes where abuse occurred.
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Location of one of Epstein's homes where abuse occurred.
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Location of one of Epstein's homes where abuse occurred.
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Relationships (2)
Article states 'His attorney, Jack Goldberger, was at his side.'
Acosta signed off on the non-prosecution agreement for Epstein.
Key Quotes (5)
"Even from jail, sex abuser manipulated the system. His victims were kept in the dark"Source
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"A decade before #MeToo, a multimillionaire sex offender from Florida got the ultimate break."Source
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"But inmate No. W35755 would not be treated like other convicted sex offenders in the state of Florida"Source
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"Epstein’s lenient sentence and his extraordinary treatment while in custody are still the source of consternation for the victims"Source
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"Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta signed off on a non-prosecution agreement, which was negotiated, signed and sealed so that no one would know the full scope of Epstein’s crimes."Source
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Quote #5
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (3,187 characters)
Even from jail, Jeffrey Epstein manipulated the system | Miami Herald Page 1 of 17
Case 1:19-cv-03377 Document 1-1 Filed 04/16/19 Page 2 of 18
Case 1:19-cv-03377 Document 1-1 Filed 04/16/19 Page 2 of 18
Even from jail, sex abuser manipulated the system. His victims were kept in the dark
BY Julie K. Brown
NOV. 28, 2018
BY Julie K. Brown
NOV. 28, 2018
PERVERSION
of JUSTICE
of JUSTICE
A decade before #MeToo, a multimillionaire sex offender from Florida got the ultimate break.
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Palm Beach County Courthouse
June 30, 2008
Jeffrey Edward Epstein appeared at his sentencing dressed comfortably in a blue blazer, blue shirt, jeans and gray sneakers. His attorney, Jack Goldberger, was at his side.
At the end of the 68-minute hearing, the 55-year-old silver-haired financier — accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls — was fingerprinted and handcuffed, just like any other criminal sentenced in Florida.
But inmate No. W35755 would not be treated like other convicted sex offenders in the state of Florida, which has some of the strictest sex offender laws in the nation.
Ten years before the #MeToo movement raised awareness about the kid-glove handling of powerful men accused of sexual abuse, Epstein’s lenient sentence and his extraordinary treatment while in custody are still the source of consternation for the victims he was accused of molesting when they were minors.
Beginning as far back as 2001, Epstein lured a steady stream of underage girls to his Palm Beach mansion to engage in nude massages, masturbation, oral sex and intercourse, court and police records show. The girls — mostly from disadvantaged, troubled families — were recruited from middle and high schools around Palm Beach County. Epstein would pay the girls for massages and offer them further money to bring him new girls every time he was at his home in Palm Beach, according to police reports.
The girls, now in their late 20s and early 30s, allege in a series of federal civil lawsuits filed over the past decade that Epstein sexually abused hundreds of girls, not only in Palm Beach, but at his homes in Manhattan, New Mexico and in the Caribbean.
In 2007, the FBI had prepared a 53-page federal indictment charging Epstein with sex crimes that could have put him in federal prison for life. But then-Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta signed off on a non-prosecution agreement, which was negotiated, signed and sealed so that no one would know the full scope of Epstein’s crimes. The indictment was shelved, never to be seen again.
Epstein instead pleaded guilty to lesser charges in state court, and was required to register as a sex offender. He was sentenced to 18 months incarceration.
But Epstein — who had a long list of powerful, politically connected friends — didn’t go to state prison like most sex offenders in Florida. Instead, the multimillionaire was assigned to a private wing of the Palm Beach County stockade, where he was able to hire his own security detail. Even then, he didn’t spend much time in a cell. He was allowed to go to his downtown West Palm Beach office for work release, up to 12 hours a day, six days a week, records show.
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