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Extraction Summary
6
People
4
Organizations
2
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
6
Quotes
Document Information
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Investigative report / congressional record
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Summary
This document, likely from a House Oversight investigation, details the 2011 fallout where victim Roberts publicly accused Epstein, Dershowitz, and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse. It describes Alexander Acosta's defense of his decision not to prosecute Epstein federally, citing a 'year-long assault' by Epstein's legal team. However, the report notes that documents show prosecutors capitulated to the defense team's demands, abandoning a prepared 53-page indictment from 2007.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Roberts | Victim/Witness |
Claimed in a British tabloid and sworn affidavit that Epstein directed her to have sex with him and other powerful men.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Subject/Defendant |
Accused of directing Roberts to have sex with powerful men; subject of a potential 53-page indictment in 2007.
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| Alan Dershowitz | Attorney/Alleged Participant |
Epstein's attorney; accused by Roberts of sexual involvement; denied claims; denied lawyers investigated prosecutors.
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| Prince Andrew | Alleged Participant |
Accused by Roberts of sexual involvement; denied claims.
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| Alexander Acosta | Former US Attorney/Dean |
Forced to explain why he declined to prosecute Epstein; claimed the plea deal was harsher than state options.
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| Krischer | State Prosecutor |
Favored charging Epstein with only a misdemeanor prostitution violation.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Florida International University |
Employer of Alexander Acosta (Dean of law school) in 2011.
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| FBI |
Uncovered evidence of victims and witnesses in other states.
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| Federal Court in Miami |
Location where Roberts filed a sworn affidavit.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
2007
A 53-page federal indictment was prepared but negotiations led to a different outcome.
Federal Court
Federal Prosecutors
2011
Roberts comes forward in British tabloid and files sworn affidavit in Miami federal court.
Miami/UK (Tabloid)
March 20, 2011
Relationships (3)
Described as his attorney; Roberts claimed she was directed to have sex with him.
Acosta described an 'assault' by the legal team but documents show he 'buckled under pressure'.
Roberts claimed Epstein directed her to have sex with Prince Andrew.
Key Quotes (6)
"Epstein directed her — while she was underage by Florida standards — to have sex, not only with him, but with other powerful men, including his attorney, Alan Dershowitz, and Prince Andrew."Source
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"Acosta asserted that the deal he struck with Epstein’s lawyers was harsher than it would have been had the case remained with the state prosecutor"Source
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"Acosta also described what he called a 'year-long assault' on prosecutors by Epstein’s 'army of legal superstars'"Source
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"investigated individual prosecutors and their families, looking for 'personal peccadilloes' to disqualify them"Source
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"Acosta not only buckled under pressure from Epstein’s lawyers, but he and other prosecutors worked with them to contain the case"Source
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"federal prosecutors kept acquiescing to Epstein’s demands"Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,135 characters)
That same year, 2011, more girls continued to come forward, including Roberts, who claimed in a British tabloid story that Epstein directed her — while she was underage by Florida standards — to have sex, not only with him, but with other powerful men, including his attorney, Alan Dershowitz, and Prince Andrew. Dershowitz and Andrew denied her claims, but after she filed a sworn affidavit in federal court in Miami, the ensuing news media firestorm forced Acosta, then dean of the law school at Florida International University, to explain why he’d declined to prosecute Epstein.
In a written, public statement on March 20, 2011, Acosta asserted that the deal he struck with Epstein’s lawyers was harsher than it would have been had the case remained with the state prosecutor, Krischer, who favored charging Epstein with only a misdemeanor prostitution violation.
Acosta also described what he called a “year-long assault” on prosecutors by Epstein’s “army of legal superstars” who, he said, investigated individual prosecutors and their families, looking for “personal peccadilloes” to disqualify them from Epstein’s case.
Dershowitz, in an interview, denied that Epstein’s lawyers would ever investigate prosecutors.
Documents nevertheless show that Acosta not only buckled under pressure from Epstein’s lawyers, but he and other prosecutors worked with them to contain the case, even as the FBI was uncovering evidence of victims and witnesses in other states, FBI and federal court documents show.
A 53-page federal indictment had been prepared in 2007, and subpoenas were served on several of Epstein’s employees, compelling them to testify before a federal grand jury. The court records reveal that emails began to fly back and forth between prosecutors and Epstein’s legal team. Those emails show that federal prosecutors kept acquiescing to Epstein’s demands.
Prosecutors allowed Epstein’s lawyers to dictate the terms of each deal that they drew up, and repeatedly backed down on deadlines, so that the defense essentially controlled the pace of the negotiations, the emails and letters show.
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