Event Details

July 26, 2007

Description

A meeting where Villafaña recalled Menchel stating that Acosta had decided to offer a two-year state deal.

Participants (2)

Name Type Mentions
Menchel person 201 View Entity
Villafaña person 551 View Entity

Source Documents (1)

DOJ-OGR-00021354.jpg

legal document • 1.05 MB
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This document is part of a legal filing detailing an Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) investigation into prosecutor Menchel's handling of the Epstein case. The investigation focuses on whether Menchel's prior dating relationship with defense counsel Sanchez in 2003 created a conflict of interest or improperly influenced a plea deal offered years later. The document outlines Menchel's and his supervisor Acosta's conflicting and corroborating statements regarding the decision-making process for the plea, and concludes it would have been prudent for Menchel to disclose the relationship to his supervisors.

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Villafaña completes draft prosecution memorandum.

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Sentencing hearing for McDaniel

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Acosta made final edits to the Non-Prosecution Agreement, removing language that required actions from the State Attorney's Office and state court, and sent them to Villafaña.

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Event Metadata

Type
Meeting
Location
Unknown
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
2
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-11-20 15:56

Additional Data

Source
DOJ-OGR-00021354.jpg
Date String
2007-07-26

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