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NOT A CERTIFIED COPY •Filing# 66170600 E-Filed 01/05/2018 02:47:49 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No. 50-2009CA040800XXXXMBAG JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, V; SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, and BRADLEY J. EDWARDS~ individually, Defendants/Counter-Plaintif£ ________________ ! ORDER COMPELLING EPSTEIN TO PRODUCE SETTLEMENT AMOUNTS THIS CAUSE came before the Court upon Counter-Plaintiff's ore tenus motion on December 7, 2017. The Court, having heard argument of counsel does hereby, ORDER AND ADJUDGE that: I. Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Jeffrey Epstein ("Epstein") shall produce to Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Bradley J. Edwards ("Edwards") the following: / a; The number of claims settled by Jeffrey Epstein regarding individuals who alleged to be victims of sexual misconduct by Epstein, from December 6, 200T to December 6,2009; b. The gross settlement amount paid by Epstein to individuals who alleged to be victims of sexual misconduct by Epstein, from December 6, 2007 to December 6,2009; c. The number of claims settled by Jeffrey Epstein regarding individuals who alleged to be victims of sexual misconduct by Epstein, from December 7 ,2009 NOT A CERTIFIED COPY Jeffrey Epstein v. Scott Rothstein and Bradley J. Edwards 15 th Judicial Circuit Case No. 2009CA040800:XXXXMBAG Order Compelling Epstein to Produce Settlement Amounts Page2 d. The gross settlement amount paid by Epstein to individuals who alleged to be victims of sexual misconduct by Epstein, from December 7, 2009 through the present. 2. The number of claims and amounts shall be produced as "Confidential, for Attorneys' and Clients' Eyes Only," and shall not, directly or indirectly, be disclosed to anyone else or used outside of this litigation. 3. If a party intends to quote, disclose, rely on or use in this litigation information or documents that have been deemed "Confidential, for Attorneys' and Clients' Eyes Only," whether in papers filed with the Court or verbally, in connection with a motion, hearing, deposition or trial, before any such information is quoted, disclosed, relied upon or used, the party must file a Motion to have the information or documents deemed to be no longer confidential, must file the information or documents under seal in accordance with Administrative Order 2.303-9/09 and have the proposed quote, disclosure, reliance or use of such information or documents heard and approved by the Court. 4. The Court defers rulings on the admissibility of the number of claims and the gross settlement amounts disclosed pursuant to this Order and the admissibility of the combined settlement amounts of Edwards' three clients for whom Edwards was prosecuting civil cases against Epstein at the time Epstein filed the December 7, 2009 lawsuit against Edwards. No production of the underlying Settlement Agreements with each of Edwards' three clients or with any other alleged victim is required by this Order. The Court defers ruling on whether there will be any further disclosure of any breakdown of the settlement amounts paid by Epstein. 5. Epstein shall file a new Motion addressing separately the admissibility of the aggregate settlement amount paid to Edwards' three clients and the gross settlell1:ent amounts NOT A CERTIFIED COPY Jeffi·ey Epstein v. Scott Rothstein and Bradley J. Edwards 15 th Judicial Circuit Case No. 2009CA040800XXXXMBAG Order Compelling Epstein to Produce Settlement Amounts Page3 disclosed pursuant to this Order. The Motion should also address Epstein's position as to the production of any Settlement Agreements underlying any settlements paid by Epstein and outline the confidentiality provisions governing those agreements. To the extent that disclosure of any such provisions is subject to confidentiality, disclosure shall be made under seal in accordance with Administrative Order 2.303-9/09. 6. The parties shall schedule a 30-minute hearing on Epstein's Motion. Edwards shall respond to the Motion in accordance with this Court's judicial instructions. - }-:!:: AND ORDERED in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida this _i day of lme!iil,er, 20 Ij @ _ _,, / SERVICE LIST Jack Scarola Nichole J. Segal Searcy, Denny, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard Courthouse Commons, Suite 350 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 444 West Railroad A venue mep@searcylaw.com West Palm Beach, FL 33401 jsx@searcylaw.com njs@,FLAAppellateLaw.com scarolateam@searcylaw.com kbt@FLApgellateLaw.com Co-Counsel for Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Co-Counsel for Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Bradley J. Edwards Bradley J. Edwards Bradley J. Edwards Marc S. Nurik Edwards Pottinger LLC Law Offices of Marc S. Nurik 425 N. Andrews Avenue, Suite 2 One E. Broward Boulevard, Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33401 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 brad@epllc.com marc@nuriklaw.com staff.efile@pathotojustice.com Counsel for Defendant Scott Rothstein Co-Counsel for Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Bradley J. Edwards NOT A CERTIFIED COPY • Jeffrey Epstein v. Scott Rothstein and Bradley J. Edwards 15 th Judicial Circuit Case No. 2009CA040800XXXXMBAG Order Compelling Epstein to Produce Settlement Amounts Page4 Jack A. Goldberger Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A. 250 Australian Avenue S., Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 jgoldberger@agwpa.com smahoney@agwpa.com Co-Counsel for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Jeffrey Epstein Scott J. Link Kara Berard Rockenbach Angela M. Many Link & Rockenbach, P.A. 1555 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 301 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Scott@linkrocklaw.com Kara@linkrocklaw.com Angela@linkrocklaw.com Tina@linkrocklaw.com Troy@linkrocklaw.com Tanya@linkrocklaw.com Eservice(a),linkrocklaw.com Trial Counsel for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Jeffrey Evstein