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NOT A CERTIFIED COPY #291874/mep JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Plaintiff, vs. SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, individually, and L.M., individually, Defendant. I ---------------- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 502009CA040800:XXXXMBAG ~:;.: •j; n::X ;;::-'. ~ 33c:o~ " n,.,, ~. :::::0 ,, c:J:.~ :;c-c N -c-:· - --4~, ..... I.]'\ r "r.':. " rn <C~: c:, -c:· :::x r-z • w .t:,,._;n -<' N . ,.,, "'T'J ::0 N r-A PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL AND IMPOSE SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff, Bradley J. Edwards, by and through his undersigned counsel, moves this Honorable Court for an order imposing sanctions against the Plaintiff for his failure to appear and compelling the attendance of Plaintiff, Jeffrey Epstein, at deposition, and as grounds therefore would show: 1. The deposition of Jeffrey Epstein was duly noticed at a time convenient for Plaintiff as well as Defendants. 2. Jeffrey Epstein did not appear for the deposition and Edwards' counsel was informed by counsel for Plaintiff that Jeffrey Epstein was notified of the deposition and simply chose not to appear. 3. Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff has been forced to move to compel the appearance of Plaintiff and to travel to Palm Beach County for a hearing of this Motion, and the deposition, and has incurred additional unnecessary time and expenses. NOT A CERTIFIED COPY Edwards adv. Epstein Case No.: 502009CA040800:XXXXMBAG Motion to Compel and Impose Santions for Failure to Appear WHEREFORE, Plaintiff moves for an order imposing sanctions against the Plaintiff, Jeffrey Epstein, compelling attendance of Jeffrey Epstein for deposition and for an order taxing attorney's fees necessitated by Plaintiffs cavalier attitude toward the litigation. I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished by 71- Fax and U.S. Mail to all Counsel on the attached list, t • ___ day of Apri 2011. cy enney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley 21 9 aim Beach Lakes Boulevard t Palm Beach, Florida 33409 Phone: (561)686-6300 Fax: (561) 383-9451 Attorney for Bradley J. Edwards 2 NOT A CERTIFIED COPY Edwards adv. Epstein Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Motion to Compel and Impose Santions for Failure to Appear COUNSEL LIST Jack A. Goldberger, Esquire jgoldberger@agwpa.com; smahoney@agwpa.com Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A. 250 Australian Avenue South, Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone: (561)-659-8300 Fax: (561)-835-8691 Attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, PL 425 N. Andrews Avenue, Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Phone: (954)-524-2820 Fax: (954)-524-2822 Attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein Joseph L. Ackerman, Jr., Esquire jla@fowler-white.com Fowler White Burnett, P.A. 901 Phillips Point West 777 S Flagler Drive West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6170 3 Phone: (561)-802-9044 Fax: (561)-802-9976 Attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein Marc S. Nurik marc@nuriklaw.com Law Offices of Marc S. Nurik One E Broward Blvd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Phone: (954)-745-5849 Fax: (954)-745-3556 Attorneys for Scott Rothstein Martin Weinberg, Esquire Martin Weinberg, P.C. 20 Park Plaza, Suite 1000 Suffolk, MA 02116 Phone: Fax: Attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein NOT A CERTIFIED COPY IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Plaintiff, vs. No. 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually; BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, individually, and L.M., individually, Defendants. _________________ / CERTIFICATE OF NON-APPEARANCE DEPOSITION OF: JEFFREY EPSTEIN APRIL 13, 2011 9:30 a.m. DATE: TIME: PLACE: SEARCY, DENNEY, SCAROLA, BARNHART & SHIPLEY, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard West Palm Beach, Florida STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF BROWARD ss. I, CHRISTINE PHIPPS, RPR, FPR, CLR, do hereby certify that I was present for the" of reporting this deposition and that deponent did not appear. I Under pena • perjury, / that I .h'a 1 \ke read th ing certif· , that e ts stat are true. • '·_ -. ·., -··. Christine Phipps, RPR, FPR, CLR, Phipps Reporting, Inc. 8517 Legend Club Drive West Palm Beach, Florida 33412 www.phippsreporting.com (888)811-3408 'Pfitj.JJM 'l(eporti,(q--- -.-.. · . s· 1 NOT A CERTIFIED COPY A appear 1:41 APRIL 1:26 a.m 1 :27 B BARNHART 1:29 Beach 1: 6,30,31 1 :51 Boulevard 1 :30 BRADLEY 1: 15 BROWARD 1:36 C certificate 1 :23 1:43 certify 1 :39 Christine 1 :38 1:48 CIRCUIT 1 :4,5 CLR 1:38,48 Club 1:50 COUNTY 1:6 1:36 COURT 1:4 D DATE 1:26 declare 1 :42 Defendants 1:19 DENNEY 1:28 deponent 1 :41 deposition 1 :25 1:40 Drive 1:50 E EDWARDS 1: 15 EPSTEIN 1:9 1:25 F facts 1 :44 FIFTEENTH 1:5 ··•· -· - . - Florida 1 :6,31 SEARCY 1:28 1 :34,51 SHIPLEY 1 :29 foregoing 1 :43 ss 1 :35 FPR 1:38,48 STATE 1:34 stated 1 :44 I individually T 1:14,16,17 TIME 1:27 true 1:44 J J 1:15 V JEFFREYl:9 vs 1 :12 1:25 JUDICIAL 1 :5 w West 1 :31,51 L Lakes 1:30 1 Legend 1:50 13 1:26 L.M 1:16 2 N 20111:26 NON-APP EA ... 21391:30 1:23 3 -·-~- p 33412 1 :51 Palm 1 :6,30,31 5 1 :51 penalties 1 :42 502009CA040 ... perjury 1 :42 1: 12 Phipps 1 :38,48 8 1:49 PLACE 1:28 85171:50 Plaintiff 1: 11 9 present 1 :39 9:30 1 :27 purpose 1 :39 P.A 1:29 R read 1:43 reporting 1 :40 1:49 ROTHSTEIN 1:14 RPR 1:38,48 ----- ______ s -------- SCAROLA 1 :28 SCOTT 1:14 .,. ~•-· . •.. . - . - www.phippsreporting.com (888)811-3408 'T)fi1jJ/M' 'l:ZcportinJj'- Page 2