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Filing # 81169600 E-Filed 11/26/2018 10:25:33 AM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY Case No. 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Plaintiff, v. SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, individually, and L.M., individually, Defendants, DEFENDANT/COUNTER-PLAINTIFF'S SECOND AMENDED PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS AND VERDICT FORM Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff, BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, by and through undersigned counsel, hereby files his Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Forms for trial in the above-styled matter. These Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form incorporate all prior submissions and revisions and contain certain edits to Instruction 201.1 (Description of the Case). No. Cite Jury Instruction Accepted (Y/N) I 201.1 Description of the Case 2 201.2 Introduction of Participants and Their Roles 3 201.3 Explanation of the Voir Dire Process 4 202.1 Introduction 5 202.2 Explanation of the Trial Procedure 6 202.3 Note-Taking by Jurors 7 202.4 Juror Questions 8 301.1 Deposition Testimony, Interrogatories, Stipulated Testimony, Stipulations and Admissions 9 301.2 Instruction When Firest Item of Documentary, Photographic or Physical Evidnece is Admitted EFTA00806757 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 2 of 56 10 301.3 Instruction When Evidnece is Published to the Jury 11 301.4 Instruction Regarding Visual or Demonstrative Aids 12 301.5 Evidence Admitted for a Limited Purpose 13 406.1 Introduction 14 406.2 Summary of Claims 15 406.3 Greater Weight of the Evidence 16 406.4 Probable Cause 17 406.5 Legal Malice 18 406.6 Instituting or Continuing a Proceeding 19 406.7 Legal Cause 20 406.8 Issues on Claim 21 406.9 Burden of Proof on Claim 22 406.12 Malicious Prosecution Damages 23 Special Instruction Amount of Loss or Harm is Uncertain or Difficult to Determine 24 503.1 Punitive Damages - Bifurcated Procedure 25 601.1 Weighing of the Evidence 26 601.2 Believability of Witnesses 27 Special Instruction Adverse Inference Instruction — Fifth Amendment 28 Special Instruction Federal Rule of Evidence 415 & Florida Statutes Section 90.404 29 Special Instruction Natural and Probable Consequences 30 Special Instruction Litigation Privilege 31 Special Instruction Jeffrey Epstein's Failure to Testify at Trial 32 Special Instruction The Sword-Shield Doctrine 33 Special Instruction Epstein's Failure to Raise Advice of Counsel as a Defense 34 601.5 Concluding Instruction (Before Final Argument) 35 700 Closing Instructions 36 Verdict Form Bradley Edwards' Verdict Form EFTA00806758 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 3 of 56 I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was sent via E-Serve to all Counsel on the attached list, this 26'h day of November, 2018. Zs/ David P. Vitale Jr JACK SCAROLA Florida Bar No.: 169440 DAVID P. VITALE JR. Florida Bar No.: Attome E-Mail s and Primary E-Mail: Searcy Denney Scarola Bamhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard West Palm Beach Florida 33409 Phone: Fax: Attorneys for Bradley J. Edwards EFTA00806759 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 4 of 56 COUNSEL LIST Scott J. Link, Esq. Link & Rockenbach, P.A. 1555 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard Suite 301 Attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein Jack A. Goldberger, Esquire Atterbury Goldberger & Weiss, P.A. 250 Australian Avenue S, Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein Nichole J. Segal, Esquire Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A. 444 W Railroad Avenue, Suite 350 West P 401 Phone: Attorneys or ra ey . dwards Bradley J. Edwards, Esquire 425 N Andrews Avenue, Suite 2 O1 Marc S. Nurik, Esquire One E Broward Blvd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Attorneys for Scott Rothstein EFTA00806760 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEiN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 5 of 56 PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS 201.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE Welcome. The Clerk will now administer your oath. Now that you have been sworn, I'd like to give you an idea about what we are here to do. This is a civil trial. A civil trial is different from a criminal case, where a defendant is charged by the state prosecutor with committing a crime. The subject of a civil trial is a disagreement between people or companies [or others, as appropriate], where the claims of one or more of these parties have been brought to court to be resolved. It is called "a trial of a lawsuit." This case concerns the following. Beginning in the summer of 2008, Bradley Edwards represented three females, L.M., E.W. and Jane Doe, who claimed they had been repeatedly sexually molested by Jeffrey Epstein. At the same time, dozens of other alleged victims were identified as having been sexually molested by Jeffrey Epstein, and many of those underage children retained lawyers in order tofile civil claims against Epstein. Attorney Edwards took a leading role in coordinated discovery efforts in those sexual abuse lawsuits. Also in the summer of 2008, Attorney Edwards was lead counsel in a separate lawsuit against the federal government, which sought to invalidate a plea agreement that Epstein had entered into with the federal government. In that Agreement, the Federal Government agreed not tofile Federal criminal charges against Epstein in exchange for Epstein pleading guilty to two statefelony charges concerning his alleged molestation ofchildren. He was registered as a Sex Offender and sentenced to 18 months incarcerationfollowed by a period ofhouse arrest. He was also requirednot to challenge the civil claims ofapproximately 40 young women identified by Federal Authorities as victims of his abuse, if those victims agreed to limit their damage claims. In April of 2009, Attorney Edwards took a job at the Rothstein Rosenfeldt and Adler law firm. Approximately six months later, while Attorney Edwards was prosecuting his clients' sexual molestation/abuse claims against Epstein and pursing the separate federal action to invalidate Epstein's plea Agreement, it was publicly disclosed that the senior partner in the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm, Scott Rothstein, had secretly been engaged since 2005 in a massive Ponzi scheme. Rothstein's scheme raised hundreds of millions of dollars from 2005 to 2009 and was one of the largest frauds in U.S. history. While Rothstein's Ponzi scheme began years before Attorney Edwards sued Epstein andyears before Attorney Edwards was employed by Rothstein's law firm, after Edwards joined the firm, Rothstein used the claims against Epstein to attract additionalPonzi scheme investors by selling them interests in non-existent settlements ofbothfiled and made-up cases. The fact that Rothstein used the pending claims against Epstein to attract investors in the Ponzi scheme is not disputed. Epstein sued Edwards for knowingly assisting Rothstein in the Ponzi scheme and accused Edwards in that Complaint ofcommitting a number of serious criminal offenses. Whether Epstein hadprobable cause to support that claim is an issue to be decided in this case. EFTA00806761 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEiN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 6 of 56 Rothstein's scheme was disclosed by the media in November of 2009, and on December I, 2009 Rothstein was indicted by the federal government. Except in Epstein's lawsuit, Bradley Edwards's name was never associated with Rothstein's criminal scheme and he was never charged with any wrongdoing. Nonetheless, six days later Jeffrey Epstein sued Rothstein, Bradley Edwards, and L.M., one ofEpstein's victims. At the time Epstein filed this lawsuit, he had already settled thirteen sexual molestation claims brought by other underage females, and he faced more than two dozen additionalpending sexual molestation claims, including the three cases being pursued by Mr. Edwards on behalfofL.M., E.W., and Jane Doe. Mr. Edwards also continued to pursue the federal action to invalidate Epstein's please, which if successful, could expose Jeffrey Epstein to a possible lengthy Federalprison sentence. In his 5-count lawsuit, Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Mr. Edwards committed numerous crimes against Epstein by prosecuting fabricated or exaggerated sexual abuse claims in civil lawsuits on behalfofMr Edwards' three underage clients, L.M., E.W., and Jane Doe. According to Jeffrey Epstein's lawsuit, these claims were "weak" and had "minimal value," and the real reason Mr. Edwards pursued those allegedly false sexual molestation claims on behalf of the minor child victims was to knowingly assist in a criminal Ponzi scheme. In the lawsuit, Jeffrey Epstein also sought, in part, to stop all of the lawsuits being prosecuted by Edwards against Epstein. In this case which you have been selected to serve as jurors, Mr. Edwards contends that Jeffrey Epstein filed knowingly false allegations against Bradley Edwards, that he filed those false allegations in 2009 in the absence ofprobable cause and with malice, and that Jeffrey Epstein continued to prosecute these knowingly false allegations against Bradley Edwards for years. This case therefore concerns whether Jeffrey Epstein had probable cause to file and continue that lawsuit against Attorney Bradley Edwards, alleging that Mr. Edwards had committed criminal acts against Jeffrey Epstein byprosecutingfabricated or exaggeratedsexual abuse claims in civil lawsuits on behalfofthree underage female children, L.M., E.W. and Jane Doe, who Edwards alleged were repeatedly sexually molested by Jeffrey Epstein over a period ofyears. Epstein claims he hadprobable cause to file the claims against Edwards in 2009 and that he had probable cause to continue pursuing those claims through the time when Epstein dismissed those claims in August 2012. Although Jeffrey Epstein sued Bradley Edwards based, inpart, on the allegation that the lawsuits were not well-founded, he has recently conceded that all of the lawsuits Attorney Edwards filed on behalf ofL.M., E.W. and Jane Doe were filed by Bradley Edwards in good- faith. Mr. Edwards further contends that Jeffrey Epstein filed the lawsuit against Attorney Edwards in order to intimidate Mr. Edwards into abandoning or cheaply compromising his clients' claims, and to intimidate the dozens of other victims who were pursuing claims against Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Edwardsfurther contends that Jeffrey Epsteinfiled this suit out ofmalicefor Mr. Edwards, who was coordinating much of the discovery being taken by all of the alleged underage victims, notjust L.M., E.W., and Jane Doe. Finally, Mr. Edwards contends that Jeffrey Epstein filed this lawsuit to punish Attorney Edwards for the lawsuit Attorney Edwards filed against the federal government, in which Attorney Edwards, on behalfofhis clients, sought to EFTA00806762 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 7 of 56 overturn the plea agreement Jeffrey Epstein had entered into with thefederal government which in essence immunized Jeffrey Epsteinfrom beingfederally prosecutedfor thefederal sex offenses the government had discovered had been committed against at least 40 minors.. Attorney Edwards defended against Epstein's lawsuit, challenging it on the grounds that it had no legal or factual support Shortly before the Court was scheduled to rule on Mr. Edwards' challenge, Epstein dismissed all of his claims against Attorney Edwards. Furthermore, Epstein allowed the statute of limitations to expire making it legally impossible for Epstein to bring any claims based on the conduct he sued upon in the original complaint. While Epstein denies Bradley Edwards' claimfor malicious prosecution, Epstein has refused to answer any questions about the validity ofthe civil claims Edwards prosecuted on behalfofL.M., E.W., and Jane Doe. Finally, although Epstein claimed that the cases beingpursued by L.M., E.W. and Jane Doe were "weak" and had "minimal value" and were only being pursued by Edwards in furtherance of Edwards's participation in a criminal Ponzi scheme, Epstein eventually settled the claims brought by Bradley Edwardsfor a total of$5.5 million. You• job as jurors will be to decide whether Jeffrey Epstein sued Bradley Edwards maliciously, and, if so whether and in what amount Bradley Edwards was damaged by the malicious claims brought against him by Jeffrey Epstein. If you decide that Bradley Edwards was damaged by maliciously filed claims brought by Jeffrey Epstein, you will also be called upon to consider whether it is appropriate to awardpunitive damages against Jeffrey Epstein to punish him and to deter othersfrom engaging in similar• wrongdoing. EFTA00806763 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 8 of 56 201.2 INTRODUCTION OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR ROLES Judge/Court: I am the Judge. You may hear people occasionally refer to me as "The Court." That is the formal name for my role. My job is to maintain order and decide how to apply the rules of the law to the trial. I will also explain various rules to you that you will need to know in order to do your job as the jury. It is my job to remain neutral on the issues of this lawsuit. Parties: A party who files a lawsuit is called the Plaintiff A party that is sued is called the Defendant. Attorneys: The attorneys have the job of representing their clients. That is, they speak for their clients here at the trial. They have taken oaths as attorneys to do their best and to follow the rules of their profession. Plaintiff's Counsel: The attorney on this side of the courtroom, Jack Scarola, represents Bradley Edwards and is the person who filed the claim in dispute. His job is to present his client's side of things to you. Mr. Scarola and his client will be referred to most ofthe time as "the plaintiff. Mr. Scarola, will you please introduce who is sitting at the table with you? Defendant's Counsel: The attorney on this side of the courtroom, Scott Link, represents Jeffrey Epstein, the one who has been sued. His job is to present his client's side of things to you. He and his client will usually be referred to here as "the defendant". Mr. Link, will you please introduce who is sitting at the table with you? Court Clerk: This person sitting in front of me, (name), is the court clerk. He/She is here to assist me with some of the mechanics of the trial process, including the numbering and collection of the exhibits that are introduced in the course of the trial. EFTA00806764 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 9 of 56 Court Reporter: The person sitting at the stenographic machine, (name), is the court reporter. His/Her job is to keep an accurate legal record of everything we say and do during this trial. Bailiff: The person over there, (name), is the bailiff. His/Her job is to maintain order and security in the courtroom. The bailiff is also my representative to the jury. Anything you need or any problems that come up for you during the course of the trial should be brought to him/her. However, the bailiff cannot answer any of your questions about the case. Only I can do that. Jury: Last, but not least, is the jury, which we will begin to select in a few moments from among all of you. The jury's job will be to decide what the facts are and what the facts mean. Jurors should be as neutral as possible at this point and have no fixed opinion about the lawsuit. In order to have a fair and lawful trial, there are rules that all jurors must follow. A basic rule is that jurors must decide the case only on the evidence presented in the courtroom. You must not communicate with anyone, including friends and family members, about this case, the people and places involved, or your jury service. You must not disclose your thoughts about this case or ask for advice on how to decide this case. I want to stress that this rule means you must not use electronic devices or computers to communicate about this case, including tweeting, texting, blogging, e-mailing, posting information on a website or chat room, or any other means at all. Do not send or accept any messages to or from anyone about this case or your jury service. You must not do any research or look up words, names, maps, or anything else that may have anything to do with this case. This includes reading newspapers, watching television or using a computer, cell phone, the Internet, any electronic device, or any other means at all, to get information related to this case or the people and places involved in this case. This applies whether you are in the courthouse, at home, or anywhere else. EFTA00806765 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 10 of 56 Many of you may have cell phones, tablets, laptops or other electronic devices with you here in the courtroom. 'You cannot have any cell phones, tablets, laptops, or other electronic devices in the courtroom. You may use these devices during recesses, but even then you may not use your cell phone or electronic device to find out any information about the case or communicate with anyone about the case or the people involved in the case. Do not take photographs, video recordings or audio recordings of the proceedings or your fellow jurors. At the end of the case, while you are deliberating, you must not communicate with anyone outside the jury room. If someone needs to contact you in an emergency, the court can receive messages and deliver them to you without delay. A contact phone number will be provided to you. What are the reasons for these rules? These rules are imposed because jurors must decide the case without distraction and only on the evidence presented in the courtroom. If you investigate, research, or make inquiries on your own outside of the courtroom, the trial judge has no way to make sure that the information you obtain is proper for the case. The parties likewise have no opportunity to dispute or challenge the accuracy of what you find. That is contrary to our judicial system, which assures every party the right to ask questions about and challenge the evidence being considered against it and to present argument with respect to that evidence. Any independent investigation by a juror unfairly and improperly prevents the parties from having that opportunity our judicial system promises. Any juror who violates these restrictions jeopardizes the fairness of these proceedings, and a mistrial could result that would require the entire trial process to start over. A mistrial is a tremendous expense and inconvenience to the parties, the court, and the taxpayers. If you violate I Alternative B Instruction EFTA00806766 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page I I of 56 these rules, you may be held in contempt of court, and face sanctions, such as serving time in jail, paying a fine or both. All of your communications with courtroom personnel, or me, will be part of the record of these proceedings. That means those communications shall either be made in open court with the court reporter present or, if they are in writing, the writing will be filed with the court clerk. I have instructed the courtroom personnel that any communications you have with them outside of my presence must be reported to me, and I will tell the parties and their attorneys about any communication from you that I believe may be of interest to the parties and their attorneys. However, you may communicate directly with courtroom personnel about matters concerning your comfort and safety, such as juror parking, location of break areas, how and when to assemble for duty, dress, what personal items can be brought into the courthouse or jury room. If you become aware of any violation of these instructions or any other instruction I give in this case, you must tell me by giving a note to the bailiff. EFTA00806767 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 12 of 56 201.3 EXPLANATION OF THE VOIR DIRE PROCESS The last thing I want to do, before we begin to select the jury, is to explain to you how the selection process works. Questions/Challenges: This is the part of the case where the parties and their lawyers have the opportunity to get to know a little bit about you, in order to help them come to their own conclusions about your ability to be fair and impartial, so they can decide who they think should be the jurors in this case. How we go about that is as follows: First, I'll ask some general questions of you. Then, each of the lawyers will have more specific questions that they will ask of you. After they have asked all of their questions, I will meet with them and they will tell me their choices for jurors. Each side can ask that I exclude a person from serving on a jury if they can give me a reason to believe that he or she might be unable to be fair and impartial. That is what is called a challenge for cause. The lawyers also have a certain number of what are called peremptory challenges, by which they may exclude a person from the jury without giving a reason. By this process of elimination, the remaining persons are selected as the jury. It may take more than one conference among the parties, their attorneys, and me before the final selections are made. Purpose of Questioning: The questions that you will be asked during this process are not intended to embarrass you or unnecessarily pry into your personal affairs, but it is important that the parties and their attorneys know enough about you to make this important decision. If a question is asked that you would prefer not to answer in front of the whole courtroom, just let me know and you can come up here and give your answer just in front of the attorneys and me. If you have a question of either the attorneys or me, don't hesitate to let me know. Response to Questioning: There are no right or wrong answers to the questions that will be asked of you. The only thing that I ask is that you answer the questions as frankly and EFTA00806768 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 13 of 56 as honestly and as completely as you can. You will take an oath to answer all questions truthfully and completely and you must do so. Remaining silent when you have information you should disclose is a violation of that oath as well. If a juror violates this oath, it not only may result in having to try the case all over again but also can result in civil and criminal penalties against a juror personally. So, again, it is very important that you be as honest and complete with your answers as you possibly can. If you don't understand the question, please raise your hand and ask for an explanation or clarification. In sum, this is a process to assist the parties and their attorneys to select a fair and impartial jury. All of the questions they ask you are for this purpose. If, for any reason, you do not think you can be a fair and impartial juror, you must tell us. EFTA00806769 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 14 of 56 202.1 INTRODUCTION You have now taken an oath to serve as jurors in this trial. Before we begin, I am going to tell you about the rules of law that apply to this case and let you know what you can expect as the trial proceeds. It is my intention to give you some of the rules of law but it might be that I will not know for sure all of the law that will apply in this case until all of the evidence is presented. However, I can anticipate most of the law and give it to you at the beginning of the trial so that you will better understand what to be looking for while the evidence is presented. If I later decide that different or additional law applies to the case, I will tell you. In any event, at the end of the evidence I will give you the final instructions on which you must base your verdict. At that time, you will have a complete written set of the instructions so you do not have to memorize what I am about to tell you. The following are the rules of law expected to apply in this case. [READ RELEVANT INSTRUCTIONS BEGINNING AT PG. 28] EFTA00806770 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 15 of 56 202.2 EXPLANATION OF THE TRIAL PROCEDURE Now that you have heard the law, I want to let you know what you can expect as the trial proceeds. Opening Statements: In a few moments, the attorneys will each have a chance to make what are called opening statements. In an opening statement, an attorney is allowed to give you his/her views about what the evidence will be in the trial and what you are likely to see and hear in the testimony. Evidentiary Phase: After the attorneys' opening statements the plaintiffs will bring their witnesses and evidence to you. Evidence: Evidence is the information that the law allows you to see or hear in deciding this case. Evidence includes the testimony of the witnesses, documents, and anything else that I instruct you to consider. Witnesses: A witness is a person who takes an oath to tell the truth and then answers attorneys' questions for the jury. The answering of attorneys' questions by witnesses is called "giving testimony." Testimony means statements that are made when someone has sworn an oath to tell the truth. The plaintiffs' lawyer will normally question the witness first. That is called direct examination. Then the defense lawyer may ask the same witness additional questions about whatever the witness has testified to. That is called cross-examination. Certain documents or other evidence may also be shown to you during direct or cross-examination. After the plaintiffs' witnesses have testified, the defendant will have the opportunity to put witnesses on the stand and go through the same process. Then the plaintiffs' lawyer gets to do cross- examination. The process is designed to be fair to both sides. EFTA00806771 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 16 of 56 It is important that you remember that testimony come from witnesses. The attorneys do not give testimony and they are not themselves witnesses. Objections: Sometimes the attorneys will disagree about the rules for trial procedure when a question is asked of a witness. When that happens, one of the lawyers may make what is called an "objection." The rules for a trial can be complicated, and there are many reasons for the attorneys to object. You should simply wait for me to decide how to proceed. If I say that an objection is "sustained", that means the witness may not answer the question. If I say that the objection is "overruled", that means the witness may answer the question. When there is an objection and I make a decision, you must not assume from that decision that I have any particular opinion other than that the rules for conducting a trial are being correctly followed. If I say a question may not be asked or answered, you must not try to guess what the answer would have been. That is against the rules, too. Side Bar Conferences: Sometimes I will need to speak to the attorneys about legal elements of the case that are not appropriate for the jury to hear. The attorneys and I will try to have as few of these conferences as possible while you are giving us your valuable time in the courtroom. But, if we do have to have such a conference during testimony, we will try to hold the conference at the side of my desk so that we do not have to take a break and ask you to leave the courtroom. Recesses: Breaks in an ongoing trial are usually called "recesses". During a recess you still have your duties as a juror and must follow the rules, even while having coffee, at lunch, or at home. Instructions Before Closing Arguments: After all the evidence has been presented to you, I will instruct you on the law that you must follow. It is important that you remember these instructions to assist you in evaluating the final attorney presentations, which come next, and later, during your deliberations, to help you correctly sort through the evidence to reach your decision. EFTA00806772 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 17 of 56 Closing Arguments: The attorneys will then have the opportunity to make their final presentations to you, which are called closing arguments. Final Instructions: After you have heard the closing arguments, I will instruct you further in the law as well as explain to you the procedures you must follow to decide the case. Deliberations: After you hear the final jury instructions, you will go to the jury room and discuss and decide the questions I have put on your verdict form. You will have a copy of the jury instructions to use during your discussions. The discussions you have and the decisions you make are usually called "jury deliberations." Your deliberations are absolutely private and neither I nor anyone else will be with you in the jury room. Verdict: When you have finished answering the questions, you will give the verdict form to the bailiff, and we will all return to the courtroom, where your verdict will be read. When that is completed, you will be released from your assignment as a jury. Finally, before we begin the trial, I want to give you just a brief explanation of rules you must follow as the case proceeds. Keeping an Open Mind: You must pay close attention to the testimony and other evidence as it comes into the trial. However, you must avoid forming any final opinion or telling anyone else your views on the case until you begin your deliberations. This rule requires you to keep an open mind until you have heard all of the evidence and is designed to prevent you from influencing how your fellow jurors think until they have heard all of the evidence and had an opportunity to form their own opinions. The time and place for coming to your final opinions and speaking about them with your fellow jurors is during deliberations in the jury room, after all of the evidence has been presented, closing arguments have been made, and I have instructed you on the law. It is important that you hear all of the facts and that you hear the law and how to apply it before you start deciding anything. EFTA00806773 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 18 of 56 Consider Only the Evidence: It is the things you hear and see in this courtroom that matter in this trial. The law tells us that a juror can consider only the testimony and other evidence that all the other jurors have also heard and seen in the presence of the judge and the lawyers. Doing anything else is wrong and is against the law. That means that you must not do any work or investigation of your own about the case. You must not obtain on your own any information about the case or about anyone involved in the case, from any source whatsoever. This includes reading newspapers, watching television or using a computer, cell phone, the Internet, any electronic device, or any other means at all, to get information related to this case or the people and places involved in this case. This applies whether you are in the courthouse, at home, or anywhere else. You must not visit places mentioned in the trial or use the intemet to look at maps or pictures to see any place discussed during trial. Do not provide any information about this case to anyone, including friends or family members. Do not let anyone, including the closest family members, make comments to you or ask questions about the trial. Jurors must not have discussions of any sort with friends or family members about the case or the people and places involved. So, do not let even the closest family members make comments to you or ask questions about the trial. In this age of electronic communication, I want to stress again that just as you must not talk about this case face-to-face, you must not talk about this case by using an electronic device. You must not use phones, tablets, computers or other electronic devices to communicate. Do not send or accept any messages related to this case or your jury service. Do not discuss this case or ask for advice by any means at all, including posting information on an Internet website, chat room or blog. No Mid-Trial Discussions: When we are in a recess, do not discuss anything about the trial or the case with each other or with anyone else. If attorneys approach you, don't speak with them. The law says they are to avoid contact with you. If an attorney will not look at you or speak to EFTA00806774 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 19 of 56 you, do not be offended or form a conclusion about that behavior. The attorney is not supposed to interact with jurors outside of the courtroom and is only following the rules. The attorney is not being impolite. If an attorney or anyone else does try to speak with you or says something about the case in your presence, please inform the bailiff immediately. Only the Jury Decides: Only you get to deliberate and answer the verdict questions at the end of the trial. I will not intrude into your deliberations at all. I am required to be neutral. You should not assume that I prefer one decision over another. You should not try to guess what my opinion is about any part of the case. It would be wrong for you to conclude that anything I say or do means that I am for one side or another in the trial. Discussing and deciding the facts is your job alone. EFTA00806775 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 20 of 56 202.3 NOTE-TAKING BY JURORS If you would like to take notes during the trial, you may do so. On the other hand, of course, you are not required to take notes if you do not want to. That will be left up to you individually. You will be provided with a note pad and a pen for use if you wish to take notes. Any notes that you take will be for your personal use. However, you should not take them with you from the courtroom. During recesses, the bailiff will take possession of your notes and will return them to you when we reconvene. After you have completed your deliberations, the bailiff will deliver your notes to me. They will be destroyed. No one will ever read your notes. If you take notes, do not get so involved in note-taking that you become distracted from the proceedings. Your notes should be used only as aids to your memory. Whether or not you take notes, you should rely on your memory of the evidence and you should not be unduly influenced by the notes of other jurors. Notes are not entitled to any greater weight than each juror's memory of the evidence. EFTA00806776 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 21 of 56 202.4 JUROR QUESTIONS Questionsfor the court or courtroom personnel: During the trial, you may have a question about these proceedings. If so, please write it down and hand it to the bailiff, who will then hand it to me. I will review your question with the parties, and their attorneys, before responding. Questionsfor witnesses: You also may have a question you think should be asked of a witness. If so, there is a way for you to request that I ask the witness a question. After all the attorneys have completed their questioning of the witness, you should raise your hand if you have a question. I will then give you sufficient time to write the question on a piece of paper, fold it, and give it to the bailiff, who will pass it to me. Do not put your name on the question, show it to anyone or discuss it with anyone. I will then review the question with the attorneys. Under our law, only certain evidence may be considered by a jury in determining a verdict. You are bound by the same rules of evidence that control the attorneys' questions. If I decide that the question may not be asked under our rules of evidence, I will tell you. Otherwise, I will direct the question to the witness. The attorneys may then ask follow-up questions if they wish. If there are additional questions from jurors, we will follow the same procedure again. By providing this procedure, I do not mean to suggest that you must or should submit written questions for witnesses. In most cases, the lawyers will have asked the necessary questions. EFTA00806777 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 22 of 56 301.1 DEPOSITION TESTIMONY, INTERROGATORIES, STIPULATED TESTIMONY, STIPULATIONS, AND ADMISSIONS a. Deposition or prior testimony: Members of the jury, the sworn testimony of (name), given before trial, will now be presented. You are to consider and weigh this testimony as you would any other evidence in the case. b. Interrogatories: Members of the jury, answers to interrogatories will now be read to you. Interrogatories are written questions that have been presented before trial by one party to another. They are answered under oath. You are to consider and weigh these questions and answers as you would any other evidence in the case. c. Stipulated testimony: Members of the jury, the parties have agreed that if (name of witness) were called as a witness, he/she would testify (read or describe the testimony). You are to consider and weigh this testimony as you would any other evidence in the case. d. Stipulations: Members of the jury, the parties have agreed to certain facts. You must accept these facts as true. (Read the agreed facts). Jeffrey Epstein has conceded that Bradley Edwards had a good-faith basis tofile all ofthe civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse against Jeffrey Epstein on behalfof L.M., E.W., and Jane Doe. By conceding that all of the lawsuits were filed in good-faith, Jeffrey Epstein has not conceded that he infact committed any ofthe alleged acts against L.M., E.W. and Jane Doe, only that Bradley Edwards had a good-faith basis to reasonably believe that Jeffrey Epstein had infact committed the alleged acts. As to whether in fact he committed the alleged acts, Jeffrey Epstein has asserted his 0 Amendment right to remain silent EFTA00806778 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 23 of 56 e. Admissions: I. Applicable to all parties: Members of the jury, (identify the party or parties that have admitted the facts.) You must accept these facts as true. (Read the admissions). 2. Applicable tofewer than all parties: Members of the jury, (identify the party or parties that have admitted the facts). You must accept these facts as true in deciding the issues between (identify the affected parties), but these facts should not be used in deciding the issues between (identify the unaffected parties). (Read the admissions). EFTA00806779 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 24 of 56 301.2 INSTRUCTION WHEN FIRST ITEM OF DOCUMENTARY, PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IS ADMITTED The (describe item of evidence) has now been received in evidence. Witnesses may testify about or refer to this or any other item of evidence during the remainder of the trial. This and all other items received in evidence will be available to you for examination during your deliberations at the end of the trial. EFTA00806780 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800X,XXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 25 of 56 301.3 INSTRUCTION WHEN EVIDENCE IS FIRST PUBLISHED TO JURORS The (describe item of evidence) has been received in evidence. It is being shown to you now to help you understand the testimony of this witness and other witnesses in the case, as well as the evidence as a whole. You may examine (describe item of evidence) briefly now. It will also be available to you for examination during your deliberations at the end of the trial. EFTA00806781 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 26 of 56 301.4 INSTRUCTION REGARDING VISUAL OR DEMONSTRATIVE AIDS a. Generally: This witness will be using (identify demonstrative or visual aid(s)) to assist in explaining or illustrating his/her testimony. The testimony of the witness is evidence; however, these (identify demonstrative or visual aids) are not to be considered as evidence in the case unless received in evidence, and should not be used as a substitute for evidence. Only items received in evidence will be available to you for consideration during your deliberations. b. Specially created visual or demonstrative aids based on disputed assumptions: This witness will be using (identify demonstrative aids) to assist in explaining or illustrating his/her testimony. These items have been prepared to assist this witness in explaining his/her testimony. They may be based on assumptions which you are free to accept or reject. The testimony of the witness is evidence; however, these (identify demonstrative or visual aids) are not to be considered as evidence in the case unless received in evidence, and should not be used as a substitute for evidence. Only items received in evidence will be available to you for consideration during your deliberations. EFTA00806782 EDWARDS ADV. EPSTEIN Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff's Second Amended Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form Page 27 of 56 301.5 EVIDENCE ADMITTED FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE The (describe item of evidence) has now been received into evidence. It has been admitted only for the purpose of (describe purpose) as to (name party). You may consider it only for that purpose as it might affect (name party). You may not conside