EFTA00027591.pdf

Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 463-3 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/08/2019 Page 1 of 50 1 2 q%4 1 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 IN AND FOR STATE OF FLORIDA PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA CRIMINAL DIVISION ) ) vs ) CASE NO. 06 CF9454AMB ) 08 93B1CFAMB JEFFREY EPSTEIN Defendant. ) ) ) ) PLEA CONFERENCE 10 11 PRESIDING: HONORABLE DEBORAH DALE PUCILLO 12 APPEARANCES: 13 ON BEHALF OF THE STATE: BARRY E. KRISCHER, ESQUIRE 14 State Attorney 401 North Dixie Highway 15 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 By: LANNA BELOHLAVEK, ESQUIRE 16 Assistant State Attorney 17 ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT: ATTERBURY, GOLDBERGER & WEISS,P.A. 18 250 Australian Avenue South Suite 1400 19 West Palm Beach, Florida 334C1 By: JACK GOLDBERGER, ESQUIRE CERTIFIED COPY 20 21 22 23 June 30, 2008 24 Palm Beach County Courthouse West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 25 Beginning at 8:40 o'clock, a.m. PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00027591 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 463-3 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/08/2019 Page 2 of 50 2 1 r -) 2 BE IT REMEMBERED that the following proceedings were had in the above-entitled cause 3 before the HONORABLE DEBORAH DALE PUCILLO, one of 4 the judges of the aforesaid court, at the Palm 5 Beach County Courthouse, located in the City of 6 West Palm Beach, State of Florida on June 20, 2008 7 beginning at 8:40 o'clock, a.m. with appearances 8 as hereinbefore noted, to wit: 9 THEREUPON: 10 MR. GOLDBERGER: Good morning, Judge, 11 Jack Goldberger on behalf of Jeffrey 12 Epstein. 13 THE COURT: Good morning. 14 MR. GOLDBERGER: Your Honor, we are 15 here for a plea conference. 16 THE COURT: Raise your right hand. 17 THEREUPON: 18 JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 19 after being called as a witness by the Defense and 20 after being first duly sworn by the Court, was 21 examined and testified as follows: 22 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 23 THE COURT: Is this one case or two? 24 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Two. 25 THE COURT: May I see the PC PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00027592 Cae 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 463-3 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/08/2019 Page 3 of 50 1 affidavit in both cases, please? 2 MS. BELOHLAVEK: There are no PC 3 4 5 affidavits. There was originally an Indictment, the second charge was filed arising out of the booking. It was all 6 testimony presented to the grand jury. 7 THE COURT: Let me see the Indictment 8 then? 9 10 11 12 I have one Indictment, one Information? MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. THE COURT: So one case is charged by 13 Indictment, one is charged by Information? 14 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 15 THE COURT: In case 2006036744 you 16 are charged with procuring a person under 17 18 for prostitution, a second degree 18 felony, maximum penalty of fifteen years 19 Department of Corrections; minimum, some 20 period of probation. No mandatory minimum 21 apply, is that correct, State? 22 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 23 THE COURT: And in case number 06 24 9454CF, you are charged with felony 25 solicitation to prostitution, a third •- • PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00027593 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 463-3 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/08/2019 Page 4 of 50 1 degree felony, punishable by a maximum 2 penalty of five years in the Department of 3 Corrections, and a minimum, probation. No 4 mandatory minimums, correct? 5 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 6 THE COURT: The defendant has no 7 prior criminal record? 8 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 9 MR. GOLDBERGER: Yes, Your Honor. 10 THE COURT: You checked the NCIC as 11 well as State records? 12 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 13 THE COURT: And the guideline score 14 sheet I have before me shows 21.5 months in 15 the Department of Corrections as the lowest 16 permissible prison sentence in months. 17 Both sides agree to the preparation of the 18 guideline score sheet? 19 MR. GOLDBERGER: We so agree, Your 20 Honor. 21 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 22 THE COURT: What is proposed -- it 23 goes on for pages. 24 MR. GOLDBERGER: Your Honor, much of 25 the documentation is acknowledgement by my PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00027594 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 463-3 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/08/2019 Page 5 of 50 5 1 client to community control, sex offender 2 status. 3 THE COURT: I understand. 4 Okay. What is proposed -- those • 5 are the maximums and minimums, Mr. Epstein. 6 What is proposed is that you will be 7 pleading guilty to felony solicitation to 8 prostitution and procuring a person under 9 18 for prosecution. A PSI would be waived, 10 you would be adjudicated guilty of both 11 felonies, is that correct? 12 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 13 THE COURT: And on 06 9454, the 14 defendant to be sentenced to 12 -months in 15 the Palm Beach County -- detention 16 facility? He's going to do time in the 17 jail? 18 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 19 THE COURT: With credit for one day 20 served. And on 08 9381, he is to be 21 sentenced to six months in the Palm Beach 22 County jail detention facility, with credit 23 for one day served. And the six month 24 sentence is to be served consecutive to the 25 12 month sentence? PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00027595 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 463-3 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/08/2019 Page 6 of 50 6 1 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct.. 2 THE COURT: Following the six months 3 sentence, the defendant will be placed on 4 12 -months of community control one. The 5 conditions of the community control are 6 attached hereto and incorporated herein. 7 As a special condition of 8 community control, he's to have no 9 unsupervised contact with minors and the 10 supervising adult must be approved -- and I 11 would say, pre-approved, approved ahead of 12 time, not after the fact by the Department 13 of Corrections. And you would mean by that 14 his community control officer? 15 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 16 THE COURT: The defendant is 17 designated as a sexual offender pursuant to 18 Florida Statute 943.0435. and must abide by 19 all the corresponding requirements of the 20 statute, a copy of which is attached hereto 21 and incorporated herein. The defendant 22 must provide a DNA sample in court at the 23 time of this plea. Is this the -- and the 24 attachments are the terms and conditions of 25 community control. There are some PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00027596 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 463-3 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/08/2019 Page 7 of 50 7 1 squiggles on the bottom of the page, what 2 would those squiggles be? 3 MR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you, Your 4 Honor, those are my client's signature 5 acknowledging that we have gone over all 6 the conditions. 7 THE COURT: One page after the plea 8 sheet that really spells out the terms and 9 conditions of community control, Florida 10 Statute 948.101, Mr. Epstein, is that 11 squiggle at the bottom your squiggle? 12 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 13 THE. COURT: Would those be your 14 initials? 15 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 16 THE COURT: Did you read all of that 17 page? 18 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 19 THE COURT: Can you read? 20 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 21 THE COURT: How far did you go in 22 school? 23 THE DEFENDANT: High school. 24 THE COURT: That's your highest 25 degree? PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00027597 Ca;e9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 463-3 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/08/2019 Page 8 of 50 8 1 THE DEFENDANT: Yes. rm 2 THE COURT: And is this your 3 signature on the plea sheet that recites 4 the terms of the plea I just read? 5 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 6 THE COURT: Did you read that 7 document as well? 8 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. 9 THE COURT: You understand once you 1