EFTA00725775.pdf

4-5-2010 DELIVERY BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Assistant Untied States Attorney USAO W.Palm Beach FL 33401 Re Jeffrey Epstein Deal= We are in receipt of the letter authored by you on April 2, 2010. First, we appreciate your review of the appended draft pleading authored by civil counsel for Mr. Epstein. We have advised civil counsel of your Office's position. We have been informed, and can accordingly assure you, that the motion as redrafted will not seek dismissal of the Complaint as a whole, but instead will seek dismissal only of Count 6 which rests on a predicate which, unlike Counts 1-5, had not even been enacted at the time of the conduct alleged by Jane Doe 103. Although the issues of multiplicity of counts and whether the minimum damage recovery would be $50,000 or $150,000 remain, they will not be litigated via a motion that would, if allowed, result in a dismissal (even one without prejudice) of the 2255 action. While we respect (and in fact sought) your opinion as to whether the earlier draft motion was consistent with the NPA, we do not necessarily agree with your conclusion that the pleading, if filed, which it will not be, would have constituted a breach. According to Mr. Epstein's civil counsel it sought only to dismiss the Complaint without prejudice to its being refilled under the version of the statute, 18 USC 2255, that was in existence at the time of the conduct rather than the later version which was enacted after the conduct at issue ended, see eg pg 22 ("Plaintiff's action should be dismissed and she should be required to plead her action under the applicable version of 18 USC 2255") and pg 24 ("the statute in effect during the time of the alleged conduct applies, not the version, as amended, effective July 27, 2006"). It was never the intent of Mr. Epstein nor his civil counsel to permanently preclude Jane Doe 103 from bringing a lawsuit under 18 USC 2255. EFTA00725775  Again, we appreciate your providing us with the Office's position so that we could in turn provide intelligent guidance to civil counsel. RB MGW Jeffrey Sloman United States Attorney USAO Miami Robert Senior First Assistant United States Attorney USAO Miami EFTA00725776