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--- Page 1 --- **Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 204-3 Filed 04/16/21 Page 173 of 348** **Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE** **Document 204-3** **Filed 04/16/21** **Page 173 of 348** d[id]n't want to have to relive what happened to them."217 The co-case agent told OPR that one of the "strategies" for dealing with the victims' fear was "to keep them off the stand," and he generally remembered discussions about resolving the Epstein case in a way that protected the victims' identities. In addition, the CEOS Trial Attorney who briefly worked with Villafaña on the case after the NPA was signed told OPR that in her meetings with some of the victims, she formed the impression that they were not interested in the prosecution going forward. The CEOS Trial Attorney told OPR that "[the victims] would have testified," but would have required an extensive amount of "victim management" because they were "deeply embarrassed" about potentially being labeled as prostitutes. The CEOS Trial Attorney also told OPR that "there were obvious weaknesses in the case," from an evidentiary perspective.218 The contemporaneous records also reflect discussions of, or references to, various legal and factual issues or other concerns about the case. For example, in an early email to Menchel, Lourie noted that two key issues raised by Villafaña's proposed charges were whether the USAO could prove that Epstein traveled for the purpose of engaging in sex acts, and the fact that some minor victims had told Epstein they were 18. He later opined to Acosta and Menchel that "there is some risk on some of the statutes [proposed in Villafaña's prosecution memorandum] as this is uncharted territory to some degree." 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