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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JULIETTE BRYANT, Plaintiff, -against- DARREN K. INDYKE and RICHARD D. KAHN, in their capacities as the executors of the ESTATE OF JEFFREY EDWARD EPSTEIN, Defendants. Case No. 1:19-cv-10479 (ALC) (DCF) DEFENDANTS’ REPLY MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP 875 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 Tel: 212-704-6000 Fax: 212-704-6288 Attorneys for Defendants Case 1:19-cv-10479-ALC-DCF Document 39 Filed 05/26/20 Page 1 of 16 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page -i- PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ................................................................................................... 1 ARGUMENT ................................................................................................................................. 1 I. New York’s borrowing statute applies to Plaintiff’s claims because her own allegations firmly establish she was not, and is not, a New York resident. .................................................................................................................. 1 II. The 20-year limitations period in CPLR § 213-c does not apply retroactively or to torts allegedly committed outside New York. .......................... 3 III. Plaintiff is unable to invoke CPLR § 215(8)(a) because she fails to assert a criminal indictment that arises from Decedent’s alleged conduct towards her. ......................................................................................................................... 4 IV. Plaintiff fails to meet her burden to allege “extraordinary” circumstances sufficient to invoke equitable estoppel or tolling. .................................................. 6 V. Judge Engelmayer recently dismissed two other plaintiffs’ punitive damages claims as a matter of law, rejecting the very arguments Plaintiff raises here............................................................................................................... 7 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................ 10 Case 1:19-cv-10479-ALC-DCF Document 39 Filed 05/26/20 Page 2 of 16 -ii- TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page(s) Cases Bache Halsey Stuart Inc. v. Namm, 446 F. Supp. 692 (S.D.N.Y. 1978) ............................................................................................2 Banks v. Int’l Rental & Leasing Corp., 55 V.I. 967 (2011) ....................................................................................................................10 Blisset v. Eisensmidt, 940 F. Supp. 499 (N.D.N.Y. 1996) ............................................................................................9 Brown v. Parkchester S. Condos., 287 F.3d 58 (2d Cir. 2002).........................................................................................................7 Carson Optical Inc. v. eBay Inc., 202 F. Supp. 3d 247 (E.D.N.Y. 2016) .......................................................................................3 Corcoran v. New York Power Auth., No. 95 CIV. 5357 (DLC), 1997 WL 603739 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 29, 1997) ..................................4 Crabtree ex rel. Kemp v. Estate of Crabtree, 837 N.E.2d 135 (Ind. 2005) .....................................................................................................10 Davis v. Jackson, No. 15-CV-5359 (KMK), 2016 WL 5720811 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2016) ................................7 Doe 15 v. Indyke, No. 19-cv-10653 (PAE), 2020 WL 2086194 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 30, 2020) .........................8, 9, 10 Doe v. Indyke, No. 19-cv-10758 (PAE), 2020 WL 2036707 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 28, 2020) .....................7, 8, 9, 10 Funk v. Belneftekhim, No. 14-CV-0376 (BMC), 2019 WL 3035124 (E.D.N.Y. July 11, 2019) ..................................7 Gen. Stencils, Inc. v. Chiappa, 219 N.E.2d 169 (N.Y. 1966) ......................................................................................................7 Gold v. Katz, No. 90 CIV. 7726 (RLC), 1991 WL 237807 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 4, 1991) .....................................2 Gotlin v. Lederman, No. 05-CV-1899 (ILG), 2006 WL 1154817 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 28, 2006) ....................................7 Case 1:19-cv-10479-ALC-DCF Document 39 Filed 05/26/20 Page 3 of 16 - iii - Guobadia v. Irowa, 103 F. Supp. 3d 325 (E.D.N.Y. 2015) .......................................................................................7 Kashef v. BNP Paribas S.A., 925 F.3d 53 (2d Cir. 2019).........................................................................................................6 Lettis v. U.S. Postal Serv., 39 F. Supp. 2d 181 (E.D.N.Y. 1998) .........................................................................................4 In re Merrill Lynch Auction Rate Sec. Litig., 851 F. Supp. 2d at 544 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) ....................................................................................8 Nash v. Coram Healthcare Corp., No. 96 Civ. 0298 (LMM), 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9101 (S.D.N.Y. June 27, 1996) ..........................................................................................................................................8 Nat’l Jewish Democratic Council v. Adelson, No. 18 Civ. 8787 (JPO), 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168675 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2019) ..........................................................................................................................................9 People v. McLaughlin, 80 N.Y.2d 466 (1992) ................................................................................................................4 Texas v. Florida, 306 U.S. 398 (1939) ...................................................................................................................2 Whitley v. Bowden, No. 17-cv-3564 (KMK), 2018 WL 2170313 (S.D.N.Y. May 9, 2018) .....................................3 Willis v. Westin Hotel Co., 651 F. Supp. 598 (S.D.N.Y. 1986) ............................................................................................2 Wilson v. Erra, 94 A.D.3d 756, 942 N.Y.S.2d 127 (2012) .................................................................................4 Statutes 97 NY Jur Statutes § 185 .................................................................................................................6 CPLR § 213-c ..........................................................................................................................1, 3, 4 CPLR § 215(8)(a) ....................................................................................................................1, 4, 5 E.P.T.L. § 11-3.2(a)(1).....................................................................................................................9 New York Child Victims Act ..........................................................................................................8 Rule 12(b)(6) and Rule 12(f) ...........................................................................................................8 Case 1:19-cv-10479-ALC-DCF Document 39 Filed 05/26/20 Page 4 of 16 - iv - Rule 12(f) .........................................................................................................................................8 Other Authorities C. Wright & A. Miller, 5C Fed. Prac. & Proc. Civ. § 1380 (3d ed.) ...............................................8 Restatement (Second) of Torts § 908.............................................................................................10 Case 1:19-cv-10479-ALC-DCF Document 39 Filed 05/26/20 Page 5 of 16 The Co-Executors 1 submit this reply memorandum of law in support of their motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint (ECF No. 1). PRELIMINARY STATEMENT In her opposition brief, Plaintiff asks the Court to depart from well-established law to re