EFTA00019994.pdf

"Before: HON. RICHARD M. BERMAN, District Judge... UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 19 CR 490 (RMB)"

"JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. ... 19 CR 490 (RMB)"

"MARTIN G. WEINBERG, PC Attorney for Defendant BY: MARTIN G. WEINBERG"

"STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP Attorneys for Defendant BY: REID WEINGARTEN"

"Michael Miller from Steptoe & Johnson on behalf of the defendant."

"GEOFFREY S. BERMAN United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York... indispensable in this matter."

"Indictment 19 CR 490 charges Jeffrey Epstein with sex trafficking"

"charges Jeffrey Epstein with... conspiracy to commit sex trafficking."

"Jeffrey Epstein had been found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center"

"Joining us at counsel table are... Detective Paul Byrne of the NYPD."

"the government is legally obligated to seek dismissal of the pending indictment against Jeffrey Epstein"

"I'll turn to counsel for the defense at this time. Mr. Weingarten, I'm happy to hear from you."

"even after the indictment is dismissed. Both the U.S. Attorney's office and the FBI have been in touch with all known victims"

"medical examiner's report... came to the conclusion that it was suicide."

"the defense side who participated in the NPA, and we were satisfied that we had a very strong argument that every one of those lawyers believed with a"

"Stacey Richmond... represents the family of Mr. Epstein."

"find out what happened to our client"

"I asked the same questions that my co-counsel did... find out what happened to our client"

"the conditions he was held in... how the MCC houses pretrial detainees"

"separate team of Assistant United States Attorneys from the Southern District of New York, separate from the team who is handling this prosecution"

"Brad Edwards... with the law firm of Edwards Pottinger"

"a young female came into my office named [REDACTED] and she came to me not asking to file a lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein, but simply asking for the"

"similar investigation of Mr. Epstein many years ago, from 2005 to 2008"

"civil remedy for Mr. Epstein that goes to the estate"

"Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused me for years, robbing me of my innocence and mental health."

"Thank you for allowing us to speak today. I've shifted what I want to say in hearing what's already been said, and just about the question of Jeffrey'"

"I hadn't prepared any words to speak today, but there is something that was on my mind this morning when I got here."

"I signed on with an agency and was excited to pursue my passion and my dream."

"I couldn't fight back when Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused me because I hadn't yet found my voice."

"Jeffrey Epstein manipulated me, coerced me and sexually abused me."

"finally, in 2008 when I filed the case under the Crime Victims Rights Act, it wasn't me alone. I did it with Paul Cassell and Jay Howell."

"I did it with Paul Cassell and Jay Howell."

"And Brittany Henderson, of my office, is going to read her letter as instructed."

"currently a law professor, where I teach crime victims rights at the University of Utah, College of Law."

"I was a victim, and it has taken me many, many years to stand here and say, yes, it was me."

"David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexner."

"I'm a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner."

"We have with us today five of the victims that we represent."

"the women that helped him are, Ghislaine Maxwell... they definitely need to be held accountable for helping him"

"advocate on behalf of his client Alan Dershowitz, who has retained him in connection with litigation"

"litigation that we've brought against Mr. Dershowitz"

"I am a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in the dark and cruel and criminal acts they committed against me"

"When I was recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago, just before I was 17"

"I'm a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's international sex trafficking ring."

"Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell not only assaulted her... they stole her dreams and her livelihood."

"I was sexually assaulted by both and Jeffrey Epstein in his mansion."

"I was sexually assaulted by both and Jeffrey Epstein in his mansion."

"Thank you, Judge Berman, for inviting victims to speak today before you."

"My name is Kimberly Lerner, of Lerner and Lerner"

"What he could not buy, he forcibly took. ... It took me years to tell anyone what Epstein did to me"