EFTA00015606.pdf

"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. ... 19 Cr. 490(KMB)"

"Before: HON. HENRY B. PITMAN, Magistrate Judge"

"Reid Weingarten from the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson. ... For Jeffrey Epstein"

"Martin Weinberg. I'm an attorney from Boston, Massachusetts; and, with your Honor's permission, I will be filing a pro hac vice to represent Mr. Epste"

"Marc Fernich, New York, New York, also for Mr. Epstein."

"Count One charges you with a sex trafficking conspiracy in violation of Title 18 United States Code § 371."

"Count Two charges with you with the substantive offense of sex trafficking in violation of Title 18 United States Code § 1591."

"undertook this conduct at at least two locations, including his mansion in Manhattan"

"undertook this conduct at at least two locations, including ... his estate in Palm Beach, Florida"

"including the ownership of a private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands"

"and a residence in Paris, France"

"the defendant owns two private jets and routinely uses them to travel abroad"

"defendant engaged in a years-long scheme to sexually abuse underage girls, paying minor girls to themselves be abused"

"sex trafficking is charged; and, moreover, each of the four factors to be considered in the detention analysis strongly militates towards pretrial det"

"including from a recent search of the defendant's Manhattan mansion, as I will discuss further in a moment"

"He travels abroad extensively, has a residence in France, and all of those factors further contribute to the risk of flight"

"he has previously pled guilty to solicitation of an underage girl. This court knows that defendants are routinely detained in this district when facin"

"global solution at the time to everyone involved, including my client."

"The agreement involved a plea in state court to soliciting an underaged girl, which would require registration"

"an agreement that was consummated and agreed to all the way up to main justice at a very, very high level."

"extensive litigation in the Southern District of Florida before Judge Marra on that very subject."

"there are alleged victims in this case who complain that they were not [consulted], and there has been extensive litigation"

"The allegations are from 2002 to 2005. This is old stuff."

"Because we have not had an opportunity to see our client until today... the defense is arguing that Mr. Epstein should be granted bail"

"A grand jury has properly returned an indictment... one of the two counts of the indictment is predicated exclusively on New York victims"

"MR. : Your Honor, we certainly don't object if the defendant is consenting to detention... for now the question is whether the defendant's attendance "

"the defendant knew that there would be challenges to the NPA... relating to negotiations between the feds and the defendant"

"The conduct at issue is ancient. It is from 2002 to 2005... trafficking, which is what has been charged here."

"counsel and Mr. Epstein should go to 178. ... MR. WEINGARTEN: No, your Honor."

"I have been advised by Judge Berman that he wants to see counsel right after these proceedings. Judge Berman's courtroom is 17B. So counsel and Mr. Ep"

"The defendant is detained at least until the continuation of the detention hearing pursuant to 18 United States Code 3142(f)."

"The defendant is detained at least until the continuation of the detention hearing pursuant to 18 United States Code 3142(f)."

"I have been advised by Judge Berman that he wants to see counsel right after these proceedings."

"The defendant is alleged to have spent years sexually abusing minors in multiple locations and with dozens of victims"

"But the defendant certainly has access to endless means to flee, including two private jets"

"MR. [REDACTED] Your Honor, the defendant is 66 years old. He is charged with appalling crimes... the government joins the pretrial recommendation"

"The beginning here is 2005 in Florida. That's when an allegation was received by the local police that Mr. Epstein was engaged in sexual conduct for m"

"compensation paid to alleged victims"

"the judge concluded that the prosecutors from the Southern District of Florida did not adequately notify some of the victims"

"what we have here is at least ten years post incarceration in the State of Florida of conduct that has never been challenged"

"I think Thursday's proceedings right now would be in front of Judge Berman unless he wants to send it back to me for bail"

"Judge Berman's courtroom is 17B. So counsel and Mr. Epstein should go to 178."

"With us are Special Agent of the F.B.I. and Detective , NYPD task force officer."

"the negotiation with the Southern District included negotiations with main justice."

"MR. WEINGARTEN: On the statutory rape thing, I had senior moment. There is no statutory rape because there is no penetration"

"Those allegations include verbal harassment, evasion of legal process, and forcing off the road the father of an individual relevant to that investiga"

"from the moment of Judge Marra's litigation in the Southern District of Florida, the defendant knew that there would be challenges to the NPA"