Villafana

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059.pdf - 76 . Villafana's Emails with Defense Attorney Lefkowitz during the NPA Negotiations Do Not Establish That Villafana, or Other Subjects, Intended to Give ...
059.pdf - 98 Villafana nor the case agent had heard of Epstein or had any knowledge of his background. According to Villafana, during this meeting, the Detective e...
059.pdf - 100 to make sure that they know about it so they don't get ... a call from out of the blue." According to Villafana, she told Acosta and Sloman that the F...
059.pdf - 105 t meeting with defense counsel. They perceived Lourie to be dismissive of their views. 35 According to Villafana, Lourie believed that a meeting with ...
059.pdf - 108 d to Lourie with an email stating that the memorandum was "exhaustive" and "well done" and noting that Villafana "has correctly focused on the issues ...
059.pdf - 115 the proposed indictment and asking again for feedback. During his OPR interview, Lourie observed that Villafana's request for feedback reflected her d...
059.pdf - 116 ]hey obviously did not persuade" the USAO because "we ... didn't drop the investigation." According to Villafana, Lourie, and Menchel, during a short ...
059.pdf - 121 xplaining that he had proposed to Sanchez resolving the federal investigation through a state plea. In Villafana's view, the proposed state resolution...
059.pdf - 127 video that might have corroborated victim statements about visiting Epstein's home. More generally, in Villafana's experience, individuals involved in...
059.pdf - 133 eement" came from Acosta, although Menchel may have communicated that terminology to her. According to Villafana, she asked that it include a mechanis...
059.pdf - 142 erests of the prosecution team," and that he was in favor of going forward with the case. According to Villafana, during his review of the file, Ooste...
059.pdf - 146 her Krischer nor Belohlavek expressed concern about proceeding as the USAO was proposing. According to Villafana, Belohlavek explained that a plea to ...
059.pdf - 152 ould be forwarding to Lefkowitz "our last version of the Non-Prosecution Agreement." Acosta asked that Villafana "make sure they know it[']s only a dr...
059.pdf - 153 lea to Federal Charges Negotiations continued the next day, Tuesday, September 18, 2007. Responding to Villafana's revised draft of the NPA, Lefkowitz...
059.pdf - 154 talk to Epstein and close the deal." 118 Within moments, Lourie replied to the manager, with a copy to Villafana, reporting that he had just spoken wi...
059.pdf - 165 s, and asked Lefkowitz to send her the signed agreement. After Lefkowitz electronically transmitted to Villafana a copy of the NP A signed by Epstein,...
059.pdf - 169 procedure for selecting an attorney representative. Lefkowitz objected to this proposal in a letter to Villafana, pointing out that the NP A did not p...
059.pdf - 173 ilable to him, including but not limited to gain time and work release. Sloman forwarded the letter to Villafana, commenting, "Wait [until] you see th...
059.pdf - 174 Sanchez signed the NP A addendum. 148 Villafana' s name was printed as the USAO representative, but at Villafana's request, Sloman signed the addendum...
059.pdf - 176 component" of the NP A. After Lourie sent to Sloman a copy of the Starr letter, Sloman forwarded it to Villafana, asking her to prepare a chronology o...
059.pdf - 185 ttorney met with victims, Oosterbaan spoke with Lefkowitz about CEOS 's role. In a subsequent email to Villafana, Sloman, and Senior, Oosterbaan expla...
059.pdf - 186 ein's position, Mr. Epstein shall have one week to abide by [the NPA]." Sloman forwarded this email to Villafana, who responded, "Why would we possibl...
059.pdf - 195 ediate supervisor met with a Palm Beach Sheriffs Office official to discuss work release. According to Villafana, the official told them, "Epstein wou...
059.pdf - 196 P A] unless Mr. Epstein immediately ceases and desists from his breach of this agreement. According to Villafana, the FBI case agent spoke with the St...
059.pdf - 228 8. He later opined to Acosta and Menchel that "there is some risk on some of the statutes [proposed in Villafana's prosecution memorandum] as this is ...
059.pdf - 229 ayed a significant role in Acosta's decisions as reflected in the term sheet. 220 Sloman told OPR that Villafana "always believed in the case." 148
059.pdf - 234 rview, Sloman did not recall making such a remark, although he could not rule out the possibility that Villafana, for whom he repeatedly expressed gre...
059.pdf - 236 ing with Epstein's attorneys and voiced her concerns to her supervisors, but was overruled by them. In Villafana' s view, the significance of the earl...
059.pdf - 244 Villafafia's Emails with Defense Attorney Lefkowitz during the NPA Negotiations Do Not Establish That Villafana, or Other Subjects, Intended to Give E...
059.pdf - 245 not accept a plea to a conspiracy charge that required dismissal of numerous substantive counts. As to Villafana's offer to meet with Lefkowitz "off c...
059.pdf - 246 that Villafana "was soft on Epstein ... couldn't have been further from the truth." Sloman added that Villafana "did her best to implement the decisio...
059.pdf - 247 d OPR credits them. OPR finds, therefore, that the emails in question do not themselves establish that Villafana ( or any other subject) acted to impr...
059.pdf - 248 n's longtime relationship with a close female friend who was a well-known socialite, but, according to Villafana, in 2007, they "didn't have any speci...
059.pdf - 285 om Epstein." 290 In commenting on OPR's draft report, Menchel's counsel reiterated his contention that Villafana's claim about a meeting involving Men...
059.pdf - 289 NOT A CERTIFIED COPY involved in such notifications. According to Villafana, Sloman then directed her to have the case agents make the victim notifica...
059.pdf - 296 arguments against the federal investigation and the NPA's use of 18 U.S.C. ยง 2255. Sloman responded to Villafana's request with an email instructing h...
059.pdf - 298 otify victims [in an umelated matter]. We seem to be in a Catch 22."321 OPR did not find a response to Villafana's email. In their December 14, 2007 m...
059.pdf - 303 ters until they were collected for the CVRA litigation, sometime after July 2008. Rather, according to Villafana, "The decision to issue the letter an...
059.pdf - 306 iminal investigation I was cooperating in. If I had been told of a[ n NPA], I would have objected." In Villafana's 2017 declaration in the CVRA litiga...
059.pdf - 307 claims or completely making up claims in order to increase their damages amount." Rather, according to Villafana, she told the three victims that "an ...
059.pdf - 310 e #2. Although OPR focuses on Villafaiia's communications with Edwards in this section, OPR notes that Villafana 229
059.pdf - 311 attorney's inquiries, she provided information to the extent possible. OPR found no documentation that Villafana's communications with the attorney oc...
059.pdf - 315 ictim list and Notification. Ifl face resistance on that front, I will let you know." 362 According to Villafana, either Acosta or Sloman made the dec...
059.pdf - 317 owed to consult with [the USAO] before making a decision."368 That same day, Edwards wrote a letter to Villafana, complaining that Epstein's state cou...
059.pdf - 341 ions with her supervisors about notifying victims, her supervisors did not, and Menchel contended that Villafana's recollection is inaccurate. Assumin...
059.pdf - 343 either FBI case agent reviewed any of the letters sent by the FBI's Victim Specialist.411 According to Villafana, "The decision to issue the letters a...
059.pdf - 355 people don't understand what that means." Instead, with respect to the three victims who, according to Villafana, had been informed by the FBI about t...
059.pdf - 357 ed state plea hearing. 436 In his 2017 affidavit prepared for the CVRA litigation, Edwards stated that Villafana "gave the impression that she was cau...
059.pdf - 361 mention the NP A. Just before Epstein's June 30, 2008 state court plea, 445 OPR notes that, similar to Villafana, Sloman interacted with a victim's at...
059.pdf - 362 ing confused and believing she had been misled. OPR did not find evidence supporting a conclusion that Villafana, Acosta, Sloman, Menchel, or Lourie o...
2020.11 DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility Report.pdf - 130 Attorney met with victims, Oosterbaan spoke with Lefkowitz about CEOS's role. fu a subsequent email to Villafana, Sloman, and Senior, Oosterbaan expla...