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Vikki Benkel
Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing,
Edwards, Fistos Et Lehrman, P.L.
September 13, 2011
RE:
PEOPLE vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN
COURT DOCKET/INDEX NUMBER: 30/29/10
DATE OF MINUTES: JAN. 18, 2011— SURA HEARING
Dear Ms. Benkel:
Enclosed please find our check #3020. in the amount of $75.00, representing pre-payment for the
above referenced transcript.
Please forward the copy of the hearing transcript to the address below at your earliest
convenience.
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SUPREME COURT
NEW YORK COUNTY
TRIAL TERM
PART 66
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: INDICTMENT #
: 30129/2010
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AGAINST
JEFFREY EPSTEIN
Defendant.
BEFORE:
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.x SORA HEARING
111 Centre Street
New York, New York 10013
January 18, 2011
HONORABLE
Justice...eme Court
APPEARANCES:
For the People:
For the Defense:
CYRUS R. VANCE, JR., ESQ.,
New York County District Attorney
One Hogan Place
New York, New York 10013
BY: JENNIFER GAFFNEY, ESQ.
Assistant District Attorney
KIRKLAND & ELLI, LLP
153 East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022
BY: JAY LEFKOWITZ, ESQ.
SANDRA MUSUMECI, ESQ.
Vikki J. Benkel
Senior Court Reporter
Vikki J. Benkel
Sensor Court Reporter
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COURT CLERK: This is number two on the calendar,
matter of Jeffrey Epstein.
Your appearances please.
MS. GAFFNEY: Jennifer Gaffney for the People.
Good afternoon, Your Honor.
MR. LEFKOWITZ: Jay Lefkowitz and Sandra Musumeci
for Mr. Epstein.
THE COURT: Mr. Epstein is not here.
MR. LEFKOWITZ: That's correct.
THE COURT: Are you waiving his appearance?
MR. LEINOWITZ: Yes.
MS. GAFFNEY: Your Honor, this case is on for a
SORA hearing this afternoon.
The People did receive the board's recommendation
of a Level Three. However, we received the underlying
information from them and also had some contact with
Florida, and we don't believe that we can rely on the entire
probable cause affidavit.
I don't know if the board sent that to you as
well.
THE COURT: I don't know why you cannot rely on
it.
MS. GAFFNEY:
Because in Florida of all of the
victims in that probable cause affidavit, they actually only
went forward on one case.
There was only an indictment for
Vilthi J. Rothe!
Senior Court Reporter
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one victim and that is what the defendant plead to.
So it is unlike a situation where everything was
indicted and then we get to sort of assess points for all of
the victims, if it was part of a plea bargain. They did not
actually choose to go forward on any except for the one
victim.
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So under the board guidelines, the risk assessment
interim guidelines, it actually says, you know, by way of
contrast if an offender is not indicted for an offense, it
is strong evidence that the offense did not occur and I
don't think --
THE COURT: Do you find that if somebody is not
indicted it is strong evidence that it did not occur?
MS. GAFFNEY: I don't know that we can rely on it
as clear and convincing evidence if the prosecutor's office
never went forward on it. The prosecution said that the