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Wednesday, February 2Z 2019 PERVERSION OF' JUSTICE TheVirgin Islands Daily News 15
For years, Jeffrey Epstein abused teen girls, police say. A timeline of his case
2005
March: A 14,eaKild girl and .r
parents report that Jeffrey Epstein
molested her at a mansion in Palm
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Royal Palm Beach High School had
taken .r to t. house to gve him
a massage in exchange for money.
AprIl: Palm Beach police begin
trash pulls at Ep.ein, home.
discovering a telepho. message
for Epstein with the gri, name on
it, and a time that matched t.
time that she told police she vas
there. They fi0 the names a.
phone numbers of other girls on
message slips in his trash.
October: With the police probe in full
swing. one of Epstein, assistants
calls one of the girls just as she
is beirg questioned by police.
Irwestgators begin interviottng
more gds. as .11as Epstein,
butlers. who tell t.m that Epstein
had frequent visits from girls. On
Oct 20. they execute a search
warrant at his Palm Beach house.
2006
May: Felice sigh a probable cause
affidavit c.rging Epstein and two
of his assisthnts with multiple
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July: Epstein, power.use legal
team tries to negotiate a .al
with the State Attorney's Office.
LaNyers discuss a deferred
prosecution in which Ep.ein
would enter a pretrial intervention
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November: The FBI begins..
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2007
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June: A 53-page indictment is
prepared by t. U.S. Attorneys
Office as. simulthneously plea
negotiations are initiated with
Epstein, legal team.
July: Gra. jury subpoenas are
issued for Epstein, computer,
which were removed from his
home p.r to the police search
August The U.S. attorney in Miami,
Alexander Acosta enters into
direct disc.sions about t. plea
agreement; a motion to com.I
production of Epstein's computers
is .layed.
September: Federal prosecutors
draw up .veral fe.ral plea
agreements that are rejected
by Epstein and his attorneys.
Epstein signs a nonroros.ution
agr.ment on Sept. 24, but his
attomeys continue to delay his
co appeaiance.
OctobliStor: With t. non-prosecution
agreement stil being
ACOsta meets with Epstein I,er
Jay Lefkowitz at t. West Pa.
Beach MaMott to discuss finalizing
a .al. Among the terms agre.
upon: lhat t. victims would not
be notified, that the .al would be
kept under sealarancpel alelagrandeciu. ry
NosvuoliTeerr:aEsp‘syte i n , I e rs lobj.t
to an addendum to t. ageement.
The provision call. for a special
master to appoint an attorney to
represent Epstein victims' rights to
civil compen.tion.
December: The two si.s continue
to .bate t..dendum. Epstein
attorney Kenneth Starr asks for
a review 91 the 9919991.90 by the
U.S. Department of Ju.ice in
Washington..rther dee,rtg its
execution. Victims are told the
irnestigation is continuing.
2008
January: Epstein attorney, Lefkowitz,
calls A.sta, telling him his
client will not go through with.
agreement .cause it requires him
to register as a sex offender
February: With the plea negotiations
and the Justice .partment review
still in linbo. t. FBI contnues its
probe.
March: Preparations are trade
for a new f.eral grand jury
presentation. In court documents,
t. U.S. Attor,, Office notes
t.t Epstein, victims are .ing
harass. by his lawyer&
May: T. Justice Department issues
findirg t., if a plea .al is not
reached, Ep.ein can be federally
prosecuted.
June: Epstein, laywers r.sit plea
negotiations, and on June 30,
Eistein aPpears in a Palm Beech
County courtroom.. pleads
guilty to state charges: one count
of solicitation of prostitution
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age of 18. He is .ntenced to 18
months in jail. folow. by a year of
community control or .use arrest.
He is .judi.ted as a comic.
.x offender who must register
twice a year in Florida.
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They file an emerge, petition to
force fe.ral prosecutors to ccmply
with the federal CrMe Victims'
Rignts Act which mandates certain
rig0 for crime victins, includng
t. right to be inform. about plea
agoenTents and the right to appear
A 'rat Eepnsct s victims team that
. has already been sent to jail.
and that federal investigation
is over They seek to have his
plea agreement unseathd,
but federal prosecutors aigue
against releasing . ag.ment,
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Epstein, plea bargain.
October: Epstein begins work
release. He is pick. up ty his
prnete diner six days a week a.
transported to an office in West
Palm Beach, w.re he accepts
visitors for up to 12 hours a day.
He retums tojail in evenings
to sleep.
2009
July: Epstein is rel.sed from the
Pa. Beech County stockade. f,e
months early He must register as a
sex ctlender and is on probation for
a year, confined to his Palm Beach
home except to travel to his offi.
in West Palm Beech. Homey.
records show . frequently makes
t.s to Manhattan and . his home
off St Thanas.
Augsst: Palm Beach Police Capt.
G.rge Rick finds Epstein milting
along A1A in. middle of
afternoon, w.n . was supposed
to be at work in his office in
downtown West Palm Beach.
Epstein says . is walking to work,
even thougi the lo.tion where .
is found is not a dir.t route to his
office. His probation officer says
Epstein .s permission to get
some exercise.
September: The federal non-
prosectAion agreement is ma.
puble. By September 1 lea. a
.zen civil lawsuits have been filed
by women who allege they were
molest. by Epstein when they
were u.erage. Epstein begins the
process of settling them.
Novemben One of Epstein,
former butlers t.s to sell . an
u.rcover FBI agent a b.k book
fil. with names of hundreds
of girls and young women that
Epstein alleg., procu. for sex
and massages. The butler tells
FBI agerts he witness. nude
un.rage grls at Epstein, pool
and had known that t. milionaire
wes having sex with t.m. He also
.id he sav pornography invoMng
underage girls on Ep.ein,
computers. The butler/houseman,
Alfredo Rodrig.z. is later c.rged
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dies in 2015. T. contents ofpat.
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2010
Ape: Fight logs obthined as part
of civil lawsuits again. Epstein
show an assortment of politician,
academic, cel.ritie, heads of
state and .rld le.ers flying on
Epstein, jets in early 200..
knong t.m: former Presi.nt
Bill Clinton, former national
security adviser Sandy Berger.
former Colombian President
Andres Pastrana and lawyer Alan
DershOwitZ.
2011.
March: Two of Epstein, victims file
a motion in federal court accusing
. goiernment of violating t.ir
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secret. knong ot.r thngs. they
went plea .al invaidated in
..pes of sending Epsten to
prison.
September: U.S. District J:Igiej.s.
FAtetirrneeigtffrraZ,iite„t that
it was under no obligation to
nofify victims prior to striking a p
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federal charges fil. against him.
The d.ision marks a viCtory for
Epstein's victims. but the ca. will
drag on for seven more years.
November: Epstein mu. register in
New York as the higiest and most
.ngerous level of sex offender
.s te efforts by him a. the New
YorkPDi.rict Attorney, office .
lower the classification. A Level 3
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offense and a threat to public
safety exists: according to t.
states goideline.
2012
MarclvDecember: Calling himself a
'celebrated philanthropist' and a
-renown:da=iax:11,17estor:
rTlsatZs campaign to counter bad
press about hls sexual exploit.
His foundation .nates milions to
scientific research a. sponsors
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2015
January: Virginia Roberts files court
papers in Flo. claiming that
she was forced by Epstein to have
sex with Prince Andrew a. laNyer
Alan Dershowitz when she .s
underage. In a sworn affiday4t,
she provides photographs of her
with prince and with Epstein,
close associate, British socialite
.thlaine Maxwell. She claims
Maxwell wort. as Epstein,
madam, which s...s.
.rshowitz and prince deny
.r claims as .11.
Aprlt A federal judge rules that
Roberts cannotjoin the f.eral
Crime Victims' Rights Act lawsuit
and that .r affidavit — accusing
Prince Andrew and Dershowitz of
haring sex with her when she was
underage — be stric.n from
case. Dershowitz said ruing
meant ..s vindicated. Howeyer.
t. judge dces nOt .dreSS .
yeracity of Roberts' claims, writing:
"Zomtaa'n'dtv=errrielirgeTh
engaged in sexual activities are
inrnaterial and impertinent to this
central claim:
September: Roberts sues Maxwell n
federal court in New York claiming
that Ep.ein, alleged madam
.fam..r in public statements
in t. media. The lawsuit is wide,
viewed as a vessel for Epstein,
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lawsuits filed t..me year allege
that Ep.ein and Maxwell operated
a .x trafficleng operation.
2016
June: A lawsuit iS fil. in Manhattan
ty a woman w. once used the
name Kat. Johnson, claiming t.t
she was raped by then-presidential
candidate Donald Trump at a party
at Epstein, Manhattan mansion
in 1994 when s. vas 13 years
old. Trump and Epstein both
categorical, deny it .ppened.
November: Johnson backs out of a
press conference just .ys before
Election Day, saying she had been
threatened and wes fearful. S.
later drops the lawsuit.
2017
February: President Donald Trump
nominates former Miami federal
prosecutor Acosta as U.S.
secretary of labor.
June: Roberts .ttles .r laNsuit with
Maxwell for an undisclosed sum.
2018
December: Civil trial is schedul.
ill3ir:ad 1"e; traT ua '11'4 a'St aunt °tri'm t
Epsten sued him to punishshim for
representing seyeral of his victim.
The maicious-piosecution laystit
is set 2 begin Dec. 4. Epstein
has indi.ted wil not appear in
court for trial.
— Miami Hera.