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Conchita Sarnoff Daily Beast Articles - Epstein Sex Trafficking Investigation and Settlement (File 029625)
Daily Beast investigative articles by Conchita Sarnoff examining Jeffrey Epstein's 2010-2011 settlement and one-year house arrest for solicitation of prostitution with a minor, alongside federal investigations into potential child trafficking involving his modeling agency connections.
Summary
This document comprises two Daily Beast articles by investigative journalist Conchita Sarnoff examining the circumstances of Jeffrey Epstein's remarkably lenient sentencing in 2010-2011. The first article details how Epstein, a billionaire hedge fund manager, completed only one year of house arrest with significant privileges including trips to his New York home and Caribbean island, while settling lawsuits from underage victims for over $1 million each. The second article reports that the Justice Department expanded its investigation into Epstein for child trafficking—a federal crime carrying up to 20-year sentences—and widened its scope to include modeling agency connections used to source underage girls from overseas. The articles highlight Epstein's powerful connections (Clinton, Prince Andrew, Ehud Barak, and others) and his team of prominent attorneys (Dershowitz, Starr, Black, Lefcourt) while questioning whether his wealth and influence enabled him to escape equal justice for serious crimes.
Date: Sunday, April 3 2011 08:44 PMFrom: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@grnail.corn>To: Lesley GroffPosted 02 August 2010 - 12:47 AMJeffrey Epstein, Jew Billionaire Pedophile, Child Trafficker Goes Free..WoW! 20 year old Hearsay is enough to destroy catholicpriest. What happened here to the justice system?Conchita Sarnoffhttp://www.thedailyb...hile- goes-free/Conchita Sarnoff has developed multimedia communication programs for Fortune 500 companies and has produced three current eventsdebate television programs, The Americas Forum, From Beirut to Kabul, and a segment for The Oppenheimer Report. She is writing abook about child trafficking in America.Hedge fund mogul and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who went free this week, lived in a depraved world of thrice-daily massages,pornographic artwork, and hush money—that's only now being revealed. Conchita Sarnoff follows up on her investigation of the legalwrangling that saved him from a long prison term and reports on the sordid details in part two of her exclusive exposé. Also:• Palm Beach's police chief objected to Epstein's "special treatment" and gave The Daily Beast an exclusive look at his nine-hourdeposition about the investigation.• Earlier versions of the U.S attorney's charaes. includina a sealed 53-naae indictment, could have landed Epstein in nrison for 20 years.• Victims a lle creel that Epstein mn1PctPd iindPra tTP trirls from South America. FurnnP and the former Soviet rPnriblicc includinu three 19-year-old girls brought over from France as a birthday gift.• The victims also alleged trips out of state and abroad on Epstein's private jets, which would be evidence of sex trafficking—a muchmore serious federal crime than the state charges Epstein was convicted of.• Epstein's attorneys investigated members of the Palm Beach Police Department, while others ordered private investigators to follow andintimidate the victims' families; one even posed as a police officer.• Then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told The Daily Beast that he "would have instructed the Justice Department to pursue justicewithout making a political mess."Film director Roman Polanski is not the only convicted pedophile to walk free this month and return to a life of privilege. On Wednesday,hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein completes his one-year house arrest in Palm Beach, which has been even less arduous than Polanski'stime at a Swiss ski chalet.Watch Jeffrey Epstein Storm Out of a Deposition When Asked About His PenisDuring Epstein's term of "house arrest," he made several trips each month to his New York home and his private Caribbean island. In theearlier stage of his sentence for soliciting prostitution with a minor-13 months in the Palm Beach Stockade—he was allowed out to hisoffice each day. Meanwhile, Epstein has settled more than a dozen lawsuits brought by the underage girls who were recruited to perform"massages" at his Palm Beach mansion. Seven victims reached a last-minute deal last week, days before a scheduled trial; each receivedwell over $1 million—an amount that will hardly dent Epstein's $2 billion net worth.• Conchita Sarnoff: Epstein Faces Sex Traffic Probe• The Billionaire Pedphile's Sex DenWith that, the known victims of Epstein's sexual compulsion have been officially silenced, and the case against him is closed unless newones come forward. According to banking et-Inn-pc he ha c heen mnvina accetc niit nf the T IS and may well follow Pnlanclri intnHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029625luxurious exile.But the question remains: Did Epstein's wealth and social connections—former President Bill Clinton; Prince Andrew; former IsraeliPrime Minister Ehud Barak; New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers were just a few of theprominent passengers on his private jets—allow him to receive only a slap on the wrist for crimes that carry a mandatory 20-yearsentence? Was he able, with his limitless assets and heavy-hitting lawyers—Alan Dershowitz, Gerald Lefcourt, Roy Black, Kenneth Starr,Guy Lewis, and Martin Weinberger among them—to escape equal justice?Epstein Faces Sex-Traffic Probehttp://www.thedailyb...obref=obnetworkThe Justice Denartment is investigating Jeffrey Enstein for child trafficking The Daily Beast has learned—and has widened the scone nits probe to include a famous modeling agency.Hedge-fund manager Jeffrey Epstein completed his sentence for soliciting prostitution with a minor last week. But it appears his problemsmay not be over. Now The Daily Beast has learned that:• Federal investigators continue to investigate Epstein's activities, to see whether there is evidence of child trafficking—a far more seriouscharge than the two in his non-prosecution agreement, the arrangement between Epstein and the Depat___Intent of Justice allowing him tonlearl cmiltv to lnwer-level ctate rrimec Trafficking can ran-v a 911-vear centenre• The FF1T is also investigating Enstein's friend Jean T tic flninel whose MC2 modeling agency annears to have been a source of girls from'-overseas who ended up on Epstein's private jets.DBecause Epstein's predatory habits stretch back many years and involved dozens of young-looking girls, there may well be more evidenceto uncover.Under the concept of double ieopardy, Epstein can no longer be prosecuted for any of the charges covered by his non-prosecutionagreement, in which he agreed to serve a short term of incarceration, fund the civil suits of named victims, and register as a sex offender.The victims who accepted cash settlements in these civil suits agreed not totestifyagainst him or speak publicly about the case. However,-new evidence developed by the Depal___Intent of Justice on other offenses not covered by the agreement,victims who come forward, could lead to new charges. There is no statute of limitations in the federal sex-trafficking law, which was alsoenacted by the state of Florida in 2002. Because his predatory habits stretch back many years and involved dozens of young-looking girls,there may well be more evidence to uncover. (Several young women who claim to be Epstein victims have recently contacted a Ft.Lauderdale lawyer, but to date no new civil complaints have been filed.)including allegations by additional• Conchita Sarnoff: The Billionaire Pedphile's Sex Den• Billionaire Pedophile Goes FreeThese new developments come one week after the publication of two articles in The Daily Beast about Epstein's pattern of sexual contactwith underage girls, which Palm Beach police began investigating in 2005 and the U.S. Attorney's office then settled in a 2007 plea deal.The first article quoted a deposition by then-Palm Beach Chief of Police Michael Reiter, in which he stated that Epstein, a billionaire withmany powerful friends, had received special treatment in both his plea deal and the terms of his incarceration. Although federalinvestigators at one point produced a draft 53-page indictment against Epstein, he was eventually allowed to plead guilty to only tworelatively minor state charges and receive a short term of incarceration: 13 months in the county jail, during which he went to the officeevery day, and one year of community control, during which he traveled frequently to New York and his private island in the VirginIslands.The Daily Beast has now discovered another instance in which Epstein apparently received special consideration: As a convicted sexoffender, he is required by law to undergo an impartial psychological evaluation prior to sentencing and to receive psychiatric treatmentduring and after incarceration. This is because child molesters tend to be repeat offenders with high rates of recidivism. According to aHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029626source in law enforcement, however, Epstein was allowed to submit a report by his private psychologist, Dr. Stephen Alexander of PalmBeach, Florida, whose phone has since been disconnected with no forwarding information.The Daily Beast's second article provided details about Epstein's systematic abuse of underage girls at his Palm Beach mansion, wheremembers of his staff allegedly recruited and paid a parade of teenagers, most of them 16 or younger, to perform daily massages thatdevolved into masturbation, groping, and sometimes full-blown sexual contact. It also revealed a monetary relationship between Epsteinand Jean Luc Brunel, a frequent visitor to whom he gave $1 million around the same time that Brunel was starting his MC2 modelingagency. Some of the young girls MC2 recruited from overseas—often from Eastern Europe and South America—are known to have beenpassengers on Epstein's private jets.The U.S. Attorney General's Office in Florida says that it is against policy to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation. JeffreyEpstein's lawyer, Jack Goldberger, says he has no knowledge of an ongoing probe, and he told The Daily Beast, "Jeffrey Epstein has fullycomplied with all state and federal requirements that arise from the prior proceedings in Palm Beach. There are no pending civil lawsuits.There are not and should not be any pending criminal investigations, given Mr. Epstein's complete fulfillment of all the terms of his non-prosecution agreement with the federal government."Conchita Sarnoff has developed multimedia communication programs for Fortune 500 companies and has produced three current-eventsdebate TV programs, The Americas Forum, From Beirut to Kabul, and a segment for The Oppenheimer Report. She is writing a bookabout child trafficking in America.0#2 bruce•• Registered User•Ix• Group: Members• Posts: 11113• Joined: 12-August 08Posted 02 August 2010 - 12:59 AMThese slugs leave slime wherever they go.america is owned by these pigs.filthy pigs.0***********************************************************The information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJeffrey EpsteinUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com , anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029627