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Subject: SF SUN SENTINEL: Some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims don't want new charges in South Florida 
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:20:48 +0000 
Some ofJeffrey Epstein's victims don't want new 
charges in South Florida 
Is‘ Marc Freeman 
mil. III FLORIDA SUN SL: I INLL 
JUL 30. 2019 1 2:34 PM 
After the recent arrest of financier Jeffrey Epstein in New York on federal sex trafficking charges, a number 
of his victims want more. They want him to be prosecuted in South Florida as well. 
But according to federal prosecutors, some of the minor girls he abused at his Palm Beach mansion before 2008 
do not want to see him face new criminal counts here. And those government lawyers say they fully support that 
position. 
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The debate about prosecuting Epstein in South Florida will be resolved soon enough. A federal judge in West 
Palm Beach is considering whether to strike down parts of Epstein's controversial 2007 deal that gave him and 
unnamed co-conspirators immunity from federal charges. 
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra ruled in February that Epstein's non-prosecution agreement 
violated the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act. Dozens of victims were improperly kept in the dark 
about it until after it had been finalized. 
Marra ust decide how to rectify this violation 12 years later, after receiving arguments from lawyers for 
two of Epstein's victims, prosecutors and Epstein. 
The victims in the case, cited as Jane Does, say the necessary remedy is for Epstein to face what they say are 
long overdue charges in Florida. 
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"To be sure, Jane Doe 1 and 2 very much appreciate the laudable efforts of the diligent prosecutors in New 
York," their lawyers wrote. "But those New York charges, important though they are, still leave Epstein's crimes 
in Florida uncharged and all of his co-conspirators at large." 
Attorney Spencer Kuvin of West Palm Beach said he represents one victim who met with the U.S. Attorney's 
Office in April. 
"She…
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