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Subject: RE: Follow up 
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:58:21 +0000 
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I will need to look into that, but I do know that there is a 3-year statute of limitations on the state prostitution 
charges. That limitations period has already run for several of our victims (we have victims going back to 
2001). The girls who are charged in the state indictment saw him in February and September 2005. 
I will get the other info to you asap. Give me about 30 minutes. 
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One more question - do you know when double jeopardy attaches under Florida law? More specifically, if the 
state charges were dropped now, could they be dropped without prejudice? 
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Hi a- 
The state indictment is related to two girls. One of those girls is included in the federal 
indictment, the other is not. The state indictment charges solicitation of adult prostitution, it does not charge any 
child exploitation offense, despite the fact that, under Florida law, neither lack of knowledge of age nor 
affirmative misrepresentation of age by the victim is a defense. 
The victim from the state case who is referenced in the federal indictment told Epstein her true age and 
he engaged in full sexual intercourse with her a few days shy of her 18th birthday. For that birthday, he gave her 
a series of gifts, including lingerie. The other 18 girls named in the current indictment are not part of the state 
indictment. 
The state case currently has a trial date set for July. Before we got involved, the police were told that 
Epstein was going to plead to a misdemeanor and get no jail time. (That is one of the reasons why they asked 
the FBI to step in.) Since the federal investigation began, Epstein's counsel have continued the case repeatedly 
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on the basis that they cannot resolve that case until the federal case is resolved. As part of the non-prosecution 
agreement that the Office put togeth…
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