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Subject: Epstein Victims Demand Apology From Prosecutors - Law360 
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 11:02:43 +0000 
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Law360 (May 24, 2019, 7:55 PM EDT) -- Two of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's victims have asked a 
Florida federal court to nullify the nonprosecution agreement with Epstein that the court has already deemed 
illegal and want an apology from the U.S. attorney's office as well as a hearing at which they and other victims 
can testify. 
The two victims submitted their list of proposed remedies late Thursday after the court found in their favor in 
February and ruled that prosecutors, including then-U.S. Attorney and current Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, 
violated the Crime Victims' Rights Act when they signed the nonprosecution agreement with Epstein without 
notifying his victims. 
Among the remedies they seek are the nullification of the nonprosecution agreement and the reopening of the 
criminal case against Epstein and a hearing at which they and other victims can address the court in the presence 
of Acosta and Epstein. 
The victims are also asking for a letter of apology from prosecutors as well as a detailed explanation, including 
documents and correspondence, as to why they did not prosecute Epstein's alleged crimes. 
They want employees of the U.S. attorney's office to attend a training course on the CVRA and said the office 
should pay a monetary sanction, as well as the two victims' attorney fees and costs. 
"Here the government has it entirely within its power to provide all the various remedies being sought through 
the lawsuit — and then some," the victims said. "Hopefully the government will simply agree to the remedies 
described above — thereby avoiding any need for the court to make a determination as to how to proceed." 
The filing comes after U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra granted summary judgment to the two victims, 
listed as Jane Does, who sued the government in 2008 alleging that prosecu…
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