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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
JANE DOE NO. 2, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80119-MARRA
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant.
JANE DOE NO. 3, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80232-MARRA
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant.
JANE DOE NO. 4, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80380-MARRA
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant.
JANE DOE NO. 5, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80381-M ARRA
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant.
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JANE DOE NO. 6, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80994-MARR A4!
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant.
JANE DOE NO. 7, CASE NO.: 08- CV-80993-MARRA I
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant.
C.M.A., CASE NO.: 08- CV-80811 -MARRA I
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant.
JANE DOE, CASE NO.: 08- CV-80893-MARRA
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, et al.,
Defendant.
DOE II, CASE NO.: 08-CV- 80469-MARRA
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Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN et al.,
Defendant.
JANE DOE NO. 101, CASE NO.: 08- CV-80591-MARRa
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant.
JANE DOE NO. 102, CASE NO.: 08- CV-80656-MARRa
Plaintiff,
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant.
PLAINTIFFS JANE DOES' 2- 7 MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE
ORDER AND INCORPORATED MEMORANDUM OF LAW
Plaintiffs, Jane Does 2-7 ("Plaintiffs" or individually, "Plaintiff'), by and through
undersigned counsel, hereby file Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order, pursuant to
S.D.Fla.L.R. 7.1, and state as follows:
I. Plaintiffs Jane Does 2-7 are proceeding with a Jane Doe pseudonym as this case
involves facts of the utmost intimacy and there is a genuine risk of psychological harm if their
identities are disclosed. See Exhibit "A" (Declaration of Gilbert Kliman, M.D.) (See also DE
144, Jane Does' 2-7 Response to Defendant's Motion to Compel Identity. et al.).
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2. Despite the obvious need for Plaintiffs to have their identities protected,
Defendant Jeffrey Epstein has employed investigators who have made repeated contacts with ex-
boyfriends, former employers, and others who know nothing of the underlying facts of the case.
These investigators have contacted such nonparties asking them for extensive personal
information about a Plaintiff, such as names and contact information of former boyfriends and
other friends and acquaintances in the Plaintiff's community.
3. The Defendant's repeated contacts with these nonparties is harassing and
designed to intimidate the Plaintiffs. The purpose and intent of these contacts is to brand the
Plaintiffs as alleged sexual abuse victims to their families, friends and communities.
4. A Motion is pending in which this Court is being asked to determine whether and
how Defendant may obtain discovery from nonparties. (DE 91, 144). Defendant's investigative
efforts improperly circumvent the issues in the pending Motion, and only serve to highlight the
need for this Court to implement appropriate protective measures to prevent Defendant from
harassing, intimidating, and intruding unnecessarily into the personal lives of the Plaintiffs.
5. While it is not unusual for a defendant to use appropriate means to obtain records
from former employers and others referenced in a plaintiff's discovery responses, it is not
customary for a defendant to retain private investigators to make personal contact with these
individuals. Indeed, this practice is particularly inappropriate in a sexual abuse case where these
nonparties are unaware of the underlying abuse. Plaintiffs have a well-grounded fear that the
investigators will use the opportunity of their contacts with these nonparties to "ow" the
Plaintiffs' as alleged childhood sexual abuse victims of Jeffrey Epstein. (See Kliman Decl., Exh.
"A" hereto).
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6. As an example of the investigators' intimidation tactics, three of Defendant's
investigators recently called the former employer of Jane Doe 4 on repeated occasions over a
two-day period, asking personal questions about her, including the name and telephone number
of her ex-boyfriend. See Exhibit "B", Declaration of Jane Doe 4.
7. Similarly, one of Defendant's investigators contacted the former employer of Jane
Doe 6. See Exhibit "C", Declaration of Jane Doe 6.
8. Them is no basis for Defendant or his multiple investigators to make repeated
personal contacts with former employers and ex-boyfriends to ask personal questions about a
Plaintiff. It is apparent that these contacts are not designed to obtain relevant information, but
rather are intended to intimidate the Plaintiffs and to reveal that they are childhood sexual abuse
victims.
9. Accordingly, Plaintiffs request the entry of a protective order that would prevent
Defendant, his attorneys and investigators from making ex pane contacts concerning this
litigation with nonparties who have no knowledge that a Plaintiff was a childhood sexual abuse
victim of Jeffrey Epstein.
10. This Court has discretion to enter a protective order designed to protect a party
from, among other things, annoyance or embarrassment. Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c). As set forth above,
given the investigators' conduct, a protective order is appropriate to prevent unnecessary
intrusion into the Plaintiffs' personal lives and divulgation of Plaintiffs in their communities as
childhood sexual abuse victims.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs Jane Does 2-7, respectfully request that this Court grant
Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order, as follows: (i) order Defendant, his attorneys and
investigators to cease making ex pane contacts with nonparties identified in plaintiffs' discovery
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responses, such as, for example, former employers; (ii) order Defendant, his attorneys and
investigators to cease making ex parte contacts with nonparties found during the course of
discovery or investigation who know the Plaintiff or live in her community, such as, for example,
current and former boyfriends and family friends of the Plaintiffs; (iii) order Defendant, his
attorneys and investigators to cease making ex parte contacts with nonparties who otherwise
know one of the Plaintiffs personally but who are unaware that she is an alleged victim of
childhood sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein; and (iv) grant all such other relief this Court deems
just and appropriate.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL RULE 7.1.A.3
Undersigned counsel has conferred with Defendant's counsel in a good faith effort to
resolve the issues raised in this motion, and has been unable to do so, as Defendant's counsel has
advised that Defendant opposes this motion.
Dated: July 29, 2009 Respectfully submitted,
By: s/ Adam D. Horowitz
Stuart S. Mermelstein (FL Bar No. 947245)
[Email Redacted]
Adam D. Horowitz (FL Bar No. 376980)
[Email Redacted]
MERMELSTEIN & HOROWITZ P.A.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
18205 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2218
Miami, Florida 33160
Tel: ([Phone Redacted]
Fax: ([Phone Redacted]
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on July 29, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing document with
the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served
this day to all parties on the attached Service List in the manner specified, either via transmission
of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or in some other authorized manner for
those parties who are not authorized to receive electronically Notices of Electronic Filing.
/s/ Adam D. Horowitz
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SERVICE LIST
DOE vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Jack Alan Goldberger, Esq.
[Email Redacted]
Robert D. Critton, Esq.
[Email Redacted]
James
[Email Redacted]
Isidro Manuel
[Email Redacted]
Jack
[Email Redacted]
U
Katherine Warthen Ezell
[Email Redacted]
Michael James Pike
[Email Redacted]
Paul G. Cassell
[Email Redacted]
Richard Horace Willits
[Email Redacted]
Robert C. Josefsberg
[Email Redacted]
/s/ Adam D. Horowitz
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