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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
JANE DOE NO. 2,
Plaintiff
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant
JANE DOE NO. 3,
Plaintiff
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant
JANE DOE NO. 4,
Plaintiff
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant
CASE NO: 08-CV-80119-MARRA
CASE NO: 08-CV-80232-MARRA
CASE NO: 08-CV-80380-MARRA
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JANE DOE NO. 5, CASE NO: 08-CV-80381-MARRA
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant
JANE DOE NO. 6. CASE NO: 08-CV-80994-MARRA
Plaintiff
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant
JANE DOE NO. 7, CASE NO: 08-CV-80993-MARRA
Plaintiff
Plaintiff
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant
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CASE NO: 08-CV-80811-MARRAi
C.M.A.,
Plaintiff
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant
JANE DOE, CASE NO. 08-CV-80893-CIV-MARRA,
Plaintiff,
Vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, et al.
Defendant.
DOE II, CASE NO: 09-CV-80469-MARRA
Plaintiff
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, et al.
Defendants.
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JANE DOE NO. 101, CASE NO: 09-CV-80591-MARRA
Plaintiff
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant
JANE DOE NO. 102, CASE NO: 09-CV-80656-MARRAi
Plaintiff
vs.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Defendant
PLAINTIFF JANE DOE'S MOTION TO COMPEL ANSWERS TO PLAINTFF'S
FIRST REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS TO DEFENDANT
Plaintiff Jane Doe, hereby moves this Court for an order compelling defendant,
Jeffrey Epstein, to answer her first requests for admissions or, in the alternative, to
prove that his invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege is proper.
Jane Doe has propounded 23 requests for admission to Epstein, including such
straightforward requests as:
• Your net worth is greater than $1 billion.
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• You own or control, directly or indirectly, real estate property in foreign
countries.
• You are moving significant financial assets overseas, outside of the direct
territorial reach of the U.S. and Florida Courts.
• You currently have the ability to post a bond of $15 million to satisfy a
judgment in this case without financial or other difficulty.
In response to each and every one of these questions, Epstein has given the
following response:
In response, Defendant asserts his U.S. constitutional privileges as
specified herein. I intend to respond to all relevant discovery regarding
this lawsuit, however, my attorneys have counseled me that I cannot
provide answers to any discovery relevant to this lawsuit and I must
accept this advice or risk losing my Sixth Amendment right to effective
representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights under
the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments as guaranteed by the United
States Constitution. Drawing an adverse inference under these
circumstances would unconstitutionally burden my exercise of my
constitutional rights, would be unreasonable, and would therefore violate
the Constitution.
This Court should order Epstein to answer all of the requests for admission or, in
the alternative, prove that his Fifth Amendment invocations are valid. It is for the court,
not the claimant, to determine whether the hazard of incrimination is justified. United
States v. Argomaniz, 925 F.2d 1349, 1355 (11th Cir. 1991). "A court must make a
particularized inquiry, deciding, in connection with each specific area that the
questioning party wishes to explore, whether or not the privilege is well-founded." Id.
Typically this is done in an in camera proceeding wherein the person asserting the
privilege is given the opportunity "to substantiate his claims of the privilege and the
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district court is able to consider the questions asked and the documents requested by
the summons." Id.
Here Epstein has made boilerplate invocation of the Fifth Amendment to each
and every question propounded by Jane Doe, including for example a request that he
admit that his net worth is more than $500 million. It is not apparent how admitting his
net worth is incriminating in the circumstances of this case. In any event, the Fifth
Amendment does not operate in this fashion. It is Epstein's obligation to explain his
claims on a "question-by-question basis." Id.
The only issue before the Court is Epstein's Fifth Amendment privilege. Epstein
has only asserted a Fifth Amendment objection to production. As a result, any other
objections to production are deemed waived. See Local Rule 26.1G.3.(a) ("Any ground
[for an objection] not stated in an objection within the time provided by the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, or any extensions thereof, shall be waived.").
SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION
For the convenience of the court — and in compliance with Local Rule 26.1 H
(party filing motion to compel shall list specific requests in succession) — Jane Doe's
requests for admission are as follows:
1. Your net worth is greater than $10 million.
2. Your net worth is greater than $50 million.
3. Your net worth is greater than $100 million.
4. Your net worth is greater than $500 million.
5. Your net worth is greater than $1 billion.
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6. Since being incarcerated you have, directly or indirectly (through the services
or assistance of other persons), conveyed money or assets in an attempt to insulate or
protect your money or assets from being captured in any civil lawsuits filed against you.
7. You own or control, directly or indirectly, real estate property in the Caribbean.
8. You own or control, directly or indirectly, real estate property in foreign
countries.
9. In the last 2 years you have transferred assets and/or money and/or financial
instruments to countries outside the United States.
10. You have provided financial support to the modeling agency MC2.
11. You have committed sexual assault against Plaintiff, a minor.
12. You committed battery against Plaintiff.
13. You digitally penetrated Plaintiff when she was a minor.
14. You offered Plaintiff more money contingent upon her having sex with your
or giving you oral sex.
15. You intended to harm Plaintiff when you committed these sexual acts
against her.
16. You knew Plaintiff was under the age of 16 when you sexually touched and
fondled her.
17. You intend to hire investigators to intimidate and harass Plaintiff during this
litigation.
18. You were engaged in the act of trafficking minors across state or country
borders for the purposes of sex or prostitution between 2000 and the present.
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19. You coerced Plaintiff into being a prostitute and remaining in prostitution.
20. You are guilty of the following offenses against Jane Doe:
A. Procuring a minor for the purpose of prostitution as defined in F.S. 796.03;
B. Battery as defined by Florida Statutes.
C. Sexual Battery.
21. You are moving significant financial assets overseas, outside of the direct
territorial reach of the U.S. and Florida Courts.
22. You are making asset transfers with the intent to defeat any judgment that
might be entered against you in this or similar cases.
23. You currently have the ability to post a bond of $15 million to satisfy a
judgment in this case without financial or other difficulty.
CONCLUSION
For all these reasons, the Court should compel Epstein to answer the requests
for admission or provide a particularized justification for his Fifth Amendment invocation
with regard to each request. Counsel for Jane Doe have conferred with opposing
counsel on the issues raised in this motion, and no resolution was possible.
DATED July 10, 2009 Respectfully Submitted,
s/ J.
J.
ROTHSTEIN ROSENFELDT ADLER
Las Olas City Centre
401 East Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1650
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Telephone ([Phone Redacted]
Facsimile ([Phone Redacted]
Florida Bar No.: 542075
E-mail: [Email Redacted]
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and
Paul G. Cassell
Pro Hac Vice
332 S. 1400 E.
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Telephone: [Phone Redacted]
Facsimile: [Phone Redacted]
E-Mail: [Email Redacted]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on July 10, 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 on 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 filed Notices of Electronic Filing.
s/
J.
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SERVICE LIST
Jane Doe v. Jeffrey Epstein
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Jack Alan Goldberger, Esq.
[Email Redacted]
Robert D. Critton, Esq.
[Email Redacted]
Isidro Manual
[Email Redacted]
Jack
[Email Redacted]
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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]
Adam D. Horowitz
[Email Redacted]
Stuart S. Mermelstein
[Email Redacted]
William J. Berger
[Email Redacted]
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