From: To: Cc: Subject: RE: Follow up Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:58:21 +0000 Importance: Normal 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. From Sen • • To: Cc: Sub . . 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? From: Son • To: Cc: Subject: RE: Follow up 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 EFTA00013778