From: To: Cc: Subject: SF SUN SENTINEL: Some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims don't want new charges in South Florida Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:20:48 +0000 Some ofJeffrey Epstein's victims don't want new charges in South Florida Is‘ Marc Freeman mil. III FLORIDA SUN SL: I INLL JUL 30. 2019 1 2:34 PM After the recent arrest of financier Jeffrey Epstein in New York on federal sex trafficking charges, a number of his victims want more. They want him to be prosecuted in South Florida as well. But according to federal prosecutors, some of the minor girls he abused at his Palm Beach mansion before 2008 do not want to see him face new criminal counts here. And those government lawyers say they fully support that position. Advertisement The debate about prosecuting Epstein in South Florida will be resolved soon enough. A federal judge in West Palm Beach is considering whether to strike down parts of Epstein's controversial 2007 deal that gave him and unnamed co-conspirators immunity from federal charges. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra ruled in February that Epstein's non-prosecution agreement violated the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act. Dozens of victims were improperly kept in the dark about it until after it had been finalized. Marra ust decide how to rectify this violation 12 years later, after receiving arguments from lawyers for two of Epstein's victims, prosecutors and Epstein. The victims in the case, cited as Jane Does, say the necessary remedy is for Epstein to face what they say are long overdue charges in Florida. EFTA00030511