Case 1:16-cv-03989-RJS Document 20 Filed 06/29/16 Page 1 of 3 THE MINTZ FRAADE LAW FIRM, P.C. COUNSELORS AT LAW 271 MADISON AVENUE, 12th FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016 Til [MOW OF COUNSFI. EDWARD C. KRAMER JON M. PROBSTEIN SEYMOUR REITKNECIfr FELECOPIER JOSEPI I J. TOMASEK June 29, 2016 Via E-mail Hon. Richard J. Sullivan, D.J. United States District Court Southern District of New York Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse 40 Foley Square, Room 2104 New York. New York 10007 Re: Steven Jude Hoffenberg v. Jeffrey E. Epstein, et al. (Index No. 1:I6-ev-03989) Dear Judge Sullivan: Reference is made to the Defendants' letter to the Court (the "Defendants' Letter") which was filed yesterday, June 28, 2016, via the Electronic Case Filing system for the Southern District of New York. We totally disagree with the facts and conclusions which were raised in the Defendants' Letter. To properly resolve the issues raised in the Defendants' Letter, we believe that it is necessary to evaluate the long history between Mr. Jeffrey E. Epstein and Mr. Steven J. HofTenberg and their involvement in Towers Financial Corporations' ("TFC") Ponzi fraud, which includes many fraudulent securities offerings of promissory notes and bonds by TFC, (the Page 1 of 3 EFTA00592314