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, I2'h FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016 TELEPHONE OF COUNSEL (212)486-2500 EDWARD C. KRAMER JON M. PROBSTEIN SEYMOUR REITKNECHr 'FELECOPIER JOSEF' 1 J. TOMASEK (212)486-0701 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 ([email protected]) Re: Steven Jude Hoffenberg v. Jeffrey E. Epstein, et al. (Index No. 1:16-cv-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. Hoffenberg 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 EFTA00594948