From: "Scott Kornspan" <[email protected]> To: "Jackie Perczek" <JPerczek®royblack.com>, "Roy BLACK" <[email protected]> Subject: Palm Beach Post Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:18:34 +0000 Palm Beach sex offender's secret plea deal: Possible co-conspirators not charged, presses victims to settle civil suits By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Friday, September 18, 2009 WEST PALM BEACH - Billionaire financier sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's secret non-prosecution agreement he struck with federal prosecutors was unsealed Friday, offering the first public look at the deal Epstein's high-powered legal counsel brokered on his behalf. According the agreement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney's Office investigated Epstein for various federal crimes, including prostitution, some punishable by a minimum of 10 years up to life in prison But federal prosecutors backed down and agreed to recall grand jury subpoeanas, if Epstein pleaded guilty to prostitution-related felonies in state court, which he ultimately did. He received an 18-month jail sentence, of which he served 13. A former federal prosecutor of 15 years, Mark Johnson of Stuart, said the disparity in the potential sentences was unusual. The United States Attorney's Office also agreed not to charge any of Epstein's possible co-conspirators - The agreement was negotiated in part by New York heavyweight criminal defense attorney Gerald Lefcourt. On its first draft in September 2007, it required that Epstein pay an attorney - tapped by the U.S. Attorney's Office and approved by Epstein - to represent some of the victims in civil suits they had filed against Epstein. That attorney is prominent Miami lawyer Bob Josefsberg. Former prosecutor Johnson said he has never seen a provision like that before. But an addendum to the agreement signed the following month struck Epstein's duty to pay Josefsberg if he and the victims did not accept a settlemen