Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 9-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/11/2008 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO.: 08-CV-80119-MARRA. JANE DOE NO. 2, Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. AFFIDAVIT OF JEFFREY M. HERMAN STATE OF FLORIDA ) SS: COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE Jeffrey M. Herman, deposes and states as follows: 1. I am the attorney of record for Jane Doe No. 2, and have knowledge of the status and history of this case. 2. The Complaint filed in this action alleges that Defendant Epstein is a financier and money manager to billionaires, who himself is a man of tremendous wealth, power and influence. It alleges that Defendant Epstein preys on young teenage girls by inducing them to give him massages for compensation in his Palm Beach mansion, and then sexually assaulting them. 3. PlaintiffJane Doe No. 2 seeks damages for sexual assault against Defendant Epstein. This case was filed on February 6, 2008. On that day, I attended a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida concerning the filing of this suit. Accusations relating to Mr. Epstein's sexual misconduct with underage girls has been reported extensively in the press, since 2006. The filing of Jane Doe No. 2's case received extensive press coverage, as did a prior related case filed on January HERMAN S. MERMELSTEIN, P. A. EXHIBIT www.hermanlaw.com A EFTA02743539