Fittuy Ricu | Q: Can you tell us why? A: Well, I felt the handling—and just continued to feel that the way the state attorney’s office handled this case was extremely unusual. I knew that Mr. Krischer was making decisions | about this case. I felt that his objectivity was lacking, and I | felt that the appropriate way, after reading the statute that CHAPTER A5 : governed the assignment of cases to other circuits—I felt Y that his action met the standard. I used some of the words 4 4 from the statute in here. And I attempted to call him, and he : wouldn't return my phone calls. 4 4 The detective attempted to contact—his contact in the iW a state attorney’s office, Lanna Belohlavek, however you pro- Michael Reiter in BB. vs. 4 q nounce that...and she wouldn't return his calls. So I wrote rainst Jeffrey Epstein: E. b the letter in hope that he would think about his situation and ° eS realize that his objectivity was insufficient to prosecute the a , case and ask the governor to appoint someone else. And I felt = like that was necessary for a fair prosecution of our case that a letter to state attorney Barry 2 : had been submitted to him. a what we'll mark as exhibit 3. Let ; » Q: Could you tell us, explain to us, why you felt that his objec- ad through this letter again to help ag ; tivity may be lacking in regards to this prosecution...? In a q other words, what evidence did you see here, uncover, that 4 3 you felt made it potentially nonobjective? 2006, I'm assuming based on what § ’ A: Well... when I first told him about the case, and I realized u had had some conversations with 7 that it was a serious case, [that] there were multiple victims, by phone— correct? —prior to this ' ___ land] that the suspect was very well known, I told him about 4 _ it. And we were—it was in person. I talked to him after a rson and by phone. 1 Meeting that he and I were both involved in. And I had | May —May 1, 2006—you felt : 4 known him to be a victim advocate and to protect the rig