q James PATTERSON fies causes had made him a player on that side of the political aisle. He | “The parties anticipate tha had a famous Republican, Bill Clinton's nemesis, Ken Starr, work- part of any public recor dy ing the other side. And just to make sure they'd covered the bases, United States receives a Freed Epstein’s team also recruited Roy Black—the lawyer who'd | any compulsory process comm cleared William Kennedy Smith of rape and kept Rush Limbaugh ] ment, it will provide notice out of prison for his alleged illegal drug use—and Jay Lefkowitz, . disclosure.” a defense attorney who'd worked with US attorney R. Alexander | 3 Remarkably, despite assur Acosta at Ken Starr's law firm. | feds, none of the victims was ; And so in September, the US attorney’s office reached a for- 4 this NPA. mal agreement with Epstein’s team: the United States would q If Epstein did not sign the z defer federal prosecution in favor of prosecution by the state of q count indictment and a decade Florida. ‘a team of lawyers had gotten him A non-prosecution agreement (NPA) was drafted; among 4 : ted all the teeth in South Florid: other things, it assured Epstein that he would not be prosecuted q q For all his protestations of ir in the Southern District of Florida for felony offenses involving = 3 in the world to agree to an NPA. the sexual abuse of underage girls. (By that point, thirty known 4 :. On September 24, 2007, Eps victims had been discovered.) Instead it allowed him to plead B 4 Once again, none of the 1 guilty to state felony offenses for solicitation of prostitution and Be 4 notified. the procurement of minors for prostitution. The NPA established a q a procedure that allowed Epstein's victims to sue him in civil i 4 court and took the extraordinary step of ensuring that “any Et 7 potential co-conspirators” of Epstein’s would be immune from % 4 prosecution. J . “In consideration of Epstein’s agreement to plead guilty and 3 q to provide compensation in the manner describe