HOUSE OVERSIGHT 012167 KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Sloman's demand, other than to protect prospective plaintiffs from being interviewed prior to their retaining an attorney (including, as it turned out, Mr. Sloman's former law partner) to bring civil lawsuits against Epstein. 35. Mr. Sloman also demanded that Epstein "begin his term of incarceration not later than January 4, 2008," id., which turned out to be just three weeks before the first civil lawsuit would be filed against Epstein. 36. Contrary to the express agreement of United States Attorney Acosta that the federal government would not interfere in the administration of any state sentence, Mr. Sloman tried to limit gain time and or work release by stating that Mr. Epstein must "make a binding recommendation that the Court impose a sentence of 18 months of continuous confinement in the county jail." Id. (This followed Mr. Sloman's position that the Office would consider a state sentence ordering probation in lieu of incarceration to be a breach of the deferred-prosecution agreement.) Shortly thereafter, Mr. Sloman sent the FBI to meet with the state sex-crimes prosecutor in an attempt to secure her commitment to oppose work release. 37. Mr. Sloman insisted that Mr. Epstein not learn the identities of the government's list of alleged "victims" until after Epstein was sentenced and incarcerated. 38. We have reason to believe that, around this same time, Mr. Sloman's former law partner, Jeffrey Herman, had met with the father of one of the prospective plaintiffs, .5 At the same time (and until as recently as March of 2008), the Official Florida Bar website continued to identify Mr. Sloman as a named partner in Mr. Herman's firm. See Tab 31, Florida Bar Website page. 39. Mr. Herman, who is the named partner in the former firm of Herman, Sloman, Mermelstein, filed five lawsuits, each asking for $50 million, against Mr. Epstein. Each lawsuit is entitled "Jane Doe # vs. Jeffrey Epstein," despite t