IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE . FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Plaintiff(s), vs. SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, individually, and L.M., individually, . Defendant(s). |... SCOUNTER-PLAINTIFE, EDWARDS’ SECOND RENEWED MOTION FORLEAVE TO. =. ASSERT CLAIM FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES Counter-plaintiff, BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, moves this Honorable Court for entry of an 7 Order granting him leave to assert a claim for punitive damages against the Counter-defendant, : : JEFFREY EPSTEIN, and in support thereof would show that the vides summarized herein satisfies the statutory prerequisites for the assertion of a punitive damage claim, Specifically, the evidence establishes that EPSTEIN’s Complaint against EDWARDS; . . 1. was filed in the total absence of evidence to support any allegation of wrongdoing on the part of EDWARDS; 2s was filed in the total absence of evidence that EPSTEIN had sustained damage as a consequence of any misconduct other than his own well-established criminal enterprise; 3. was filed in the absence of any intention to meet his own obligation to provide relevant and material discovery; ——————— HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013304