HOUSE OVERSIGHT 013406 Attorneys Say Miami Prosecutors Violated Crime Victims' Rights Act I Main Justice 4/7/11 1:38 PM y Epstein (gov) JEGOTIATING WITH THE DOJ: ;TRATEGIES FOR OPTIMAL RESULTS FREE Webinar - Wed., April 13 About Got Tips? Login or Registe- /16iINI JUSTICE !TICS, POLICY AND THE LAW ANT1-CORRUPTION gl MAN JUSTICE BRACEWELL &GIULIANI Search Wanted: Lawyers with DOJ Experience 00 THURSDAY, APRIL 07, 2011 Email or Username orneys Say Miami Prosecutors Violated Crime Victims' Rights Act tephanie Woodrow I March 22, 2011 11:52 am Printable Version Ise attorneys for two girls who contend they were assaulted by billionaire and Rights/Reprints cted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed court papers on Monday claiming the i U.S. Attorney's office violated the Crime Victims' Rights Act by signing a nonprosecution agreement with Epstein ut notifying them, the Palm Beach Daily News reported. Epstein served 13 months in jail from June 2008 to July 2009 for one state count of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution. As a result, he is required to register as a sex offender. While he wasn't prosecuted for additional charges, more than 40 girls under the age of 18 say they came to his home and gave him massages. During the massages, they say, he masturbated and sexually assaulted them. Brad Edwards and Paul Cassell, attorneys representing two of his alleged victims, say in the filing that the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of Florida of deliberately misled the victims by telling them there was an ongoing investigation into their claims. However, they say, the office was concealing the fact that they already had signed a -osecution deal with Epstein. -ding to the motion, the U.S. Attorney's office in January 2008 and May 2008 sent "false notification" letters in to in's alleged victims saying "(t)his case is currently under investigation." However, the office had signed the agreement Epstein in September 2007.