HOUSE OVERSIGHT 013433 Page 2 ATTORNEY FOR EPSTEIN VICTIMS: 1 HAVE NEVER SEEN A STRANGER CASE Palm Beach Daily News September 20, 2009 Sunday North Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Barry Maxwell said he is not surprised that federal charges weren't filed. "My experience has been that the federal government does not intervene in sex-assault cases, except if were deal- ing with a serial rapist or it crosses jurisdictional lines," Maxwell said. "Ifs either not a big enough case or not atrocious enough for them." Epstein, 56, served 13 months of his 18-month sentence at the Palm Beach County Stockade and received liberal work-release privileges while in jail. He was able to go to his West Palm Beach office six days a week for up to 16 hours a day. He is now serving one year of probation at his Palm Beach mansion and is registered as a lifelong sex offender. Epstein 'fully abided' by deal, says defense Epstein's attorney Jack Goldberger released the following statement: "This document relates to allegations that were made many years ago. It was by its provisions and agreement of the parties to remain confidential in part to protect the identities of collateral third parties. "Mr. Epstein has fully abided by all of its terms and conditions. He is looking forward to putting this difficult peri- od of his life behind him. He is continuing his longstanding history of science philanthropy both here in South Florida and nationwide." Goldberger had blocked the unsealing by filing court papers asking that the documents stay sealed "to prevent a se- rious imminent threat to the fair, impartial and orderly administration of justice; to protect a compelling government interest; to avoid substantial injury to innocent third parties; and to avoid substantial injury to a party by disclosure of matters protected by a common law and privacy right, not generally inherent in these specific type of proceedings, sought to be closed." Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath o