FirtHy Ricu school females to provide him sexually lewd and erotic massages. Police sought felony charges that would have resulted in a term of imprisonment. According to press reports, however, in 2006 the State Attorney, in part due | to concerns regarding the quality of the evidence, agreed 1 to charge Epstein only with one count of aggravated R55 q assault with no intent to commit a felony. That charge CHAPTE = would have resulted in no jail time, no requirement to a 4 register as a sexual offender and no restitution for the a q underage victims. 4 3 Local police were dissatisfied with the State Attor- . a q ney’s conclusions, and requested a federal investigation. or to the general public, = q Federal authorities received the State's evidence and engaged in additional investigation. Prosecutors weighed x 4 the quality of the evidence and the likelihood for success 5 : 4 at trial. With a federal case, there were two additional 4 7 considerations. First, a federal criminal prosecution x a requires that the crime be more than local; it must have r the Southern District of Florida q j an interstate nexus. Second, as the matter was initially ver the past weeks, | have read 4 charged by the state, the federal responsibility is, to some sy Epstein. Some appears true, F ! pent i PaeR-StOp orate authorities to ensure that there ought it appropriate to provide 4 pismo miscarriage of justice, and not to also prosecute fed- » caveats: (i) under Justice Depare ~ { erally that which has already been charged at the state discuss privileged internal com- 1 level. ment attorneys and Gi) Ino longer q After considering the quality of the evidence and the | documents, and as the matter is j 4 additional considerations, prosecutors concluded that . precision of memory is reduced. 7 1 the state charge was amen In aad summer 2007, was originally presented to the ; j the prosecutors and agents in this case met with te Attorney. Palm Beach polices _ Mr. Epstein’s attorney, Roy Black