{"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_count": 50, "url": "https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00032238", "pdf_url": "https://epstein-data.com/pdf/EFTA00032238.pdf", "pages": [{"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 0, "text_content": "SCANNED \n1 \nIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE \nFIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT \n2 \n3 \n4 \n5 \n6 \n7 \n8 \nIN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA \nCRIMINAL DIVISION \nSTATE OF FLORIDA \n) \n) \nvs \n) \nCASE NO. 06 CF9454AMB VJ \n) \n08 9381CFAMB \nJEFFREY EPSTEIN \n) \nDefendant. \n3 \n) \n— \n.,.• n \n• = \nr \n• \n', a\nc , \n' A \n \n) \n• . \n. \n' \n1.7) \n.71 \nr\n • \n:' \n(-= \n9 \nCV \nPLEA CONFERENCE \n. . \n.. \nna\n:-L: -H4 2  \nC'') \nC.) \n11 \nPRESIDING: HONORABLE DEBORAH DALE PUCILCIOrc\n; — \n; \n„ \ns—: \nro \n12 \nAPPEARANCES: \n13 \nON BEHALF OF THE STATE: \nBARRY E. KRISCHER, ESQUIRE \n14 \nState Attorney \n401 North Dixie Highway \n15 \nWest Palm Beach, Florida 33401 \nBy: \nLANNA BELOHLAVEK, ESQUIRE \n16 \nAssistant State Attorney \n17 \nON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT: \nATTERBURY, GOLDBERGER & WEISS,P.A. \n18 \n250 Australian Avenue South \nSuite 1400 \n19 \nWest Palm Beach, Florida 33401 \nBy: JACK GOLDBERGER, ESQUIRE \n20 \n21 \n22 \nORIGINAL \n23 \nJune 30, 2008 \n24 \nPalm Beach County Courthouse \nWest Palm Beach, Florida 33401 \n25 \nBeginning at 8:40 o'clock, a.m. \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032238\n", "char_count": 1066}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 1, "text_content": "‘sod \n1 \nBE IT REMEMBERED that the following \n2 \nproceedings were had in the above-entitled cause \n3 \nbefore the HONORABLE DEBORAH DALE PUCILLO, one of \n4 \nthe judges of the aforesaid court, at the Palm \n5 \nBeach County Courthouse, located in the City of \n6 \nWest Palm Beach, State of Florida on June 20, 2008 \n7 \nbeginning at 8:40 o'clock, a.m. with appearances \n8 \nas hereinbefore noted, to wit: \n9 \nTHEREUPON: \n10 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Good morning, Judge, \n11 \nJack Goldberger on behalf of Jeffrey \n12 \nEpstein. \n13 \nTHE COURT: Good morning. \n14 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Your Honor, we are \n15 \nhere for a plea conference. \n16 \nTHE COURT: Raise your right hand. \n17 \nTHEREUPON: \n18 \nJEFFREY EPSTEIN, \n19 \nafter being called as a witness by the Defense and \n20 \nafter being first duly sworn by the Court, was \n21 \nexamined and testified as follows: \n22 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n23 \nTHE COURT: \nIs this one case or two? \n24 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Two. \n25 \nTHE COURT: May I see the PC \n2 \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032239\n", "char_count": 1032}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 2, "text_content": "1 \naffidavit in both cases, please? \n2 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: There are no PC \n3 \naffidavits. There was originally an \n4 \nIndictment, the second charge was filed \n5 \narising out of the booking. It was all \n6 \ntestimony presented to the grand jury. \n7 \nTHE COURT: Let me see the Indictment \n8 \nthen? \n9 \nI have one Indictment, one \n10 \nInformation? \n11 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n12 \nTHE COURT: So one case is charged by \n13 \nIndictment, one is charged by Information? \n14 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n15 \nTHE COURT: In case 2006036744 you \n16 \nare charged with procuring a person under \n17 \n18 for prostitution, a second degree \n18 \nfelony, maximum penalty of fifteen years \n19 \nDepartment of Corrections; minimum, some \n20 \nperiod of probation. No mandatory minimum \n21 \napply, is that correct, State? \n22 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n23 \nTHE COURT: And in case number 06 \n24 \n9454CF, you are charged with felony \n25 \nsolicitation to prostitution, a third \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032240\n", "char_count": 1004}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 3, "text_content": "\u0013 \n\u0013 \n1 \ndegree felony, punishable by a maximum \n2 \npenalty of five years in the Department of \n3 \nCorrections, and a minimum, probation. No \n4 \nmandatory minimums, correct? \n5 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n6 \nTHE COURT: The defendant has no \n7 \nprior criminal record? \n8 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n9 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Yes, Your Honor. \n10 \nTHE COURT: You checked the NCIC as \n11 \nwell as State records? \n12 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. \n13 \nTHE COURT: And the guideline score \n14 \nsheet I have before me shows 21.5 months in \n15 \nthe Department of Corrections as the lowest \n16 \npermissible prison sentence in months. \n17 \nBoth sides agree to the preparation of the \n18 \nguideline score sheet? \n19 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: We so agree, Your \n20 \nHonor. \n21 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. \n22 \nTHE COURT: What is proposed -- it \n23 \ngoes on for pages. \n24 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Your Honor, much of \n25 \nthe documentation is acknowledgement by my \n4 \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032241\n", "char_count": 973}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 4, "text_content": "1 \nclient to community control, sex offender \n2 \nstatus. \n3 \nTHE COURT: I understand. \n4 \nOkay. What is proposed -- those \n5 \nare the maximums and minimums, Mr. Epstein. \n6 \nWhat is proposed is that you will be \n7 \npleading guilty to felony solicitation to \n8 \nprostitution and procuring a person under \n9 \n18 for prosecution. A PSI would be waived, \n10 \nyou would be adjudicated guilty of both \n11 \nfelonies, is that correct? \n12 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n13 \nTHE COURT: And on 06 9454, the \n14 \ndefendant to be sentenced to 12-months in \n15 \nthe Palm Beach County -- detention \n16 \nfacility? He's going to do time in the \n17 \njail? \n18 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. \n19 \nTHE COURT: With credit for one day \n20 \nserved. And on 08 9381, he is to be \n21 \nsentenced to six months in the Palm Beach \n22 \nCounty jail detention facility, with credit \n23 \nfor one day served. And the six month \n24 \nsentence is to be served consecutive to the \n25 \n12 month sentence? \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032242\n", "char_count": 1011}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 5, "text_content": "Nival \n1 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n2 \nTHE COURT: Following the six months \n3 \nsentence, the defendant will be placed on \n4 \n12-months of community control one. The \n5 \nconditions of the community control are \n6 \nattached hereto and incorporated herein. \n7 \nAs a special condition of \n8 \ncommunity control, he's to have no \n9 \nunsupervised contact with minors and the \n10 \nsupervising adult must be approved -- and I \n11 \nwould say, pre-approved, approved ahead of \n12 \ntime, not after the fact by the Department \n13 \nof Corrections. And you would mean by that \n14 \nhis community control officer? \n15 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n16 \nTHE COURT: The defendant is \n17 \ndesignated as a sexual offender pursuant to \n18 \nFlorida Statute 943.0435 and must abide by \n19 \nall the corresponding requirements of the \n20 \nstatute, a copy of which is attached hereto \n21 \nand incorporated herein. The defendant \n22 \nmust provide a DNA sample in court at the \n23 \ntime of this plea. Is this the -- and the \n24 \nattachments are the terms and conditions of \n25 \ncommunity control. There are some \n6 \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032243\n", "char_count": 1139}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 6, "text_content": "1 \nsquiggles on the bottom of the page, what \n2 \nwould those squiggles be? \n3 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you, Your \n4 \nHonor, those are my client's signature \n5 \nacknowledging that we have gone over all \n6 \nthe conditions. \n7 \nTHE COURT: One page after the plea \n8 \nsheet that really spells out the terms and \n9 \nconditions of community control, Florida \n10 \nStatute 948.101, Mr. Epstein, is that \n11 \nsquiggle at the bottom your squiggle? \n12 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n13 \nTHE COURT: Would those be your \n14 \ninitials? \n15 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n16 \nTHE COURT: Did you read all of that \n17 \npage? \n18 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n19 \nTHE COURT: Can you read? \n20 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n21 \nTHE COURT: How far did you go in \n22 \nschool? \n23 \nTHE DEFENDANT: High school. \n24 \nTHE COURT: That's your highest \n25 \ndegree? \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032244\n", "char_count": 887}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 7, "text_content": "J \n1 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes. \n2 \nTHE COURT: And is this your \n3 \nsignature on the plea sheet that recites \n4 \nthe terms of the plea I just read? \n5 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n6 \nTHE COURT: Did you read that \n7 \ndocument as well? \n8 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n9 \nTHE COURT: You understand once you \n10 \ndo your 12 months followed by your six \n11 \nmonths all in the Palm Beach County jail \n12 \nyou will then be put on community control \n13 \nwhich involves having an electronic monitor \n14 \nattached to you and --\n15 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Actually Your Honor, \n16 \nthe agreement of the parties is to, it's \n17 \ncommunity control one which is not monitor. \n18 \nTHE COURT: Oh, community control \n19 \none, is that spelled out in here? \n20 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. \n21 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Yes, it is, Your \n22 \nHonor. \n23 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: He does not fall \n24 \nunder the Jessica Lunsford Act which \n25 \nrequires the bracelet. \n8 \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032245\n", "char_count": 969}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 8, "text_content": "1 \nTHE COURT: Community control two. \n2 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n3 \nTHE COURT: Community control one --\n4 \nthat would be no electronic monitor? \nMR. GOLDBERGER: That is correct. \n6 \nTHE COURT: Now which of the terms \n7 \nand conditions of community control one are \n8 \nyou incorporating? \n9 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: i can go through \n10 \nthem with Your Honor. \n11 \nTHE COURT: None of the them appear \n12 \nto be articulated in the plea sheet which \n13 \nis why I'm asking. \n14 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: These are the \n15 \nstandard conditions of community control by \n16 \nstatute would apply to anyone that goes on \n17 \ncommunity control and out of an abundance \n18 \nof caution, we simply memorialized those \n19 \nstandard conditions in the plea sheet \n20 \nagreement. \n21 \nTHE COURT: The Court shall require \n22 \nintensive supervision and surveillance for \n23 \nan offender placed on community control \n24 \nwhich may include but is not limited to \n25 \nspecified contact with the parole and \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032246\n", "char_count": 1026}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 9, "text_content": "10 \n1 \nprobation officer, specified by who? \n2 \nPROBATION OFFICER: Specified by you, \n3 \nYour Honor. \n4 \nTHE COURT: I don't see that in the \n5 \nplea sheet. That's why I'm asking the \n6 \nquestions. No one has specified how often, \n7 \nhow frequently he is to have contact with \n8 \nhis parole and probation officer. \n9 \nConfinement to an agreed upon residence \n10 \nduring the hours away from employment and \n11 \npublic service activity, has that been \n12 \narticulated? \n13 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: I believe \n14 \nJudge McSorley has a standard order \n15 \nsomewhere on the bench up there regarding \n16 \nthis, I'm told by the prosecutor. \n17 \nMS. LENHARDT: Judge, usually this is \n18 \nthe probation sheet she hands out to folks. \n19 \nTHE COURT: I have seen those \n20 \nsheets -- I have seen them incorporated in \n21 \nplea agreements which is why I'm asking. \n22 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: I see. \n23 \nTHE COURT: Is there some reason you \n24 \ndidn't use this particular document in this \n25 \ncase? \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032247\n", "char_count": 1029}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 10, "text_content": "11 \n1 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: \nI didn't realize \n2 \nuntil Ms. Lenhardt just told me that Judge \n3 \nMcSorley has that. \n4 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: We'd be happy to \n5 \nexecute that document, Your Honor. We were \n6 \n-- we overreacted by just having him sign \n7 \noff on all conditions of community control. \n8 \nTHE COURT: Well, this is --\n9 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Perhaps the better \n10 \npractice would be --\n11 \nTHE COURT: This is, the reason \n12 \nJudge McSorley does this which makes \n13 \nultimate sense is we're going to be here \n14 \nhalf the morning if we're going to decide \n15 \namong ourselves now what the --\n16 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: That makes sense. \n17 \nTHE COURT: I'm not going to leave \n18 \nthis just unspecified. \n19 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: We can take care of \n20 \nthat right now if you could give us a few \n21 \nminutes. \n22 \nTHE COURT: All right. \n23 \nThese are the standard conditions \n24 \nthat Judge McSorley normally uses. If you \n25 \nlike them, you need to circle the ones that \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032248\n", "char_count": 1018}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 11, "text_content": "vd \nval0 \n12 \n1 \napply and everyone must initial them. We \n2 \nwill go over it. If you wish to change \n3 \nyou understand there is quite a bit of \n4 \nlatitude given the court in putting \n5 \nsomebody on community control. If you \n6 \nagree to some change, let me know, but \n7 \nunderstand at the outset that I'm a big fan \n8 \nof specificity. I want to know what he \n9 \nwill be doing for employment. I want to \n10 \nknow exactly where he is going to be living \n11 \nand I want it on the record now. It can \n12 \nchange but it can only change with \n13 \npreapproval by DOC. I want it crystal \n14 \nclear. I don't want the community control \n15 \nofficer who gets this case the day he walks \n16 \nout the Palm Beach County to have any doubt \n17 \nor confusion as to exactly what this \n18 \ndefendant is supposed to do, where he is \n19 \nsupposed to be when, exactly what I am \n20 \nrequesting that officer to supervise. \n21 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Absolutely. \n22 \nTHE COURT: Okay. \n23 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: We will work on it. \n24 \nThank you, Your Honor. \n25 \nTHE COURT: We will recall that case. \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032249\n", "char_count": 1124}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 12, "text_content": "13 \n1 \n(Brief recess.) \n2 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Your Honor, we are \n3 \nback on Jeffrey Epstein, actually it \n4 \nworked, we had an opportunity to go through \n5 \nJudge McSorley's conditions of community \n6 \ncontrol and we asked the Department of \n7 \nCorrections representative to assist us to \n8 \nmake sure we did everything properly. \n9 \nThey were very helpful and we executed the \n10 \ndocument. \n11 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes, and Your Honor, \n12 \nthis defendant doesn't fall under the sex \n13 \noffender probation but we have included \n14 \nspecial sex offender conditions as part of \n15 \nthe community control and they are all \n16 \ncircled there. \n17 \nTHE COURT: The plea agreement stated \n18 \nthe defendant is designated as a sexual \n19 \noffender pursuant to Florida Statute \n20 \n942.035. \n21 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. But the \n22 \nsex offender probation, the statute is \n23 \ndifferent and only applies to certain \n24 \noffenses and this one was not enumerated. \n25 \nTHE COURT: Okay. I want to make \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032250\n", "char_count": 1045}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 13, "text_content": "4 \n4 \n14 \n1 \nsure both I and the defendant are clear. \n2 \nThe sexual offender statute you are \n3 \nreferring to in the plea sheet is the one \n4 \nthat requires registration? \n5 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n6 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Correct. \n7 \nTHE COURT: And we will talk about \n8 \nthat. \n9 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Okay. \n10 \nTHE COURT: But it is not the one \n11 \nthat requires the special conditions of sex \n12 \noffender probation? \n13 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n14 \nTHE COURT: Now, rather than 948, do \n15 \nyou want me to disregard 948? He's read \n16 \nit? \n17 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: He's read it. \n18 \nTHE COURT: We will leave it in \n19 \nthere. But these conditions we are going \n20 \nto go over right now are going to be viewed \n21 \nin my mind, yes, and they have been signed \n22 \nby the defendant and we will go over that \n23 \nin a second as a part of the whole plea. \n24 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n25 \nTHE COURT: So circled are \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032251\n", "char_count": 966}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 14, "text_content": "15 \n1 \nconditions, A, you will remain confined to \n2 \nyour residence except one half hour before \n3 \nand after your approved employment, \n4 \ncommunity service work or any other \n5 \nactivity approved by your probation \n6 \nofficer. \n7 \nB, you will maintain an hourly \n8 \naccounting of all your activities on a \n9 \ndaily log which you will submit to your \n10 \nsupervising officer upon request. \n11 \nMy understanding about the daily \n12 \nlog, maybe I'm just confused from other \n13 \ncases I've heard, is the daily log is a \n14 \nweekly log, I guess it is submitted ahead \n15 \nof time, is that correct? \n16 \nPROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, \n17 \nYour Honor. \n18 \nTHE COURT: So part A, where he has \n19 \nto stay in his residence except for one \n20 \nhour before and after the approved \n21 \nemployment, community service work and \n22 \nother activity. All that's information \n23 \nthat will be recorded in writing and the \n24 \ndefendant will have a copy and he will know \n25 \nexactly where he is supposed to be when. \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032252\n", "char_count": 1066}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 15, "text_content": "a \n16 \n1 \nPROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, \n2 \nYour Honor. \n3 \nTHE COURT: As will his supervising \n4 \nprobation officer. And then to document \n5 \nthat he's supposedly done all that he \n6 \nhimself will be keeping a daily log? \n7 \nPROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, \n8 \nYour Honor. \n9 \nTHE COURT: And the log form will be \n10 \nprovided by the department and he will be \n11 \nturning that in every time he meets with \n12 \nthe probation officer? \n13 \nPROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, \n14 \nYour Honor. \n15 \nTHE COURT: Okay. So that applies \n16 \nand F applies. Does E apply? No. \n17 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Did I circle E? \n18 \nTHE COURT: No. F -- made one up, \n19 \nthe defendant will be residing at 358 El \n20 \nBrillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida, 33480. He \n21 \nknows now that that's where he will be \n22 \nliving when he is released after his 12 \n23 \nmonths and six months. \n24 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: That is correct, \n25 \nYour Honor. \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032253\n", "char_count": 977}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 16, "text_content": "4 \n17 \n1 \n2 \n3 \n4 \n5 \n6 \n7 \n8 \n9 \n10 \n11 \n12 \n13 \n14 \n15 \n16 \n17 \n18 \n19 \n20 \n21 \n22 \n23 \n24 \n25 \nTHE COURT: That's a private \nresidence? \nMR. GOLDBERGER: That is his home. \nTHE COURT: Does he own the \nresidence? \nMR. GOLDBERGER: He does, Your Honor. \nTHE COURT: Is there any possibility \nthat he no longer owns the residence? \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Not anticipated, \nYour Honor. \nTHE COURT: Okay. Should he not be \nfor whatever reason -- 18-months is a long \ntime, should he not be owning that \nresidence or able to reside there, he will \nhave the obligation of notifying his \nprobation officer prior, and I emphasize \nthis, prior to his release \nassume that the department \nprior to, to his release? \nPROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, \nYour Honor. \nTHE COURT: And then you would need \nto send someone to meet with him before he \nwalks out of the Palm Beach County jail and \nverify his address and employment \nfrom \nwill \ncustody. I \nbe notified \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032254\n", "char_count": 1000}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 17, "text_content": "4 \n18 \n1 \ninformation? \n2 \nPROBATION OFFICER: That is correct. \n3 \nTHE COURT: All address -- I assume \n4 \nall of this to and from work and any other \n5 \napproved activities restricts him to Palm \n6 \nBeach County, is that correct? \n7 \nPROBATION OFFICER: That is correct, \n8 \nYour Honor. \n9 \nTHE COURT: So let's be clear, \n10 \neverything, from the day he walks out \n11 \noccurs in Palm Beach County, is that clear? \n12 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: We understand, Your \n13 \nHonor. That's correct. \n14 \nTHE COURT: Then the additional \n15 \ncondition of his probation, they are not \n16 \nsex offender standard conditions, they are \n17 \njust conditions that are being imposed \n18 \nespecially in this case? \n19 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n20 \nTHE COURT: They are as follows, you \n21 \nshall submit to a mandatory curfew from 10 \n22 \np.m. to 6:00 a.m. regardless of any other \n23 \nrestrictions regarding work or approved \n24 \nactivity, there will be no exceptions to \n25 \nbeing at home in house from 10 p.m. to 6 \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032255\n", "char_count": 1045}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 18, "text_content": "4 \n19 \n1 \na.m., is that correct? \n2 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. \n3 \nTHE COURT: If the victim was under \n4 \nage of 18 years which I gather is the case \n5 \nbecause it's circled, you shall not live \n6 \nwithin 1000 feet of a school, day care \n7 \ncenter, park, playground or other place \n8 \nwhere children regularly congregate. \n9 \nHas someone verified that 358 El \n10 \nBrillo is such a place? \n11 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: No, but that will be \n12 \ndone prior to his release. \n13 \nTHE COURT: So 358 El Brillo will not \n14 \nbe approved if it should happen to be one \n15 \nthousand feet from a school, day care \n16 \ncenter, park, playground or other place --\n17 \nthis is rather open. \n18 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Where children \n19 \ngather. \n20 \nTHE COURT: Where children regularly \n21 \ncongregate. \n22 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Right. \n23 \nTHE COURT: The Court knows 358 El \n24 \nBrillo Way is a residential neighborhood, \n25 \nare there areas there where children \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032256\n", "char_count": 982}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 19, "text_content": "20 \n1 \nregularly congregate? \n2 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: I personally do not \n3 \nknow. \n4 \nTHE COURT: Neither do I, which is \n5 \nwhy I'm asking. Has that been \n6 \ninvestigated? \n7 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: We have done our due \n8 \ndiligence, for what it's worth, there is a \n9 \nresidential street. There are not children \n10 \ncongregating on that street. We think the \n11 \naddress applies, if it doesn't, we fully \n12 \nrecognize that he can't live there. \n13 \nTHE COURT: Okay. D is, you shall \n14 \nnot have any contact with the victim, are \n15 \nthere more than one victim? \n16 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: There's several. \n17 \nTHE COURT: Several, all of the \n18 \nvictims. So this should be plural. I'm \n19 \nmaking that plural. You are not to have \n20 \nany contact direct or indirect, and in this \n21 \nday and age I find it necessary to go over \n22 \nexactly what we mean by indirect. By \n23 \nindirect, we mean no text messages, no \n24 \ne-mail, no Face Book, no My Space, no \n25 \ntelephone calls, no voice mails, no \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032257\n", "char_count": 1043}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 20, "text_content": "J \n21 \n1 \nmessages through carrier pigeon, no \n2 \nmessages through third parties, no hey \n3 \nwould you tell so and so for me, no having \n4 \na friend, acquaintance or stranger approach \n5 \nany of these victims with a message of any \n6 \nsort from you, is that clear? \n7 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am \n8 \nTHE COURT: And then it states, \n9 \nunless approved by the victim, the \n10 \ntherapist and the sentencing court. Okay. \n11 \nTHE DEFENDANT: I understand. \n12 \nTHE COURT: And the sentencing court. \n13 \nSo, if there is a desire which, I would \n14 \nthink would be a bit strange to have \n15 \ncontact with any of the victims the court \n16 \nmust approve it. \n17 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n18 \nTHE COURT: If the victim was under \n19 \nthe age of 18, which was the case, you \n20 \nshall not until you have successfully \n21 \nattended and completed the sex offender \n22 \nprogram. So, is this sex offender program \n23 \nbecoming a condition of probation? \n24 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: That is not. I \n25 \ndon't believe I circled that one. \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032258\n", "char_count": 1069}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 21, "text_content": "J \n22 \n1 \nTHE COURT: You did. \n2 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: That's a mistake on \n3 \nour part. Actually the statute that he is \n4 \npleading guilty to does not require the \n5 \nTHE COURT: I understand that, but \n6 \nyou circled it. \n7 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: I apologize, that \nB \none is not. He has already been in \n9 \ntreatment with a private psychiatrist. \n10 \nTHE COURT: Which you find to be an \n11 \nadequate substitute for sex offender \n12 \nprogram? \n13 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: I -- it is not \n14 \nrequired and based upon the evaluation and \n15 \nmy contact with that doctor, I don't \n16 \nbelieve it's necessary at this point. \n17 \nTHE COURT: Has that been -- I assume \n18 \nyou have a law degree and do not have a \n19 \nPh.D in a psychology or MD in psychiatry? \n20 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: That is correct, I \n21 \ndon't. \n22 \nTHE COURT: So it is just your \n23 \njudgement --\n24 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n25 \nTHE COURT: -- that his treatment \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032259\n", "char_count": 966}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 22, "text_content": "i \n4 \n23 \n1 \nwith some fancy private psychiatrist or \n2 \npsychologist in his case is okay? \n3 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: That is correct. \n4 \nTHE COURT: So you are not imposing \n5 \nE? \n6 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n7 \nTHE COURT: F, if the victim was \n8 \nunder the age of 18, you shall not work or \n9 \nplay or as a volunteer in any school, day \n10 \ncare center, park, play ground or other \n11 \nplace where children regularly congregate, \n12 \nis that understood? \n13 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n14 \nTHE COURT: Children will be defined \n15 \nas anyone under the age of 18. There are a \n16 \nlot of places where children regularly \n17 \ncongregate. What kind of work do you do? \n18 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Banking. \n19 \nTHE COURT: Here in Palm Beach \n20 \nCounty? \n21 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Virgin Islands, \n22 \nma'am. \n23 \nTHE COURT: You understand you will \n24 \nnot travel from Palm Beach County for the \n25 \nduration of this? \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032260\n", "char_count": 953}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 23, "text_content": "24 \n1 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n2 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Your Honor, I'm \n3 \nsorry to interrupt, we do cover the \n4 \nemployment later in the agreement as to \n5 \nwhat he is going to be doing during the one \n6 \nyear that he is on community control. \n7 \nTHE COURT: Okay. And let me --\n8 \ncondition G, which is circled, unless \n9 \notherwise indicated in the treatment plan \n10 \nprovided by sexual offender treatment \n11 \nprogram. \n12 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: That's not in there. \n13 \nTHE COURT: Is that what you want? \n14 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: No. \n15 \nTHE COURT: But you do want the, you \n16 \nwill not view, own or possess any obscene \n17 \npornographic --\n18 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n19 \nTHE COURT: Okay. But are you saying \n20 \nthat this therapist can okay him to own \n21 \ncertain pornographic material? \n22 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: No, not at all. \n23 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: No, Your Honor. \n24 \nTHE COURT: Would be really helpful \n25 \nif people read these things before they \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032261\n", "char_count": 1005}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 24, "text_content": "25 \n1 \nsigned them thoroughly. \n2 \nUnless otherwise indicated in the \n3 \ntreatment plan. I'm just going to strike \n4 \nout, provided by the sexual offender \n5 \ntreatment program. Is that what you \n6 \nintend, that his therapist can \n7 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: No. \n8 \nTHE COURT: No? \n9 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: No. \n10 \nTHE COURT: Unless otherwise \n11 \nindicated. \n12 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: The parties have \n13 \nagreed that during the period that he is \n14 \ncannot be --\n15 \nTHE COURT: Condition G will now \n16 \nread, you shall not view, own, possess any \n17 \nobscene, pornographic or sexually \n18 \nstimulating visual or auditory material \n19 \nincluding telephonic, electronic media, \n20 \ncomputer program or computer services that \n21 \nare relevant to your deviant behavior \n22 \npattern. And who is going to enforce that? \n23 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: The community \n24 \ncontrol officer. \n25 \nTHE COURT: How? \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032262\n", "char_count": 935}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 25, "text_content": "J \n.1 \n26 \n1 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: They have the \n2 \nobligation and included in there for \n3 \nwarrantless search to check at any time his \n4 \nhome, his computer, anything he has contact \n5 \nwith. \n6 \nTHE COURT: And do they regularly do \n7 \nthat? \n8 \nPROBATION OFFICER: Yes, ma'am. \n9 \nTHE COURT: Since we have the \n10 \npleasure of having someone from the \n11 \nDepartment of Corrections here. \n12 \nOkay. H, you shall submit two \n13 \nspecimens of blood to the Florida \n14 \nDepartment of Law Enforcement to be \n15 \nregistered in the DNA data bank. \n16 \nJ, you shall submit to a \n17 \nwarrantless search by your probation \n18 \nofficer or community control officer of \n19 \nyour person, residence or vehicle. \n20 \nG -- where is the G? \n21 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: That was under the \n22 \noriginal part, not under the sex offender \n23 \none. \n24 \nTHE COURT: Okay. Defendant to have \n25 \ncontact with the community control officer \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032263\n", "char_count": 965}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 26, "text_content": "1 \n4 \n27 \n1 \nat a minimum one time a week. \n2 \nDefendant to work at Florida \n3 \nScience Foundation, 250 Australian Avenue, \n4 \nWest Palm Beach, Florida. Is that \n5 \nvolunteer work or work for pay? \n6 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: It is a 501C \n7 \ncorporation that he has formed, Your Honor, \n8 \nthat will be doing charitable work. \n9 \nTHE COURT: That he has formed? \n10 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Yes. \n11 \nTHE COURT: What exactly is Florida \n12 \nScience Foundation? \n13 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Do you want to \n14 \nexplain? \n15 \nTHE DEFENDANT: It funds science \n16 \nprograms around the state and the country. \n17 \nTHE COURT: How long has it been in \n18 \nexistence? \n19 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Fifteen years. \n20 \nTHE COURT: How many programs has it \n21 \nfunded? \n22 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Numerous, more than \n23 \n50. \n24 \nTHE COURT: What is your position \n25 \nwith the organization? \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032264\n", "char_count": 896}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 27, "text_content": "I \na \n28 \n1 \nTHE DEFENDANT: President. \n2 \nTHE COURT: Is there a board of \n3 \ndirectors? \n4 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n5 \nTHE COURT: Who's on the board of \n6 \ndirectors? \n7 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Two attorneys. \n8 \nTHE COURT: What exactly do you do? \n9 \nTHE DEFENDANT: I'm an investment \n10 \nbanker but my --\n11 \nTHE COURT: No, no, I mean with the \n12 \nscience foundation. \n13 \nTHE DEFENDANT: We fund \n14 \nscience programs --\n15 \nTHE COURT: I don't want to know what \n16 \nwe do, I want to know what you do. How \n17 \noften are you there? \n18 \nTHE DEFENDANT: I'm there every day, \n19 \nI research, I take in people who want to \n20 \nmake presentations about why they need \n21 \nmoney for funding medical research, \n22 \nadvanced science research. My background \n23 \nis in physics. I go through all the \n24 \nprograms in detail, review the science work \n25 \npotentials, I follow through on a daily \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032265\n", "char_count": 942}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 28, "text_content": "a \na \n29 \n1 \nbasis with what they have been given money \n2 \nto do. \n3 \nTHE COURT: Who are some recent \n4 \ngrantees? \n5 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Harvard University. \n6 \nThere is a full program of Evolutionary \n7 \nDynamics, Neuro Science Institute of \n8 \nCalifornia, the Physics Institute, MIT. \n9 \nTHE COURT: Do you ever have occasion \n10 \nto deal with anyone under the age of \n11 \neighteen? \n12 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Not very often. It \n13 \nis, if someone is in college -- sorry. \n14 \nTHE COURT: Right, that's why I'm \n15 \nasking the question. \n16 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Most of the people I \n17 \nfund are all usually professors. \n18 \nTHE COURT: Thank you. You \n19 \nunderstand that you can't have contact with \n20 \nanyone if \nthis organization, do they \n21 \never have any involvement with high \n22 \nschools? \n23 \nTHE DEFENDANT: No, ma'am. \n24 \nTHE COURT: Students or teachers? \n25 \nTHE DEFENDANT: No, ma'am. \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032266\n", "char_count": 943}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 29, "text_content": "30 \n1 \nTHE COURT: Okay. \n2 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Those are \n3 \nduplicates, you will see those are the same \n4 \nas the ones on the previous page, however, \n5 \nit was reproduced. \n6 \nTHE COURT: The next condition, you \n7 \nshall maintain a driving log. You shall \n8 \nnot drive a motor vehicle while alone \n9 \nwithout prior approval of your supervising \n10 \nofficer. \n11 \nIf there was sexual contact, you \n12 \nshall submit to at probationer's or \n13 \ncommunity controllee's expense an HIV test \n14 \nwith results to be released to the victims, \n15 \nvictim's parent or guardian -- will be \n16 \nvictims, plural. Has that been done? \n17 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Not yet. \n18 \nTHE COURT: Do we have a time frame \n19 \non that? I would think ASAP might be good \n20 \non something like that. \n21 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: I believe they can \n22 \nactually do that at the jail. \n23 \nTHE COURT: At his expense? \n24 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. \n25 \nTHE COURT: I would request that that \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032267\n", "char_count": 998}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 30, "text_content": "J \n-I \n31 \n1 \nbe done within 48 hours? \n2 \nYou shall not obtain or use a post \n3 \noffice box without prior approval of the \n4 \nsupervising officer. \n5 \nOkay. Are all those conditions \n6 \nyou two have agreed to? \n7 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes, Your Honor. \n8 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: With the court's \n9 \namendments, yes. \n10 \nTHE COURT: Mr. Epstein, do you \n11 \nunderstand? \n12 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n13 \nTHE COURT: I need the defendant to \n14 \nsign number D where I had an s added to \n15 \nvictim, and G, we struck out the otherwise \n16 \nindicated language. Otherwise, it is as \n17 \nyou agreed. \n18 \nMr. Epstein, do you understand \n19 \nthis is a somewhat complicated terms of the \n20 \nplea that you've agreed to? \n21 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am \n22 \nTHE COURT: Do you have any questions \n23 \nabout the terms of the plea? \n24 \nTHE DEFENDANT: No. \n25 \nTHE COURT: Can I ask the State why \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032268\n", "char_count": 932}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 31, "text_content": "L_ \n32 \n1 \nyou choose -- or defense and the State \n2 \ntogether, why twelve months in the Palm \n3 \nBeach County jail followed by six months? \n4 \nWhy not just send him to DOC? \n5 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: It was the agreement \n6 \nof the parties, Your Honor. We just \n7 \ndecided that was the best way to accomplish \n8 \nwhat needed to be done here and the parties \n9 \nagreed that that sentence satisfied \n10 \neveryone's requirements. \n11 \nTHE COURT: The taxpayers of Palm \n12 \nBeach County is going to pay 18 months to \n13 \nhouse this guy instead of DOC? \n14 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Right. \n15 \nTHE COURT: You understand we're \n16 \nlosing positions left and right in county \n17 \ngovernment because we haven't got enough \n18 \nmoney but you want -- okay. \n19 \nHis requirement to register there \n20 \nis many, many -- \nthere is nine pages \n21 \noutlining the sexual offender's requirement \n22 \nto register with the department and \n23 \npenalty, have you read all those, \n24 \nMr. Epstein? \n25 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032269\n", "char_count": 1051}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 32, "text_content": "41 \ni \n33 \n1 \nTHE COURT: Do you understand you \n2 \nwill be required to register and this will \n3 \nbe an ongoing life long obligation? \n4 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n5 \nTHE COURT: And this registration \n6 \noccurs when? \n7 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Within 48-hours of \n8 \nrelease. \n9 \nTHE COURT: So when he gets out of \n10 \nthe Palm Beach County jail, he needs to \n11 \nregister? Okay. And the department -- who \n12 \nis going to provide him with the form? \n13 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: He actually \n14 \nregisters out at the Sheriff's Office, Your \n15 \nHonor, we can do it out there. \n16 \nTHE COURT: Okay. It has been \n17 \nbrought to my attention that FDLE is the \n18 \none who is statutorily required to handle \n19 \nthese registrations but some of our \n20 \nmunicipal jurisdictions have taken it upon \n21 \nthemselves to impose additional \n22 \nrequirements, y'all understand that? \n23 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n24 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Right. \n25 \nTHE COURT: What you are telling him \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032270\n", "char_count": 1014}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 33, "text_content": "34 \n1 \nhe has to do is the official State of \n2 \nFlorida registration? \n3 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. \n4 \nTHE COURT: Mr. Epstein, I need to \n5 \nmake sure you understand that that's what's \n6 \nrequired by this plea. Anyone on \n7 \nprobation, community control is required to \n8 \nlive and abide by the laws. So if a \n9 \njurisdiction you choose to reside in should \n10 \nhave some additional municipal requirements \n11 \nyou will be required in order to comply \n12 \nwith the law of living there, just like you \n13 \ncan't get a parking ticket or speeding \n14 \nticket, to comply with those regulations \n15 \nbut I want to make sure you understand \n16 \nbecause I have seen some defendants who \n17 \nhave been confused about this. If you \n18 \ndon't, for example, if the Town of Palm \n19 \nBeach has you register that does not take \n20 \ncare of your requirement. Your requirement \n21 \nto register with FDLE through the Sheriff's \n22 \noffice is separate, distinct and must be \n23 \ndone on their form according to their \n24 \nschedule. \n25 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032271\n", "char_count": 1106}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 34, "text_content": "40 \n4 \n35 \n1 \nTHE COURT: And if my experience the \n2 \nlast few months is of any value, they are \n3 \nvery serious about enforcing this. They \n4 \nwill be tracking you for the rest of your \n5 \nlife. Do not move. Do not go -- I don't \n6 \ncare when you are done with community \n7 \ncontrol, they need to know exactly where \n8 \nyou are and if you go anywhere without \n9 \nregistering, they will find and you will be \n10 \nlocked up. \n11 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n12 \nTHE COURT: Okay. Any questions \n13 \nabout that? \n14 \nTHE DEFENDANT: No, ma'am. \n15 \nTHE COURT: Did you read the plea in \n16 \nthe circuit court form that describes all \n17 \nthe rights you are giving up by entering \n18 \nthis plea? \n19 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n20 \nTHE COURT: I think I asked you \n21 \nbefore, can you read? \n22 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes. \n23 \nTHE COURT: Are you under the \n24 \ninfluence of alcohol, drugs or medication \n25 \ntoday? \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032272\n", "char_count": 960}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 35, "text_content": "36 \n1 \nTHE DEFENDANT: No, ma'am. \n2 \nTHE COURT: Normally taking any \n3 \nprescribed medication? \n4 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Only for cholesterol. \n5 \nTHE COURT: Does that interfere with \n6 \nyour mental ability? \n7 \nTHE DEFENDANT: No. \n8 \nTHE COURT: Do you understand you \n9 \nhave an attorney, you have a right to trial \n10 \nby jury, there is not going to be a jury \n11 \ntrial. There won't be witnesses called. \n12 \nThat your attorney and you would have a \n13 \nright to confront and cross examine, do you \n14 \nunderstand you have a right to call \n15 \nwitnesses of your own and the court would \n16 \nissue subpoenas to compel their attendance \n17 \njust like any other witness called by the \n18 \nState, that you have the right -- absolute \n19 \nright to remain silent and that you would \n20 \nnot have to say or do anything at the trial \n21 \nif there were a trial, do you understand \n22 \nthose rights? \n23 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n24 \nTHE COURT: Do you understand if you \n25 \nare not a United States citizen your plea \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032273\n", "char_count": 1063}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 36, "text_content": "4 \n37 \n1 \ncould subject you to deportation pursuant \n2 \nto the laws and regulations governing the \n3 \nUnited States Immigration and \n4 \nNaturalization Service and this court has \nS \nno jurisdiction or authority in such \n6 \nmatters, do you understand that? \n7 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes. \n8 \nTHE COURT: Has anybody threatened \n9 \nyou, coerced you or promised you anything \n10 \nother than the terms of this plea to get \n11 \nyou to enter this plea? \n12 \nTHE DEFENDANT: No. \n13 \nTHE COURT: Do you understand this is \n14 \na plea in criminal court? \n15 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n16 \nTHE COURT: This has -- in criminal \n17 \ncourt in Palm Beach County, State of \n18 \nFlorida. I have absolutely nothing to do \n19 \nwith any civil matters or matters in any \n20 \nother jurisdiction, do you understand that? \n21 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n22 \nTHE COURT: Is this plea in any way \n23 \ntied to any promises or representations by \n24 \nany civil attorneys or other jurisdictions? \n25 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: May we come sidebar \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032274\n", "char_count": 1058}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 37, "text_content": "38 \n1 \non that, Your Honor? \n2 \nTHE COURT: It is going to be \n3 \nrecorded. \n4 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: That's fine. \n5 \nTHE COURT: Defendant needs to \n6 \napproach as well. \n7 \n(Whereupon, there was a conference at \n8 \nthe bench.) \n9 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: The reason why I \n10 \nasked to come sidebar, there is a \n11 \nnonprosecution agreement with the United \n12 \nStates Attorney's office that triggers as a \n13 \nresult of this plea agreement. In other \n14 \nwords, they have signed off and said they \n15 \nwill not prosecute Mr. Epstein in the \n16 \nSouthern District of Florida for any \n17 \noffense upon his successful taking of this \n18 \nplea today. That is a confidential \n19 \ndocument that the parties have agreed to. \n20 \nJust in an abundance of caution, I wanted \n21 \nto tell the court. \n22 \nTHE COURT: I understand, that would \n23 \nalso be invalidated should he violate his \n24 \ncommunity control? \n25 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Absolutely. That \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032275\n", "char_count": 983}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 38, "text_content": "a \na \n39 \n1 \nnonprosecution agreement --\n2 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: They spell all that \n3 \nout. \n4 \nTHE COURT: Mr. Epstein needs to come \n5 \ncloser. \n6 \nMr. Epstein, your attorney has \n7 \ntold me that in addition to everything, we \n8 \ntalked about another Inducement, shall we \n9 \nsay, to your taking this plea is that the \n10 \nU.S. Attorney for the Southern District of \n11 \nthe State of Florida, federal prosecutor, \n12 \nhas agreed to a nonprosecution agreement \n13 \nwith you, meaning that if you successfully \n14 \ncomplete probation and do everything you're \n15 \nsupposed to, they have, have agreed not to \n16 \nprosecute you federally, did you understand \n17 \nthat? \n18 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. \n19 \nTHE COURT: And I would view that as \n20 \na significant inducement in accepting this \n21 \nplea. \n22 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: They are actually in \n23 \ncourt here today, also. \n24 \nTHE COURT: Okay. \n25 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: And the plea \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032276\n", "char_count": 978}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 39, "text_content": "40 \n1 \nagreement very carefully spelled out if \n2 \nthere was a breach that would violate this \n3 \nagreement, so we are well aware of it. \n4 \nTHE COURT: Okay. I would request \n5 \nthat a sealed copy of that -- Mr. Epstein \n6 \nhas signed that document? \n7 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Yes, I would like to \n8 \nseal the copy. \n9 \nTHE COURT: I want a sealed copy of \n10 \nthat filed in this case. That is the only \n11 \nother condition of the agreement that is\n12 \ninfluencing this defendant to make this \n1 \n13 \ndecision? \n14 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Absolutely. I think \n15 \nthat's the right idea. \nI \n16 \n(Return to open court.)\n17 \nTHE COURT: Mr. Epstein, is there \n18 \nanything else? \n19 \nTHE DEFENDANT: No, ma'am. \n20 \nTHE COURT: Because I don't take \n21 \nthese pleas unless they are freely and \n22 \nvoluntarily made. \n23 \nTHE DEFENDANT: I understand that. \n24 \nTHE COURT: I also don't want \n25 \nsomebody or anybody coming back a year, \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032277\n", "char_count": 972}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 40, "text_content": "• \n41 \n1 \ntwo years from now saying, oh no, no, they \n2 \nbeat me over the head or if there is \n3 \nanything else that is influencing you to \n4 \nmake this decision, then I need to know \n5 \nabout it. \n6 \nTHE DEFENDANT: I understand that. \n7 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you. \n8 \nTHE DEFENDANT: Thank you very much, \n9 \nYour Honor. \n10 \n(Return to open court.) \n11 \nTHE COURT: All right, Mr. Epstein, \n12 \nany questions about the rights you are \n13 \ngiving up by entering this plea? \n14 \nTHE DEFENDANT: No ma'am. \n15 \nTHE COURT: State, please give me a \n16 \nfactual basis. \n17 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: In 069454 CF AMB, \n18 \nbetween August 1, 2004 and October 31, \n19 \n2005, the defendant in Palm Beach County \n20 \ndid solicit or procure someone to commit \n21 \nprosecution on three or more occasions. \n22 \nAnd in 08 CF 9381 CF AMB between \n23 \nAugust 1, 2004 and October 9, 2005, the \n24 \ndefendant did procure a minor under the age \n25 \nof 18 to commit prostitution in Palm Beach \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032278\n", "char_count": 1020}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 41, "text_content": "a \n42 \n1 \nCounty also. \n2 \nTHE COURT: I find a sufficient \n3 \nfactual basis to support the pleas. \n4 \nAre all of the victims in both of \n5 \nthese cases in agreement with the terms of \n6 \nthis plea? \n7 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: I have spoken to \n8 \nseveral myself and I have spoken to \n9 \ncounsel, through counsel as to the other \n10 \nvictim, and I believe, yes. \n11 \nTHE COURT: And with regard to the \n12 \nvictims under age eighteen, is that \n13 \nvictim's parents or guardian in agreement \n14 \nwith the plea? \n15 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: That victim is not \n16 \nunder age 18 any more and that's why we \n17 \nspoke with her counsel. \n18 \nTHE COURT: And she is in agreement \n19 \nwith the plea? \n20 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. \n21 \nTHE COURT: And community control \n22 \nwill be given information concerning how to \n23 \ncontact these victims? \n24 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. \n25 \nTHE COURT: Confidentially. That \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032279\n", "char_count": 935}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 42, "text_content": "I \na \n43 \n1 \ninformation will not be related to the \n2 \ndefendant but will be used exclusively for \n3 \npurposes of verifying compliance with this \n4 \nagreement? \n5 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. \n6 \nTHE COURT: Is there anything else \n7 \nfrom anybody else before I accept this \n8 \nplea? \n9 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: No, Your Honor. \n10 \nTHE COURT: Mr. Goldberger, if it is \n11 \nyour desire, you may enter your client's \n12 \nplea. \n13 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you, Your \n14 \nHonor, at this time we would withdraw our \n15 \npreviously entered pleas of not guilty, \n16 \nenter pleas of guilty pursuant to \n17 \nnegotiations with the State. \n18 \nTHE COURT: Mr. Epstein, I am going \n19 \nto accept those pleas on your behalf. I \n20 \nfind you are intelligent, alert, you \n21 \nunderstand what is going on here and the \n22 \nconsequence of entering this plea, you are \n23 \ndoing it freely and voluntarily. \n24 \nPursuant to the plea, I am waiving \n25 \na PSI, I will sentence you at this time \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032280\n", "char_count": 1014}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 43, "text_content": "44 \n1 \npursuant to it. I will adjudicate you \n2 \nguilty of felony solicitation of \n3 \nprostitution, a third degree felony, case \n4 \nnumber 06 CF 00945A -- 454 AMB, and \n5 \nprocuring a person under 18 for \n6 \nprostitution, a second degree felony 08 CF \n7 \n009381AMB. \n8 \nWith respect to the solicitation \n9 \nof prosecution, I will sentence you to \n10 \ntwelve months in the Palm Beach County \n11 \ndetention facility with credit for the one \n12 \nday served. \n13 \nWith respect to 08 CF 009381, I \n14 \nwill sentence you to six months in the Palm \n15 \nBeach County detention facility, with \n16 \ncredit for the one day served. That six \n17 \nmonth sentence is to be served consecutive \n18 \nto the twelve month sentence. \n19 \nFollowing the six month sentence \n20 \nyou will be placed on 12 months of \n21 \ncommunity control. That will be on both \n22 \ncases, I assume, to run concurrently, \n23 \ncorrect? \n24 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Only on the 08 case. \n25 \nTHE COURT: Only on the second degree \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032281\n", "char_count": 1033}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 44, "text_content": "a \n• \n45 \n1 \nfelony? \n2 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct, the one \n3 \nthat designates him a sexual offender. \n4 \nTHE COURT: Okay. So only on case \n5 \nnumber 08 CF 009381AMB will you be on one \n6 \nyear community control which would then \n7 \ninvoke a potential penalty of fifteen years \n8 \nwere you to violate. \n9 \nThe special conditions are that \n10 \nyou are to have no unsupervised contact \n11 \nwith minors and the supervising adult must \n12 \nbe approved by the Department of \n13 \nCorrections. You are to be designated a \n14 \nsexual offender pursuant to Florida Statute \n15 \n943.0435 and you must abide by all \n16 \nrequirements of that statute which I have \n17 \nread and we have discussed. \n18 \nYou will remain confined to your \n19 \nresidence except one half hour before and \n20 \nafter your approved employment, community \n21 \nservice work or other activities approved \n22 \nby your probation officer. You will \n23 \nmaintain an hourly accounting of all your \n24 \nactivity on a daily log which you submit to \n25 \nthe supervising officer upon request. \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032282\n", "char_count": 1098}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 45, "text_content": "46 \n1 \nYou will be residing at 358 El \n2 \nBrillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida 33480. \n3 \nShould you desire to move or go to a \n4 \ndifferent location upon release from \n5 \ncustody, you will get preapproval of that \n6 \nlocation from the Department of \n7 \nCorrections. You will have to contact your \n8 \ncommunity control officer a minimum of once \n9 \na week, it can be more often at their \n10 \ndiscretion and you are to work at the \n11 \nFlorida Science Foundation at 250 \n12 \nAustralian Avenue in West Palm Beach, \n13 \nFlorida. You will submit to a mandatory \n14 \ncurfew of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. \n15 \nYou shall not live within a \n16 \nthousand feet of a school, day care center, \n17 \npark, playground or other place where \n18 \nchildren congregate. You shall not have \n19 \nany contact with the victims, directly or \n20 \nindirectly including through a third person \n21 \nunless approved by victim's therapist and \n22 \nthe sentencing court. \n23 \nYou shall not work for pay or as a \n24 \nvolunteer at any school, day care center \n25 \npark, play ground, other place where \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032283\n", "char_count": 1110}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 46, "text_content": "J \n47 \n1 \nchildren may congregate. You shall not \n2 \nview, own or possess any obscene \n3 \npornographic or sexually stimulating or \n4 \nvisual, auditory material including \n5 \ntelephone, electronic media, computer \n6 \nprograms, computer services that are \n7 \nrelevant to deviant behavior. \n8 \nYou shall submit two specimens of \n9 \nblood to Florida Department of Law \n10 \nEnforcement to be registered with the DNA \n11 \ndata bank. You shall submit to a \n12 \nwarrantless search by the probation officer \n13 \nor community control officer of your \n14 \nperson, residence or vehicle. \n15 \nYou shall maintain a driving log. \n16 \nYou shall not drive a motor vehicle while \n17 \nalone without prior approval of the \n18 \nsupervising officer. \n19 \nYou shall submit to, at \n20 \nprobationer or community control expense a \n21 \nHIV test, the result of which is to be \n22 \nreleased to the victims or victim's parent \n23 \nor guardian. That has to be done within 48 \n24 \nhours. \n25 \nYou shall not obtain or a use post \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032284\n", "char_count": 1054}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 47, "text_content": "• \ne \n48 \n1 \noffice box without the prior approval of \n2 \nthe supervising officer. \n3 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: You forgot one that \n4 \nyou may not possess, own or view sexually \n5 \nstimulating -- I don't believe you read \n6 \nthat outloud just now. \n7 \nTHE COURT: Yes, I did. \n8 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: I'm sorry, I didn't \n9 \nhear it. I just wanted to make sure. \n10 \nTHE COURT: And the warrantless \n11 \nsearch by the community control officer of \n12 \nthe person, residence or vehicle --\n13 \nunderstand the person, residence or vehicle \n14 \nincludes anything you might possess like \n15 \ncomputer, a cell phone and whatever other \n16 \nelaborate devices there are to communicate \n17 \nelectronically these days, okay. Good \n18 \nluck. \n19 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you. \n20 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: Thank you. \n21 \nTHE COURT: Is there a judgment? \n22 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Yes, there should be \n23 \njudgments. \n24 \nTHE COURT: Was there a condition of \n25 \ncommunity control that he pay or is he \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032285\n", "char_count": 1017}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 48, "text_content": "49 \n• \n• \n• \n_. \n1 \npaying it? \n2 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Actually there is a \n3 \ncash bond posted, court cost can be \n4 \ndeducted from the cash bond. \n5 \nTHE COURT: $574 is the total? \n6 \nMS. BELOHLAVEK: \nCorrect. \n7 \nTHE COURT: Is that to cover both \n8 \ncases? \n9 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Yes. \n10 \nTHE COURT: Thank you. \n11 \nMR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you, Your \n12 \nHonor. \n13 \n(Whereupon, at 9:48 o'clock a.m. the \n14 \nproceedings before the Court concluded.) \n15 \n16 \n17 \n18 \n19 \n20 \n21 \n22 \n23 \n24 \n25 \n1 \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032286\n", "char_count": 549}, {"efta_number": "EFTA00032238", "page_number": 49, "text_content": "50 \n1 \nCERTIFICATE \n2 \n3 \nTHE STATE OF FLORIDA, \n4 \nCOUNTY OF PALM BEACH. \n5 \nI, PHYLLIS A. DAMES, Official Court \n6 \nReporter for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, \n7 \nCriminal Division, in and for Palm Beach County, \n8 \nFlorida; do hereby certify that I was authorized \n9 \nto and did report the foregoing proceedings before \n10 \nthe Court at the time and place aforesaid; and \n11 \nthat the preceding pages numbered from 1 through 49, \n12 \ninclusive, represent a true and accurate \n13 \ntranscription of my stenonotes taken at said \n14 \nproceedings. \n15 \n16 \naffixed my official signature this 19th \nday of \n17 \nJuly, 2008. \n18 \n19 \n20 \n14,9 \nIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto \n21 \n22 \n23 \n24 \n25 \nPHYL S A. DAMES \nPHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER \nEFTA00032287\n", "char_count": 771}]}