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Attorney alleges DOJ withheld evidence and failed to disclose federal plea deal in 2008 Epstein case

The affidavit provides a specific claim that a U.S. Assistant Attorney (Marie Villafafia) knowingly withheld information about a federal plea agreement that would have precluded further prosecution of Bradley Edwards, a Florida attorney, represented three minor victims of Epstein in 2008. He contacted AUSA Marie Villafafia to discuss evidence; she did not disclose an existing federal ple Villafafi

Date
November 11, 2025
Source
House Oversight
Reference
House Oversight #013468
Pages
1
Persons
4
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The affidavit provides a specific claim that a U.S. Assistant Attorney (Marie Villafafia) knowingly withheld information about a federal plea agreement that would have precluded further prosecution of Bradley Edwards, a Florida attorney, represented three minor victims of Epstein in 2008. He contacted AUSA Marie Villafafia to discuss evidence; she did not disclose an existing federal ple Villafafi

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1. 7. AFFIDAVIT OF BRADLEY JAMES EDWARDS I am an attorney in good standing with the Florida Bar and admitted to practice in the Southern District of Florida. I am currently a partner in the law firm of Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. In 2008, I was a sole practitioner running a personal injury law firm in Hollywood, FL. While a sole practitioner I was retained by three clients, Ml WWMM, and Jane Doe to pursue civil litigation against Jeffrey Epstein for sexually abusing them while they were minor girls. I agreed to. represent these girls, along with attorney Jay Howell (an attomey in Jacksonville, Florida with Jay Howell & Associates) and Professor Paul Cassell (a law professor at the University of Utah College Of Law). I filed state court actions on behalf of L.M. and E.W. and a federal court action on behalf of Jane Doe. All of the cases were filed in the summer of 2008. My clients received correspondence from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding their rights as victims of Epstein’s federal sex offenses. (True and accurate copies of the letters are attached to Statement of Undisputed Facts as Exhibit “M”) In mid June 2008, I contacted Assistant United States Attorney Marie Villafafia to inform her that I represented Jane Doe #1.) and, later, Jane Doe #2@@M). I asked to meet to provide information regarding Epstein. AUSA Villafafia did not advise me that a plea agreement had already been negotiated with Epstein’s attomeys that would block federal prosecution. AUSA Villafafia did indicate that federal investigators had concrete evidence and information that Epstein had sexually molested at least 40 underage minor females, including J. Jane Doe and I also requested from the U.S. Attorney’s Office the information and evidence that they had collected regarding Epstein’s sexual abuse of his clients. However, the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to provide any such information to me. The U.S. Attorney’s Office also declined to provide any such information to the other attorneys who represented victims of Epstein’s sexual assaults. I was informed that on Friday, June 27, 2008, at approximately 4:15 p.m., AUSA Viilafaiia received a copy of Epstein’s proposed state plea agreement and learned that the plea was scheduled for 8:30 a.m., Monday, June 30, 2008. She called me to provide notice to my clients regarding the hearing. She did not tell me that the guilty pleas in state court would bring an end to the possibility of federal prosecution pursuant to the plea agreement. My clients did not learn and understand this fact until July 11, 2008, when the agreement was described during a hearing held before Judge Marra on the Crime Victims’ Rights Act action that I had filed. In the summer of 2008 I filed complaints against Jeffrey Epstein on behalf of i, E.W., and Jane Doe.

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