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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 38 Filed 07/25/19 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 37-1 Filed 07/25/19 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. x USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOT #: DATE FILED: S7 614 PROTECTIVE ORDER 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) x RICHARD M. BERMAN, United States District Judge: WHEREAS the Government intends to produce to JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, certain documents and materials that (i) affect the privacy and confidentiality of individuals, (ii) would impede, if prematurely disclosed, the Government's ongoing investigation of uncharged individuals; (iii) would risk prejudicial pretrial publicity if publicly disseminated, and (iv) is not authorized to be disclosed to the public or disclosed beyond that which is necessary for the defense of this action, and other materials pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 ("Rule 16") and pursuant to any other disclosure obligations (collectively, the "Discovery"), which contain sensitive, confidential, or personal identifying information; WHEREAS, the Government seeks to protect sensitive, confidential, or personal identifying information contained in the materials it produces consistent with Rule 16 or other disclosure obligations; EFTA00164836 Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 38 Filed 07/25/19 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 37-1 Filed 07/25/19 Page 3 of 9 e) may be shown to, bul not disseminated to or provided copies of to, prospective witnesses and their counsel (collectively, "Potential Witnesses"), to the extent deemed necessary by defense counsel, for trial preparation. 2. To the extent the Discovery is disclosed to Defense Staff, Defense Experts/Advisors, Other Authorized Persons, or Potential Witnesses, Defense Counsel shall instruct such individual(s) of the terms of this Order and that such individual(s) are bound by this Order. To the extent that Discovery is disseminated to Defense staff, Defense Experts/Advisors, or Other Authorized Persons, Defense Counsel shall encrypt and/or password protect the Discovery. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to communications exclusively between and among Defense Counsel. 3. The Government, the Defendant, Defense Counsel, Defense Staff, Defense Experts/Advisors, Potential Witnesses, and Other Authorized Persons are prohibited from posting or causing to be posted any of the Discovery or information contained in the Discovery on the Internet, including any social media website. 4. The Government (other than in the discharge of their professional obligations in this matter), Defense Counsel, Defense Staff, Defense Experts/Advisors, Potential Witnesses, and Other Authorized Persons are precluded from publicly 3 EFTA00164837 Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 38 Filed 07/25/19 Page 3 of 5 Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 37-1 Filed 07/25/19 Page 5 of 9 other identifying designation, are deemed "Confidential Information." 7. Confidential Information may contain personal identification information of specific individuals who are not parties to this action, and other confidential information; as well as information that identifies, or could lead to the identification of, witnesses in this matter. The Government's designation of material as Confidential information will be controlling absent contrary order of the Court. 8. Confidential Information disclosed to the defendant, or Defense Counsel, respectively, during the course of proceedings in this action: a) Shall be used by the defendant or his counsel only for purposes of the defense of this action; b) Shall be maintained in a safe and secure manner solely by Defense Counsel; c) Shall be reviewed by the Defendant solely in the presence of Defense Counsel; d) Shall not be possessed outside the presence of Defense Counsel, or maintained, by the Defendant; e) may be disclosed only by Defense Counsel and only to Designated Persons; f) May be shown to, but not disseminated to or provided copies of to, Potential Witnesses, to the extent deemed EFTA00164838 Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 38 Filed 07/25/19 Page 4 of 5 Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 37-1 Filed 07/25/19 Page 7 of 9 c) Shall not be possessed outside the presence of Defense Counsel, or maintained, by the Defendant; d) Shall be made available for inspection by Defense Counsel and the Defendant, under the protection of law enforcement officers or employees; and e) Shall not be copied or otherwise duplicated by Defense Counsel or the Defendant during such inspections. 11. The Defendant and Defense Counsel shall provide a copy of this Order to Designated Persons to whom they disclose Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information. Prior to disclosure of such information to Designated Persons, any such Designated Person shall agree to be subject to the terms of this order by signing a copy hereof and stating that they "Agree to be bound by the terms herein," and providing such copy to the defendant's counsel. However, the defendant and his or her respective counsel need not obtain signatures from any member of the defense team (i.e., attorneys, experts, consultants, paralegals, investigators, support personnel, and secretarial staff involved in the representation of the defendants in this case), all of whom are nonetheless bound by this Protective Order. 12. Except for Discovery that has been made part of the record of this case, Defense Counsel shall return to the Government or securely destroy or delete all Discovery, 7 EFTA00164839 Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 38 Filed 07/25/19 Page 5 of 5 Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 37-1 Filed 07/25/19 Page 9 of 9 13. The foregoing provisions shall remain in effect unless and until either (a) the Government and Defense Counsel mutually agree otherwise, or (b) this Order is modified by further order of the Court. SO ORDERED: Dated: New York, New York air, 261g AGREED AND CONSENTED TO: Dated: July 24, 2019 New York, New York riatre4R s%ftna l t HONORABLE RICHARD M. BERMAN United States District Judge GEOFFREY S. BERMAN united States Attorney Southern District of New York By: /6/ Dated: -sulm as, 2019 New York, New York Assistant United States Attorneys JEFFREY EPSTEIN ielliC/ Martin Weinberg, Esq. Reid Weingarten, Esq. Counsel for Jeffrey Epstein 9 EFTA00164840