KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP AND AIIILIATLD PAItTNERSHIPS Jay P. Lefkowitz, P.C. To ail iictly: lefkowitz@kliidand.com VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Citigroup Center 153 East 53rd Street New York. New York 10022-4811 Ms. A. Marie Villafana, Esq. United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Avenue, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 Dear Marie: vvwkirkland.com June 19, 2009 Re: Jeffrey Epstein Facsimile: We prepared this answer in response to your letter dated June 15, 2009 and before receiving your follow up letter of June 17, 2009. At this point it has been almost three years since the federal government first intervened in what was originally a matter investigated and charged by state prosecutorial authorities. It has been almost a year since Mr. Epstein pleaded guilty in state court and began serving his sentence in county jail, pursuant to the terms and as a direct result of the federal Non-Prosecution Agreement (the "NPA"). When Mr