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Maria Farmer Sues the Federal Government Over Its Handling of Jeffrey Epstein (Part 7) (11/5/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. In this episode we're going to get right
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  Speaker 1: back to the Maria Farmer complaint filed against the United
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  Speaker 1: States government. M. The USAO's failure to timely notify CEOS
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  Speaker 1: in violation of the USAO manual. The USAO manual section 9-74.030 states,
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  Speaker 1: requires that the USAO shall inform CEOS Child Exploitation and
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  Speaker 1: Obscenity Section of all significant investigations and cases being prosecuted
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  Speaker 1: in the district concerning child abuse, child pornography, and obscenity crimes.
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  Speaker 1: As with the Civil Rights Division notice requirement, this ensured
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  Speaker 1: that personal experience with child pornography and child abuse crimes
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  Speaker 1: were involved in preparing such cases. At all relevant times,
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  Speaker 1: The CEOS was based in D.C. In 2003, the FBI
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  Speaker 1: launched with CEOS and NCMEC the Innocence Laws Project to
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  Speaker 1: combat domestic sex trafficking of children. Upon information and belief,
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  Speaker 1: despite this manual's requirement and the FBI's focus on domestic
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  Speaker 1: child sex trafficking, the USAO did not involve CEOS in
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  Speaker 1: their Epstein investigation and until more than a year after
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  Speaker 1: the USAO was notified about the matter. Long after the
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  Speaker 1: cursory investigation was completed, the USAO had prepared a prosecution memorandum,
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  Speaker 1: and the USAO was already considering, if not moving forward,
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  Speaker 1: with resolving the matter without charging Epstein. N. The USAO's
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  Speaker 1: failure to comply with the manual's express requirements concerning an
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  Speaker 1: NPA and the extraordinary grant to Epstein of transactional immunity
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  Speaker 1: from federal prosecution. USAO Manual Section 9-27.600 authorizes government attorneys
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  Speaker 1: to enter into an NPA in exchange for a person's cooperation,
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  Speaker 1: which appears to be necessary to the public interest and
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  Speaker 1: other means of obtaining the desired cooperation are unavailable or
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  Speaker 1: would not be effective. See also Criminal Resources Section 719-20
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  Speaker 1: The government and a cooperating defendant or witnesses might enter
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  Speaker 1: into a non-prosecution agreement if the defendant or witness agrees
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  Speaker 1: to cooperate. The USAO Manual Section 9-27.620 and 9-27.630 provide
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  Speaker 1: guidelines for prosecutors on entering into an NPA. USAO Manual
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  Speaker 1: Section 9-27.640 prohibits a government attorney from entering into an
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  Speaker 1: NPA if in exchange for a person's cooperation without first
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  Speaker 1: obtaining the approval of the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or
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  Speaker 1: his or her designee when the person is someone who
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  Speaker 1: is likely to become of major public interest. The USAO
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  Speaker 1: completely failed to obtain or take any significant steps to
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  Speaker 1: seek Epstein's cooperation in violation of USAO Manual Section 9-27.600-640.
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  Speaker 1: which requires witness cooperation in exchange for an NPA. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: in 2008, defendant granted Epstein the deal of a lifetime,
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  Speaker 1: an extraordinary secret NPA, allowing Epstein to plead the two
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  Speaker 1: minor state law crimes while immunizing his co-conspirators. Moreover, throughout
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  Speaker 1: the investigation, Epstein continued to engage in the sexual abuse
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  Speaker 1: and trafficking of young women, moving his primary operation to
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  Speaker 1: the Virgin Islands and elsewhere. and even sexually assaulting at
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  Speaker 1: least one young woman in Florida. Epstein continued his sex
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  Speaker 1: trafficking operation with impunity right under the nose of the
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  Speaker 1: FBI and USAO. The USAO's failure to comply with USAO
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  Speaker 1: manual requirements regarding witness immunity. U.S. Code 18 Section 6001
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  Speaker 1: authorizes the USAO to grant limited immunity to in exchange
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  Speaker 1: for witness testimony in limited circumstances. Under Section 6001, the
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  Speaker 1: USAO Manual Section 9-23.00 allows the USAO to apply for
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  Speaker 1: an order granting a witness limited-use immunity when a witness
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  Speaker 1: invokes their self-incriminating privilege. As to witness immunity, the Department
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  Speaker 1: of Justice utilizes only those provisions contained in Title 18
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  Speaker 1: regarding witness testimony. Immunity requests shall be forwarded to the
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  Speaker 1: witness immunity unit and approvals for specified Attorney General officials
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  Speaker 1: were necessary for such immunity. Criminal Justice Manual 720 Nothing
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  Speaker 1: in the statutory scheme, USAO manual, or USAO policy authorized
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  Speaker 1: a grant of immunity without witness cooperation, a written immunity request,
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  Speaker 1: or needed approvals. However, without meeting with Epstein co-conspirators, obtaining
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  Speaker 1: any approvals, or utilizing limited use immunity, the USAO agreed
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  Speaker 1: in the NPA that the United States will not institute
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  Speaker 1: any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, thereby
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  Speaker 1: granting all of Epstein's co-conspirators, named and unnamed, known and unknown,
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  Speaker 1: full transactional immunity. the USAO's failure to comply with the
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  Speaker 1: VRRA-CVRA USAO Manual and Attorney General Guidelines regarding victims' rights.
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  Speaker 1: The USAO Manual confirms the statutory obligation to protect child
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  Speaker 1: victims of sex abuse. After noting the alarming increase in
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  Speaker 1: reports of child sex abuse, each year the insufficient attention
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  Speaker 1: paid to child victims and the non-committent aggravation of child
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  Speaker 1: trauma The USAO Manual acknowledges the primary goal of every
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  Speaker 1: Justice Department, law enforcement officer, investigator, prosecutor, victim, witness professional,
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  Speaker 1: and staff member shall be to reduce the trauma to
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  Speaker 1: child victims and child witnesses caused by the criminal justice system.
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  Speaker 1: In addition, the USAO Manual Section 9-75610 mandates that the
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  Speaker 1: provision of service referrals to every child victim to protect
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  Speaker 1: child victims and witnesses Justice Department personnel are required to
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  Speaker 1: provide child victims with referrals for services and should provide
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  Speaker 1: child witnesses with services referrals. USAO Manual Section 3-7.300 establishes
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  Speaker 1: additional instructions and procedures regarding victims and witness assistance, including
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  Speaker 1: training and implementation of victim rights services. The Attorney General
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  Speaker 1: Guidelines 2005 also establishes various rights for all victims. including
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  Speaker 1: the right to be reasonably protected from the accused and
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  Speaker 1: the right to be treated with fairness and with respect
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  Speaker 1: for the victim's dignity and privacy. Contrary to the USAO's
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  Speaker 1: manual express goal to reduce trauma to child victims and
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  Speaker 1: witnesses and the Attorney General's confirmation of the right to
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  Speaker 1: be treated with fairness and dignity, federal law enforcement referred
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  Speaker 1: to the victims throughout the investigation as prostitutes instead of
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  Speaker 1: victims of child sexual abuse. and to the charges against
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  Speaker 1: Epstein as procuring prostitution of a minor, not child sexual abuse. Similarly,
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  Speaker 1: under the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance,
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  Speaker 1: responsibility to crime victims begin at the earliest opportunity after
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  Speaker 1: the detection of a crime, with investigative agencies providing reasonable
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  Speaker 1: protection to victims. The 2005 Attorney General Guidelines for Victim
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  Speaker 1: and Witness Assistance required employees to to minimize the frustration
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  Speaker 1: and confusion that victims of crime endure in its wake.
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  Speaker 1: The 2005 Attorney General Guideline also imposed mandatory training on
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  Speaker 1: all employees with primary responsibilities, including crime victim contact. Upon
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  Speaker 1: information and belief, even though Maria had informed the FBI
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  Speaker 1: that Epstein and Maxwell threatened her, and other victims reported
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  Speaker 1: that Epstein was threatening them with loss of life and limb,
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  Speaker 1: at no time did the defendant offer Maria or any
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  Speaker 1: other victim protection from Epstein or his co-conspirators. Nor did
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  Speaker 1: they offer service, referrals, or other information as required by
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  Speaker 1: the USAO Manual, Attorney General Guidelines, VRRA, and CVRA. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: the FBI delivered false and misleading communication to victims, promising
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  Speaker 1: them that the Justice Department would make its best effort
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  Speaker 1: to protect their rights, including the reasonable right to confer
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  Speaker 1: with the attorney for the United States in the case.
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  Speaker 1: and to be reasonably heard at any public proceeding in
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  Speaker 1: the district court involving the plea. The victim notice further stated,
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  Speaker 1: at the time when the investigation was complete or nearly complete,
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  Speaker 1: at this time your case is under investigation. Q. The
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  Speaker 1: USAO's failure to enforce the NPA's terms or purpose. The
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  Speaker 1: basis of Epstein's NPA was the USAO's agreement to defer
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  Speaker 1: his prosecution in exchange for his compliance with the agreement.
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  Speaker 1: MPA 1 and 2 attached in OPR Report, Exhibit 3.
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  Speaker 1: These offenses shall be deferred in favor of prosecution by
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  Speaker 1: the state of Florida, provided that Epstein abides by the
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  Speaker 1: following conditions and the requirements of this agreement, set forth below.
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  Speaker 1: Per the NPA, this deferral would cease if Epstein violated
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  Speaker 1: any of the NPA's terms. The federal grand jury investigation
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  Speaker 1: and subpoenas would be revived, and the United States could
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  Speaker 1: terminate the agreement, investigate, and prosecute him. Upon execution of
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  Speaker 1: this agreement and a plea agreement with the state attorney's office,
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  Speaker 1: the federal grand jury investigation will be suspended, and all
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  Speaker 1: pending federal grand jury subpoenas will be held in abeyance
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  Speaker 1: unless and until the defendant violates any term of the agreement.
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  Speaker 1: Epstein asserts and certifies that each of these terms is
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  Speaker 1: material to the agreement, that a breach of any one
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  Speaker 1: of these conditions allows the United States to elect to
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  Speaker 1: terminate the agreement and to investigate and prosecute Epstein and
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  Speaker 1: any other individual or entity for any and all federal offenses.
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  Speaker 1: Epstein violated at least four key and material terms of
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  Speaker 1: the NPA, but the United States failed to terminate the
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  Speaker 1: NPA or take any other serious action. First, the NPA
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  Speaker 1: required Epstein to plead guilty to solicitation of prostitution of
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  Speaker 1: multiple minors. Epstein shall plead guilty to the solicitation of
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  Speaker 1: minors to engage in prostitution in violation of Florida Statute
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  Speaker 1: Section 796.03. However, Epstein pleaded guilty to solicitation of only
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  Speaker 1: one minor. In doing so, rather than Epstein pleading guilty
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  Speaker 1: to a pattern of abuse of multiple minors, Epstein admitted,
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  Speaker 1: only to procuring the prostitution in one isolated incident with
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  Speaker 1: one 16-year-old girl. Alright folks, we're going to wrap up
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  Speaker 1: right here, and in the next episode, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: pick up where we left off. All the information that
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  Speaker 1: goes with this episode can be found in the description box.