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Jeffrey Epstein And His Attempt To Secure Bail In 2019 (Part 1) (5/22/26) · 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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Epstein Chronicles. Before you can understand the rot that's surfacing, now,
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that's the old testimony, the Vanish records, the headlines, they
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get buried before they ever catch fire. You need to
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understand something deeper, something older. The truth doesn't start with
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what's happening today. It starts with what was allowed to
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happen years ago and what was ignored long before that.
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Because to make sense of the soul called justice surrounding
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Jeffrey Epstein, you have to go back to one of
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the few moments where the system had a clear and
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undebatable choice July twenty nineteen, just after his arrest at
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Teterborough Airport, when federal agents caught up to him as
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he stepped off his private jet. He didn't run, he
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didn't resist. He didn't need to, because Epstein had already
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spent most of his adult life floating above the rules,
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untouched by consequences, protected by forces we still don't fully understand.
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But that moment, right there, just days after his arrest,
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that was a test, That was a line in the sand,
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and it came in the form of a bell hearing.
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Now to the average person. Bell sounds simple. Either you
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get it or you don't. Either you're a danger to
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the public or you're not. But this wasn't a street
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level drug charge. This wasn't some first time offender with
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a clean record and a nervous smile. This was a
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man accused of running an international trafficking ring out of
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a mansion in Manhattan, a man who already escaped justice
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once in two thousand and eight, with a non prosecution
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deal so corrupt it made season prosecutors WinCE. And yet,
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despite the gravity of the charges, despite the mountain of
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evidence the government said it was prepared to present, despite
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the testimonies of young women now grown, who said he
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ruined their lives, Jeffrey Epstein still asked for Bell, and
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not just any bell. He offered his Upper east Side
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townhouse as collateral property, with hidden rooms, a false passport,
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stacks of cash and diamonds in the safe. He promised
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Al's arrest twenty four hour, armed guards, GPS tracking, anything
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to avoid a jail cell. But what did that really
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mean that a man accused of imprisoning girls was now
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asking for the privilege of self imprisonment in his own
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mansion guarded not by the state but by people he
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would hire himself. It was a proposal soaked in arrogance
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and history because it had worked before. This hearing wasn't
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just about whether Epstein would be let out on bond.
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It was about whether the federal government, after more than
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two decades of silence, simplicity, and sweetheart deals, was finally
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prepared to say no more. And so in that courtroom,
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the stakes were enormous for the survivors. It was a
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moment of reckoning, for the prosecutors, a chance to show
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they'd learned from the past, and for the judge it
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would reveal whether justice could still be bent by Jeffrey
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Epstein's wealth. Because if you want to understand how the
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Epstein story unfolded, how the public's faith in institutions is cracked,
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this is where you start, not with conspiracy theories, not
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with autopsy photos, but with the moment the state had
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the chance to either cage the monster or let him
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decorate his own prison. This is the story of Epstein's
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bell request, the offer, the arguments, the evidence, the warning signs,
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and how the outcome of that single hearing set the
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tone for everything that came next. So let's talk about it.
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Case number nineteen CR zero zero four nine zero dash
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RMB Dear Judge Berman, we write to outline the grounds
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entitling Jeffrey Epstein to pre trial release, proposing a stringent
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set of conditions that will effectively guarantee his appearance and
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abate any conceivable danger he's claimed to present. In essence,
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the government seeks to remand a self made New York
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native and lifelong American resident, based on dated allegations for
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which he was already convicted and punished conduct that relitigation
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of which is barred by a prior federal non prosecution agreement,
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the NPA. The government makes this drastic demand even though
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mister Epstein is never once attempted to flee the United States,
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despite a Florida judge stated belief that he could void
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the NPA in appropriate circumstances, possibly threatening new charges there
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and notwithstanding legally erroneous government assertions in ancillary litigation that
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mister Epstein was subject to potential prosecution and other federal
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judicial districts, including this one. Specifically, Indeed, mister Ebstein feared
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the toxic political climate might attempt the government to try
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and run the NPA, yet continually returned home from travel abroad,
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fully prepared to vindicate his rights under the agreement and
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otherwise mount a full throated defense. Finally, the government takes
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its extreme position in the teeth of mister Epstein's perfect
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compliance with the onerous sex offender registration requirements pinpointing is
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exact nightly whereabouts across multiple jurisdictions over a ten year period. Nonetheless,
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it's fundamental that pretrial detention is reserved for a small
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but identifiable group of particularly dangerous defendants, as to whom
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neither the imposition of strict release conditions nor the prospect
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of revocation of release can reasonably assure the safety of
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the community or other persons. And that's true no matter
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how much rhetoric and hyperbole the government and media pile
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on a presumptively innocent citizen. Popular condemnation Aside, compelling legal
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issues stand between mister Epstein and any possible conviction on
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the allegations of conduct from fourteen to seventeen years ago
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pressed in the indictment. Importantly, the Bell Reform Act US
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Code eighteen, section thirty one forty one authorizes release for
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even wealthy defendants facing serious charges who travel and own
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property abroad. The government's indictment labels this a sex trafficking case.
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Yet the government may have witnesses who will testified or
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participating in sexual massages, most over eighteen, some under who
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told the police they lied about their age to gain
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admission to mister Epstein's residence. Some who will testify that
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mister Apstein knew that they were not yet eighteen, But
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their anticipated testimony only punctuates the alleged defenses purely local nature,
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all occurred within a single New York residence, or if
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the Florida conduct is ultimately ruled admissible despite the NPA,
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then within two residences. There are no allegations in the
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indictment that mister Epstein trafficked anybody for commercial profit, that
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he forced coerce to, frauded or enslaved anybody, or that
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he engaged in any of the other sex trafficking activity
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that eighteen US Code Section fifteen ninety one aims to eradicate.
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No one seeks to minimize the gravity of the alleged conduct,
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but it's that the conduct falls within the heartland of
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classic state or local sex offenses and at or outside
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the margins of federal criminal law. Mister Apstein, sixty six
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is a US citizen who's lived his entire life in
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this country. Born and bred in Coney Island, he worked
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his way up from humble origins. His father was a
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New York City municipal employee in the Parks Department and
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earned every penny he's made with nothing more than a
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high school diploma. He speaks only English and knows no
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other languages. He owns no foreign businesses and holds no
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foreign bank accounts. Five of the six residences he maintains
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are located here in America. His brother, niece, and nephew
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all live here too, until his arrest. In this case,
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mister Epstein's only notable brush with the law resulted in
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the two thousand and seven NPA and the two thousand
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and eight State Court guilty plea required by the NPA
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for conducts substantially overlapping the conduct charged in the pending indictment.
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As a result of the state guilty plea, mister Epstein
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received a thirty month sentence, eighteen months of incarceration, and
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twelve months of probation under conditions including home confinement. Mister
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Epstein served thirteen months in custody, twelve months on probation,
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and as a condition of the MPa and his state sentence,
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was required to register as a sex offender in the
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locations of his residences. He is currently registered in the
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US Virgin Islands, his principal residents Florida and New York.
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Mister Epstein has fulfilled his obligations in every jurisdiction in
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which he was required to register throughout the ten year
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hiatus between his release and present arrest. All of his
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travel has been meticulously reported to the registration authorities so
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that they may be aware of his precise location every
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single day for the past ten years. Better still, depending
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charges day back fourteen to seventeen years from two thousand
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and two to two tis thousand and five. Yet, telling
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lye they allege no recurrence of the conduct underlying the
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NPA and Florida state conviction at any time in the
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ensuing decade and a half two thousand and five to
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twenty nineteen. Together, these unique factors are powerful that mister
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Epstein is no longer a danger to anyone and will
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faithfully obey all conditions of release if ordered. In some
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mister Epstein has substantial grounds to challenge the allegations charged
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by the government in its indictment, and has every intention
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of doing so in a lawful, professional and principled manner.
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He intends to fight the current charges on their merits
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and more to contest their legality. Given the inextricable intertwining
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of the current investigation and his MPa, which promised them immunity,
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and the global settlement for offenses, including those brought under
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US Code eighteen, Section fifteen ninety one, any perception that
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mister Epstein poses any conceivable danger or flight risk may
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readily be dispelled by a slate of highly restrictive conditions
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which amply suffice to secure his release. One home detention
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in mister Epstein's Manhattan residents, with permission to leave only
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for medical appointments as approved by pre trial services, including
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at the court's discretion. The installation of surveillance cameras at
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the front and rear entrances to ensure compliance. Two electronic
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monitoring with a global positioning system. Three in agreement not
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to seek or obtain any new passport during the pendency
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of this matter. Four can sent a US extradition from
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any country and waiver of all rights against such extradition.
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Five A substantial personal recognissance bond in an amount to
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be set by the Court after reviewing additional information regarding
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mister Epstein's finances, which mister Epstein will seek the Court's
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permission to provide via sealed supplemental disclosure. Six. The bond
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shall be secured by a mortgage on the Manhattan Residents
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valued at roughly seventy seven million. Mister Epstein's private jet
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can be pledged as further collateral. Seven. Mister Epstein's brother
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Mark will serve as a cocherty of the bond, which
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will be further secured by a mortgage on Mark's home
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in West pom Beach, Florida. Mister Epstein's friend David Mitchell,
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will also serve as a cochcherty and pledge his investment
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interests into properties to secure the bond. Eight. Mister Epstein
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will deregister or otherwise ground as private jet. Nine. He
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shall demobilize ground and or deregister all vehicles or any
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other means of transportation in the New York area, providing
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particularized information as to each vehicle's location. Mister Epstein will
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provide pre trial Services and the government random access to
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his residence. Eleven No person shall enter the residents other
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than mister Epstein and his attorneys without prior approval from
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pre Trial Service and or the Court. Twelve. Mister Epstein
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will report daily by telephone to pre Trial Service or
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on any other schedule the Court deems appropriate. Thirteen a
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trustee or trustees will be appointed to live in mister
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Epstein's residence and report any violation to pre Trial Services
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and or the Court. Fourteen any other condition the Court
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deems necessary to reasonably assure mister Epstein's appearance. All right,
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we're going to wrap up right there, and in the
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next episode, we're gonna pick up with Eye Applicable Law.
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