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| title: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013398)" |
| source: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12)" |
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| date: "2026-01-01" |
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| Edwards adv. Epstein |
| Case No.: 502009CA040800XXXXMBAG |
| Second Renewed Motion for Leave to Assert Claim for Punitive Damages |
| A. |
| Epstein's Complaint |
| Epstein's Second Amended Complaint essentially alleged that Epstein was damaged by |
| Edwards, acting in concert with Scott Rothstein (President of the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law |
| firm ("RRA") where Edwards worked for a short period of time). Epstein appeared to allege that |
| Edwards joined Rothstein in the abusive prosecution of sexual assault cases against Epstein to |
| "pump" the cases to Ponzi scheme investors. As described by Epstein, investor victims were |
| told by Rothstein that three minor girls who were sexually assaulted by Epstein: L.M., E.W., and |
| Jane Doe were to be paid up-front money to prevent those girls from settling their civil cases |
| •against Epstein. In Epstein's view, these child sexual assault cases had "minimal value" |
| (Complaint & 42(h)), and Edwards's refusal to force his clients to accept modest settlement |
| offers was claimed to breach some duty that Edwards owed to Epstein. Interestingly, Epstein |
| never states that he actually made any settlement offers. |
| The supposed "proof" of the Complaint's allegations against Edwards includes |
| Edwards's alleged contacts with the media, his attempts to obtain discovery from high-profile |
| persons with whom Epstein socialized, and use of "ridiculously inflammatory" language in |
| arguments in court. Remarkably, Epstein has filed such allegations against Edwards despite the |
| fact that Epstein had sexually abused each of Edwards's clients and others while they were |
| minors. Indeed, in discovery Epstein has asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege rather than |
| answer questions about the extent of the sexual abuse of his many victims. Even more |
| remarkably, since filing his suit against Edwards, Epstein settled the three cases Edwards |
| handled for an amount that Epstein insisted be kept confidential. Without violating the strict |
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