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From: Darren Indyke Sent: 3/14/2019 4:30:53 PM To: jeeyacation@gmail.com CC: Darren Indyke_____________________________________ Subject: Epstein prosecutor was rebuked for prior child sex case I Miami Herald Attachments: Sp_Marie_Villafana2.jpg; WilliamZloch.jpeg; acosta.jpg Importance: High https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article226765309.html Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor was previously rebuked for handling of a child sex case Julie K. Brown Nine months before cutting a covert plea deal with sex trafficking suspect Jeffrey Epstei , Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta was notified that the lead prosecutor in Epstein's case had concealed victim information in another underage sex crimes case, the Miami Herald has learned. The prosecutor, A. Marie Villafaria, was harshly rebuked by a federal judge in January 2007 for what he called her "intentional and/or serious lapse in judgment" when she failed to explicitly inform him that the defendant, a Texas man who traveled to Florida to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, had a prior history of predatory behavior with minors, court records show. Acosta, her boss at the time, not only knew about Villafaria's breach — records show that he subsequently defended it. Acosta assigned another prosecutor in his office to write a treatise for the judge in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade him to soften the stinging language in his order. Senior U.S. District Court Judge William J. Zloch copied Acosta on his order, noting, "The court is at a total loss as to why the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, as well as the Assistant United States Attorney assigned to the above-styled cause, found it appropriate to intentionally withhold ... information from the court." HOUSE OVERSIGHT 021740 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 021741 A. Marie Villafaria was the lead federal prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein sex case. The U.S. attorney's office's handling of the prosecuti […]