Jane Doe Protective-Order Motion in State Prosecution

MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER State of Florida v. Epstein Florida 15th Judicial Circuit, No. 2006-CF-009454-A Dated: February 5, 2008 This motion was filed by Jane Doe No. 1 through her mother and counsel in the Florida criminal case. The motion sought protection from deposition-service practices connected to Epstein's defense. It explains that Jane Doe was a victim of Epstein's conduct and had recently filed a civil lawsuit alleging that Epstein lured minor girls to his Palm Beach home, sexually assaulted them, and gave them money. The filing says Epstein's criminal attorney sought Jane Doe's deposition for February 6, 2008. According to the motion, counsel for Jane Doe told the defense that he would accept service but was not available on that date, and the lawyers discussed rescheduling. The motion alleges that, despite those communications, a process server served Jane Doe at her workplace and later served her mother out of state in Georgia. It also alleges that another adult male came to Jane Doe's employment claiming to be an attorney who needed to contact her. Jane Doe argued that these events amounted to repeated intrusion on the privacy of a minor witness who had already suffered emotional harm. She asked the court to enter a protective order preventing Epstein and his counsel from continuous and systematic harassment. This record is relevant to the grand-jury category because it shows what happened after the narrow 2006 indictment entered the state court system. The litigation posture placed a minor witness in deposition proceedings while Epstein defended the single-count criminal case, and the motion documents a victim-side effort to impose boundaries on that process. Source: DOJ Epstein Library / Florida 15th Circuit Available at: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/Court%20Records/State%20of%20Florida%20v.%20Epstein%2C%20No.%2050-2006-CF-009454-AXXX-MB%20%28Fla.%2015th%20Cir.%20Ct.%202006%29/EFTA02823264.pdf