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been no concrete pledge of any real assets or any concrete proposal to turnover deeds to real property, or to provide a specific amount of cash. See 7/15/19 Tr. at 50 ("I am authorized to say to the Court that whatever bond you want Mr. Epstein to sign, whether it's $100 million or an amount close to the amount of the assets that we have provided, Mr. Epstein is prepared to sign it.").
The Court, as noted, has no detailed information regarding the extent of the Defendant's assets, including the nature, value and location of all of his assets. There is no mention of any expenses, liabilities, or indebtedness. And, there has been no persuasive Defense counter to the Government's argument that "even were the defendant to sacrifice literally all of his current assets, there is every indication that he would immediately be able to resume making millions or tens of millions of dollars per year outside of the United States. He already earns at least $10,000,000 per year, according to records from Institution-1, while living in the U.S. Virgin Islands, traveling extensively abroad, and residing in part in Paris, France; there would be little to stop the defendant from fleeing, transferring his unknown assets abroad, and then continuing to do whatever it is he does to earn his vast wealth from a computer terminal beyond the reach of extradition." Dkt. 11 at 5 (emphasis omitted). The Defendant, it should also be noted, is already at risk of losing some of his real property because the Indictment contains a forfeiture allegation regarding any property that was used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the sex trafficking offenses and that includes, but it is not limited to, the property located at 9 East 71st Street, New York, New York.
(5) The appointment and role of "trustees" who will presumably live with Mr. Epstein and monitor his compliance with bail conditions are unacceptably vague. They do not, for example, address the conflict that is created by the salary the "trustees" are earning from the