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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................... i I. OVERVIEW OF FACTUAL BACKGROUND ............................................... i II. THE INITIATION AND SCOPE OF OPR'S INVESTIGATION.........................................v III. OVERVIEW OF OPR'S ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK ............................................... vii IV. ISSUES CONSIDERED............................................................... viii A. The Negotiation, Execution, and Implementation of the NPA................................ viii B. The District Court's Conclusion That the USAO Violated the CVRA ....................... ix V. OPR'S FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS........................................................ ix A. Findings and Conclusions Relating to the NPA ............................................... ix B. Findings and Conclusions Relating to the Government's Interactions with Victims................x VI. ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT ............................................................... xii CHAPTER ONE: SIGNIFICANT ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS 1 I. THE FEDERAL AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ....................................... 1 A. The Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation................ 1 B. The State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies........................................... 4 II. THE SUBJECT ATTORNEYS AND THEIR ROLES IN THE EPSTEIN CASE............................... 4 III. JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEYS............................................... 8 A. Jeffrey Epstein ............................................................... 8 B. Epstein’s Defense Attorneys........................................................... 8 CHAPTER TWO: THE NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT ............................................... 11 PART ONE: FACTUAL BACKGROUND ............................................................... 11 I. OVERVIEW .......................................................................... 11 II. MARCH 2005 - MAY 2006: EPSTEIN IS INVESTIGATED BY THE PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PALM BEACH COUNTY STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ................ 11 A. The Initial Allegations and the PBPD Investigation...................................... 11 B. The State Attorney's Office Decides to Present the Case to a State Grand Jury................... 14 C. Florida State Procedure for Bringing Criminal Charges..................................... 15 D. PBPD Chief Reiter Becomes Concerned with the State Attorney's Office's Handling of the State Investigation and Seeks a Federal Investigation....................... 16 xiii DOJ-OGR-00023027