Brad Edwards

Feb 1, 2019: Epstein personally emailed Brad Edwards confirming a check FedExed from Enhanced Education. Edwards had requested on Jan 24, 2019 a 'foundation donation' to National Crime Victim Bar Association (3434 North Washington Blvd, Suite 1100, Arlington VA 22201). Epstein confirmed it was 'put on the jan giving list' and 'actually gets sent today.' Same day Epstein also sent separate email confirming FedEx delivery from Enhanced Education. This is Epstein's foundation paying for a donation to a victim advocacy organization at the request of Edwards, the attorney who represented Epstein's victims and had settled with Epstein in Dec 2018.

Edwards and Epstein had a personal bet about Bill Clinton flight logs. Edwards claimed Clinton traveled on Epstein plane while VR traveled to Thailand. This social betting between victim attorney and perpetrator shows extraordinary comfort level.

Epstein and Brad Edwards had extensive personal relationship: regular phone dates, breakfast meetings in Palm Beach/Fort Lauderdale, 'our deal' discussions (Oct 2015), bets about Clinton flight logs, and referencing 'Dersh' (Dershowitz). Edwards connected Epstein with David Boies for 'ransome' discussions (Nov 2018). Edwards settled his defamation suit against Epstein in Dec 2018 with public apology. By Jan-Feb 2019, Edwards was requesting Epstein fund donations to National Crime Victim Bar Association through Enhanced Education - suggesting terms of settlement may have included ongoing financial relationship.

In Oct 2015, Epstein brokered settlement negotiations between Edwards/Cassell (victims' attorneys) and Dershowitz. 'Our deal' in EFTA02710692 refers to the Dershowitz settlement. Epstein offered Edwards: 'would you guys take 200k each from the offer of settlement from dersh?' Later: 'the deal on the table is 1 million dollars split between you three. or 1 million given to the charities of your choices... alan thinks the charity is better so as not to look like money is going into each others pockets.' This is ethically extraordinary: the perpetrator mediating between his victims' lawyer and his former defense counsel (Dershowitz), who were in defamation litigation against each other.

Edwards served as Epstein's backchannel to David Boies (Boies Schiller Flexner) to negotiate the Sarah Ransome (Jane Doe 43) settlement in Nov-Dec 2018, while simultaneously negotiating his own defamation settlement with Epstein. Edwards connected Epstein directly with Boies via email Nov 20, 2018. 'ransome' in the emails refers to Sarah Ransome, plaintiff in SDNY 17-cv-00616. Case terminated Dec 26, 2018. Epstein told Ruemmler 'settled ransome' on Dec 12, 2018.

Edwards and Epstein negotiated directly without lawyers, with a remarkably collegial tone. Edwards: 'Without lawyers, we can get things done. Impossible once you bring in the opinions of a bunch of lawyers.' Epstein to Edwards: 'you and I get along better than others.' The settlement included: (1) a public apology from Epstein admitting his lawsuit was 'my unreasonable attempt to damage Edwards's business reputation,' (2) payment of Edwards's legal costs, and (3) Epstein's donation to National Crime Victim Bar Association at Edwards's request (Jan-Feb 2019). Epstein's lawyer Martin Weinberg ('Marty') objected that apology language could constitute 'admission of a crime.' Epstein sought to modify 'absolutely false allegations' to protect a separate case against Fowler White Burnett.