Privacy Policy "I've known Jeff for 15 years. Defendants challenge the applicability of Smithers due to the contractual nature between the plaintiff and defendant in that case. And any claim that Epstein directed any programmatic or personal grantmaking for Bill Gates is completely false.". Here, defendants incorrectly analogize plaintiffs to "members of the general public" to support the dismissal of the action. The distinction between an unrestricted gift and an endowment fund, and the accompanying documentary evidence, can only be understood to support defendants' motion to dismiss for plaintiffs' lack of standing. 11-26-2021. The orb looks similar to the trophy given to winners of the Disobedience Award. Siegal said. Milton was elected as a director in 1992. Director, Center for ADHD. Epstein Teicher Philanthropies (ETP) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable membership corporation organized under the laws of New York. Maxwell enticed minor girls, got them to trust her, then delivered them into the trap that she and Epstein had set for them, Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said. (NYSCEF 1, Complaint at 51.) Plaintiffs are not beneficiaries of ETP, nor do they purport to be. ), Under CPLR 3211(a)(3) motion to dismiss, the moving party has the burden to establish a prima facie case that plaintiff lacks standing. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider No. (Id. Epstein, along with his younger brother Mark, were raised in a middle-class environment. "In the summer of 2019, in light of the renewed media interest in the relationship, Mr. Staley volunteered and gave to certain executives, and the Chairman, an explanation of his relationship with Mr. Epstein," Barclays stated. Trustees are Seth Teicher, Their allegations of gross negligence are more than bare recitations of legal conclusions-they are specific and describe in detail defendants' alleged wrongdoings. In August 2019, he died in jail, which was ruled a suicide. In 2008, prior to Simpson joining the board, Milton, Seth, and Heffner "ousted" Mulcahy, Roth, and McGee from the Board. Why is this public record being published online? The office address is located at 666 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor, Opinion. (Id. N.Y. v Galloway, 271 A.D.2d 92, 101 [1st Dept 2000].). (Lucker v Bayside Cemetery, 114 AD3d 162, 171 [1st Dept 2013].) "Bill attended a meeting in New York with others focused on philanthropy. Accused of sexually abusing many underage girls, The documentary evidence defendants offer in support of their 3211(a)(1) motion to dismiss does not contradict plaintiffs' contentions that they were appointed as representatives of their father's estate to enforce the terms of the gift. Defendants contend that plaintiffs Karin and Hal, acting as co-successor executors lack standing to bring this action. Philanthropy was already in the grip of some serious soul searching, but the revelations about Jeffrey Epsteins donations to the MIT Media Lab are forcing In the resulting plea deal, Epstein served 13 months in a private wing of a county prison, which he was allowed to leave six days a week to work in his office. at 139.) McGee's request to produce certain books and records hinges on whether he is a Member of ETP. "I gave him the benefit of my association," Gates said. With his net worth being touted in the billions (Forbes disputes this), Epstein lived a jet setter's life and mingled with the world's elite, which included President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Kevin Spacey, Alan Dershowitz, President Donald Trump and Prince Andrew the last of whom has been mired in controversy ever since a young woman (who was procured by Epstein) told the media she was forced to have sexual relations multiple times with the prince when she was a teenager, starting in 1999. EPSTEIN TEICHER PHILANTHROPIES (DOS ID: 415962) was incorporated on 11/24/1976 in New York. 18th Funding (February 25, 2022) [Girl Announcer] Major funding for Cyberchase is provided byThe JPB Foundation. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. 49.) 02/11/2022. The lawsuit describes one15-year-old victim who was "forced into sexual acts with Epstein and others and then attempted to escape by swimming off the Little St. James island. (Id. Epstein had reportedly provided underage girls and young women to his powerful friends and installed vast surveillance systems throughout his properties in New York, Palm Beach, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to record their sexual activities as a means of blackmail. Epstein was arrested in New York on 6 July 2019 after flying back from Paris on his private jet. WebJeffry M. And Barbara Picower Foundation Viewers Like You Boeing Ore-Ida Pediasure Major funding for Cyberchase is provided by, the National Science Foundation; America's Investment in the Future. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. "A cause of action may be dismissed under CPLR 3211(a)(1) 'only where the documentary evidence utterly refutes [the] plaintiff's factual allegations, conclusively establishing a defense as a matter of law.'" Cutting a "sweetheart deal" with Florida authorities, Epstein agreed to plead guilty to the felony prostitution charges. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. ORDERED that defendants' motion to dismiss (002) is denied and defendants shall answer within 10 business days of this decision. . L Brands also announced that it would sell the majority stake in Victoria's Secret to private equity firm Sycamore Partners and spin-off Bath & Body Works into a separate company. Mulcahy, Roth, and McGee were all outsiders. Motion sequence 001 and 002 are consolidated for disposition. These were some of ETP's legacy grantees, but notably, according to plaintiffs, these institutions "never received funding again after the Teichers and later Jane Heffner took control [of the board]." It was around this time, he began telling friends and colleagues that he worked as an intelligence agent, a claim that has .css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}never been verified. Who Is Suspected Pentagon Leaker Jack Teixeira? .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}G. Gordon Liddys Wild Career After Watergate. Based on the above analysis, the court grants McGee's request. 7-8.) On this, plaintiffs allege that defendants knowingly approved an interested transaction when ETP made a grant to the Department of Ophthalmology at Columbia University's Irving Medical Center an allegedly interested transaction while Jane Heffner was in their employ as an Executive Director of Development. Rather, EPTL 11-1.1 authorizes plaintiffs, in their legal capacity as the representatives to their late father's estate, to bring their causes of action, despite the merits of the claim.3 (EPTL 11-1 .1 [b ][ 13].). 4. 64.) Accordingly, the defendants' motion to dismiss under 3211 (a)(1) and (3) are denied. (See id.). Servs. Autopsy results showed that various neck bones were broken and among them, the hyoid bone, which is more commonly broken in homicidal strangulation cases. The Attorney General is entitled to sue on behalf of possible beneficiaries or members of a class of beneficiaries for enforcement of the charitable trust to prevent vexatious litigation. (N-PCL 112 [a]. "He's a lot of fun to be with. While Epstein was present, he never provided services of any type to Bill," a Gates spokesperson told Business Insider. Milton died in 2012. A statement released in July 2019 by Clinton spokesperson Angel Urea said the former president traveled to Europe, Asia, and twice to Africa on Epstein's private jet. On the contrary, plaintiffs here are not "possible beneficiaries" or "members of a class of possible beneficiaries" of ETP-they have sufficiently alleged that they are the executors of an ETP donor and a member of ETP, as described above. He had been in police custody since his arrest on July 6, shortly after exiting his private jet in New Jersey's Teterboro Airport. The tentacles of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epsteins wrongdoings continue spreading into the Jewish philanthropic world, as information about his Vincent F. Mcgee JR. AS A MEMBER OF EPSTEIN TEICHER PHILANTHROPIES, Hal M. Epstein AS CO-SUCCESSOR EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A. EPSTEIN, S. karin Epstein AS CO-SUCCESSOR EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A. EPSTEIN, AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #001) Affirmation of Service of OSC Papers; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/12/2020; Received: 10/12/2020, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (Motion #001); Filed By: Court User; Filed: 10/13/2020; Received: 10/09/2020, ADDENDUM - COMMERCIAL DIVISION (840C) (Motion #001); Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, RJI -RE: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (Motion #001); Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT (Motion #001) Memorandum of Law in Support of Order to Show Cause; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, EXHIBIT(S) - C (Motion #001) Emails; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, EXHIBIT(S) - B (Motion #001) Cover email and Demand Letter; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #001) Verified Complaint; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED OSC/EXPARTE APP (Motion #001) Affirmation of David J. Shapiro; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, EXHIBIT(S) - B (Motion #001) 10/3/2005 Minutes; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, EXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #001) 8/29/2005 Minutes; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED OSC/EXPARTE APP (Motion #001) Affidavit of Vincent F. McGee, Jr.; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ( PROPOSED ) (Motion #001) *Corrected* Order to Show Cause (Proposed); Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/09/2020, AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE Affidavit of Service for Adrienne Simpson; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE Affidavit of Service for Epstein Teicher Philanthropies; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/07/2020; Received: 10/07/2020, AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE Affidavit of Service for A. Seth Teicher; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/07/2020; Received: 10/07/2020, AFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE Affidavit of Service for Jane Heffner; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/02/2020; Received: 10/02/2020, SUMMONS + COMPLAINT Summons and Verified Complaint; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 09/14/2020; Received: 09/14/2020, DocketORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (Motion #001); Filed By: Court User; Filed: 10/13/2020; Received: 10/09/2020, DocketAFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE (Motion #001) Affirmation of Service of OSC Papers; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/12/2020; Received: 10/12/2020, DocketADDENDUM - COMMERCIAL DIVISION (840C) (Motion #001); Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketRJI -RE: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (Motion #001); Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketMEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT (Motion #001) Memorandum of Law in Support of Order to Show Cause; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketEXHIBIT(S) - C (Motion #001) Emails; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketEXHIBIT(S) - B (Motion #001) Cover email and Demand Letter; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketEXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #001) Verified Complaint; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketAFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED OSC/EXPARTE APP (Motion #001) Affirmation of David J. Shapiro; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketEXHIBIT(S) - D (Motion #001) Demand Letter; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketEXHIBIT(S) - C (Motion #001) By-Laws; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketEXHIBIT(S) - B (Motion #001) 10/3/2005 Minutes; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketEXHIBIT(S) - A (Motion #001) 8/29/2005 Minutes; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketAFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED OSC/EXPARTE APP (Motion #001) Affidavit of Vincent F. McGee, Jr.; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ( PROPOSED ) (Motion #001) *Corrected* Order to Show Cause (Proposed); Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/09/2020, DocketAFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE Affidavit of Service for Adrienne Simpson; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/08/2020; Received: 10/08/2020, DocketAFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE Affidavit of Service for Epstein Teicher Philanthropies; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/07/2020; Received: 10/07/2020, DocketAFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE Affidavit of Service for A. Seth Teicher; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/07/2020; Received: 10/07/2020, DocketAFFIRMATION/AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE Affidavit of Service for Jane Heffner; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 10/02/2020; Received: 10/02/2020, DocketSUMMONS + COMPLAINT Summons and Verified Complaint; Filed By: Shapiro, D.; Filed: 09/14/2020; Received: 09/14/2020, Albany County Courts | Other | Both provisions operate to protect a donor's expressed intent when making a charitable, testamentary gift. ), On a CPLR 3211(a)(10) motion to dismiss for failing to join a necessary party, defendants must demonstrate that the inclusion of such a party is necessary to "accord full relief to the parties presently joined or that the [party] would be inequitably affected by any judgment that might result." A plaintiff, having been appointed as a legal representative of a decedent's estate, also has standing to sue the beneficiary for enforcement of the terms of the gift. "It really exposes how the American justice system is broken, and it was really built for power and political gain," Bryant told EW. 51, 55; NYSCEF 9, Draft Minutes of October 3, 2005 Special Meeting at 3.) Both provisions operate to protect a donor's expressed intent when making a charitable, testamentary gift. Maxwell is a British socialite and the daughter of media tycoon Robert Maxwell. Musk has confirmed crossing paths with Epstein at least once, Business Insider reported. On July 23, 2019, Epstein was discovered with neck injuries in his cell and was placed on suicide watch. ), Here, defendants are uncompensated Directors of ETP and fit squarely within the categories of individuals protected under N-PCL 720-a. Accordingly, the defendants' motion to dismiss under 3211 (a)(1) and (3) are denied. The circumstances surrounding his death were arguably suspicious: the guards had reportedly fallen asleep while on duty and failed to check on Epstein at the appointed times and the cameras monitoring his jail cell were not working. endstream endobj 134 0 obj <> endobj 135 0 obj <> endobj 136 0 obj <> endobj 137 0 obj <> endobj 45 0 obj <> endobj 49 0 obj <> endobj 53 0 obj <> endobj 57 0 obj <> endobj 61 0 obj <> endobj 62 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC]/XObject<>>> endobj 68 0 obj <>stream Andrea Masley Jeffrey M. Eilender, Samuel L. Butt, Seth D. Allen, Joshua Wurtzel, Hillary S. Zilz / "That money never appeared.". Thus, he brings a derivative action against defendants and joins in on the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth causes of action. (Id. Defendants offer no proof to the contrary: they do not offer documentary proof conclusively controverting McGee's membership status, showing the removal of McGee as a member, or that McGee resigned as a member from ETP. Although the plaintiff was the wife of the donor, she was permitted standing as the administrator of the estate of the donor of a charitable donation that had been made subject to explicit restrictions." [Id.) 2021-04-08, New York County Courts | Contract | The medical examiner concluded his death was by suicide, but a separate investigation prompted by Epstein's family suggests he may have been murdered. (Brunner v Estate of Lax, 137 A.D.3d 553, 553 [1st Dept 2016] [citation omitted].) Still, Epstein got a job teaching calculus and physics at the Dalton School, an Upper East Side prep school, in 1974. If you are a survivor of sexual assault, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800.656.HOPE (4673) or visittheir websiteto receive confidential support. "[T]he plaintiff has no burden of establishing its standing as a matter of law; rather, the motion will be defeated if the plaintiffs submissions raise a question of fact as to its standing." Beatrice Weber et al v. New York State Education Department et al, Shapiro Litigation Group PLLC v. Roxane West, Ion Marketing Group, LLC - v. - BK Style, Inc. et al. While awaiting trial, he was found dead in his jail cell on August 10, 2019. In February, L Brands announced that Wexner would step down after nearly six decades as the company's CEO. "I was a kind of plugged-in girl around town who knew a lot of people," Siegal toldThe New York Times. Although he enrolled at Cooper Union and later at New York University in the early 1970s, he never received degrees at either school. However, no reasonable probability exists when a plaintiff "fails to provide any specific allegations supporting the . [Id. Monday, January 13, 2020 Disgraced billionaire and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at least nine times and gave Defendants, however, challenge his membership status based on ETP's Certificate, the 1976 By-laws, 2007 by-laws, and the 2017 by-laws. Protesters with signs linking the late Jeffrey Epstein to conspiracy theories at the sex trafficking trial of his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell , in November 2021 in New York City. "The Estate is being administered in accordance with the laws of the US Virgin Islands and under the supervision of the Superior Court of the US Virgin Islands," the statement said. All Rights Reserved. Epstein, besides making donations through the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, also made a number of charitable donations through his three private charities: Epstein Interest, the COUQ Foundation, and Gratitude American Ltd. According to federal tax filings, Epstein donated $30 million between 1998 and 2018, through these three charities. 51.) The future president claimed in 2002 that he had a long friendship with Epstein. 2018-02-23. Defendants assert that all plaintiffs are members of the public and lack the authority to bring their claims advanced in their complaint. Epsteins initials were removed from the wall outside the door. (Id.) During this period, one of Epstein's clients was the Saudi Arabian businessman Adnan Khashoggi, who was the middleman in transferring American weapons from Israel to Iran, as part of the IranContra affair in the 1980s. Khashoggi was one of several defense contractors that he knew. Ito worked with other directors and staff at the MIT Media Lab to quietly receive large anonymous donations from Epstein after he was convicted of soliciting underage girls for prostitution, a New Yorker expos published on September 6 reports. (Id. (See Croughan v N.Y. Mut. Here, plaintiffs Karin and Hal were appointed as co-successor executors by the Westchester County Surrogate's Court on July 6, 2020. She also labeled them "disgusting," according to a July report from the Associated Press. (Id. Written by: McGee has attested that the August 2005 minutes naming him and Seth Members is true and correct.
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