## FILTHY RICH

Q: Can you tell us why?

- A: Well, I felt the handling-and just continued to feel that the way the state attorney's office handled this case was extremely unusual. I knew that Mr. Krischer was making decisions about this case. I felt that his objectivity was lacking, and I felt that the appropriate way, after reading the statute that governed the assignment of cases to other circuits-I felt that his action met the standard. I used some of the words from the statute in here. And I attempted to call him, and he wouldn't return my phone calls.

## CHAPTER 45

Michael Reiter in B.B. vs.
gainst Jeffrey Epstein:

The detective attempted to contact-his contact in the state attorney's office, Lanna Belohlavek, however you pro- nounce that... and she wouldn't return his calls. So I wrote the letter in hope that he would think about his situation and realize that his objectivity was insufficient to prosecute the case and ask the governor to appoint someone else. And I felt like that was necessary for a fair prosecution of our case that had been submitted to him.

a letter to state attorney Barry u what we'll mark as exhibit 3. Let ad through this letter again to help

- Q: Could you tell us, explain to us, why you felt that his objec- tivity may be lacking in regards to this prosecution...? In other words, what evidence did you see here, uncover, that you felt made it potentially nonobjective?

2006, I'm assuming based on what u had had some conversations with by phone-correct?-prior to this

rson and by phone.
May May 1, 2006-you felt the
is that correct?

- A: Well... when I first told him about the case, and I realized that it was a serious case, [that] there were multiple victims, [and] that the suspect was very well known, I told him about it. And we were-it was in person. I talked to him after a meeting that he and I were both involved in. And I had known him to be a victim advocate and to protect the rights of children. Well, I know that he even wrote a portion of the statute that addresses those issues. And when I told him

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