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140 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 LBUCmax1 - direct remember? A. Throughout the entire or we're talking 1994 to '04? Q. Yes. A. The first one that comes to mind would be Then there was another woman named , the last name escapes me. Those are the two that are coming to mind right away. Q. About when did you meet A. It had to have been the late '90s to my recollection. Q. What did look like between when you first met her and the mid 2000s? A. She looked the same except for different hair lengths and maybe a little different hair color. MS. COMEY: Ms. Drescher, I would like to please pull up for the witness, the parties, and the Court Government Exhibits 327 and 310, please. Q. Mr. , do you recognize these? A. Yes, I do. Q. What are they? A. The photo on the left is Ms. with the green dress. And then to the right in the photo, it's actually a photo of myself at the front of the aircraft. Then there is Mr. Epstein. And that's also in the photo. MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers these two exhibits in evidence. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068602
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141 LBUCmaxl - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MR. EVERDELL: No objection. THE COURT: Government Exhibit 327 and 310 are admitted. You may publish. (Government's Exhibits 327, 310 received in evidence) MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. BY MS. COMEY: Q. While Ms. Drescher puts these up on the screen for the jury, Mr. , could you tell us, for Government Exhibit 310, the photo on the right, could you tell us what we see in that photo? A. In that photo, that's the one with the aircraft in it? Q. Yes. A. That appears to be a photo of -- it was probably the late '90s, mid to late '90s, Mr. Epstein purchased that twin engine Cessna 421, and he had a runway at the ranch. So that photo appears to be taken at the ranch at one of the ends of the runway, judging by the square, you know, the asphalt bottom with the square on top there, because it was a dirt runway and at the end of the runway, there was an asphalt base to turn the aircraft around. But in the photo, obviously, it's a picture of me with the luggage and Mr. Epstein and Ms. MS. COMEY: Thank you. We can take that down, Ms. Drescher. I would like to now pull up for the witness, the SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068603
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142 LBUCmaxl - direct Court, and the parties Government Exhibits 334 and 335, please. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. Do you recognize these, Mr. A. Yes, I do. Q. Who do we see starting in Government Exhibit 334, the one on the left? A. The one on the left is a picture of Ms. Maxwell and to the right of her is a photo of Ms. Q. How about Government Exhibit 335, who do we see in that exhibit? A. The same, Ms. Maxwell on the left and Ms. on the right. MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers these in evidence. MR. EVERDELL: No objection. THE COURT: Government 334 and 335 are admitted and you may publish. (Government's Exhibits 334, 335 received in evidence) MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. Ms. Drescher, could we please put those up for the jury. We can take those down. Thank you. Q. Mr. , about when do you recall first visiting Mr. Epstein's ranch in New Mexico? A. I believe the ranch -- his ranch was purchased in approximately 1994. I'd call it the mid '90s. Q. About how often did you visit that ranch during your SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068604
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143 LBUCmax1 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 employment with Mr. Epstein? A. I visited that ranch every visit that Mr. Epstein had to the ranch. Q. And about how often did Mr. Epstein go to the ranch? A. It wasn't that often. Certainly not enough. It was probably, maybe five, six times a year. Q. What was that ranch called? A. It was called Zorro Ranch. MS. COMEY: Ms. Drescher, would you please pull up Government Exhibit 328 for the witness, the Court, and the parties. Q. Do you recognize this? A. Yes, I do. Q. What is it? A. That is a photo of the entrance driveway to Mr. Epstein's main property on Zorro Ranch. Q. Is this a fair and accurate depiction of a portion of Mr. Epstein's property in New Mexico? A. Yes, it is. MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers this in evidence. publish. MR. EVERDELL: No objection. THE COURT: Government 328 is admitted and you may (Government's Exhibit 328 received in evidence) SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068605
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114 LBUCmax1 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. Ms. Drescher, could we please show this to the jurors. BY MS. COMEY: Q. While that's up, Mr. , would you please describe the ranch property that Mr. Epstein owned in New Mexico. A. The property in general, the whole -- Q. Yes, please, the whole property. A. The whole property. You started entering the ranch off of Highway 41 in Stanley, New Mexico. So you drove down a dirt road approximately a half mile and you would enter an area which the ranch called the Ranch Central, and that housed many buildings. Just to the left, there were two homes, and that was mainly for the ranch staff that lived on the ranch for support. So there were two homes to the left. To the right, there was a small office for the ranch. And then you continued, you're still in the Ranch Central area. And then you went still further into the ranch, probably a hundred feet. And then on the right side, there was a building that had rooms, there was approximately five bedrooms with a western motif on the outside. And that would be for whether it be, the -- any of the guests that would have came on the aircraft to stay, the chef, the pilots all still stayed there. And then it was a motel style building. And then across the street from that, there was a SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068606
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145 LBUCmaxl - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 firehouse with a fire engine, and that also had several garages for all the maintenance for the ranch. And then to the right of that, there was a greenhouse for growing vegetables, et cetera. And then across the street from the greenhouse, there was a stable with a stable area that housed -- it had to have been 10 to 15 horses. That was the ranch central area. And then you continued through Ranch Central and continued up a dirt road approximately, I don't know, it had to have been two or three miles and you got to a Y in the road where if you went to the left -- I'll take you to the left first. Once you got to the Y in the road, you took a left and actually you're going to pass by, during that drive, a runway we had on the property, which, as you saw, the twin-engine Cessna was parked on. So we had a runway and a hangar to house the aircraft. So you pass the runway and you continued up the road to -- it was called the lodge. It was actually the first home site that was selected to build the main house, and that was a triple-wide trailer that also had a western faux facade built around it. Once you went past the triple-wide lodge, you went about, you know, maybe a thousand yards and there was a log cabin that was built up on the cliff, because both the lodge and the log cabin were on cliffs that overlooked the ravine to the north. And we go back to the Y in the road that brought you SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068607
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146 LBUCmaxl - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 past the runway. You continued up that road where you saw the photo with the Z on the entrance. That was the main entrance to the main house. And then the main house was built eventually on that cliff overlooking the ravine. (Continued on next page) SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068608
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117 LBUVMAX2 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 BY MS. COMEY: Q. In total approximately how many acres was Mr. Epstein's ranch? A. It was approximately 10,000 acres. I know there was some state land included in it, but everybody said it was around 10,000 acres. Q. And all of the structures you just described, were they all located on that property owned by Mr. Epstein? A. Yes. Q. Have you been inside the main house on the ranch property? A. Yes, I have. Q. For what purpose? A. Several purposes. A lot of the times -- it was on occasion I would meet with Mr. Epstein and discuss future aircraft maintenance or purchases for the aircraft. And then other times would be to pick up and drop off luggage. And that was another residence that I installed a lot of the home theater and audio equipment. He was an audiophile, so he liked very high-quality music; so I installed a home theater, like I had done at the other properties as well. MS. COMEY: Ms. Drescher, can we please pull up Government Exhibits 323 and 706 for the witness, the Court, and the parties. Q. Mr. , do you recognize these? A. Yes. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068609
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148 LBUVMAX2 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. What are they? A. Those are exterior photos of the main house at Zorro Ranch. Q. Are these fair and accurate depictions of the exterior of the main house on Mr. Epstein's Zorro Ranch? A. Yes, they are. MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers these in evidence. MR. EVERDELL: No objection. THE COURT: Government 323 and 706 are admitted and you may publish. (Government's Exhibits 323, 706 received in evidence) MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. Q. While Ms. Drescher shows those to the jury, I'd like to ask you, Mr. to please describe the interior of this main residence. A. Okay. As you come into the entrance, I'll take you to the front door, since it's a quite large property. You entered in the front door, and I'll take it starting to the left. If you enter the main door at the front of the house, you made a left, and the house was actually a square house with an open courtyard in the middle that had access to the sun. So it was a -- virtually a square house that circled the courtyard in the middle. So we make a left, and that brought you down a hallway. And the first room you came to was the main living SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068610
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149 LBUVMAX2 - direct room, which was tremendous in size; it had to have been 200 feet by 50 feet, and it had an extremely large picture window 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 that overlooked the ravine or the house -- where the house you know, to take advantage of the view. Inside that room had a tremendous stereo system that I installed. And then came out of that living room and you continued down the hallway. At the corner of that library with a desk in it where also housed an impressive audio was, we you hallway there was Mr. Epstein's he spent most of his time, and system. You came out of that room and that led you -- now you're on the -- you're still walking down circling the house. That brought you into what was the dining room for the house. And he didn't use it as a dining room actually; we made that into a movie theater room with a projector that came down. So that was actually the home theater of the house. And you continued through that room. That brought you into a butler's pantry. And then from the butler's pantry, you went into the main kitchen, which also had a dining room table. Once you went through the kitchen, that brought you to another room, which was kind of a morning room, just a small little family room off to the kitchen. As you continue around, there was a staircase that would -- I'll take you downstairs first. You went downstairs. And that brought you to a gym and an indoor swimming pool that also led to the outside patio. Once you came -- I'll bring you SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068611
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150 LBUVMAX2 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 back up the stairs. We're on the main level. And then there was another staircase that brought you upstairs that housed the master bedroom, as well as approximately three -- three or four guest bedrooms upstairs. Q. When you first visited this ranch, was the main house you just described completed? A. No, it was not. Q. About when was construction on this main house completed? A. It was under construction for a while, that's why he had the triple-wide trailer to stay during the construction. But I would estimate probably late '90s, maybe 2000 is when the house got finished. Q. And so in the mid to late '90s, when you visited the ranch, where did Mr. Epstein stay? A. He would stay up at the lodge or the triple-wide mobile home I described. Q. Could you describe what the interior of that triple-wide lodge looked like. A. Sure. As I mentioned, it was a triple-wide trailer that had a wood western facade built around it to make it a little more attractive than just a mobile home. Once you went in the front door, there was a large wooden deck in the front of the house like you would see in a western movie. And you went in the front door, you walked into the living room which had a fireplace to the left. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068612
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151 LBUVMAX2 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 And then if you continued past the living room and made your left turn to the left side of the home, that was the master bedroom. And then you came back into the living room you continued straight ahead from the entrance door, that brought you into a kitchen that led to a large outside deck that overlooked the ravine. And then you came back into the kitchen, and to the right side of the house there were -- there was a small -- or a family room to the right side and also there was two guest bedrooms there. Q. Did the inside of this structure look like a trailer? A. Not the way it was decorated. It was very high-end. Q. What airport did you fly to when Mr. Epstein was staying on this ranch? A. Typically, depending upon what aircraft he selected, if we were flying the Gulfstream, which is a smaller, lighter aircraft, we would use Santa Fe, New Mexico Airport. And if we were flying the Boeing, which is a large airliner, we would fly into Albuquerque due to weight restrictions. Q. I'd like to turn now to Mr. Epstein's Paris property. About when do you remember first visiting Mr. Epstein's apartment in Paris? A. It had to have been maybe the late '90s, Ms. Comey. I couldn't really narrow it down, but it had to have been in the '90s, I would -- yes. Q. About how many times did you visit that apartment while SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068613
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152 LBUVMAX2 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 working for Mr. Epstein? A. Not as much as the other properties. On occasion I would go to pick up luggage and drop off luggage at that place. But I would almost say every trip, but we didn't go to Paris that often, so I'll even go as far as saying most every trip. Q. Other than to pick up luggage, did you go to that apartment for any other reason? A. Yeah. I also did some audio work on the home theater that he had in the Paris apartment as well. MS. COMEY: Ms. Drescher, could we please pull up Government Exhibit 705 for the witness, the Court, and the parties. Q. Mr. , do you recognize this? A. Yes. Q. What is it? A. That is the exterior of the Paris apartment. Q. Is this a fair and accurate depiction of the exterior of the building in which Mr. Epstein's apartment was located? A. That is correct, yes, it is. MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers this in evidence. MR. EVERDELL: No objection. THE COURT: GX-705 is admitted and you may publish. (Government's Exhibit 705 received in evidence) MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068614
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153 LBUVMAX2 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ms. Drescher, would you please show that to the jury. Q. And while that's up, Mr. would you please describe what the inside of this apartment looked like. A. I believe it was on the second or third floor, we're going back a little ways. But it was -- once you went in the front door, it was a little on the unique side. It was a very long type of apartment. Once you went in the front door, there was an entrance foyer. And if you continued straight through that foyer, it would take you into the kitchen. And then to the left of the kitchen, I think, led down to a hallway with some guest bedrooms. Once you came back to the kitchen, to the right there was a dining room. And then to the right of the dining room there was Mr. Epstein's office where he had a home theater set up in his office as well. And then once you came out back into the foyer, I believe if you went to the right, it took you to either more guest bedrooms, and definitely the master bedroom was down the hallway. Q. When Mr. Epstein stayed at this apartment, what airport did you fly out of? A. We flew into Paris-LeBourget. Q. Turning now to Mr. Epstein's island, about when did you first visit that island? A. It was approximately mid to late -- late '90s. Q. And what was that island called? SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068615
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154 LBUVMAX2 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A. Little St. James. Q. About how often did you visit Little St. James during your employment for Mr. Epstein? A. Every time we went to the St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands, where the island was located. Q. About how often did you fly Mr. Epstein to the U.S. Virgin Islands? A. Had been every week, every ten days, if we weren't elsewhere in the world, but it was a regular destination. Q. And why did you go to the island each time Mr. Epstein went to the Virgin Islands? A. I also flew the helicopter. So when Mr. Epstein would arrive at St. Thomas main airport, I would go get the helicopter and then pick him up and the passengers and fly them to Little St. James Island, as well as, you know, taking luggage and also picking up luggage at the island. And also a very large home theater was installed at that residence as well. Q. Did you install large home theaters in all of Mr. Epstein's residences? A. Yes, I did. Q. Other than helicopter, how else could you get to Little St. James? A. The other option would be boat. MS. COMEY: Ms. Drescher, can we please pull up SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068616
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155 LBUVMAX2 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Government Exhibit 346 for the witness, the Court, and the parties. Q. Mr. , do you recognize that? A. Yes. Q. What is it? A. That is an aerial view of Little St. James Island. Q. And does that fairly and accurately depict Little St. James Island? A. Yes, it does. MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers this in evidence. MR. EVERDELL: No objection. THE COURT: Government 346 is admitted. You may publish. (Government's Exhibit 346 received in evidence) MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. We can take that down. Thank you, Ms. Drescher. I'd like to go now to Government Exhibit 308 for the witness, the Court, and the parties please. Q. Mr. , do you recognize this? A. Yes, I do. Q. What is it? A. That is an aerial view of the main property on Little St. James Island. Q. Is this a fair and accurate depiction of a portion of SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068617
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156 LBUVMAX2 - direct Mr. Epstein's private island? A. Yes, it is. MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers this in 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 evidence. MR. EVERDELL: No objection. THE COURT: Government 308 is admitted. You may publish. (Government's Exhibit 308 received in evidence) MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. Q. And while Ms. Drescher puts that up for the jury, Mr. , could you tell us what we see in this photograph please? A. That is the main house which appears to be -- and it's located on the north side of the island. But it's a photo of the main house structure on the island. MS. COMEY: I'd like now, please, to go to Government Exhibit 326 for the witness, the Court, and the parties. Q. Mr. , do you recognize this? A. Yes, I do. Q. What is it? A. That is also an aerial view of Little St. James Island's main property home site. Q. And is this a fair and accurate depiction of a portion of Jeffrey Epstein's private island? A. Yes, it is. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068618
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157 LBUVMAX2 - direct MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers this in evidence. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MR. EVERDELL: No objection. THE COURT: GX-326 is admitted. You may publish. (Government's Exhibit 326 received in evidence) MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. Q. And while Ms. Drescher puts this up for the jury, Mr. , would you please tell us what we see in this photograph. A. As far as describing the home or the property? Q. Yes. Could you tell us what we see in the top right-hand corner first and then tell us what we're seeing on the property. A. Oh, gotcha. The top right-hand corner was the boat dock, if you were to arrive by boat. So that was the entrance for guests to arrive by boat. And then if you continued down the highway there, you can't see the helipad, the helipad is still south of that structure. Once you were there, you could take -- you would walk up to the main house up on the top of the hill. Q. Thank you. MS. COMEY: We can take that down. And now, Ms. Drescher, can you please pull up Government Exhibit 703 for the witness, the Court, and the parties. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068619
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158 LBUVMAX2 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. Mr. , do you recognize this? A. Yes, I do. Q. What is it? A. That is a photo of Little St. James Island. Q. Is this a fair and accurate depiction of an aerial view of the entirety of Little St. James Island? A. Yes, it is. MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers this in evidence. MR. EVERDELL: No objection. THE COURT: Government's 703 is admitted. You may publish. (Government's Exhibit 703 received in evidence) MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. Q. While Ms. Drescher puts this up for the jury, Mr. I want to ask you, did Mr. Epstein own this entire island that we see here? A. To my knowledge, yes. Q. And could you walk us through in a little more detail a description of the island and the property on it. A. Okay. I guess I'll start at the top of the photo. There was a building there that was a library. It used to have a gold dome on it, but that was actually a library inside that building. And then we come down to the right side of the photo, you could see a small pool on the right side of the SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068620
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159 LBUVMAX2 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 photo which was -- which they call the flag -- or the flagpole pool, which was a tremendous-size pool which also had a cabana built. And that was another office that Mr. Epstein spent a lot of his time working on the phone and computers. And then we're coming down through the beach area. Right dead center of the island you'll see a little blue roof, that was the gym. And inside the gym had a tremendous audio system for working out. There was a large gym inside there. And then you come down further from -- further down -- or you're heading down back to the main house structure, to the left you see a wide open grass area, that was the helipad that if we -- if you arrived by helicopter. Coming further down from that, there are several buildings to the left, you see a blue one, a white one. That housed all of the construction equipment, tractors, dump trucks and such, support equipment for the island. And then we're going to come down further from that to the right. We'll come all the way down to the main house structure which also has a large swimming pool. The house was quite unique. It was pretty much a home that was exploded out, that each building was a room of a house; that guest bedrooms were their own bunaglows. So the kitchen was its own building, the living room was its own building, the master bedroom was its own building. So in order to walk from one to another, you actually walked outside. So SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068621