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280 LBUVMAX4 - cross 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 and the other, '94. So, yeah, 14 and 11-ish. Q. So one was a teenager and one was a preteen? A. That's correct. Q. Now, your daughters occasionally spent time with Ghislaine on the ranch in New Mexico, especially after you built your house there; isn't that right? A. Yes. Q. They loved the animals, I believe, right? A. Yes. Q. Especially the horses? A. Yeah, they are horse lovers. Q. And sometimes Ghislaine would take them riding on the horses at the ranch; isn't that right? A. Yes, my daughters did ride at the ranch on the horses, yes. Q. They did that a fair amount? A. Yes. Q. And you trusted Ghislaine enough that you felt comfortable letting your two young daughters spent time with her; isn't that right? A. That is correct. Q. If you had any inkling whatsoever that Ghislaine was involved in helping Epstein sexually abuse young girls, you wouldn't have let that happen, would you? A. Absolutely not. Q. And if you had any inkling whatsoever that Ghislaine or SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068742
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281 LBUVMAX4 - redirect 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Epstein were involved in inappropriate sexual activity with underage girls, what would you have done? A. They would have never seen my daughters. Q. And you would have quit your job? A. Reported it, yes. Q. And you would have quit your job? A. I would have quit my job, that's correct. Q. But you didn't do that, did you? A. No, I didn't. Q. Because nothing you saw or heard in the roughly 30 years you worked for Epstein ever gave you even the slightest hint that anything like that was going on? A. This is absolutely correct. MR. EVERDELL: One moment, your Honor. THE COURT: Okay. (Counsel conferred) MR. EVERDELL: Nothing further, your Honor. THE COURT: All right. Thank you. Ms. Comey. MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. THE COURT: You may redirect. REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. COMEY: Q. Good afternoon. A. Good afternoon, Ms. Comey. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068743
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282 LBUVMAX4 - redirect Q. Do you recall being asked questions about your daughters on 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 cross-examination, Mr. A. Yes, I do. Q. When your daughters were 14 years old, did you let them give Mr. Epstein a massage? A. No, I didn't. Q. Do you recall being asked about and another person who has the same first name as A. Yes. Q. Who did you meet first, or the person who is identified in Defense Exhibits LV3A and LV3B? A. The only way to kind of refresh my memory, Ms. Comey, to narrow down that, I could only -- like when I -- when I explained that I first met it was in between the two pilot seats. So I know that was one of Mr. Epstein's smaller aircraft; it wasn't the Boeing. So visually, I can picture the second You have to help me out which one it was. Not the one not the first , but the other I could visualize in the Boeing which would have been sometime 2000 and later. Q. So to the best of your recollection, did you meet the person we're calling in the 1990s? A. I would go with that one, yes, only because with that document of the airplane with, you know, that time frame, I remember the other was in the Boeing, the bigger plane. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068744
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283 LBUVMAX4 - redirect 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. I just want to make this clear because I know we're dealing with some pseudonym issues, so just listen to the question please. A. Okay. Q. The person we're calling A. Yes. Q. -- did you meet her in the 1990s, to the best of your recollection? A. Yes. Q. And the person who is depicted in Defense Exhibits LV3A and LV3B, did you meet her in the 2000s, to the best of your recollection? A. Yes. To the best of my recollection, that's a perfect example of how I could remember; so that is correct, yes, Ms. Comey. Q. And do you have that memory because the person depicted in Defense Exhibits LV3A and 3B you remember on the Boeing? A. That's correct. That was my synopsis. THE COURT: Sorry. Just a moment. MR. EVERDELL: Objection. Leading. THE COURT: Overruled. You may finish. You may finish your answer. THE WITNESS: Oh, I'm sorry. A. That is correct, Ms. Comey. It was a way of correlating a name to a date or a person to a date. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068745
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284 LBUVMAX4 - redirect 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 remember being asked on cross-examination about how old you thought may have been? A. I remember that question, yes. Q. Did you ever meet at summer camp when she was a camper? A. I did not, no. Q. Did you ever pick up at high school? A. No, I did not, ma'am. Q. Did you ever talk with about camp? A. No, I did not. Q. Did you ever talk with about high school? A. No, ma'am. Q. Did you ever meet mother? A. No, I did not. Q. Did you meet other family members? A. I did not. Q. And finally, Mr. do you recall being asked about a Cobra vehicle? A. Yes, ma'am. Q. Do you remember exactly when Mr. Epstein gave you that vehicle? A. Also to clarify, it's a replica Cobra. Probably in the 2000s, 2000; it's been around 20 years since I've had it. I would say 2000, give or take. I don't have an exact date. Q. As you sit here today, do you remember the exact date or is SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068746
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285 LBUVMAX4 - redirect 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 that an approximation? A. It's just an approximation. I do not know the exact date. MS. COMEY: May I have a moment, your Honor? THE COURT: You may. (Counsel conferred) MS. COMEY: Nothing further. THE COURT: Okay. MR. EVERDELL: Nothing from the defense. THE COURT: All right. Thank you, Mr. You may step down. You are excused. THE WITNESS: Thank you very much, your Honor. THE COURT: Thank you. (Witness excused) THE COURT: Do you have a matter to take up? MR. EVERDELL: Yes, your Honor. You may want to collect the binders and folders before the next witness or at least the defense folders. THE COURT: Okay. Or we leave them there? MR. EVERDELL: There may be another -- it's fine, your Honor. THE COURT: Okay. Jurors, you know this, but don't look at anything unless I direct you to, please. And there may be instances in which I direct you to, but wait for that direction. Ms. Comey, the government may call its next witness. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068747
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286 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MS. MOE: Thank you, your Honor. The government calls THE COURT: The witness testifying under the pseudonym may come forward. called as a witness by the Government, having been duly sworn, testified as follows: THE COURT: Please be seated. This witness will be testifying under the pseudonym Ms. Moe, you may proceed. MS. MOE: Thank you, your Honor. And with respect to the Court's order regarding sketch artists, is that now in effect? THE COURT: It is in effect. I've asked the sketch artist not to sketch the exact likeness -- ordered the sketch artist not to depict the exact likeness. And I will ask the witness to please remove your mask. You are in the Plexiglas box with the HEPA filter. Thank you. MS. MOE: Thank you, your Honor. DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. MOE: Q. Good afternoon. A. Good afternoon. Q. Just to be clear, are you testifying under the name SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068748
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287 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 today? A. Yes. Q. Leading up to this trial, did you ask to testify under a pseudonym to protect your privacy? A. Yes. Q. I'd ask you to please take a look in the binder in front of you on the witness stand. If you could please turn to what's marked for identification as Government Exhibit 12. Just let me know when you are there please. A. Here. Q. Do you recognize that? A. Yes, I do. THE COURT: I just want to make sure that defense has what they need. MS. MENNINGER: I do. Thank you. THE COURT: Okay. Thank you. Go ahead. Q. What is Government Exhibit 12? A. My birth certificate. MS. MOE: At this time, your Honor, Government Exhibit 12 is in evidence under seal. I'd ask the jurors be permitted to remove their juror binders and turn to Tab 12. THE COURT: Without objection, Ms. Menninger? MS. MENNINGER: No objection. THE COURT: Okay. Jurors, you may open the binder and look at what's been admitted as GX-12, please. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068749
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288 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MS. MOE: Thank you, your Honor. BY MS. MOE: Q. Directing your attention to the top left corner of Government Exhibit 12, where it says "child's name." Do you see that? A. Yes. Q. Without saying that out loud, is that your true name? A. Yes. Q. Is that your date of birth? A. Yes, it is. Q. Thank you. You can close the binder. Now, I want to ask you, did there come a time in your life when you met someone named Jeffrey Epstein? A. Yes. Q. What year was that? A. 1994. Q. Did there come a time in your life when you had sexual contact with Jeffrey Epstein? A. Yes. Q. How old were you when that first happened? A. Fourteen years old. Q. Did that happen once or more than once when you were 14 years old? A. More than once. Q. Was there ever anyone else in the room with you when you SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068750
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289 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 had sexual contact with Jeffrey Epstein when you were 14 years old? A. Yes. Q. Who was most frequently in the room when you had sexual contact with Jeffrey Epstein when you were 14 years old? A. Ghislaine Maxwell. Q. I'd like to ask you to take a moment to look around the courtroom, and you can stand up if you need to if you can't see. Do you see Ghislaine Maxwell in the courtroom today? A. Yes. Q. Can you please point to where she's sitting and indicate an article of clothing that she's wearing. A. Right there in the corner wearing a sort of a beige turtleneck. MS. MOE: Your Honor, may the record reflect that the witness has identified the defendant? THE COURT: It may so reflect. Q. Now, I want to ask you more about that in a few moments, but first I want to take a step back. Directing your attention to 1993, where were you living that year? A. Palm Beach, Florida. Q. How old were you in 1993? A. Twelve, going on 13. Q. I'd ask you to take a look at the binder in front of you. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068751
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290 LBUVMAX4 - direct If you could please turn to what's been marked for identification only as Government Exhibit 106. Do you recognize that? 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A. Yes. Q. What is Government Exhibit 106? A. That is a picture of myself. Q. Approximately how old were you when that photograph was taken? A. Thirteen years old. MS. MOE: Your Honor, the government offers Government Exhibit 106 under seal. MS. MENNINGER: No objection. THE COURT: Government Exhibit 106 is admitted under seal, consistent with my ruling, to protect the anonymity of this testifying witness. (Government's Exhibit 106 received in evidence) MS. MOE: Thank you, your Honor. May the jurors turn to Government Exhibit 106, please. THE COURT: Jurors, you may pick up the binder and please turn to GX-106. BY MS. MOE: Q. Who was living with you in your household in 1993 when you were approximately 13 years old? A. My mother and two of my brothers. Q. What type of work did your father do? SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068752
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291 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A. He was a conductor and composer. Q. Directing your attention to the fall of 1993, what happened in your family at that time? A. My father died of leukemia. Q. What was your home life like after your father passed away? A. It was not great. My father's employer had canceled his health insurance without him knowing, and ended up in the hospital and died very suddenly. And basically, my family went into complete bankruptcy and lost everything, and we had to move out of our home. Q. You testified that before he passed away, your father was a composer. Were you involved in the arts growing up? A. Yes. Q. Were your brothers involved in the arts? A. Yes. Q. Did you continue being involved in the arts after your father passed away? A. Yes. Q. Directing your attention to the summer of 1994, what did you do that summer? A. Me and my two brothers, we went to camp for the first time, Interlochen Arts Camp. Q. What is Interlochen Arts Camp? A. It's a camp for children with all kinds of artistic abilities: Music, musical theater, theater, orchestra. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068753
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292 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Basically, what we used to joke about being band camp. Q. And where is that located? A. In Interlochen, Michigan, which is northern Michigan. Q. Did anyone else go to camp with you that summer? A. My two brothers. Q. Given your family's financial circumstances at the time, how were you and your brothers able to attend summer camp? A. That first summer, my oldest sister and her husband and her husband's family all pitched in to send us to camp. Q. What grade in school had you just finished when you started at summer camp that year? A. Seventh grade. Q. And when you arrived at camp that summer, how long had it been since your father passed away? A. So the end of October '93, so what is that, nine months? Q. Did there come a time that summer at Interlochen Arts Camp when you met a man and a woman? A. Yes. Q. Where were you when that happened? A. I was in the main campus area where all the students hung out during a break and where all the little cafes were and sort of the gift shop. And I was on a park bench or a picnic bench with my friends from camp. And we were eating ice cream. Q. What do you remember happening next? A. Well, we were sitting around and socializing. And we see SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068754
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293 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 this tall thin woman approach us. Well, she was walking with a cute little Yorkie. And the Yorkie came by us and we asked if we could pet the dog. Q. What happened then? A. We started chitchatting, petted the dog. And the rest of my classmates had to go to class. And probably about a minute later, another man came and joined her. Q. Once the man joined her, what happened next? A. We continued chitchat, sort of talked to us. And the rest of my friends, my classmates, left, and I was there by myself. And I sat on the bench still eating my ice cream, and the man sat across from me. Q. Did you have a conversation with that man and that woman? A. Yes, I did. He seemed very interested to know what I thought about the camp, what my favorite classes were, what my least favorite classes, teachers, whatnot, what the experience was like. And proceeded to say that they were big benefactors of this camp; and that they went there every summer; and that they gave different kids scholarships. And so they wanted to really know what a student attending the camp, what their perspective was on it. Q. What, if anything, else did you discuss with them? A. Well, they asked me where I was from. And I said I lived in Palm Beach, Florida. And the man said, What a coincidence, we live there too. What are your parents' names? SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068755
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294 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 And I said, Well, my father just passed away. But my mother's name is. And he said, I think we know your mom. It's kind of a smaller town. We definitely know her. And I said, You know, my parents were sort of out on the scene, and my father was a musician, and so that would make sense. And he had a newspaper under his arm. And then he put the newspaper on the picnic table and said, Well, what's your mom's name? Gave my mom's name. And he said, Well, what's her phone number? And I just kind of went, Okay. He's asking me for a number, so I gave it to him. And so I gave my mom's, which, you know, at the time was just a landline. Q. How did that conversation end? A. It just sort of ended like, It was, you know, so nice to meet you and I'm going to call your mom. That was it. Q. That man and that woman that you had this conversation with, who were they? A. Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Q. What was your impression of them at that point? A. They seemed very friendly. I thought they were a married couple. They seemed inquisitive. And it made sense, I guess, if they spent time there, that they wanted to know what the SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068756
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295 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 what the classes were like and what the campus was like. Q. Did you return home to Palm Beach when summer camp was over? A. Yes. Q. Where were you living at that point? A. We were living in a pool house in one of my parents' friend's backyards. Q. Why were you living in a pool house? THE COURT: I'm sorry, Ms. Moe, can you come a little closer to the mic? MS. MOE: Thank you, your Honor. Q. Why were you living in a pool house at the time? A. Because we lost our house and we were homeless. Q. When you were staying there, did you have your own bedroom? A. No. Q. Where did you sleep? A. I slept in a bed with my mom. Q. After you returned home from summer camp in 1994, did you ever hear from those two people that you met at camp? A. Yes. Q. When was the first time you heard from them? A. Well, it was a few days after I had started school again. Q. What grade were you in at that point? A. Eighth grade. Q. What school were you attending? SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068757
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296 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A. Q. Is that a middle school or a high school? A. Middle school. Q. So what happened when you heard from them? What do you remember about that? A. I just remember coming home from school one day, and my mom said, Someone you met at summer camp, someone from their office called me. And I said, Oh, well, I don't -- oh, that's right. I -- I barely remember, because it seemed so long ago. It was maybe four or five or six weeks, but, you know, being that young, it seemed like an eternity. And I said, Yeah, I met and they said that they know you. And my mom said, Well, we've been invited to his house for some tea some afternoon. Q. Did you end up going to his house for tea? A. Yes. Q. What do you recall about going over to the house for tea? A. He sent somebody to come pick us up, like a chauffeur. And we were driven to his house. Q. What was your impression of the house when you first arrived? A. Well, it was enormous. It was not a pool house in the back of someone's yard. It was this giant, like, beach-looking house with a big white fence around it. And these giant gates SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068758
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297 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 opened up, and the car pulled in. And it was just this, you know, big beautiful house. Q. Who, if anyone, went with you when you went over for this tea? A. My mother. Q. What happened after you and your mother arrived at the house? A. Well, somebody opened the door for us and let us in the house and escorted us through the house and to Jeffrey's office, which was sort of like an open space. Q. And after you got to the office, what happened next? A. He was on the phone. He got off the phone, stood up, and introduced himself to me and my mother, and then sort of let us outside to the back patio, which had this great big dining table. And there was a big spread of, like, pastries and sandwiches and tea. Q. What happened during the tea with you and your mother and Jeffrey Epstein? A. Well, he was very inquisitive and asked me questions about what I was doing in school, what my interests were, what I wanted to do with my life, and was asking us about our family, asking my mother. It didn't last very long, I would say maybe 30 minutes in total. But he proceeded to say, Well, I like to mentor young students who are artists. And I love music, and I love dance, SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068759
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298 LBUVMAX4 - direct 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 and I gave all kinds of scholarships. Q. How did that tea end? A. It ended with him saying, Well, I am I'm very impressed with your daughter and, you know, would love to see her sing next time. Q. After the day that you had this tea, did you ever see Jeffrey Epstein again? A. Yes. Q. In the months after that tea, how frequently did you begin seeing Jeffrey Epstein? A. On average, once or once every week or two. Q. We've been talking about a time period when you were 14 and living in Palm Beach. How old were you when you moved away from Palm Beach? A. When I moved away? 17. Q. I want to focus now first on the first few months that you spent time with Jeffrey Epstein when you were 14. During those first few months, when you spent time with Jeffrey Epstein in Palm Beach, who was typically there with you? A. At Jeffrey's house? Q. Yes. A. I was there by myself. Q. And when you would spend time with Jeffrey Epstein at his house in those first few months, who, if anyone, was there? A. Ghislaine Maxwell. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068760
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299 LBUVMAX4 - direct Q. What was your understanding at the time of what the 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 relationship was between Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein? A. I didn't really understand. They never really shared that information. I just assumed that they were married. And then at a certain point I thought maybe they're best friends. And then I thought, Well, maybe she works for him because he would ask her to do things, make phone calls and things for him. So I guess I was just confused. Q. When you would see Epstein or Maxwell, how were those meetings typically arranged? A. It would be Ghislaine calling the house or Jeffrey's office calling the house, like an assistant or something. Q. Now, you mentioned earlier that you would go to these meetings alone. Just to be clear, did your mother go with you for these meetings? A. No. Q. Why not? A. She wasn't invited. Q. How would you typically get over to the house? A. Jeffrey would send his chauffeur for me. Q. Did you have your driver's license at the time? A. No. Q. Do you recall the driver who would pick you up? A. Yes. I don't remember his name, but he was a sweet Latin-American man. And I know his wife worked at the house as SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00068761