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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 50200BCA028051XXXXMB AD Plaintiff, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. DEPOSITION OF LARRY VISOSKI Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:18 - 3:37 p.m. 515 N. Flagler Drive Suite P200 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 Reported By: Wendy Beath Anderson, RPR, CRR, FPR Notary Public, State of Florida Esquire Deposition Services West Palm Beach Office Job 8127542 3527-003 Page 1 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009676 EFTA00159483
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 APPEARANCES: On behalf of the Plaintiff: BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, ESQUIRE ROTHSTEIN, ROSENFELDT, ADLER 401 East Las Olas Boulevard Suite 1650 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394 On behalf of the Defendant: ROBERT D. CRITTON, JR., ESQUIRE BURMAN, CRITTON & LUTTIER 303 Banyan Boulevard, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 On behalf of the Witness: BRUCE REINHART, ESQUIRE 250 South Australian Avenue Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 ALSO PRESENT: CARA L. HOLMES, ESQUIRE 1220 N.W. 157th Avenue Pembroke Pines, Florida 33028 ADAM D. HOROWITZ, ESQUIRE MERMELSTEIN & HOROWITZ, P.A. 18205 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 2218 Miami, Florida 33160 RICHARD H. WILLITS, ESQUIRE (VIA TELEPHONE) RICHARD H. WILLITS, P.A. 2290 10th Avenue North, Suite 404 Lake Worth, Florida 33461 3527-003 Page 2 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009677 EFTA00159484
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 WITNESS: LARRY VISOSKI BY MR. EDWARDS: BY MR. CRITTON: BY MR. EDWARDS: BY MR. CRITTON: I NDEX DIRECT CROSS 6 214 EXH IB ITS REDIRECT RECROSS 220 221 3 NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE PLAINTIFF'S EX. 1 FLIGHT LOG BOOK (MARKED IN PREVIOUS DEPO) PLAINTIFF'S EX. 2 MESSAGE PAD 119 PLAINTIFF'S EX. 3 MESSAGE PAD 119 PLAINTIFF'S EX. 4 COMPLAINT 139 PLAINTIFF'S EX. 5 INMATE VISITOR LOG 161 3527-003 Page 3 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009678 EFTA00159485
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4 PROCEED I NGS Deposition taken before Wendy Beath Anderson, Certified Realtime Reporter and Notary Public in and for the State of Florida at Large, in the above cause. - - - MR. EDWARDS: We're going to put something on the record about -- well, we'll do it this way -- MR. REINHART: Do it at the end, after we get him -- whatever you want. It's your show MR. EDWARDS: Okay. There were don't even think Mr. Willits is aware of this. There was a subpoena duces tecum for this witness, as well as the previous witness, which was another pilot, Dave Rogers, and that duces tecum was to bring the flight logs related from 1998 through 2005. What was produced at the previous deposition were flight logs from 2002 through 2005, and now Mr. Reinhart has agreed to produce the remainder of the flight logs requested, those going from 1998 through 2002. MR. REINHART: Correct. They're pilot logs, not flight logs. There are other records we indicated are corporate records, and with those you have to deal with Mr. Critton. MR. CRITTON: However, with the proviso, too, 3527-003 Page 4 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009679 EFTA00159486
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 5 that we're going to work out that these records are to be used within the confines of this litigation and not to be spread to the press or anyone else, because they do contain confidential information as to who may have been on the plane and other records of Mr. Rogers, which but for the subpoena would have been only available to the FAA or some other law enforcement agencies. MR. EDWARDS: Okay. Is that all you want to put on? MR. CRITTON: Yes. MR. EDWARDS: I'm not saying I necessarily agree or disagree with you. That's something that we'll deal with some other day. MR. CRITTON: Bruce, you'd better produce these records, but there has to be some sort of understanding before -- MR. REINHART: Correct. MR. EDWARDS: I won't do anything until you file whatever you until we work whatever it is out in court. I'll say that on the record, that I'm not doing anything with the records outside of my office until some judge deals with it. MR. REINHART: And for the record, I'll adopt what Mr. Critton said on this one limited occasion. 3527-003 Page 5 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009680 EFTA00159487
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 6 MR. EDWARDS: All right. Thereupon, (LARRY VISOSKI) having been first duly sworn or affirmed, was examined and testified as follows: THE WITNESS: Yes, I do. DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Can you tell us your name for the record. A. Lawrence Visoski, Jr. Q. And Mr. Visoski, have you ever had your deposition taken before? A. No. Q. Okay. Here's the process: I'm going to ask you questions. You're going to give us answers. Try to give us answers that we all understand and that the court reporter can take down, such as yes, no, or some other verbal answer that we can understand. It's easy when we get in a casual conversation to nod or shake your head, and the court reporter is not writing pictures or anything else. A. I understand. Q. The other thing is, and I've been accused of this in other depositions -- I don't know if it's true or not -- but I need to wait until you finish answering 3527-003 Page 6 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_0000968I EFTA00159488
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 7 the question and you need to wait until I finish asking the question. A. So you're not allowed to interrupt me? Q. And you're not allowed to interrupt me. A. Like I just did? Q. Right. MR. CRITTON: Cara just snickered when you said you've been accused because she recognizes it's true. MR. EDWARDS: I don't know what the meaning of her snickering was. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. But for what it's worth, if you don't understand the question or I've asked a bad question, I don't want you to guess. Give me the best answer to the best of your knowledge and if you need me to rephrase it, I will. A. Okay. Q. A. Okay. Tell me your current address. Q. How long have you lived there? A. Approximately nine years. Q. Okay. Who do you live there with? A. 3527-003 Page 7 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_UXX0682 EFTA00159489
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 S 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8 Q. A. Q • Who's your employer right now? A. NES, LLC. Q. How long has NES, LLC been your employer? A. I'm guessing. I'd say back 1991. I have to do the math, but 17, 18 years. Q. Has that been your only employer since 1991? A. Yes. Q. And has that been your only source of income since 1991? A. Yes. Q. And what is NES, LLC? A. I don't really know. I mean, it's the company that my check comes from. Q. What do you do for NES, LLC that results in them paying you? A. I am chief pilot for the aircraft and 3527-003 Page 8 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009683 EFTA00159490
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 9 helicopters. Q. And do you have a specific boss or somebody you answer to at NES, LLC? A. Several people would call to schedule flights from the office, being it either Mr. Epstein or, you <now, I would just get a phone call and they would schedule a trip. Q. Okay. Aside from Mr. Epstein, who else would there be that would call to schedule flights? A. Leslie. Q. Leslie who? A. Leslie Gruff. Q. When's the last time you talked to Leslie Gruff? A. Probably two weeks ago, three weeks ago. Q. And where is she currently? A. I believe in New York, is where I spoke to her on the phone last. Q. What's the telephone number you call to reach Leslie Gruff? A. Q. And what address is Leslie Gruff at? A. Do you mean where the office is located? Q. Correct. A. 3527-003 Page 9 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009684 EFTA00159491
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 10 Q. And it's my understanding from other depositions that there are also apartments in that building? A. Yes. Q. And Mr. Epstein either owns or leases or rents certain of those apartments. Is that your understanding? MR. CRITTON: Form; speculation. THE WITNESS: I'm only speculating. I don't -- to my understanding, I don't know. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Do you know other people that live in that building? A. Well, it would be myself, Dave Rogers -- well, when you say "live,' explain. Q. When you're saying yourself and Dave Rogers -- A. See, we don't live there. I mean, we have -- we would stay there when we would have a trip. Q. Okay. When you would fly up to New York and land in New York, the place where you would stay, is that A. Yes, that's correct. Q. That's also a location you've indicated in this deposition that is the office for NES, LLC? A. Yes. 3527-003 Page 10 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTASO009685 EFTA00159492
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 S 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 11 Q. What floor or suite number is NES, LLC in? A. I believe -- well, I don't know that NES, LLC has an office there. I know that's where Leslie has the phone number where I call. So I don't know for a fact If NES, LLC has an office there. Q. And what suite number, then, would Leslie :ruff sit in to answer that telephone number at A. I think it's III. Q. And when you stay at what suite number or what apartment number do you stay in? A. Q. And how about Dave Rogers, where does he stay? A. I'm guessing, because it's been some time since we've been there, 10B, but don't quote me on it. Q. Who are the other people in that building that you know to stay there on a regular -- fairly regular basis? A. I've seen people in the elevator that, you know, have been on the airplane. Case in point, maybe -• but I don't know for a fact that she lives there, or anybody else for that matter. Q. Okay. When you say you've seen on the elevator -- 3527-003 Page II of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009686 EFTA00159493
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A. I only assume she lives there. I don't know .or a fact. I'm trying to be honest and factual for So I couldn't honestly say if I knew she lived - here or not. O. Where do you think lives? A. I would think she lives there. Q. You don't have a better location? A. I don't have another location. Q. Anybody else? 12 A. Not to my knowledge. I mean, I'd only be guessing that people live in that building that -- you know, I don't have any facts to prove that they actually live there. I mean, I don't think you want me to guess. Q. Well, NES, LLC, would you say that the owner or controller of that company is Jeffrey Epstein? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I don't know that for a fact. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Jeffrey Epstein is somebody you've indicated that you've worked for for 17 or 18 years, right? A. Yes. Q. And over the 17 or 18 years you've become personally close with him as well, correct? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I don't understand how you mean 3527-003 Page 12 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009687 EFTA00159494
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 13 •close." Define that. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Well, more so than just a pilot that takes him from Point A to Point B? A. That is my job. Q. Right. But you know him on a personal level and that you've had personal conversations that don't necessarily deal with flying from Point A to Point B; isn't that right? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: More specific, meaning we talk about cars. I mean, does that make you a personal friends? BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Have you ever gone to his house to eat? A. No. Q. Have you been to his New York home? A. Yes. Q. How many occasions have you been to his New York home? MR. CRITTON: Object to form. THE WITNESS: We normally pick up luggage in the lobby, so it would probably be quite often. Any time we depart out of New York, we stop by the house and pick up luggage and head to the aircraft. 3527-003 Page 13 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009688 EFTA00159495
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 14 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Other than picking up luggage, have you been to his home to visit or socialize with him? A. Not to socialize, no. Q. Have you been to his Palm Beach home? A. To? Q. To Mr. Epstein's Palm Beach house? A. Right. Q. Have you been there? A. Yes. Q. Have you been inside? A. Yes. Q. And how many occasions have you been inside that home? A. The same, as far as picking up luggage, and that would be on a regular basis, you know, for a Aeparture. We wouldn't always go to the house to pick up luggage, but it made it easier for loading the aircraft, getting it done prior to departure. Q. Is that the only reason that you have ever gone to the Palm Beach home over the last 18 years, is to pick up luggage? A. No. Q. What other reasons have you gone there? A. I've set up several home theater equipments, 3527-003 Page 14 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009689 EFTA00159496
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 15 you know, televisions and such. Q. Is that another hobby or job or something of yours? A. Both. Q. Does he pay you for that? A. Not any more than my salary. Q. What's your current salary? A. At this time, 180,000. Q. And what are you paid $180,000 to do? A. To manage his aircraft. Q. What does that entail? A. Scheduling maintenance. Anything that has to do with any flight, whether it be weather, flight planning, time and distance to and from a location, any logistics involved in running an operation that has aircraft. Q. In addition to the 180,000, does he give you bonuses as well? A. There have been Christmas bonuses. Q. Over the years, you mean, there have been Christmas bonuses? A. Q. A. Q. Yes. Is 180,000 the most he's ever paid you? No. All right. Were you making -- when was the 3527-003 Page 15 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009690 EFTA00159497
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 last time that you were making an amount different than 180,000? A. Last year. Q. That would be 2008? A. That would be correct. Yeah, we all took a salary cut, I don't know the exact date. It might have been 2008, last year. It was last Christmas we all took a 10 percent salary cut. Q. Do you know why? A. Economic reasons. Q. And who told you that you were going to have to take the salary cut? A. Darren Indyke. Q. And did you ask for an explanation? A. He explained it was due to economic reasons throughout the country. Q. Okay. So in 2008, how much was -- were you being paid by NES, LLC? A. 200,000. Q. And is 200,000 the most that you've ever made from NES, LLC? A. Yes, sir. Q. And on top of that $200,000, did you get a bonus that year as well? MR. REINHART: Which year are you talking 3527-003 Page 16 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009691 EFTA00159498
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 about? MR. EDWARDS: 2008. THE WITNESS: That year, I think we skipped Christmas bonuses that year. The last bonus might have been 2007. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. If you ever got a bonus from Mr. Epstein and I'm only deriving this from you using the term "Christmas bonus." A. Holiday bonus. Q. -- am I correct to assume sorry. Am I correct to assume that if you got a bonus, there was only one and it was at the end of the year, around the holidays? A. Yes. Q. Okay. And how much was the 2007 holiday bonus? A. I'd have to ask my wife, to be honest. I haven't seen my paycheck in 27 years, so I believe it was $10,000. Q. And in 2007 you also made $200,000? A. Yes. Q. Okay. A. With a question mark. I'm trying to be as accurate as I can, but yes. 3527-003 Page 17 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009692 EFTA00159499
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 18 Q. Something pretty close to that? A. Yes, sir. Q. Okay. So with the bonus it was 210,000, roughly? A. Right. Q. Okay. And how long were you making that salary? A. Probably -- he was very religious about giving annual increases, so I would probably say 2006, you know, it was -- we would get increment -- increases of five or $10,000 each year. So I would say 2006. So it graduated, you know, progressive. Q. Okay. Do you remember the progression if we start at 1991? Do you remember roughly what the progression was up through 2007/2008, when you were making $200,000? A. No, I wouldn't know the progression. Q. Okay. Do you remember what you were making from and was NES, LLC the company paying you back in 1991? A. I don't know. I don't remember. Let me say it that way. I don't remember. Q. Okay. When -- how long do you remember NES, LLC being the payer of your check? A. Personally, two years, because I've never seen 3527-003 Page 18 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009693 EFTA00159500
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 19 my paycheck. So I don't even know what's written on the top of it. Q. That would be something that only your wife would see, I'm assuming? A. You're right, since she probably wouldn't know the answer either, because she's looking at the right column and not the top column. Q. Right. When is the first time that you had heard the name NES, LLC, that company? A. Five, six years, and even questioned what it stood for. And I think to this day I couldn't answer that honestly, what it stands for. Q. Okay. But it's your understanding that the NES, LLC is paying you for the work that you do as a pilot or maintain the planes for Jeffrey Epstein? A. To my understanding, yes. Q. And back in 1991, do you know if it was a different company that was paying you or if it was Jeffrey Epstein directly paying you? A. I don't remember. I mean, I don't. Q. Okay. Throughout your career with -- as a pilot for Jeffrey Epstein, since 1991, has there ever been a time when you believe you were paid directly from Jeffrey Epstein personally versus some company? A. Not to my knowledge, no. 3527-003 Page 19 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009694 EFTA00159501
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 Q. Okay. So whether it was NES, LLC or some other company, it was all of a sudden a company name, to the best of your knowledge? A. Exactly, yes. Q. And back in 1991, do you remember approximately how much you were being paid that year? A. Fifty-five or 60,000, is maybe what I started. Q. Okay. A. You're going back a long ways. Q. Yes. A. I'm trying. Q. Your relationship goes back that far. That's why I chose that year. A. Right. Q • Okay. Did you get bonuses even back that far? A. Yes, sir. Q. And do you remember what your bonuses were approximately? A. 5,000. I mean, that was kind of the -- the starting point. Q. Okay. In addition to monitary bonuses, were - here ever gifts or any other type of compensation that NES, LLC or Jeffrey Epstein provided you? A. Yes. Q. And is that over the span of the 18 years? 3527-003 Page 20 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009695 EFTA00159502
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