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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 25 181 which he pled guilty to MR. CRITTON: Form. MR. REINHART: Can we -- for purposes of your hypothetical, what facts do you want him to assume are true? You said the facts to which he pled guilty, but the witness already said he doesn't know what he pled guilty to. He knows the charge he doesn't know the facts. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Solicitation of prostitution of a minor, somebody under the age of 18. MR. EDWARDS: That's the charge, right, solicitation of prostitution of a minor? MR. CRITTON: No. I think you've got it wrong. I'll object to the form. MR. EDWARDS: Okay. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Then we'll handle the question this way: If you were to believe based on information and evidence that Mr. Epstein engaged in sex or some form of sex acts with people of the age range of 12, 13, 14, 15 years old, would you continue your employment with Mr. Epstein? MR. CRITTON: Form; speculation. THE WITNESS: I would certainly be speculating 3527-003 Page 181 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009856 EFTA00159663
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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 25 182 and I have to discuss it with my wife long and hard. I don't think I could give you a correct and honest answer at this time. BY MR. EDWARDS: O. Okay. Given the allegations that have been made in this case, is this something that you have discussed with anyone other than your attorney? A. No, not really. Only from the fact that they're allegations and there's still a lot more work, I 'm sure, to be discovered. MR. CRITTON: Let me put on there, for the -- if this deposition is not typed -- and we request it -- I'd like at least this portion where Mr. Edwards' last question back about five pages worth, so just if you could mark it from this page back about five pages. If nobody requests the deposition, I'd just like those five pages. MR. EDWARDS: I'm going to request the deposition, so.. . MR. CRITTON: Okay. We'll mark this then, so you could tell me where it is, approximately. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Is there a reason why you have not discussed with Jeffrey Epstein the allegations that have been made 3527-003 Page 182 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009857 EFTA00159664
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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 25 183 against him and the allegations contained within many of these civil complaints on behalf of girls who were under the age of 18? Is there any reason why you haven't discussed that? MR. REINHART: If that's based on conversations you had with your lawyer, then don't disclose what you and your lawyer talked about. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Correct. A. I have not spoken to Jeffrey about any of this, and it was my understanding that is illegal to have conversation about this. So I've never presented any questions to him reference this case or any others. Q. It was your understanding that it was illegal to talk to Jeffrey Epstein about the allegations made against Jeffrey Epstein? A. Yes, or anything to do with the case. That's why we never discussed any portions of it. Q. Okay. So -- A. I may be wrong in that assumption, but I don't -- Q. So the reason why you haven't discussed this with Jeffrey Epstein is you believed it was illegal? A. Correct, yes. Q. Who led you to believe that it was illegal? 3527-003 Page 183 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009858 EFTA00159665
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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 25 184 MR. REINHART: Again, if it was a discussion you had with any lawyer, then you can just give a name, don't give a discussion of the conversation you had. THE WITNESS: It was my own assumption. mean, just basic criminal knowledge of knowing you're not supposed to -- you know, if somebody's in trial or in a deposition or whatever, I don't -- I didn't think it was appropriate to discuss the matter with them. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. So the next two visits and I think the last two visits we'll talk about are on 9/6/2008. Actually, it looks like you visited him twice in one day; is that right? A. I don't think that's possible. I mean, that will show how accurate the court record is. There's no way. Q. You wouldn't have visited him twice in one day? A. No. I think there's only one visitation per day. Q. Okay. And it looks like the same visitors each time, except that it says for period three and then the next one's for period four. So there are two 3527-003 Page 184 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009859 EFTA00159666
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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 different periods. Was there ever a time when they 185 allowed you to stay for more than an hour? A. No, not to my knowledge. Q. Okay. So again, it's and , same questions: Did you ever ask them their involvement with Jeffrey Epstein? A. Absolutely not. Q. And again, what was the discussion with Jeffrey Epstein along with and A. On the last visits, it was mainly airplane stuff and later on in the visitations, we were advised that you could leave early, so I would only stay for maybe 30 minutes and then, you know, Jeffrey would continue his conversations with them and then I would just wait outside. Q. Okay. A. So I would do my business with him talking about airplanes or whatever I had coming up and then exit. Q. And then why did you stop visiting him in jail after that September 6th, 2008, visit? A. I was never called back to visit. Q. Okay. Well, shortly after that then he was on work release? 3527-003 Page 185 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009860 EFTA00159667
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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 25 186 A. Well, that's true. Q. Right? A. Yeah. Q. So the next times you would have gone to see him would have been at the Florida Science Foundation, where we talked about earlier? A. I've seen him there, yes. Q. Okay. And in fact, I think you said you saw him 20 or 30 times -- A. Sure. Q. -- over the last two years, last year and a half or so? A. Yes. Q. And how long would you stay each time at the Florida Science Foundation and talk to him? A. Like my original answer, ten, fifteen minutes. Q. Okay. And how frequently would you talk to Jeffrey Epstein while he was at the Florida Science Foundation? MR. REINHART: I'm sorry, you're talking in person or all conversations? Because he testified he had phone conversations and personal visits. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. I was actually talking about phone conversations. So when you would call him on the 3527-003 Page 186 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009861 EFTA00159668
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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 25 187 telephone, how frequently would you talk to him? A. How frequently during a given week? O. Yeah. A. More specific? D. Sure. A. Depends upon what's going on that week. O. I mean, is it somebody you would talk to him every day? A. No. O. All right. Well, at that point in time, he's going from the jail to the Florida Science Foundation and back, and if you're not going to see him in person, and you're not corresponding by e-mail, then would you correspond by telephone, that either being you call him or he called you? A. Yes. O. And, you know, in any given week, what was the typical week like? I mean -- A. How many times? O. Yes. A. Maybe once in a week, sometimes twice in a day. I mean, it would vary. There was no routine. O. And what would the conversation be? A. Mostly we discussed audio and video, TVs, home theaters. It's a niche of his and we're constantly 3527-003 Page 187 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009862 EFTA00159669
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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 25 188 looking at new items that are out there, you know, what's the biggest LCD flat screen out there. Q. Okay. And since he's been out of jail and on community control or house arrest or whatever it is, where he's located at his home now, have you visited him at his home? A. I have been to the home. I haven't visited, but I have had work to do there. Q. And have you called him on the telephone there? A. Once I think I've called the house. Normally he calls me because it's usually he needs me to do something. Q. And what have those conversations been about since he's been out of jail? A. Let's put a stereo in the gym, let's put a TV in the living room, let's put a bigger stereo in the gym, let's put a bigger, bigger stereo in the gym, let's go redo what we've done. It's always audio. He's a very audio file person. Q. Do you know of any other modifications that he's made to the house at 358 El Brillo since the time that he went into jail? MR. CRITTON: Form; predicate. THE WITNESS: Meaning? Be more specific. 3527-003 Page 188 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_Ma0863 EFTA00159670
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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 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Structural modifications, architectural modifications? A. Starting what date? Q. June 30th, 2008. MR. REINHART: I think the question on the table was have you observed any structural changes to the house at El Brillo since Mr. Epstein went to jail? 189 THE WITNESS: Structural changes? BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Structural, architectural, anything like that, changes to the house, to the interior of the house since he went to jail? A. No. I mean, if you could be more specific. mean, you're talking furniture or? Q. I've never been in the house, so I can't be much more specific. Have you noticed any changes from before he went to jail to after he went to jail, the inside of the house, that you could be specific about? A. No, I can't be specific. MR. REINHART: Can I talk to Mr. Visoski for a second? MR. EDWARDS: Sure. (Off the record discussion.) 3527-003 Page 189 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_ONX0864 EFTA00159671
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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 25 190 MR. REINHART: I think Mr. Visoski can expand on his previous answer. Why don't you expand. THE WITNESS: Can we go back to that one? BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Sure. The question dealt with the structural architectural changes you're aware of. A. There has been a kitchen extension, but when you asked the question, I was unaware of when that actually took place. So to be accurately answering your question, I know there's been a kitchen extension. don't exactly know when that transpired, but... Q. How do you know about the extension? How do you know this happened? A. I knew what the kitchen looked like before and after the extension and I don't -- I thought it was during the hurricane season when they actually did that extension. Q. Who made you aware of it? A. Nobody. I just walked in the kitchen and noticed a bigger room than what it was. Q. All right. Do you know who Martin Nowack is? A. No. Q. Do you ever remember him being on your airplane, or that name of somebody being on your airplane? 3527-003 Page 190 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009865 EFTA00159672
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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 25 191 A. No, I don't. It's not my airplane. Q. We still don't know whose airplane it is yet. The time when you took Mr. Epstein to Miami in the last month, do you know which attorney he was going to see? A. No, I do not. Q. And do you know whether it was related to civil cases or criminal cases or anything else? A. No idea. Q. Do you know where the location was in Miami that he was going to? A. No, I do not. Q. Other than yourself visiting Mr. Epstein at the Florida Science Foundation, are you aware of any other visitors, people that visited him? A. No, I'm not. Just whoever was there during my visit. Q. Okay. Are you aware of a corporation named the Zorro Trust? A. I've heard the name. Q. And is that something that you've heard relative to your involvement with Jeffrey Epstein? A. Yes. I mean, I don't even remember where I heard Zorro Trust. I have no definition of it, but I know the name is out there. Q. Okay. Is that a company that you believe is 3527-003 Page 191 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009866 EFTA00159673
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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 25 192 affiliated or related to Jeffrey Epstein in some way? A. I have no definition. I don't know who it is. Q. Do you know how you heard about it? A. I don't remember. That's going back in the early days of when Zorro existed. Q. Who was at the Florida Science Foundation when you would meet with Jeffrey Epstein on these meetings? A. would be there. Q. Anybody else? A. Story would be there on occasion. That's pretty much it. Q. And would they be in the same room with yourself and Jeffrey Epstein when you had conversations with him? A. No, not really. Not particularly. Q. They would just be at the location? A. Sure, yes. Q. Anybody else that worked there or was affiliated with the Florida Science Foundation that you know of? A. Not to my knowledge. I mean, I do my business and get in and get out. Q. Can anybody other than Jeffrey Epstein have an office at the Florida Science Foundation? A. Not that I know of. 3527-003 Page 192 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009867 EFTA00159674
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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 25 193 O. All right. And were you deeded the property that we spoke about earlier on the New Mexico ranch? Is that deeded to you? A. Yes. O. And has it been since back in, I think you said 1998 or 1999 or whenever it was? A. Yes. Q. Okay. And do you know -- and did you build a house on it then? A. Yes, I did. Q. Okay. And that's a property that I think you said you have a mortgage on it, that's a property that you pay mortgaged that property? A. Yes, sir. Q. All right. And as well, the home you own here, you have a mortgage on that property as well? A. That is correct. Q. All right. Are you familiar with a vehicle, a Chevy Suburban 1500, year 1999? A. Do you have a color? Q. No. I can tell you the plate. I could tell you the VIN. Chevy Suburban -- Chevy Suburban 1500, registered to Larry Visoski? A. That would be mine. That's a white one, then. Q. Okay. When did you get it? 3527-003 Page 193 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009868 EFTA00159675
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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 25 194 A. I'm guessing. It was probably two years old when I got it. Maybe '99. Maybe '01, '02. Q. Something you still drive? A. Occasionally. It's kind of a beat up car now, so it's kind of a knock around. Q. Best of your knowledge, it stays parked at your house? A. Recently it's been in Jeffrey's driveway, but.. . Q. Why? A. Just for an extra car to use. Q. For Jeffrey to use? A. No. I mean, for anybody that would come to the house to help out. Igor I think has driven the car before. Q. How did it come about that you began to park the Chevy Suburban, the 1999 car that we're talking about, at Jeffrey's house? A. When there was more activity here in West Palm Beach. We were never usually coming here that often, and now with all this going on, with Jeffrey being in town longer, we needed more cars and transportation. So my car was just sitting in the driveway at home while I was driving the Hummer. So I decided to let them use the Hummer at the house. 3527-003 Page 194 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009869 EFTA00159676
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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 25 195 Q. Well, we've just described this wide array of cars that Jeffrey had for people to use -- A. Well, you said for him to use. MR. CRITTON: Hold it. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Is there a reason why? MR. CRITTON: Wait. You guys are both talking over one another. You need to let him wait and finish his question because if I want to assert an objection, neither one of you gives me a chance, which may be the plan. Form. MR. EDWARDS: Yeah, we have a conspiracy against you. MR. CRITTON: I knew it. I'll take that as an admission. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Is there any reason -- did Jeffrey say that he wanted that vehicle to use or to be parked at his house? A. No. Q. Then how did it come about that you started parking that vehicle at his home? A. I think the origination of that came when I started using the Hummer, that the Suburban was parked in my driveway and I wanted to get it out of my driveway as an eyesore. So hence, I decided to let people at the 3527-003 Page 195 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009870 EFTA00159677
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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 25 196 house drive it as a grocery shopping car or something, or just as extra transportation. Q. Okay. But when you go to park the car at somebody else's house, you have to let them know, Hey, I'm giving you the keys? A. Mm-hmm. Q. Who did you give the keys to? A. I don't know if I gave the keys to anybody. I may have just left them on the counter there and told Yanush this is an extra car if you guys needed it to run around because it was an eyesore at my driveway. Q. Are you familiar with a Mercedes-Benz SUV 1999? now? A. Say that again. Q. Mercedes SUV, 1999 registered in your name? A. Yes. Q. And what car is that? A. That's my car -- my wife's car. Q. Does that stay at your house? A. Yes. Q. And that's the car that's parked at your house A. Yes. Q • Are you familiar with a Land Rover, Range Rover Sport 2008? 3527-003 Page 196 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTASO009871 EFTA00159678
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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 25 197 A. Yes. Q. Registered in your name? A. Yes. Q. And whose car is that? A. That's another extra car for the household to use at Jeffrey's house. Q. And when was that car purchased? A. Last year. Q. And who purchased that car? A. It was purchased in my name. Q. By whom? Who purchased the car in your name? A. Well, I put the car in my name, but the funds came from -- they were wired to my account from New York. Q • From whom, though? A mysterious source just sent funds? We know that didn't happen, so I'm just trying to elaborate here. A. Jeffrey had paid for the car. Q. Okay. And why did Jeffrey pay for a car and put it in your name? A. I don't know. Q. I mean, you had to agree for this to happen. So what was the conversation between you and Jeffrey that resulted in Jeffrey paying for a Land Rover, a 2008 Land Rover and putting it in your name? 3527-003 Page 197 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009872 EFTA00159679
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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 25 198 A. I don't recall exactly how the conversation came about. He just says we want to buy an '08 Land Rover and put it in my name. So we did. I didn't ask any further questions. Q. Did this conversation happen when he was in jail or after he was out? A. Meaning out on house arrest? Q. Right. A. When you say "out" I think of the Science Foundation. On work release, so you have to be more specific. Q. You tell me what happened, when the conversation happened relative to where Jeffrey was at the time. A. I'd only be guessing again. I would say this probably happened a year ago, maybe less than a year ago. I'd have to look. I don't remember exactly the -- Q. So it was either at a time when he's at the Florida Science Foundation or possibly on house arrest? A. It was -- no, it was definitely before house arrest. It was probably during the time of the Florida Science Foundation, to be accurate. Q. Okay. Are you aware -- A. About eight or nine months ago. Q. Okay. Are you aware of a Mercedes-Benz CLK 3527-003 Page 198 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009873 EFTA00159680
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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 25 199 2005 registered in your name? A. Yes. Q. And whose car is that? A. That car also is a Palm Beach house car to be used at the house. Q. What does that mean, 'a Palm Beach house car'? A. It's a car that we park in Jeffrey's driveway for people to use. Anybody that comes to the house can select a car to go anywhere. I mean, run errands, go shopping, do whatever they need to do. And that was purchased the same way. It was in my name. Q. And the funds came from Jeffrey Epstein? A. They were wired to my account. I don't know exactly what account they came from. O. Again, that's a conversation that has to take place before -- that you have to agree to put a car in your name? A. Yes, yes. Q. And is that a conversation between yourself and Jeffrey Epstein that takes place? A. Yes. Q. And what is the substance of that conversation that results in a Mercedes-Benz 2005 being placed in your name? A. He just said we need a fun car for the house 3527-003 Page 199 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009874 EFTA00159681
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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 in Palm Beach. Q • But why put it in your name? A. I don't know. Q. You didn't ask any questions about that? 200 A. No, I didn't. Q. Okay. Are you aware of a Jaguar X-Type 2005 registered in your name? A. I forgot about that one, yes. Q. Whose car is that? A. That's a Palm Beach car. Q. What do you mean "a Palm Beach car"? A. It's the Palm Beach house car, another run around for people to use. Q. And again, that's a conversation that has to take place that results in a car being placed -- registered in your name? A. Yes. Q. here? Okay. Now we're talking about several cars A. Yes. Q. That are all being placed in your name? A. Yes. Q. You never at any time ask any questions to Jeffrey Epstein why are you placing these cars in my name? 3527-003 Page 200 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009875 EFTA00159682