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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 did not. Q. So your suspicions were never -- your 201 curiosity was never piqued at all as to why these cars are being placed in your name? A. My curiosity was piqued. Q • You never asked him the question, you just agreed to do it? A. That's correct. Q. That goes for the Jaguar X-Type? A. Yes. Q. Are you familiar with a motorcycle, Big Dog Chopper Motorcycle, 2003? A. That is mine. Q. Yours? A. Yes. Q. Registered in your name for a good purpose, right? A. Yes, it is. Q. At your house? A. Yes. Q. You use it? A. Absolutely. Q. All right. Ford F-250, 2008, registered in your name, are you familiar with that? A. It's not registered in my name. 3527-003 Page 201 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009876 EFTA00159683
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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 25 202 Q. Okay. So if that's registered in your name, that would be a shock to you? That would be a surprise to you? A. Yes, it would be. Q. There should be no documentation from you where you would be the registered owner of the Ford F-250? A. What year? Q. 2008. A. I remember buying that car. I just -- that shouldn't be in my name. Q. What do you mean you remember buying that car? A. I do a lot -- I do all the car purchases for Mr. Epstein. I'm a car fanatic, so for years I've been the car-shopper. I'm the car fanatic. Q. Okay. But these cars aren't classic vehicles. These are vehicles that are not being refurbished or anything, they're being driven around town? A. No, but they're fun. The new Range Rover is a nice car. Q. This Ford F250, that's a car also that's Palm Beach -- as you would say a Palm Beach car? A. No. Q. That's a car that stays at your house? A. No. 3527-003 Page 202 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009877 EFTA00159684
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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 LLC. 203 Q. Who drives that car, Ford F-250? A. That was shipped to St. Thomas. Q. For who to use and for what purpose? A. Well, that car should have been put under LSJ, Q. What's LSJ, LLC? A. Little St. James. Q. And that's a corporation? A. Yes. Q. Your understanding is that's a corporation affiliated with Jeffrey Epstein? A. I know it's a corporation. I don't know its affiliation to Jeffrey. Q. At this point in time, the way that this car comes about is through a conversation with yourself and Jeffrey Epstein? A. Yes, yes. Q. So to make some representation that this -- that this corporation LSJ, LLC, you're not sure if that has any affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein? A. I don't have any facts to tie the two together. Q. Common sense would dictate? A. Yes. Q. Okay. 3527-003 Page 203 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009878 EFTA00159685
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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 25 204 MR. CRITTON: Form. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Again, that's not a car that you use, the Ford F-250? A. No, it's not even here. Q. And when you say on St. Thomas, is it on actual St. Thomas, or is it on Little St. James? A. No, it's on St. Thomas. It's a work vehicle. Q. For whom? A. For the workers, for the island. MR. REINHART: Be careful to answer his question. I think his question is, is it on St. Thomas or Little St. James island? Where physically is the car, if you know. THE WITNESS: I don't know for a fact. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. It's your understanding it's on St. Thomas? A. Yes. Q. And when you say "the workers," what's going on on St. Thomas to where there's workers that need an F-250? A. Just moving sand. I don't know the exact detail for it. Q. What were you told about the need for this car to be on St. Thomas? 3527-003 Page 204 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009879 EFTA00159686
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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 25 205 A. They need a work truck. Q. To do what? A. I don't know what the detail or the -- you know, what the job detail was for the truck. They just needed a work truck. Q. So Jeffrey Epstein tells you they need a work truck on St. Thomas and that's the only description that you're given? A. Yes, to go purchase and get the best deal I can on a pickup truck, and that's what I did and for some reason it got put in my name. (Off the record discussion.) BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Whose money was used to purchase the truck. You say you purchased the truck. I want the record to be clear whether you're purchasing it with your money? A. No, this was wire-transferred. It was a -- I don't remember how that -- I think it was a wire transfer or a check was FedExed from the New York office to pay for that. That should not be in my name, is what I'm getting at. I'll certainly change that, but I thought you were -- Q. I understand that. A. No, I'm being -- yeah, I didn't. MR. REINHART: There's no question. 3527-003 Page 205 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009880 EFTA00159687
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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. 34-foot JVC Powerboat, 2000, owner LSJ, LLC, registered to Larry Visoski. Do you know that? A. Yes. name? Q. 206 You knew that that boat was registered in your A. It's registered to LSJ. It's Jeffrey's boat that we keep here in West Palm Beach. Q. And do you keep it at your home? A. No. Q. Do you know that the registration is to your home? A. It's used in my home address, yes. Q. Why was that done? A. We were eventually going to ship it out to St. Thomas for it to live, but since Jeffrey's here, we're keeping it in Florida, and when we ship the boat over, we will change title to the Little St. James address. Q. What do you mean "since Jeffrey's here we're keeping it in Florida"? What does Jeffrey being here have to do with keeping a boat that's registered in your name and to your address -- A. Well, I have access to use the boat, you know, here in Florida, but it's Jeffrey's boat. 3527-003 Page 206 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTASO009881 EFTA00159688
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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 Q. Okay. And by "Jeffrey's boat," it was purchased with Jeffrey's money? A. That is correct. cost? Q • Do you know how much that cost? A. I think it was 60,000. Q • Do you know how much the Ford F-250 cost? A. Twenty-five, I'm guessing, ballpark. Q • 207 Do you know how much the Jaguar X-Type cost? A. 11,000. Q. Do you know how much the Mercedes-Benz CLK A. 35,000. Q. Do you know how much the Land Rover cost? A. 68,000. Q. Do you know how much the Mercedes-Benz SUV cost, that's yours, right? The Chevy Suburban is yours as well? A. Yes, I remember how much those cost too. Q. Is there another boat, 35-foot Donzi powerboat, 1999? A. That's the one I thought you were talking about originally. Q • That's the same boat? A. That's the same boat. Q • Is there any other boat that's registered in 3527-003 Page 207 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009882 EFTA00159689
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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 25 208 your name? A. No. Q. Did you know that in let me ask you this: Do you have a 2003 Ferrari F75-M? A. No. Q. Any reason why the car is registered in your name and the asking price is $159,000 being sold in New York? A. That car is not registered in my name. Q. If it's registered -- A. The ad is in my name. Q. Why is the ad in your name? A. Because I was trying to sell it. Q. Why were you trying to sell it? A. It was Jeffrey's car and we didn't want it anymore. Q. Why would he put his pilot in charge of selling his Ferrari? A. Because I bought it. Q. How much did you buy it for? A. 179,000. Now, when I say "I bought it," it was his money. I was the one that negotiated it, to be clear. It was his car for use in New York. Q. Are you aware of the Zorro Trust winning an 85 million-dollar Power Ball lottery in 2008? 3527-003 Page 208 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009883 EFTA00159690
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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 25 209 A. No. MR. CRITTON: Say that again. MR. EDWARDS: The 2orro Trust winning an 85 million-dollar -- claiming the ticket for 85 million-dollar Power Ball ticket in 2008. THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Have you ever listed your employer as Ghislaine Air in making political contributions? A. I may have. Q. Did you know that you had made political contributions -- A. Yes, I have. Q. -- listing your -- A. I needed a company name for that event, and I had put Air Ghislaine. Q. And NES, LLC wouldn't do? A. I didn't think of it at the time. Q. Did somebody tell you to use Air Ghislaine rather than the company that has been paying you? A. No. Q. You just chose to use an employer that isn't actually your employer, nor have they ever been? A. I represent Air Ghislaine, JEGE and Hyperion as chief pilot, so I consider those really the companies 3527-003 Page 209 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009884 EFTA00159691
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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 25 210 that I work for and never really associated myself with NES, LLC as my realistic employer. So when I go to a convention, an aviation convention, and somebody says who do you work for, I use the name JEGE because that's the name of the Boeing company. Q. But when I sit here and ask you who you work for, you give me a different answer. A. You're asking for the absolute correct answer, which is where my paycheck comes from, which is NES, LLC. I probably have used that twice in 17 or 18 years as my employer. Q. Do you know A. I know the name, yes. Q. How do you know her? A. I've seen her on the airplane a couple times. Q. Somebody that you know to be involved romantically or sexually with Jeffrey Epstein at any time? A. I don't know that. Q. Are there any other cars, vehicles, items, other things that are registered in your name that are actually Jeffrey Epstein's? A. No. You've actually covered them all and actually shed light on some that I did not realize, like that Ford. 3527-003 Page 210 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009885 EFTA00159692
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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 25 211 MR. REINHART: Mr. Edwards, he needs to expand upon one earlier answer he gave when you asked him if he knew anybody else who worked at the Florida Science Foundation. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. A. My wife worked there. When you used the words "worked there" -- or not referring to her as a past tense, but she worked there when it first opened answering the phones. Q. What's your wife's name? A. Eileen. Q. How does she spell that? A. E-I-L-E-E-N. Q. Same last name as you? A. Yes. Q. How long did she work there? A. A month, maybe. Q. And she was answering the phones for the Florida Science Foundation? A. Yes. Q. Do you have a good relationship with your wife? A. I think so. Q. You still don't know what the Florida Science 3527-003 Page 211 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009886 EFTA00159693
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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 Foundation does? A. No, because she doesn't. Q. She doesn't know what it does either? A. We never talked about it. Q. You never talked to your wife about what she did? 212 A. No. MR. CRITTON: He knew she was answering phones. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Do you know of any other employees, friends, agents, relatives of Jeffrey Epstein who he places his property in their names, registers them in his names or anybody else? A. Not to my knowledge. I don't know. Q. To your knowledge, you're the only person? A. I'm the only one I'm aware of. Q. And with respect to minor girls being on the airplane, that being under the age of IS, how many times would you say that you have flown girls into the country, into the United States where you have given a date of birth to Customs of somebody on the airplane that is under the age of 18? A. I'd have to look at flight records to verify or give you a correct answer. I don't know any to my 3527-003 Page 212 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009887 EFTA00159694
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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 25 213 knowledge at this point. Q. What flight records would you have to look at? A. The passenger manifests. Q. Passenger manifests would have the date of birth on it? A. No. It would have a name, but I don't have -- Q. But at some point in time you remember people, minor date of births, coming into the country and that being turned over to Customs? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I don't remember anybody transporting on the airplane from the country back into the U.S. that was a minor, to my knowledge. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q • Okay. Within the country, minors flying A. I don't know. Q. -- on a plane? A. I don't know dates of birth. Q. And any people that you knew to be minors on the airplane, were they always accompanied by parents or were there minors on the airplane that you're aware of that were not accompanied by parents? A. I didn't know either way. I mean, people would get on the airplane and get off the airplane. could tell you there were times people would get on that 3527-003 Page 213 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009888 EFTA00159695
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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 25 214 I didn't even know were on the airplane. Our focus is up front. Q. Was there a massage table on the airplane? A. Which aircraft? Q. On any of them? A. The Boeing used to have a table on there, but it stayed in the same spot and appeared to be never used. Q. Okay. So to the best of your knowledge, you have no knowledge of that massage table on the airplane ever being used? A. Correct. MR. EDWARDS: I don't have anything else. CROSS (LARRY VISOSKI) BY MR. CRITTON: Q. Mr. Visoski, I have just a few questions. You were just asked about a massage table on the -- any of Mr. Epstein's airplanes and you said there was a massage - able on the Boeing? A. Yes. Q. Okay. Was there always a massage table on the Boeing or just for a period of time? A. Just for a period of time. Q. All right. And who's responsible for cleaning up the airplane after Mr. Epstein and/or the guests 3527-003 Page 214 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009889 EFTA00159696
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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 25 215 leave? A. Us as the crew. Q. Okay. So if a massage table had ever been used, it would have been you and the crew who would have been responsible for either taking towels or doing something with the massage table? A. Absolutely. Q. And if I understood your testimony, you never saw a circumstance where it appeared to you that the massage table had been used in any manner; is that correct? A. That is correct. It stayed in the same location since the day it was put on there. Q. You were asked a bunch -- a number of questions about Mr. Epstein, I'll use this -- Mr. Epstein is the person who directed you generally unless one of -- someone else who worked on his behalf called you and asked you to, say, set up a time to leave or pick up luggage, et cetera. My question to you is this: Have you flown in the past for other private individuals like Mr. Epstein, i.e., as distinct from a commercial? A. Yes, I have. Q. And approximately have you flown for four, five, six other private individuals over the years? 3527-003 Page 215 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009890 EFTA00159697
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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 25 216 A. Three. I had a short career as far as transferring of owners. Q. In terms of transferring to the other owners, separate and apart from Mr. Epstein, again, every individual is different, but was your relationship really any different with any of those other individuals? That is, you were in essence -- you were hired to perform a specific task: Fly an airplane to get from Point A to Point B and get the people there safely? A. My first job, corporate-wise, was for an owner in Miami and I was hired as a pilot, but yet, I would go to his house and maintain a boat that was in the back of his house above and beyond my call of duty because I had an interest in boats. It's just something I like to do. But I always treated Mr. Epstein like any of the other prior clients that I had as owners. I knew that I was not afraid to work for a living, and they understood that. Q. And it sounds like at least the first owner that you worked for asked you to do similar things that you've done for Mr. Epstein, such as take care of a boat or purchase a boat or maintain the boat? A. Sure, absolutely. Q. So your relationship with Mr. Epstein with 3527-003 Page 216 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009891 EFTA00159698
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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 25 217 regard to if you bought boats or you bought cars on his behalf, that's very similar to your prior experience with working with another private individual? A. That is correct Q • In terms of the records, the manner in which you flew the plane or I don't want to say flew the plane, but in which you operated and maintained the plane for Mr. Epstein are substantially the same you've done with other private individuals? A. Right, exactly the same. We wouldn't treat Mr. Epstein any different than any prior -- previous jobs that I had. It's the same routine we carry over and that's why we're good at what we do. We take care of the airplanes to the best of our ability. Q. Is your focus as the pilot, as the captain of both of the airplanes when you took over that responsibility a number of years ago, is it your obligation to get the passengers there safely -- onboard and safely to the destination and then return? A. Yes, that was always job number one. Q. And most of us have had I'd say a much more substantial experience in flying commercial planes and I rarely see -- in fact, I can't remember the last time particularly after 2001 I saw the pilots coming back into the cabin shaking hands and helping distribute the 3527-003 Page 217 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009892 EFTA00159699
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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 25 218 snacks or liquids. Maybe I'm not on the same flights that some of the other lawyers here are, but I assume you fly commercial from time to time? A. Sure. Q. Do you ever see the pilots interacting with the people who are in the back of the airplane? A. No, not at all. They stay at their station up front. Q. You got -- as the captain of the planes, when you're flying, you have substantial responsibilities not only to the people on the plane, but as well to the air space which you're flying? A. Yes. Q. Okay. By the way, we've been here about for about an hour and ten -- we started about ten. It's now 3:30. Did you ever hear the name L.M.? Has Mr. Edwards ever asked you one question about MR. EDWARDS: Is the question have you ever heard of her or did I ask any questions about her, or did you ask both questions and give the same answer? MR. CRITTON: I'll break them down. MR. EDWARDS: It doesn't matter to me. BY MR. CRITTON: Q. Did you ever meet an individual by the name of 3527-003 Page 218 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009893 EFTA00159700
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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 25 219 A. No, I have not. D. Did Mr. Edwards, in approximately four hours, little over four hours of questioning, ever ask you one question about that you can recall? A. Not that I recall. Q. Have you ever heard the name III.? Did you ever know someone named A. Never heard that name. Q. In approximately four-and-a-half hours of questioning by Mr. Edwards, did he ever ask you about A. No, he did not. Q. In approximately the -- are you familiar with an individual by the name of Jane Doe( A. I never heard that name. Q. In approximately four-and-a-half hours of questioning by Mr. Edwards, did he ever ask you questions about Jane Doe(_)? A. No, he did not. MR. CRITTON: That's all I have. MR. EDWARDS: I only have two questions based on what your testimony just was to Mr. Critton. 3527-003 Page 219 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009894 EFTA00159701
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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 REDIRECT (LARRY VISOSKI) BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. You said you had three other people that you've flown for? A. Three other previous jobs. I'm trying to be as accurate. Q. Those are private individuals? 220 A. That is correct. Q. And who are those people? A. Herb Glimpsure in Columbus, Ohio, and Edward Seltzer in Miami. And then the other was Tom Boyd, and that was more of a Learjet charter, but he was the owner of five Learjets. Those are my only three jobs in my life. (1 • Also wealthy individuals? A. Big time. Q. And did you know what they did for a living? A. Those I did, yes. Q. And did you ever go visit any of those people in jail? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I know my first individual had trouble with the law after I had left. I don't remember what it was pertaining to; but no, I never visited any of them in jail, no, sir. 3527-003 Page 220 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009895 EFTA00159702