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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 25 141 years old? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. EDWARDS: O. Never? A. Never. Q. Have you ever seen any photographs in any of his homes depicting young-looking girls engaging in sex acts? A. No. Q. Or reading directly from the complaint, "engaged in lewd acts"? A. No, absolutely not. Q. Have you looked around the walls of his various homes when you're in there picking up luggage? A. I mean, not any more than I walked in here and not looking at the walls over there, I couldn't tell you what those are; so nothing specific. Q. Sometimes we're talking about a 50,000 square :Mot house? A. Exactly. Q. In Manhattan? A. It's pretty big. Q. Okay. Have you ever looked at any of his computers for any reason? 3527-003 Page 141 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009816 EFTA00159623
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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. No. Q. I know that you helped set up some of the -- 142 A. Computers are not my expertise. Q. All right. Have you ever been told that Mr. Epstein committed sex acts against underage girls on a literal daily basis, that's what he does? A. I've never been told that. Q. Have you ever read the complaints against him that indicate that's what he does on a daily basis? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. So in your mind, you never believed that you were transporting around somebody whose sole goal in life is to get -- have sex with little girls? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I never believed that, no. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. Have you ever been told that he conspired with others, including assistants and/or his drivers and/or pilots and his friend Ghislaine Maxwell, to further these sex acts and to avoid police detection? MR. CRITTON: Form. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Have you ever -- anybody ever questioned you 3527-003 Page 142 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009817 EFTA00159624
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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 25 143 about that? MR. REINHART: Hold on. The question is have you ever been told that fact that he just read to you? BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Right. A. I have never been told that fact. Q. Has anybody ever questioned you about your possible involvement with helping to facilitate Mr. Epstein have sex with underage girls? A. No. Q. When you were questioned by either the police or the -- whoever the investigative resource that was being used at the time? A. Right. Q. Do you remember who that person was that was questioning you? A. No, I don't remember. Q. I know you don't know the location where it was, but do you remember who they were affiliated with? A. No. Q. Was it only one time? A. Yes. Q. Did you also have to testify before a grand jury proceeding? 3527-003 Page 143 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009818 EFTA00159625
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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 25 144 A. No, I did not. Q. Have you ever known Mr. Epstein to get a massage while on an airplane? PHONE ATTORNEY: This is everybody in Boone, Charles and the witness is here and the court reporter and the videographer. MR. EDWARDS: Fantastic, but I think that you may have the wrong room. PHONE ATTORNEY: I was told to ask for 856. MR. EDWARDS: Let's go off the record. (Off the record discussion.) BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. All right. In the complaint, I'm going to tell you what it alleges and I'm going to ask if this helps to refresh your recollection about any of Jeffrey Epstein's activities. The defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, transported the plaintiff to another state in order to engage in sex acts with her. And this occurred when she was merely 15 years old. Do you remember transporting somebody that looked like they were 15 years old on your airplane? A. No, sir. Q. You never remember taking a 15-year-old, or somebody that looks around that approximate age, on your airplane? 3527-003 Page 144 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009819 EFTA00159626
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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 25 145 A. Can you be more specific? Q. Well, I know that you've indicated earlier in the deposition that you remember some girls under the age of 18 on the airplane. And so let me ask, before I get back into this, whether all those individuals you were talking about were accompanied by a parent or some of those people were on the airplane for some other purpose, modeling, or you don't know why they were there? I'm going to let you elaborate on who these people are that you believe may have been under the age of 18 and why you think they were on the airplane? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: We've had younger people on the airplane that have been, you know, with their family members, like you said. I don't remember transporting anybody that was of questionable age. I'm not -- I'd only be guessing at somebody's age if I didn't ID them at the foot of the airplane. So I can't guess to their age. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. All right. 'Mr. Epstein used his private jet to transport the minor plaintiff to Manhattan where he provided her spending money and accommodations with him at his mansion." Do you have any idea who that might be 3527-003 Page 145 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009820 EFTA00159627
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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 25 146 referring to? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: No, sir. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. And you don't remember being a pilot of an airplane where he was transporting a 15-year-old to Manhattan from Miami or Palm Beach? A. No. I'd be guessing at somebody's age and I can't guess. Q. "Defendant transported plaintiff in his private jet to locations that included Palm Beach, New York City, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, San Francisco, St. Louis." Do you remember ever piloting his airplane to those destinations that I just mentioned? MR. REINHART: Can we break them down? Objection; compound. MR. EDWARDS: Okay. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Have you ever flown his airplane to Palm Beach? A. Yes, sir. Q. Okay. Have you ever flown it to New York City? A. Yes. 3527-003 Page 146 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_0000982I EFTA00159628
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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 25 147 Q. To Santa Fe? A. Yes. Q. To Los Angeles? A. Yes. Q. To San Francisco? A. Yes. Q. To St. Louis? A. Yes. Q. All right. Continuing to international destinations, including Europe, have you ever flown it to Europe? A. Yes. Q. The Caribbean? A. Yes. Q. And Africa? A. Yes. Q. On those flights to those various places, is it your -- to the best of your knowledge, you were unaware of Jeffrey Epstein engaging in sex with underage girls on his airplane? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I have no knowledge of any of that. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. "He provided accommodations with him in order 3527-003 Page 147 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTASO009822 EFTA00159629
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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 25 148 to have her available to him at all times whenever he wanted, including while transporting the minor plaintiff on his private jet.• That's something that you had no knowledge of? A. (Witness shakes head.) Q. You have to a yes or no. A. I'm sorry, no. Q. "Each time they would travel to one of these destinations, the same pattern of sexual abuse would occur, often with a vast array of aspiring models, actresses, celebrities, and/or other females, including minors from all over the world." Again, that's something you have no personal knowledge of? A. No. Q. Has anybody ever indicated that if you did have personal knowledge of some of these things, then you could also have been implicated in some form of a crime? Has any law enforcement or anybody ever indicated that to you? A. No. Q. Okay. Is that something you've ever worried about? A. No. Q. All right. "Upon information and belief, 3527-003 Page 148 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009823 EFTA00159630
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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 25 149 defendant transported minor girls from Turkey." Did you ever leave in one of his airplanes out of Turkey? A. I'd have to look at the records. I don't recall Turkey. O. Do you ever remember taking any minor girls out of Turkey? A. No, I don't remember. Q. What records would you have to look at to see if you took people out or left out of Turkey? A. I'd have to look at the flight logs, but I personally don't remember flying into Turkey. Q. And would the flight logs coming into the United States from Turkey indicate the names of the people on the plane? A. They might. Q. Okay. Where would I get those particular flight logs that would have that information? A. Depended upon what year you're talking. Q. We're talking in this particular complaint between 1998 and 2002. A. I'm not -- I don't possess those passenger manifests. Q. Do you know who would possess those? A. That would be I guess -- MR. REINHART: Do you know who has them today? 3527-003 Page 149 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009824 EFTA00159631
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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 25 150 THE WITNESS: I do not know who has them today. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Who did you give them to? A. Actually, I didn't give them to anybody. Dave Rogers was in possession of those logs. So I don't know where they are right now. Q. You're still thinking that the best evidence of that, any flight that may have left out of Turkey, would be in the flight logs that's marked as Composite Exhibit 1, or are we talking about the manifests that we've been referring to? A. I don't know how accurate that log book is or even how accurate the passenger manifest is. Q. Okay. So there may be no actual documentation indicating a flight leaving out of Turkey when, in fact, a flight may have left out of Turkey? A. Correct. Q. Okay. The Czech Republic is the next place listed. Is that a place you've flown to or from in a Jeffrey Epstein airplane? A. More specific, could you name the city? Q. I can't name the city, at least the complaint doesn't name the city. But I've been to the Czech Republic before. Anywhere within that country, have you 3527-003 Page 150 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009825 EFTA00159632
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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 25 151 ever flown to or from in a Jeffrey Epstein airplane? A. We have flown to Prague. Q. Okay. Have you picked people up in Prague and flown out of Prague? A. I don't remember. Q. I'm not saying no, you didn't, but -- A. Best of my knowledge. Q. -- you don't remember? A. Exactly. Best of my knowledge, I don't remember. Q. Do you remember the reason for going to Turkey or to Prague? A. No. Q. This also says Asia. Have you ever flown to or from Asia with Jeffrey Epstein? A. Yes. Q. Or on a Jeffrey Epstein airplane? A. Yes. Q. Do you know the purpose of those flights to and from Asia? A. No. Q. Did it ever occur to you that maybe it was to pick up minor girls for him to have sex with on the back of the airplane? MR. CRITTON: Form. 3527-003 Page 151 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009826 EFTA00159633
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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 25 152 THE WITNESS: Never occurred to me. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Did you ever hear that he maintained some of these underage girls as sex slaves -- A. Never heard of such a thing. Q. -- from the age of 12 through the age of 16? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: No knowledge of that. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Ever picked up girls that looked young, many of whom who spoke no English? Do you ever remember that? A. Zero, do not. Q. All right. The complaint goes on to say, "Plaintiff was required to be sexually exploited by defendant's adult male peers, including royalty." So I'm going to talk, do you have any familiarity with Prince Andrew? A. I know who he is. Q. Was he ever on the airplane? A. He may have been on the airplane. Q. Do you remember him on the airplane with young girls? A. No, I do not. Q. Do you remember Jeffrey Epstein flying in to 3527-003 Page 152 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009827 EFTA00159634
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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 25 153 meet with Prince Andrew? A. I don't remember. I know that happened, but I couldn't be accurate. Q. Has Prince Andrew ever been on the airplane at the same time as a young girl, to the best of your memory and knowledge? A. To the best of my knowledge, no. Q. This also says politicians, talking about local or U.S. politicians. Do you remember certain politicians being on the airplane? A. No -- I mean yes, I do. Q. What politicians would that be? A. President Clinton. Q. Okay. Who else? A. Former president of Israel -- help me out with the name, Barak? Q. Ehud Barak? A. Yes, those are the two that I remember. Q. How many times was Ehud Barak on the airplane that you piloted for Mr. Epstein? A. Maybe once. Q. And where did that flight pick up and where did it go to, to the best of your memory? A. Best of my memory, it was Palm Beach to Teterboro. 3527-003 Page 153 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009828 EFTA00159635
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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 25 154 Q. Where is Teterboro? A. In New Jersey. Q. And what was the purpose of that flight, do you know? A. I don't know. Q. Was Jeffrey Epstein on the flight? A. I'd have to look at the flight logs to guarantee. Q. Anything about that flight stick out in your mind? A. None. Q • Such as a fine needing to be paid because it left after 10:00 p.m.? A. For that was the flight, yes. Q. You remember that? A. It's coming back to me. Q. And do you remember young girls being on that flight? A. No. Q. All right. A. I remember the fine. Q. Do you remember who paid the fine? MR. CRITTON: Hold on. Let me object to form of the question. 'Do you remember' it suggests that there were. So form, predicate. 3527-003 Page 154 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009829 EFTA00159636
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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 25 155 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. Do you remember who else was on that flight that left after 10 p.m.? A. No, I do not. 0. Do you remember why it left after 10 p.m.? A. No, I do not. Q. Do you remember Jeffrey Epstein instructing you to wait until after 10 p.m. to leave? A. No. Q. Would you have listened to him if he had told you -- if he had instructed you to do that? A. I don't understand the question. Q. Well, if he told you wait until after 10 p.m., I realize there's going to be a fine, but wait until after 10 p.m. to leave, intentionally leaving after 10 p.m., do you remember that instruction ever -- A. No, I don't remember that instruction. Q. Okay. A. I mean, it just happened to be departing after 10 and there is a penalty for leaving after 10 for noise. So there was no intention to.. . Q. All right. This also talks about this particular person 15 years old being sexually exploited by businessmen and/or other professional or personal acquaintances. Are you aware of other personal or 3527-003 Page 155 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009830 EFTA00159637
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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 25 156 professional acquaintances of Jeffrey Epstein also sexually abusing or exploiting little kids or underage girls on your airplane? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. If you had been aware that Mr. Epstein was -- and by this -- this is more in the form of a hypothetical, and that I'm not going to suggest to you it's a fact that he was. But if you had been aware that every single day Jeffrey Epstein's goal was to locate underage girls for the purposes of sex, and either have sex with them on the airplane or at some other designation that you were destination that you were traveling him to, would you have continued to pilot those planes? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: You said it was hypothetical? BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Right, it is a hypothetical. A. Why would I want to answer that? Because you're being hypothetical. I mean, it would obviously be wrong. Q. Sure. Well, a hypothetical question is a legal question that I'm allowed to ask. 3527-003 Page 156 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_UHK0831 EFTA00159638
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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 25 157 A. Okay. Q. And I'm just asking you if you did have knowledge that Jeffrey Epstein was having sex with little girls either on the plane or at a place that you were taking him to or from on a daily basis, that's what he did, would you have continued to be his pilot? MR. CRITTON: Let me object. Object to the form. It's argumentative. It has no more value than assuming he was chopping up bodies or anybody was chopping up bodies in the plane you're flying. What difference does it make? Form. MR. EDWARDS: What difference does it make in a case about him having sex with little girls? I'm not going to argue with you about it. You've stated your objection. MR. CRITTON: Exactly. It's an argumentative question. MR. EDWARDS: I'm not going to argue with you about it. MR. CRITTON: You're arguing with him about now. MR. EDWARDS: No, I'm asking him the hypothetical. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Can you answer that? Would you have continued 3527-003 Page 157 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009832 EFTA00159639
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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 25 158 to be a pilot for somebody who's traveling to and from destinations with the goal of having sex with underage girls? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: It could be any person. It doesn't have to be Jeffrey Epstein, then, right? BY MR. EDWARDS: Q • True. A. No, I wouldn't pilot an airplane if there was wrongdoing going on. Q. That you knew about? A. That I knew you about, sure. Q. Me reading this complaint to you, is this the first time you've heard these allegations -- A. Yes. Q. -- against Mr. Epstein? A. Yes. Q. It goes on to say, "On one of Epstein's birthdays, a friend of Epstein sent him three 12-year-old girls from France who spoke no English for the purpose of -- for defendant to sexually exploit and abuse. After doing so, they were sent back to France the next day." Are you familiar with that occasion? MR. CRITTON: Form. 3527-003 Page 158 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009833 EFTA00159640
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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 THE WITNESS: Never heard of such a thing. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Do you know of any friends that he has in France that would send him birthday -- a birthday present? A. No. Q. Do you know of him receiving any birthday 159 gifts or birthday people from anyone? A. Never. Q. This particular person that filed this complaint, Jane Doe 102, indicates "Defendant and Ghislaine Maxwell acknowledged and celebrated plaintiff's 16th birthday." Do you remember them celebrating somebody who you flew on the airplane's 16th birthday? A. I don't recall. Q. Any of this jog your memory as to who is? A. No. Q. "From the age of 15, plaintiff" -- this Jane Doe 102 -- "was sexually exploited and abused by defendant on a daily basis and often multiple times each day." So going back, was there ever a day where you were with Jeffrey Epstein where you could observe him 3527-003 Page 159 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009834 EFTA00159641
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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 25 160 and during an entire day? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I don't remember , so I couldn't answer the question. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. "In September 2002, Defendant Epstein purchased a commercial round-trip airline ticket and provided a passport, U.S. currency and accommodations for plaintiff to fly to Thailand." Do you remember him doing that for anybody around that time period? A. No, sir. MR. CRITTON: What was the date? MR. EDWARDS: September 2002. MR. CRITTON: Okay, thanks. MR. EDWARDS: I have here -- and this is actually my only copy, so I don't mind marking it as a composite exhibit, but we'll either have to copy this while thing or we'll have an agreement of counsel. It's the visitor inmate log from when Mr. Epstein was in jail in Palm Beach. MR. CRITTON: Well, before we get started, it is now 1:15. We started at 10:00. MR. EDWARDS: We didn't really start at 10:00. MR. CRITTON: Shortly thereafter. I was here 3527-003 Page 160 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009835 EFTA00159642