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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 25 161 pretty much after 10. But we've been here since 10:00. I want to take a lunch break. MR. EDWARDS: Let's do it. MR. CRITTON: For an hour? MR. EDWARDS: Sure. (A break was had at 1:15 p.m.) BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. All right. I looked through the inmate log of the visitors who visited Jeffrey Epstein and your name appears one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight times. A. Okay. Q. Seem to be accurate in terms of how many times you went to visit him? A. I thought six, but yes, that's.. . Q. I'll let you review the records and tell me if you dispute any of that record. And I'll go ahead and mark that as Composite Exhibit 5. (Plaintiff's Exhibit No. 5 was marked for identification.) MR. REINHART: It's two pages. MR. EDWARDS: Two pages. MR. REINHART: Okay. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Seem accurate? 3527-003 Page 161 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009836 EFTA00159643
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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 A. Yes. Q. 162 Okay. Jeffrey Epstein's plea, I believe, was June 30th, 2008. I think that's when he was taken in custody from there. Your first visit is July 3rd, 2008. And the other name on that visit is Igor 2inoviev. Did you go with Igor to visit Jeffrey Epstein? A. Yes. Q. Why did you go with Igor? A. It just happened he wanted to see us both at the same time. There was no apparent reason. Q. you? How did you know that Jeffrey wanted to see A. I don't recall who called and told me that he wanted to see me. I couldn't give you an accurate name, whether it was, you know, his attorney, Darren. And actually, I would put a lot weight to I think it was Darren, his attorney said Q. That would have made a phone call to you that A. Yeah, to Q. go. And what did you talk about with Jeffrey Epstein four days after he pled guilty to offenses that landed him in jail? A. I think the first visit was how disappointed or how scared he was, you know, being inside there. We 3527-003 Page 162 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009837 EFTA00159644
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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 25 163 just talked about general happenings that go on in there. Q. What did he say? A. It's terrible; it's cold; he can't sleep. They wake him up every two hours. You know, just items like that, uncomfortable things. We talked about the airplanes a great deal. You know, we got major maintenance on the big airplane, so we discussed that a little bit. And then it was really just how uncomfortable he was there. Q. How long did you visit with him on that first visit, July 3rd? A. I think we stayed the full hour. was? Q. All right. Is that what the time allotment A. I believe it is, yeah. I don't think you could leave early, or I'm not aware that you could leave early, until later on we found out you could stay for five minutes or longer. But I don't think any of us knew that was -- once you got in there, you stayed there for the hour. Q. Okay. So you talked to him for an hour and for the most part it was just about the conditions and his disappointment with the conditions? A. Sure, yeah, absolutely. 3527-003 Page 163 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009838 EFTA00159645
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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 25 164 Q. And did Igor talk to him as well? A. Briefly. I mean, not that much. You're going back a little ways again to remember exactly what was discussed. You know, he asked how his family was doing. I guess Igor's got a son, I think he asked how his son was doing. You know, just general questions like that. Q. Did you ride to the jail that day with Igor? A. I believe we did. I believe I met Igor probably at Jeffrey's house and picked him up, or if not, we may have met at the airport and drove together. But we did drive together on that occasion. Q. In what vehicle did you drive? A. The Hummer. Q. That's the vehicle you described earlier as the company vehicle? A. Yes, sir. Q. Is that a vehicle paid for by Jeffrey Epstein? A. Meaning? Q. Well, is that a vehicle paid for by you? A. What do you mean "paid for"? Q. Did you purchase the vehicle with your money? A. I didn't purchase that one, no. Q. Do you know if it was purchased by Jeffrey Epstein or a corporation of Jeffrey Epstein's? A. Probably a corporation. 3527-003 Page 164 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009839 EFTA00159646
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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 25 165 MR. CRITTON: Form; move to strike. Sounds like a guess. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. To the best of your knowledge, that's how most of the items that you've discussed -- that being the Boeing and the Gulfstream -- they were usually held in corporate names, to your knowledge? A. To my knowledge, exactly, yes. Q. And so when you're saying the -- when you're calking about the Hummer vehicle and you're stating that it's likely a corporate entity, is that just something that you're guessing about, or do you have knowledge? A. No, I'm just guessing. Q. Okay. A. I have no proof -- Q. -- of ownership of who it's registered to or anything like that? A. Exactly. Q. Is it registered to you? A. No, no. Q. So it's registered to somebody other than you? A. Exactly. Q. Okay. A. I just drive it, I guess. Q. Okay. So on July 5th, 2008, you go back to 3527-003 Page 165 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009840 EFTA00159647
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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 25 166 see him in jail again, and again, Igor Zinoviev is listed as a visitor. Did you go with him together on that occasion? A. I didn't even realize it was two days after the first visit. Q. Well, I mean, you see where this is going? A. Yeah, I do. It gets further apart, yeah. Q. Do you remember what the discussion was on 7/5/DS? A. No, because it's probably similar to the first one. I mean, we talked -- actually, one of the visits we talked about fishing and just trying to -- you know, we were talking about things that would just occupy his mind with intelligent conversation that he probably wasn't getting there. So for that hour of the day, I tried to give my best of intelligent conversation to him. Q. Okay. On his visitor log you were the first one to go visit him. Did you know that? A. I did not know that. I wasn't aware of that. MR. CRITTON: Let me just object to form to the last question. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Well, at least if these records are accurate, which are the records that were provided to us by the 3527-003 Page 166 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009841 EFTA00159648
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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 25 167 facility that was holding Jeffrey Epstein, they're accurate, your name is the first one listed on the top of the sheet? A. Right. There may have been earlier dates. I have no idea. Q. Well, you know, the first date that he could have been in there it looks like was 7/1/08 and then, you know, so I guess somebody could have seen him 7/1 or 1/2, but those records were never provided to us. You see we were provided a whole big stack. A. I understand. Q. The next date I'm going to talk to you about is 7/12/08. A. Uh-huh. O. It looks, again, like it's yourself and Igor Zinoviev? A. Mm-hmm. Q. And that's something we talked about in this deposition. I'm going to ask you again, I don't know that you elaborated last time, what is your understanding of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein? Is that a friend of his? A. I don't know his job description. I mean, he's somebody that's around a lot, but I don't know his exact job description. His English is, to say, not 3527-003 Page 167 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009842 EFTA00159649
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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 25 168 100 percent, so conversation with somebody that doesn't fully understand you, you know, you get lost in translation a little bit. So I don't Q. So on these three visits to the jail, the first three that we're talking about that we've talked about so far, each of those times you traveled to and from the jail with Igor? A. Mm-hmm. Q. Yes? A. Yes, yes. Q. And each of those time, is it fair to say you had some form of communication either on the way to the jail or A. Sure. Q. -- to the jail? A. Yeah. Q. Since you're going to see an inmate in the jail, is it a safe assumption a portion of that conversation was about the person that you're going to see and possibly the crime that was committed? A. Yes, that would be a good assumption. Q. Okay. And what was the form -- what was the substance of that conversation that you can remember related to Jeffrey Epstein and the location you were going to visit him? 3527-003 Page 168 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTAJW0009843 EFTA00159650
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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 25 169 A. I think Igor and I discussed on trying to be upbeat and not look at the position that he's in sitting across the table from us, to be upbeat and uplift his spirits. Q. Did you and Igor discuss whether or not you were going to talk to him about his plea of guilty or the fact that he's not registered as a sex offender? A. No. Q. Or whether you were going to stay away from those topics? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: We never -- we don't discuss that amongst ourselves and/or with Jeffrey in any way, form. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. But that's not -- I realize you didn't discuss that. You've told me that. A. Right, but we didn't discuss that even prior to going in, as you asked. Q. Okay. So your discussion was mainly hey, let's be upbeat? A. Yes. Q. And that was to, in essence, maintain his spirits or raise his spirits? A. Exactly. 3527-003 Page 169 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009844 EFTA00159651
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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 25 170 Q. Okay. And you were doing that as a friend of his, not just his pilot, right? A. I felt honored that he asked me to come and give support like that, because prior to him going away, it was known to us that there was going to be no visitors, because I had offered to him that I would be happy to come and visit him if he deemed it necessary, and he says no, I'm not going to have anybody. Q. So -- A. I guess it was so bad there, that he may have changed his mind and wanted to have some visitors. Q. When did you have this conversation with him where he indicated he was not going to have visitors while he was in jail? A. I don't exactly remember. It may have been on the trip heading to Palm Beach, the last flight. Q. From his island, from St. Thomas I guess it would be from? A. I forgot where it started from. It might have been New York or the island, one of the two. I don't remember the last flight. Q. And I mean, did at least the fact come up that hey, this a person who you're is going to be in jail for some time? A. Mm-hmm, yes. 3527-003 Page 170 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009845 EFTA00159652
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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 25 171 Q. And in the course of that conversation, again, the allegations and the unusual I'll call it case against him, that didn't come up between you and Mr. Epstein? A. I never talked about it with him. Q. And at that point in time, what were you aware of in terms of the number of girls that he was alleged to have had sexual some sort of sexual relationship with him at his Palm Beach house? A. What was the question? How many girls? Q. Yeah, how many girls were you -- A. Aware of? Q. -- aware of? A. None. I wasn't aware of any, to be honest. O. The next visit is on 7/17/08 and it's Igor Zinoviev and somebody named Jean Rene and then yourself. Do you know who Jean Rene is? A. No. Q. Do you think that that visit, that you visited him at the same time that Jean Rene visited? MR. CRITTON: What's the date? MR. EDWARDS: It's 7/17/08. THE WITNESS: No, I don't know a Jean Rene, unless somebody came after. I mean, I don't -- I don't know a Jean Rene. 3527-003 Page 171 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009846 EFTA00159653
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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 25 172 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. And then before you visited him again, the visitors are listed as or A. Mm-hmm. Q. Mainly those two individuals. And they list as addresses, A. Uh-huh. as their residence? Q. Given your previous testimony, does that surprise you that they list those that address as their residence? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I've seen them there, so I mean, I'm not surprised. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. Did you know that they were visiting him in jail? A. No, I didn't know who was scheduled to see him or whatever. Q. Did Jeffrey talk to you at any point in time about or A. No, not at all. MR. REINHART: Can we get a time frame for that? Ever? MR. EDWARDS: Oh, no, well, I was talking -- 3527-003 Page 172 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009847 EFTA00159654
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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 25 173 I'm sorry. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. I was talking right now about in the conversations that you had with him that we've discussed with you and him in the jail facility. Did he discuss with you A. No, no. Q• or Did he talk to you about whether or not you should talk to anybody about his criminal investigation or possible litigation? A. No, not at all. Q. The next time you see him is on August 9th, 2008, at the jail. In that occasion it mentions as his visitors that day and Larry Visolli. Did you go to the jail with and that time? A. No. Who was on there? Which one are you referring to? Q. The next one, I tried to highlight them just that A. Right, that one. MR. REINHART: 8/9. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. 8/9/08? A. One of those two we all drove together. I 3527-003 Page 173 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009848 EFTA00159655
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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 25 174 don't remember which one it was. It was either the 9 or the 16, and then the other one I met everybody there. So I can't be accurate on which time we all drove together. Q. How did you coordinate driving together? A. I don't exactly remember now. I mean, I think and I may have conversed on the phone and said do you want to meet at Jeffrey's house and we all drive together? Does it make sense to get together and drive one car. Q. Is that jail visit the result of Jeffrey Epstein requesting your presence there, or is that the result of you wanting to go see him as a friend in jail? A. A combination of both. I'm sure if I said, Hey, I'd like to come to jail and visit you, that he would either say yea or nay. Q. Okay. And you said at least on one of those occasions you rode to and from the jail with and A. Yes. Q. And during any of obviously, when you're in the car together -- well, who's driving the car? A. I was driving, I believe. Q • And that's the Hummer again? A. Actually, I think we take one of the suburbans 3527-003 Page 174 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009849 EFTA00159656
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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 at the house. Q. Those are cars that Jeffrey Epstein owns, to your knowledge? A. I don't know who owns them. Q. What cars are there that -- I know with this 175 case we're dealing with a lot of corporations and it's not like asking me, Hey, what car do you own? But what cars are you aware that are -- that you believe are used primarily by Jeffrey Epstein? A. Used primarily by Jeffrey Epstein, a Mercedes S500 sedan. I don't remember the year on that one. Q. Okay. A. There's a Cadillac Escalade. Q. Okay. A. Those are his two main cars that he would be driven in Q. What are the other cars that you regularly see parked at his Palm Beach mansion, if there are any? A. It would be a whole array. Half the time the parking lot is full because of construction workers, yards keepers. Q. Okay. Fair enough. What vehicle does drive or drive when they're down here, if you know? A. I mean, anybody has a choice to pick out a car 3527-003 Page 175 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009850 EFTA00159657
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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 25 176 or whatever there. I've seen driving a Mercedes convertible. Q. Is that different than the Mercedes S500 sedan? A. Yes, I think it's different. Q. When you say they have basically a choice of cars to drive -- A. Well, there's cars in the lot there. Q. Obviously, they can't get in one of the construction workers' cars? A. No. MR. REINHART: Let him finish his question. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. So that's kind of what I'm getting at. What other cars do you think that Jeffrey Epstein has -- whether it's titled, I don't know -- A. Right. Q. but he is the person in control of that vehicle? A. Right. Q. What other vehicles do you think he's controlling in Palm Beach? A. In Palm Beach? Q. We've named the Mercedes S500 sedan, Cadillac Escalade? 3527-003 Page 176 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_UXX0851 EFTA00159658
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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 25 177 A. Right. Q. And I've identified a Mercedes convertible? A. Right. Q. In addition to that, are there any others that you're aware of? A. That he's in control of? Q. Yes. A. No. Q. And does the conversation come up between and and yourself about the reason why Jeffrey Epstein is in jail? MR. REINHART: Can we get a time frame? MR. EDWARDS: At any time. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. At any time have you ever had that exact conversation ever come up? A. No, we didn't talk about that among ourselves really. Q. And have you ever been told that provides the role of a sex slave to Jeffrey Epstein? That's just her role in life? MR. CRITTON: Form. MR. REINHART: That's just have you been told that. THE WITNESS: No. 3527-003 Page 177 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009852 EFTA00159659
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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 25 178 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Have you been led to believe that by anybody? A. No. MR. CRITTON: Form. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Do you have any -- based on your observations, do you have any other opinion as to what role she plays in Jeffrey Epstein's life, if any? A. I don't have an opinion on what the role is. Q. Do you agree with the criminal statutes that are in place to protect young children from sexual predators? Do you agree with those statutes? MR. CRITTON: Form. MR. REINHART: I'm going to direct him not to answer the question. It's irrelevant and it's not likely to lead to discoverable evidence what his opinion is on a law that's been passed by the legislature of Florida. MR. EDWARDS: Just so the record is clear, I don't know that we did this last time, but it's been alleged in the complaint it has been alleged in several complaints that Jeffrey Epstein particularly prays on vulnerable disadvantaged females, underage females, and that in order to gain access to the multitude of underage females, 3527-003 Page 178 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_UHK0853 EFTA00159660
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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 25 179 he utilizes various people, schedulers, pilots, handlers and other associates and co-conspirators that have a similar mentality; that is, people that do not agree with laws related to sex abuse and abuse of children. And that's why this line of questioning regarding whether or not this witness has a motive or a bias or was involved in conversations related to his motive or bias, to continue to work for Jeffrey Epstein or believed the same beliefs of Jeffrey Epstein, is at least reasonably calculated to the lead the discovery of admissible evidence, and that is the argument at least along those lines being made to the judge regarding these questions. MR. CRITTON: Can we talk for just one minute? Because maybe -- can I talk with -- well, I know I can talk with Bruce. Let's just take a break. (A break was had at 2:45 p.m.) MR. EDWARDS: We're back on the record. Do you have the same position? MR. REINHART: Let me say this: He previously said he would have never allowed anything on the plane to be done illegally. If you want to ask if he agrees with the law applied by the legislature -- do you agree the law passed by the 3527-003 Page 179 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009854 EFTA00159661
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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 25 180 state of Florida should be complied with? THE WITNESS: I don't know what the law is. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. The laws in place to protect children under the age of 18 from being sexually touched, fondled, molested by people over the age of 24, do you agree with those laws? A. Yes. Q. And you agree that persons who commit a violation of those laws should be prosecuted? A. Persons that do that. MR. CRITTON: Form. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Yes, persons that do that. A. Persons that do that, absolutely. Q. And if you were to receive confirmed -- what you would perceive as confirmed information that Jeffrey Epstein was one of those persons, would you continue to be employed by or alongside of Jeffrey Epstein? MR. CRITTON: Form; speculation. THE WITNESS: You're assuming that there's quilt. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. No. I'm saying, hypothetically, if you were convinced that Jeffrey Epstein was guilty of those acts 3527-003 Page 180 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009855 EFTA00159662