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AO 106 (SDNY Rev. 01/171 Applwation for a Search Warrant ORIGINAL UNI'T'ED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of New York In the Matter of the Search of (Briefly describe the property to be searched or identify the person by name and address) See Attached Affidavit and its Attachment A lase9MAG 6573 APPLICATION FOR A SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANT I, a federal law enforcement officer or an attorney for the government, request a search warrant and state under penalty of perjury that I have reason to believe that on the following person or property (identify the person or describe the property to be searched and give Its location): located in the Southern District of New York , there is now concealed adentifit the person or describe the property to be seized): See Attached Affidavit and its Attachment A The t is for the search under Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(c) is (check one or more): vidence of a crime; O contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed; Cl property designed for use, intended for use, or used in committing a crime; O a person to be arrested or a person who is unlawfully restrained. The search is related to a violation of: Code Section(s) Offense Deseription(s) 18 U.S.C. §§1591 and Sex trafficking of minors; sex trafficking conspiracy 371 The application is based on these facts: See Attached Affidavit and its Attachment A d Continued on the attached sheet. Cl Delayed notice of days (give exact ending date if more than 30 days: under IS U.S.C. § 3103a, the basis of which is set forth on the attached sheet. Sworn to before me and signed in my presence. Date: Printed name and Mk ) is requested FBI City and state: New York, NY Hon. Barbara Moses, U.S. Magistrate -Judge Printed ;tome and title USAO_004183 EFTA_00022093 EFTA00171773
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
In the Matter of the Application of the United
States Of America for a Search and Seizure
Warrant for the Premises Known and Described
as 9 East 71st Street, New York, New York and
Any Closed Containers/Items Contained Therein
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK) ss.:
657
TO BE FILED UNDER SEAL
Agent Affidavit in Support of
Application for Search and Seizure
Warrant
being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I. Introduction
A. Affiant
1.
I have been a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") since
2017. During that time, I have participated in numerous investigations and prosecutions of crimes
against children, including the sex trafficking of minors. I have also participated in the execution
of multiple search W8/7812tS.
2.
I make this Affidavit in support of an application pursuant to Rule 41 of the Federal
Rules of Criminal Procedure for a warrant to search the premises specified below (the "Subject
Premises") for the purpose of photographing, video
-recording or otherwise documenting the
appearance of its interior, and to seize the items and information described in Attachment A. This
affidavit is based upon my personal knowledge; my review of documents and other evidence; and
my conversations with other law enforcement personnel. Because this affidavit is being submitted
for the limited purpose of establishing probable cause, it does not include all the facts that I have
learned during the course of my investigation. Where the contents of documents and the actions,
statements, and conversations of others are reported herein, they are reported in substance and in
part, except where otherwise indicated.
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B. The Subject Premises 3. The Subject Premises are particularly described as a nearly 19,000 square foot multi-story, single-family residence located at 9 East 71st Street, New York, New York, and include all locked and closed containers found therein. As detailed further herein, the Subject Premises is believed to be owned, possessed and controlled by JEFFREY EPSTEIN, a target subject of this investigation. A photograph of the front entrance to the Subject Premises is included below: C. The Target Subject and the Subject Offenses 4. The Target Subject of this investigation is JEFFREY EPSTEIN. 5. For the reasons detailed below, I believe that there is probable cause to believe that the Subject Premises contain evidence, fruits, and instrumentalities of violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591 (sex trafficking of minors) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 371 (sex trafficking conspiracy) (the "Subject Offenses") by the Target Subject. 2 2017.08.02 USAO_004185 EFTA_00022095 EFTA00171775
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II. Probable Cause A. Probable Cause Regarding the Target Subject's Commission of the Subject Offenses 6. On or about July 2, 2019, a grand jury in this District returned an Indictment charging JEFFREY EPSTEIN with the Subject Offenses. A copy of the Indictment is attached hereto as Exhibit A and is incorporated by reference. B. Probable Cause Justifying Search of the Subject Premises 7. As set forth in Exhibit A, from at least in or about 2002, up to and including at least in or about 2005, JEFFREY EPSTEIN sexually abused multiple minor girls in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere. During that time and continuing to the present, EPSTEIN possessed and controlled the Subject Premises, which is described in Exhibit A as "the New York Residence." 8. As further set forth in paragraphs 8 through 10 of Exhibit A, from at least in or about 2002, up to and including at least in or about 2005, EPSTEIN sexually abused numerous minor victims at the Subject Premises. In particular, and as alleged in the Indictment, when a victim arrived at the Subject Premises, she would be escorted to a room inside the Subject Premises with a massage table, where she would perform a massage on EPSTEIN. The victims, who were as young as 14 years of age, were told by EPSTEIN or other individuals to partially or fully undress before beginning the "massage." During the encounter, EPSTEIN would escalate the nature and scope of physical contact with his victim to include, among other things, sex acts such as groping and direct and indirect contact with the victims' genitals. EPSTEIN typically would also masturbate during these sexualized encounters, ask victims to touch him while he masturbated, and touch victims' genitals with hishands or with sex toys. Following each encounter, EPSTEIN or one of his employees or associates paid the victim in cask 3 2017.08.02 USAO_004186 EFTA_00022096 EFTA00171776
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9. As set forth in paragraphs 12 through 13 of Exhibit A, to further facilitate his ability to abuse minor girls in New York, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, asked and enticed certain of his victims to recruit additional minor girls to perform •Massages" and similarly engage in sex acts with EPSTEIN. When a victim would recruit another minor girl for EPSTEIN, he paid both the victim-recruiter and the new victim hundreds of dollars in cash. EPSTEIN knew that his victims were underage, including because certain victims told him their age. 10. One of the victims identified in paragraph 22 of Exhibit A is Victim-1. As part of the FBI's investigation of EPSTEIN, other law enforcement officers and I have interviewed Victim-1.I I know from my personal participation of interviews with Victim-1, my conversations with other law enforcement officers who have interviewed Victim-1, and my review of notes and reports of other interviews with Victim-I that Victim-1 has provided the following information, in substance and in part: a. Between approximately 2002 and 2005, EPSTEIN sexually abused Victim-1 on multiple occasions in the Subject Premises. This sexual abuse all occurred when Victim-1 was under the age of 18. b. During that same period, Victim-1 observed multiple floors of the Subject Premises and numerous individual rooms within the Subject Premises. Victim-1 has provided detailed descriptions of certain aspects of the interior of the Subject Premises, including Victim-1's ctim- I has disclosed tha has also disclo Victim- Information provided by Victim-1 has proven reliable and has been corro • orat .y m• epen• ent evidence, including documents and records obtained during the investigation and the accounts of other victims whom Victim-1 has never met. 4 2017.08.02 USAO_004187 EFTA_00022097 EFTA00171777
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memory of specific details regarding the layout, fiunishings, decorations, and floor pattern of
various areas within the Subject Premises.
11.
I know from my review of publicly available corporate and property records that at
all times relevant to the Subject Offenses as alleged in the Indictment, the Subject Premises was
owned by Nine East 71st Street Corporation (the "Corporation"). The President of the Corporation
is listed as JEFFREY EPSTEIN, and no other officers or occupants are identified on the
Corporation paperwork. In or around December 2011, the Subject Premises was transferred from
the Corporation to another corporate entity, Maple, Inc., which is registered in the U.S. Virgin
Islands, where EPSTEIN was then known to and continues to reside. Though no officer of Maple,
Inc., is identified in the transfer paperwork, the signature of both the buyer and seller in the
transaction appear to be the same. Moreover, the deed lists the consideration for the transfer of
the Subject Premises as $10, an amount facially inconsistent with a fair market transfer to a third
Party.
12.
I know from my participation in this investigation that EPSTEIN has continued to
possess and control the Subject Premises from at least in or about 2002 to the present. In particular,
I know from my review of Sex Offender Registration records that EPSTEIN presently lists the
Subject Premises as one of his residences. Moreover, as described in paragraph 11, above,
although ownership of Subject Premises was transferred from one corporate entity to another in
December 2011, both corporations appear to be under EPSTEIN's control, and EPSTEIN appears
to remain the sole owner and occupant of the Subject Premises.
13.
Additionally, although Victim-1 has not been in the-Subject Premises since in or
around 2005, based on my review of publicly available records maintained by the New York City
Department of Buildings ("DOB"), it does not appear that there have been any significant or
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structural renovations to the interior of the Subject Premises since that time. In particular, the DOB reflects only three approved alteration permits for the Subject Premises, one in or around 2011 which authorized facade restoration but expressly noted that there would be "no change to occupancy, use egress or bulk," and two permitting the "installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed" outside of the Subject Premises at various points, but similarly noting that there would be "no changes in use, egress or occupancy." As such, while it is possible that certain interior decorations have changed since 2005, it is probable that structural components of the interior, such as Victim-1's description of the layout of rooms and floors, among other details, would remain the same. 6 2017.08.02 USAO_004189 EFTA_00022099 EFTA00171779
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III. Conclusion and Ancillary Provisions 14. Based on the foregoing, I respectfully submit that there is probable cause to believe that photographing, video-recording, and otherwise documenting the appearance of the interior of the Subject Premises, and seizing the items described in Attachment A, will yield evidence of the Subject Offenses. In particular, evidence depicting the interior of the Subject Premises and reflecting the occupancy, ownership, layout, furnishings, decorations, and floor pattern of the Subject Premises will corroborate Victim- 1 's account of EPSTEIN's commission of the Subject Offenses. I further submit that there is probable cause to believe that such evidence will be located within the Subject Premises and therefore request the court to issue a warrant to seize the items and information specified in Attachment A to this affidavit and to the Search and Seizure Warrant. Federal Bureau of Investigation Sworn to before .me on 6 2019 THE HONORABLE BARBARA MOSES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 2017.08.02 USAO_004190 EFTA_00022100 EFTA00171780
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ATTACHMENT A I. Premises to be Searched—Subject Premises 1. The premises to be searched (the "Subject Premises") are described as a nearly 19,000 square foot multi-story single-family residence located at 9 East 71st Street, New York, New York, and include all locked and closed containers found therein. A photograph of the front entrance to the Subject Premises is included below: H. Items to Be Seized 1. This warrant authorizes executing agents to photograph, video record and otherwise document the full interior of the Subject Premises, including any items, furnishings, or possessions therein. 2. In addition, this warrant authorizes the seizure of certain evidence, fruits, and instrumentalities of violations of Tide 18, United States Code, Sections 1591 (sex trafficking of minors) and 371 (sex trafficking conspiracy) (the "Subject Offenses") described as follows: a. Evidence concerning occupancy or ownership of the Subject Premises, including utility and telephone bills, mail envelopes, addressed correspondence, diaries, statements, identification documents, address books, telephone directories, and photographs of its occupant(s). b. Evidence concerning the layout, furnishings, decorations, and floor pattern of the Subject Premises, including photographs and blueprints of the Subject Premises. 2017.03.02 USAO_004191 EFTA_00022101 EFTA00171781
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EXHIBIT A 2017.0&02 USAO_004192 EFTA_00022102 EFTA00171782
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. x SEALED INDICTMENT 19 Cr. 19 CREW 490 COUNT ONE (Sex Trafficking Conspiracy) The Grand Jury charges: OVERVIEW 1. As set forth herein, over the course of many years, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes in Manhattan, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida, among other locations. 2. In particular, from at least in or about 2002, up to and including at least in or about 2005, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, enticed and recruited, and caused to be enticed and recruited, minor girls to visit his mansion in Manhattan, New York (the "New York Residence") and his estate in Palm Beach, Florida (the "Palm Beach Residence") to engage in sex acts with him, after which he would give the victims hundreds of dollars in cash. Moreover, and in order to maintain and increase his supply of victims, EPSTEIN also paid certain of his victims to recruit additional girls to be similarly abused by EPSTEIN. In USAO 004193 EFTA_00022103 EFTA00171783
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this way, EPSTEIN created a vast network of underage victims for him to sexually exploit in locations including New York and Palm Beach. 3. The victims described herein were as young as 14 years old at the time they were abused by JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, and were, for various reasons, often particularly vulnerable to exploitation. EPSTEIN intentionally sought out minors and knew that many of his victims were in fact under the age of 18, including because, in some instances, minor victims expressly told him their age. 4. In creating and maintaining this network of minor victims in multiple states to sexually abuse and exploit, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, worked and conspired with others, including employees and associates who facilitated his conduct by, among other things, contacting victims and scheduling their sexual encounters with EPSTEIN at the New York Residence and at the Palm Beach Residence. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 5. During all time periods charged in this Indictment, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, was a financier with multiple residences in the continental United States, including the New York Residence and the Palm Beach Residence. 6. Beginning in at least 2002, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, enticed and recruited, and caused to be enticed and 2 USAO 004194 EFTA_00022104 EFTA00171784
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recruited, dozens of minor girls to engage in sex acts with him, after which EPSTEIN paid the victims hundreds of dollars in cash, at the New York Residence and the Palm Beach Residence. 7. In both New York and Florida, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, perpetuated this abuse in similar ways. Victims were initially recruited to provide "massages" to EPSTEIN, which would be performed nude or partially 'nude, would become increasingly sexual in nature, and would typically include one or more sex acts. EPSTEIN paid his victims hundreds of dollars in cash for each encounter. Moreover, EPSTEIN actively encouraged certain of his victims to recruit additional girls to be similarly sexually abused. EPSTEIN incentivized his victims to become recruiters by paying these victim-recruiters hundreds of dollars for each girl that they brought to EPSTEIN. In so doing, EPSTEIN maintained a steady supply of new victims to exploit. The New York Residence 8. At all times relevant to this Indictment, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, possessed and controlled a multi-story private residence on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York, i.e., the New York Residence. Between at least in or about 2002 and in or about 2005, EPSTEIN abused numerous minor victims at the New York Residence by causing these victims to be recruited to engage in paid sex acts with him. 3 USAO 004195 EFTA_00022105 EFTA00171785
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9. When a victim arrived at the New York Residence, she typically would be escorted to a room with a massage table, where she would perform a massage on JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant. The victims, who were as young as 14 years of age, were told by EPSTEIN or other individuals to partially or fully undress before beginning the "massage." During the encounter, EPSTEIN would escalate the nature and scope of physical contact with his victim to include, among other things, sex acts such as groping and direct and indirect contact with the victim's genitals. EPSTEIN typically would also masturbate during these sexualized encounters, ask victims to touch him while he masturbated, and touch victims' genitals with his hands or with sex toys. 10. In connection with each sexual encounter, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, or one of his employees or associates, paid the victim in cash. Victims typically were paid hundreds of dollars in cash for each encounter. 11. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, knew that many of his New York victims were underage, including because certain victims told him their age. Further, once these minor victims were recruited, many were abused by EPSTEIN on multiple subsequent occasions' at the New York Residence. EPSTEIN sometimes personally contacted victims to schedule appointments at the New York Residence. In other instances, EPSTEIN directed 4 USAO 004196 EFTA_00022106 EFTA00171786
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employees and associates, including a New York-based employee
("Employee-1"), to communicate with victims via phone to arrange
for these victims to return to the New York Residence for
additional sexual encounters with EPSTEIN.
12. Additionally, and to further facilitate his
ability to abuse minor girls in New York, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the
defendant, asked and enticed certain of his victims to recruit
additional girls to perform "massages" and similarly engage in
sex acts with EPSTEIN. When a victim would recruit another girl
for EPSTEIN, he paid both the victim-recruiter and the new
victim hundreds of dollars in cash. Through these victim-
recruiters, EPSTEIN gained access to and was able to abuse
dozens of additional minor girls.
13. In particular, certain recruiters brought dozens
of additional minor girls to the New York Residence to give
massages to and engage in sex acts with JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the
defendant. EPSTEIN encouraged victims to recruit additional
girls by offering to pay these victim-recruiters for every
additional girl they brought to EPSTEIN. When a victim-
recruiter accompanied a new minor victim to the New York
Residence, both the victim-recruiter and the new minor victim
were paid hundreds of dollars by EPSTEIN for each encounter. In
addition, certain victim-recruiters routinely scheduled these
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encounters through Employee-1, who sometimes asked. the
recruiters to bring a specific minor girl for EPSTEIN.
The Palm Beach Residence
14. In addition to recruiting and abusing udder girls
in New York, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, created a similar
network of minor girls to victimize in Palm Beach, Florida,
where EPSTEIN owned, possessed and controlled another large
residence, I.e., the Palm Beach Residence. EPSTEIN frequently
traveled from New York to Palm Beach by private jet, before
which an employee or associate would ensure that minor victims
were available for encounters upon his arrival in Florida.
15. At the Palm Beach Residence, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the
defendant, engaged in a similar course of abusive conduct.
When a victim initially arrived at the Palm Beach Residence, she
would be escorted to a room, sometimes by an employee of
EPSTEIN's, including, at times, two assistants ("Employee-2" and'
"Employee-3") who, as described herein, were also responsible
for scheduling sexual encounters with minor victims. Once
inside, the victim would provide a nude or semi-nude massage for
EPSTEIN, who would himself typically be naked. During these
encounters, EPSTEIN would escalate the nature and scope of the
physical contact to include sex acts such as groping and direct
and indirect contact with the victim's genitals. EPSTEIN would
also typically masturbate during these encounters, ask victims •
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to touch him while he masturbated, and touch victims' genitals with his hands or with sex toys. 16. In connection with each sexual encounter, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, or one of his employees or associates, • paid the victim in cash. Victims typically were paid hundreds of dollars for each encounter. 17. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, knew that certain of his victims were underage, including because certain victims told him their age. In addition, as with New York-based victims, many Florida victims, once recruited, were abused by JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, on multiple additional occasions. 18. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, who during the relevant time period was frequently in New York, would arrange for Employee-2 or other employees to contact victims by phone in advance of EPSTEIN's travel to Florida to ensure appointments were scheduled for when he arrived. In particular, in certain instances, Employee-2 placed phone calls to minor victims in Florida to schedule encounters at the Palm Beach Residence. At the time of certain of those phone calls, EPSTEIN and Employee-2 were in New York, New York. Additionally, certain of the individuals victimized at the Palm Beach Residence were contacted by phone by Employee-3 to schedule these encounters. 7 USAO 004199 EFTA_00022109 EFTA00171789
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19. Moreover, as in New York, to ensure a steady stream of minor victims, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, asked and enticed certain victims in Florida to recruit other girls to engage in sex acts. EPSTEIN paid hundreds of dollars to victim- recruiters for each additional girl they brought to the Palm Beach Residence. STATUTORY ALLEGATIONS 20. From at least in or about 2002, up to and including in or about 2005, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, and others known and unknown, willfully and knowingly did combine, conspire, confederate, and agree together and with each other to commit an offense against the United States, to wit, sex trafficking of minors, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section. 1591(a) and (b). 21. It was a part and object of the conspiracy that JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, and others known and unknown, would and did, in and affecting interstate and foreign commerce, recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, and obtain, by any means a person, and to benefit, financially and by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in any such act, knowing that the person had not attained the age of 18 years and would be caused to engage in a 8 USAO 004200 EFTA_00022110 EFTA00171790
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commercial sex act, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1591(a) and (b)(2). Overt Acts 22. In furtherance of the conspiracy and to effect the illegal object thereof, the following overt acts, among others, were committed in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere: a. In or about 2004, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, enticed and recruited multiple minor victims, including minor victims identified herein as Minor Victim-1, Minor Victim-2, and Minor Victim-3, to engage in sex acts with EPSTEIN at his residences in Manhattan, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida, after which he provided them with hundreds of dollars in cash for each encounter. b. In or about 2002, Minor Victim-1 was recruited to engage in sex acts with EPSTEIN and was repeatedly sexually abused by EPSTEIN at the New York Residence over a period of years and was paid hundreds of dollars for each encounter. EPSTEIN also encouraged and enticed Minor Victim-1 to recruit other girls to engage,in paid sex acts, which she did. EPSTEIN asked Minor Victim-1 how old she was, and Minor Victim-1 answered truthfully. c. In or about 2004, Employee-1, located in the Southern District of New York, and on behalf of EPSTEIN, placed 9 USAO 004201 EFTA_00022111 EFTA00171791
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a telephone call to Minor Victim-1 in order to schedule an appointment for Minor Victim-1 to engage in paid sex acts with EPSTEIN. d. In or about 2004, Minor Victim-2 was recruited to engage in sex acts with EPSTEIN and was repeatedly sexually abused by EPSTEIN at the Palm Beach Residence over a period of years and was paid hundreds of dollars after each encounter. EPSTEIN also encouraged and enticed Minor Victim-2 to recruit other girls to engage in paid sex acts, which she did. e. In or about 2005, Employee-2, located in the Southern District of New York, and on behalf of EPSTEIN, placed a telephone call to Minor Victim-2 in order to schedule an appointment for Minor Victim-2 to engage in paid sex acts with EPSTEIN. f. In or about 2005, Minor Victim-3 was • recruited to engage in sex acts with EPSTEIN and was repeatedly sexually abused by EPSTEIN at the Palm Beach Residence over a period of years and was paid hundreds of dollars for each encounter. EPSTEIN also encouraged and enticed Minor Victim-3 to recruit other girls to engage in paid sex acts, which she did. EPSTEIN asked Minor Victim-3 how old she was, and Minor Victim-3 answered truthfully. 10 USAO 004202 EFTA_00022112 EFTA00171792
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