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22 correct? 23 MR. PIKE: Form. 24 A. I refuse to answer. 25 Q. Because the only real disqualifications for 0097 1 interacting sexually with Mr. Epstein are if you have 2 tattoos, right? 3 A. I refuse to answer. 4 Q. If you're African-American or black? 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 Q. You've never known him to interact with an 7 African-American or black girl, have you? 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 Q. If you've been pregnant? 10 A. I refuse to answer. 11 Q. Or if you are pregnant, correct? 12 A. I refuse to answer. 13 Q. But certainly he was not above having a 14 pregnant 16-year-old girl bringing him underage minor 15 females, correct? 16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 Q. In fact -- 18 MR. PIKE: Form. 19 Q. -- it was his belief that he was doing her a 20 favor in that he was giving her money for providing a 21 service, correct? 22 MR. PIKE: Form. 23 A. I refuse to answer. 24 Q. Is it Jeffrey Epstein's belief that he did 25 these girls a favor? 0098 1 A. I refuse to answer. 2 Q. I mean, doesn't he think that these girls are 3 lucky that he ever -- that they ever -- that he ever 4 allowed them out of their trailer and into his mansion, 5 correct? 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 MR. PIKE: Form. 8 Q. We've defined the molestation statute or at 9 least I read it to you earlier and now we've talked 10 about this scheme of Jeffrey Epstein gaining access to 11 this number of underage minor females. At the time 12 when you were working for him did you recognize him as 13 a serial child molester? 14 MR. PIKE: Form. 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 Q. Do you know of anybody that ever worked for 17 him that quit working for him because of what he was 18 doing? 19 A. I refuse to answer. 20 MR. PIKE: Form. 21 Q. Do you know Michael Friedman? 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. Is that somebody you ever met there? 24 A. I refuse to answer. 25 Q. What countries does Jeffrey Epstein typically 0099 1 bring underage minor females from? 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Do you know why he chooses the countries that 4 he chooses to import underage minor females from? 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 MR. PIKE: Form. EFTA00182458
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7 Q. Was -- do you know how old was when she came to this country? 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 Q. Have you had conversations with about Jeffrey Epstein bringing her to this 12 country? 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 Q. She's been described by some as his 15 Yugoslavian lesbian sex slave. Is that something that 16 is an accurate description based on the observations 17 you have? 18 A. I refuse to answer. 19 MR. PIKE: Form. 20 Q. Did you ever engage in any lesbian sex with 21 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. Has ever had sex with Jeffrey 24 Epstein? 25 MR. PIKE: Form. 0100 1 A. I refuse to answer. 2 Q. Do you know how it is that met 3 Jeffrey Epstein? 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 Q. Do you know Story Cowles? 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. You know who Sergio Cordero is? 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 Q. Well, that's somebody who also assists 10 Mr. Epstein in bringing him underage minor females for 11 sex, correct? 12 A. I refuse to answer. 13 MR. PIKE: Form. 14 Q. And Khalid Monroe, you know who that is? 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 Q. Also somebody that through MC Squared or some 17 affiliation with that modeling agency would help for 18 Jeffrey Epstein to gain access to underage minor 19 females for sex, correct? 20 MR. PIKE: Form. 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 Q. And do you know of trips that Mr. Cordero, 23 Mr. Brunel, and Mr. Epstein took to Brazil specifically 24 for the purposes of Mr. Epstein engaging in sex with 25 12-year-old girls? 0101 1 MR. PIKE: Form. 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Are you -- you are aware that Jeffrey Epstein 4 pled guilty to two felonies related to his sexual 5 interactions, correct? 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. Okay. 8 VIDEOGRAPHER: Excuse me, counsel. 9 MR. ROSS: I object on privilege grounds -- 10 attorney-client privilege grounds. 11 MR. EDWARDS: Okay, fine. I was trying to get 12 into an area we may get answers. 13 VIDEOGRAPHER: Could I just get you to put 14 your phone on the table? I'm starting to get 15 interference. 16 MR. ROSS: The phone? 17 VIDEOGRAPHER: Yes, sir. EFTA00182459
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18 MR. EDWARDS: You got a secret phone? 19 VIDEOGRAPHER: It's anytime it receives any 20 kind of information. 21 MR. ROSS: Oh, okay, yeah, it's -- 22 VIDEOGRAPHER: It's not that it's ringing. 23 MR. ROSS: Right. It's not doing it now. 24 VIDEOGRAPHER: I apologize for the 25 interruption. 0102 1 Q. All right. I ask you that question because 2 there was also something called a non-prosecution 3 agreement. Are you familiar with that document? 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 MR. ROSS: Attorney-client privilege. 6 Q. And that is also a document that included your 7 name as a co-conspirator; are you familiar with that? 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 MR. ROSS: Attorney-client privilege. 10 Q. And that is because of your involvement with 11 calling on the telephone underage minors to bring them 12 to Jeffrey Epstein's house, correct? 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 Q. Or for your involvement in scheduling 15 appointments in Jeffrey Epstein's appointment book for 16 underage minor -- underage minor females to be involved 17 with Jeffrey Epstein sexually, correct? 18 MR. PIKE: Form. 19 A. I refuse to answer. 20 Q. It is certainly not because you sought out 21 this child molestation ring in hopes of rising to the 22 top, correct? 23 MR. PIKE: Form. 24 A. I refuse to answer. 25 Q. Didn't you do everything that you did that 0103 1 anybody could ever say is illegal at the direction of 2 Jeffrey Epstein? 3 A. I refuse to answer. 4 Q. And if it wasn't at the direction of Jeffrey 5 Epstein it was at the direction of Ghislaine Maxwell or 6 , correct? 7 MR. PIKE: Form. 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 Q. I mean, those things were not things that you 10 would have done but for being under the supervision of 11 Jeffrey Epstein; isn't that right? 12 MR. PIKE: Form. 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 Q. And you continued to do these things either 15 out of fear or because you were just impressed with 16 Jeffrey Epstein's lifestyle? 17 A. I refuse to answer. 18 Q. Aren't you angry for him involving you in this 19 criminal activity? 20 A. I refuse to answer. 21 MR. PIKE: Form. 22 Q. Do you ever intend in the future to talk about 23 what he did and what he involved you in? 24 MR. PIKE: Form. 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0104 1 Q. Wouldn't you like to separate yourself being 2 the person that you are from this person who brought EFTA00182460
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3 you into this mess? 4 MR. PIKE: Form. 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 Q. Is Jeffrey Epstein paying for your attorney 7 now? 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Q. 17 Jeffrey 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0105 1 you know? 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 MR. PIKE: Form. 4 Q. Since being on house arrest has Jeffrey 5 Epstein continued to engage in sex with underage minor 6 females? 7 MR. PIKE: Form. 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 Q. Knowing that his habit was more than -- was at 10 least two underage minor females for sex every single 11 day do you believe that he stopped? 12 MR. PIKE: Form. 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 Q. Isn't it your belief that he will continue to 15 do that once all of these cases are over? 16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 MR. PIKE: Form. 18 Q. Isn't it true that Jeffrey Epstein believes 19 that he is entitled to have sex with whomever he wants 20 including 12-, 13-, 14-year-old girls? 21 MR. PIKE: Form. 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. Do you know whether he continues -- do you 24 know whether he intends to continue to molest underage 25 minors within the United States? 0106 1 MR. PIKE: Form. 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Do you know Mike Sanka? 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 Q. That's somebody else that assisted Jeffrey 6 Epstein in gaining access to underage minor females 7 that were foreigners, correct? 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 MR. PIKE: Form. 10 Q. He's also involved in the modeling agency, 11 too, correct? 12 MR. PIKE: Form. 13 A. I refuse to answer. MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. MR. ROSS: Well, actually you can answer. A. No, my parents help me. Q. Are you aware of Jeffrey Epstein's closest friends now? A. I refuse to answer. MR. PIKE: Form. Who are the people that you believe are Epstein's enemies? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. Q. Did you ever find out that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell had been targeting and preying upon underage females for sex for more than a decade? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. Q. Who is Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend now, if EFTA00182461
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14 Q. That's a friend of or former friend of Jean 15 Luc Brunel's? 16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 Q. How many times has Jean Luc Brunel shown up at 18 Jeffrey Epstein's house with underage minor females? 19 MR. PIKE: Form. 20 A. I refuse to answer. 21 Q. And when that would happen isn't it true that 22 they would have orgies with these underage minor 23 females? 24 MR. PIKE: Form. 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0107 1 Q. What was done -- or let me ask it a different 2 way. Strike that. 3 Where is the scheduling book for the massage 4 appointments for Jeffrey Epstein? 5 MR. PIKE: Form. 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. Is that something else that was removed from 8 the home prior to the search warrant being executed? 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 MR. PIKE: Form. 11 Q. Do you know how it is that -- well, did 12 Jeffrey Epstein ever tell you that because of the 13 people he knew he would not be going to prison for the 14 crimes that he committed? 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 MR. PIKE: Form. 17 Q. And is it your understanding that Ken Starr 18 had played a major role in devising the non-prosecution 19 agreement or having the government agree not to 20 prosecute Jeffrey Epstein for his crimes against 21 minors? 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 MR. PIKE: Form. 24 Q. Is it also your understanding that Bill 25 Clinton played somewhat of a role in helping Jeffrey 0108 1 Epstein out of the trouble that he would have been in 2 related to his sexual interactions with minor females? 3 A. I refuse to answer. 4 MR. PIKE: Form. 5 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein tell you that you need to 6 cooperate if you want the protection that me and my 7 connections can give you for this activity? 8 MR. PIKE: Form. 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 Q. You admit that you called LM on the telephone 11 for her to come to Jeffrey Epstein's house to be 12 molested by Jeffrey Epstein when she was an underage 13 female? 14 A. I refuse to answer. 15 MR. PIKE: Form. Asked and answered twice. 16 Q. Do you agree that you called EW on the 17 telephone for the purposes of her coming to Jeffrey 18 Epstein's house for him to sexually molest her? 19 MR. PIKE: Same objection. 20 A. I refuse to answer. 21 Q. And do you agree that you called Jane Doe and 22 told her to come to your house to work, meaning for 23 Jeffrey Epstein to sexually molest her? 24 MR. PIKE: Asked and answered. EFTA00182462
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25 A. I refuse to answer. 0109 1 Q. The first trial that is set in these cases is 2 in July of this year. Do you intend to be in the local 3 area? 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 n presume a i needed to find you or 14 locate you or anything else I could go through your 15 attorney? 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Okay. Who do you live at that address with? 18 MR. ROSS: You can answer. 19 A. With my husband and my mom-in-law and his 20 sister as well. 21 Q. 22 A. 23 Q. 24 A. 25 Q. And who else lives at the house with you, I'm 0110 1 sorry? 2 A. 3 Q. 4 A. 5 6 7 A. I refuse to answer. 8 Q. Have you told your parents? 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 Q. Are your parents in the country now? 11 MR. ROSS: You can answer. 12 A. No. 13 Q. Do they have plans to come back? 14 MR. ROSS: You can answer. 15 A. They may visit, I'm not sure. 16 Q. But on a permanent basis they're in Poland? 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Okay. What's the address where they are in 19 Poland? 20 A. 21 Q. She's great. I'm sure she got that. 22 A. Would you like me to spell it out? 23 24 25 MR. EDWARDS: One way to never find a witness 0111 1 is just move to Poland. There's no way. 2 MR. ROSS: Couldn't get anyone to type the 3 subpoena. 4 MR. EDWARDS: Right, exactly. All right. I 5 don't have any other questions for you. Thank you. 6 THE WITNESS: Thank you. 7 CROSS-EXAMINATION 8 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 9 Q. Okay. Mrs. Ross, I have some questions for A. 4. MR. ROSS: Yes. Okay. And what address will you be at? MR. ROSS: You can answer. You can answer. EFTA00182463
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0113 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0112 1 2 3 4 5 6 you. Your husband, what does he do for a living? A. He's a Ph.D. student. Q. And what is he a Ph.D. in? A. He works on bone marrow transplant immunology. Q. So is he a medical doctor? A. He's scientist. He's working on his Ph.D. degree. Q. And which school is he working on his Ph.D. at? A. University of Miami. Q. And how long has he been doing that? A. I cannot recall when he started but we were already married. Maybe one or two years into my marriage. I do not recall the exact time. Q. And I believe you testified that you met him in Europe, correct? A. Correct. Q. And did he have a different employment or profession then? A. Yes. Q. What was he doing then? 7 A. Well, at that time he was serving in the entertainment business. He was DJing and -- yeah. When I met him he came to Europe for a DJ event. DJing event. Q. And where was that in Europe? A. He went to Spain and then I was in Monaco at the time and he knew the people that I was there with and we were introduced. That's where we met. Q. And did he have connections to modeling in the United States? A. Yes. Q. And how did he have those connections? A. I'm -- you know, I'm not sure. I don't know at this time, but he knew agencies here and he was doing, I believe, some photographic work as well himself. Q. So he was a DJ and a professional photograph -- photographer? A. Yes. You may say so, yes. Q. And a scientist as well? A. Q. agencies A. Yes. Did he do work for particular modeling in the United States? I mean, do you -- I don't understand your question. Do you mean like -- 7 Q. Well, did he perform work or services for 8 particular modeling agencies in the United States? 9 A. Well, I believe he would hire models from 10 modeling agencies, yes. 11 Q. He would hire models? 12 A. Yes, for -- you know, that's how -- how it 13 works. You hire a model from a modeling agency for a 14 particular job, a client that you may have. 15 Q. So as a photographer he would hire models for 16 a particular modeling agency? 17 MR. PIKE: Form. 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. And do you know which modeling agencies he 20 typically worked with? EFTA00182464
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21 A. Well, I presume Elite Models because, you 22 know, he had connection and he invited me. I think 23 just various Miami Beach -- you know, Miami, South 24 Beach modeling agencies. 25 Q. Did he work for MC Squared? 0114 1 A. I refuse to answer. 2 Q. In 2004 and 2005 you were employed by Jeffrey 3 Epstein, correct? 4 MR. PIKE: Form. 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 Q. And as an employee of Jeffrey Epstein you were 7 under his instruction and supervision, correct? 8 MR. PIKE: Form. 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 MR. PIKE: Let's go off the record for a 11 second. 12 MR. MERMELSTEIN: Sure. 13 VIDEOGRAPHER: Off the record at 12:12 p.m. 14 (Discussion off the record.) 15 MR. MERMELSTEIN: I'll be brief on the general 16 questions. 17 VIDEOGRAPHER: On the record, 12:14 p.m. 18 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 19 Q. And as an employee of Jeffrey Epstein were you 20 also subject to the -- to the instructions and 21 supervision of Ghislaine Maxwell? 22 MR. PIKE: Form. 23 A. I refuse to answer. 24 Q. And as an employee of Jeffrey Epstein did you 25 work under the supervision and instruction of his 0115 1 primary assistant 2 MR. PIKE: Form. 3 A. I refuse to answer. 4 Q. Okay. Did Jeffrey Epstein tell you that -- 5 that he recruited from western Palm Beach County 6 underage girls to come to his Palm Beach mansion for 7 sexual activity? 8 MR. PIKE: Form. 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 Q. And did Jeffrey Epstein have a computer 11 database at his Palm Beach mansion where he listed 12 underage high school girls in Palm Beach County and 13 their contact information so that he could have these 14 underage minors come to his house for sexual activity? 15 MR. PIKE: Form. 16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 Q. And did Jeffrey Epstein tell you that the 18 reason he brought in underage minors from western Palm 19 Beach County is because he anticipated they would be 20 impressed, in awe, and intimidated by his wealth? 21 MR. PIKE: Form. 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. And as young girls who were impressed and in 24 awe and intimidated of his wealth they would do what he 25 asked them to do? 0116 1 MR. PIKE: Form. 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. And as young underage girls who were 4 impressed, intimidated, and in awe of his wealth they 5 would be unlikely to -- to complain to authorities that EFTA00182465
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0117 1 Epstein a massage? 2 MR. PIKE: Form. 3 A. I refuse to answer. 4 Q. When Jane Doe 7 -- let me strike that. 5 Do you know Jane Doe 7? 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. When Jane Doe 7 was a minor female did you 8 call Jane Doe 7 to schedule appointments for her to 9 come to the Epstein house in Palm Beach to give Epstein 10 a massage? 11 MR. PIKE: Form. 12 A. I refuse to answer. 13 Q. When Jane Doe 7 was a minor female did you 14 receive calls from Jane Doe 7 while you were at the 15 Epstein house for her to come to the house by 16 appointment and give Jeffrey Epstein a massage? 17 MR. PIKE: Form. 18 A. I refuse to answer. 19 Q. The computer database that Jeffrey Epstein 20 maintained girls from western Palm Beach County who 21 would come to the house in Palm Beach to give Epstein a 22 massage, did that computer database include the name 23 and contact information for Jane Doe 2? 24 MR. PIKE: Form. 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0118 1 Q. Do you know who Jane Doe 2 is? 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Do you know who Jane Doe 5 is? 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 Q. Did the computer database that Epstein 6 maintained on his computers in his home have the name 7 and contact information for Jane Doe 5 so that Epstein 8 could contact her for -- for massages in his Palm Beach 9 home? 10 MR. PIKE: Form. 11 A. I refuse to answer. 12 Q. Do you know the name Jane Doe 6? 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 Q. Did the computer database that Epstein 15 maintained in his home of underage girls who he would 16 have come over for massages and sexual activity did he was engaging in sexual activity with them? A. I refuse to answer. MR. PIKE: Form. Q. Okay. Did Jeffrey Epstein instruct you to call girls on the telephone to schedule appointments for them to come to his Palm Beach house for massages which were, in fact, to be sexual activity? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. Q. Prior to May 2005 did you call Jane Doe 4 to schedule appointments for her to come to the Epstein house to engage in -- to give Jeffrey Epstein a massage which would, in fact, be sexual activity with Jeffrey Epstein? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. Q. Okay. Prior to May 2005 while you were at the Epstein house in Palm Beach did you receive calls from Jane Doe 4 regarding the scheduling of an appointment for her to come to the Epstein house to give Jeffrey EFTA00182466
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17 that computer database include the name and contact 18 information for Jane Doe 6? 19 A. I refuse to answer. 20 Q. Do you know the name Jane Doe 3? 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 Q. Did the computer database that Jeffrey Epstein 23 maintained in his home include the name and contact 24 information of Jane Doe 3 so that he could contact Jane 25 Doe 3 to come to his Palm Beach home and give him a 0119 1 massage which would become sexual activity? 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Did the computer database that Jeffrey Epstein 4 maintained in his home include the name Jane Doe 4? 5 MR. PIKE: Form. 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. Do you know Jane Doe 4? 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 Q. Did the -- did Jeffrey Epstein tell you that 10 he maintained the contact information for Jane Doe 4 in 11 his computer database in his home so that he could 12 contact her to come to his Palm Beach mansion for 13 massages? 14 MR. PIKE: Form. 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 Q. Did you know for a fact that the computer 17 database included the name Jane Doe 4 so that Jeffrey 18 Epstein could contact her and she would come to the 19 Palm Beach mansion to give Jeffrey Epstein a massage? 20 MR. PIKE: Form. 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 Q. Did you know that the computer database that 23 Jeffrey Epstein maintained his home contained the name 24 and contact information of Jane Doe 7 -- 25 A. I refuse -- sorry. 0120 1 Q. I'm sorry -- so he would contact Jane Doe 7 2 and have her come to his house to give him a massage? 3 A. I refuse to answer. 4 Q. Are you aware that the computer database that 5 Jeffrey Epstein maintained in his home contained the 6 name Jane Doe 8 so that he could contact Jane Doe 8 and 7 have him come to the house in Palm Beach for purposes 8 of giving him a massage? 9 MR. PIKE: Form. 10 A. I refuse to answer. 11 Q. You removed three computers from the Palm 12 Beach house with another gentleman prior to the search 13 warrant being issued by the Palm Beach police; isn't 14 that correct? 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 MR. PIKE: Form. Asked and answered. 17 Q. And Jeffrey Epstein instructed you to remove 18 those computers; is that correct? 19 MR. PIKE: Form, asked and answered. 20 A. I refuse to answer. 21 Q. And Jeffrey Epstein told you that the reason 22 he was instructing you to remove the computers was to 23 hide his sexual activities with underage minors from 24 the authorities? 25 MR. PIKE: Form. 0121 1 A. I refuse to answer. EFTA00182467
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2 Q. As an employee of Jeffrey Epstein did you know 3 Janusz Banaziak? 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 MR. PIKE: Form. 6 Q. Was Janusz Banaziak also an employee of 7 Jeffrey Epstein? 8 MR. PIKE: Form. 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 Q. When Janusz Banaziak testified that you and 11 another gentleman removed the three computers from 12 Jeffrey Epstein's home he was telling the truth, 13 correct? 14 A. I refuse to answer. 15 MR. PIKE: Form. 16 Q. Did you observe Jeffrey Epstein persuading, 17 inducing, or enticing underage girls to engage in 18 sexual activities with him? 19 A. I refuse to answer. 20 Q. Did you -- strike that. 21 Did you observe Jeffrey Epstein persuading, 22 inducing, or enticing girls who came to his house for 23 the purpose of giving him a massage to engage in sexual 24 activity with him? 25 MR. PIKE: Form. 0122 1 A. I refuse to answer. 2 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein tell you that he induced, 3 persuaded, or enticed underage girls to engage in 4 sexual activities with him when they came to his Palm 5 Beach mansion to give him a massage? 6 MR. PIKE: Form. 7 A. I refuse to answer. 8 Q. Would you instruct -- when you spoke to 9 underage girls to schedule appointments for massage in 10 Epstein's home would you instruct these girls to lie 11 about their ages and say they were 18 years old when 12 you knew that they were younger than 18? 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein instruct you as to what to 15 say to the girls who you contacted by telephone to make 16 appointments to schedule massages in Epstein's home? 17 A. I refuse to answer. 18 MR. PIKE: Form. 19 Q. And would Jeffrey Epstein tell you to have the 20 girls who you contacted by the telephone to make 21 appointments to come to the mansion to give Jeffrey 22 Epstein massages, that they should -- that these girls 23 should lie about their ages to Jeffrey Epstein? 24 MR. PIKE: Form. 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0123 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q. 8 4 would 9 massage 10 A. 11 12 Q. Q. Prior to May 2005 are you aware that Jeffrey Epstein had numerous appointments with Jane Doe 4 for her to come to the mansion to come to give him a massage? A. I refuse to answer. MR. PIKE: Form. Prior to May 2005 are you aware that Jane Doe come to the mansion to give Jeffrey Epstein a on a frequent and regular basis? I refuse to answer. MR. PIKE: Form. Are you aware that prior to May 2005 Jeffrey EFTA00182468
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13 Epstein engaged with -- engaged in sexual activities 14 with Jane Doe 4 at the Palm Beach mansion 50 to a 15 hundred times? 16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 MR. PIKE: Form. 18 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein admit to you that on 19 numerous occasions he -- when Jane Doe 4 was an 20 underage minor he touched her breasts? 21 MR. PIKE: Form. 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein admit to you that on 24 numerous occasions when Jane Doe 4 was an underage 25 minor he touched and groped her buttocks? 0124 1 A. I refuse to answer. 2 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein admit to you on numerous 3 occasions when Jane Doe 4 was an underage minor that he 4 rubbed Jane Doe 4's vagina? 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 MR. PIKE: Form. 7 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein admit to you that on 8 occasions prior to Jane Doe 4 turning the age of 18 9 that he performed oral sex on Jane Doe 4? 10 MR. PIKE: Form. 11 A. I refuse to answer. 12 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein admit to you that on 13 numerous occasions prior to Jane Doe 4 reaching the age 14 of 18 he would place a vibrator on Jane Doe 4's 15 genitals? 16 MR. PIKE: Form. 17 A. I refuse to answer. 18 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein admit to you that prior to 19 Jane Doe 4 becoming 18 years of age he would masturbate 20 in her presence? 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 MR. PIKE: Form to the last question. 23 MR. MERMELSTEIN: Hum? 24 MR. PIKE: Form to the last question. 25 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein admit to you that prior to 0125 1 Jane Doe 7 reaching the age of 18 years old he would 2 touch her breasts? 3 MR. PIKE: Form. 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein admit to you that prior to 6 Jane Doe 7 reaching the age of 18 he would grope her -- 7 grope Jane Doe 7's buttocks? 8 MR. PIKE: Form. 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 Q. And did Jeffrey Epstein admit to you that 11 prior to Jane Doe 7 reaching the age of 18 he would rub 12 Jane Doe 7's vagina? 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 MR. PIKE: Form. 15 Q. Do you know who is? 16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein instruct you to call on numerous occasions to recruit underage girls 19 to come to the Palm Beach Mansion to give Jeffrey 20 Epstein a massage? 21 MR. PIKE: Form. 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein instruct you on numerous EFTA00182469
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24 occasions to contact for the purpose of 25 scheduling underage girls for appointments to come to 0126 1 the Palm Beach mansion and give Jeffrey Epstein a 2 massage? 3 A. I refuse to answer. 4 MR. PIKE: Form. 5 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein advise you that was his contact in western Palm Beach County 7 high schools for the purpose of recruiting underage 8 girls to come to the Palm Beach mansion where he would 9 then engage in sexual activity with them? 10 A. I refuse to answer. 11 MR. PIKE: Form. 12 Q. Did instruct you on how to 13 contact underage girls for the purpose of bringing them 14 to the Palm Beach mansion for massages and what to say 15 to these young girls? 16 MR. PIKE: Form. 17 A. I refuse to answer. 18 Q. Did train you in how to contact 19 girls and recruit them to come to the Palm Beach 20 mansion and -- and provide Jeffrey Epstein with 21 massages? 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 MR. PIKE: Form. 24 Q. Was one of your primary duties scheduling 25 regular appointments, at least two per day, for Jeffrey 0127 1 Epstein to have underage girls come to the mansion to 2 give him a massage? 3 MR. PIKE: Asked and answered, form. 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 MR. MERMELSTEIN: Okay. That's all I have. 6 MR. PIKE: I have no questions. 7 MR. EDWARDS: I only have a couple. 8 I'll go ahead and mark this as Number 4. 9 (Whereupon, Plaintiff's Exhibit 4 was marked 10 for identification.) 11 REDIRECT EXAMINATION 12 BY MR. EDWARDS: 13 Q. This photograph appears to be Jeffrey Epstein, 14 yourself, and Maer Roshan in this photograph taken from 15 an internet newspaper. Can you tell me where that 16 picture was taken? 17 A. I refuse to answer. 18 MR. PIKE: May I see that, counsel? 19 Q. Was this related -- this event, was it related 20 to MC Squared? 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 Q. All right. What is -- I know that you told us 23 that you're not employed now because you're in school. 24 What was your last employment? 25 A. I was working at the local CPA firm. 0128 1 Q. Excuse me? 2 A. CPA firm. 3 Q. Okay. What was the name of that CPA firm? 4 A. William Owens, CPA, P.A. 5 Q. William Owens. And is that in Miami? 6 A. Correct. 7 Q. Where did you work prior to that? 8 A. I worked for maybe less than a month at a EFTA00182470
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9 clothing store. 10 Q. What clothing store? 11 A. Club Monaco. 12 Q. Where's that? 13 A. South Beach. 14 Q. Where in South Beach? 15 A. It's on Collins Avenue and I believe maybe 6th 16 and 8th, I'm not sure. 17 Q. Okay. Why'd you leave there? 18 A. The clothing store? 19 Q. Correct. 20 A. Because I got the accounting job. 21 Q. And that's what you want to be you said? 22 A. Yes, um-hum. 23 Q. Okay. And I suppose that you left the 24 accounting firm because you went to school to finish 25 your degree? 0129 1 A. Well, I was working part-time and going to 2 school part-time and it just became too challenging. 3 The accounting program is very demanding, so I wanted 4 to dedicate myself to study. 5 Q. How long were you at this accounting firm 6 Williams Owens -- William Owens? 7 A. Maybe two and a half years about maybe. 8 Something like that. 9 Q. All right. So we're in -- when was it that 10 you left there? 11 A. May of 2009. 12 Q. Okay. May '09, so that brings us back to late 13 2006 or something when you started there? 14 A. Yes. That would be about right, yes. 15 Q. And then it was sometime earlier than that in 16 2006 when you were at the clothing store? 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. And you were there for about a month? 19 A. About, yes. 20 Q. Give or take 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. -- a week or so? 23 Where -- where did you work prior to the 24 clothing store Club Monaco? 25 A. I was modeling. 0130 1 Q. And where were you modeling? 2 A. In Miami. New York. 3 Q. For what agency? 4 A. In Miami I was with Elite Models. I was with 5 Michele Pommier -- 6 Q. Who's that? 7 A. Michele Pommier Agency. 8 Q. Okay. How do you spell the last name? 9 A. P-O-M-M-I-E-R. And then -- 10 Q. Okay. That was in Miami? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. And then what agency did you work through in 13 New York? 14 A. ID Models. 15 Q. Excuse me? 16 A. ID Models. 17 Q. ID? 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Just in the letter I -- EFTA00182471
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20 A. Yes. 21 Q. -- letter D? 22 And who was the person that got you hooked up 23 at ID Models? 24 A. My husband had that contact. 25 Q. Okay. How long did you work with ID Models? 0131 1 A. I'm trying to think. I do not recall exact 2 timeframe. 3 Q. All right. Well, if the clothing store was 4 sometime late 2006 are we talking about earlier in the 5 year 2006 when you were working with Elite in Miami and 6 ID Models in New York? 7 MR. ROSS: I'm going to ask you to invoke. 8 THE WITNESS: I'm sorry? 9 MR. ROSS: You should invoke with regard to 10 this timeframe you're talking about now. 11 MR. EDWARDS: Okay. 12 A. I refuse to answer. 13 Q. Okay. Can you tell me about any job that you 14 had modeling or otherwise prior to working at ID Models 15 or with Elite? 16 A. Recall -- just name any 17 Q. Any -- what was your -- what employment did 18 you have just prior to working with Elite Models and ID 19 Models? 20 A. I was working as a model in Europe. I 21 graduated from high school in 2002 and I dedicated that 22 year to modeling and so I was modeling. I did not have 23 employment. 24 Q. All right. So just so I understand you were 25 modeling in Europe, you came over here in 2002. 0132 1 A. Um-hum. 2 Q. There's a period of time from 2002 through 3 2006 where -- you know, 2006 you start with ID Models 4 and again with Elite. I know when you came over here 5 in 2002 you were with Elite also, right? 6 A. I'm sorry, you're confusing me with the 7 timeframe. 8 Q. I'm confusing myself, how about that. Let's 9 start over. 10 2002 you come over to the United States, 11 you're working at Elite? 12 A. Yes, I've been invited by Elite. 13 Q. Okay. And then if I understand you correctly 14 over time you continue to work with or through Elite? 15 A. Well, I've been, you know, changing agencies 16 throughout the period. 17 Q. Okay. What are some of the other modeling 18 agencies you have worked for or with? 19 A. I refuse to answer. 20 Q. Okay. The only other names of modeling 21 agencies that you can answer are ID Models and Elite; 22 is that correct? 23 THE WITNESS: Should I? 24 MR. ROSS: Well, she's already answered also 25 Michele Pommier. 0133 1 MR. EDWARDS: But I thought that was somebody 2 through Elite, like they're -- 3 MR. ROSS: No, no, no, Michele Pommier is a -- 4 MR. EDWARDS: Different, okay. EFTA00182472
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5 Q. All right. Is there anybody else that you're 6 able to -- to tell me where you worked? 7 MR. ROSS: Invoke as to any further 8 information. 9 THE WITNESS: I'm sorry? 10 MR. ROSS: Invoke your privilege. 11 A. I refuse to answer any questions. 12 MR. EDWARDS: All right. That's all I got. 13 MR. MERMELSTEIN: Can I just follow up a 14 couple? 15 RECROSS-EXAMINATION 16 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 17 Q. In what has been marked as Exhibit 2C is a 18 phone message from you to Adri -- from you to Jeffrey 19 Epstein dated September 10th, 2005 at 1:15 p.m. 20 And the message that you left was "Lauren 21 confirmed 4 p.m.", is that correct? 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. Is the Lauren referred to in this message 24 ? 25 MR. PIKE: Form. 0134 1 A. I refuse to answer. 2 Q. And did you schedule Lauren -- 3 MR. PIKE: Form. 4 Q. -- to come to the Palm Beach 5 mansion as an underage female to give Jeffrey Epstein 6 massages? 7 MR. PIKE: Form. 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 Q. Also what has been marked as Exhibit 2F is a 10 phone message from you to Jeffrey Epstein dated 11 September 11th, 2005 at 9:15 a.m. And the message was 12 that you got a car for a particular person. Do you 13 recall that? 14 MR. PIKE: Form. 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 Q. Is the car that you obtained on 17 September 11th, 2005 for Jane Doe 4? 18 MR. PIKE: Form. 19 A. I refuse to answer. 20 Q. And Jane Doe 4 is a girl who had been coming 21 to the Palm Beach mansion to give Jeffrey Epstein a 22 massage and engage in sexual activities with him for a 23 substantial period of time; is that correct? 24 A. I refuse to answer. 25 Q. And also what has been marked as Exhibit 2H -- 0135 1 actually -- 2 MR. EDWARDS: Is that G? 3 MR. MERMELSTEIN: Are they similar? 4 MR. EDWARDS: Yeah, I guess they blocked out 5 names on one of them and they didn't on the other. 6 MR. MERMELSTEIN: Right. Okay. 7 Q. And what has been marked as Exhibit 2G is a 8 message from you to Jeffrey Epstein dated 9 September 3rd, 2005 at 8:50 p.m. And the message you 10 left is, quote, "I left message for to confirm 11 for 11:00 a.m. and for 4:30 p.m." 12 Did you, in fact, leave that message? 13 MR. PIKE: Form. 14 A. I refuse to answer. 15 Q. And this message that you left confirmed an EFTA00182473
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16 appointment for Jane Doe 4 for 4:30 p.m., correct? 17 A. I refuse to answer. 18 MR. MERMELSTEIN: All right. That's all I 19 have. 20 MR. ROSS: Waive. 21 MR. MERMELSTEIN: All right. 22 VIDEOGRAPHER: Off the record, 12:42 p.m. 23 THE REPORTER: Are you ordering? 24 MR. EDWARDS: Yes. 25 MR. PIKE: I want a copy, a mini, no ASCii, 0136 1 and no word index. 2 MR. MERMELSTEIN: I'll take a copy with a 3 mini. 4 (The deposition was concluded at 12:42 p.m.) 5 (Reading and signing of the deposition was 6 waived by the witness and all parties.) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0137 1 CERTIFICATE OF OATH 2 STATE OF FLORIDA 3 COUNTY OF BROWARD 4 5 I, Janet L. McKinney, Registered Professional 6 Reporter, Florida Professional Reporter, Certified 7 LiveNote Reporter, Notary Public, State of Florida, 8 certify that personally appeared before me 9 on March 15, 2010 and was duly sworn. 10 Signed this 21st day of March, 2010. 11 12 13 14 Janet L. McKinney Registered Professional Reporter 15 Florida Professional Reporter Certified LiveNote Reporter 16 Notary Public, State of Florida Commission No.: DD552183 17 Expires: June 2, 2010 18 19 20 21 22 EFTA00182474
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23 24 25 0138 1 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER 2 STATE OF FLORIDA 3 COUNTY OF BROWARD 4 5 I, Janet McKinney, Registered Professional 6 Reporter, Florida Professional Reporter, Certified 7 LiveNote Reporter, certify that I was authorized to and 8 did stenographically report the deposition of , pages 1 through 138; that a review of the 10 transcript was not requested; and that the transcript 11 is a true record of my stenographic notes. 12 I further certify that I not a relative, 13 employee, attorney, or counsel of any of the parties, 14 nor am I a relative or employee of any of the parties' 15 attorneys or counsel connected with the action, nor am 16 I financially interested in the action. 17 Dated this 21st day of March, 2010. 18 19 Janet L. McKinney, RPR, FPR, CLR 20 Registered Professional Reporter Florida Professional Reporter 21 Certified LiveNote Reporter 22 23 24 25 EFTA00182475
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