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Page 23 I ask to make what are called controlled calls? 2 A Yes. 3 4 controlled call is? 5 6 listening device, where we have an individual place a call 7 to somebody and we are able to record the other person's B voice and the conversation that takes place between the 9 person that we're having make the call and the person that 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 end of March, I believe it was March 30. called 18 at the Olive Garden where works. was IIIIIII 19 concerned that father had found out somehow and 20 that they knew about it. And she refers to him as 21 Jeffrey, but Mr. Epstein. 22 told her that they did not know about 23 Mr. Epstein. Later in the conversation ■ tells her 24 that Mr. Epstein would like her to come back and work for 25 Q Can you explain to the grand jury what a A A controlled call is where we actually have a they are calling. Q Who did detective Il' ask illlito call? A ewes asked to callallon the phone. Q And did she do so? A Yes, she did. Q Can you tell the grand jury when the calls were? A I believe the first call was made towards the him, and that maybe she could work for him tomorrow. So EFTA00226476
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Page 24 1 they agreed that there would be a call between and 2 tomorrow, that will call al a tomorrow. 3 Q Were there calls also made on March 31 of 2006? 4 A There were two calls made on March 31. The s first one she doesn't connect to The second call 6 that was made a short time later, Haley answers the phone. 7 Again, there is a discussion about ■ coming to work for 0 Mr. Epstein. tells IIIIII- one of the comments that 9 is made is, "The more you do, the more you make." ■ is 10 asking her how much can I make. 11 Again, detective Pagan is there, and is 12 asking how much can I make. is telling 13 that she'll have to ask Mr. Epstein that, that she is 14 going to see Mr. Epstein tomorrow and that she'll talk to 15 Mr. Epstein. There is conversation about ■ and her 16 twin sister possibly coming to Mr. Epstein's house. There 17 is some discussion about her coming to work for 18 Mr. Epstein. 19 Q Just so it's clear, because there were a lot of 20 shes, Illillis telling i that s going to see 21 Epstein the following day? 22 A Yes. 23 Q And that is going to set up a schedule 24 with Mr. Epstein for ■ and her sister to work for him? 25 A Yes. • EFTA00226477
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Page 25 1 Q On April 1, the following day, did make 2 calls tO 3 A From the Palm Beach police department, they were 4 able to take voice mail messages left by i on 5 phone stating that could come and work on Saturday 6 around 11:00. 7 Q I think you mentioned this last time, but in 8 case you didn't, did the Palm Beach police department do 9 trash pulls at Mr. Epstein's house? 10 A Yes, they did. 11 Q Was there anything of value related to this 12 series of calls that were recovered? 13 A Yes. There was a trash pull done in the 14 beginning of April, and in the trash there was a piece of 15 paper that on it had s name, name, and I 16 believe it was 10:30 listed on the piece of paper. 17 Q It said with Mon Saturday at 10:30? 18 A Yes, it did. 19 Q In addition to the actual recordings of those 20 phone calls and voice mail messages, do you also have 21 telephone records from both cell phone and 22 cell phone that match up? 23 A Yes. 24 Q Just to go back to something that you mentioned. 25 Who actually gave the $300 cash to at the day she was iI••••••••••• EFTA00226478
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Page 26 2 3 4 6 7 at Mr. Epstein's house? A Mr. Epstein. • You mentioned a girl named A Yes. Was also interviewed? A Yes, she was. Q Was she asked about going with to take 8 girls to Mr. Epstein's house? 9 10 11 12 13 A Yes. Q Was she asked who the youngest-looking girl was? A Yes. Q What did she say? A She discussed looking young in her 14 interview with the Palm Beach police department. 15 Those are all of my questions 16 for you now. If you could please step outside, I'll 17 see if the grand jurors have any. 18 (Witness excused, and then returned.) 19 BY 20 Q Agent we have just a few questions. 21 One relates to the conversation between Mr. Epstein and 22 ■ about his exploits with other girls. Did Mr. Epstein 23 say anything about the age of those girls? 24 A He said that -- in particular on one case he 25 talked about a young girl that he was in the back seat EFTA00226479
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Page 27 with, and her parents were in the front seat. He told 2 that they were having sex in the back seat -- were 3 doing sexual things in the back seat while he was carrying 4 on a conversation with the parents in the Iront seat. I 5 guess they were on their way home from a business party. 6 This was one of the stories that he had talked about. 7 Q But at no time did he provide any specific ages 8 about any of those girls? 9 A No. lo Q What was age at the time she took ■ 11 to Mr. Epstein's house? 12 A She was 18. 13 Q Did Mr. Epstein ask Sage anything about her age? 14 A He did. He asked her how old she was, she said 15 she was 18. He asked her what grade she was in, she said 16 she was in the 12th grade. He asked her where she went to 17 school, and she said she went to Wellington. 18 Q I know we will be doing a lot more discussion 19 about ilillillater. But could you tell us briefly how 20 IIIIIILwas recruited to go to Mr. Epstein's house? 21 A was at the beach, and two individuals 22 approached her about making money and giving a massage to 23 Mr. Epstein. 24 Q How old was when she first went to 25 Mr. Epstein's house? 1 1 EFTA00226480
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Page 28 A Through phone records, we have contact between 2 Thank you. 4 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 B starting at age 17. Those are all the questions. (Witness excused, and then returned.) Q The question was, was there any particular evidence to suggest that Mr. Epstein knew that was under the age of 18? A I would say through the interviews of the multiple girls that went to Mr. Epstein's house -- the way that having seen last night, and now she's 16 -- this was two years ago -- that 1111111age and behavior -- and again, is that more circumstantial evidence? As far as concrete evidence, no. But just by her appearance and her mannerisms and how I observed her last night at age 16. Q And that's consistent with what during her statement, correct? said A Yes, it is. MS. a Any other questions? JUROR: Did she look 18? THE WITNESS: Does illillook 18? Not in my opinion, sir. MS. All right. Any other questions? Okay, thank you, very much. EFTA00226481
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Page 29 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 (Witness excused.) CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER I CERTIFY pages 1 to 28 is a true transcript of my shorthand notes of the testimony of before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach, Florida, on the 27th day of February, 2007. Dated at West Palm Beach, Florida this 18th day of March, 2007. I /77 Al_ 65 Philip W. May, Court Reporter EFTA00226482
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U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Ave., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL. 3340/ (561) 820.8711 Facsimile: (561) 820-8777 March 15, 2007 DELIVE Y Y HAND Miss Re: Crime Victims' and Witnesses' Rights Dear Miss Pursuant to the Justice for All Act of 2004, as a victim and/or witness of a federal offense, you have a number of rights. Those rights are: (I) The right to be reasonably protected from the accused. (2) The right to reasonable, accurate, and timely notice of any public court proceeding involving the crime or of any release or escape of the accused. (3) The right not to be excluded from any public court proceeding, unless the court determines that your testimony may be materially altered if you are present for other portions of a proceeding. (4) The right to be reasonably heard at any public proceeding in the district court involving release, plea, or sentencing. (5) The reasonable right to confer with the attorney for the United States in the case. (6) The right to full and timely restitution as provided in law. (7) The right to proceedings free from unreasonable delay. (8) The right to be treated with fairness and with respect for the victim's dignity and privacy. Members of the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal investigative agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, must use their best efforts to make sure that these rights are protected. If you have an concerns in this regard, please feel free to contact me at 561 209-1047, or Special Agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 561 822-5946. You also can contact t e Justice Department's Office for Victims of Crime in Washington, D.C. at 202-307-5983. That Office has a website at www.ovc.gov. You can seek the advice of an attorney with respect to the rights listed above and, if you believe that the rights set forth above are being violated, you have the right to petition the Court for relief. Exhibit 19 EFTA00226483
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1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA RE: OPERATION LEAP YEAR TESTIMONY OF SPECIAL AGENT COPY Federal Grand Jury 07-103 Federal Building U.S. Courthouse West Palm Beach, Florida Tuesday, March 20, 2007 APPEARANCES: Assistant United States Attorney Foreperson OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 Exhibit 20 EFTA00226484
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2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 The sworn testimony of SPECIAL AGENT was taken before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach Division, Building, U.S. Courthouse, Palm Beach County, State of Florida, on Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Paula E. Angelocci, Certified Court Reporter and Notary Public, State of Florida, Official Reporting Service, LLC, 524 South Andrews Avenue, Suite 302N, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33301 , was authorized to and did report the sworn testimony. OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226485
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3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (Witness enters the Grand Jury Room.) THE FOREPERSON: You do solemnly swear that the testimony you give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? THE WITNESS: I do. THE FOREPERSON: Thank you. Please be seated. EXAMINATION Q Special Agent could you please state and spell your name for the record? It's A It's Q Now Special Agent last week or the last time that we met, we discussed two girls, correct? A Yes. Q Who visited Mr. Epstein's home? A Yes. Q And those were and A Yes. Q Did you obtain photographs of those girls? A Yes, I did. OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226486
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4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q And do you know approximately when those photographs were taken? A They were taken during the same time period that we are investigating, '04 and '05. There may have been a few in '03, but it was within a year's time of six months within the activity that we are investigating. Q All right. Let me show you what has been marked as Grand Jury Exhibits 1 and 2, and can you tell us what Exhibit 1 is? A Exhibit 1 is illiblland it's a photograph of her with her date of birth listed. Q And what is Exhibit 2? A A photograph of with her date of birth as well on it. MS. And I will just pass those to the grand jury. BY Q Now the last time that we were here, you had described how had IIIIIIII brought IIIIIIIII to Mr. Epstein's home? A Yes. Q Did IIIIIIIIIbring other girls to the Epstein house? A Yes, she did. OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226487
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5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q And is one of those girls A Yes. Q And what is the date of birth of A She was born Q And where did go to high school? A Royal Palm Beach High School. Q And is that the same school that 4IIIIIIIIwent to? A Yes. Q And was ver a student at that school? A Yes, she was. Q Tell us a little bit about -- well, first of all, did the Palm Beach Police Department have a chance to interview A Yes, they did. Q And what about yourself? A And I did as well. Q Okay. Tell us, if you will, how started going to Mr. Epstein's house? A was the one who brought to Mr. Epstein's house. told that she may have to remove her clothing and that she could OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226488
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6 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 makes $200 if she performed a massage for Mr. Epstein. IIIIII She also was told by that he may try to touch you, but if you are uncomfortable, just tell him no, and she also said that if Epstein asked her age, she was to say she was 18. Q Now that information that you just relayed, who provided that information? A IIIIIM IIM Q And what did -- A I'm sorry. provided in the interview to me that information. Q Did also admit that she brought to Mr. Epstein's home? A Yes. Q When did this first occur? A This occurred in -- we believe the first time period was when was 16. Q And is there any telephone records that show communications between and and A Yes. Q And when are those phone records? A Those phone records show up in March of '04 when would be 16. OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226489
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7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q Let me show what has been marked as Grand Jury Exhibit Number 3, and what is Exhibit 3? A This is a photograph of with her date of birth, Q Now you mentioned that in March of 2004 and April of 2004, there are these records of phone calls and did say how old she was when she first went to Mr. Epstein's house? A I'm sorry. Did say how old she was? Q Did she tell you or the police officers how old she was? A Yes. I'm sorry. I thought your question was did she tell Mr. Epstein. She told me that she was 16 when she went to Mr. Epstein's house. Q Okay. That is consistent with those phones calls? A Yes, it is. Q Okay. Now during her first visit with Mr. Epstein, what happened? A She went to Mr. Epstein's house. took her there. told her she didn't have her driver's license at that time, which she told OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226490
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8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 her she got her driver's license when she was 17. So drove her to Mr. Epstein's house. She provided Mr. Epstein with a Iew massages. She remained clothed both times that she gave him a massage. At this time, she kept her clothes on. I think one time she was wearing shorts and a T-shirt, maybe the second time she was wearing jeans and a T-shirt. That he constantly grabbed and pulled at her during the massage trying to draw her closer to him, but at that time, you know, there was no sexual activity other than the grabbing and pulling. There was no sexual activity that took place on those Iirst couple of massages, and she remained clothed at that time. Q Now after those first few massages, was there a break in time before returns to the Epstein house? A told us that she and had had some kind of a fight or a disagreement, a breakup in their relationship, so there was a time period where she did not go back to Mr. Epstein's house. Q And when -- did there then come a time OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226491
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9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 when she returned to the Epstein house? A Yes. We have phone activity between Kellen and Z. beginning in December of '04. Q And how old was in December of '04? A She had turned 17 at that time. In fact, through the course of the phone records beginning in December of IIIIIIIIIII we have over 150 phone calls between 04 to October of 2005, and Mr. Epstein's assistant. Q What did tell you about the activity that occurred when she started returning in late '04? A When she started giving Mr. Epstein massages after that break, the massages became much more sexual in nature. Mr. Epstein continued to push and there were many times when would perform massages completely nude. Several times, she would stay in her underwear with no bra on, but stated to me that many occasions she performed the massages to Mr. Epstein in the nude. In addition to being unclothed, was there other sexual activity? OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226492
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10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A Yes, there was. during my interview with she became very upset when discussing the sexual activity that took place at that time. She stated that Mr. Epstein had digitally penetrated her. It began first by rubbing her on the outside pf her vagina and then on more than one occasion actually penetrating her with his fingers. He would request her to pinch his nipples. He rubbed her breasts as well. She stated that there was a vibrator that was used on her vagina as well, did not penetrate her, but that she described the vibrator as being a, white vibrator with a gray head, and several of the other victims have said the same thing, described it similar to that. Q And just before I forget, when you IMIE testified about did also report having a vibrator used on her? A Yes. Q And, again, so the record is clear, when you are talking about these vibrators, they are the large back massager type vibrator? A We have had some girls just describe OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226493
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1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 them as a vibrator. We have had some girls just describe them as a back massager and then we also had girls describe them as both, because of the size of it, I think some girls are more aware of what a vibrator would look like due to their ages. You know, I don't know that everybody knew exactly what a sexual vibrator looked like, but they all vibrated, and we have actually had that described, and described it as both, a vibrator slash massager, saying that it was, you know, large in nature. Q Okay. Now in addition to using that massager and digitally penetrating was there other sexual activity? A Yes. Several times during the massages, Mr. Epstein would havesstraddle him while he laid on his stomach and then he would reach between her legs and masturbate and occasionally -- Q And this is when he was laying on his back not his stomach? A I'm sorry. Did I say that? • You said on his stomach. A He is laying on his back. She's on top of him straddled, and he is reaching between her OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226494
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12 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 masturbating, and he has attempted to put his penis on her vagina, never penetrating her, but that was what was described to us by . Q Now when was first interviewed by the Palm Beach Police? A She was interviewed October 6th of 2005. Q And at that time, did she say when her last visit was to Mr. Epstein's house? A Yes, she said October 1st, 2005, was the last massage that she had given Mr. Epstein. Q Is there any other evidence that was recovered from Mr. Epstein's or his household items that would confirm that statement? A We have a message pad. During the search warrant, several of the message pads -- I don't know if we referred to them at this stage. We may not have. We recovered -- well, I shouldn't say we, the Palm Beach Police Department recovered several message pads. They were carbon copy message pads. So we have several of those books from their search warrant and in there, there is a message on October 1st confirming appointment for the mas as well as another OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC (954) 467-8204 EFTA00226495