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522 1 correct? 2 A. I do. 3 Q. And you know her through Jeffrey Epstein, 4 right? 5 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 6 instruction. 7 A. I wrote an article about her father's 8 death years ago, and I don't remember if I met her 9 independently. I do remember meeting her through 10 her -- I remember that the Lady Rothschild asked me 11 to meet Jeffrey Epstein, and when Jeffrey Epstein 12 came to meet me, he was with Ghislaine Maxwell. 13 BY MR. EDWARDS: 14 Q. And when was that? 15 A. The first time I Jeffrey Epstein, which 16 would have been in the summer of Leslie Wexner's 17 59th birthday. That's all I can tell you is the 18 summer of his 59th birthday because I then flew with 19 Jeffrey Epstein to Leslie Wexner's 59th birthday. I 20 was presented to Leslie Wexner. Leslie would like 21 to get as birthday gifts interesting people that his 22 friends had met during the year, and so I was 23 Jeffrey Epstein's intellectual gift to Leslie 24 Wexner. And it was that year that I met Jeffrey 25 Epstein. That's the best I can date it. www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615643
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523 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Q. I'm asking about your conversations with 16 Ghislaine Maxwell, who's in a separate litigation, 17 civil litigation for defamation. Have you 18 personally spoken with Ghislaine Maxwell since these 19 allegations? 20 A. If there's no objection, I will answer. 21 MR. INDYKE: There was an objection. Same 22 objection, same instruction. 23 BY MR. EDWARDS: 24 Q. Is there a joint defense agreement related 25 to the civil allegation -- actions regarding the www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615644
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524 1 defamation actions that involve Ghislaine Maxwell 2 and yourself? 3 MR. INDYKE: Same objection. 4 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: What's the 5 basis -- can you explain to me what the basis 6 of the objection is -- and what was the 7 question? 8 MR. EDWARDS: Has Mr. Dershowitz spoken 9 with Ghislaine Maxwell since the allegations -- 10 since this defamation suit came about as well 11 as the defamation suit with Ghislaine Maxwell. 12 BY MR. EDWARDS: 13 Q. Let me ask it cleaner. Have you spoken 14 with Ghislaine Maxwell since January 2015? 15 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 16 instruction. 17 BY MR. EDWARDS: 18 Q. So that I'm clear, there is a joint 19 defense of the allegations regarding Ghislaine 20 Maxwell that's New York litigation and this 21 defamation case? 22 MR. INDYKE: There's a common interest 23 agreement in effect with respect to the 24 New York case and a common interest agreement 25 with respect to this case. www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615645
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525 1 BY MR. EDWARDS: 2 Q. Okay. Was lying when she 3 says that she was taken by Ghislaine Maxwell and 4 MR. SCAROLA: Who negotiated the agreement 5 and when? 6 BY MR. EDWARDS: 7 Q. Is there a common interest agreement in 8 existence with respect to the allegations that have 9 arisen since January of 2015 or that you contend 10 covers that? 11 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 12 instruction. 13 BY MR. EDWARDS: 14 Q. If there is, who negotiated this 15 agreement? 16 MR. SCAROLA: Can we have a ruling on 17 propriety? 18 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: You haven't 19 pushed me, so I let you go. 20 MR. SCAROLA: Can we have a ruling as to 21 whether we get to know whether Mr. Dershowitz 22 is a party to a common interest agreement with 23 Ghislaine Maxwell? 24 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Counsel 25 MS. McCAWLEY: Also, just this is Sigrid www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615646
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526 1 McCawley, if any of the individuals on the 2 phone are representing Ghislaine Maxwell, my 3 understanding is the person on the phone is 4 representing Jeffrey Epstein, not Ghislaine 5 Maxwell. That needs to be clarified. 6 MR. INDYKE: Correct. Correct. 7 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: The answer is 8 correct? 9 MR. INDYKE: With respect to Mr. Epstein, 10 I can tell you there's a common interest 11 agreement with respect to this matter and a 12 common interest agreement with respect to the 13 Ghislaine Maxwell suit in New York. 14 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Is 15 Mr. Dershowitz party to that? 16 MR. INDYKE: Mr. Dershowitz is party to a 17 common interest agreement with Jeffrey in this 18 case. And I believe -- I'd have to check, but 19 I believe that that would extend 20 MR. SCAROLA: We want an answer from the 21 witness as to whether the witness is a party to 22 a common interest agreement with Ghislaine 23 Maxwell. 24 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Then ask the 25 question, because I haven't seen the question www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615647
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527 1 asked yet. 2 BY MR. EDWARDS: 3 Q. Are you a party to a common interest 4 agreement with Ghislaine Maxwell? 5 A. If there's no objection, I'll answer it. 6 MR. INDYKE: I apologize. I thought we 7 were still operating under the original set of 8 objections. So I will repeat it. Same 9 objection, same instruction. 10 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: With respect to 11 that question, you can answer 12 A. My understanding is that I am still 13 Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer. Jeffrey Epstein, I 14 understand, has a common interest or joint defense 15 agreement with Ghislaine Maxwell, so I have -- my 16 understanding is that I am bound by a common 17 agreement. 18 BY MR. EDWARDS: 19 Q. Is this the same common interest agreement 20 that we were talking about from 2005, or is this a 21 separate common interest agreement that has been 22 signed as a consequence of the lawsuits that have 23 been filed since January 2015? 24 MR. INDYKE: If this is a new question, 25 I'll assert the same objection and the same www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615648
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528 1 instruction. 2 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: And I'm going to 3 overrule the objection. And you can answer 4 that. 5 A. My understanding is that it's a 6 combination; that is, it reflects the previous 7 agreement and that there is a new agreement that 8 supplemented the previous agreement. 9 BY MR. EDWARDS: 10 Q. When you say it's your understanding, is 11 this understanding in writing; meaning, is there a 12 written common interest agreement that has been put 13 in place since January of 2015? 14 A. I don't know. 15 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 16 instruction. 17 MR. SCOTT: Can we take a recess when we 18 get a chance? 19 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Yes, but I'm 20 going to instruct you -- 21 A. I don't know. I don't know the answer to 22 that, whether there's additional writing or not. 23 BY MR. EDWARDS: 24 Q. Last question, then we take a break. Have 25 you signed any such agreement www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615649
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529 1 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 2 instruction. 3 BY MR. EDWARDS: 4 Q. -- since January 2015? 5 A. Since January? Not to my recollection. 6 MR. EDWARDS: We can take a break. 7 VIDEOGRAPHER: Going off the record. The 8 time is approximately 2:09 p.m. 9 (Recess was held from 2:09 p.m. until 2:26 p.m.) 10 VIDEOGRAPHER: Going back on the record. 11 Time is approximately 2:26 p.m. 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615650
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530 12 says that she was paid to have sex with Prince 13 Andrew? 14 A. I have no idea. 15 Q. You have met Prince Andrew, right? 16 A. I have. 17 Q. He sat in the back of your classrooms? 18 MR. SCOTT: Objection, asked and answered 19 twice. 20 A. Once, yes. 21 BY MR. EDWARDS: 22 Q. I think we went to Jeffrey Epstein sitting 23 in your classrooms, but now I'm talking about Prince 24 Andrew sat in your classroom as well, right? 25 A. Yes, once. www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615651
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531 1 MR. SCOTT: I thought we went through 2 Andrew before; maybe I'm wrong. 3 BY MR. EDWARDS: 4 Q. Have you, since the -- since January of 5 2015, have you contacted Prince Andrew? 6 A. No. I got a Christmas card from him. 7 Q. Have you spoke with him about the 8 allegations that were alleged against Prince Andrew? 9 A. Not to him, but to -- not to him. 10 Q. Have you spoke to some representative of 11 his, of Prince Andrew? 12 A. I need to know whether -- 13 MR. INDYKE: Guy, sorry, I was just cut 14 off for some reason. 15 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Hold on a 16 second. Go ahead and restate your question 17 so -- Darren, can you hear now? 18 MR. INDYKE: Yes, I can. 19 BY MR. EDWARDS: 20 Q. My question is, have you spoken with 21 Prince Andrew or any representative of or for Prince 22 Andrew since January of 2015? 23 MR. SCOTT: If any of that involved work 24 product on our part, I am instructing you not 25 to answer. www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615652
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532 1 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 2 instruction on my end as well. 3 BY MR. EDWARDS: 4 Q. Whether or not you have spoken with him 5 would not be protected. 6 A. I have not spoken to him. 7 MR. SCOTT: That, I don't have a problem 8 with. 9 BY MR. EDWARDS: 10 Q. Have you spoken with any representative of 11 Prince Andrew since January of 2015? 12 A. Is there any objection? I don't think I 13 have, but I think my lawyers have. But I don't 14 think I have. 15 MR. SCOTT: Don't go into any work 16 product. 17 A. I don't think I have. 18 BY MR. EDWARDS: 19 Q. Do you know that some representative of 20 yours has spoken with some representative of Prince 21 Andrew since January of 2015? 22 A. I think so, yes. 23 Q. Is Prince Andrew a party to any joint 24 defense agreement? 25 A. Not that I am -- www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615653
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533 1 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 2 instruction. 3 A. I'm not aware of any. 4 BY MR. EDWARDS: 5 Q. Okay. Do you know which representative 6 which of your representatives communicated with 7 which of Prince Andrew's representatives? 8 A. No. I do remember being told, though, 9 that there was a call from Prince Andrew's people to 10 one of my lawyers, but that's all I know. 11 Q. So when I'm asking you whether ■ is lying about having sex with Prince Andrew 13 when she was under the age of 18, do you know the 14 answer to that question from -- 15 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 16 instruction. 17 A. Same answer. If it's based on her own 18 statement, I have no reason to believe it. If 19 there's other objective evidence, I'm not aware of 20 it. 21 I have no 22 reason to believe she would be telling the truth. 23 But I don't have any personal knowledge of that. 24 BY MR. EDWARDS: 25 Q. What information do you have from Prince www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615654
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534 1 2 3 4 Andrew's representative on that subject? MR. SCOTT: Don't answer that question. MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same instruction. 5 A. I can say publicly -- 6 MR. SCOTT: Don't answer that. You've 7 been told. 8 A. Okay, I'm sorry. 9 BY MR. EDWARDS: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615655
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536 1 2 3 Q. Ghislaine Maxwell has been friends and 4 acquaintances of Prince Andrew for a very long time. 5 You know that, right? 6 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 7 instruction. 8 BY MR. EDWARDS: 9 Q. Is that privileged, the answer to that 10 question, Ghislaine Maxwell's relationship with 11 Prince Andrew? Let me ask it this ■ -- 12 MR. INDYKE: To the extent that 13 Mr. Dershowitz obtained that information in 14 connection with his representation of Jeffrey 15 Epstein, of course it is. 16 BY MR. EDWARDS: 17 Q. I have a better ■ to go about this, 18 then. Ghislaine Maxwell and you met her well 19 before 2005, didn't you? 20 A. I did, yes. 21 Q. And Prince Andrew you met before 2005 as 22 well, correct? 23 A. I think it was before 2005, yeah. 24 Q. And prior to 2005, you understood that 25 Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew were social www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615657
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537 1 acquaintances, didn't you? 2 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 3 instruction. 4 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: That deals with 5 if you have any nonprivileged. 6 A. I do. 7 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Then I would 8 overrule the objection to that extent. 9 A. I've seen them together at a party on 10 Martha's Vineyard given by Lady Rothschild. 11 BY MR. EDWARDS: 12 Q. And back at that time, prior to your 13 representation of Jeffrey Epstein, did he tell you 14 that he had been introduced to Prince Andrew through 15 Ghislaine Maxwell? 16 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 17 instruction. As Mr. Dershowitz previously 18 responded to the question about representation, 19 he said it was -- maybe he did not represent 20 Mr. Epstein in this case, but he represented 21 him in other cases. 22 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: I will overrule 23 the objection to the extent that you have 24 nonprivileged information that you can base the 25 answer. www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615658
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538 1 A. Yes. And in a letter that Prince Andrew 2 wrote to me thanking me for inviting him to my class 3 and having the dinner for him at Harvard Law School, 4 he made a reference to Jeffrey Epstein. 5 BY MR. EDWARDS: 6 Q. And when was -- when did Prince Andrew 7 write a letter to you? 8 A. When he came to my class at Harvard Law 9 School, just a thank-you note. 10 Q. What was the approximate date of that 11 letter? 12 A. I don't know. 13 Q. What was the approximate year of the 14 letter? 15 A. I don't know. 16 Q. Do you still have the letter? 17 A. I'll check. 18 Q. Is there any reason why you haven't 19 personally contacted Prince Andrew to discuss these 20 allegations? 21 MR. SCOTT: Objection, hypothetical, 22 speculation. 23 A. Not easy to reach the Queen, not easy to 24 reach the Prince. I don't know who I would call. 25 www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615659
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539 1 BY MR. EDWARDS: 2 Q. Couldn't you just call Ghislaine Maxwell, 3 though? It's not that easy for many people. 4 Couldn't you call Ghislaine? 5 MR. INDYKE: Objection. 6 MR. SCOTT: Argumentative. 7 BY MR. EDWARDS: 8 Q. Do you know the circumstances -- as you 9 sit here, the circumstances that led to this 10 photograph being taken in London? 11 A. No. 12 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 13 instruction. 14 BY MR. EDWARDS: 15 Q. Have you ever seen photographs or the 16 copies of photographs of young naked teenage girls 17 that were taken from within the closet of Jeffrey 18 Epstein's home in Palm Beach? 19 A. Absolutely not. 20 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 21 instruction. 22 BY MR. EDWARDS: 23 Q. Have you ever attempted to get those 24 photographs from the law enforcement 25 MR. SCOTT: Let the lawyer make his www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615660
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540 1 objection before you respond, Professor 2 Dershowitz. 3 MR. INDYKE: Finish your question, please. 4 BY MR. EDWARDS: 5 Q. Have you ever attempted to obtain those 6 photographs taken through the search warrant of 7 Jeffrey Epstein's home from law enforcement? 8 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 9 instruction. 10 MR. EDWARDS: He's being instructed not to 11 answer whether he's ever attempted to obtain 12 the photographs? 13 MR. INDYKE: If it was done in connection 14 with his representation of Mr. Epstein, it's 15 work product. 16 BY MR. EDWARDS: 17 Q. But I'm asking about communication that 18 you had with law enforcement. Are you claiming that 19 the communication you had with law enforcement is 20 protected by privilege? 21 MR. SCOTT: He's not claiming anything. 22 He's being instructed by a lawyer. 23 MR. EDWARDS: Okay. Well, I want to 24 understand what the record is -- 25 MR. SCOTT: Then ask the lawyer, not my www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615661
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541 1 client. 2 MR. EDWARDS: Darren, is that you? 3 MR. INDYKE: That is me, yes. 4 MR. EDWARDS: Are you saying that 5 Mr. Dershowitz or any of Jeffrey Epstein's 6 legal team, that their communication with law 7 enforcement is privileged? 8 MR. INDYKE: Whether or not such 9 communication exists and if they've never been 10 used, yes. 11 BY MR. EDWARDS: 12 Q. Do you know whether the photographs of 13 young, naked teenage girls that were taken within 14 Jeffrey Epstein's home contain photographs of 15 while she was a young girl? 16 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 17 instruction. 18 A. Of course not. I've never seen those 19 photographs. But here I can answer nowhere, if I 20 ever was with Jeffrey Epstein in any of his homes, 21 did I ever see a naked photograph of anybody except 22 for a Rodin model, which was a sepia print in the 23 entranceway, kind of a classic Rodin model print, 24 but I've never, ever seen any photograph of any 25 naked, underage, inappropriate -- my grandchildren www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615662