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• • 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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 19 M. Epstein A. No, he rents from Dara Partners. My partner handles that property, I don't know any of the tenants in that building other than one or two. Q. What are the names of the one or two that you do know? A. It is my ex, so I'm not going to give you her name. Q. Is that somebody who lives in one of the places rented by your brother Jeffrey Epstein? A. No. Q. Do you know any of the tenants that live in the places rented by your brother, Jeffrey Epstein? A. No. Q. Do you know A. I know the name. I don't know her. Q. Do you know what her relationship is to your brother? A. I think she worked for him. Q. In what capacity? A. I have no idea. Q. Do you know if she lives in • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: Facsimile: Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresohdlons.corn 3501.294-001 Page 21 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00 108569 EFTA01249345
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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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 M. Epstein 20 A. I don't know where she lives. Q. Would you know her if you saw her? A. No. Q. You've never seen her before? A. I might have seen her somewhere, I don't know. Q. Have you ever talked to her? A. I don't recall talking to her. Q. Do you know A. I know of her. Q. How do you know of her? A. In the papers. Q. What papers? A. Newspapers. I read some articles. Q. Newspapers about your brother? A. Relating to his case, yes. Q. Okay. And what is your understanding of her relationship with your brother? A. I don't have an understanding about it. MR. CRITTON: Form. A. My brother and I do not have a close relationship, so what he does is his business 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: Facsimile: Suite 1300 515 East US Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquIresolutIons.com • • • 3501.294-001 Page 22 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108570 EFTA01249346
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• • 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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 21 M. Epstein and what I do is my business. We don't communicate back and forth about our personal lives very often. I talk to him to find out if he is well. That's all I need to know. Q. Does he tell you that he is well these days? A. Yes. Q. Do you know what his future plans are in terms of where he intends to live once he is off probation or house arrest? A. I have no idea. Q. Is that a topic that you would ever talk to him about? A. No. Q. So what is it that you talk to him about when you call? A. See how he is doing, see if he is okay. Q. Does he call you as well? A. Sometimes. Q. What is his telephone number? A. where? Q. What are the telephone numbers that • ESQUIRE Ton Free Facsimile Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esqulresolutlons.com 3501.294-001 Page 23 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108571 EFTA01249347
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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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 22 M. Epstein you reach him at? A. A lot of times I call his office and I have them tell him to call me. Q. What is his office number? A. Q. Who do you speak to at his office? A. Whoever answers the phone. Q. Do you know any of the people in his office that typically answer the phone? A. Some. Q. Who are you familiar with there? A. Darren. An attorney, Darren. Q. Darren Indyke? A. Yes. Q. So normally the way that you get in touch with your brother is to call his office and they forward you on to him? A. No, I tell them to have him call me. Well, sometimes, I mean I've called him directly too, but most of the time he is not there so it's easier just to leave a message to have him call me. Q. Well, these days now that he is on house arrest, normally if you called him he'd 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: Facsimile: Suite 1300 515 East las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.eutuiresolutions.com • • • 3501.294-001 Page 24 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108572 EFTA01249348
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• • 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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 23 M. Epstein be there, right? A. I don't know the term house arrest. I don't know if he'd be there or not. And if I called there and sometimes he doesn't answer or the phone doesn't get answered, so I don't know where he is. Q. What's the number that you would call to reach him? A. Q. Is it your understanding that is a cell phone or is that the land line? A. I thought it was a land line. Q. And what is your telephone number? A. I'm not giving you any identifying information. that? that. MR. EDWARDS: We can come back to MR. COHEN: Why don't we come back to MR. EDWARDS: Okay. Q. Are you familiar with your brother's businesses? A. No. Q. Do you know a person by the name of • ESQUIRE Toll Free Facsimile Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, F1.33301 www.esquiresolutions.com 3501.294-001 Page 25 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00 108573 EFTA01249349
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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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 24 M. Epstein Jean Luc Brunel? A. No. Q. How often are you at the property at A. I pick up my children there sometimes. Maybe -- well, actually, they are in school now so I'm not there that often, because I pick them up at school. During the summers I would pick them up there once a week. Q. Is that where the subpoena was served on you? A. No, the subpoena was served on me in the street of New York. Q. Near that building? A. No. Q. No where near that building? A. It was in The City of New York, it depends on what you mean by "near." Q. Have you been to your brother's house in New York? A. Yes. Q. How many occasions? A. Under five. ESQUIRE Toll Free Facsimile Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquIresoludons.com • • • 3501.294-001 Page 26 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFrA_00 108574 EFTA01249350
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• 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 25 M. Epstein Q. Have you been to your brother's house in Palm Beach? A. When. Q. Ever? A. Yes. Q. How many occasions? A. Probably dozens. Q. When is the last time you were there? A. Probably about a decade ago. I was outside once more recently than that. During one of the hurricanes, he asked me to take a look at the property, but I did not go in. Q. Why not? A. There was no inside damage. I went to see the property just to see if there was damage to the property. I was in Florida at the time. Q. Why has it been more than 10 years since you've been to that property? A. My brother and I are not very close. Q. What is the reason why you are not very close? A. We just went our own ways. • • ESQUIRE Toll Free: Faalmlle: Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, R. 33301 www.esquIresolutIons.com 3501.294-001 Page 27 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108575 EFTA01249351
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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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 26 M. Epstein Q. Does it have to do with the fact that he likes under-age girls and engages in that type of illegal activity? MR. COHEN: Objection. MR. CRITTON: Form. A. I'm not going to make that assumption, but it has nothing do with anything like that. We just went our own ways. Different interests, different things. Q. Knowing your brother, if when your children are 13, 14 years old, would you let them alone with him? MR. COHEN: Objection. MR. CRITTON: Form. A. Yes, I would. Q. Do you know anything about Jean Luc Brunel? A. I never heard the name before. You just mentioned it before. Q. Are you familiar with the modeling agency MC Squared? A. No. Q. Do you know if your brother has any involvement with that modeling agency? S ESQUIRE Toll Free: Facsimile: Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 itrww.esquiresolutions.corn • • • 3501.294-001 Page 28 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00 108576 EFTA01249352
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• • 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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 27 M. Epstein A. No. Q. It goes back to you not being that close with your brother? A. We don't talk about business. He doesn't tell me about his business and I don't ask. Q. Are you aware that your brother is friendly or friends with David Copperfield? A. No. The magician? Q. Right. A. I have no idea, no. Q. Do you know any common interest that he shares with David Copperfield? A. Magic? I have no idea. Q. Does your brother do magic? A. I have no idea. MR. CRITTON: Form. Q. There is evidence in this case that David Copperfield was at your brother's house on occasions with under-age girls. Were you ever there then? A. No. MR. CRITTON: Form. • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: Facsimile: Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutions.corn 3501.294-001 Page 29 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00 108577 EFTA01249353
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 Q• 28 M. Epstein There will also be evidence in this case that your brother and Jean Luc Brunel were involved sexually with minors in your brother's house. Were you ever there then? MR. CRITTON: Form. A. No. When? When did this take place? Q. Any of the times that your brother and Jean Luc Brunel were in the same house. A. What time period is that? Q. Between 2000 and 2005. A. I already told you I haven't been there for over a decade. So use your fucking head and realize that I wasn't there. Next question. Q. When was the last time you were in the New York house? A. When my mother was still alive. So it's got to be over five years ago, I think. Q. All right. I'm going to go back to a time that you are more familiar with your brother. Where did you grow up? S ESQUIRE Toll Free: Facsimile: 515 East Las Dias Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 vnvw.esquiresolutions.com • • 3501.294-001 Page 30 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108578 EFTA01249354
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 • 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 29 M. Epstein A. Coney Island, Seagate, in Brooklyn. Q. And did you go to the same school as your brother then? A. Yes. Q. What schools were those? A. P.S. 188 for elementary school, Mark Twain Junior High School and Lafayette High School. Q. And at Lafayette High School, were you familiar with any of your brother's girlfriends? A. Probably. I don't remember who they were. I don't remember my own girlfriends from high school. Q. Did your brother ever have boyfriends at that age? MR. CRITTON: Form. A. What do you mean by boyfriends? You mean friends that were boys? Q. No, I mean was he sexually involved with boys in high school? A. No, not that I know of. MR. COHEN: Objection. MR. CRITTON: Form. • 0 ESQUIRE Free Toll Free: Facsimile: Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esqulresolutlons.com 3501.294-001 Page 31 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108579 EFTA01249355
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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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 30 M. Epstein Q. Do you know of your brother to engage in homosexual sex? A. No, I don't. MR. CRITTON: Form. MR. COHEN: Objection. Do you know Leslie Wexner? Q. A. I never met him, but I knew of him. Q. How do you know him? A. He is a public figure. He owns The Limited. Q. Have you ever been told that your brother and Leslie Wexner have a long time sexual relationship? MR. CRITTON: Form. A. No. MR. COHEN: Same objection. Q. That's not something your brother's ever told you? MR. CRITTON: Form. A. No. Q. I know you said that you and your brother don't talk about business much. Do you talk about his girlfriends, boyfriends, sex life, anything like that? ESQUIRE Toll Free Facsimile Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolvtloos.com • • • 3501.294-001 Page 32 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108580 EFTA01249356
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 31 • • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 M. Epstein A. No. Q. Have you ever worked with your brother? A. No. Q. After high school, where did your brother go? A. To school, you mean? Q. Sure. A. Cooper Union. Q. And do you know what he studied there? A. He majored in physics, I think. Q. Did he graduate? A. No. No. Q. After Cooper Union, where did he go? A. NYU, The Courant Institute. It's the math graduate program there. Q• Do you know what he studied there? A. It's the math graduate program there. He studied mathematics. Q. Did he graduate from NYU? A. Not that I know of. Q. Do you know where he went after NYU? A. Home. • 0 ESQUIRE Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutIons.com 3501.294-001 Page 33 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108581 EFTA01249357
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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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 32 M. Epstein Q. For how long? A. What do you mean where did he go after? I don't understand your question. Q. Did he go to work? Did he stay in school; masters, doctorate program? A. He went to work. Q. Where did he go to work? A. He started teaching, I don't know if it was immediately after, but I know he was teaching for a while. Q. Where did he teach? A. Dalton. Q. Was that a high school? A. I'm not sure what year it starts. It might be K through 12. I don't know what Dalton is. Q. By this point in time in your brother's life, your life, were you already going your separate ways or were you still -- A. No, we were still close then. Q. You were close with your brother through high school and at least up to the point we are now at when your brother left NYU and he started working at Dalton? 0 ESQUIRE Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fat Lauderdale, Fl. 33301 www.esoulresolutions.com • • • 3501.294-001 Page 34 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108582 EFTA01249358
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 33 • • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 M. Epstein A. Yes. Q. What was he doing in terms of at Dalton, was he a math teacher, a piano teacher? A. Math teacher, I believe. Q. Did you ever know him to teach piano? A. No. At Dalton? Q. Right. A. I don't know. Q. Okay. A. He plays very well. I don't know if he taught it. Q. See we can only go off of what we read in the papers too. A. Okay. Q. How long was he at Dalton, to your knowledge? A. A couple of years or so. I don't know. Q. All right. And what was his next employment after Dalton? A. I think he went to Bear Stearns. Q. Do you know how he got that job at Bear Stearns? • 0 ESQVIBL Suite 1300 S15 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutlons.com 3501.294-001 Page 35 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108583 EFTA01249359
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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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 34 M. Epstein A. Yeah. He met, what's his name? Ace Greenberg, who was, I think the number 2 guy at Bear Stearns at the time. And my brother was hired to help them set up their options departments. They were just getting involved with options, as far as I remember. Q. All right. How long was he at Bear Stearns? A. A few years. Q. What year did your brother graduate high school? A. I got out in '71, so I guess he got out in '69, I think. Q. From Lafayette? A. Yes. Q. Do you know what year it was that he first started at Bear Stearns? A. Somewhere around '76. Q. Do you know why it is he left Bear Stearns? A. No. Q. Did you talk to him much while he was at Bear Stearns? Were you still close then? S ESQUIT3 4, Toll Free Facsimile Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutloos.com • • • 3501.294-001 Page 36 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00 108584 EFTA01249360
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• • 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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 35 M. Epstein A. Pretty much, yes. Q. And, I'm sorry, did you know what year he left Bear Stearns? A. No. Around what year he left? No. Q. Do you know about how long he worked there, five years? A. A few years is the closest I can tell you. Q. I know you told us what he did when he started. Do you know what he was doing when he finished? A. No. Q. Were you aware of any problems that he had at Bear Stearns? A. No. Q. Were you aware of any insider-trading investigation involving -- or where your brother was a witness at Bear Stearns? A. No. Q. And do you know why it is that your brother left Bear Stearns? A. No. Q. Do you know where he went to work after he left Bear Stearns? • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free Facsimile Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutIons.com 3501.294-001 Page 37 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00 108585 EFTA01249361
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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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 36 M. Epstein A. I know for a while he was working on his own going after insider-trading, and also recouping money for people. Q. Okay. What does that mean? Just elaborate? A. Well, there were people who got burnt by brokers who were doing -- there were a lot of insider-trading things going on. And a lot of investors got burnt. And my brother was working with an attorney, and they were going after the brokers and trying to recoup money for the investors that got burnt. Q. Was he also working for the federal government to recover money for the government as well? A. I have no idea. Q. He never told you that? A. No. Q. Do you know what companies he was working for to recover money? A. I think he was working for himself. Q. Do you know what the company was called? • ESQUIRE Ta1F Facsirrril Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 vornv.esquIresolutIons.com • • • 3501.294-001 Page 38 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108586 EFTA01249362
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Mark Epstein September 21. 21 • • 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 37 M. Epstein A. No. Q. Do you know how long he had that company open? A. No. Q. Was it a successful company? A. I think so. Q. Where is the next place he went? A. I don't know if he ever worked for anybody else except for himself after that. Q. All right. What is the next endeavor that he pursued then? A. He was just -- had the company he had, I guess. Managing money, as far as I know. Q. Okay. But managing money is something different than being a money bounty hunter? A. Well, after the bounty hunter he was working managing money for people. That's all. Q. Do you know how he started that company? A. No, I don't. Q. Were you still close with him then? • 0 ESQUIRE, & IN FarsanllM Toll F 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutlons.com 3501.294-001 Page 39 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00 108587 EFTA01249363
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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 Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 38 M. Epstein A. Not as, but we were still kind of close. We didn't talk business. I had my businesses, which kept me very busy, and he had his. And when we'd talk, a lot of our conversations had to do with our parents. We had our own group of friends. He lived uptown, I lived downtown. Different worlds. Q. At this point in time he was still living in New York? A. Yes, or he might have had a Florida house then, I'm not sure if he did at that point. I don't remember when he first got that place, but he's had it for a while. Q. That's the house at A. I don't know the number, but it's Old Brillo. Q. The same house in West Palm Beach, that's the house we are talking about? A. I believe so. Q. Has your brother ever discussed working for the government, either back in the Bear Stearns days, afterwards, up through the ESQL1J4X, Toll F Facslmr Suite 1300 SIB East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 wvnv.esquIresolutIons.com • • • 3501.294-001 Page 40 of 120 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00108588 EFTA01249364