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PRIVILEGED - ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT/DELIBERATIVE PROCESS
CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e)
Around the late 1990s, Epstein began using testosterone patches, which made him more
aggressive. Their relationship began to deteriorate, and Maxwell stopped sleeping in the same
room as Epstein. In or around 1999 or 2000, Maxwell stopped having sex with Epstein. At that
time, Epstein was dating a woman named-. 513 In or around Maxwell ended her
romantic relationship with Epstein and began dating other men. Around the same time, Maxwell
met in Hawaii and ended up hiring her to be Maxwell's personal assistant to
replace Shortly after was hired, though, Epstein made clear that would be
his assistant instead. Maxwell trained regarding how to manage Epstein's houses, and
eventually took over Maxwell's responsibilities.
Between about 2001 and 2003, Maxwell continued travelling with Epstein, even though
they fought frequently, because Epstein wanted her to continue managing his properties. It was
during this period that Maxwell met Maxwell does not recall meeting
and she primarily recalls speaking with Leslie Groff on the phone.
In 2003, Maxwell began a long-term relationship with Ted Wight, and she remained in a
committed relationship with him until 2010. As a result of that relationship, Maxwell spent less
and less time with Epstein. She was not present in 2005 when the Palm Beach Police
Department searched Epstein's Palm Beach residence, and she was not contacted or interviewed
during that investigation. Maxwell understood that Epstein pled guilty to having sex with an
"underage prostitute," and she did not visit him in jail.
Throughout their relationship, Epstein asked Maxwell to connect him with massage
therapists, but she insists that she only hired adults for that role. She recalled Epstein getting one
massage per day, and she believed that the massages were not sexual in nature. Maxwell did
engage in sex acts with Epstein and other adult women, but she denies ever doing so with
minors. Maxwell categorically denies any involvement in recruiting minors for sex with Epstein.
Maxwell's attorneys claimed that she has a medical condition making some of the public
allegations regarding certain sex acts involving Maxwell physically impossible. They did not
provide any additional details regarding the nature of the condition or which acts it impacted.
They added that she could be intimate with Epstein, but not every day because of this condition.
At the conclusion of the proffer, Maxwell's attorneys walked through the public
allegations against their client and explained their views of why the individuals making those
claims were not credible. In doing so, they emphasized that Maxwell had not invoked her Fifth
Amendment privilege against self-incrimination when she was deposed as a part of
lawsuit.59 Although they discussed several witnesses during this portion of the
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The FBI has not yet identified this individual.
" We have reviewed the transcripts of Maxwell's two-part deposition in 2016, which was taken
in connection with defamation suit against Maxwell. During the deposition,
Maxwell admitted to being in a romantic relationship with Epstein from the early 1990s through
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