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2 3 UNITED STATES GRAND JURY 4 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 5 -x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 6 -V- : August 23, 2018 Additional 7 JEFFERY EPSTEIN 8 (2018R01618) 9 -x 10 United States Courthouse Foley Square 11 New York, New York 12 June 18, 2019 12:57 p.m. 13 14 APPEARANCE S: 15 Assistant United States Attorney 16 17 Assistant United States Attorney 18 Assistant United States Attorney 19 20 21 22 23 24 Acting Grand Jury RepoLt_eL 25 FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 ONLOLSDNYJ30000033 EFTA00008529
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06/18/2019 7 1 (Colloquy Precedes) 2 (Witness Enters Room) 3 (Time Noted: 1:08 p.m.) 4 called as a witness, having been duly sworn by 5 the Foreperson of the Grand Jury, was examined and 6 testified as follows: 7 BY MS. 8 Q. Good afternoon Special Agent 9 A. Good afternoon. 10 Q. Could you please state and spell your full name 11 for the record? 12 A. 13 Q. Where do you currently work? 14 A. The FBI. 15 Q. What is your title there? 16 A. Special Agent. 17 Q. How long have you worked as a special agent for 18 the FBI? 19 A. For over two years. 20 Q. Where are you currently assigned? 21 A. The Violent Crimes Against Children squad. 22 Q. What are your duties and responsibilities as a 23 special agent on that squad? 24 A. I work child exploitation and human trafficking 25 matters. We also work international and parental FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDN Y_00000034 EFTA00008530
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2 3 UNITED STATES GRAND JURY 4 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 5 -x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 6 -V- : August 23, 2018 Additional 7 JEFFERY EPSTEIN 8 (2018R01618) 9 -x 10 United States Courthouse Foley Square 11 New York, New York 12 June 18, 2019 12:57 p.m. 13 14 APPEARANCE S: 15 Assistant United States Attorney 16 17 Assistant United States Attorney 18 Assistant United States Attorney 19 20 21 22 23 24 Acting Grand Jury RepoLt_eL 25 FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 ONLOLSDNYJ30000033 EFTA00008529
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06/18/2019 kidnappings. 2 Q. Have you participated in an investigation of 3 Jeffrey Epstein and his associates? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Have you spoken with other people, including other 6 law enforcement officers, about this investigation? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Have you reviewed reports and documents prepared 9 by others regarding this case? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. Is your testimony today based in part 0± those 12 conversations with other law enforcement officers and 13 documents that you reviewed? 14 A. Yes. 15 MS. So ladies and gentlemen, some of the 16 testimony that you're going to hear today will include 17 hearsay. As you know, that means that the witness will not 18 be testifying solely from her own observations, but that 19 she'll also be reporting what others have told her and what 20 she has read in reports and documents prepared by others. 21 Hearsay evidence is admissible in these grand jury 22 proceedings and you're free to rely on it in determining 23 whether there is probable cause to indict any proposed 24 defendants, if we end up returning to present a proposed 25 indictment. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_0O00O035 EFTA00008531
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06/18/2019 If, however, you would like to hear the testimony 2 of any other witness, you have the right to request it and 3 we will make reasonable efforts to bring that witness before 4 you. 5 BY MS. 6 Q. So Special Agent I'm placing in front of 7 you what's been marked as Grand Jury Exhibit 1. Do you 8 recognize that? 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. What is that? 11 A. It's a presentation that was prepared to assist in 12 testifying today. 13 Q. And did you participate in preparing that exhibit? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. And would it assist you in testifying today? 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Okay. So we'll make that part of the record for 18 today. Let me begin by just asking you a few questions 19 about Jeffrey Epstein and what you've learned. 20 Can you tell us, how old is Jeffrey Epstein? 21 A. He is 66. 22 Q. Based on open source reporting, what have you 23 learned about Jeffrey Epstein's professional background? 24 A. He's a wealthy individual that has a background as 25 a money manager, background in finance, working in FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000036 EFTA00008532
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06/18/2019 1 investments. 2 Q. Is that what's been published and you reported 3 about him? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. During the course of your investigation, have you 6 learned where Epstein maintains residences? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Where does he have residences? 9 A. He has a residence here in Manhattan, along with 10 Palm Beach, Virgin Islands and New Mexico. 11 Q. Does he maintain an address in Manhattan located 12 at 9 East 71st Street? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. If we could turn to slide 2. Does that fairly and 15 accurately depict the residence? 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Could you please describe that property for the 18 Grand Jury? 19 A. It's a multi-story residence. It's reportedly the 20 largest residence in Manhattan. It's right near Central 21 Park. 22 Q. Does Epstein also maintain an address in Palm 23 Beach, Florida, located at 358 El Brillo Way? 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. Turning to slide 3, does that fairly and FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000037 EFTA00008533
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06/18/2019 accurately depict that residence? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. Could you please describe that property for the 4 Grand Jury? 5 A. It's a villa in Palm Beach, right on the water, 6 has an in-ground pool along with a guest residence or 7 apartment connected to it. 8 Q. I want to turn now and talk to you about some of 9 the witnesses you've interviewed during your investigation. 10 During the course of this investigation have you 11 participated in interviews with an individual named 12 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. For today's purposes I'm just going to refer to 15 her as . About how many times have you interviewed 16 17 A. We've spoken to her approximately five times. 18 Q. Turning to the next slide. Are these photographs 19 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Did she tell you approximately how old she was 22 when both of these photographs were taken? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. What did she tell you? 25 A. The photo on the left she was approximately 13 FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GNLGUDNYJX000038 EFTA00008534
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06/18/2019 7 years old, and the photo on the right she would have been 17 2 years old. 3 Q. What is date of birth? 4 A. . 5 Q• In addition to your participation in interviews 6 with , have you also reviewed reports from other law 7 enforcement officers who've interviewed ? 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. And is your testimony today based on both your 10 review of those reports and also your personal participation 11 in interviews with ? 12 A. Yes. 13 FOREPERSON: Can you speak up a little bit more? 14 Okay, thanks. 15 BY MS. 16 Q. Okay. So based on your participation in this 17 investigation, have you learned where was living when 18 she was about 14 years old? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Where was she living? 21 A. She was living in 22 Q. Was she living with her parents? 23 A. No, not at that time. 24 Q. Why not? 25 A. She had a difficult home life. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_OOOOOO39 EFTA00008535
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06/18/2019 Q. Was she going to school? 2 A. She had started and dropped out. 3 Q. About when did she drop out of school? 4 A. The beginning of her freshman year, a few months 5 into her freshman year, approximately. 6 Q. And at about this time how was she supporting 7 herself financially, in general? 8 A. She worked different jobs. She worked in catering 9 halls, as a waitress in restaurants and in clubs. 10 Q. Did there come a time when learned about. 11 Jeffrey Epstein? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. How did that first happen? 14 A. She met a girl named who told her that she 15 could make money if she massaged this rich guy. 16 Q. And when she heard that from , how did she 17 respond? 18 A. She wanted to make money, so she agreed. 19 Q. What did she agree to do? 20 A. She agreed to go to his residence and massage him. 21 Q. Did recall about how old she was when she 22 first went to his residence? 23 A. She said she was approximately 14. 24 Q. If was born in 1988, would she have been 14 25 in the year 2002? FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_0O00O04O EFTA00008536
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06/18/2019 A. Yes. 2 Q. And just to confirm, the date of birth listed on 3 this slide, is that date of birth? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. So you testified that she ultimately went to his 6 residence. Which residence was that? 7 A. The one here in Manhattan. 8 Q. About how many times did she go to Epstein's 9 residence? 10 A. Multiple times, dozens. 11 Q. During the time she went to Epstein's residence in 12 Manhattan, did she tell you about what typically would 13 happen when she would go to his house? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. What are some of the things that she told you 16 about what happened there? 17 A. So the first time she went she went with 18 And she entered the residence; they waited in the office 19 until they were escorted upstairs to the massage room. Once 20 in the massage room Jeffrey Epstein came into the room, he 21 laid down on the table. 22 Once he was on the table a girl massaged each 23 side. And then would be asked to leave the room, 24 would stay. From there, once he turned over he 25 wanted his nipples pinched while he masturbated. Things FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNYJNMOX41 EFTA00008537
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06/18/2019 10 progressed each additional time she went. She would have to 2 massage him while she was in her panties or without 3 underwear on or any clothes on. And then eventually he 4 would touch her. He touched her breasts, her genital area 5 and then used a vibrator on her genital area. 6 Q. Did tell you how much she was paid for each 7 of these sessions? 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. How was she paid? 10 A. $300. 11 Q. Was she paid in cash? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Did she remember anything in particular about the 14 way he paid her in cash? 15 A. She was paid in hundred dollar bills. 16 Q. During your interviews with what was her 17 demeanor like when she would describe to you how Epstein 18 touched her during these sessions? 19 A. She became more emotional. The more she had to 20 talk about some of the worse things that happened to her she 21 became upset about it. 22 Q. You wee explaining earlier that said she 23 was approximately 14 when this began. Did she tell you 24 whether she ever had any conversations with Epstein about 25 her age? FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000042 EFTA00008538
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06/18/2019 :1 A. Yes. 2 Q. What did she tell you? 3 A. She said that she told him she was 14. 4 Q. Have you asked what Epstein's house was 5 like? 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. How did she describe it to you? 8 A. She gave a lot of detail about the house. She 9 talked about the office having a round desk in it, she 10 talked about the massage room had the massage table, it had 11 lotions, it had moisturizers. On the walls there were 12 sketches or paintings of naked females on them. And she 13 also talked about a library in his residence that looked 14 like it was something from out of Beauty and the Beast. 15 Q. Is that how she described it to you? 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. So we've been talking about what you've learned 18 during interviews with . Just to take a step back, 19 how did you first establish contact with her? 20 A. My partner and I located her at her residence. 21 Q. What did she say to you when you first approached 22 her? 23 A. She was very nervous when we first talked to her. 24 And she told us that she was 16, she went and massaged 25 Epstein and he masturbated and he didn't touch her. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNYJXMOX43 EFTA00008539
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06/18/2019 1L Q. And again, what was her demeanor like when she 2 said this to you? 3 A. She was very nervous. 4 She was just very anxious while we 5 were speaking with her. 6 Q• Were you able to conduct a full interview of her 7 at that time? 8 A. No. 9 Q• At a later point were you able to conduct full and 10 thorough interviews with her? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. And once you finally were able to interview her 13 did you ask her why she said that when you first approached 14 her? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. What did she explain to you? 17 A. She told us that she didn't even really remember 18 what she had told us initially because she was so nervous, 19 she was so worried. She was really concerned that if she 20 talked to us she was going to go to jail, so she was really 21 worried about being in trouble. 22 Q. Did there come a point in time when Epstein asked 23 to bring other girls to him? 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. What happened? FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000044 EFTA00008540
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06/18/2019 A. She did. She reached out to other girls that she 2 knew to see their interest. 3 Q. I want to ask you a little bit about what 4 told you about her role in bringing other girls to Epstein. 5 Let me first just ask, in general, how would she 6 find new girls? 7 A. She would meet them through friends of friends. 8 She met them in clubs, different social settings. 9 Q. In general, what kinds of things would she tell 10 them about what to expect? 11 A. She told them that they would have to give a 12 massage either with their underwear on or nude; that he 13 would want his nipples touched and that he would masturbate. 14 Q. Would she tell them anything about payment? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. What would she tell them? 17 A. She'd tell them that they would get $300 for 18 massaging him. 19 Q. Did have a sense, in general, of the ages 20 of the ages of the girls that she brought to Epstein? 21 A. She estimated around approximately 13, 14-year 22 olds to 17-year olds. They were mostly underage girls that 23 she brought. She did bring a couple that were 18. 24 Q. Approximately how long did she participate in 25 bringing girls to Epstein? FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GNLGUDNYJOMMINO EFTA00008541
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06/18/2019 A. Approximately three years of the three years :hat 2 she went. 3 Q. So approximately how old was she when this 4 stopped? 5 A. Seventeen. 6 Q. During that time period, over those three years 7 approximately, did she have a sense of about how many girls 8 she brought over the years to Epstein's house? 9 A. She estimated approximately 20 to 50 girls. 10 Q. Did she work with anyone else in recruiting girls 11 for Epstein? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Who did she work with? 14 A. Another girl her age, (ph). 15 Q. Who is 16 A. She was a friend of 's that was living with 17 her at the time. 18 Q. Turning to slide 5. Did provide you with 19 this photograph? 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. And what did she explain to you about this 22 photograph? 23 A. That this is -- that that's on the left and 24 that's on the right. They were approximately 16- 25 years old at that time the picture was taken. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000046 EFTA00008542
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06/18/2019 Q• And during this time period, around the time when 2 this photograph was taken when they were approximately 16, 3 is that when they were working recruiting girls for Epstein? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. In general, when would find a girl, how 6 would she go about bringing the girl to Epstein? 7 A. She would call who she believed was his or she 8 assumed was his assistant, a woman named 9 Q. Why would she call? 10 A. She would call and say, I have a girl who 11 can work, and they would schedule that appointment. 12 Q. In conversations with , is that how they 13 refer to these massage sessions, as "work"? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Once the session was scheduled, would go 16 with the girl to the house? 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. What would she do, in general, once she brought 19 the girl to the house? 20 A. So the first time she would take a girl they would 21 go to the residence, they'd wait in the office until they 22 could be escorted upstairs. The first time she would go 23 with a girl, she would go up with her so the girl felt 24 comfortable and kind of knew what to do. Additional visits 25 after that she would wait downstairs while the girl did the FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GNI_GLSDNYJOMMINP EFTA00008543
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06/18/2019 massage upstairs. 2 Q. Did Epstein ever give feedback to about tr., 3 girls that she was bringing? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Would he ever tell her that he particularly liked 6 or didn't like a specific girl? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. And would he ever tell her to bring a specific 9 girl back or to not bring her back for other sessions? 10 A. Yes. 11 4• Over time did she notice any patterns in the girls 12 that Epstein seemed to like? 13 A. She did. 14 Q. What did she notice? 15 A. That he liked young, petite, natural girls. 16 Q. What did she mean by "natural girls"? 17 A. That girls that were under 18, weren't completely 18 developed. 19 Q. Did she recall any particular expressions that 20 Epstein would use to express his preferences when he was 21 giving her feedback about girls that she had brought? 22 A. I'm sorry. Say that again. 23 Q. In your conversations with did she recall 24 any particular expressions or phrases that Epstein would use 25 when he was explaining what girls he did or didn't like? FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 ONLGUDNY_OW00048 EFTA00008544
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06/18/2019 A. Yeah. He would tell her, you know what I like. 2 If she brought someone he didn't like he'd be like, come on, 3 you know, you know what I like. 4 Q. What was her understanding of what that meant? 5 A. She understood that to mean girls who were under 6 18. 7 Q. Did tell you how much Epstein paid her for 8 recruiting other girls? 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. And how much did he pay her? 11 A. $300. 12 Q. And was that for each new girl or for every 13 session with the new girl when she brought her in? 14 A. That was for each new girl and every session that 15 she went with whatever girl. 16 Q. We talked a little bit about phone calls between 17 and , but I want to circle back and just talk 18 about that in a little bit more detail. 19 Can you explain for the Grand Jury, in general, 20 how would schedule these sessions? 21 A. She would schedule the sessions through 22 would either contact her on her phone or she would 23 reach out to and say she could work. 24 Q. And just to be clear, did ever call 25 A. Yes. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000049 EFTA00008545
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06/18/2019 18 Q. In sum and substance, what are some of the kinds 2 of things that she would discuss on the phone with 3 A. When she'd be available to massage him. They'd 4 talk about what girls. would ask her, do you have a 5 new girl, things along those lines. 6 Q. Approximately how old was when she stopped 7 going to Epstein's house? 8 A. Around 17. 9 Q. Did she explain to you why she stopped going? 10 A. She said that the older she got she was having a 11 more difficult time finding younger girls that he preferred. 12 And at that time she also was working at a café. 13 Q. All right. So I want to switch gears and talk 14 about another witness that you've interviewed. Before I do, 15 I just want to be clear. We've been talking about some of 16 the things that has explained to you in your 17 interviews. 18 When you've been describing what she's told you, 19 were those the exact words that she used in every interview 20 or just the sum and substance of what she's relayed to you? 21 A. Sum and substance. 22 Q. During the course of this investigation have you 23 participated in interviews with an individual named 24 25 Yes. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000050 EFTA00008546
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06/18/2019 19 Q. So for today's purposes I'm just going to refer to 2 her as . Can you tell us, how many times have you 3 interviewed 4 A. Twice. 5 Q. Have you also reviewed reports from previous law 6 enforcement interviews with Courtney? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Is your testimony today based both on your review 9 of those reports and also your personal participation a-d 10 interviews with 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. Okay. If we could turn to the next slide, slide 13 6. Is this a photograph of 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Approximately how old was when this 16 photograph was taken, if you know? 17 A. Approximately 19. 18 Q. What is 's date of birth? 19 A. 20 Q. Based on your participation and interviews with 21 , have you learned where she was living when she was 22 about 14 or 15? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. Where was she living? 25 A. She was living with a friend of her, FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GNLGUDNYJNI000051 EFTA00008547
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