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FBI VOL00009
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1 Page 19 1 Mr. Epstein's residence, that did tell her that she 2 may be asked to take off her clothes. She also did state 3 that told her she could stay in her bra. 4 So I wanted you to know that there was a 5 discrepancy in what she originally had told detective 6 Pagan and what she told me last night. That would be one. 7 The second discrepancy I wanted to touch on with 8 her was going upstairs and taking off her clothing. When 9 she is in that room, she states to detective that 10 asked her to remove her clothing, and she took off 11 her shirt. Then Mr. Epstein came in the room, shook her 12 hand and told her to take off her clothes. He leaves, he 13 comes back in a towel. He tells her again. IIIII[ells 14 detective in a stern voice, *Mr. Epstein told me to 15 take off my pants.• Because she hadn't taken off her 16 pants from the first time that she met him. 17 In her testimony with the grand jury with the 18 state, she tells the grand jury that it was who 19 asked her to remove her clothing. So last night we went 20 over with her who told her to remove what. She had a very 21 hard time recalling exactly. She knew she had gotten down 22 to her bra and underwear. And then at some point, when 23 we're going through the sexual activity, she actually 24 tells me that her underwear was off when he was using the 25 vibrator and EFTA00085331
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Page 20 1 2 we have in her testimony to the grand jury and her 3 statements made to detective And she really is 4 having a difficult time trying to remember who told her to 5 6 7 that it was Mr. Epstein who told her to take off her 8 pants. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 detective, when she gives her first statement. She tells 17 18 19 she doesn't get fully undressed. And when Jeffrey comes 20 back, he said, "Take your pants off."? 21 A Yes. And again, like I said, when we started 22 interviewing her and asking her about this, she did have a 23 24 25 her pants. take off her clothes and her pants. As we are walking through. the sexual activity, she does recall and states I guess I'll go to the third discrepancy. Is there anything I left off with that? Q Well, does she report that when the assistant leads -- or the blonde lady leads her upstairs, that the blonde lady also said, "Get undressed," but that didn't get fully undressed? A That's what she said in her statement to the us again last night that that's what she recalled. Q That the lady said first, "Get undressed," but Later in the interview, we tell her about what hard time. But when we were walking through the sexual activity, that's when she recalls who told her to take off EFTA00085332
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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 Page 21 And I'll tell you, when we talked about the sexual activity, and it comes out that she wasn't wearing her underwear when he was her and using the vibrator, she does not recall how they came off. She cannot remember removing her underwear. She doesn't remember if Mr. Epstein removed her underwear. She knows her underwear was off, but she cannot tell you exactly at what point her underwear was removed. Q Let's talk about the third discrepancy. A The third is the sexual activity, when she was originally interviewed by detective Pagan about the vibrator or being Pagan comes tell her at When detective and sees her again a few weeks later, she does that time that a vibrator was used on her. She also says that to the grand jury, she talks about the purple vibrator being used on her. Last night she told us about the purple vibrator being used on her. When we asked her about him her, and that had told the police department that she had beel told us last night that she by Mr. Epstein, but that she thought only her and knew about this and that she did not want her father to know that hE her. She didn't want anybody to know, but she especially didn't want her father to know, that that was her business. That EFTA00085333
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Page 22 1 she did not know that had told anybody, she thought 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 us, afraid that he would be able to read in our reports 12 about this. 13 We explained to her that the FBI's reporting is 14 a little bit different than the way the state -- those are 15 it was only her and that knew. She was embarrassed and didn't want anybody to know that. A being Did she become visually upset? Yes, she began crying when we asked her about When she realized that we knew about that, she became very upset and concerned about her father. She mentioned that her father has read a lot 9 of the reports in the State of Florida, and has followed the state's case. She was concerned about even telling public records, and ours is part of our case file. 16 Q In addition to the fact that she had these 17 concerns about her father and she was embarrassed, in your 18 experience of interviewing victims of sexual abuse, is it 19 typical for them to not disclose all of the sexual 20 activity? 21 A Yes, it's very typical. And young girls, they 22 don't want to talk about it. This is just another case of 23 her not wanting to tell exactly what took place. 24 Q After that first visit to Mr. Epstein's house, 25 and the interviews with detectiveM did detective '-1•11111117, EFTA00085334
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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 Page 23 Pagan ask to make what are called controlled calls? A Yes. Q Can you explain to the grand jury what a controlled call is? A A controlled call is where we actually have a listening device, where we have an individual place a call to somebody and we are able to record the other person's voice and the conversation that takes place between the person that we're having make the call and the person that they are calling. Q Who did detective Pagan ask to call? A was asked to call on 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 end of March, I believe it was March 30. at the concerned that father had found out somehow called where works. was and that they knew about it. And she refers to him as Jeffrey, but Mr. Epstein. told her that they did not know about Mr. Epstein. Later in the conversation tells her that Mr. Epstein would like her to come back and work for him, and that maybe she could work for him tomorrow. So EFTA00085335
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1 2 3 4 they agreed that there would be a call between tomorrow, that will call tomorrow. Q Were there calls also made on March 31 A There were two calls made on March 31. Page 24 and 2006? of The 5 first one she doesn't connect to . The second call 6 that was made a short time later, answers the phone. 7 Again, there is a discussion about coming to work for 8 Mr. Epstein. tells -- 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 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, is telling that is going to see 21 Epstein the following day? 22 A Yes. 23 And that is going to set up a schedule 24 with Mr. Epstein for and to work for him? 25 A Yes. EFTA00085336
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Page 25 1 2 Q On April 1, the following day, did make calls to 3 A From the Palm Beach police department, they were 4 able to take voice mail messages left by on 5 6 phone stating that could come and work on Saturday 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 15 beginning of April, and paper that on it had in the trash name, there was a piece of name, and I 16 believe it was 10:30 listed on the piece of paper. 17 Q It said with on Saturday at 10:30? 18 A Yes, it did. 19 Q In addition to the actual recordings of those zo 21 22 23 24 2s phone calls and voice mail messages, do you also have telephone records from both cell phone and cell phone that match up? A Yes. Q Just to go back to something that you mentioned. Who actually gave the $300 cash to at the day she was EFTA00085337
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1 at Mr. Page 26 Epstein's house? 2 A Mr. Epstein. 3 Q You mentioned a girl named 4 A Yes. 5 Q Was also interviewed? 6 A Yes, she was. 7 Q Was she asked about going with to take 8 girls to Mr. Epstein's house? 9 10 11 12 13 A Yes. 0 Was she asked who the youngest-looking girl was? A Yes. What did she say? A She discussed looking young in her 14 interview with the Palm Beach police department. is 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 MS. VILLAFANA: 20 Q 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 EFTA00085338
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1 2 Page 27 with, and her parents were in the front seat. He told 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 front 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. 10 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 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 18 Q I know we will be doing a lot more discussion 19 about later. But could you tell us briefly how 20 ■ was 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? EFTA00085339
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Page 28 1 2 and starting at age 17. 3 4 5 (Witness excused, and then returned.) 6 By 7 8 evidence to suggest that Mr. Epstein knew that was 9 under the age of 18? 10 11 multiple girls that went to Mr. Epstein's house -- the way 12 that having seen last night, and now she's 16 -- this 13 was two years ago -- that age and behavior -- and 14 again, is that more circumstantial evidence? As far as 15 concrete evidence, no. But just by her appearance and her 16 mannerisms and how I observed her last night at age 16. 17 18 during her statement, correct? 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A Through phone records, we have contact between Thank you. Q The question was, was there any particular A I would say through the interviews of the Q And that's consistent with what Serena said A Yes, it is. : Those are all the questions. Any other questions? JUROR: Did she look 18? THE WITNESS: Does look 18? Not in my opinion, sir. All right. Any other questions? Okay, thank you, very much. EFTA00085340
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 29 (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. Court Reporter EFTA00085341
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14 1 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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORIGINAL RE: OPERATION LEAP YEAR TESTIMONY OF SPECIAL AGENT 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 RPPORTTNG SERVICE, LLY EFTA00085342
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2 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 The sworn testimony of SPECIAL AGENT II was taken before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach Division, Federal Building, U.S. Courthouse, Palm Beach County, State of Florida, on Tuesday, March 20, 2007. 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 EFTA00085343
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3 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 BY (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. Q please state and EXAMINATION could you spell your name for the record? A Q It's It's Now Special Agent , last week or the girls, A last time that we met, we discussed correct? Yes. two Q Who visited Mr. Epstein's home? A Yes. Q And those were and A Yes. Q girls? A Did you obtain photographs of those Yes, I did. OFFICIA prunopTiar er°1"CE, LLC EFTA00085344
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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 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 and 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 BY those to the Q Now the had described how to Mr. Epstein's A Yes. Q Did Epstein house? A Yes, she did. on it. And I will just pass grand jury. last time that we were had brought here, you home? bring other girls to the OFFICIAJ RVP(IPTTNn RPPVTCE, LLC EFTA00085345
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1 Q And is one of those girls 2 A Yes. 3 Q And what is the date of birth of 4 S A She was born 6 Q And where did go to high 7 school? 8 A 9 10 11 A 12 13 school? 14 A Yes, she was. 15 Q Tell us a little bit about -- well, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 And is that the same school that went to? Yes. And was ever a student at that 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 EFTA00085346
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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. 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 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. home? Epstein's 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 A Q '04 when and Yes. And when and are those phone records? Those phone records show up in March of would be 16. OFFICIAL RFPORTTNfl SERVICE, LLC EFTA00085347
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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 hoto raph 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 EFTA00085348
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8 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 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 few 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 first 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 OFFICIAT RRPORTING SFRVT - E, LLC EFTA00085349
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9 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 when she returned to the Epstein house? A Yes. We have phone activity between of '04. and beginning in December Q And of '04? how old was in December A She had turned 17 at that time. In fact, through the course of the phone records beginning in December of '04 to October of 2005, we have over 150 phone calls between 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 svIRVTCE, LLC EFTA00085350