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0001 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 2 Case No. 08-CV-80893-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON 3 4 5 JANE DOE, 6 Plaintiff, 7 vs. 8 JEFFREY EPSTEIN, et al., 9 Defendants. 10 11 12 13 DEPOSITION OF Volume 14 Pages 1 through 138 Videotaped 15 16 17 Monday, March 15, 2010 10:13 a.m. - 12:42 p.m. 18 U.S. Legal Support 515 East Las Olas Boulevard, 3rd Floor 19 Fort. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 20 21 Stenographically Reported By: 22 Janet L. McKinney, RPR, FPR, CLR 23 Registered Professional Reporter 24 Florida Professional Reporter 25 Certified LiveNote Reporter 0002 1 APPEARANCES: 2 ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF: 3 FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, FISTOS & LEHRMAN 4 425 North Andrews Avenue Suite 2 5 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301-3268 6 BY: BRADLEY EDWARDS, ESQ. 7 8 ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT JEFFREY EPSTEIN: 9 BURMAN, CRITTON, LUTTIER COLEMAN, LLP 10 303 Banyan Boulevard Suite 40C 11 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 12 3524-006 Page I of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009248 EFTA00159250
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BY: MICHAEL J. PIKE, ESQ. 13 14 ON BEHALF OF OTHER PLAINTIFFS IN RELATED CASES: 15 KERMELSTEIN & HOROWITZ, P.A. 18205 Biscayne Boulevard 16 Suite 2218 Miami, Florida 3316C 17 18 BY: STUART S. MERMELSTEIN, ESQ. 19 ON BEHALF OF THE WITNESS: 20 ROBBINS, TUNKEY, ROSS, AMSEL, 21 RABEN & WAXMAN, P.A. 2250 Southwest Third Avenue 22 4th Floor Miami, Florida 33129 23 24 BY: ALAN S. ROSS, ESQ. 25 Also Present: Sean McGuire, Videographer U.S. Legal Support 0003 1 2 3 INDEX Page Direct Examination By Mr. Edwards 7 4 Cross-Examination By Mr. Mermelstein 111 Redirect Examination By Mr. Edwards 127 Recross-Examination By Mr. Mermelstein 133 6 7 Certificate of Oath 137 8 Certificate of Reporter 138 9 10 EXHIBITS 11 PLF'S 12 No. Description Page 13 14 1 Jane Doe 102 v. Jeffrey Epstein 33 15 complaint 16 2A-2G Telephone messages 62 17 3 Handwritten notes 72 18 2H Telephone message 87 19 4 Gawker.com photo with story 127 20 21 22 WITNESS'S 23 No. Description Page 24 25 1 Target letter 4 0004 1 Videotaped deposition taken before JANET L. 3524-006 Page 2 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009249 EFTA00159251
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2 McKINNEY, Registered Professional Reporter, Florida 3 Professional Reporter, Certified LiveNote Reporter and 4 Notary Public in and for the Slate of Florida at Large 5 in the above cause. 6 (Whereupon, Witness's Exhibit 1 was marked for 7 identification.) 8 VIDE0GRAPHER: We are now on the video record. 9 Today is Monday, the 15th day of March, 2010. The 1C time is 9:13 a.m.. (sic). We are here al 515 East. 11 Las Olas Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Fort Lauderdale, 12 Florida, for the purpose of taking the videotape 13 14 deposition of taken in Case Number 08-CIV-80893, ane oe v. effrey Epstein, el. al. 15 The court reporter is Janet. McKinney; the 16 videographer is Sean McGuire, both of V.S. Legal 17 Support. 18 Will counsel and all present please introduce 19 yourself and the court reporter will swear the 20 witness. 21 N.R. EDWARDS: Brad Edwards. I represent the 22 plaintiff, Jane Doe also "Jane Doe"; EW, "EW"; LM, 23 'LM.". 24 MR. MERMELSTEIN: Stuart Mermelstein. I 25 represent Jane Doe Numbers 2 through 8. 0005 1 MR. PIKE: Michael Pike on behalf of Jeffrey 2 Epstein. 3 MR. ROSS: And good morning, my 4 Ross. I represent the witness, 5 THE REPORTER: Would you raise your rig 6 hand, please. 7 Do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony 8 you're about to give will be the truth, and nothing 9 but the truth, so help you God? 10 THE WITNESS: I do. 11 MR. ROSS: Before the deposition begins and in 12 an effort to streamline the process of getting 13 through this deposition on behalf of the witness we 14 have had marked as Witness Exhibit Number 1 an 15 August 31, 2007 letter from the United States 16 Attorney's Office through 17 her then counsel, which is called a 18 target. letter ide. as a target of a 19 federal Grand Jury investigation in the Southern 20 District of Florida and outlining a number of 21 offenses that. were the subject =alter of 22 investigation. 23 As a result of that, it is anticipated that. 24 some of the questions that may be asked during the 25 course of this deposition she may invoke her Fifth 0006 1 Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. 2 And in order to streamline this we've agreed prior 3 to beginning this that she will simply answer "I name is Alan 3524-006 Page 3 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009250 EFTA00159252
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0008 1 2 3 4 5 4 refuse to answer.' The parties will understand and 5 the record will reflect that, she is invoking her 6 Fifth Amendment privilege against 7 self-incrimination. 8 If there is some other privilege, 9 attorney-client privilege or sore other objection 1C Chat I may have to a question, I'll specifically 11 state it. But her answer °I refuse to answer• will 12 be on Fifth Amendment grounds if that's acceptable 13 CO everyone. 14 MR. EDWARDS: It's acceptable. 15 KR. MERMELSTEIN: It's acceptable. 16 KR. PIKE: Acceptable. 17 MR. ROSS: Okay. Madam court reporter has 18 already marked the exhibit, and I'll leave that 19 with her. 20 MR. EDWARDS: Okay. 21 22 23 24 25 0007 1 THEREUPON: 2 3 having been first duly sworn or affirmed, was examined 4 and testified as follows: 5 DIRECT EXAMINATION 6 BY K.R. EDWARDS: 7 Q. Can you tell us your full 8 A. Q. At some point in time you is that correct? A. Correct. Q. And when did that change? ou married? Q. When were A. Q. uk4v. whni 'mvout le of birth? A. [ Q. A. Yes. full name. were known as Q. And who are you married to? 3524-006 Page 4 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009251 EFTA00159253
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6 A. Correct. 7 8 9 10 11 w 12 13 14 15 A. 16 Q. w o was t e connection at 17 that invited you? 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0009 1 2 5 6 3 4 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0010 1 2 3 4 6 7 Q. Well, you can continue. A. Yes. Q. So in order to come to the United States you needed to get a work visa? A. I was invited actually just to kind feeling if I will be suitable. So I came on tourist visa which is, I believe, 61/82. of get a a business 3524-006 Page 5 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009252 EFTA00159254
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9 IC 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2C 21 22 23 24 25 0011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2C 21 22 23 24 25 0012 2 8 Q. Okay. And where did you first go when you came to the United States, what state? A. Florida. Q. And what city in Florida? A. Miami. Q. And what did you do for your two weeks when you first arrived in Miami, Florida? A. I do not recall. Q. Okay. But did you do any modeling? A. Well, like I would see some photographers, the agency would send me like on all calls to see photographers to kind of introduce me as a model. why did you make the decision Lo go with in the United Stales when you already were modeling in -- A. Um-hum. Q. -- Europe? A. Well, you know, just to expand it was something that I did. And I decided to take a year off after I graduated from. high school and -- you know, just to expand the modeling -- the modeling possibilities, opportunities. Q. Where di uate from high school? A. In Q. What ear? A. Q. And do you have any college? Have you gone to college after that? did you get your associate's degree from. A. Q. chelor's degree right now? A. Yes. Q. From where? A. Q. in wnaL. A. Q. a you been in the program? A. Since fall Q. And when do you expect to graduate? 3 A. Fall 4 Q. Are you a full-Lime student or part-Lime? 5 A. I'm a full-time student at this time. 6 you first arrived in Miami, Florida in 7 did you decide during that two weeks that_ 8 you were going to stay permanently? 9 A. No. 3524-006 Page 6 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009253 EFTA00159255
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IC Q. Okay. Did you go back to 11 A. Yes, I have. I have -- I went back for 12 Christmas. 13 Q. Okay. Poor question. Going back LcI'm 14 trying to just understand how it was that -- you came 15 over here on a two-week business visa, but eventually 16 you ended up staying for a longer period of Lime, 17 correct? 18 A. Right- 19 Q. Okay. And how did that. come about, just tell 20 me? 21 A. Well, I got. romantically involved with my 22 current husband and so when -- you know, we just 23 started dating, we got engaged, and that's how, you 24 know, our relation evolved -- evolved, and eventually, 25 you know, I got married and -- and stayed. 0013 1 Q. Okay. And since coming to the United States 2 have you always lived in Miami, Florida? 3 A. No. 4 Q. All right. Where else have you lived in the 5 United States? 6 A. New York. 7 Q. Where in New York? 8 A. Manhattan. 9 Q. What, was the address in Manhattan where you 10 lived? 11 MR. ROSS: I'm going to advise you Lo invoke 12 privilege. 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 Q. Okay. Have you -- are you familiar with an 15 address at 301 East 66th Street in New York? 16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 MR. PIKE: May we take a break for a second? 18 May I speak with you? 19 MR. ROSS: Sure. 20 VIDEOGRAPHER: Off the record, 10:22 a.m. 21 (Recess Laken at 10:22 a.m.) 22 (Deposition resumed at 10:23 a.m.) 23 VIDEOGRAPHER: On the record, 10:23 a.m.. 24 MR. ROSS: Brad, let me just interrupt for a 25 moment. 0014 1 MR. EDWARDS: No problem. 2 MR. ROSS: Just to be sure, when the witness 3 answers "I refuse to answer" to be clear the Cull 4 statement that she's not saying for the sake of 5 saving Lime is that. she's invoking her Fifth 6 Amendment right against self-incrimination. Just. 7 to be clear. 8 MR. EDWARDS: That's what I've understood all 9 along. IC MR. MERMELSTEIN: That's what I understood. 11 MR. ROSS: Okay, fine. Go ahead. 3524-006 Page7of68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009254 EFTA00159256
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12 MR. EDWARDS: This is just for the sake of 13 brevity -- 14 MR. ROSS: Exactly. 15 MR. EDWARDS: -- and let's move it on. 16 BY MR. EDWARDS: 17 Q. All right. So I'm going to ask the question 18 again, I don't remember whether you'd responded yet, 19 but are you familiar with the address in Manhattan 20 301 East. 66th Street in New York? 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 Q. Okay. How long did you live in -- well, what 23 was the first address that you lived in in Miami? 24 A. 25 0015 1 Q. South Shore. Okay. 2 A. Um-hum. 3 Q. Have you ever had your deposition Laken 4 before? 5 A. No. 6 Q. Okay. You're doing very well so far. There's 7 a couple rules I didn't explain but mainly because 8 you're doing very well. I just. have to wait for you to 9 finish your answer; you have to wait for me to finish 10 my question. We have one court reporter. She can only 11 Lake down one of us. Give us an answer that we all 12 understand. Nodding of the head or shaking the head 13 are easy to do and I gel what you're saying, but she 14 doesn't. Ah-ha or un-ah are things that are commonly 15 said. They look the same on paper. 16 If I ask a bad question which could happen, as 17 already happened and probably will again, just tell me 18 'I don't understand the question," I'll ask it again -- 19 A. Okay. 20 Q. -- all right? 21 And I'm assuming that's the address, 22 where you began living in !Pk 23 24 A. Correct. 25 Q. How long did you live al that address? 0016 1 A. I'm sorry, I don't understand our uestion. 2 Q. How long did you live al the 3 address that you moved into in the fall in 2002? 4 A. Well, since -- since I came I lived there, I 5 always stayed there whether being in Miami traveling 6 back and forth, and I live currently at this address. 7 Q. Okay. What was the first lime that you moved 8 from that address to live elsewhere? 9 A. I do not recall. IC Q. Okay. I know that you told me you lived in 11 New York City and we're not going to discuss -- I'm 12 assuming you're not going to answer a lot of questions 13 about New York City, but at what time period did you 3524-006 Page 8 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009255 EFTA00159257
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 C018 1 2 3 4 5 6 14 move there? Was it right after you got here two weeks, 15 a year later? I'm just trying to get a year as to when 16 you moved Lo New York? 17 MR. ROSS: I'm going Lo instruct you not to 18 answer. 19 A. I refuse to answer. 20 Q. Okay. Do you know a guy by the name of Jean 21 Luc Brunel? 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. Where are your parents? 24 A. They're in 25 Q. And since you ve been n t e United States C017 1 2 3 4 5 have they come to the United Stales? A. Yes, they have visited me. Q. Have they ever met Jeffrey Epstein? A. I refuse to answer. Q. Have they ever met Jean Luc Brunel? 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. Where are you currently employed? 8 A. I pursue -- I go to school full-time, I do not work. Q. Are you also still though? A. No, I'm not. Q. And when was the last. Lime you did any modeling? in the modeling business Q. And why did you stop modeling at that. tire? A. I wanted -- I always kind of knew that it's something Lhat I'm going to be doing and I just decided to go and pursue a college degree. Q. Okay. Is it something that you ever plan to go back to, modeling? A. No. Q. Are you involved at all with the modeling industry? A. No. Q. I mean, helping to recruit models, helping others to recruit models, anything like that? A. No. Q. Do you ever -- do you currently talk Co Er. Brunel? 7 A. I refuse to answer. 8 Q. When is the last time that you talked to 9 Jeffrey Epstein? IC A. I refuse to answer. 11 Q. Do you know a woman by the name of Ghislaine 12 Maxwell? 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 Q. Do you know someone by the name of 15 3524-006 Page 9 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009256 EFTA00159258
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16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 Q. Do you know a person named 18 A. I refuse to answer. 19 Q. Did Jeffrey Epstein have anything Lo do with 20 you moving to New York City? 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 Q. Did you ever live in a place in New York City 23 owned or controlled by Jeffrey Epstein? 24 A. I refuse to answer. 25 Q. Are you familiar with the modeling agency MC 0019 1 Squared? 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Do you know of underage females being 4 transported into this country to work for the modeling 5 agency MC Squared? 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. Do you know of those underage females being 8 given work visas and staying at the 301 East 66th 9 Street address? 10 A. I refuse to answer. 11 Q. Can you say whether you have observed 12 Mr. Brunel or Mr. Epstein engaging in sex with underage 13 females? 14 A. I refuse to answer. 15 Q. Do you know where Mr. Brunel lives? 16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 Q. Is it true that. Mr. Brunel slays in the 301 18 East. 66th address frequently with underage females? 19 A. I refuse to answer. 20 Q. AL what point were you hired to work for 21 Mr. Epstein? 22 Nil. PIKE: Form. 23 MR. EDWARDS: You can still answer the 24 question. Mr. Pike is making a legal objection. 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0020 1 Q. And how did -- how did it come about that you 2 began working with Jeffrey Epstein? 3 MR. PIKE: Form. 4 A. I refuse Lo answer. Q. What did Jeffrey Epstein pay you in salary? 6 MR. PIKE: Form. 7 A. I refuse to answer. 8 Q. What was the time period that. you worked for 9 him? 10 A. I refuse to answer. 11 Q. Why did you stop working for him? 12 MR. PIKE: Form. 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 Q. What initially were you hired to do? 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 MR. PIKE: Form. 17 Q. Has Jeffrey Epstein ever paid you to stay 3524-006 Page 10 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009257 EFTA00159259
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18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0C21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 l0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0022 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IC 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 quiet or keep quiet about what went on in his house? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse 10 answer. Q. Have you talked to about the things Epstein s ouse? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. that went on in Jeffrey Q. Did you sign a confidentiality agreement with Jeffrey Epstein? A. I refuse to answer. MR. PIKE: Form. Q. Did that confidentiality agreement outline what you should say to authorities should he be caught with underage females? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. Q. Is there another book or manual or written memorialization of what you, as an employee of Jeffrey Epstein, should do if confronted by law enforcement? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. Q. Are you invoking your Fifth Amendment right because you believe you could be prosecuted? MR. ROSS: Invoke. A. I refuse to answer. Q. Are you also invoking because you're scared to testify against Jeffrey Epstein? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. Q. When did you first learn that Jeffrey Epstein had a sexual obsession for underage females? A. I refuse to answer. V.A. PIKE: Form. Q. Isn't it true that you have seen Jeffrey Epstein sexually interacting with females as young as 12 years old? A. I refuse to answer. MR. PIKE: Form. Q. Is it true that you have observed Jeffrey Epstein's sexual obsession to include the age range 12 to 17? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. Q. Have you ever had sex with Jeffrey Epstein? A. I refuse to answer. MR. PIKE: Form. Q. Have you ever been paid for sex with Jeffrey Epstein? MR. PIKE: Form. A. I refuse to answer. Q. Do you know if had sex with 3524-006 Page II of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009258 EFTA00159260
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20 Jeffrey Epstein when she was underage? 21 MR. PIKE: Form. 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. What have you been told about Jeffrey 24 Epstein's sexual obsession with underage minor 25 children? 0023 1 MR. PIKE: Form. 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Isn't it true that Jeffrey Epstein interacted 4 sexually with underage minors on an everyday basis? 5 MR. PIKE: Form. 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. And most of the time Mr. Epstein would 8 interact with underage minors at least two times a day; 9 is that true? 10 MR. PIKE: Form. 11 A. I refuse to answer. 12 Q. Can you explain to the jury how Mr. Epstein 13 would access new underage minor females for sex every 14 day? 15 MR. PIKE: Form. 16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 Q. How many assistants did Jeffrey Epstein hire 18 to bring him underage minor females for sex? 19 A. I refuse to answer. 2C M.R. PIKE: Form. 21 Q. Were you one of those assistants that helped 22 to bring him underage minor females? 23 MR. PIKE: Form. 24 A. I refuse to answer. 25 Q. I know that_ the laws in are probably 0024 1 different than they are here, but are you familiar with 2 the Florida Statutes that protect children against 3 sexual offenders or sexual predators? 4 MR. ROSS: Invoke. 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 Q. Let me just read you the lewd or lascivious 7 molestation statute and then I'm going to ask you some 8 questions about iL. 9 IL says: 'A person who intentionally touches IC in a lewd or lascivious manner the breasts, genitals, 11 genital area or buttocks or the clothing covering them 12 of a person less than 16 years of age or forces or 13 entices a person under 16 years of age to so touch the 14 perpetrator, commits lewd or lascivious molestation, a 15 second degree felony.' 16 After hearing that statute isn't that 17 something -- isn't that a crime that you know 18 Mr. Epstein to have committed on an everyday basis 19 while you were working for him? 2C MR. PIKE: Form. 21 A. I refuse to answer. 3524-006 Page 12 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009259 EFTA00159261
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22 Q. And that's a statute that he violated with 23 more than 1CC underage females; is that true? 24 MR. PIKE: Form. 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0025 1 Q. When did you become aware that. Mr. Epstein was 2 a child molester? 3 MR. PIKE: Form. 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 Q. Have you ever seen him with a female under the 6 age of 12? 7 MR. PIKE: Form. 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 Q. Have you ever known Jeffrey Epstein to have 10 sex with an adult? 11 MR. PIKE: Form. 12 A. I refuse to answer. 13 Q. Does he -- is he sexually attracted to adults? 14 MR. PIKE: Form. 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 Q. When was the first time you learned of 17 Mr. Epstein getting a massage from an underage minor 18 female? 19 MR. PIKE: Form. 20 A. I refuse to answer. 21 Q. I realize some of these questions may sound 22 repetitive but during this case we've learned of key 23 terms that different people on Mr. Epstein's let's say 24 payroll or inner circle recognize or talk about. So 25 when I talk about •massages', do you know what. that 0026 1 term means? 2 MR. PIKE: Form. 3 A. I refuse to answer. 4 Q. Isn't "massage• the word that was told by 5 Jeffrey Epstein to all of his employees to refer to 6 whatever acts he engages in with underage females in 7 his bedroom? 8 MR. PIKE: Form. 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 Q. AL this point -- were you -- were you ever in 11 the bedroom with him when he was engaging in sexual 12 acts with underage females and calling them "massages"? 13 MR. PIKE: Form. 14 A. I refuse to answer. 15 Q. Did you ever participate in any of the sexual 16 acts that Jeffrey Epstein was having with underage 17 females? 18 MR. PIKE: Form. 19 A. I refuse to answer. 20 Q. Now, just so that the record is clear there is 21 not a single piece of evidence that ever indicates that 22 you were involved with underage females, I'm not even 23 implying that and I realize that you invoking it may -- 3524-006 Page 13 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009260 EFTA00159262
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24 may give the wrong light and that's not -- that's not 25 my intention, so -- but were you ever aware of 0027 1 participating in sex with underage females? 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Have you read the police reports related to 4 the criminal investigation into Mr. Epstein? 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 Q. And you're aware of this 87-page police report 7 that details numerous females that indicate that they 8 were involved sexually with Mr. Epstein when they were 9 minors? 10 A. I refuse to answer. 11 N.R. PIKE: Form. 12 Q. Did anyone instruct you to use the code word 13 *massage"? 14 A. I refuse Lo answer. 15 Q. And when referring to these underage minor 16 females that would come over to Mr. Epstein's house did 17 anybody also tell you to use the term 'work•? 18 A. I refuse to answer. 19 MR. PIKE: Form. 20 Q. Meaning when somebody would call to schedule 21 one of these underage females for a massage isn't it 22 true that they would say "It's time to come to work" 23 and schedule a specific appointment? 24 MR. PIKE: Form. 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0028 1 Q. Is there a book or manual or is it written 2 anywhere that the -- that sex with underage minors is 3 to be referred to as a "massage"? 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 MR. PIKE: Form. 6 Q. Were there ever team meetings, for lack of a 7 better word, where Jeffrey Epstein and possibly 8 Ghislaine Maxwell, yourself, would talk 9 about this organization of obtaining underage girls for IC Jeffrey Epstein for sex? 11 MR. PIKE: Form. 12 A. I refuse Lo answer. 13 Q. What methods does Jeffrey Epstein use to gain 14 access to underage minor females for sex? 15 MR. PIKE: Form. 16 A. I refuse to answer. 17 Q. What is your understanding of Jeffrey 18 Epstein's involvement with the modeling industry? 19 MR. PIKE: Form. 20 A. I refuse to answer. 21 Q. Have you ever modeled for MC Squared? 22 MR. PIKE: Form. 23 A. I refuse Lo answer. 24 Q. Has Jeffrey Epstein ever promised you anything 25 related to a modeling career? 3524-006 Page 14 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009261 EFTA00159263
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0029 1 MR. PIKE: Form. 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Have you ever talked to Jean Luc Brunel about 4 modeling? 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 Q. Rave you ever talked to Jean Luc Brunel about 7 his desire to have sex with underage females? 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 Q. Isn't it true that Jean Luc Brunel has been in 10 trouble for years for having sex with underage minors 11 in Europe? 12 A. I refuse to answer. 13 Q. Are you familiar with The McIntyre Reports? 14 A. I refuse to answer. 15 Q. Okay. Are you familiar with reports done on 16 modeling agencies back in the 80's and 90's related to 17 agency owners having sex with underage minors? 18 MR. ROSS: Answer the question. 19 A. No, I'm not. 20 Q. Okay. Did you ever hear of Jean Luc Brunel's 21 reputation for having sex with underage girls? 22 MR. ROSS: Invoke. 23 A. I refuse to answer. 24 Q. Do you know how Jean Luc Brunel knows Jeffrey 25 Epstein? 0030 1 A. I refuse to answer. 2 MR. PIKE: Form. 3 Q. Isn't their connection the obsession for 4 underage minor females? 5 MR. PIKE: Form. 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. Based on your observations of Jeffrey Epstein 8 would you categorize his obsession for underage minor 9 females as an addiction? 10 MR. PIKE: Form. 11 A. I refuse to answer. 12 Q. Isn't it true that Ghislaine Maxwell delivers 13 underage minor females to Jeffrey Epstein? 14 MR. PIKE: Form. 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 Q. Have you ever had a sexual relationship with 17 Ghislaine Maxwell? 18 A. I refuse to answer. 19 Q. Do you know what Ghislaine Maxwell does in 20 general for Jeffrey Epstein? 21 MR. PIKE: Form. 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. Have you seen photographs of underage minor 24 females in Jeffrey Epstein's patrol -- control or 25 possession? 0031 1 MR. PIKE: Form. 3524-006 Page 15 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009262 EFTA00159264
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2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Were there surveillance cameras, hidden 4 surveillance cameras inside Jeffrey Epstein's home? 5 MR. PIKE: Form. 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. Did those surveillance cameras capture 8 underage minor females naked? 9 MR. PIKE: Form. 10 A. I refuse to answer. 11 Q. And didn't Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine 12 Maxwell watch those surreptitiously obtained videos of 13 underage minor females? 14 MR. PIKE: Form. 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 Q. And those videos and photographs of underage 17 minor females were saved on Jeffrey Epstein's computers 18 in his house, right? 19 MR. PIKE: Form. 20 A. I refuse to answer. 21 Q. Have you seen those photographs and videos on 22 Jeffrey Epstein's computers? 23 MR. PIKE: Form. 24 A. I refuse to answer. 25 Q. Who have you talked to related to the criminal 0032 1 investigation into Jeffrey Epstein? 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 MR. PIKE: Form. 4 MR. ROSS: In addition, attorney-client 5 privilege. 6 Q. And I certainly would do not want to know 7 anything you talked to your attorney about, I 8 apologize. 9 A. (Nods.) 10 Q. Why was it that you were named as a 11 co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein's in the 12 non-prosecution agreement? 13 MR. PIKE: Form. 14 A. I refuse to answer. 15 Q. Do you feel like a victim of Jeffrey 16 Epstein's? 17 MR. PIKE: Form. 18 A. I refuse to answer. 19 Q. Do you feel like Jeffrey Epstein brainwashed 20 you to some extent? 21 MR. PIKE: Form. 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 Q. Do you feel any remorse for any role that. you 24 may have played in having underage minor females at 25 Jeffrey Epstein's house for him to molest them? 0033 1 MR. PIKE: Form. 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Have you known Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey 3524-006 Page 16 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009263 EFTA00159265
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4 Epstein to keep sex slaves? 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 Q. Do you know somebody named 7 A. I refuse to answer. 8 Q. Have you met 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 MR. EDWARDS: All right. Let me go ahead and 11 mark as -- as Plaintiff's Exhibit. 1 a lawsuit that 12 was filed by Bob Josefsberg on behalf of Jane Doe 13 102 v. Jeffrey Epstein just for the purposes of 14 asking the witness some questions. 15 MR. ROSS: I've seen it. 16 (Whereupon, Plaintiff's Exhibit 1 was marked 17 for identification.) 18 Q. Have you ever read the lawsuit Jane Doe 102 v. 19 Jeffrey Epstein? 20 A. I refuse to answer. 21 Q. In the lawsuit it indicates the plaintiff was 22 15 years old when Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein 23 had a threesome with this underage minor female. Are 24 you aware of that? 25 MR. PIKE: Form. 0034 1 A. I refuse to answer. 2 Q. And Jeffrey Epstein and/or Ghislaine Maxwell 3 obtained and purchased passports for 15-year-old Jane 4 Doe 102 to transport her to Palm Beach, New York City, 5 Santa Fe, Los Angeles, San Francisco, St. Louis, as 6 well as Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa; are you 7 aware of that? 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 MR. PIKE: Form. 10 Q. It's also alleged that. Jeffrey Epstein in 11 addition to molesting Jane Doe 102 along with Ghislaine 12 Maxwell forced her to have sex with other models, 13 actresses, and celebrities? 14 A. I refuse to answer. 15 MR. PIKE: Form. 16 Q. It also indicates that Jeffrey Epstein 17 transported other minor girls from Turkey, the Czech 18 Republic, Asia, and other countries. Are you aware of 19 that? 20 MR. PIKE: Form. 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 Q. Is Jeffrey Epstein involved in the 23 international child sex trade? 24 MR. PIKE: Form. 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0035 1 Q. Is Jean Luc Brunel his partner in that 2 international child sex trade? 3 MR. PIKE: Form. 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 Q. Are you aware that after -- that Jeffrey 3524-006 Page 17 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009264 EFTA00159266
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6 Epstein forced Jane Doe 102 to have sex with ocher 7 adult male peers including royalty, politicians, 8 academicians, businessmen and/or other professional and 9 personal acquaintances of Jeffrey Epstein's? IC MR. PIKE: Form. 11 A. I refuse to answer. 12 Q. Is that something that he did with girls other 13 than Jane Doe 102? 14 MR. PIKE: Form. 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 Q. Aren't you familiar with Jeffrey Epstein's 17 practice of pimping out, underage minor females to other 18 people that have the same sexual obsession with 19 underage minors? 20 MR. PIKE: Form. 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 Q. And doesn't he benefit financially from that 23 sex trade? 24 MR. PIKE: Form. 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0036 1 Q. Jane Doe 102 ultimately escaped from him and 2 left to Australia, is that your understanding? 3 A. I refuse to answer. 4 MR. PIKE: Form. 5 Q. Have you ever spoken with Jane Doe 102? 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. On one of Epstein's birthdays a friend of 8 Jeffrey Epstein sent Co him. 12 -- three 12-year-old 9 girls from France who spoke no English for Epstein to 10 sexually exploit and abuse and after doing so he sent 11 them back Lo France the next day. Are you familiar 12 with that? 13 MR. PIKE: Form. 14 A. I refuse to answer. 15 Q. Isn't that something that is fairly common for 16 Mr. Epstein? 17 A. I refuse to answer. 18 MR. PIKE: Form. 19 Q. Who are Lhe friends that send to Jeffrey 20 Epstein underage minor females for his birthday so that. 21 he can abuse? 22 A. I refuse to answer. 23 MR. PIKE: Form. 24 Q. Is one of those friends Jean Luc Brunel? 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0037 1 Q. Have you ever Mel Prince Andrew? 2 A. I refuse to answer. 3 Q. Has Prince Andrew been involved with underage 4 minor females to your knowledge? 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 Q. Have you ever met Alan Dershowitz? 7 A. I refuse to answer. 3524-006 Page 18of68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009265 EFTA00159267
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8 Q. When Alan Dershowitz stays al Jeffrey 9 Epstein's house isn't it true that he has been at the IC house when underage minor females have been in the 11 bedroom with Jeffrey Epstein? 12 A. I refuse to answer. 13 Q. Has -- are you familiar with the media 14 publication or online resource RadarOnline? 15 A. I refuse to answer. 16 Q. Is that. something that. you assisted 17 Mr. Epstein with when he purchased RadarOnline? 18 A. I refuse to answer. 19 Q. And do you know his business partner in that. 2C endeavor? 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 Q. Isn't it also true that he used RadarOnline as 23 another way to gain access to underage minor females 24 for sex? 25 MR. PIKE: Form. 0038 1 A. I refuse to answer. 2 Q. Have you been to all of Jeffrey Epslein's 3 properties? 4 MR. PIKE: Form. 5 A. I refuse to answer. 6 Q. Certainly you've been to the properly at 358 7 El Brillo Way, correct? 8 MR. PIKE: Form. 9 A. I refuse to answer. 10 Q. Have you been to his property in Manhattan? 11 A. I refuse to answer. 12 MR. PIKE: Form. 13 Q. And have you been to his island in -- it was 14 Little St. James, I believe he calls it Little 15 St. Jeff's now? 16 MR. PIKE: Form. 17 A. I refuse to answer. 18 Q. And have you witnessed underage child sex 19 orgies on that island? 2C MR. PIKE: Form. 21 A. I refuse to answer. 22 Q. Do you know a female named 23 A. I refuse to answer. 24 Q. Do you know where lives these days? 25 A. I refuse to answer. 0039 1 Q. What is your understanding of 2 role in Jeffrey Epslein's life? 3 A. I refuse to answer. 4 MR. PIKE: Form. 5 Q. Isn't it true that she gets paid just to bring 6 him underage minor females for sex? 7 MR. PIKE: Form. 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 Q. And additionally, she schedules the 3524-006 Page 19 of 68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009266 EFTA00159268
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10 appointments for underage minor females for him to 11 molest? 12 A. I refuse Lo answer. 13 MR. PIKE: Form. 14 Q. You know 15 A. I refuse o answer. 16 Q. Does she still work for Ghislaine Maxwell? 17 A. I refuse to answer. 18 Q. Was she an underage minor child victim of 19 Jeffrey Epstein's? 20 A. I refuse to answer. 21 Q. Through discovery we've talked to numerous 22 witnesses about, you know, Jeffrey Epstein and people 23 that work for him. I don't know if you'll be able to 24 answer any of these questions but. I'll ask them anyway 25 one at a time. 0040 1 Is somebody who travels with 2 Jeffrey Epstein? 3 MR. PIKE: Form. 4 A. I refuse to answer. 5 Q. And when Jeffrey Epstein is coming Lo town 6 doesn't he call his number one assistant? 7 MR. PIKE: Form. 8 A. I refuse to answer. 9 Q. And at some point in Lime, it looks like in 10 early 2005 or lace 2004, you were also an assistant of 11 Jeffrey Epstein's, correct? 12 V. PIKE: Form. 13 A. I refuse to answer. 14 Q. And how was it that you transitioned from 15 being involved in modeling to being an employee of 16 Jeffrey Epstein? 17 MR. PIKE: Form. 18 A. I refuse to answer. 19 Q. Other than arranging for underage minor 20 females to come to Jeffrey Epstein's house did you do 21 anything else for Jeffrey Epstein? 22 MR. PIKE: Form. 23 A. I refuse to answer. 24 Q. Did you ever fly on Jeffrey Epstein's 25 airplane? 0041 1 A. I refuse to answer. 2 Q. Did you witness Jeffrey Epstein abuse -- 3 sexually abusing underage minor females on his 4 airplane? 5 MR. PIKE: Form. 6 A. I refuse to answer. 7 Q. Did you know that it was illegal for Jeffrey 8 Epstein to interact sexually with underage minor 9 females? IC MR. PIKE: Form. 11 A. I refuse to answer. 3524-006 Page20of68 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009267 EFTA00159269
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