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FBI VOL00009
EFTA00224077
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41 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Mr. Epstein's instructions. She was 17 at the time all this activity occurred. Q And what did say about Mr. Epstein's knowledge of her age? A She told Mr. Epstein how old she was. She told him that she was 17. Q Now was interviewed shortly after the activity ended, correct? A Yes. Q Do you remember the approximate date when Mr. Epstein left Palm Beach County and has returned only for court appearances? A I believe it was October 6th. It was the beginning of October was the last time we have him -- or when he left the area. Q And was interviewed by the police shortly after that time? A Yes, she was interviewed on November 8. Q And during that interview, did she explain when the last time was when she had seen Mr. Epstein? A She had said shortly before her birthday. Q And she said it was actually the first week in October? OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224117
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42 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 A Yes. Q Now was later called to appear before the State Grand Jury? A Yes. Q And during that testimony, did she did she confuse the last day that she saw Mr. Epstein? A Yes. She stated -- and this was done I believe in July of '06, so this would have been over a year and some months. She did state that the last time she saw Mr. Epstein was the day before her birthday and that is when the sexual intercourse took place. Q Okay. So she thought it was the day before her birthday, but based on her earlier statement and the records that we have, we know it was a few days before her birthday? A The first week of October. Q Okay. Let's -- actually, before we go to the Overt Acts, do you mind if I ask the agent a question outside? I think I caught another error. Excuse us for a moment. and the witness exit the OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224118
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43 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Grand Jury Room.) Grand Jury Room.) and the witness enter the There is a discrepancy in Overt Act Number 138. The chart that I provided to you says -- has the name the relevant defendant and in the indictment So we are trying to confirm who the right caller was. A GRAND JUROR: Can I ask a question? Sure. A GRAND JUROR: You had said that he had not been in Florida? Uh-huh. A GRAND JUROR: How do they know that he has not come into Florida? Okay. We can address that withaed the agent. A GRAND JUROR: Could I ask a question? Sure. A GRAND JUROR: Is there any way that he might have been filming this? Does anybody know about it, I mean, you know? Okay. We will answer those after we finish going through these OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224119
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44 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 items. A GRAND JUROR: I knew there was a reason you were hauling all those records back and forth. A GRAND JUROR: After the case is over, how long do you actually have to keep all that? This is all on the record. A GRAND JUROR: Yeah. It's curiosity. Okay. All right. BY Q So from your review of the phone records, Special Agent Overt Act Number 138 relates to A Yes. Q Okay All right. Now let's run through Overt Acts 110, 128, 133, 136, 138, 139, 141 , 142, 145, 152, 154, and 156. Could you let the grand jury know what the evidence is supporting those Overt Acts? A A review of the phone records indicate on those dates there was telephonic contact IIIIIIIIIIIII between the and as well as statements that called her OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224120
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45 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 and in advance as to when Mr. Epstein was in town 2 to set up appointments. 3 Q And if you could look at Overt Acts 124, 4 146, and 149. 5 A A review of phone records between and indicates there was telephonic phone contact on those dates. Q Phone calls originating with ending with A Yes. Q And Overt Act Number 147? A Overt Act 147, a review of the phone records indicate that there was telephonic contact between and on that date as well. Q And then Overt Act Number 150, says that on September 8, 2005, Defendant received a telephone call from Jane Doe Number Eight, and what is the evidence related to that? A The evidence on that date is that a review Q of those phone records indicates that contacted So with respect to that one, the phone call originated with as opposed to being win OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224121
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46 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 A Yes. 2 Q Okay. Now if you could turn to Count 3 Number 12 and summarize for the grand jury the evidence supporting that charge of the enticement of a minor? A On or about these dates, a facility of interstate commerce was used, specifically the telephone, specifically and phones were utilized to set and arrange massages, massage appointments for Mr. Epstein. During the massages, Epstein would ask to remove her clothing. She would perform the massages either in her underwear or completely Milli nude. Epstein masturbated while performed these massages. Epstein used a massager on a vagina with her panties on and with them off. Epstein had intercourse with He ejaculated outside her vagina. On one occasion, Epstein brought into the sexual activity, introduced into the sexual activity. They performed sex acts on each other, that being and Jeffrey Epstein, in front of OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224122
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47 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 and she continued to massage Mr. Epstein. At Mr. Epstein's request, and did kiss as well as touched breasts. Epstein paid 200 to 300 to $350 to and that depended on the sexual activity. Epstein gave a book on photography as well as a digital camera provided to her by as well as bra and underwear sets, told Mr. Epstein that she was 17 years of age. Q All right. And is that the same evidence with respect to Count Number 56? A Yes, it is. Q Okay. Before we go to those other two questions that were posed, are there any questions that relates to Jane Doe Number Eight? Yes, sir. A GRAND JUROR: Is there any explanation from any of the girls about the number of calls versus the number of times they say they went there? I'm sorry. Say it one more time. OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224123
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48 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 BY A GRAND JUROR: The number of times they went to visit versus the number of phone calls. There seems to be a big difference. THE WITNESS: Yes. There's a lot of phone calls and we have phone calls showing up prior to his arrival and during his arrival and some of the phone calls are lengthy and some of them are, you know, seconds. So either maybe they didn't get through. We are looking at a cell phone bill and getting those totals from looking at the cell phone bill and the calls just vary in time length and, you know, the only explanation I guess, you know, would be -- and that's just me giving you my opinion -- is that, you know, either they didn't reach each other, so they would continue to call back and forth. There was a lot of calls between these teenage girls or these adolescent girls as well as the phone activity between and and with the girls. Q All right. And also Special Agent I know that you testified about this OFFICIAL xr•pnPPTHn gTORV cE, LLC EFTA00224124
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49 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 earlier in terms of the tendency of victims of this type of offense to minimize the number of visits, for example, minimize the conduct that they engaged in? A That is true as well. Q So it is possible that the girls went more than five times or ten times? A Yes. I mean, it's difficult to try to get them to tell you an exact number and that's why we have approximated, and, again, they have minimized either with local law enforcement and now when we go back either through time or just being able to -- you know, the approach, they have been able to tell us a little more of what took place. Again, stated she went hundreds of times. Can we put her down to a number? Two hundred and twenty-five phone calls. You know, we just know that she went a lot of times. You can look at the phone activity of seeing the phone calls that are made prior to his arrival and during his arrival to try to gage when they were there. All right. Any other questions related to Jane Doe Number Eight? OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224125
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50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Okay. BY Q Then we have two questions that were raised earlier. One of which was whether there is any evidence to suggest that Mr. Epstein filmed any of these encounters? A We don't have any evidence at this time. Some of girls were asked that question but there's no evidence to show that he did or indicate that he did. Q All right. And then the second one was we had talked earlier about Mr. Epstein leaving Florida and not returning. What evidence do you have regarding where Mr. Epstein has been since October of 2005? A He has -- and I may have misspoke if I said he has not ever come back. He has come back because of the state charges he has faced. He has had to come into Palm Beach County for that. We do not believe that he has been here other than that since the investigation broke in October of '05, other than having to appear before the state charges. We know where Mr. Epstein resides and we have a partner, ICE, Immigration and Customs OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224126
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51 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Enforcement, who can -- is helping us monitor his plane activity, and, although, we were not privy to all of his domestic flights when he comes in and out of the country, we are alerted to that. Q And you mentioned earlier that you interviewed Janusz Banasiak, correct? A Yes. Q Who currently serves in what position of Mr. Epstein? A He is currently the house manager for Mr. Epstein and maintains the property over in Palm Beach. Q And what did he tell you about Mr. Epstein? A He also said that Mr. Epstein has not been back. Q Okay. Any other questions? All right. You guys get a break next. All right. We will see you -- I will be out of town next week and I will probably see you the week after that. (Witness was excused.) OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224127
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52 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 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER I, Paula E. Angelocci, Certified Court Reporter and Notary Public, do certify that the transcript is a true and correct transcription of my stenotype notes of the testimony of SPECIAL AGENT , taken before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach, Florida. PAULA L A- ANGET CCI, CSR #4869 Certified Cou t Reporter OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE, LLC EFTA00224128
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