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FBI VOL00009
EFTA00310278
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Page 347 1 M, and I think you told us that you had seen 2 her, you recognized her photograph. 3 A. Yes, I did. 4 Q. On how many occasions did you ever see 5 her at the Epstein home? 6 A. More than three times. 7 Q. More than three? 8 A. Yes, sir. 9 Q. That's as accurate as you can be? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. More than three? 12 A. More than three. 13 Q. Whether it was four or five you don't 14 know, but more than three? 15 A. More than three, sir. 16 Q. In terms o 's age, did you ever ask 17 her what her age 18 A. No, sir. 19 Q. Did she appear to you to be someone at 20 least from seeing her and recalling her that she 21 appeared at least to you to be while a young woman 22 appeared to be someone who was 18 or older? 23 A. No, sir. 24 Q. Okay. Well, did you ever say anything to 25 the police or did you ever -- were you ever Page 349 1 Q. I'm sorry? 2 A. Yes, I did, I told the police. 3 Q. And at the time that you spoke with the 4 police and gave them a statement, isn't it true, 5 Mr. Rodriguez, that you were no longer employed by 6 Mr. Epstein? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. And you understood that you were required 9 to tell the police officers the truth at that 10 time? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. And if I understood your testimony I 13 believe from July 29th through today, you at no 14 time asked any of these girls how old they were. 15 True? 16 A. No. 17 Q. And as to whether the girls were under 18 18 or 18 or over 18, you really didn't know one way 19 or the other at the time. Would that be a fair 20 statement? 21 A. Yes. 22 MR. WILLITS: Object to the form of the 23 question. 24 BY MR. CRITTON: 25 Q. On Exhibit 6 there is a person who's Page 348 1 concerned about that such that you told someone? 2 A. No, sir. 3 Q. Haven't you told the police, sir -- let 4 me strike that, let me ask it this way. 5 In your taped statement that you gave to 6 the police did you not tell them that all of the 7 girls appeared to you to be 18 or above? 8 A. Sir, as far as when all these actions 9 that were taking place I was under an environment 10 that I thought I was going to be -- in other 11 words, I was afraid of any reprisal Mr. Epstein 12 and Mrs. Maxwell if I say something that is any 13 idea of me because I have this confidentiality 14 agreement. What I saw that they were very young, 15 but I cannot say that they were 18 and old. 16 Q. Right. Let me just take you back to my 17 question again and see if you can answer my 18 question. 19 MR. CRITTON: Could you please read it 20 back? 21 (Thereupon, a portion of the record was 22 read by the reporter.) 23 THE WITNESS: I think I told the police 24 that. 25 BY MR. CRITTON: Page 350 1 covered, the lady that Ms. Ezell asked you about I 2 believe was on the right-hand side of the 3 photograph. There Is a young lady on the 4 left-hand side with a black hat on. 5 Do you recognize her at all? 6 A. No, I don't recognize her. 7 Q. Okay. Thank you. With regard to the 8 photograph four that you saw that you think 9 possibly might be I think you told us that 10 you recall seeing MEIwoman in the sauna at Mr. 11 Epstein's house on one occasion and she was naked. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Was that near the end of your employment 14 or the middle or the front end? 15 A. I saw her on January 2005, sir, and I was 16 terminated in March, so that was two months prior. 17 Q. And did you ever tell anyone that you had 18 seen her nak te sauna? 19 A. I told 20 Q. Okay. And what did say? 21 A. She was surprised. 22 Q. Okay. Did you wake the young lady up in 23 the sauna? 24 A. No. 25 Q. And do you know how old the young lady 21 (Pages 347 to 350) EFTA00310298
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Page 351 1 was at that time? 2 A. No, I didn't know. 3 Q. If I was to tell you she was bom in 4 December of '86 which would have made her 18 at 5 the time, and you would say, not surprised? 6 MS. EZELL: Objection, form. 7 MR. WILLITS: Object to the form of the 8 question. 9 MR. HOROWITZ: Join. 10 THE WITNESS: I would say I wouldn't 11 know. 12 BY MR. CRITTON: 13 Q. Other than telling did you sa 14 anything to anyone else when you saw the 15 lady you believe waM naked in the sauna? 16 A. I believe I mentioned that to my wife. 17 Q. All right. Anyone else? 18 A. No.. 19 Q. And did . continue -- assuming it was 20 A.H., did she continue to sleep in the sauna, that 21 is, she didn't know you were there? 22 A. She never knew that I was there. 23 Q. She didn't at least acknowledge that she 24 knew. Correct? 25 A. Yes, correct. Page 353 1 correct? 2 A. I think so, sir. 3 Q. All right. I assume that in over the 4 course of your life separate and apart from your 5 wife you've seen a naked woman before. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. And I assume that in your 50 some odd 8 years -- how old are you, sir? 9 A. 55. 10 Q. In your 55 years you've seen pictures of 11 naked women both photographs, paintings, statutes. 12 Would that be a fair statement? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. And in terms of at least In this 15 particular case there is all sorts of -- as you 16 know there is testimony, and you've been asked a 17 number of questions about sex related issues, that 18 is whether you saw in photographs or whether you 19 saw anyone engaged in any type of sexual activity. 20 Correct? 21 A. Correct. 22 Q. And I assume that you understand that men 23 and women -- we'll start there first, that men and 24 women actually do have sex In this world? 25 A. Yes. Page 352 1 Q. You were asked by Ms. Ezell -- I'm just 2 going to cover a couple of things a I'm 3 staying with Cathy here -- whetherilt you 4 had told us something about the picture of the 5 Pope near a picture okLualied person, naked 6 woman. That's what told you, you never 7 saw those photos. Correct? 8 A. I did saw the pictures. 9 Q. You did see the pictures? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. And the photos that you saw of the naked 12 woman that was near the Pope's photograph, was 13 that someone that you knew or just a picture of a 14 naked woman? 15 A. It was somebody -- somebody that was a 16 visitor in the house, but I don't know her name. 17 Q. And the visitors, that would have been 18 one of the plane women, you described the women 19 who came in on planes, or that they came with Mr. 20 Epstein from time to time? 21 A. They came with Mr. Epstein from time to 22 time. 23 Q. All right. And those are women that I 24 think you testified at your last deposition all 25 appeared to be In their 20's or older. Is that Page 354 1 Q. That comes as no grand surprise to you? 2 A. No. 3 Q. And you understand that people actually 4 enjoy sex from time to time? 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. Are you familiar with that concept at 7 least? 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. All right. And what may be typical 10 sexual activity for one man and woman, or whatever 11 the permutation might be, another couple, or 12 another man and woman, or another man or woman may 13 consider to be unusual or overly aggressive. 14 MS. EZELL: Objection to form. 15 BY MR. CRITTON: 16 Q. True? 17 A. It depends on your point of view. 18 Q. That's what I mean. Everyone has a 19 different point of view about sex and what may be 20 considered typical sexual activity for someone, 21 someone else may consider that's a bit 22 adventurous? 23 MR. EDWARDS: Object to the form. 24 THE WITNESS: Yes. 25 BY MR. CRITTON: 22 (Pages 351 to 354) lir sCm c. 305-866-7688 EFTA00310299
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Page 355 1 Q. I'm not trying to make you a sex expert. 2 Also, I assume that when you've been in 3 CVS or Walgreens, for that matter Publix or Winn 4 Dixie I assume that you've -- I don't want to 5 assume anything. 6 Have you ever been in an aisle where 7 you've actually seen condoms being sold? 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. And where lubricants are being sold? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. And as well as massage oils and other 12 types of oils actually are sold in those kinds of 13 stores? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. And they're available so that someone 16 walking through Walgreens or Publix or CVS could 17 actually take it off the shelf, put it in their 18 cart, go up and pay for it and take it home? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. All right. In the photographs that you 21 talked about, and if I understood you correctly, 22 at least during the time that you were there, Mr. 23 Rodriguez, in '04 and '05 there were -- you said 24 that there were -- I think you said downstairs -- 25 and I'm talking about really from the kitchen area 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 357 you say her name? A. Yes, her Q. Okay. It's aughter, there was a picture where so looked like was pulling on their swimsuit? A. Yes. Q. Do you recall ever seeing the old Coppertone -- A. Yes. Q. Let me ask the question. I know you know what this is. Have you ever seen the old Coppertone commercials and billboards that used to be plastered all over certainly Florida and other places where there is a cute little girl who appears to be two, three, four years old and someone Is pulling down at least a portion of her swimsuit so she's exposing a small portion of her cheek is exposed? A. Yes. Q. Okay. Is that what the picture of the young girl looked like that is Mr. Epstein's God daughter? A. More or less, yes. Q. All right. And downstairs in the kitchen Page 356 1 up the back stairway, or what would be the kitchen 2 stairway to the upper floor, there was I think you 3 said, but correct me if I'm wrong, please, that 4 you don't recall seeing there being any pictures 5 or photographs of any nude women. Is that 6 correct? 7 A. They were not nude women in the 8 staircase. 9 Q. That's all I'm talking about right now. 10 In that area you never saw any pictures, or 11 photographs, paintings, any type of depiction of a 12 nude woman on that staircase going upstairs. 13 Correct? 14 A. Correct. 15 Q. All right. And I think you said 16 downstairs you saw a picture of -- the only 17 picture that you saw of I'd say of a younger MI 18 that displayed some form of -- I don't want to say 19 nudity because it's probably not that, but of some 20 portion of their body that was exposed, and I 21 think you described it as her cheek. 22 A. Yes, that's upstairs. 23 Q. That's upstairs? 24 A. Upstairs. 25 Q. And that was -- was RE is that how Page 358 1 were there any pictures of women in any stage of 2 undress? 3 A. No. 4 Q. And then I think you said as you walk 5 upstairs, or as you walked up the stairway from 6 the kitchen at the top of the landing, I think you 7 described -- did you describe it as the foyer? 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Okay. But it's really the landing, the 10 upstairs landing? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. I think you said there were -- there was 13 -- were or was a three by five picture or 14 pictures? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. Of women in some stage of undress? 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Okay. And when you say three by five, I 19 assume you meant three feet? 20 A. Three feet. 21 Q. By five feet? 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. Were they photographs? 24 A. Yes, they were photographs. 25 Q. And I think you also told us that you 23 (Pages 355 to 358) Kress Court Reporting, Inc. EFTA00310300
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Page 359 1 didn't recognize who those people were. Is that 2 correct? 3 MR. EDWARDS: Object to the form. 4 THE WITNESS: I knew this pallgirl 5 because It was the daughter of Mrs 6 BY MR. CRITTON: 7 Q. Okay. And is that the picture you're 8 talking about? 9 A. This is the picture I'm talking about. 10 Q. Okay. And that was a three by five? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. All right. And the only thing that you 13 could see was a portion, that is of her other than 14 say her waist or her shoulders or her arms or 15 something, that's one where you could see kind of 16 like the Coppertone commercial, a picture of her 17 cheek? 18 A. Yes. Part of her buttocks. 19 MR. LANGINO: Object to the form. 20 BY MR. CRITTON: 21 Q. Okay. And was there another picture at 22 the top of the foyer, large one, or is that the 23 only one that you can recall? 24 A. There were two of the same girl in 25 different poses. Page 361 1 A. Inside his closet, the walk-in closet. 2 Q. And those pictures, I think you called it 3 a mosaic? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. And of the mosaic, approximately how many 6 pictures were in the mosaic? 7 A. 16 or 20. 8 Q. Okay. And of those pictures how many did 9 you recognize? 10 A. About three or four. 11 Q. All right. Were they -- as to who those 12 people were, you don't know, you just recognized 13 three or four of them? 14 A. Mr. Epstein when he was younger, and then 15 different girlfriends, but I didn't recognize 16 except the ones -- 17 Q. Okay. You said three or four of those 18 were pictures of the girls who came over to give a 19 massage? 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Okay. But as to who those girls were you 22 don't know as you sit here today? 23 A. No, sir. 24 Q. And as to what their ages were you don't 25 know? Page 360 1 Q. But showed the same thing? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. Okay. As you walked through into -- then 4 if I understood it correctly, you go to the pretty 5 much to the end of the hallway, then you go 6 through another small vestibule, double doors, two 7 sets of double doors, and as you go straight ahead 8 then you make a left around the bed and then you 9 end up in the bathroom. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. In the bathroom -- in the bathroom or in 12 that location were there any pictures of any women 13 in any stage of undress? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. All right. And were any of those 16 pictures, did they involve -- or were they of any 17 of the girls that have been described as women who 18 came over to give Mr. -- purportedly to give Mr. 19 Epstein a massage? 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. And do you remember who any of the names 22 of any of those people were? 23 A. No. 24 Q. And the pictures you saw, where were they 25 located? Page 362 1 A. No, sir. 2 Q. That's correct? 3 A. That's correct. 4 Q. And as to what they depicted in the 5 photographs of the girls were they in different 6 stages of undress? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Was everyone undressed to some degree, 9 that is, they were described as nude, or at least 10 the questions asked were these people nude? Were 11 they actually nude or someone may have had their 12 top off? 13 A. There were two girls completely naked in 14 a shower in a sexual act. 15 Q. is that the one when Ms. Ezell asked you 16 questions, that's one of the photographs that you 17 were talking about? 18 A. No, sir. 19 Q. That was a different -- 20 A. Different one. 21 Q. Okay. And the mosaic that you saw where 22 you saw two girls involved in a sexual act, do you 23 know where that photograph was taken? 24 A. I think it was taken in one of the rooms 25 In the house because there is an oval bathtub, but 24 (Pages 359 to 362) EFTA00310301
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Page 363 1 I don't know which room, sir. 2 Q. Okay. Did you recognize both the girls 3 or just one of the girls? 4 A. The two girls. 5 Q. Then there were -- there was one or two 6 other photographs of girls that you recognized? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Okay. And were they fully unclothed or 9 did they have some degree of clothes on and/or 10 off? 11 A. They were naked. 12 Q. All right. And all of the remaining 13 pictures at least within that mosaic were of 14 Individuals that you did not know? 15 A. No, sir. 16 Q. And that you did not recognize as having 17 been at the house. Is that correct? 18 A. Yes, that's correct. 19 Q. You were also asked about some -- let me 20 switch for just a minute. 21 You were asked about a vibrator that you 22 saw, and I think you described it as a back 23 massager that was approximately 18 inches long 24 that had a couple of rotating heads on it. 25 A. Yes. Page 365 1 pilots, masseuses, chefs, so she have a copy of 2 the black book with herself and as well as the 3 computer. 4 Q. Did you ever go on Ms. Maxwell's computer 5 to see what she had in it? 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. And was that something you were allowed 8 to do? 9 A. No. 10 Q. Okay. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. And was her computer on so that you 13 didn't need to access the password? 14 A. It was off. 15 Q. Okay. So you just turned it on? 16 A. Yes, sir. 17 Q. And then you were able to access her 18 computer? 19 A. Exactly. 20 Q. And what possessed you to go in and to 21 access her personal computer? 22 A. I needed to send some documents to the 23 New York office and it was the only computer 24 working in the house. 25 Q. Okay. And how many occasions did you use You actually went in her office? Page 364 1 Q. And I think you ultimately came up with 2 the idea as it was something you had seen at like 3 a Sharper Image store. 4 A. Yes, sir. 5 Q. Have you ever seen one of those types of 6 devices, that is a back massager with the rotating 7 heads also sold -- well, let me ask you this. 8 Strike that last question. 9 Have you ever been to Brookstone? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. Okay. Have you ever seen a massager like 12 that at Brookstone? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. Okay. You were asked whether Ms. Maxwell 15 kept the names of any of the girls who came to 16 give massages on -- let me ask it this way. 17 I think you were asked whether 18 Ms. Maxwell ever kept the names of any of the 19 girls who came to give massages and I think your 20 response was yes. 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. Okay. Did she keep them on a pad of 23 paper, did she keep them in a notebook, did she 24 keep them in a computer? 25 A. We used to have Internal books for Page 366 1 her computer? 2 A. Several times. 3 Q. Was she ever aware that you used her 4 computer? 5 MR. LANGINO: Form. 6 THE WITNESS: I don't think so. 7 BY MR. CRITTON: 8 Q. Did you ever ask Ms. Maxwell for 9 permission to use her computer? 10 A. I was the house manager, I believe I was 11 supposed to use everything in the house to 12 accomplish my duties, in that case sending 13 financial reports or e-mails. 14 Q. So would you have been -- did you ever 15 use Mr. Epstein's computer? 16 A. No. 17 Q. Okay. But you used Ms. Maxwell's 18 computer? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Did you ever use Ms. computer? 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. In looking at Ms. Maxwell still, you went 23 into Ms. Maxwell's computer with at least the idea 24 of sending some documents? 25 A. Yes. 25 (Pages 363 to 366) Kress Court Reporting, Inc. EFTA00310302
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Page 367 1 Q. Up to New York? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. Were you going to pdf them? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. And did she have a fax machine -- not a 6 fax machine, a copy machine in her office as well? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Okay. So how would you generally do 9 that? Would you do that through a Microsoft 10 program? 11 A. Through Citrix. 12 Q. Through Citrix. An right. With Citrix, 13 and that is, if you said you saw some names of 14 individuals on her computer if you were just going 15 to pdf some documents up to New York why would you 16 of — what would of caused you to have seen any 17 names on her computer? 18 MS. EZELL: Objection to form. 19 THE WITNESS: All the calls that came to 20 358 El Bak), they came through the 21 telephone, they have a transcript somehow 22 that they connect to the computer, so you 23 can pull it and you register the time, who 24 called, who didn't call, and you can pull 25 this at your request. So I used to use that 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 369 record with tape number three. BY MR. CRITTON: Q. Mr. Rodriguez, I was asking you about Ms. Maxwell's computer and you told me how you went on the computer. If she was out of town would she take her computer with her? A. No. Q. It was something she left there? A. Yes. Q. All right. And when you went on to pdf, I think you said it was really one time that you saw the names of some of these girls? A. Yes. Q. And if I understand it correctly, it was -- did it have the name and then a phone number? A. Yes. Q. And was that something that was automatically downloaded from the system? A. Yeah, from the phone system to the computer so we have a transcript. Q. When you say a transcript, the fact that hone number 561, whatever it was, A. It was a transcript of the phone calls of Page 368 1 to go back to some calls that they were 2 requesting, especially when the hurricane 3 season happened. 4 BY MR. CRITTON: 5 Q. Okay. So if I understand, even the 6 computer you used would have had that same 7 feature? 8 A. No, no, it was totally different. Mine 9 was slower and all the time was breaking down 10 that's why we have the guy from Ohio came and 11 fixed the computers. 12 Q. Okay. Were there other computers that 13 you used taiihat feature, that Is that -- 14 A. On rs. Maxwell, and the staff 15 house. 16 Q. Staff house being yours? 17 A. The guest house, yes, my office. 18 Q. So you could go out to your guest house 19 then and look for the same Information? 20 A. No. 21 Q. All right. I don't understand but why 22 don't we take a break because we're almost out of 23 tape. 24 (Thereupon, a recess was had.) 25 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We're back on the Page 370 1 the house, we can get it from the computer. 2 Q. Okay. And I'm distinguishing, 3 transcript, it would tell you the name and phone 4 number, it wouldn't tell you what was said? 5 A. It was the message also. 6 Q. Okay. Now I understand. And so 7 Ms. Maxwell when you said she had the names of 8 some of these girls who may have given massages, 9 or at least were what you called earlier girls 10 that gave massages, or females that gave massages, 11 she would have had it because that was information 12 that was downloaded from the Citrix system Into 13 her computer? 14 A. Yes. 15 MS. EZELL: Objection, form. 16 BY MR. CRITTON: 17 Q. Okay, I understand. Now, you said she 18 also had some pictures. Is that that one time you 19 also saw pictures? 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. And were you going through her computer 22 at that time? 23 A. No. 24 Q. The question is, if all you were going to 25 do was try to pdf some financial Information to 26 (Pages 367 to 370) Kress Court Reporting, Inc. EFTA00310303
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Page 371 1 New York what were you doing getting to names and 2 phone numbers and then pictures of girls? 3 A. I was trying to get some information. I 4 was working the computer and I just happen -- they 5 have the icon of the file and I open and it was 6 right there, so I was not looking but, you know, 7 it was already accessible to me. 8 Q. And how many photographs did you then 9 scroll through to look at? 10 A. Probably 30. 11 Q. Okay. And why? 12 A. Just curiosity, sir. 13 Q. So again, you never told anyone other 14 than your wife? 15 A. No. 16 Q. Correct? 17 A. Yes, correct. 18 Q. Of the pictures that you saw, if I 19 understood it correctly, some of those were 20 pictures of -- well, I think you said some of them 21 reflected parties or banquets? 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. I think you described some of the 24 pictures gatherings that appeared to be either in 25 Russia or Eastern Europe? Page 373 1 Q. Okay. Were any of the photographs that 2 were in -- again, I'm talking about Ms. Maxwell's 3 computer now, were those photographs of 4 individuals who were any of the girls or ladies 5 that came over to give massages? 6 A. No. They stay at the house. 7 Q. Okay. So the photographs that you saw on 8 Ms. Maxwell's computer of females in any state of 9 undress or at parties or at banquets, those were 10 all of Individuals who would fly in with Mr. 11 Epstein at various periods of time that had 12 traveled with him? 13 A. That's correct. 14 Q. Okay. Those are the girls that you told 15 us I think at your last deposition and reaffirmed 16 here today, those girls all appeared to be in 17 their 20's? 18 A. Yes, sir. 19 Q. All right. Now, you were also asked some 20 questions, a lot of questions about surveillance. 21 And if I understood your testimony, and this is 22 where It goes back to what do you know, what don't 23 you know, what were you speculating on, what did 24 you know at the time, what do you know now, at 25 least I need you to distinguish that for me so Page 372 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. All right. And then you talked about a 3 picture of two girls in the shower that you didn't 4 know the girls. Correct? 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. That's correct? 7 A. That's correct. 8 Q. All right. And that in all of the 9 photographs that you saw the individuals seemed to 10 be having a good time? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. All right. Would It be a correct 13 statement that in none of the photographs did 14 anyone seem to be distressed or disturbed or show 15 any type of negative emotion, at least from what 16 you observed? 17 A. That's correct. 18 MS. EZELL: Objection, form. 19 BY MR. CRITTON: 20 Q. And in terms of the photographs that you 21 did see, were any of the photographs that you saw, 22 did they appear -- did they appear to have been of 23 women that you had seen fly in with Mr. Epstein on 24 his plane? 25 A. Yes. Page 374 1 that I know what you knew at the time, and as 2 distinct from what you may have read in the 3 newspaper or been told by some lawyer or someone 4 else that may not be accurate. Okay? 5 A. Yes, sir. 6 Q. With regard to the -- with regard to 7 surveillance equipment, if I understood your 8 testimony today is you were completely unaware of 9 the existence of any surveillance equipment In the 10 house during the 2004/2005 time period that you 11 worked there. Is that correct? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. And therefore, where it was, what may 14 have existed, whether It in fact actually did 15 exist, whether anyone maintained it, you have no 16 personal knowledge whatsoever. Is that true? 17 A. That's true. 18 MR. VVILUTS: Object to the form. 19 BY MR. CRITTON: 20 Q. You talked about pictures of two women 21 who you saw in the house who were nude, one was 22 Nadia? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. And you knew Nadia was someone who was in 25 her 20's? 27 (Pages 371 to 374 Kress Court Reporting, Inc. EFTA00310304
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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 375 A. Yes. Q. All right. And then you saw another picture of a Brazilian woman who had traveled or flown on the plane before? A. Yes. Q. All right. And she also appeared to be a woman to you not only in the photograph but from your having seen her who appeared to be in her 20's? A. Yes. Ex e me. Thank you. You talked about computer. Was she hooked into your main rm A. Not to my office in the staff house but she was hooked into the main house. Q. Okay. The same Citrix system? A. Yes. Q. And you said thehad pictures of women on her computer that you saw. Is that correct? A. Yes. Q. Okay. And were those the same types of pictures that Ms. Maxwell had, that Is, females, pictures of females who had traveled in with Mr. Epstein from his plane? 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 377 names and addresses of -- let me start over. Strike that. erstood your testimony, you said thaisaid tha the names and i pict ttaz it again. ou phone numbers of sorH m it17e massage girls. A. Yes. Q. Or at least of the people that you thought may have been called to give massages. A. Yes. MS. EZELL: Form. MR. EDWARDS: Form. BY MR. CRITTON: Q. And was that in the same format that you saw on Ms. Maxwell's computer? A. No. Q. Okay. Wh -- have had to use A. She will ins uld you have been computer? some information from her desk or telephone numbers, so I will. Q. A. Yes. Q. I think you testified at your last deposition, or the start of your deposition that And that's where you would have seen it? Page 376 1 A. This were different pictures. 2 Q. Okay. Were any of hers of any of the 3 girls who came in on the plane, or the ladies or 4 women? 5 A. No. 6 Q. What were her pictures of? 7 A. They were young women rib you know. 8 I don't remember seeing nudity on 9 computer. 10 Q. All right. wh n I say hers, the 11 photographs that had on her computer 12 were all of individuals who appeared -- or not 13 appeared, but were dressed and appeared to be 14 modeling? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. Would it be a correct statement that none 17 of the women that you saw, the pictures of 18 the women that you saw on computer were 19 any of the girls, women, whoever came to give 20 massages? Is that correct? 21 MR. EDWARDS: Object to the form. 22 MS. EZELL: Form. 23 THE WITNESS: That's correct. 24 BY MR. CRITTON: 25 Q. You said that you thought also had Page 378 1 the number of women that you remember came over to 2 give massages was something eight to ten, twelve, 3 I don't remember, what's your best recollection? 4 A. Can you repeat that, please? 5 Q. Of the women, of different women that you 6 knew came over to give massages during the time 7 that you worked for Mr. Epstein, '04 to '05, 8 during that time period, approximately how many 9 women were there? 10 MR. EDWARDS: Object to the form. 11 THE WITNESS: To give massages? 12 BY MR. CRITTON: 13 Q. Yes, sir. 14 A. Fifteen, yeah. 15 Q. So something between one and lid 16 the names you would have seen on Ms. 17 computer along with a phone number? 18 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 19 THE WITNESS: Yes. 20 BY MR. CRITTON: 21 Q. Do you remember how many you would have 22 seen? 23 A. Fifteen. 24 Q. Okay. d us earlier today 25 that you saw from time to time taking 28 (Pages 375 to 378) EFTA00310305
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Page 379 1 pictures in the dining room and the library. 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. Photographs. 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Okay. Was she taking -- the pictures she 6 took were people who were clothed? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. And were any of the pictures that she 9 took of any of the girls that you ever -- let me 10 strike that. 11. If I understood your original testimony 12 -- I don't want to say original. If I understood 13 your testimony from July 29th to what you told us 14 today as to the women who did come to give 15 massages they'd knock or somehow you would be 16 aware that they were at the back door, you would 17 punch the security code and lead them into the 18 kitchen. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Okay. When you brought them into the 21 kitchen you would say, hi, they would say hi back 22 to you, or something to that, short greeting, 23 you'd offer them water, there was never any 24 alcohol in the whole house other than I think you 25 said for one person at one time. Is that a fair Page 381 1 Q. Regular conversation? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. And, therefore, you might interject 4 yourself back In because you've been asked to pay 5 someone or to let them out? 6 MR. LANGINO: Form. 7 THE WITNESS: Yes, I was called to pay 8 them. 9 BY MR. CRITTON: 10 Q. All right. And when you hear that 11 conversation that would be another way that you 12 would know that the women were leaving? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. And sometimes they'd leave without you 15 even being involved, if I understood it correctly? 16 A. That's correct. 17 Q. So, the only places that you ever saw the 18 women who came to give massages would be -- of the 19 some fifteen women during the time you were there 20 would be either when you let them Into the house 21 and escorted them into the kitchen or as they were 22 leaving? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. And I think you described one jpgtapce 25 earlier today is that you may have ham in the Page 380 1 statement? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. All ri I the kitchen, you 4 understoo came down, and what 5 happened thereafter you don't have any personal 6 knowledge whatsoever? 7 A. That's correct. 8 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 9 BY MR. CRAYON: 10 Q. At some point in time Might 11 contact you and say pay such and such X amount of 12 dollars, she is now getting ready to leave. 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. That maybe one. Another set of 15 circumstances might be you use the word commotion, 16 you might hear a commotion, I assume you don't 17 mean -- well, let me ask you, when you say 18 commotion, do you mean a disturbance, something 19 that was seriously like raised voices or merely 20 you just heard some people talking? 21 A. Conversation of people leaving. 22 Q. Okay. Not a commotion In the form of a 23 disturbance but a commotion in the sense that you 24 heard people talking? 25 A. Yes. Page 382 1 car, in the Suburban? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. And that's the only person that you can 4 remember having driven any place, that is, of the 5 women who were described as having given massages? 6 MR. EDWARDS: Objection. 7 MS. EZELL: Objection, form. 8 THE WITNESS: Sir, I have to darify 9 that. I drove a lot of girls, but I don't 10 remember the names associated with the 11 faces. But this particular girl A., or 12 others, C., whatever, I remember driving In 13 the Suburban, but I cannot say this was -- 14 BY MR. CRITTON: 15 Q. Let me clarify because what I want to be 16 dear Is, is I do remember you testifying that 17 when some of the 20 plus year old models or 18 females would fly In with Mr. Epstein they might 19 want to go shopping, they might want to go to the 20 store, they may want to go to the dnig store, they 21 may want to go to the beach, wherever they wanted 22 to go and you would drive them. 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. All righ I remember in 25 response to Mtsill Iceprilestions today she asked 29 (Pages 379 to 382) EFTA00310306
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Page 383 1 you about having drNer■ and you recalled 2 having had her in the Suburban specifically. 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. Do you remember any of the other girls, 5 women vie to give massages ever having driven 6 them, or nne only one that you remember? 7 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 8 THE WITNESS: I only remembe= right 9 now for the fact that I was driving by the 10 airport and I showed her Mr. Epsteln's 11 plane. 12 BY MR. CRITTON: 13 Q. All right. Which really takes me back to 14 really where I started with this series of 15 questions. 16 You saw the girls, the women who came in 17 to give the massages, when they came in If you 18 were advised or if you heard conversation and you 19 saw them you would see them when they left? 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. And you saw ■. because she was in the 22 Suburban on at least one occasion? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. And, therefore, you never saw these 25 girls, these women who gave the massages in the Page 385 1 Q. All right. Ms. Ezell asked you about Mr. 2 Dershowitz being present in Mr. Epstein's home, 3 and I think she asked -- and I think that you said 4 Mr. Epstein was a -- and he and Mr. Dershowitz 5 were friends? 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. She also I think asked was Mr. Dershowitz 8 ever there when one of the women who gave a 9 massage was present in the home? 10 A. I don't remember that. 11 Q. That's what I want to dear up. Is it 12 your testimony that Mr. Dershowitz was there when 13 any of the women came to Mr. Epstein's home to 14 give a massage? 15 A. Yes. 16 MR. EDWARDS: 17 BY MR. CRTTTON: 18 Q. As to whether any of those women were 19 ever accociated with Mr. Dershowitz would it be a 20 correct statement that you have absolutely no 21 knowledge? 22 A. I don't know, sir. 23 Q. You don't know? 24 A. I don't know, sir. 25 MS. EZELL: Form. Form. Page 384 1 dining room or the library. Would that be a fair 2 statement? 3 A. That's correct. 4 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 5 BY MR. CRITTON: 6 Q. All rig fore, the pictures 7 that you saw taking of girls, women, 8 either in the dining room or library, those were 9 other individuals other than those who may have 10 given or who came for massages. Is that correct? 11 MS. EZELL: Form. 12 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 13 THE WITNESS: It's confusing, sir, 14 because there were a bunch of girls. I 15 don't know which one they were but I saw her 16 taking pictures of the groups. 17 BY MR. CRITTON: 18 Q. As to whether they were people who came 19 In on the planes or there may have been a massage 20 girl or more than one woman who gave a massage, 21 you just don't know as you sit here, you'd just be 22 speculating. Is that cored? 23 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 24 THE WITNESS: I don't know. 25 BY MR. CRITTON: Page 386 1 BY MR. CRITTON: 2 Q. Okay. Were you in any way attempting in 3 your response to Ms. Ezell to Imply that Mr. 4 Dershowitz had a massage by one of these young 5 ladies? 6 A. I don't know, sir. 7 Q. You have no knowledge? 8 A. No, sir. 9 Q. And you certainly weren't Implying that 10 that occurred, you just have no knowledge. 11 Correct? 12 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 13 THE WITNESS: I don't know. 14 BY MR. CRITTON: 15 Q. Sorry? 16 A. I don't know. 17 Q. I think in response to one of Ms. Ezell's 18 questions you responded that — let me ask it this 19 way. 20 You never saw Mr. Epstein ever take 21 photographs of anyone. Would that be a correct 22 statement? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. Would it be a correct statement you never 25 saw Mr. Epstein Initiate a phone call to anyone? 30 (Pages 383 to 386) Kress Court Reporting, Inc. EFTA00310307
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Page 387 1 A. To place a phone call? 2 Q. Yeah. Did you ever see him place a phone 3 call? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. If in fact, maybe it was this way, is 6 that you never saw him call someone to schedule a 7 massage appointment. Correct? 8 A. That's correct. 9 Q. I think you said that Ms. told you 10 that Mr. Epstein would take photograp s. Did I 11 understand you correctly? ist 12 A. I'm so ou repeat that? 13 Q. Did M ver tell you that Mr. 14 Epstein took a p o ograph of anyone? 15 A. No, she said to me Mr. Epstein is like 16 he's an amateur photographer. 17 Q. Okay. I may have misunderstood you then. 18 Let me clarify that testimony. 19 It's your testimony that Ms. EN told 20 you that Mr. Epstein Is an amateur photographer? 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. She never told you that -- or let me 23 strike that. 24 Is it correct that she never told you 25 that Mr. Epstein took photographs of any of the Page 389 1 Q. Of the time that you've done that 2 approximately how many years does that include in 3 your working life? 4 A. Eight years, ten years. 5 Q. All right. And have you worked for -- 6 have you been in other circumstances where you 7 have worked around -- well, let me step back. 8 With all of the Individuals that you 9 mentioned, estate manager, house manager, has this 10 been for individuals who have or at least appear 11 to have substantial wealth? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. And as part of your duties, or not duties 14 but as part of being a house manager or general 15 manager for an estate do you interact with other 16 estate managers? 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. And do you assist each other from time to 19 time if someone needs help? 20 A. That's correct. 21 Q. And I assume that you've been in other 22 estates in Palm Beach and probably in Fort 23 Lauderdale and other locations? 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. As part of during your working career did Page 388 1 girls, women, who came over to give him a massage? 2 A. That's correct. 3 Q. All right. Mr. Rodriguez, other than Mr. 4 Epstein I think you told us you had worked for a 5 lady named Ms. Hammond? 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. And you had worked for a gentleman -- 8 A. Sidney Bowman. 9 Q. Is he the gentleman from Fisher Island? 10 A. No, Arturo Torres. 11 Q. All right. In addition to Ms. Hammond up 12 In Palm Beach you worked for other individuals as 13 well? 14 A. I did it part-time but I don't have her 15 name right now, sir. 16 Q. During your career as a -- let me strike 17 that. 18 Had you worked other than those places, 19 Mr. Arturo -- 20 A. Arturo Torres, yes. 21 Q. Arturo Torres, Ms. Hammond, the other 22 individual you can't remember, and Mr. Epstein, 23 have you worked for other individuals as an estate 24 manager or general house manager? 25 A. No, sir. Page 390 1 you ever work in restaurant or a personal services 2 type business where you would provide like 3 catering or something like that to other wealthy 4 individuals? 5 A. I did. 6 Q. Give us a little of your background if 7 you could then, Mr. Rodriguez. 8 A. I work in Long Island, Montauk Lake Club 9 and Marina, a very exclusive country club where 10 Mr. Nixon used to spend his summers, Richard 11 Nixon. I worked for Leona Helmsley in New York. 12 Very demanding lady. And then Mr. Torres in Texas 13 in his ranch and as well as Fisher Island. And I 14 was a general manager of one of his restaurants in 15 San Antonio, Texas. This is the most high profile 16 people that I worked for. 17 Q. Okay. When you worked for Ms. Helmsley, 18 Leona Helmsley, she used to have the Helmsley 19 Palace and she with her husband, Harry Helmsley, I 20 think they owned a number of real estate in 21 addition to hotel properties. 22 A. That's correct. 23 Q. When you would -- I think you described 24 her as a demanding person? 25 A. Yes. 31 (Pages 387 to 390) EFTA00310308
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Page 391 1 Q. All right. In terms of these wealthy 2 people that you've worked for, these individuals, 3 do they all have, that is at least in terms of Mr. 4 Epstein, the way that his household was managed, 5 was it similar to other set of circumstances that 6 you've been involved with? 7 MR. HOROWITZ: Object to form. 8 THE WITNESS: They have a common ground, 9 yes. 10 BY MR. CRITTON: 11 Q. All right. And In terms of you talked 12 about Mr. Epstein that there was some sort of a 13 manual or a procedure book with regard to his 14 house. 15 A. House manual, yes. 16 Q. A house manual. Did other houses have 17 house manuals as well? Is that reasonably -- 1 18 mean not common but it's something that you've 19 seen before? 20 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 21 THE WITNESS: I know a lot of houses do 22 but that was the only estate that we have a 23 house manual. 24 BY MR. CRITTON: 25 Q. And other individuals like where you've Page 393 1 about what they do? 2 MR. HOROWITZ: Object to the form. 3 THE WITNESS: Yes. 4 BY MR. CRITTON: 5 Q. And have you worked at other locations, 6 that is, in the other houses that you've worked 7 where they have massage tables? 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. And in those other locations where they 10 had a massage table, were they similar to the 11 massage table that was in Mr. Epstein's home? 12 A. Yes, sir. 13 Q. All right. Almost same make and model? 14 A. Same type, yes. 15 Q. And did other individuals in houses that 16 you worked at and other places where you helped 17 out other estate managers, would those individuals 18 have massages from time to time? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. So having a massage or a massage table in 21 someone's house that you might -- that lives in 22 Palm Beach or Montauk or New York or something, 23 would you consider that unusual? 24 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 25 THE WITNESS: No. Page 392 1 worked similar to Mr. Epstein -- now, Mr. Epstein 2 was single? 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. All right. And him having a lot of -- or 5 bringing a lot of attractive women and other 6 people to his house, I assume that didn't offend 7 you in any way? 8 MR. EDWARDS: Object to the form. 9 THE WITNESS: No, sir. 10 BY MR. CRITTON: 11 Q. At least based upon your experience in 12 dealing with other individuals either of some 13 notoriety like Ms. Helmsley or when you said the 14 club that you worked up is in Montauk -- 15 A. Montauk Lake Club and Marina. 16 Q. Right. You ran into separate and apart 17 from Richard Nixon were there a lot of people, 18 corporate people, business people? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. People of substantial resources and 21 wealth? 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. Have you found at least in your 24 experience that most of those people are pretty 25 discreet about -- when I say discreet, private Page 394 1 BY MR. CRITTON: 2 Q. I think you told me at least in Mr. 3 Epstein's home other than for one guest he didn't 4 have any type of alcohol In the house. Is that S correct? 6 A. That's correct. 7 Q. Was that basically you understood that 8 that was one of the policies and procedure, no 9 alcohol in the house? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. And did you ever see any type of illegal 12 or inappropriate drugs? 13 A. No, sir. 14 Q. And was that another policy or procedure, 15 absolutely no drugs of any kind? 16 A. No smoking in the house. 17 Q. All right. So no drugs, no smoking, no 18 alcohol? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Was that pretty typical for other Palm 21 Beach places that you were familiar with? 22 A. No. 23 Q. All right. And other places you'd always 24 find alcohol? 25 A. Yes. 32 (Pages 391 to 394) Re ortin Inc. EFTA00310309
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Page 395 1 Q. All right. And you might find drugs? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. And some pretty wild parties? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Now, with regard to the women who came to 6 give massages, of those women, of those 7 approximately fifteen that you described, how many 8 of them came more than one -- more than one 9 occasion? 10 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 11 THE WITNESS: I'd say more than half. 12 BY MR. CRITTON: 13 Q. So maybe seven, eight, nine, ten? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Of those people that came on -- of those 16 seven to ten that came on more than one occasion, 17 did those individuals come on many occasions? 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. And as to the women who were — who you 20 understood were coming to give the massages -- 21 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 22 MR. CRITTON: I'm not done yet 23 THE V1DEOGRAPHER: I need to go off the 24 record for a second. 25 (Thereupon, an interruption was had.) Page 397 1 MR. EDWARDS: Object to the form. 2 BY MR. CRITTON: 3 Q. And I don't know whether he asked, do you 4 remember a person named= 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. And would she call from time to time 7 aski she could come to give a massage just 8 like GIN? 9 MR. EDWARDS: Object to the form. 10 THE WITNESS: Yes. 11 BY MR. CRITTON: 12 Q. So at least those two individuals, they 13 were overtly, that is, they were asking whether 14 they could come to give Mr. Epstein a massage. 15 Correct? 16 A. Th-tyial call aggitjapy will say I need 17 to talk to and MINfifteen minutes later 18 will tell, Alfredo, we're going to have a massage 19 with so and so. 20 Q. So either oall would call to ask 21 if they could come and then a massage would be set 22 then they would show up? 23 A. That's correct, sir. 24 Q. Okay. And from time to time they would 25 bring other people as well? Page 396 1 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We're back on the 2 record. 3 BY MR. CRITTON: 4 Q. Mr. Rodriguez, I want to turn to the -- 5 stay with the women who came to give or at least 6 were called to give the massages. 7 You were shown a number of message pads, 8 I think Mr. Mermelstein who represents a number of 9 -- or at least certainly Jane Doe 2 and some 10 others, you were identified or shown a bunch of 11 message pads that had I think in most instances 12 your Initials, Do you recall that? 13 A. Yes, o. 14 Q. I think one of the indiv• that you 15 identified that called often wa 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Which is one of Mr. Edwards' clients. 18 This lady called on a regular basis, or 19 at least from looking at your pad she would call 20 on a pretty regular basis. Is that true? 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. And she and others who are reflected on 23 those message pads, they were calling to come to 24 give massages. Correct? 25 A. Yes. Page 398 1 A. That 2 Q. Both 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. Of the females that -- the women that 5 came to the house, did you ever see anyone force 6 any of these women onto the property? 7 A. No, sir. 8 Q. Did you ever see anyone force them into 9 the house? 10 A. No. 11 Q. Did you ever see anyone force them into 12 the kitchen? 13 A. No, sir. 14 Q. Did you ever use any force, any type of 15 intimidation or coercion to bring them into the 16 house and get them into the kitchen? 17 A. No, sir. 18 Q. Did you ever observe Ms. using any 19 force or intimidation or coercion -- 20 A. No, I did not. 21 Q. -- with any of these individuals? 22 A. I did not. 23 MR. EDWARDS: Object to the form. 24 BY MR. EDWARDS: 25 Q. Did Ms. M. -- let me use the initials 33 (Pages 395 to 398) Kress Court Reporting, Inc EFTA00310310
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1 that way it will show up correctly. 2 Did Meyer use from what you saw, di:: 399 3 she ever use any force or coercion or intimidation 4 with any of the women that she brought to the 5 house? 6 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 7 MR. EDWARDS: Object to the form. 8 THE WITNESS: No, sir. 9 BY MR. CRITTON: 10 Q. Okay. I'm just talking about what you 11 observed during the time. And you know what I 12 mean by force? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. You know what I mean by intimidation? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. Could to be verbal intimidation or 17 coercion, either verbally or using some form of 18 her body, or their bodies. 19 A. Yeah, I understand that 20 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 21 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 22 MS. EZELL: Objection, form. 23 BY MR. CRITLQW: 24 Q. When brought individuals to the 25 house, did you ever see her use any force or Page 401 1 Q. Did any of them ever appear to be 2 frightened? 3 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 4 THE WITNESS: No. 5 BY MR. CRITTON: 6 Q. Did any of the women appear to be 7 fearful? 8 A. No. 9 Q. Did any of them appear to be 10 uncomfortable in coming into the house? 11. MR. EDWARDS: Form. 12 THE WITNESS: No. 13 BY MR. CRITTON: 14 Q. At any time did any of them express to 15 you verbally that they were in fear when they came 16 into the house? 17 A. No, sir. 18 Q. Did any one of the fifteen girls that 19 came to the back door, then into the kitchen, and 20 prior to your leaving them in the kitchen say, Mr. 21 Rodriguez, or Alfredo, or sir, could you get me 22 out of here? 23 A. No, sir. 24 Q. Did any of them tell you verbally that 25 they were uncomfortable? Page 400 1 intimidation or coercion from what you could 2 observe with those women who had come to give a 3 massage? 4 A. No. 5 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 6 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 7 MS. EZELL: Form. 8 BY MR. CRITTON: 9 Q. With any of the fifteen women that you 10 observed who came to the home to give massages 11 during the time period '04 through I think you 12 said February of '05, the time period I think was 13 it August, Mr. Rodriguez -- 14 A. August. 15 Q. -- August of '04 through February of '05? 16 A. March of '05. 17 Q. Through the beginning of March '05? 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Okay. mars the time period I'm 20 focussing on. 21 Of the approximately fifteen women that 22 you came to see to give massages that you let in 23 the back door after punching the security code, 24 did any of them ever appear to be scared? 25 A. No. Page 402 1 A. No. 2 Q. Did anyone say help me or I'm scared? 3 A. No. 4 Q. Did all of them appear to be at least 5 when they came to the back door in a reasonably 6 good mood? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. They all appeared to be happy? 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. Smile, I'd say interact with you verbally 11 in your greetings? 12 A. That's correct. 13 Q. Did any one of the fifteen girls that you 14 observed during the August '04 through March 2005 15 time period from your personal observation appear 16 to be there -- appear to be at the Epstein home 17 not voluntarily? 18 MR. EDWARDS: Object to the form. 19 MR. HOROWITZ: Object to the form. 20 THE WITNESS: No. 21 BY MR. CRITTON: 22 Q. Did any one of the fifteen women who came 23 to give the massage ever tell you that they had 24 been forced to come to the house or coerced into 25 coming to the house? 34 (Pages 399 to 402) EFTA00310311
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Page 403 1 A. No. 2 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 3 BY MR. CRITTON: 4 Q. For those women -- I think I need -- let 5 me strike that. 6 On some occasions you'd see the women 7 come down from upstairs because you would either 8 let them out of the house or you might give them 9 an envelope that had money in it. Is that 10 correct? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. Did any of those -- Mr. Edwards asked you 13 some questions -- I think it was Mr. Edwards, 14 whether they had sat down and had anything to eat, 15 whether they had cereal or anything like that. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Did you ever observe any of those women 18 before they went upstairs eating anything at the 19 house? 20 A. Sometimes. 21 Q. And I think he used -- he meaning Mr. 22 Edwards, used cereal and ice cream. 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. And he said, if I recall from the last 25 deposition, kids like ice cream. Page 405 1 them stop and have anything to eat or did you 2 always see them at the end, that is they're ready 3 to go? 4 A. I didn't know, they came from downstairs, 5 they went to the kitchen, but I didn't know they 6 were there because I was in the guest house. 7 Q. Okay, that's my question. You only 8 e)c/ them either if you heard conversation or 9 ad called you and said would you pay such 10 and such? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. At which time you would give them the 13 envelope with money? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. In that set of circumstances they were on 16 their way basically to leave? 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. When you saw them leave did any of them 19 at any time, any of the ones that you saw during 20 August of '04 through March of '05 appear to you 21 to be scared? 22 A. No, sir. 23 Q. Did any girls, women ever appear to have 24 been injured in any way? 25 MR. EDWARDS: Form. Page 404 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. Do you remember him asking you that? 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. Are you familiar that teenagers like ice 5 cream? 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. Are you familiar that people who are 20 8 and 30 years old like ice cream? 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. Are you familiar that older people, even 11 our age, Mr. Rodriguez, like ice cream too? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Okay. And when the Individuals would sit 14 there, and that is these women who would come over 15 to give a massage and they would — you would 16 observe them eating, did they appear to be 17 comfortable? 18 A. Yes. 19 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 20 BY MR. CRITTON: 21 Q. Did they appear to be Interacting with 22 either you or the chef? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. When any of those women would come over 25 to give massage came downstairs, did you ever see Page 406 1 THE WITNESS: No, sir. 2 BY MR. CRITTON: 3 Q. Did anyone appear to be In shock? 4 A. No, sir. 5 Q. Was anyone ever crying? 6 A. No, sir. 7 Q. Was anyone disheveled or appeared to be 8 unhappy? 9 A. No, sir. 10 Q. Did all of them appear, that is the ones 11 that you saw leave the house that you had an 12 opportunity to observe during that time period, 13 did they appear to be approximately the same 14 personality, same demeanor that they had had when 15 they came into the house? 16 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 17 THE WITNESS: Yes. 18 BY MR. CRITTON: 19 Q. Cold anyone ever tell you when they came 20 down the stairs that they had been injured? 21 A. No. 22 Q. I'm talking about the young lady, the 23 women who had given the massages that you saw 24 actually leave the house, that is you had some 25 interaction with, either some Interaction as they 35 (Pages 403 to 406 EFTA00310312
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Page 407 1 were leaving the house, did anyone ever tell you 2 that they had been injured? 3 A. No, sir. 4 Q. Did they ever tell you that they had been 5 forced to do something against their will? 6 A. No. 7 Q. Did they ever tell you that they had been 8 forced to do something Inappropriate? 9 A. No. 10 Q. Did they ever tell you that they had been 11 assaulted in any way? 12 A. No. 13 Q. Did they ever tell you that they had been 14 inappropriately touched? 15 A. No. 16 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. This is a 17 cumulative. He's already told you the 18 limited contact he had. This is totally 19 inappropriate line of questions. 20 MR. CRITTON: Is that a form objection? 21 MR. HOROWITZ: You're exceeding the scope 22 of the direct because nobody asked him -- 23 MR. CRITTON: Form, you get form In 24 federal court, that's what you get. Give me 25 your form. Page 409 1 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 2 THE WITNESS: No. 3 BY MR. CRITTON: 4 Q. Did you ever hear anyone yell rape or 5 assault or battery? 6 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 7 THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. CRITTON: 9 Q. Did you ever hear anyone yell out in 10 anger? 11 A. No. 12 Q. You've gone online, Mr. Rodriguez, and 13 looked at various articles or postings that have 14 been made regarding these cases. Is that a fair 15 statement? 16 A. I'm sorry? 17 Q. If I understood your testimony from July 18 29th and a little bit today, is that you've gone 19 online and read some articles and/or what the 20 poke report may have said, that is, you've read 21 information that you've -- about these lawsuits 22 after the time that you left Mr. Epstein's 23 employment. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. Correct? I 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 408 MR. HOROWITZ: Form, cumulative. MR. CRITTON: Great. Why don't you let me finish the question and then you can object to it. Could you give me back what my last question was, please? (Thereupon, a portion of the record was read by the reporter.) THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. CRITTON: Q. Did they ever tell you that they had been sexually assaulted in any way? MR. EDWARDS: Form. MR. HOROWITZ: Form. THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. CRITTON: Q. I'm sorry? A. No. Q. At any time did you hear anyone -- strike that. As to the women who came to give a massage, did you ever hear anyone scream? A. No, sir. Q. Did you ever hear anyone cry out what sounded like to you help? Page 410 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. And, therefore, you have at least seen 3 certain allegations and what people say occurred, 4 or at least their recitation of what may have 5 occurred at Mr. Epstein's home. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. You have no personal knowledge one way or 8 the other. 9 MR. HOROWITZ: Object to the form. 10 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 11 BY MR. CRITTON: 12 Q. Correct? 13 A. That's correct. 14 Q. Are you also aware that the individuals 15 who have filed lawsuits want In some Instance 16 millions of dollars? 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Okay. Are you aware that some of them 19 are now claiming that they were sexually 20 assaulted? 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. And battered? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. And you have no information, no personal 25 knowledge in that regard. Is that true? 36 (Pages 407 to 410) Kress Court Reporting, Inc. EFTA00310313
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Page 411 A. Yes. 2 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 3 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 4 BY MR. CRITTON: 5 Q. All right. Were you aware of the 6 backgrounds of any of these women who came over to 7 give massages? 8 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 9 THE WITNESS: No, sir. 10 BY MR. CRITTON: 11 Q. Well, have you -- did any one of the 12 females who ever came to give massages, did they 13 ever tell you that they were prostitutes? 14 A. No, sir. 15 Q. Did they ever tell you that they had been 16 lead into a life of prostitution? 17 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 18 THE WITNESS: No. 19 BY MR. CRITTON: 20 Q. Did they ever tell you about their family 21 life, whether it involved prostitution, abuse, 22 prior posttraumatic stress syndrome, drugs, 23 alcohol, abuse by individuals, physical abuse as 24 well as verbal abuse? 25 A. No, they didn't tell me. Page 413 1 the property In your car? 2 A. I was pulling over from Publix so I 3 turned around and I went to the police and say -- 4 Q. Okay. You were coming back to the home 5 when you saw that car there? 6 A. Exactly. 7 Q. And they sent -- they, the police, sent a 8 police car with you to come there? 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. Did you and the police officer walk up to 11 the car? 12 A. The police went first. 13 Q. All right. And if I understand that, 14 that was In January of '05? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And when you did that then did you follow 17 behind the police officer to see who was In the 18 car? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. And then you recognized that MI.? 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. And • said she had come back or was 23 there to get some money? 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. And did you in fact give her money? Page 412 1 Q. And, obviously, you have no personal 2 knowledge one way or the other -- 3 A. No, sir. 4 Q. -- with regard to what their backgrounds 5 were before they ever met or came in contact with 6 Mr. Epstein? 7 A. No, sir. 8 Q. Did any person, female, who came to give 9 a massage at the Epstein home, did anyone ever 10 come downstairs and say, Mr. Rodriguez, or sir, 11 call the police? 12 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 13 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 14 THE WITNESS: No, sir. 15 BY MR. CRITTON: 16 Q. I think you said on one occasion you saw 17 someone parked in a vehicle inside the gate that 18 you didn't recognize. 19 A. Exactly. 20 Q. You called the police? 21 A. Yes, I did. 22 Q. Did you go to the police or you called 23 the police and they came? 24 A. I went to the police department. 25 Q. So how did you -- did you actually leave Page 414 1. A. Yes, I did. 2 Q. And I think you said you told the police 3 officer you recognized her? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Did you have to get permission to pay her I to 6 or dld you Just pay 7 7 A. No, beaus Id me already but I 8 forgot she was going to e that late, so that was 9 my concern in calling the police. 10 Q. Okay. And that person who came, do you 11 have any idea what her age was at that time? 12 A. That night? 13 Q. Right, January of '08. 14 A. No, no. 15 Q. I'm sorry, January of '05. 16 A. No. 17 Q. You nuke some conversations that you 18 had had with who was I think she was one 19 of the house -- the main housekeeper. 20 A. Yes 21 Q. Anc told you a number of thoughts 22 that she h . s that correct? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. And as tclIM what she told you about 25 -- let me strike that. 37 (Pages 411 to 414 EFTA00310314
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Page 415 1 I think you told us, you were asked 2 questions about sex toys, I think you certainly 3 described the back massagers. Correct? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. I think you said the only sex toys that 6 you ever saw were in the armoire at the end of Mr. 7 Epstein's bed. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Okay. And whatever other sex toys that 10 to • was a reference, that's something 11 tha told you. Is that correct? 12 A. That's correct. 13 Q. You were asked at the last deposition, I 14 don't remember who asked the question, but whether 15 you had ever seen pornography on any computer. I 16 think one of your responses was you saw some 17 photos of a naked woman who appeared to you to be 18 a model. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Okay. Do you consider every photograph, 21 picture, painting of a naked nude woman to be 22 pornography? 23 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 24 MS. EZELL: Objection, form. 25 THE WITNESS: I consider -- well, if Page 417 1 A. To bring the pictures from my computer? 2 Q. Let me rephrase the question. I thought 3 what you said last time was that as to the 4 pictures that you did see of naked women -- of a 5 naked woman or naked women on the computer, that 6 you've looked at those photographs through your 7 computer. 8 A. No. 9 Q. Okay. Then I may have misunderstood you. 10 Was your reference to Ms. Maxwell's computer that 11 you made at the last deposition? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Okay. Your computer that you had either 14 in the staff house or that you -- 15 A. Didn't access. 16 Q. You couldn't access those files? 17 A. That's correct. 18 Q. All right, now I'm with you. So the 19 photographs you've talked of the nude individuals, 20 or the naked women, were the photographs that 21 we've already talked about with both, i.e., in 22 Ms. Maxwell's computer? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. Thank you for clearing that up. 25 I'm going to ask you to assume that Page 416 1 a frontal picture it's pornography, I will 2 look at my way. 3 BY MR. CRITTON: 4 Q. In your view? 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. So if you looked at -- I don't remember 7 whether Playboy still has -- say a Playboy that 8 has a frontal nudity shot of a woman, you would in 9 essence say that Playboy Is selling pornography? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. Therefore, every person who buys a 12 Playboy that has over the last umpteen tens of 13 years that has a frontal picture of a woman In the 14 nude would be purchasing pornography whether it's 15 from CVS, or Walgreens, or Eckerd as they existed, 16 or any grocery store that sells them? 17 A. Yes. 18 MS. EZELL: Objection, form. 19 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 20 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 21 BY MR. CRITTON: 22 Q. The photographs -- I'm sorry, the 23 pictures that you saw in the computer, I think you 24 were able to draw those up or bring those up from 25 your own computer. Page 418 1 who you've described as having come to Mr. 2 Epstein's house on three or four times a week for 3 a period of time, one of her claims In this case 4 is that she has been emotionally traumatized by 5 her contact with Mr. Epstein. Just assume that to 6 be true for purposes of this question. 7 Did you ever observe any what you would 8 have seen as enitisal trauma or any type of 9 disturbance wit= on the many times she came 10 to your house? 11 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 12 THE WITNESS: I didn't see any. 13 BY MR. CRITTON: 14 Q. Does it make sense to you that a person 15 who daims emotional trauma would continue to come 16 back to the house, does that make sense to you, 17 sir? 18 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 19 MR. HOROWITZ: Form. 20 MR. WILLITS: Object to the form of the 21 question. 22 THE WITNESS: I'm not a psychologist. 23 MR. EDWARDS: Can you state your answer, 24 I didn't hear it? 25 THE WITNESS: Yeah, I'm not a 38 (Pages 415 to 418) Kress Court Re•orti • Inc. EFTA00310315
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Page 419 1 psychologist, I don't know. 2 MR. CRITTON: I have no further 3 questions. 4 REDIRECT EXAMINATION 5 BY MR. EDWARDS: 6 Q. Mr. Rodriguez, I don't know if we covered 7 this last time, I think that we did not, but can 8 you tell us during the period of time when you 9 worked at that house at El Brillo, Mr. Epstein's, 10 what cars did he own or were in the driveway? 11 A. We have two Suburbans, two Mercedes 600, 12 and a Cobra, and a motorcycle. 13 Q. And which, if any, did he drive? 14 A. He preferred the Mercedes or any of the 15 Suburbans. 16 Q. All right. Do you know where he owns 17 homes? 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Where? 20 MR. CRITTON: Form. 21 THE WITNESS: Paris, New York City, El 22 Grillo, Saint James Island -- I'm sorry, an 2.3 Island in the Caribbean, and a ranch in New 24 Mexico. 25 BY MR. EDWARDS: Page 421 1 Q. What's the address? 2 A. 22 Foch Avenue, Paris. F-O-C-H. 3 Q. Okay. Do you know a telephone number for 4 Balsone? 5 A. No, I don't remember, sir. 6 Q. All right. How did it come up that you 7 talked to him about whether or not Mr. Epstein had 8 massages at that house? 9 A. He came on two occasions and stay with me 10 for a week because Mr. Epstein wanted me to get 11 into his style of running the house, and he was 12 good enough to give me some inside information, 13 what he likes and doesn't like, so he told me the 14 same thing was in Paris. 15 Q. And I think that you described Mr. 16 Epstein usually had about two massages a day, or 17 at least we were calling them massages. 18 A. Yes, sir. 19 MR. CRITTON: Form. 20 BY MR. EDWARDS: 21 Q. And did Mr. Balsone describe it in a 22 similar fashion -- 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. -- in Paris? 25 And did he also tell you that the girls Page 420 1 Q. Have you been to any of the other 2 properties? 3 A. No. 4 Q. Do you know the house managers at any of 5 the other properties? 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. And who are they? 8 A. Balsone in Paris, good friend of mine 9 from Brazil. And the people in New York give me 10 the briefing when I came aboard. There is a 11 couple from the Philippines. And I talked to the 12 couple that used to own the Island -- I mean who 13 used to manage the Island, a couple from South 14 African. Balsone was closer to me. 15 Q. Have you talked to Balsone about whether 16 or not Mr. Epstein has massages when he is at that 17 place? 18 A. Yes, I did. 19 Q. And what did he say about that? 20 A. That he had a bt of massages over there 21 too. 22 MR. CRITTON: Mr. Balsone was which one? 23 THE WITNESS: Basbne was the house 24 manager of Paris, 22 Foch Avenue. 25 BY MR. EDWARDS: Page 422 1 were very young in age that he was receiving these 2 massages from? 3 MR. CRITTON: Form. 4 THE WITNESS: Yes. 5 BY MR. EDWARDS: 6 Q. Did he indicate whether or not -- or how 7 old these girls were? 8 A. No, he didn't told me. 9 Q. Just that the age group was similar to 10 the age group that he was interested in in Palm 11 Beach? 12 MR. EDWARDS: Form. 13 THE WITNESS: Yes. 14 BY MR. EDWARDS: 15 Q. And did you talk to any of the house 16 managers in New York? 17 A. No. 18 Q. Who was the house manager in New York at 19 the time when you were the house manager at El 20 Brillo? 21 A. His nickname was Jo-Jo, but I don't 22 remember. Jo-Jo and his wife, but I don't 23 remember his name, sir. 24 Q. Do you know whether Mr. Epstein would 25 have massages when he was in New York at his New 39 (Pages 419 to 422) Kress Court Re ortin Inc. EFTA00310316
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Page 423 1 York house? 2 A. He will have massages. 3 MR. CRMON: Form. 4 BY MR. EDWARDS: 5 Q. And are we still talking about a habit of 6 two a day? 7 MR. CRITTON: Form. 8 THE WITNESS: I don't know that. 9 BY MR. EDWARDS: 10 Q. Okay. So for the time period when you 11 have been familiar with Mr. Epstein and known his 12 habits, is it fair to say that he would have 13 roughly two girls a day in that same age group 14 wherever he was? 15 A. Yes. 16 MR. CRITTON: Form. 17 BY MR. EDWARDS: 18 Q. All right. And have you talked to 19 anybody that has given you similar information 20 from his Island home? 21 A. No. 22 Q. Do you know any of the girls that have 23 been over to his Island? 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. And who are they? Page 425 1 Q. And is your understanding that Mr. 2 Epstein was intimate with any of those girls? 3 MR. CRI1TON: Form. 4 THE WITNESS: Yes. 5 BY MR. EDWARDS: 6 Q. With all of them? 7 MR. CRITTON: Form. 8 THE WITNESS: Yes. 9 BY MR. ED I. 10 Q. Wit as well? 11 A. Yes. 12 MR. CRITTON: 13 BY MR. EDW 14 Q. With 15 A. Yes. 16 MR. CRITTON: 17 BY MR. EDWARDS: 18 Q. And the girls who would come over on the 19 airplane? 20 MR. CRITTON: Form. 21 THE WITNESS: Yes. 22 BY MR. EDWARDS: 23 Q. Did you ever have occasion to go into the 24 bedroom and find the vibrators or back massagers 25 out after Mr. Epstein was in the room with any of Form. Form. Page 424 1 A. Nadia, the girls who used to stay at the 2 home in El Brilb used to go over there to the 3 Island. 4 Q. When he would have these girls -- I guess 5 we've kind of categorized them as the girls who 6 would come over with him on an airplane and stay 7 at the house. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. When they would be staying at the house 10 would he also have the local Palm Beach girls 11 coming over that you were told to call masseuses? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. So these girls that came on the airplane 14 with him, were they also -- did they also have 15 knowledge that these young girls were coming over 16 to give massages? 17 MR. CRITTON: Form. 18 THE WITNESS: Yes, sir. 19 BY MR. EDWARDS: 20 Q. Okay. W girls from the 21 airplaniiiiir that you remember? 22 A. There many, sir, I don't 23 recall right now. But s for sure,M 24 was one of the main gir s, but I &FE 25 remember that. Page 426 1 the girls that came over on the plane? 2 MR. CRITTON: Form. 3 THE WITNESS: Yes. 4 BY MR. EDWARDS: 5 Q. So that's something that would be out 6 after the girls that came over on the plane or the 7 girls that came over for the massages? 8 A. Yes. 9 MR. CRITTON: Form. 10 BY MR. EDWARDS: 11 Q. And at the time when you were house 12 manager you had a 15-year old daughter? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. Did she live down here? 15 A. In New Jersey. 16 Q. Okay. When Alan Dershowitz was at the 17 house I understood you to say that these local 18 Palm Beach girls would come over to the house 19 while he was there but you're not sure if he had a 20 massage from any of those girls. 21 A. Exactly. 22 Q. And what would he do while those girls 23 were at the house? 24 MR. CRITTON: Form. 25 THE WITNESS: He will read a book with a 40 (Pages 423 to 426) EFTA00310317