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FBI VOL00009
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81 1 said. She said what I said she said. 2 And then she said that her lawyers would 11:23:00 3 be in touch with me. And her lawyer then called me 4 and corroborated again that there had been contact 5 and eventually there was greater contact. 6 Q. Contact by whom with whom? 11:23:15 7 A. Contact by -- by ' lawyer, 11:23:17 8 lawyers. I wasn't -- it wasn't clear at that point. 9 Q. Which lawyer or lawyers? 11:23:26 10 A. I wasn't clear at that point. They didn't 11:23:27 11 indicate to me which lawyer or lawyers 12 Q. Didn't you ask? 11:23:31 13 A. -- contact. 11:23:32 14 Q. Didn't you want to know, is this Bradley 11:23:32 15 Edwards or Professor Paul Cassell who is -- 16 A. I asked -- 11:23:35 17 Q. -- making this 11:23:36 18 A. I asked -- 11:23:36 19 MR. SCOTT: Objection, form. Go ahead. 11:23:37 20 A. I asked whether there was a letter and 11:23:39 21 they wouldn't show me a letter. I asked if there 22 were phone calls. They were a -- they wanted to be 23 discreet about how the contact had occurred. But 24 they told me that the contact had occurred. 25 EFTA00601234
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82 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:23:52 2 Q. But they wouldn't tell you who? 11:23:53 3 A. They wouldn't show me any letter. 11:23:55 4 Q. That's not my question. Did they tell 11:23:58 5 you -- did you ask who contacted Leslie Wexner? 6 A. The first answer was 11:24:07 7 lawyer. 8 I then subsequently learned that among 11:24:11 9 those who contacted Leslie Wexner's lawyers was 10 David Boies and Sigrid McCawley. 11 Q. Not Bradley Edwards, correct? 11:24:24 12 MR. SCOTT: Objection as to the form. 11:24:27 13 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:24:28 14 Q. Correct? 11:24:29 15 A. I was not given the name Bradley Edwards 11:24:30 16 at that time. But was subsequently told by David 17 Boies that Bradley Edwards and Paul Cassell -- 18 MS. McCAWLEY: I'm going to object to the 11:24:43 19 extent this reveals any conversations that 20 happened in the context of settlement 21 discussions. 22 MR. SCOTT: Okay. Note your objection. 11:24:48 23 Go ahead. 24 A. That I was ultimately told by David Boies 11:24:52 25 that he had done an extensive investigation of the EFTA00601235
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83 1 allegations against Leslie Wexner and had concluded 2 that they were 3 MS. McCAWLEY: Again, I'm going to object 11:25:05 4 to this has happened in the context of 5 settlement -- 6 A. -- false. 11:25:07 7 MS. McCAWLEY: -- negotiations. I'm going 11:25:07 8 to move for sanctions if information is 9 revealed that happened in the context of 10 settlement discussions. 11 MR. SCOTT: I don't know whether -- I 11:25:12 12 don't believe there were settlement 13 discussions. But even if they weren't, they 14 would still be admissible. 15 A. Let me continue -- 11:25:21 16 MR. SCOTT: For discovery purposes. 11:25:22 17 A. -- that David Boies had done -- 11:25:23 18 MS. McCAWLEY: I disagree. I think we're 11:25:24 19 going to have to take this to the judge, then; 20 if we're going to reveal settlement 21 conversations in this conversation, then we 22 need to go to the judge on it. 23 MR. SCOTT: Whatever you need to do. 11:25:31 24 A. Let me continue the -- what he told me. 11:25:33 25 That David Boies had -- EFTA00601236
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84 1 MS. McCAWLEY: No, we're -- 11:25:35 2 MR. SIMPSON: No, no, no. 11:25:37 3 MS. McCAWLEY: -- going to discontinue. 11:25:38 4 We will contact the judge. 5 MR. SCAROLA: We'll move on to another 11:25:41 6 area and address that issue with the judge as 7 to whether or not a protective order is 8 appropriate. 9 A. Would you like to establish the foundation 11:25:46 10 for why it's not protected? 11 MR. SWEDER: Alan 11:25:50 12 MR. SCOTT: Alan, just let it alone. Let 11:25:51 13 it alone. 14 THE WITNESS: Okay. 11:25:53 15 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:25:55 16 Q. This second conversation you've told us 11:26:00 17 was conducted while you were in New York, correct? 18 A. That's my best recollection. 11:26:06 19 Q. The first conversation also conducted 11:26:09 20 while you were in New York? 21 A. That's my best recollection. 11:26:12 22 Q. Are you aware that New York is a one-party 11:26:17 23 consent state for purposes of permitting the 24 recording of communications, correct? 25 MR. SCOTT: Objection. Do you know? 11:26:31 EFTA00601237
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85 1 A. I'm -- I think that's right, yeah. 11:26:34 2 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:26:40 3 Q. Okay. So you knew that these significant 11:26:41 4 conversations could have been recorded by you had 5 you chosen to record them, correct? 6 A. I don't think I thought about that at the 11:26:52 7 time. I certainly -- I didn't think about that at 8 the time, no. 9 Q. How many conversations in total did you 11:27:00 10 have with Rebecca and/or Michael when you were in 11 New York and had the legal right, had you chosen to, 12 not only to make contemporaneous notes but to 13 actually record the conversations? 14 MR. SCOTT: Objection, asked and answered. 11:27:20 15 A. I think I was in New York for two of the 11:27:21 16 conversations. I think I was in Massachusetts for 17 several of the conversations. I don't think I was 18 in Florida. I think it was New York and 19 Massachusetts. 20 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:27:33 21 Q. Massachusetts is also a one-party consent 11:27:33 22 state, is it not? 23 A. You don't know the law, sir, no. 11:27:36 24 Q. It is not? 11:27:38 25 A. No. 11:27:38 EFTA00601238
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86 1 Q. Okay. 11:27:39 2 A. It is clearly not. 11:27:39 3 Q. Okay. So, you -- you recognize the 11:27:40 4 significant distinction between making the phone 5 call from New York and making the phone call from 6 Massachusetts because in New York you would be 7 permitted to -- excuse me, to record the phone call; 8 whereas, in Massachusetts you could not record it 9 without the consent of all parties involved? 10 A. It never -- 11:27:58 11 MR. SCOTT: Objection, argumentative. 11:27:58 12 A. It never occurred to me. 11:28:00 13 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:28:02 14 Q. Never occurred to you? 11:28:02 15 A. No. 11:28:03 16 Q. Have we covered the entire content of the 11:28:09 17 second conversation? 18 A. I think so, yes. I continued to ask her 11:28:25 19 if -- if I could use her -- if she was willing to 20 give me -- allow me to use her name. But that's 21 all. There were -- the substance of what she told 22 me I think I've covered fairly thoroughly, yes. 23 Q. Did Michael ever tell you that 11:28:46 24 had said she never met you? 25 MR. SCOTT: Read that back, will you, for 11:28:53 EFTA00601239
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87 1 me. Sorry. 2 (Requested portion read back.) 11:28:54 3 MR. SCOTT: Okay. Thank you. 11:29:00 4 A. Michael and I did not discuss the 11:29:04 5 substance of conversations with Rebecca 6 because the conversations were between and 7 Rebecca. So there was no conversation about that. 8 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:29:18 9 Q. Did Rebecca ever tell you that 11:29:19 10 ever said that she had never met you? 11 A. The implication was quite clear that she 11:29:25 12 had never mentioned me, that she didn't want to 13 mention me, and that the lawyers pressured her into 14 falsely accusing me of an act that simply never 15 occurred. 16 Q. Okay. I'm not asking you about what you 11:29:44 17 implied from what was said. 18 A. Inferred. 11:29:47 19 Q. Inferred. 11:29:49 20 A. Right. 11:29:50 21 Q. Inferred from what was said. 11:29:51 22 What I am asking you is whether Rebecca 11:29:53 23 ever told you that said she had never met 24 you. 25 MR. SCOTT: Objection, asked and answered. 11:30:03 EFTA00601240
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88 1 A. Not in those words. 11:30:04 2 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:30:06 3 Q. Did she say any words that conveyed that 11:30:06 4 message? 5 A. Yes. 11:30:09 6 Q. What words did she say? 11:30:10 7 A. That she had never mentioned me 11:30:12 8 previously. And that she was pressured into 9 mentioning me by her lawyers and that certainly gave 10 rise to an inference on my part that the story -- an 11 inference that simply confirmed what I knew to be 12 the fact, that her allegations against me were 13 completely, totally and entirely made up out of 14 whole cloth. 15 Q. Let's see if we can make sure that we're 11:30:37 16 understanding one another, sir. 17 Do you recognize that there's a 11:30:44 18 distinction between having met you, 19 having been sexually abused by you on multiple 20 occasions, but not wanting to name you, as opposed 21 to never having met you and never 22 having been sexually abused by you? 23 MR. SCOTT: Objection -- 11:31:12 24 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:31:12 25 Q. Are those two things different in your 11:31:13 EFTA00601241
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89 1 mind? 2 MR. SCOTT: Objection, argumentative and 11:31:15 3 compound. 4 A. Not in the context of this case. Because 11:31:17 5 said that she was going to seek 6 justice from everybody that had abused her. And if 7 she didn't want to name me, I think the inference is 8 inescapable that I was not among those people that 9 she had had any sexual contact with. So that was 10 certainly the inference I drew and I think it's an 11 inescapable inference. 12 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:31:45 13 Q. When did say she was 11:31:45 14 going to seek justice from everyone who had abused 15 her? 16 A. In her -- in her depositions, in her 11:31:50 17 interviews with the media, certainly that's been a 18 common theme, that it was time that -- that Jeffrey 19 Epstein's friends who had abused her were brought to 20 justice and were not seen as above the law. Just go 21 back and check, you'll see there are repeated 22 references to that in her statements. 23 Q. Which depositions? 11:32:17 24 A. You'll have to check those. You know 11:32:18 25 those as well as I do. EFTA00601242
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90 1 Q. Well, I'm -- I'm sorry. My memory is not 11:32:22 2 superb. 3 A. Okay. So let me go over them. 11:32:26 4 Q. And -- and I would like you to tell us 11:32:29 5 based -- 6 MR. SCOTT: Objection. Please just ask 11:32:29 7 questions, Counsel. 8 MR. SCAROLA: I am doing that. 11:32:32 9 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:32:32 10 Q. I would like you to tell us which 11:32:33 11 depositions said -- in which 12 depositions said, I am going to 13 seek justice from everyone who abused me. 14 A. My recollection is she said it on multiple 11:32:44 15 occasions. She may have said it in her 16 conversations -- in her telephone interview with 17 Bradley Edwards and you. She may have said it in 18 her interviews with various British media for which 19 she was apparently paid. She may have said it in 20 her two false affidavits that she filed in the 21 federal court. 22 I'm not sure where she said it, but I'm 11:33:18 23 completely confident that she said it. 24 Q. What is a deposition? 11:33:25 25 A. What we're having here now. 11:33:27 EFTA00601243
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91 1 Q. Your testimony was that 11:33:35 2 made these statements in depositions, plural. You 3 then went on to talk about a telephone interview and 4 interviews with the British media. Let's go back to 5 my question, if we could. 6 When you made the statement under oath 11:33:50 7 that said she was going to seek 8 justice from everyone who abused her in depositions, 9 which depositions were you talking about? 10 A. I was using -- 11:34:05 11 MR. SCOTT: Objection, asked and answered. 11:34:06 12 He's already provided -- 13 A. I was using the term loosely, I apologize. 11:34:08 14 I meant in statements, including statements under 15 oath. So I withdraw the statement about 16 depositions. But I insist that she made statements 17 along those lines in her interviews of both formal 18 and informal, both legal and to the media, so that I 19 was entitled to draw the conclusion, the reasonable 20 inference, that when she did not want to name me, it 21 was because that I -- I never had any sexual or any 22 other contact with her, which I know to be the 23 truth. So that's an inference that I draw. 24 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:34:47 25 Q. Okay. And it is an inference that you 11:34:47 EFTA00601244
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92 1 drew, not something that either Rebecca or Michael 2 ever told you, correct? 3 A. I certainly believe that they believe 11:34:57 4 that. But Rebecca was very careful about the words 5 that she communicated to me and she told me 6 precisely what it was that had told 7 her and didn't go beyond that and didn't draw any 8 and didn't tell me any words that weren't, in fact, 9 recited by 10 So the words were she never mentioned you 11:35:24 11 before all this stuff in the media, and she told me 12 expressly that she did not want to include you in 13 any of the allegations of sexual misconduct but her 14 lawyers pressured her into doing it. 15 MR. SCOTT: I'd like to take a break in 11:35:47 16 another five minutes or so. We've been going 17 another hour. So where ever you think is good, 18 Jack. 19 MR. SCAROLA: We're not quite there yet. 11:35:55 20 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:35:58 21 Q. Who are the people that Rebecca says 11:35:58 22 had previously told her that was 23 abused by? 24 A. I never asked her that question. 11:36:10 25 Q. Did you ask her was Les Wexner one of the 11:36:14 EFTA00601245
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93 1 people that abused 2 A. I told you I never asked her the question. 11:36:21 3 Q. Are you aware that years before December 11:36:48 4 of 2014, when the CVRA pleading was filed, that your 5 name had come up repeatedly in connection with 6 Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minors, correct? 7 MR. SCOTT: Objection, form, overly broad. 11:37:16 8 A. Let me answer that question. I am aware 11:37:17 9 that never before 2014, end of December, was it 10 ever, ever alleged that I had acted in any way 11 inappropriately with regard to 12 that I ever touched her, that I ever met her, that I 13 had ever been with her. I was completely aware of 14 that. There had never been any allegation. 15 She claims under oath that she told you 11:37:48 16 that secretly in 2011, but you have produced no 17 notes of any such conversation. You, of course, are 18 a witness to this allegation and will be deposed as 19 a witness to this allegation. I believe it is an 20 entirely false allegation that she told you in 2011 21 that she had had any sexual contact with me. I 22 think she's lying through her teeth when she says 23 that. And I doubt that your notes will reveal any 24 such information. 25 But if she did tell you that, she would be 11:38:24 EFTA00601246
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94 1 absolutely, categorically lying. So I am completely 2 aware that never, until the lies were put in a legal 3 pleading at the end of December 2014, it was never 4 alleged that I had any sexual contact with 5 6 I know that it was alleged that I was a 11:38:46 7 witness to Jeffrey Epstein's alleged abuse and that 8 was false. I was never a witness to any of Jeffrey 9 Epstein's sexual abuse. And I wrote that to you, 10 something that you have falsely denied. And I stand 11 on the record. The record is clear that I have 12 categorically denied I was ever a witness to any 13 abuse, that I ever saw Jeffrey Epstein abusing 14 anybody. 15 And -- and the very idea that I would 11:39:18 16 stand and talk to Jeffrey Epstein while he was 17 receiving oral sex from , which she 18 swore to under oath, is so outrageous, so 19 preposterous, that even David Boies said he couldn't 20 believe it was true. 21 MS. McCAWLEY: I object. I object. I'm 11:39:40 22 not going to allow you to reveal any 23 conversations that happened in the context of a 24 settlement discussion. 25 THE WITNESS: Does she have standing? 11:39:46 EFTA00601247
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95 1 MS. McCAWLEY: I have a standing objection 11:39:47 2 and, I'm objecting again. I'm not going to -- 3 THE WITNESS: No, no, no. Does she have 11:39:49 4 standing in this deposition? 5 MR. SCOTT: Let's take a break for a 11:39:51 6 minute, okay? 7 THE WITNESS: I'm not sure she has 11:39:54 8 standing. 9 MR. SCAROLA: Are we finished with the 11:39:57 10 speech? 11 MR. SCOTT: No. If he -- 11:39:58 12 MR. SCAROLA: I'd like him to finish the 11:39:59 13 speech so that we can get to my question and 14 then we can take a break. 15 A. So the question -- the answer to your 11:40:02 16 question is -- 17 MR. SIMPSON: Wait a minute. Wait a 11:40:04 18 minute. Wait a minute. Please don't disclose 19 something that she has a right to raise that 20 objection if she wants to. 21 MR. SCOTT: Exactly. 11:40:13 22 THE WITNESS: Okay. 11:40:14 23 MR. SCOTT: Ask your question. 11:40:17 24 MR. SWEDER: Maybe you want to read back 11:40:20 25 the last couple of sentences. EFTA00601248
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96 1 MR. SCAROLA: No, how about just reading 11:40:22 2 back the last question and maybe we can get an 3 answer to the question. 4 MR. SCOTT: Again, I move to strike your 11:40:27 5 comments, Counsel, because it's inappropriate 6 and you're too good a lawyer to know that 7 that's not true -- 8 MR. SCAROLA: Nothing inappropriate about 11:40:33 9 my insisting upon an answer to the question 10 that I asked instead of a speech. 11 MR. SCOTT: Well, you know, he's trying to 11:40:37 12 answer your question to the best of his 13 ability. Counsel objected to it. I wanted to 14 take a break to make sure that we explained to 15 him the position so that we didn't have a 16 problem, and I was trying to protect everybody 17 in this room. But if you want to proceed, we 18 can do it. 19 MR. SCAROLA: Well, if we simply answer 11:40:52 20 the questions that are asked, there won't be a 21 problem. 22 MR. SCOTT: Well, I guess everybody -- you 11:40:59 23 can characterize it one way, I can characterize 24 it another, that he's doing the best he can to 25 answer your questions. EFTA00601249
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97 1 MR. SCAROLA: And ultimately Judge Lynch 11:41:05 2 will make that determination. 3 MR. SCOTT: Absolutely. Sobeit. 11:41:08 4 MR. SCAROLA: So read back the last 11:41:08 5 question, if you would, please. We'll get a 6 hopefully get an answer to that and then we can 7 take a break. 8 MR. SCOTT: Again, I object to the 11:41:14 9 comments, Counsel. 10 (Requested portion read back as follows:) 11:41:16 11 THE COURT REPORTER: "Are you aware that 11:41:39 12 years before December of 2014, when the CVRA 13 pleading was filed, that your name had come up 14 repeatedly in connection with Jeffrey Epstein's 15 abuse of minors, correct?" 16 MR. SCOTT: Objection, asked and answered 11:41:41 17 several times. Go ahead. 18 A. I have answered that question. If you 11:41:45 19 would like, I will answer it again. 20 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11:41:50 21 Q. I would like an answer to that question. 11:41:50 22 A. I am aware -- 11:41:51 23 Q. Seems to me it calls for yes or no 11:41:52 24 response. 25 A. It does not -- 11:41:54 EFTA00601250
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98 1 Q. Yes, I am aware that my name is -- 11:41:55 2 MR. SCOTT: Again, I object to -- I'm not 11:41:57 3 trying to get into a fight with you, Jack, but 4 I object to the comments, you know. Really 5 just let him answer the question. 6 MR. SCAROLA: You and I don't need to 11:42:02 7 fight. 8 MR. SCOTT: I agree. 11:42:04 9 A. The word "in connection" is what requires 11:42:05 10 a longer answer. Yes, I am aware that it was 11 falsely alleged by you that multiple witnesses had 12 placed me at places and scenes where multiple 13 victims had been abused by Jeffrey Epstein. That 14 statement by you, Mr. Scarola, was a false 15 statement. It is not true that multiple witnesses 16 have said that. And you misstated that. 17 I am aware that there were false 11:42:35 18 allegations that I was a witness but never a 19 participant in any improper conduct. And I 20 categorically responded in letters to you, and to 21 Mr. Edwards, I think, that there was no truth to 22 that. That if any witness had so testified, they 23 would be committing perjury. 24 MR. SCAROLA: You have requested a break. 11:43:04 25 MR. SCOTT: Let's do it. Good point. 11:43:06 EFTA00601251
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99 1 VIDEOGRAPHER: Going off the record. The 11:43:07 2 time is approximately 11:43 a.m. 3 (Recess was held from 11:43 a.m. until 12:02 p.m.) 11:43:11 4 VIDEOGRAPHER: Going back on the record. 12:02:12 5 The time is approximately 12:02 p.m. 6 BY MR. SCAROLA: 12:02:16 7 Q. Have we completely covered the content of 12:02:17 8 phone call number 2? 9 A. To my best of my recollection, yes. 12:02:22 10 Q. Okay. Let's go to the very next 12:02:25 11 communication between you and either Rebecca or 12 Michael. 13 A. My recollection is that I asked them if 12:02:37 14 they had anything else that they were aware of, any 15 other information, I asked her whether she had been 16 in touch with . I think in the 17 third conversation we also talked about the charity. 18 And she agreed. 19 Q. I'm sorry, I need to stop you for a just a 12:03:01 20 moment. Who contacted whom and when? 21 A. I think I contacted them. Normally the 12:03:08 22 procedure was I speak to Michael, he would pick up 23 the phone, I only had his number. I only had his 24 phone number, not hers. 25 Q. So this was the third phone call initiated 12:03:18 EFTA00601252
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100 1 by you? 2 A. By me to the best of my recollection. 12:03:22 3 I called him and he would always be the 12:03:23 4 kind of gatekeeper and often she was putting the 5 babies to sleep, and sometimes she couldn't come to 6 the phone. The third conversation, substantive 7 conversation -- there may have been conversations 8 where I called and Michael wasn't there or I left a 9 message, or where Michael was there but she was 10 putting the babies to sleep and either she said they 11 would -- either he said they would call me back or I 12 called them back. 13 But the third substantive conversation, to 12:03:48 14 the best -- 15 Q. Where were you? 12:03:51 16 A. Huh? 12:03:52 17 Q. Where were you when you 12:03:53 18 A. Probably -- 12:03:54 19 Q. -- initiated this call? 12:03:55 20 A. Probably in Massachusetts at this point. 12:03:55 21 And then -- we discussed the charity. And 12:04:04 22 I think it was called ■, which is her initials, 23 , and also it stood for something, I 24 don't know, or something like that. 25 And she said that the lawyers had contributed EFTA00601253