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FBI VOL00009
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622 1 statements. 2 But defending a client against charges, 3 trying to minimize the charges, are made by all 4 lawyers, and were made by all the lawyers in this 5 case, and have been made by you in cases. I'm sure 6 if I go back, I will find them. 7 Q. Okay. 8 MR. EDWARDS: I have a document we'll mark 9 as -- what's the next consecutive exhibit? 10 COURT REPORTER: Number 23. 11 (Thereupon, marked as Plaintiff 12 Exhibit 23.) 13 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Will you mark 14 that as 22 so we don't forget? 15 MR. SIMPSON: Yes. 16 BY MR. EDWARDS: 17 Q. Can you look at the document that we've 18 marked as number 23? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. My only question is going to be, did you 21 go to that speaking engagement that was scheduled? 22 MR. INDYKE: I didn't hear the question. 23 This is Darren. 24 MR. EDWARDS: I've shown him a document, 25 and it is a public document about a scheduled www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615743
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623 1 speaking engagement for Mr. Dershowitz, and I'm 2 just asking him whether or not he gave that 3 speech. 4 A. I don't recall that I did. 5 MR. INDYKE: Thank you. 6 BY MR. EDWARDS: 7 Q. Do you recall it being canceled or you not 8 going? 9 A. I don't recall me doing that speech. 10 Q. Okay. Do you remember it being scheduled? 11 A. I remember -- I don't remember 12 specifically, but I remember some general statement 13 that I had some speeches scheduled, yeah. 14 MR. EDWARDS: Do we have an extra copy of 15 the Daily Mail article? I thought we -- 16 VIDEOGRAPHER: Going off the record. The 17 time is approximately 4:26 p.m. 18 (Recess was held from 4:26 p.m. until 4:29 p.m.) 19 VIDEOGRAPHER: Going back on the record. 20 The time is approximately 4:29 p.m. 21 BY MR. EDWARDS: 22 Q. Are you aware from any nonprivileged 23 document or information that Jeffrey Epstein 24 referred to sex with underage girls as massages, 25 that that was a code word? www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615744
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624 1 A. No. 2 Q. In reviewing the message pads that were 3 taken from his home and the public police report, 4 have you been able to learn that fact? 5 A. I think it's false. I think it's a false 6 fact. When I was offered a massage at Jeffrey 7 Epstein's house, I received a legitimate massage by 8 a professional masseuse who hurt me. And I called 9 my wife and told her about it. I didn't enjoy it. 10 And I've been told by numerous people that they have 11 gotten ordinary massages, so I don't believe it was 12 a code word. I think that's false. 13 Q. Who told that you that they got ordinary 14 massages at Jeffrey Epstein's house? 15 A. People who were guests at the house. 16 Q. Exactly. 17 MR. INDYKE: I'm sorry? 18 A. My wife -- 19 MR. INDYKE: Can you repeat the question, 20 please. 21 MR. EDWARDS: Yes, I was just asked for 22 the identity of the people who have told 23 Mr. Dershowitz that they have received 24 legitimate massages at Jeffrey Epstein's home. 25 MR. INDYKE: I object to that question and www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615745
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625 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 the response to the extent it would invade privileges that we've already discussed, and instruct Alan not to answer. SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: I think you can answer it outside the privilege. A. Virtually everybody that -- when I was at Jeffrey Epstein's house in Palm Beach, not in 8 New York -- I never heard the word "massage" used in 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 New York, but in Palm Beach, he would offer -- you would get an offer of massage, and people would accept it or not. But I never heard massage being anything other than an ordinary therapeutic massage. And I think it's insulting to professional massage therapists to assume that every massage -- I mean, it was like -- BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Maybe I communicated my question poorly. I was actually asking for the names of the people who told you -- A. I told you my wife, my daughter, myself. I'll try to think of other names, but I remember people telling me Jeffrey Epstein's Q. Anybody that they had received massages at house. outside of your immediate family? A. Yes, but I'm having trouble remembering www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615746
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626 1 specifically who they were. 2 Q. Okay. 3 MR. INDYKE: Outside of subject to not 4 privilege, you're saying? 5 A. Right, yeah. 6 BY MR. EDWARDS: 7 Q. Do you remember speaking with the Daily 8 Mail on or around January 21, 2015, and saying -- 9 Dershowitz said the statements are all lies and "I 10 never got a massage from anybody, it's made up out 11 of whole cloth"? 12 A. No, I never said. 13 Q. If I showed you the statement, would it 14 help refresh your recollection? 15 A. No, because it's false. I never said that 16 I never got a massage because I said immediately 17 from day one that I got one massage. I said that 18 immediately. I described the massage. I might have 19 been asked did I get a massage from . The answer would be no. Did I get massage 21 during the relevant period of time? The answer 22 would be no. 23 But I never stated, and I would challenge 24 you to come up with -- no, with a tape recording of 25 me saying that in full context because that's not www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615747
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627 1 what I said. I've always said that I received one 2 massage. 3 4 5 6 7 Q. What does the quote say? 8 A. And, in fact, I said specifically that I 9 kept my underpants on. I was very specific about 10 the massage that it was -- I think it was a woman 11 from a Russian background. I was very clear. So to 12 say that I said that I never got a massage is just 13 false. From day one, I said I got a massage. 14 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: You had another 15 question in the middle that. Go ahead. 16 BY MR. EDWARDS: 17 Q. Right. What does the quote attributed to 18 you in that article say? 19 MR. SIMPSON: The document hasn't even 20 been marked yet. 21 MR. EDWARDS: What are we up to, 24? 22 (Thereupon, marked as Plaintiff 23 Exhibit 24.) 24 A. It doesn't show what the question was. It 25 doesn't show the context. And like -- all lies. I said that, I think, on day one. And, again, you're dealing with the Daily Mail. The context would have to be did you get a massage from any underage girl or anything like that. I never said that. www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615748
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628 1 All lies. Obviously I was referring to what 2 said and what said 3 about me, so that was the "all lies." 4 BY MR. EDWARDS: 5 Q. I'm asking what is the quote about the 6 massages? What are the words that are used? 7 A. "I never got a massage from anybody, it's 8 made up out of whole cloth." I did not say that. 9 Q. Okay. So the reporter -- 10 A. Is wrong. 11 Q. -- is wrong? 12 A. Who is the reporter? Is it the same 13 Ms. Churchill? 14 So this is an article you said, again, 15 the Daily Mail. This sounds like it's the Daily 16 News, not the Daily Mail. 17 Q. Okay. 18 A. But it's not true. I never said in the 19 context of generally massage. Because why would I 20 say that if I said it on television, I said it on 21 the radio, I've said it over and over again that I 22 got a massage? 23 Q. You deny making the statement that was 24 attributed to you in the Daily Mail article that's 25 attached to the deposition as Exhibit 24? www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615749
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629 1 A. That's right. 2 Q. Okay. It does say the Daily News. 3 A. Or -- now, let me be very clear. If I 4 said it, I said it in the context of 5 Q. Daily News. 6 A. If I said it, I said it in the context of 7 ' massage or a massage during the 8 relevant period because I never would say that I 9 didn't get a massage when I got one, and I always 10 said I did. 11 Go back and check earlier statements, 12 statements before this, and you'll see that I said 13 it. So what sense would it make for me to say that 14 I didn't get it? 15 Q. So is your testimony that you only had one 16 massage at Mr. Epstein's home? 17 A. That's -- let me be very clear. I never 18 had a massage in the New York place. I of course 19 never had a massage in the -- in the ranch. I have 20 no recollection of having a massage -- I never had a 21 massage on airplane. And I had one massage in the 22 Palm Beach home. 23 Q. What year it was that you had the massage 24 in the Palm Beach home? 25 A. I don't know, but I suspect it was in -- www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615750
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630 1 very early in my friendship or my acquaintanceship 2 with Jeffrey Epstein, probably '96 or '97, but I 3 would be guessing. 4 It was not during the relevant time period 5 because I was not in Jeffrey Epstein's -- my records 6 show I was not in Jeffrey Epstein's home in Palm 7 Beach during the relevant time period, so I couldn't 8 have had a massage during that period. 9 Q. So is it your testimony, then, that the 10 only massage we're getting some background from 11 the phone. 12 MR. SIMPSON: On the phone, there's some 13 background. 14 MR. INDYKE: Am I the only one on the 15 phone? This is Darren. Because if I'm not -- 16 (Discussion off the record.) 17 BY MR. EDWARDS: 18 Q. So is your testimony today that at any of 19 Jeffrey Epstein's homes, you have only had one 20 massage, and that was only at the Palm Beach home 21 and it was sometime in the mid to later '90s? 22 A. No, let me be very clear. I know for 23 absolute certainty I never had a massage in the 24 New York home. I know for absolute certainty I 25 never had a massage in the ranch. www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615751
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631 1 I do recall having one massage in the Palm 2 Beach home. I do know for certain that I never had 3 a massage in the airplane. And I'm fairly certain I 4 never had a massage at the -- on the island. 5 Q. And the one massage that you had at the 6 Palm Beach home was sometime early in your 7 relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, '96 or '97 8 approximately? 9 A. I'm not sure. I'm not sure about that. I 10 just don't remember exactly when it was. But it 11 wasn't -- obviously it was when I was in his house, 12 and the records show that I wasn't in his house 13 during the relevant time period. 14 Q. Is it your memory, though, that it was in 15 the '90s? 16 A. I can't remember. It could have been -- 17 it could have been later. I know that when my 18 children and grandchildren came to stay at Jeffrey 19 Epstein's house in 2005, I think there was some 20 massages that were -- oh, yeah, I think some of them 21 had massages. I did not -- 22 Q. But -- 23 A. -- is my recollection. 24 Q. But your massage was many years before 25 that experience in -- www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615752
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632 1 A. I think so, but I'm not sure. It could 2 have been later too. I just don't have any distinct 3 chronological frame of reference for when I had a 4 massage, but I do remember it very clearly and I 5 remember that it was painful and I remember that the 6 massage therapist wanted to put her knees on my 7 shoulder, and I called my wife immediately after I 8 had the massage and told her that this therapist 9 wanted to put her knees on my shoulder and I said I 10 wasn't really anxious to have that, because she had 11 hurt me. She was a very deep therapy massage 12 person. 13 Q. Have you seen Juan Alessi's testimony 14 wherein he indicates that you had massages at 15 Jeffrey Epstein's home? 16 A. Would you show it to me, please. 17 MR. INDYKE: Same objection and 18 instruction. 19 MR. SCOTT: Didn't we cover this with 20 Mr. Scarola the last time, the massage issue? 21 I could be wrong. 22 THE WITNESS: I was asked about it last 23 time. 24 MR. SCOTT: Last time I think I covered 25 this. www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615753
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633 1 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Is this the 2 deposition from this matter? 3 MR. EDWARDS: The deposition that was in 4 the civil matters against Jeffrey Epstein, and 5 I think I've bracketed each of the pertinent 6 parts. 7 A. I don't see him saying more than one 8 massage. It says, "Did he have massages sometimes 9 when he was there? 10 "Yes. A massage was like a treat for 11 everybody. If they wanted, we called the massage 12 and they had a massage." 13 That doesn't sound to me like it's very 14 specific. I was offered massages on numerous 15 occasions by the house staff, and I said no. I did 16 have that one massage. And then you have bracketed 17 material about big dildos. That clearly refers to 18 an area of the house that I was never in, never 19 allowed into. Do you have any other brackets 20 material? 21 BY MR. EDWARDS: 22 Q. Not for this question. 23 A. So this is not any statement that I had 24 massages or multiple massages, doesn't contradict 25 what I said at all. He's testifying as to the www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615754
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634 1 general procedure, and he's right, people were 2 offered massages, and they were real massages, the 3 ones that I know about. 4 Q. Okay. Well -- 5 A. Let me say this. Jeffrey Epstein would 6 never dare to offer me an erotic massage. He would 7 know that I would walk out of that room so fast, I 8 would never speak to him again. He knows about my 9 relationship with my wife. He knows how much I love 10 her. He would never in a million years offer me 11 anything that was in any way improper, and he 12 didn't. 13 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Brad, you have 14 five minutes before Jack smartly wants to get 15 out of here, so if you want to look for an 16 appropriate break. 17 MR. EDWARDS: I'll finish after -- a few 18 more questions on this, and then we're done. 19 BY MR. EDWARDS: 20 Q. Okay. The question was: 21 "Do you have any recollection of ■ coming to the house when Prince Andrew was 23 there? 24 "ANSWER: It could have been, but I'm not 25 sure." www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615755
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635 1 MR. INDYKE: Object -- 2 BY MR. EDWARDS: 3 Q. "QUESTION: When Mr. Dershowitz was 4 visiting 5 "ANSWER: Uh-huh. 6 "QUESTION -- how often did he come? 7 "ANSWER: He came pretty -- pretty often. 8 I would say at least four to five times a year. 9 "QUESTION: And how long would he 10 typically stay? 11 "ANSWER: Two, three days. 12 "QUESTION: Did he have massages sometimes 13 when he was there? 14 "ANSWER: Yes. A massage was like a treat 15 for everyone. If they wanted, we'd call the massage 16 and they have a massage." 17 He does indeed say that you stayed for two 18 or three days at a time and had plural massages, 19 right? That's his testimony. 20 A. No, he says I stayed for two or three 21 days. He doesn't say I was there with ■ And he says -- first of all, English is 23 not his first language, and he's talking about did 24 you have massages. "Yes, a massage is a treat for 25 everybody." www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615756
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636 1 I was offered massages. I had one 2 massage. Just -- I'm trying to think of something 3 else he said. Can I see it again, please? 4 BY MR. EDWARDS: 5 Q. The whole deposition? 6 A. Just that part of it. 7 The only time I stayed for -- he's right, 8 I stayed for two or three days with my wife, my 9 daughter-in-law, my son, and two grandchildren and 10 my daughter. We stayed for about five days. 11 Jeffrey Epstein was not in the house at that point 12 in time. 13 He found out we were looking for a 14 vacation place, and he offered his empty house with 15 the housekeeper and his wife, and we stayed there 16 during that period of time. 17 The only other time that I stayed for more 18 than one day was when I was involved in the case 19 with my research assistants. I stayed for two days 20 once with my nephew, Adam, who was coming to watch a 21 launch of the space shuttle. But I have no 22 recollection of ever staying three days alone. 23 There would be no reason I would do that. And I 24 didn't. 25 Q. While you were staying at the house, did www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615757
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637 1 Mr. Epstein have underage girls over to give him 2 massages? 3 A. Certainly not to my knowledge. If I had 4 seen a single underage girl in that house that 5 looked like she was there for any inappropriate 6 person, I would have been out of there 7 instantaneously. That would not be covered by the 8 lawyer-client privilege. And I would have called 9 the police and turned him in. That's how strongly I 10 feel about sex with underage people, male or female. 11 Q. Even though these girls were 14, 15, 16 12 years old? 13 A. I never saw -- not even though. 14 Especially. Of course. A fortiori. I never saw 15 anything like that, not on the airplane, not in the 16 ranch, not on the -- in the island, not in Palm 17 Beach, and not in New York. 18 MR. SCOTT: It's 4:45. 19 A. He did always travel with an entourage, 20 and he had people in his encourage who looked like 21 they were in their middle 20s. And, of course, 22 Mr. Scarola tried to accuse me of being on an plane 23 with an underage girl who turned out to be 25. 24 BY MR. EDWARDS: 25 www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615758
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638 1 Q. My last question, are you aware -- we can 2 pick back up here off of my last question. Are you 3 aware that another housekeeper, Alfredo Rodriguez, 4 put you in the home at a time when underage girls 5 were also in the home? 6 A. Would you please show me that? Because 7 your last question was a mischaracterization 8 MR. INDYKE: Same objection, same 9 instruction. 10 A. -- so let me see this one as well. 11 BY MR. EDWARDS: 12 Q. Sure. I'll just read it to you. 13 A. No, just let me see it. You can read it 14 to me. Let me see it. 15 Q. "And did you have knowledge of" -- 16 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: What are you 17 reading from? 18 MR. EDWARDS: Sure. It's the deposition 19 of Alfredo Rodriguez that was taken July 29, 20 2009. 21 BY MR. EDWARDS: 22 Q. "Was there a lawyer from Harvard named 23 Alan Dershowitz? 24 "Yes, ma'am. 25 "How often during the six months or so www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615759
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639 1 when you were there was Alan Dershowitz there?" 2 A. What were the six months, by the III? 3 Q. I don't know. We'll find out from his 4 employment with Jeffrey Epstein. Your client would 5 know. 6 "Two or three times. 7 "How did you have knowledge of why he was 10 11 12 friend? 13 14 15 at the time he was there? 16 17 18 instance, 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8 visiting a -- and did you have knowledge of why he 9 was visiting? "No, ma'am. "Was he acting as a lawyer or there as a "ANSWER: I believe a friend. "Were there also young ladies in the house "ANSWER: Yes, ma'am. "And would those and have included, for "Yes, ma'am. "Were there other young ladies there when Mr. Dershowitz was there? "Yes, ma'am. "Do you have any idea who those young women were? "No, ma'am. www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615760
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640 1 "Were any of those young women that you 2 have said came to give massages? 3 "Yes, ma'am." 4 "Ms. Esell, who was representing at the time, asked you about Mr. Dershowitz 6 being present in Mr. Epstein's home, and I think she 7 said -- and I think you said Mr. Epstein was -- and 8 he and Mr. Dershowitz were friends? 9 "ANSWER: Yes. 10 "She also, I think, asked was 11 Mr. Dershowitz ever there when one of the women who 12 gave a massage was present in the home. 13 "ANSWER: I don't remember that. 14 "QUESTION: That's what I want to clear 15 up. Is it your testimony that Mr. Dershowitz was 16 there when any of the women came to Mr. Epstein's 17 home to give a massage? 18 "ANSWER: Yes. 19 "QUESTION: And when Mr. Dershowitz was at 20 the house, I understood you to say that these local 21 Palm Beach girls would come over to the house while 22 he was there, but you're not sure if he had a 23 massage from any of the girls. 24 "ANSWER: Exactly. 25 "QUESTION: And what would he do while the www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615761
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641 1 girls were in the house? 2 "He would read a book, glass of wine by 3 the pool or stay inside." 4 So my question is, are you aware that 5 Alfredo Rodriguez put you in Jeffrey Epstein's home 6 when the underage girls were coming to his home to 7 give massage? 8 A. Absolutely not. 9 MR. SIMPSON: Object to the form and 10 mischaracterizing and taking multiple separate 11 sections of a deposition and multiple different 12 pages read as though they were together. 13 Object to the form. 14 A. I'll answer. He talks about young 15 ladies -- 16 MR. SWEDER: I'm going to object to that, 17 too. This is Mr. Sweder. That is a misleading 18 reading of that deposition, leaving out a very 19 particular part of it -- 20 MR. EDWARDS: Okay. The whole 21 deposition -- 22 MR. SWEDER: -- that says that he didn't 23 know whether Dershowitz ever even saw these 24 young women. 25 MR. SCOTT: We covered this all in the www.phi sre orting.com EFTA00615762