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FBI VOL00009
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768 1 media, only Dershowitz speaks to the media, lying by 2 omission and by commission, failing to state that he 3 was trying to get publicity through ABC, that he was 4 pleading with ABC and he was trying to sell her 5 story to tabloids. So he was lying by omission, 6 lying by commission, and so were you. 7 Q. Have you produced -- do you have a list 8 from BBC or -- reporter or anyone else that 9 indicates a list of questions or whatever it is 10 you're testifying to -- 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. -- that came from somebody other than Paul 13 Cassell? 14 A. I don't understand that question. 15 Q. Well, you just threw in "and so were you," 16 and we're only talking about a list of questions 17 that you know about from the BBC. 18 MR. SCOTT: I'm not sure -- can you 19 rephrase the question so we have it clear? 20 MR. EDWARDS: Sure. 21 BY MR. EDWARDS: 22 Q. I asked for you to identify anyone else 23 that provided you information about Paul Cassell 24 that helped to form your opinions. Your answer was, 25 a BBC reporter. Do you know her name? EFTA01138146
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769 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 A. You must, because you know it's a her. 2 Q. I'm asking 3 A. I provided it and we have 4 the record. 5 Q. As you sit here today, do you 6 name? 7 A. No, I don't know the names of 8 Q. Okay. And the thing reporter whose name you do not A. But I can get it for Q. that know you. you, do you know her name? -- it's part of know her reporters. that BBC right now -- I'm just describing the reporter since you don't know her not name. The reporter whose name you recall right now provided you an e-mail A. Q. A. BY MR. Q. correct me showed you that were to you. A. No. Showed you an e-mail? No. MR. SCOTT: Let him ask the question. SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Let him EDWARDS: I understood your testimony, if I'm wrong, that this BBC an e-mail of questions from requested by Paul Cassell to do finish. and please reporter Paul Cassell be directed Yes. But it was not done by the reporter. EFTA01138147
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770 1 It was done by the producer. It was a man producer. 2 And he told me and showed me on his BlackBerry or 3 his iPhone the questions that Paul Cassell had asked 4 him to ask me. 5 Q. In addition to the questions that Paul 6 Cassell had asked him to ask you, is it your 7 testimony that Paul Cassell spoke to the media about 8 the allegations or the facts as Paul understood them 9 in the case? 10 A. Yes, I don't about spoke, but we know that 11 he -- yes, we know he spoke to ABC. I think I can 12 give you the names of the people he spoke to there. 13 Jim Hill. 14 MR. SCAROLA: Pardon me. I think there's 15 a feedback problem again. 16 MR. SIMPSON: On the phone, there seems to 17 be a feedback problem. 18 MR. SCAROLA: Cross talk. 19 MR. INDYKE: Do you know if it's coming 20 from Darren Indyke or another phone? 21 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: There's no way 22 to know. 23 MR. SIMPSON: It's not there now. 24 BY MR. EDWARDS: 25 Q. I want to limit this so that I can EFTA01138148
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771 1 understand exactly what you're saying to this BBC 2 reporter that you have identified that provided you 3 information that helped to support your opinions 4 about Paul Cassell. 5 A. That's right. 6 Q. Okay. That person provided you an e-mail 7 or you saw through this person an e-mail that Paul 8 Cassell -- that evidenced questions that Paul 9 Cassell wanted you to be asked? 10 A. It was my recollection it was an e-mail 11 from Paul Cassell to the producer is my 12 recollection. 13 Q. Okay. In addition -- so my question 14 that's pending is, in addition to the questions, is 15 there anything in the body of that e-mail or that 16 you were told by this reporter that Paul Cassell 17 spoke or communicated with the BBC beyond the 18 content of those questions? 19 A. Yes, the reporter told me that Paul 20 Cassell had spoken to him, and my recollection is 21 that they had spoken and then he sent him a 22 follow-up e-mail is my recollection. Again, it's a 23 year ago. And this was at the time that Paul 24 Cassell was saying and you were saying through your 25 lawyers and certainly trying to convey the EFTA01138149
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772 1 impression that you were trying to keep this case 2 out of the media and that it was I who was putting 3 it into the media, while it turns out that 4 secretly -- 5 MR. EDWARDS: Object. Move to strike as 6 nonresponsive. 7 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Are you almost 8 finished? 9 A. Almost done. 10 Secretly you were communicating with the 11 media and trying very hard to get them to cover this 12 story in a way negative to me. 13 BY MR. EDWARDS: 14 Q. Was this a reporter or a producer that was 15 telling you this information? 16 A. Producer. 17 Q. And what is the name of that producer, if 18 you know? 19 A. We can find that out. But I'm sure you 20 have the e-mail. I'm sure Cassell has the e-mail. 21 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Do you know? 22 A. I don't know the name of the producer. 23 BY MR. EDWARDS: 24 Q. And what was it that this producer told 25 you that Paul told him? EFTA01138150
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773 1 A. To please ask me very critical and hard 2 questions. And I assumed -- this is an 3 assumption -- that the reason the BBC may have 4 called me was they were put on to it by Paul 5 Cassell, who urged them to call me. 6 Q. My question, if we back up a few, though, 7 is beyond the substance of the questions from Paul 8 Cassell, do you have information that Paul Cassell 9 spoke to them? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. Okay. And I think, as you said, yes, 12 because I talked to this reporter. What did the 13 reporter tell you that Paul Cassell said beyond the 14 substance of those questions? 15 A. It's the producer. 16 Q. Producer. 17 A. Not the reporter. The reporter was part 18 of the conversation, too, but I think the 19 conversations had been between Paul Cassell and the 20 producer. 21 The conclusion I drew from our 22 conversation was that Paul Cassell had reached out 23 to BBC and asked to have them ask me hard questions, 24 and the questions were all very critical and hard 25 questions designed to make her story believable. EFTA01138151
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774 1 And that the producer then responded to 2 Cassell and said send me an e-mail, and Cassell sent 3 an e-mail with the questions listed. And they, in 4 fact, asked me those questions. 5 Q. Okay. 6 A. But the point of my answer is that at the 7 same time, you, Mr. Scarola, and Mr. Cassell were 8 communicating to the press -- 9 MR. EDWARDS: Object and move to strike as 10 nonresponsive. 11 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: I would agree 12 with that and grant the motion. Go ahead and 13 ask your next question. 14 BY MR. EDWARDS: 15 Q. Beyond the communication from Paul Cassell 16 to a producer, ask Alan Dershowitz these questions, 17 is it your understanding that Paul Cassell 18 communicated anything further to that producer? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Okay. What did the producer tell you that 21 Paul Cassell said to him beyond "ask Alan Dershowitz 22 these questions"? 23 A. Well, the producer certainly came to the 24 interview having been, it seemed to me, briefed by 25 Cassell and came with a conclusion that he had EFTA01138152
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775 1 2 3 4 5 6 reached that I was guilty. So I can draw a reasonable inference that he was told that by Paul Cassell. Q. Did the producer tell you that he was told anything beyond "ask Alan Dershowitz these questions"? 7 A. The producer told me that he had other 8 communications with Cassell. But beyond that, I had 9 to draw my own inferences. 10 Q. Without you drawing your own inferences, 11 did the producer tell you the substance of those 12 other communications with Paul Cassell beyond "ask 13 Alan Dershowitz these questions"? 14 A. No. 15 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: We're beginning 16 to approach a break, so as your deposition -- 17 find a time in the next 10 or 15 minutes or so. 18 MR. EDWARDS: I think this is as good a 19 time as any. 20 THE WITNESS: I'm happy to go on. 21 MR. SIMPSON: Take a break. 22 MR. SCOTT: Take a break. 23 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: I don't want to 24 interrupt a flow. 25 MR. EDWARDS: This is good stopping point, EFTA01138153
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776 1 and then we'll take a break and be back. 2 VIDEOGRAPHER: We're going off the record. 3 The time is 11:52 a.m. 4 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: You can go off 5 the record but stay on the record. 6 With respect to the issues over privilege, 7 and as it appears that this witness may be held 8 over beyond today, I would ask the parties to 9 discuss and see if you can agree among 10 yourselves how you wish, if you wish, to 11 address those issues so that whether it's in 12 front of me or in front of Judge Lynch, so that 13 in several weeks or whenever he's reset, should 14 there need to be a readdressing of questions 15 that were not answered because of that issue, 16 just as I'm not foretelling -- don't take 17 anything in it, but just for purposes of 18 scheduling, we probably ought to try to deal 19 with -- I would suggest that the parties try to 20 deal with that issue between now and the next 21 time Mr. Dershowitz sits for deposition. 22 MR. SCAROLA: That absolutely makes sense. 23 And we will be filing, after we have received 24 the transcript, an appropriate Motion to 25 Compel, and I think that it is best that the EFTA01138154
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777 1 Court deal with that motion. 2 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: I'm -- 3 MR. SCAROLA: I think it's beyond the 4 scope of the responsibilities that have been 5 agreed to be resolved by you, and that would be 6 our request. 7 SPECIAL MASTER POZZUOLI: Okay. I wanted 8 to raise that just from the purposes of just an 9 administrative standpoint. 10 MR. SCAROLA: Yes. Thank you very much. 11 (Recess was held from 11:54 a.m. until 1:04 p.m. 12 after which the proceedings continued in Volume 6.) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 EFTA01138155
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778 CERTIFICATE OF OATH STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF BROWARD I, the undersigned authority, certify that ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ personally appeared before me and was duly sworn on the 13th day of January, 2016. Signed this 17th day of January, 2016. KIMBERLY FONTALVO, RPR, CLR Notary Public, State of Florida My Commission No. FF 226848 Expires: 7/12/2019 EFTA01138156
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779 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF BROWARD I, KIMBERLY FONTALVO, Registered Professional Reporter, do hereby certify that I was authorized to and did stenographically report the foregoing videotape continued deposition of ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ; pages 648 through 455; that a review of the transcript was requested; and that the transcript is a true record of my stenographic notes. I FURTHER CERTIFY that I am not a relative, employee, attorney, or counsel of any of the parties, nor am I a relative or employee of any of the parties' attorneys or counsel connected with the action, nor am I financially interested in the action. Dated this 14th day of January, 2016. KIMBERLY FONTALVO, RPR, CLR EFTA01138157
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780 January 14, 2016 COLE, SCOTT & KISSANE, P.A. Dadeland Centre II - Suite 1400 9150 South Dadeland Boulevard Miami, Florida 33156 BY: THOMAS EMERSON SCOTT, JR., ESQ. [email protected] Re: Bradley Edwards, et al., v. Alan M. Dershowitz Please take notice that on the 12th day of January, 2016, you gave your deposition in the above cause. At that time, you did not waive your signature. The above-addressed attorney has ordered a copy of this transcript and will make arrangements with you to read their copy. Please execute the Errata Sheet, which can be found at the back of the transcript, and have it returned to us for distribution to all parties. If you do not read and sign the deposition within a reasonable amount of time, the original, which has already been forwarded to the ordering attorney, may be filed with the Clerk of the Court. If you wish to waive your signature now, please sign your name in the blank at the bottom of this letter and return to the address listed below. Very truly yours, KIMBERLY FONTALVO, RPR, CLR Phipps Reporting, Inc. 1551 Forum Place Building 200, Suite E West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 I do hereby waive my signature. ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ EFTA01138158
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781 ERRATA SHEET DO NOT WRITE ON TRANSCRIPT - ENTER CHANGES HERE In Re: BRADLEY EDWARDS, ET AL., V. ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ Case No.: ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ January 12, 2016 PAGE LINE CHANGE REASON Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read the foregoing document and that the facts stated in it are true. Date ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ EFTA01138159
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