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FBI VOL00009
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Pane UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA IN RE: OPERATION LEAP YEAR Federal Grand Jury, 07-103 West Palm Beach, Florida February 27, 2007 APPEARANCES: ANN MARIE VILLAPANA, ESQUIRE Assistant United States Attorney JOSETTE JONES-PARSONS, Foreperson TESTIMONY OF E. NESBITT ICUIRRENDALL ORIGINAL _A MM20 GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000024 3501.004-001 Page 1 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055152 EFTA01245169
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Page 2 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 The sworn testimony of E. was taken before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach Division, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, State of Florida, on the 27th day of February, 2007. Philip W. May, Court Reporter, was authorized to and did report the sworn testimony. MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000025 3501.004-001 Page 2 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055153 EFTA01245170
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Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1? 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (The witness entered the grand jury room.) E. having been duly sworn by the grand jury foreperson, was examined and testified on her oath as folloWs: EXAMINATION BY MS. Q Good morning, special agent you restate and spell your name for the record. A It's E. . Could Q Can you remind the grand jury who you are employed by? A . The FBI. Q I know that you testified here a few weeks ago. Was there anything from that testimony that you wanted to correct? A I did. I was asked by one of you Mr. Epstein's age, and I confused him with another individual in another one of my cases. HiS birthdate is January 20, 1953. We are looking at the time period of 2004 and 2005. So Mr. Epstein would have been about 51 or 52-years-old, and I believe I told you he was 45. So at the time we're looking during this investigation, he is 51 or 52. Q Agent , how did this case first come to the attention of the police? MM20 GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000026 3501.0(4-00I Page 3 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055154 EFTA01245171
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Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A In March of 2005, ., our youngest identified victim -- her stepmother called the Palm Beach police department and reported that she believed that her stepdaughter had been molested by a male that resided in the town of Palm Beach. Q So today we are going to talk about A Yes. Q And we are using her initial to protect her identity, correct? A Yes. Q Can you tell the grand jury date of birth? A birthday is • And you mentioned that the call came in from stepmother in March of 2005, correct? A Yes. Q So how old was at that time? A She was 14. Q Where does live? A lives in the Loxahatchee-Royal Palm Beach area here in Palm Beach County. Q At the time, in 2005, what school was she attending? A Royal Palm Beach High School. Q. what year was she in school? MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000027 3501.004-001 Page 4 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055155 EFTA01245172
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Page 5 She was a ninth-grader there. Q You mentioned that her stepmother called the Palm Beach police department. What did the police department do in response to that call? A They wanted to interview the next day they went out to where was attending I believe it was school at that time, which I think was High Ridge. They interviewed at High Ridge and wanted to get her side 9 of what took place. io Q Because we'll be referring to this throughout, 11 12 what was the name of the detective who conducted that first interview? 13 A Detective la Q So in March of 2005, detective talked with 15 . Was ever interviewed at any other times? 16 A Yes. She was interviewed -- they talked to her 17 again. She placed some controlled calls for them later 18 that month, we will talk about that later. As well as 19 she was interviewed about a year later in July of 2006. 20 Not interviewed, but she testified before the grand jury 21 for the State of Florida. So she was interviewed by 22 23 24 25 detective in March of 2005, and then about a year or . three or four months later, in July of 2006, she testified before a grand jury with the State of Florida. Q In preparation for your appearance today, did MM20 GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000028 3501.004-001 Page 5 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055156 EFTA01245173
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Page 6 1 you have a chance to interview 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A Yes. 9 10 11 12 13 14 Saturday, and was at 15 was there with her boyfriend, And because these 16 are minors, we'll refer to them without using their last 17 names, so i'll use those initials. 18 19 20 were all at house, and 21 22 23 24 25 is on the phone with the assistant for Jeffrey They were at A Yes, I did. Q And when was that? A Last night. Q Back in March of 2005, you mentioned that detective met with on or more than one occasion? Q If you could give us sort of an overview of what reported during these interviews, and then if there are specific discrepancies or differences, we will return to those later. A All right. On February 5, 2005, it was a house, . She residence, and . is boyfriend, which is also cousin. So they was on the phone with an individual that refers to as the assistant. described the assistant as a tall blonde. So throughout I'll refer to her as the blonde lady, if that's okay. was unable to recall her name. So MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000029 3501.004-001 Page 6 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055157 EFTA01245174
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Page 7 Epstein. describing the phone. So when and overhear on the phone describing to the lady on gets off the phone, and both want to know why was being described to this lady on the phone. becomes upset when asks if she would like to go to Palm Beach and give a man'a massage that she knows. agrees, and this upsets and an argument ensues where and 10 go into the bathroom and they argue outside the presence 11 of 12 Q Let me stop you there. Was supposed to be 13 paid for giving this massage? 14 A Yes. told that she would be paid 15 $200 or $300, I believe. 16 Q You mentioned that is boyfriend, and 17 is also cousin, correct? 18 A Yes. 19 Q What was idea about why they were 20 arguing? 21 A She has told us that she believed that must 22 have known what was doing for this man and the work 23 that did for Mr. Epstein, and that is why was 24 so upset. 25 Q So knew that this wasn't just a regular MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000030 3501.004-001 Page 7 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055158 EFTA01245175
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1 massage that was going to take place? A Yes. Q So and have this argument. What does 4 decide to do? decides to go. 6 Q Because she wanted to make the $200 or $300? A Yes. So tell us then what happened after that 9 meeting? 10 A The next day, February 6 -- they discussed that 11 evening about going the next day. We do have on 12 phone records two calls that were placed. One was placed 13 to cell phone, and the other was placed to 14 Jeffrey Epstein's residence the night of February 5. 15 The next day is contacted .a couple of times 16 before arrives. Each time prior to being 17 contacted by , a call is placed by to 18 cell phone. , I should tell you, is 19 Jeffrey's assistant. 20 So on Sunday a call was placed to 21 and then shortly after that a call was made to That 22 same series occurs again, but this time places a 23 call to Mr. Epstein's residence, and then is called 24 again. 25 Eventually, comes to residence with MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000031 3501.004-001 Page 8 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055159 EFTA01245176
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Page 9 another girl in the car, . So the two of them 2 arrive at residence, and they continue over to 3 Mr. Epstein's house. is driving- with and . Do you know how they were sitting? 6 A You know, I'm not sure how they were sitting, but I know that it was a pickup truck that drove, 8 and was the driver. I'm not sure exactly the 9 placement of the other two girls, but they were in the 10 truck. 11 Q And was able to describe how they travelled 12 to the island of Palm Beach? 13 A Yes. She gave directions -- you know, the best 14 that she could on how she was able to come to 15 Mr. Epstein's residence. 16 Q once they arrived at the residence, what 17 happened? 18 A I should have mentioned that either the night 19 before or the day of, there were some things that 20 tells . One, she tells that she is to tell, if 21 asked, that she is 18-years-of-age, that she attends high 22 school, that she'S in the 12th grade, and I believe it was 23 Wellington High School that she was to say that she went 24 to. 25 Talking to last night, told us that MM20- G.) TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000032 3501.004-001 Page 9 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055160 EFTA01245177
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Page 10 1 once she arrived at the residence tells her that she 2 may possibly be asked to take her clothes off. She also 3 tells her that she can stay in her bra, but she may be 4 asked to take her clothes off. And told us last night that that's when she knew for the first time that 6 she might have to possibly remove her clothes. At this point they proceed to enter the residence. describes him as a security person. He 9 approached and asked what they were doing there, and 10 said they were there to see Mr. Epstein, or see Jeffrey. 11 He allowed them entry into the kitchen area by the pool, 12 and describes that area. So now and 13 are all sitting in the kitchen. A short time goes 14 by and Hr. Epstein, as well as the assistant, enter the 15 kitchen. 16 Q And I know that you mentioned that did not 17 know the name of the lady who was there in the kitchen, 18 correct? 19 A Right. 20 Q She just described her as a blonde, tall lady? 21 A Yes. 22 Q Was also interviewed about what happened' 23 that day? 24 A She was interviewed by the Palm Beach police 25 department. MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000033 3501.004-001 Page 10 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00055 I 61 EFTA01245178
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Page 11 1 Q Did identify the person who was on the 2 phone with her as 3 A Yes, she did. 4 Q So even though doesn't know her name, knew name? 6 A Yes. Q So you mentioned that the three girls are in the 8 kitchen, along with Jeffrey and the person calls the 9 blonde lady? 10 A Yes. 11 Q What happened then? 12 A follows the blonde lady upstairs to 13 Mr. Epstein's bedroom. The blonde lady proceeds to take 14 out a massage table and set it up, prepare it. She also 15 takes out some lotions to be used during the massage. 16 told me last night that the blonde lady asked her to 17 remove her clothing, and then left the room and said that 18 Mr. Epstein would be in shortly. 19 Q What happened after she left the room? 20 A Shortly after that, Mr. Epstein does come into 21 • the room and shakes hand. told us last night 22 that Mr. Epstein told her to remove her clothing. He 23 leaves the room and comes back in just a towel, and he 24 tells her again to -- she is at that point -- when he 25 walked in the first time she had on her bra and her pants. MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000034 3501.004-001 Page I I of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055162 EFTA01245179
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Page 12 1 when he comes back in, he tells her that she needs to take 2 her pants off. So she took her pants off. So now she's 3 in her bra and underwear. 4 Q At some point did tell any of the people 5 who interviewed her what was running through her mind? 6 A She stated at one point that she was upstairs 7 with him, with the man, and that was downstairs. I 8. guess she says, "What could do? She's downstairs, 9 I'm upstairs." So she did what she was asked to do. to Q So now you mention that Mr. Epstein is here 11 wearing just a towel, and has removed both her shirt 12 and her pants, is that correct? 13 A Yes. 14 Q Tell us what happens then? 15 A MS. Epstein gets on the massage table lying on 16 his stomach and instructs how to do the massage. He 17 tells her to put some lotion on her hand and instructs her 18 on how to actually perform the massage. At one point 19 during the massage he tells that she would be more 20 comfortable to get on top of him, so gets on top of 21 him and straddles Mr. Epstein's back. 22 The way describes it is Mr. Epstein is 23 laying on the table, he has a. towel covering his bottom, 24 and she is straddling him with her bottom touching the 25 towel and some skin touching his lower back. She was kind MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000035 3501.004-001 Page 12 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055163 EFTA01245180
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 13 1 of 2 -- the front of him, 3 but he had a towel across his bottom. Q What happens as she is providing the massage to his back? A The massage goes on. She said the entire massage lasted anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes. At one point Mr. Epstein excuses himself for a few minutes, one or two minutes briefly. states that she can hear Mr. Epstein moaning or groaning, and states that she believes he was, in her words, •wacking off• or masturbating. She didn't say masturbating, she said "wacking off.• i am going to use that she believes he was masturbating. Then he returns. At this point he gets back on the table lying on his back and asks her to start . So she Q Does he keep the towel on? A No, at this point the towel is removed. when he comes back and he gets back on the table, the towel is removed and she is Q What does he do as she is A He moves his hand up and down his penis. So he continued to masturbate on the table. He asked , at some point during this time, if she would like to make an MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000036 3501.004-001 Page 13 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055164 EFTA01245181
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 14 extra $100. He tells her that it would not involve doing a massage. agrees. He asked her if he could use a vibrator on her, and she does agree. describes it as , and she said this goes on for about ten minutes. At some point during that massage the vibrator is not used anymore and takes place. describes him as Q What did she say happened when Mr. Epstein her? A The vibrator . At some point he doeS And these are her words. She looks at him kind of funny, and he sarcastically -- which is her word -- he sarcastically says, "What's the matter?" And she at that point just kind of looks away, and he continues on with the . in the last three to four minutes of that, he begins to masturbate again. At the conclusion of the sexual activity, Mr. Epstein wipes his penis off with a towel. Was asked if he ejaculated. She did not see him ejaculate, but saw him wipe his penis off with a towel. Q Was able to provide a physical description of Mr. Epstein? A Yes. MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000037 3501.004-001 Page 14 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055165 EFTA01245182
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Page 15 1 Q Including of his penis? 2 A Yes. 3 Q Was she also able to provide a description of 4 her surroundings in that massage area? 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 perform a search, and several of the items that were 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 concluded, the sexual activity had been concluded. He 20 gets up and leaves for a brief moment of time and comes 21 22 23 24 25 A Yes. Q was that description accurate? A Yes. According to other testimony we have gotten from other victims, yes. Q And a search was performed on Mr. Epstein's house? A Yes. The Palm Beach police department did described were found in the house. Q After Mr. Epstein wiped himself off, what happened? A He told that she was getting the extra hundred dollars because he was allowed to use the vibrator on her and had . The massage had been back with $300 and pays the $300. I believe he told that she could see herself out. Q Before we leave that room, when' was dither being directed to the room or was inside that room where the massage took place, was there anything in particular MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000038 3501.004-001 Page 15 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055166 EFTA01245183
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Page 16 k 1 that she noted seeing? 2 A She noted seeing several naked pictures of girls 3 in the room, a mural or pictures of naked girls either 4 exposing their breasts or completely naked. 5 Q While the massage was going on, did Mr. Epstein 6 talk to 7 A Yes, he did. 8 Q And did he talk about sexual conquests with 9 girls? 10 A Yes, he did. 11 Q Once Mr. Epstein has provided with the 12 $300, what did she do? 13 A She went back downstairs and she, and 14 leave the residence. In the car they ask how 15 much money she has made, and she tells them $300. 16 wants to see the money. She shows the money to and 17 asks what did she do. At that point tells her 18 that he , as well as 19 Q When they left the house, where did they go? 20 A When they left the house, they were on their way 21 to a mall to go shopping with the money that they had 22 received from Mr. Epstein. had told the night 23 before that she needed some shoes and wanted to go to the 24 mall, and she was going to Mr. Epstein's to pick up some 25 money. That was another reason that she had for going to MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000039 3501.004-001 Page 16 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055167 EFTA01245184
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Page 17 1 Mr. Epstein's house that day, and that they were going to 2 go shopping after she got her money, and that could 3 make some money. 4 Q During that ride, did realize that 5 received money from Mr. Epstein? 6 A Yes. At some point knows that 7 received $200, but is unsure that ever gave a 8 massage. So at that particular time did not know why 9 she had gotten the $200, because she didn't think that 10 had had time to give a massage. 11 Q In interview, did she explain what she 12 got the $200 for? 13 A told the Palm Beach police department in 14 her interview that she received her $200 for bringing 15 to the house. 16 Q You mentioned that there were these three 17 different time periods that was interviewed: Shortly 18 after the events, at the time of the state grand jury 19 proceedings, and when you met with her, correct? 20 A Yes. 21 Q And there were some discrepancies between the 22 different interviews. Can you explain some of those to. 23 the grand jury. 24 A Before we go and get 'to that, I want to make 25 sure that -- when we discussed what we.s. told in the MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000040 3501.004-001 Page 17 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055168 EFTA01245185
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Page 18 1 car by , that we learned from interview with 2 the Palm Beach police department. So I don't know if I 3 said that, but I want to make sure you know that we first 4 learned that had been by listening to the 5 interview that was conducted between the Palm Beach police 6 department and , not from When I talk later, I 7 just want to make sure you realize that that had not 8 initially come out in interview, but through the 9 interview with 10 So going back. III sorry, discrepancies? 11 Q Yes. 12 A I met with last night to discuss some of 13 the discrepancies when looking at what she had talked to 14 detective about in March of 2005 and what she had 15 testified to in the grand jury in July of 2006. Reading 16 the testimony and listening to the tapes, or reading the 17 transcript, there were a few discrepancies. 18 One of the first ones we talked about was what 19 had told her about going to Mr. Epstein's house. 20 She tells detective that she was told about the 21 massage, told about getting 5200, but that she was not 22 told that she would have to take her clothes off. She 23 didn't know she would have to perform the massage naked. 24 When I asked her last night that question, she 25 told me that when she got to the house prior to going into MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000041 3501.004-001 Page 18 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055169 EFTA01245186
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Page 19 1 Mr. Epstein's residence, that did tell her that she 2 may be asked to take off her clothes. She also did state 3 that told her she could stay in her bra. 4 So I wanted you to know that there was a discrepancy in what she originally had told detective 6 and what she told me last night. That would be one. 7 The second discrepancy I wanted to touch on with 8 her was going upstairs and taking off her clothing. When 9 she is in that room, she states to detective that 10 11 12 asked her to remove her clothing, and she took off her shirt. Then Mr. Epstein came in the room, shook her hand and told her to take off her clothes. He leaves, he 13 comes back in a towel. He tells her again. 14 detective tells in a stern voice, "Mr. Epstein told me to 16 take off my pants.• Because she hadn't taken off her 16 pants from the first time that she met him. 17 In her testimony with the grand jury with the .18 state, she tells the grand jury that it was who . 19 asked her to remove her clothing. So last night we went 20 over with her who told her to remove what. She had a very 21 hard time recalling exactly. She knew she had gotten down 22 23 24 to her bra and underwear. And then at some point, when we're going through the sexual activity, she actually tells me that her underwear was off when he was her. MM20 GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000042 3501.004-001 Page 19 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055170 EFTA01245187
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1 Page 20 Later in the interview, we tell her about what 2 we have in her testimony to the grand jury and her 3 statements made to detective And she really is 4 having a difficult time trying to remember who told her to take off her clothes and her pants. As we are walking 6 through the sexual activity, she does recall and states. 7 that it was Mr. Epstein who told her to take off her 8 pants. 9 I guess I'll go to the third discrepancy. Is 10 there anything I left off with that? 11 Q Well, does she report that when the assistant 12 leads -- or the blonde lady leads her upstairs, that the 13 blonde lady also said, "Get undressed," but that 14 didn't get fully undressed? 15 A That's what she said in her statement to the 16 detective, when she gives her first statement. She tells 17 us again last night that that's what she recalled. 18 Q That the lady said first, "Get undressed," but 19 she doesn't get fully undressed. And when Jeffrey comes 20 back, he said, "Take your pants off."? 21 A Yes. And again, like I said, when we started 22 interviewing her and asking her about this, she did have a 23 hard time. But when we were walking through the sexual 24 activity, that's when she recalls who told her to take off 25 her pants. MM20 GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000043 3501.004-001 Page 20 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055I71 EFTA01245188
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