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06/18/2019 20 Q. Was that in the West Palm Beach area in Florida? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. You mentioned that she was living with a friend. 4 To be clear, was she living with her parents during that 5 time? 6 A. No. 7 Q. Why not? 8 A. She had a difficult home life. 9 Q. Was she in school at that time? 10 A. She had started high school and dropped out. 11 Q. Did there come a time when learned abou- 12 Jeffrey Epstein? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. How did she learn about Epstein? 15 A. She and were at a party together and another 16 girl their age had approached them, telling them that they 17 could make $200 to massage a rich guy in West Palm Beach. 18 Q. How did she respond when she heard that? 19 A. She agreed to do it. 20 Q. Did she end up going to Epstein's residence in 21 Palm Beach, Florida? 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. About how many times did she go to the residence? 24 A. Approximately 60 times. 25 Q. When she first started going to the house, did she FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000052 EFTA00008548
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06/18/2019 21 ever go there with any of her friends? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. Who did she go there with? 4 A. She went with and other friends 5 throughout the additional times. 6 Q. Was approximately the same age as 7 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Did recall approximately how old she wa 10 when she first went to Epstein's house? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. Did she remember the exact age? 13 A. No. 14 Q. What did she tell you about what she was able to 15 remember about how old she was? 16 A. She said she recalled it was the summer before her 17 9th grade year, but that she could have been 14, 15. She 18 was unsure. 19 Q. In interviews previously, had she mentioned that 20 it's possible she might have been 16? 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. But was her most recent memory that she met him at 23 approximately 14 or 15, but that she wasn't sure? 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. So if was born in 1987, would she have FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GNLGUDNY_WOOD053 EFTA00008549
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06/18/2019 22 been 14 or 15 in about the year 2002? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. All right. During the times that went to 4 Epstein's residence in Palm Beach, did she explain to you 5 what would typically happen when she went to Epstein's 6 house? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. What did she describe to you about, in general, 9 the kinds of things that would happen when she would go to 10 his house? 11 A. So she explained that she would go to the 12 residence, she'd be escorted upstairs. Sometimes it was 13 with a friend. Each girl would massage a side of Epstein, 14 one girl would leave. Things that happen in the room 15 described that Epstein would want his nipples 16 touched, he would masturbate and he would touch her. She 17 said that usually the massages were done when she was only 18 in her underwear. 19 Q. Has she ever described Epstein using a vibrator or 20 a sex toy? 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. What did she describe? 23 A. She said that he used a vibrator on her genital 24 area. 25 Q. During these massages would Epstein ever instruct FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000054 EFTA00008550
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06/18/2019 23 her to use lotions? 2 A. Yes. 3 4• Did she identify what brand of lotions Epstein 4 d? lis 5 A. Bath and Body Works. 6 Q. You explained that when she would go to the house 7 she would either go upstairs or be escorted upstairs. Can 8 you explain for the Grand Jury, when she would arrive at the 9 house was she ever greeted by anyone? 10 A. She was usually greeted by Epstein's assistant, 11 12 Q. And did ever escort her upstairs to the 13 massage room? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Did tell you what she was paid each time 16 that she went to Epstein's house? 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. What did she tell you? 19 A. She was paid $200. 20 Q. How was she paid the $200? 21 A. Hundred dollar bills. 22 Q. Did there come a point in time when Epstein asked 23 to bring other girls to him? 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. Did she agree to do that? FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000055 EFTA00008551
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06/18/2019 24 A. She did. 2 Q. I want to ask you a little bit about 's 3 role in recruiting other girls to bring to Epstein. Can you 4 explain for the Grand Jury, in general, how would she find 5 new girls to bring to Epstein? 6 A. She found them at parties or in the neighborhood 7 she was living at the time with She described it as 8 a trailer park environment that she brought girls from. But 9 some were school, when she was still there, and then jus 10 parties. 11 Q. In general, what kinds of things would she tel 12 the girls about what to expect? 13 A. Initially she told them that they were just going 14 to give a massage and get paid. 15 Q. And did she have a sense, in general, about the 16 ranges of age of girls that she would bring to the house 17 over time? 18 A. Under 18. She did say she brought a couple that 19 were over 18 and he wasn't happy about it. 20 Q. I'm going to ask you a little bit more about that 21 in a second. But just so we're clear, was her sense, in 22 general, that of the girls she brought to the residence over 23 time that most of them she thought were under 18? 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. Approximately how many girls did she estimate that FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000056 EFTA00008552
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06/18/2019 25 she had brought over the years, approximately? 2 A. Dozens. 3 Q. In general, what would happen when she would bring 4 the girl to Epstein? 5 A. She would go with the girl. They'd be escorted 6 upstairs. The first time she went with a girl they would 7 massage him together. Once Epstein flipped over to when he 8 was laying on his back he would tell to leave and 9 the other girl would stay and massage while wen 10 downstairs. 11 Q. Did Epstein ever give feedback on the 12 girls that she had brought? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. Would he ever tell her whether he liked or didn't 15 like a specific girl? 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Would he ever ask her to bring a certain girl back 18 or to not bring another girl back? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Did she notice over time any patterns in the girls 21 that Epstein seemed to like? 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. What did she notice? 24 A. That he liked young, young girls, young petite 25 girls. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000057 EFTA00008553
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06/18/2019 26 Q. And did she notice whether he appeared to have any 2 preferences in the race of the girls that she was bringing? 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. What did she tell you? 5 A. He did not like dark skinned or black girls. 6 Q. Did she recall him using any particular 7 expressions when he would convey his preferences to her? 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. What would he say? 10 A. He told her, you know what I like. 11 Q. What was her understanding of what that meant? 12 A. She understood that to mean that he liked under 13 18. 14 Q. When first went to Epstein's house, did 15 she tell Epstein that she was older than she really was? 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Why did she tell him she was older than she really 18 was? 19 A. One of the girls told her to say that she was 20 older than she was. 21 Q. When she started recruiting girls, did she tel 22 them to say that they were older? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. Did there come a point in time when she stopped 25 giving girls that instruction? FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GNLG.L.SDNYJKOMM58 EFTA00008554
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06/18/2019 2i A. Yes. 2 Q. Why did she stop doing that? 3 A. She said because it didn't matter. He didn't care 4 how old they were as long as they weren't over 18. 5 Q. Why did she think he didn't care about whether the 6 girls were over 18 or not? 7 A. Because she said he had preferred under 18 and 8 that's what he wanted her to bring. 9 Q. Why did she think that that was what he preferred? 10 A. Because that's what he told her, you know what 11 like. And she understood that to mean under 18. 12 Q. Did tell you how much Epstein paid her 13 for recruiting other girls? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. What did she tell you? 16 A. $200. 17 Q. Was that for each new girl or for every time she 18 brought in? 19 A. Every time she brought the girl. 20 Q. And did explain to you how she would 21 schedule these sessions with Epstein? 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. How did that work? 24 A. So she would be contacted by or she 25 would call to schedule appointments. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_0O00O059 EFTA00008555
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06/18/2019 28 Q• What was her understanding of who 2 was? 3 A. She understood her to be his assistant. 4 Q. In general, in sum and substance, what would they 5 discuss on those phone calls? 6 A. She would tell what the girls looked like, 7 she would tell them when they would be available. She'd 8 also tell them when they wouldn't be available, based on 9 their school or after curricular activities -- extra 10 curricular. 11 Q. During these calls how would refer to tne 12 sessions that they were scheduling? 13 A. As work. 14 Q. Can you give us an example of how that would be 15 used in a sentence? 16 A. That she would just say: Are you available to 17 work, or, do you have a girl that's available to work. 18 Q. During these phone calls about scheduling, did 19 Sarah ever say where she was calling from? 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. What did remember about that? 22 A. recalled saying that she was 23 calling from New York and they'd be coming down to West Palm 24 Beach. 25 Q. Okay. Switching gears. Have you become aware FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000060 EFTA00008556
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06/18/2019 29 1 that in a separate investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, a 2 witness said in about 2005 that she'd recruited minor 3 victims for Epstein, but that that she'd also brought some 4 girls who were over 18 and that Epstein told her, quote, 5 "the younger the better." And that she also said, quote, 6 "he likes the girls that are between the ages of 18 and 20"? 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. All right. Switching topics. Have you become 9 aware that in 2005 police officers from the Palm Beach 10 Police Department executed a search warrant at Epstein's 11 house at the El Brillo Way address in Palm Beach? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. And have you reviewed some of the materials that 14 were seized during the search? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. Did they find a massage table and sex toys? 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Did they find any phone messages? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Turning to slide 7. Could you please explain for 21 the Grand Jury what we're looking at here? 22 A. This is a room in his Palm Beach residence. Down 23 here on the close right corner you're going to see message 24 pads. 25 Q. So were those note pads for taking phone messages? FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GNLGUDNYJX000061 EFTA00008557
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06/18/2019 30 A. Yes. 2 Q. And in the message pads was there just one message 3 per page or were there four, laid out two on top and two on 4 the bottom? 5 A. There were four, two on top and two on the bottom. 6 Q. The message pad that we're looking at in this 7 photograph, was that the only set of messages that were 8 recovered from the residence? 9 A. No. 10 Q. All right. So let's talk a little bit about some 11 of the phone messages that were found in the house. Let's 12 turn to slide 8. 13 Could you walk us through what we're looking at 14 here? 15 A. So this message is dated September 30th, 2004. 16 's name is on it and in the message it says: She 17 has a female for Mr. JE. 18 Q. So given the date on this message, if this message 19 had been left by , given her date of birth, 20 would she have been about 16-years old when this message was 21 left? 22 A. Yes. 23 4• Let's turn to slide 9. What are we looking at 24 here? 25 A. This is a message that's dated November 8th, 2004. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000062 EFTA00008558
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06/18/2019 31 1 is on the message and in the message it says: 2 have a female for him. 3 Q. Do you recognize this particular phone number? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Based on your review of law enforcement reports, 6 has previously identified this as her phone 7 number? 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Based on the date on this particular phone message 10 and 's date of birth, would she have been about 11 17 when this message was left? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Let's turn to slide 10. So we've been looking at 14 some of the excerpts of the phone message. Is this a full 15 page of phone messages? 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. And do they all have dates on them? 18 A. No. 19 Q. Which one has a date on it? 20 A. Upper left-hand side. 21 Q. And is that November 11th, 2004? 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. So can you tell when these messages were 24 approximately left? 25 A. Approximately, yes. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GNI_GLSDNYJNION)063 EFTA00008559
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06/18/2019 32 Q. But beyond the fact that one of them is dated, 2 you're not sure? 3 A. Correct. 4 Q. Okay. Can you walk us through what we see here on 5 this message pad? 6 A. So bottom right is listed. On the 7 top right, (ph) is listed, and it states: Wondering 8 if you want her to work tomorrow and what time. 9 Q. So the message on the bottom marked 10 doesn't have a date on it. But if these messages were left 11 in approximately November of 2004, based on I S 12 date of birth, would she have been about 17 when this 13 message was left? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. All right. Turning to slide 11. What do we see 16 here? 17 A. So this message was dated January 13th, 2005. 18 is listed on the message, along with her phone 19 number and it just states: Please call her. 20 Q. Based on your review of law enforcement reports, 21 has previously identified this phone number as 22 being one of her phone numbers during that time period? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. Based on the date on this message and 25 's date of birth, would have been about FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000064 EFTA00008560
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06/18/2019 17-years old when this message was left? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q• Let's turn to slide 12. Can you tell us what 4 we're looking at here? 5 A. This message is dated January 29th, 2005. 6 's name is on this message along with her phone 7 number, and in the message it says: I have a female for 8 him. 9 Q• Based on the date of this message and 10 's date of birth, would she have been about 17 when this 11 message was left? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Let's turn to slide 13. This message is a bit 14 more faint, so if you could just walk the Grand Jury through 15 this message. 16 A. So this message has listed on it along 17 with her phone number. And in the message it says: She has 18 a female friend for you, please call back as soon as 19 possible. 20 Q. Is there a date on this message? 21 A. No. 22 Q. So earlier you were describing that in interviews 23 with she explained that she was living with a 24 friend named at the time she first encountered 25 Epstein, is that right? FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000065 EFTA00008561
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06/18/2019 34 A. Yes. 2 Q. And did she explain whether she ever went to 3 Epstein's house with 4 A. She did. 5 Q. And did you find in your review of the phone 6 messages in Epstein's house, any messages left by a person 7 named 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Let's talk about a few of those messages. If yo.: 10 could turn to slide 14, please. What do we see here? 11 A. This is a message in March of 2005. It lists 12 on it. And in the message: She will be here at four 13 p.m. but she needs talk to you before that. Please call her 14 back. 15 Q. Turing to slide 15. What do we see here? 16 A. This is a message dated September 8th of 2005. 17 is listed on it along with her new phone number, • 18 19 Q. Now, do you know one way or the other whether this 20 specific message was left by 21 A. No. 22 Q. Are you familiar with 's date of 23 birth? 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. And if this message had been left by FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000066 EFTA00008562
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06/18/2019 35 based on the date of the message and 's date oL 2 birth, would she have been about 17? 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. Turning to slide 16. What do we see here? 5 A. This message is dated March 18th of 2005. 6 is listed on it along with a phone number and the message 7 says: Please call her. 8 Q. Again, same as before, do you know one way or the 9 other whether this specific message was left by 10 11 A. No. 12 Q. But based on the date on this message and 13 's date of birth, if it had been left by 14 would she have been about 16 on that date? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. Turning to slide 17. Does this appear to be 17 another message left by someone named 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. What's the text of the message? 20 A. She can be tomorrow here from two p.m. to 21 whenever. 22 Q. What's the date on the message? 23 A. Oh, sorry. 3-18-05. 24 Q. Same as before, do you know one way or the other 25 whether this was left FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000067 EFTA00008563
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06/18/2019 36 A. No. 2 Q. Based on her date of birth and the date of this 3 message, if she had left this message would she have been 4 about 16? 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. And finally, turning to slide 18. This is a bit 7 faint so if you could walk the Grand Jury through it? 8 A. So this message has 's name on it along with 9 the phone number, and in the message it says: Has girl for 10 tonight. 11 Q. Is there a date on this message? 12 A. No. 13 Q. In your review of these phone messages, did you 14 find any other phone messages that appeared to fit this 15 pattern of scheduling with girls? 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Okay. Let's talk about just a few of those. 18 Let's turn to slide 19. What do we see here? 19 A. This message is September of 2005. It has a woman 20 named on it. In the message it says: Cancel 21 she would like to speak to you, I believe, about college. 22 Along with a phone number. 23 Should I schedule anyone else? 24 Q. And so the name , we'll talk about that a 25 little bit in a few minutes. But just for present purposes, FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GNI_GLSDNYJNION)O68 EFTA00008564
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06/18/2019 have you become aware during this investigation that during 2 this time period Jeffrey Epstein had an assistant named 3 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Turning to slide 20. What does this message say? 6 A. This is a message that has (ph) on it, and 7 in the message it says: wants to work if you are in. 8 Q. Turning to slide 21. What does this message say? 9 A. This message has on it and the message 10 states: Is it okay if will come at five. 11 Q. And finally, turning to slide 22. What does thi. 12 message say? 13 A. This message has and (ph) on it. In 14 the message it states: They are available all weekend and 15 maybe too. And signed, (ph). 16 Q. Have you interviewed a person named during 17 this investigation? 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Do you know whether or not that's the same 20 listed on this message? 21 A. No. 22 Q. In a minute I want to ask you about your 23 interviews of . But before I do that I just want to 24 ask you a few more questions about 25 Did there come a point in time, in approximately FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000069 EFTA00008565
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06/18/2019 38 1 2007, when learned that Epstein was being 2 investigated by State authorities for his conduct with 3 minors? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. How did she learn that? 6 A. She had seen it, that there was an investigation 7 into him. And then she had reached out to and 8 told her that if she didn't talk she'd be taken care 9 of. 10 Q. And were those the exact words used or just th• 11 sum and substance of that conversation? 12 A. Sum and substance. 13 Q. And do you remember, as we sit here today, whether 14 she said that she called or whether called 15 her? 16 A. I don't recall the specifics, but there was a 17 telephone communication. 18 Q. And finally, when you met with what was 19 her demeanor like when she discussed her role in recruiting 20 minors for Jeffrey Epstein? 21 A. I'm sorry. Can you say it again? 22 Q. When you would talk with about her role 23 in recruiting minors for Jeffrey Epstein, what was her 24 demeanor like? 25 A. She became very emotional when she talked about FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GM_GLSDNY_00000070 EFTA00008566
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06/18/2019 39 1 that, very upset about her role in bringing other girls to 2 him. 3 Q. Finally I want to talk to you about one last 4 witness that you've interviewed. During the course of this 5 investigation, have you participated in interviews with an 6 individual named 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. For today's purposes I'm just going to refer to 9 her as . Can you tell us, how many times have you 10 interviewed 11 A. Twice. 12 Q. Have you also reviewed reports from previous law 13 enforcement interviews with 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Is your testimony today based on both your review 16 of those reports and also your own interviews with 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Let's turn to slide 23. Are these photographs of 19 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Did she tell you about how old she was when these 22 photographs were taken? 23 A. She said that she was approximately 16 or 17 years 24 old when these photos were taken. 25 Q. What is her date of birth? FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 GNLGUDNYJNI000071 EFTA00008567