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Page 24 1 earlier, back in February, during one of these 2 discussions, about a specific act that was performed. 3 Can I ask about that? We were told back in February 4 that one of the girls when interviewed had alleged 5 rape, and I hadn't heard about that allegation 6 recently. 7 THE WITNESS: That's probably Jane Doe Number 6. 8 We're going to talk about her, that he forcibly put 9 her on the table and her. Yeah, she will 10 be coming up. We're going to do her probably next 11 week. She'll be the first one we'll talk about. 12 13 Q So turning to Jane Doe Number 1, You 14 testified about her earlier before this grand jury, 15 correct? 16 A Yes, I did. 17 Q And she also testified before this grand jury, 18 correct? 19 A Yes. 20 Q Can you remind us of her date of birth? 21 A She was born on 22 Q Could you briefly refresh the grand jury's 23 recollection of how she was recruited? 24 A She was approached on a beach by and 25 They approached her on a beach EFTA00085471
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1 2 3 4 Page 25 and asked her if she wanted to perform massages for Mr. Epstein and make some money. Q From the review of the phone records that you have received, were you able to identify a telephone 5 number associated with 6 A Yes. 7 Q In fact, has been interviewed? 8 A Yes, he has. 9 Q And has he admitted to being a recruiter for Mr. 10 Epstein? 11 A Yes, recruiter and driver. 12 Q If you could take a look at Overt Act Number 2, 13 which appears on page five. That states, "On or about 14 March 12, 2004, defendants Jeffrey Epstein and 15 caused Jane Doe Number 1 to travel to 358 Brillo Way of 16 Palm Beach, Florida.• 17 Can you tell us what evidence you have regarding 18 that? 19 A We have reviewed phone records for and 20 Sara that indicate the calls took place, as well as phone 21 records for and and calls that took 22 place on or about those dates. We've also looked at a 23 flight manifest, and were able to show that Mr. Epstein 24 arrived the day before, on the 11th. We also have 25 statement where she describes the sexual activity that EFTA00085472
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1 2 3 4 took place. Q On that date, March 12 of 2004, going to Mr. Epstein's house and performing massage? Page 26 described a sexual 5 A Yes, on or about that day. 6 0 On or about that date, what did state 7 about being paid? 8 A She was paid S200. 9 And that relates to Overt Act Number 3? 10 A Yes. 11 12 Q And she stated that Mr. Epstein is the person who gave her that? 13 A She told us that in her statement. 14 Q If you could take a look at Overt Act Number 95, 15 which is on page 17. On or about February 6, 2005, 16 Epstein had Jane Doe Number 1 to make one or more 17 telephone calls to Jane Doe Number 2. 18 First of all, who is Jane Doe Number 2? 19 A That would be ., our youngest victim. 20 21 0 Can you tell us what evidence you have related to that overt act? 22 A We have the girl's statements that calls were 23 made. we also reviewed the phone records that indicated 24 25 that there was belonging to telephonic contact between the numbers EFTA00085473
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Page 27 Q And in the statement of both girls, did they describe that is the person who called looking for someone to come and work at Mr. Epstein's house? 6 0 Looking at Overt Act Number 96. On or about February 6, 2005, Epstein caused Jane Doe Number 1 to 8 transport Jane Doe Number 2 to 358 El Brillo way. 9 What is the evidence related to that? 10 A Again, the statements of support 11 that as further evidence, and also reviewing the phone 12 records they indicate that there was telephonic contact 13 between and 14 Q Overt Act Number 97, on or about February 6, 15 2005, Epstein made a payment of $300 to Jane Doe Number 2 16 and a payment of $200 to Jane Doe Number 1. 17 What was the evidence of that? 18 A Both stated in their statements 19 that =was paid $300, and was paid $200 for 20 bringin 21 Q Did explain why she was paid $300? 22 A Yes, she was paid $300 because she performed her 23 massage. Mr. Epstein digitally penetrated and used a 24 massager on 25 Q After this date, after February 6, 2005, was EFTA00085474
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Page 28 1 $300 found in-'s purse when it was searched at her 2 school? 3 A Yes, it was, by a school administrator. 4 Q If you could look at Overt Act Number 117, which 5 is on page 19, and that states that on or about March 30, 6 2005, caused one or more calls to be made to a 7 telephone used by Jane Doe Number 1. 8 What evidence do you have related to that? A We reviewed the phone records of and 10 that indicate this. 11 Q And Overt Act 120, on or about March 31, 12 caused one or more calls to be made to a telephone used by 13 Jane Doe Number 1. 14 A Again, we reviewed the phone records that 15 indicated there was telephonic contact between the numbers 16 belonging to 17 Q Then we have Overt Act Number 122, which is also 18 March 31, that Epstein and caused Jane Doe Number 1 19 to make a call to a telephone used by Jane Doe Number 2. 20 What evidence do you have related to that? 21 A We have phone records that we have reviewed 22 belonging to . In this case, we also have a 23 voice mail that was provided to us by the Palm Beach 24 Police Department, a voice mail o' leaving a voice 25 mail message on phone. EFTA00085475
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Page 29 1 Q And Overt Act Number 123 refers to April 1st. 2 What evidence do you have related to that? 3 A We have reviewed the phone records of and 4 that indicate telephonic contact was made on this 5 day. We also again have another recorded voice mail by 6 left on phone. 7 Q These later calls, the March-April calls, are 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 those the controlled calls that the Palm Beach Police Department was involved in? A There was controlled calls placed to cell phone and to place of work bye under the supervision of the Palm Beach Police Department. Q And the voice mail message that you referred to calling what information was in that voice mail message? A that she house on 10:30 or as asking for leaving to get back in touch, had set up an appointment for at Epstein's the following day, on that Saturday at around 11:00. Q In addition to the phone records, was there anything that the Palm Beach Police Department found that also confirmed that this appointment actually was made. A As i mentioned earlier, the Palm Beach Police Department was doing trash pulls on Mr. Epstein's residence. In there, there were two messages or notes in EFTA00085476
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Page 30 1 there on Epstein's personalized stationary. On it it 2 said, "IIIIIIkith on Saturday at 10:30, and on 3 Saturday wit t 10:30." That's the exact message on 4 the two notes that were found in his trash when they 5 retrieved it on April 8. 6 If I could direct your attention to Count Number 7 Five, which appears on page 26. That is the charge of 8 enticement of a minor, referring to Jane Doe Number 1, and 9 Mr. Epstein and Missi are charged. 10 I know that you talked about the telephone 11 traffic. The calls between and did 12 13 they fall within period? that march 7 through March 11 time 14 A A review of their telephone records do indicate 15 that there were phone calls made during that time. 16 Q And Jane Doe Number 1 actually went to Mr. 17 Epstein's home? 18 19 A Yes, and performed a massage for him in the nude. 20 And she was paid for that? 21 A Yes, she was paid 5200. 22 Q And he masturbated in front of her, correct? 23 A Yes, he did. I would like to include that Sara 24 Kellin took upstairs for that massage, and she also 25 set up the massage table and arranged the oil and lotions EFTA00085477
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1 2 3 4 for at that massage. just so it's clear, how old 17. Page 31 to do Q And also, that time? A She was was 5 Are there any questions about 6 either how that evidence was presented or about the 7 charges related to Jane Doe Number 1? Seeing no questions, we'll turn to Jane Doe Number 2. 9 sYl 10 0 You previously mentioned that that was 11 A Yes. 12 Q Let's turn to Count Number Six, which is on page 13 26, which is the enticement of If you could tell 14 the grand jury about the evidence related to that. 15 A date of birth is 16 Q So during this period of February 5, 2005 to the 17 6th, how old was she? 18 A She was 14. 19 Q Can you remind the grand jury about the evidence 20 related to the enticement of 21 A As we stated earlier, we talked about the 22 telephone calls. We have shown that the facility of 23 interstate commerce was used by the telephone calls made 24 by their cell phones. We examined specifically 25 Those calls were made to EFTA00085478
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Page 32 1 set up and arrange appointments for Mr. Epstein to have 2 his massages. 3 Pertaining to , during the massage that 4 occurred on those dates, February 6, in particular, I 5 think I have discussed with you before what occurred on 6 that, that he fingered -- and that was his term for 7 it -- and that he used a massager on her. 8 He did masturbate during that massage, and she 9 believed he ejaculated because he wiped off his penis with 10 a towel. She was paid $300, and we know that she was 14 11 at the time. 12 Q If we could turn to Count Number 43, which 13 appears on page 31. Count 43 is one of the travel counts. 14 If you could tell the grand jury, did a trip occur on 15 March 31, 2005? 16 A Yes, we have flight records that indicate a 17 flight occurred on that date. 18 Q What type of plane was used? 19 A I'm going to refer to the J.E.G.E., Incorporated 20 aircraft as just the Boeing 727. If we talk about the 21 Hyperion Air, Incorporated aircraft, which is the Gulf 22 Stream, I will just say the Gulf Stream. So on that date 23 he did travel on his Boeing 727, on 3-31. 24 Q And Mr. Epstein was aboard the plane on that 25 day? EFTA00085479
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Page 33 1 A Yes, he was. 2 Q with respect to the March 31st trip, was there 3 evidence of him setting up the appointment with prior 4 to that trip? 5 A We do have telephonic contact between and 6 as well as on the day before 7 and the day of travel. 8 Q And even though that appointment was never kept, 9 that never went to that appointment, you have the 10 notes that were retrieved from the garbage that showed 11 that Mr. Epstein was expecting IIIIII[o show up for that 12 appointment? 13 A Yes. 14 Q Anything else with respect to that particular 15 count? 16 A We also have the controlled calls and the voice 17 mails. 18 Q Turning to Count Number 60, which appears on 19 page 34, that is the attempted enticement of 20 during the period of March 30 to April 1. 21 Again, at that point, was how old? 22 A She was 14. 23 Q And we had talked about the telephone calls that 24 were used. One of the things that is relevant to this 25 particular count was that in addition to the fact that EFTA00085480
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Page 34 1 was 14, did you interview a girl who went with 2 when she went to Mr. Epstein's house back in 3 February? 4 A Yes, we did, that would be 5 Q And ! was interviewed? 6 A Yes, she was interviewed by the Palm Beach 7 Police Department. 8 Q What did say about appearance? 9 10 A came. That she was the youngest looking girl that 11 Q When you talked with did talk about 12 girls that Mr. Epstein liked in particular? 13 A Yes. 14 Q And was 3. one of those girls? 15 A Yes, she was one of his preferences. lso 16 17 told us younger, that Mr. Epstein said to her on one occasion, •The the better.• 18 Q And there was never any attempt to get 19 I.D. or to confirm her actual age? 20 A No. 21 Q As we discussed before, ever actually went 22 to that point, right, so that is just an attempt? 23 A Yes. 24 Are there any questions from the 25 grand jury? Seeing no questions, we'll see you next EFTA00085481
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Page 35 1 week. Thank you. 2 (Witness excused.) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER 10 I CERTIFY pages 1 to 35 is a true transcript of 11 my shorthand notes of the testimony of 12 before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm 13 Beach, Florida, on the 8th day of May, 2007. 14 Dated at West Palm Beach, Florida this 23rd day 15 of May, 2007. 16 17 18 19 20 Court Reporter 21 22 23 24 25 ONaleffICRIERININ EFTA00085482
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Page 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA IN RE: OPERATION LEAP YEAR Federal Grand Jury, 07-103 West Palm Beach, Florida May 8, 2007 APPEARANCES: ESQUIRE Assistant United States Attorney Foreperson TESTIMONY OF EFTA00085483
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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 Page 2 was taken before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach Division, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, State of Florida, on the 8th day of may, 2007. Court Reporter, was authorized to and did report the sworn testimony. EFTA00085484
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1 2 3 4 (The witness having been duly was examined entered the grand jury Page 3 room.) foreperson, as follows: sworn by the grand jury and testified on his oath 5 EXAMINATION 6 BY 7 Q Special state and Agent could you 8 spell your name for the record. 9 A 10 Q By whom are you employed? 11 A I'm employed by the FBI. 12 Q What is your position with the FBI? 13 A I'm a special agent, and have been so for four 14 years. 15 Q Are you one of the agents assigned to the 16 investigation known as Operation Leap Year? 17 A Yes, I am. 18 Q Were subpoenas caused to be issued on behalf of 19 this grand jury in connection with that investigation? 20 A Yes. 21 Q And have documents been received in response to 22 those? 23 A Yes. 24 Q What additional subpoenas have been issued, and 25 what have you received in response? EFTA00085485
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Page 4 1 A Additional subpoenas that have been issued 2 include OLY-28 to Colonial Bank, along with OLY-29, which 3 was issued to Palm Beach National Bank & Trust Company. 4 That was served on March 5, 2007. It should be known that 5 Palm Beach National Bank & Trust Company is now operated 6 by Colonial Bank, which we learned in the issuance 7 process. We did receive documents back from Colonial 8 Bank, which covered both subpoenas, on April 25, 2007. 9 Q And those sought information relating to bank 10 accounts belonging to Mr. Epstein? 11 A That is correct. 12 Q What else? 13 A Also served OLY-30 to Western Union Financial 14 Services seeking documents and records related to Jeffrey 15 Epstein. It was served on February 26, 2007, and we 16 received items back from Western Union on two separate 17 dates, and two packages, the first on April 9, 2007, and 18 the second on April 11, 2007. 19 Q And those sought records of wire transfers from 20 Mr. Epstein to girls whom have been identified for this 21 investigation? 22 A Yes. 23 Q What else? 24 A We also served OLY-31 to Western Union Financial 25 Services. It was served on February 26, 2007, and they EFTA00085486
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Page 5 1 returned information which we received on May 3, 2007. 2 Q The same type of information? 3 A Yes, the same type of information, seeking wire 4 transfer information from Jeffrey Epstein to victims. 5 We also served OLY-32 to J.P. Morgan Chase Bank. 6 After serving that one on February 26, 2007, they informed 7 us by letter that they are known as Chase, not J.P. Morgan 8 Chase. So we had to reissue another subpoena, which was 9 taken care of on March 22, '07. 10 we also issued OLY-40 on Chase Bank as well on 11 12 April 4, 2007. We received records on April 13, 2007 and April 19, 2007 to cover all three subpoenas that were 13 served. 14 Q And those sought information related to bank 15 accounts and credit cards related to the defendants? 16 A Yes. Additionally, we served OLY-33 on Dr. 17 Thomas Rofranno (phonetic), who's a chiropractic doctor. 18 We were seeking records related to Jeffrey Epstein as a 19 patient. The subpoena was served on March 6, 2007, and 20 Thomas Rofranno provided materials on March 16, 2007. 21 Also we have OLY-36, which was served on the 22 Palm Beach County Health Department. It was served on 23 March 5, 2007, seeking birth certificates of our victims 24 that we were researching. We received the records from 25 the Palm Beach County Health Department on April 16, 2007. EFTA00085487
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1 2 3 Page 6 We also served two subpoenas on the Adult Video Warehouse. The first one was OLY-41, which was served -- both of these were served on April 24, 2007, and they were 4 seeking any transactions that had occurred on behalf of 5 Mr. Epstein or those individuals that were working for him 6 or with him. We received items back on the OLY-41 7 subpoena on April 30, 2007. 8 The second subpoena served on Adult Video 9 Warehouse was OLY-34. Again, it was served on April 24, 10 2007, and the Adult Video Warehouse complied and provided 11 us materials on April 30, 2007. 12 That concludes all of the items that we have 13 14 received to date for the outstanding subpoenas that were issued. 15 Q Are the documents that you refer to in that box 16 that's on the desk? 17 A Yes, they are. 18 : Does anyone want to review those 19 documents? At this time, no one is requesting that 20 they want to review the documents today. 21 Would you please swear in the witness to 22 maintain those documents. 23 (Witness sworn in as custodian of the 24 records.) 25 (Witness excused.) EFTA00085488
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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 1 Page 7 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER I CERTIFY pages 1 to 6 is a true transcript of my shorthand notes of the testimony of before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach, Florida, on the 8th day of May, 2007. Dated at West Palm Beach, Florida this 28th day of May, 2007. Court Reporter EFTA00085489
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1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA WEST PALM BEACH 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN RE: OPERATION LEAP YEAR 9 10 11 12 / Grand Jury #07-103 (TUES-WPB) West Palm Beach, Florida 13 Tuesday, May 15, 2007 14 15 TESTIMONY 16 OF 17 18 19 20 21 APPEARANCE: 22 ASSISTANT U. S. ATTORNEY 23 FOREPERSON P 24 25 OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE EFTA00085490