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- Volume II October 20, 2009 • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 189 and I receive a call from Alfredo, and he told me not to answer any call from New York. Q Did he tell you why? A He said I'm going to help you and you help me. So I did not know what he means by that. And then I receive a call from one of the secretary, so they said where are you, , and I said the mall. Q Were you in the mall? A Yes. Q All right. Was it your day off? Were you working that day, did you have to pick something up? A I was off. Q Okay. So you said the secretary called you and you told her exactly where you were? A Yes. Q Did oho ack you -- and then what happened next? Let me ask you this question, did she ask you where Mr. Rodriguez was? A She did. Q And what did you say? A I don't know, but i think I mentioned that I receive a call from him. Q Did he want you to cover for him? MR. HILL: Object to the form. THE WITNESS: I did not tell Helen that he • ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 vnvw.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00182536
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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 - Volume II October 20, 2009 190 asked me to cover for him. BY MR. CRITTON: Q Okay. And if I understood your testimony, he, Mr. Rodriguez said if you get a call from New York, simply don't answer it? A Yes. Q Because that way what, no one could ask where you were or anybody else was? A Yes. Q That's what you understood? A That's what I understand. MR. CRITTON: That's all I have. Thank you very much, ma'am. THE WITNESS: You're welcome. REDIRECT ( BY MR. EDWARDS: • I have some follow-up questions. Have you ever met with Mr. Critton before? A Yes. Q When was that? A Yesterday. • And where was that? A In his office. Q And who called that meeting? MR. REINHART: That's privileged. 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beech Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00182537
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• • 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2. 22 23 24 25 - Volume II October 20, 2009 191 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Okay. Was it your idea to meet with Mr. Critton? A No, sir. Q Okay. So when Mr. Critton sat down and said ma'am, I'm Bob Critton and I represent Mr. Epstein, that's something you already knew from yesterday, right? A Yes. Q Okay. So that was just a show for everybody else in this room to make it seem like you had not met before? MR. CRITTON: It was for the record. THE WITNESS: No, sir. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Okay. What did you talk about with Mr. Critton? MR. CRITTON: That's privileged. MR. EDWARDS: You represent Ms. -- MR. CRITTON: She's my employee. BY MR. EDWARDS: • Do you understand this to be yuus attorney, Mr. Critton? MR. CRITTON: Well, I am her attorney. Bruce is her personal lawyer, I'm her attorney vis-a-vis her employment with Mr. Epstein, and that was a • • ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esqulresolutions.com EFTA00182538
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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 - Volume II October 20, 2009 192 privileged communication. MR. MERMELSTEIN: This case has got nothing to do with employment. MR. CRITTON: I don't care. Take it up with the judge. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. MR. MERMELSTEIN: I assume you don't have authority with you here? MR. CRITTON: Pardon? MR. MERMELSTEIN: I assume that means you have no authority as we sit here today? MR. CRITTON: What? Am I supposed to give you authority? Take it up with the judge. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Okay. At this meeting with you and Mr. Critton, was Mr. Reinhart also there? A He is. He was. Q Who else was at the meeting, who else was in the room with you? A Only Mr. Reinhart and Mr. Critton and mc. Q How long did the meeting last? A About an hour. Q Did you ever cry about a picture of the Pope next to a girl in Mr. Epstein's house? A No. Q All right. Now, you testified that ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esoulresolutions.corn EFTA00182539
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- Volume II October 20, 2009 • • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 193 Mr. Rodriguez on one occasion asked you to cover for him? A Not to answer the phone call from New York. Q You don't know why he told you not to answer the phone call from New York? A He mentioned -- he said that one day I'm, like, help you, and the other day... Q You help me? A Yes. • You don't know what that means, though? A No. • And the time where there was some confrontation between, or there was some dispute over Jerome the gardener being at work or not being at work, that's something that Mr. Rodriguez tried to bring you into? A Yes. • And was that with Mr. Epstein or with Ms. Maxwell or Ms. A Ms. -- again? Q Okay. My understanding is that it was Mr. Rodriguez who is saying is a witness to whether or not Jerome was at work that day? A Correct. • And who was he saying that to? • 0 ESQL7I4. Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, F1 33410 www.esquiresdutions.com EFTA00182540
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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 - Volume II October 20, 2009 194 A To Jerome. Q Okay. So he's telling Jerome hey, is a witness to you not being here? A Yes. Q Okay. And you said don't use my name any more? A Because Jerome talked to me and he said, he mention to me what Alfredo told him, so I went to Alfredo and talked to Alfredo. • Okay. And prior to the police coming to the house, there was a massage table inside Mr. Epstein's bedroom, right? A Yes. Q Was that massage table there after the police came to the house? A No. Q Okay. So before when you told us all they took were photographs, do you know whether or not the police also took a massage table? MR. CRITTON: Form. Strike that, withdraw the form. THE WITNESS: I cannot always remember, like... MR. REINHART: Hold on. Do you understand his question? ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquiresolutIons.com EFTA00182541
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- Volume II October 20, 2009 195 • • 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 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Do you know if the police took the massage table? A No. Q You don't know who took the massage table out of the house? A No. Q Okay. We were talking about a time period where you worked one day and then the following day you came in in the afternoon because you had received a call from Ghislaine Maxwell. Do you remember that scenario? A Yes. Q When you received the call from Ghislaine Maxwell, you didn't know at that time that the police had ever been to the house, right? A NO. MR. REINHART: Hold On. She didn't answer the question that you asked. MR. EDWARDS: I thought she had already said no. MR. REINHART: I think the wdy you asked it, it may have been nonresponsive, so why don't you ask it again so it's clear. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Okay. At the time when Ghislaine Maxwell • ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 vAmv.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00182542
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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 - Volume II October 20, 2009 196 called you to tell you you didn't have to come in until the afternoon, at that point in time you didn't know that the police had ever been to the house, right? A No. Q You found out for the first time that the police came to the house when you arrived in the afternoon to show up for work, right? A Correct. Q Okay. That call from Ghislaine Maxwell, your schedule at that time was to show up, at the time when this telephone call is taking place, was to show up at eight in the morning or so, right? A Correct. Q So that call from Ghislaine Maxwell was actually the night before she called you and said don't come in until the next afternoon, right? A 1 think in the same day. Q All right. You told me earlier that she didn't call that early, but she obviously called sometime before you got to work? A Yes. Q All right. What time did she call? A I cannot remember. You know, I have problem with remembering days and what's this. Q I can understand problems with memory. But ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquiresolutIons.com EFTA00182543
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- Volume II October 20, 2009 • • 2 3 4 5 6 197 when you say that you show up at eight o'clock, were you a punctual employee to where you showed up on time? A I am. Q Okay. And around the time when the search warrant took place, where were you living, do you remember? 7 A In townhouse in West Palm Beach. 8 Q How long would it take you to get from that 9 townhouse in West Palm Beach to Mr. Epstein's house? 10 A About thirty minutes. 11 O Thirty minutes? 12 A (Nodding head). 13 Q Sorry. The court reporter can't get the 14 nodding. 15 A That's my estimate, thirty minutes. 16 Q Okay. So what time would you leave your 17 townhouse in the morning to arrive to Mr. Epstein's work 18 by eight o'clock to start your shift? 19 A As I have mentioned, I sometimes work eight or 20 nine. 21 Q Okay. Do you remember that day if you were 22 scheduled to work eight or nine? 23 A I think nine. 24 Q Okay. I had understood your testimony, and we 25 can go back and look at the record some other time, I • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 wenv.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00182544
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- Volume II October 20, 2009 198 understood -- 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A I get confused, because during that time my schedule was like sometimes eight -- I go nine, sometimes I go eight. Q How did you find out around that time whether you were supposed to report at eight or nine? A Because we were told that we don't don't baby the house. So since Mr. Epstein is not there, so 1 report between eight or nine. • Okay. So when you say that you were a punctual employee, that means that if you were supposed to show up at eight you showed up at least by eight o'clock, and if you were supposed to show up at nine, you showed up at least by nine o'clock, right? A Yes. Q All right. Did you have a cell phone at the time? A I do. Q Did Ghislaine Maxwell call you on the cell phone, or did she call you on your house phone? A Cell phone. Q Were you already in the car on the way to Mr. Epstein's house? A I was still in the townhouse. Q And were you already ready for work, ready to ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Faalmlle: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00182545
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- Volume II October 20, 2009 199 • • 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 go to work? A Yes. Q And what did Ms. Maxwell say on the telephone other than you can show up in Lhe afternoon, anything? A That's it. Q All right. And did you ask why? A No. I just thought that maybe she's giving me like half a day off, so I was happy. Q Was Ghislaine Maxwell calling you from New York, or was she in West Palm Beach? A I don't know where she was calling me. Q When you arrived at the house in West Palm Beach, was Ghislaine Maxwell there? A No. MR. REINHART: You mean the house in Palm Beach. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Well, that's the house you went to work to that day, right? MR. REINHART: I just don't want the record to be confused between her house in west Palm beach and Mr. Epstein's house in Palm Beach. MR. EDWARDS: Okay. Understood. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q So does this conversation, you were either • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00182546
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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 - Volume II October 20, 2009 200 supposed to arrive at eight, in which case you would leave your townhouse at 7:30 to arrive at Mr. Epstein's house, right? A If I go there eight. Q And if you go there at nine, then you leave your townhouse by no later than 8:30; is that right? A Yes. Q Okay. So Ghislaine Maxwell is calling you that morning then sometime either just before 7:30 or just before 8:30 in the morning to tell you don't have to show up until the afternoon; is that right? A Yes. Q And as we sit here today, you don't remember whether it was just before 7:30 or just before 8:30? A To be honest, sir, I cannot remember. Q All right. Is it fair to say that it might have been even the night before? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q You're sure that it was that morning? A I think I'm sure it was that morning. Q Okay. You seem to remember specifically getting a telephone call from her and it was early morning before you showed up for work? ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, Fl 33410 www.esquiresolutlons.com EFTA00182547
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- Volume II October 20, 2009 • • 2 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 201 A I cannot remember if it was early, but I got a call. I don't know the time. Q All right. Your schedule, just so that we're on the same page here, you were either supposed to show up at eight or at nine o'clock, and you can't tell us which one, right? A Yes, sir. Because I don't how to explain this. Q And you were not in the car at the time when you received the telephone call from Ghislaine Maxwell, right? A Yes. I was still in the townhouse. Q So we can all presume, it's a very safe presumption at this point that the telephone call from Ghislaine Maxwell was made to you prior to 8:30 in the morning on that particular morning, right? A Yes. Q Okay. Do you punch a clock so that we could figure out what time you were supposed to be at the house? A No. Q Anybody keep a track of time? A No. Q You've been asked a lot of questions about the various females that showed up to the house to give ESQUIRE a•Aleardot OtIlefoisio•I Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 vnvw.esouiresolutIons.com EFTA00182548
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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 - Volume II October 20, 2009 202 massages, and the only reason you ever knew that they were allegedly giving massages is that somebody told you that, right? A Correct. Q These females that showed up didn't show up -- MR. CRITTON: Form. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q -- with massage cards or hand you cards or give you any other indication that they were giving a massage other than somebody else told you that? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: Correct. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Okay. And when these females would show up, they were of very young age; wouldn't you agree with that? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: They may look young, but I did not ask their age. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q You know what a thirty year old looks like or a forty year old or a fifty year old, and that's not this classification of females that we're talking about, is it? MR. CRITTON: Form, argumentative, ESQliIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00182549
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- Volume II October 20, 2009 203 • • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 repetitious. THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q You think that there were thirty year olds that showed up to give massage? A No. Because there are people that look young but, you know, they may be older than what they, how they look. Q And in the period of time from November 2004 through the time that Mr. Epstein went to jail, which is 2008, you testified that he received from these females two to three massages or visits from these females per day every day, right? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I said not every day. I remember that, my answer. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Okay. But almost every day, fair? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Okay. We're talking about -- and two of those females that you remember over this four-year period you remember being repeat visitors and that came more than one time, correct? • 0 Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquire4Olutions.03m EFTA00182550
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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 - Volume II October 20, 2009 204 A Yes. MR. CRITTON: Form. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q The other ones -- MR. CRITTON: Hold on. I want to put one thing on the record. MR. EDWARDS: / don't break you up like this every time. MR. CRITTON: Well, this is the testimony that you covered for almost three hours earlier today, it's the same, it's not recross, it doesn't cover anything that everybody else touched on in their cross. I'm sorry, 1 mean it's not redirect. It's the same material that you covered before. MR. EDWARDS: Mark this point in the deposition, too. MR. CRITTON: Please do. MR. EDWARDS: Thank you. BY MR. EDWARD£: Q The other girls that are coming on nearly an everyday basis as females under the idea that they're going to give Mr. Epstein a massage, besides the two that you've described as repeat masseuses, are different faces every day, right? MR. CRITTON: Form. ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquIresolutions.com EFTA00182551
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- Volume II October 20, 2009 • • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 205 THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q So if you're only seeing them one time, that could be the reason why you can't think back and remember these particular faces of every single one of these female girls, right? MR. CRITTON: Form, leading. THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Okay. So did you ever wonder how it was that so many different young-looking female girls arrived at Mr. Epstein's house, how he got in touch with this many girls? MR. CRITTON: Form. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Did you ever wonder? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: It was strange, but that's his life, so I was there to work, to do my job. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Okay. But while you were duiuy your job, you knew -- look, you didn't witness anything, like Mr. Critton said, what was going on behind closed doors, but you knew that there was sex going on between Mr. Epstein and these young girls? • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00182552
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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 - Volume II October 20, 2009 206 MR. CRITTON: Form, argumentative. THE WITNESS: I did not see, I did not go upstairs and notice. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q I know you didn't see. You're still employed by Mr. Epstein, right? A I am. Q Mr. Epstein has hired you an attorney, obviously? A Yes. Q You want to keep your employment with Mr. Epstein, right? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: If he'll fire me, I -- you know, they told me to tell, to be honest, to tell the truth, my lawyers. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Yeah. You know that I represent three girls, Mr. Mermelstein represents seven girls, Mr. Hill one, and that's just the lawyers that are here. A bunch of these girls are all alleging that Mr. Epstein was upstairs having sex with them and/or sex acts with them, and that these were not massages taking place. You're aware of those allegations now, right? A Now I'm aware. 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00182553
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- Volume II October 20, 2009 • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 207 MR. CRITTON: Form. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q And had you ever heard that during these sex sessions that Mr. Epstein would then offer these young girls money, cash money to be subjected to sex; had you ever heard that? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I heard now. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q And that if they agree to bring their friends who are also of that same age group, that each friend they brought over to his house he would then pay them for recruiting a new friend. Did you know that? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Now it all kind of makes sense how he gets all these young little girls over to his house, right? MR. CRITTON: Form, argumentative. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q And nobody in the house has ever denied any of what I'm saying, have they? MR. CRITTON: Form. She didn't even answer the last question and you're continuing on with your argument. • • ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 vrww.esguiresolutions.com EFTA00182554
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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 - Volume II October 20, 2009 208 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q Has anybody? A I did not hear them talk about it, so I cannot. Q So now that you know what's going on in your boss's house, are you still going to stay employed with him? MR. CRITTON: Form, argumentative, serves no purpose. THE WITNESS: Yes. MR. EDWARDS: Okay. Perfect. I don't have anything else. THE WITNESS: But if he fires me, you know. MR. MERMELSTEIN: Just a couple of questions. RECROSS ( BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: • This meeting that you had with Mr. Critton and Mr. Reinhart yesterday, where did it take place? A In Mr. Critton's office. Q Mr. Critton's office? A Yes, sir. Q And was it Mr. critton's office who called you to advise you of the time and where to go for the meeting? A ESQUIRE Toll Free: 866.709.8777 Facsimile: 561.394.2621 Suite 600 4440 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00182555