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18 I've answered most of your other questions here today -- 19 MR. PIKE: Excuse me for a minute, 20 Mr. Epstein. 21 Obviously, your line of questioning is 22 personal not does -- does Mr. Epstein -- does 23 Mr. Epstein know who President Clinton is by virtue 24 of him being the President of the United States. 25 You mean, does he personally know him, correct? 0112 1 MR. KUVIN: Absolutely. Thank you for the 2 clarification, and I'll clarify. Next time I can 3 rephrase, do you know them personally. I don't 4 want to have go back to every question. Do we have 5 the understanding that my questions before -- 6 MR. PIKE: Yes. MR. KUVIN: -- dealt with whether or not Mr. Epstein knew these gentleman, I was asking, personally? MR. PIKE: Yes. I want the record to be clear. I don't want you to later say that how could Mr. Epstein not know who President Clinton is by virtue of him being the President of the United States at some point in time, and vice versa with Kevin Spacey and whoever else you -- so, yes, we have that agreement on a personal basis. MR. KUVIN: Okay, perfectly fine. MR. KUVIN: Q. Do you know Actor Kevin Spacey personally? A. I'm going to answer that question the same way I've answered most of your other questions here today, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, I cannot provide questions to any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept this advice or risk losing 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 BY 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0113 1 my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 2 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights 3 as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the 4 US Constitution. 5 Another yawn? That's pretty good. Try to -- 6 Q. That was just a breath, actually, a deep 7 breath, that's all. Thank you for paying attention. 8 Do you know Actor Chris Tucker personally? 9 A. I'm going to answer that question the same way 10 I've answered most of your other questions here today, 11 which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions 12 regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my 13 attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to 14 any questions that may be relevant to this lawsuit. I 15 must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment 16 right to effective representation. Accordingly, I 17 assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by 18 the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. 19 Q. Do you own -- do you own a Boeing 727? 20 MR. PIKE: I'm sorry, Spencer, I didn't hear 21 you. Can you repeat the question? 22 MR. KUVIN: Sure. 23 BY MR. KUVIN: 24 Q. Do you own a Boeing 727? 25 MR. PIKE: Form objection, relevance. 0114 1 THE WITNESS: I'm going to -- 2 MR. KUVIN: Hang on. EFTA01158562
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3 THE WITNESS: Excuse me. 4 MR. KUVIN: I'm sorry, what's the form 5 objection? 6 MR. PIKE: It's a form objection and relevance 7 followed thereafter. 8 MR. KUVIN: I just wanted to correct the form 9 if there was something wrong with the form. Is 10 there anything particular with the form I need to 11 correct? 12 MR. PIKE: Form, relevance. 13 BY MR. KUVIN: 14 Q. Do you own a Boeing 727? 15 A. I'm going to answer that -- 16 (Interruption in the proceedings.) 17 UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Carl, is here for, 18 Mr. Kuvin. 19 MR. KUVIN: Who? 20 UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: He said he was expecting 21 him. 22 MR. KUVIN: Please let him know we're going to 23 be taking a break at 12:00, and if he could wait. 24 Thank you. 25 BY MR. KUVIN: 0115 1 Q. I apologize for the interruption. 2 A. No problem. 3 I'm going to answer that question the same way 4 I've answered most of your other questions here today, 5 which is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant 6 questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the 7 present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot 8 provide answers to any questions relevant to this 9 lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 10 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 11 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights 12 as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the 13 US Constitution. 14 Q. Have you ever referred to your Boeing 727 15 plane as "Air Fuck One"? 16 MR. PIKE: Form, argumentative, harassing. 17 THE WITNESS: I'll have to answer that the 18 same way I've answered most of your other questions 19 here today, which is, I intend to respond to all 20 relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, 21 at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me 22 I cannot provide answers to any questions that may 23 be relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their 24 advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to 25 effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my 0116 1 federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 2 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. 3 BY MR. KUVIN: 4 Q. Have you ever taken any underaged girls, girls 5 under the age of 18, on your Boeing 727? 6 A. I'm going to answer that question the same way 7 I've answered most of your other questions here today, 8 Mr. Kuvin, which is, I intend to fully respond to all 9 relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at 10 this time, I cannot provide any answers to questions 11 relevant to this lawsuit as my attorneys have counseled 12 me. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th 13 Amendment right to effective representation. EFTA01158563
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14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0117 1 questions that may be relevant to the lawsuit. I 2 must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th 3 Amendment right to effective representation. 4 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional 5 rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th 6 Amendment to the US Constitution. 7 BY MR. KUVIN: 8 Q. Did you trade information with the Federal 9 authorities in order to get a lighter sentence with 10 respect to the charges brought against you in Palm Beach 11 County by the US Attorney's Office? 12 A. I'm going to answer that question the same way 13 I've answered most of your other questions here today, 14 which is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant 15 questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the 16 present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot 17 provide answers to any questions relevant to this 18 lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 19 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 20 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights 21 as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the 22 US Constitution. 23 Q. Do you know, personally, Martin Nowak? 24 A. I'm going to answer that question the same way 25 I've answered most of your other questions here today, 0118 1 which is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant 2 questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the 3 present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot 4 provide answers to any questions that may be relevant to 5 this lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing 6 my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 7 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights 8 as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the 9 US Constitution. 10 Q. Isn't it true that you funded Mr. Nowak's 11 research at the Institute For Advanced Study in 12 Princeton? 13 A. I'm going to answer that question the same way 14 I've answered most of your other questions here today, 15 Mr. Kuvin, which is, I fully intend to respond to all 16 relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at 17 the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I 18 cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to this 19 lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 20 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 21 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights 22 as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment of the 23 US Constitution. 24 MR. PIKE: Can we go off the record for a Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. Q. Are you a confidential informant for the prosecution of Bear Stearns? MR. PIKE: Form, relevance. THE WITNESS: I'm going to answer that question the same way I've answered most of your questions here today, which is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any EFTA01158564
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25 second? 0119 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 0120 1 can mess with you pretty good, so I'd prefer to 2 keep going. 3 MR. KUVIN: Fine with me. 4 MR. PIKE: May we go off the record? 5 MR. KUVIN: Sure. 6 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We'll go off the record at 7 11:56. 8 (A brief recess was taken.) 9 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We're back on the record at 10 12:12. 11 BY MR. KUVIN: 12 Q. Sir, isn't it true that you pledged 13 $30 million to Harvard University in 2003? 14 A. I'm going to answer that question the same way 15 I've answered most of your other questions here today, 16 which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions 17 regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my 18 attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to 19 any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept 20 their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to 21 effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my 22 federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 23 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. 24 Q. Isn't it true that that $30 million pledge to 25 Harvard was shortly before you were arrested with 0121 1 respect to the charges brought against you in Palm Beach 2 for having sex with underaged girls and soliciting 3 underaged girls for prostitution? 4 (Interruption in the proceedings.) 5 MR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you. 6 Hey Kathy, it's Jack Goldberger. You're back 7 on. 8 MS. EZELL: Okay, good. Thanks, Jack. 9 MR. GOLDBERGER: Okay. MR. KUVIN: Sure. THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Off the record at 11:55 a.m. MR. GOLDBERGER: Here's my issue. Actually, we probably should be on the record on this one. MR. KUVIN: Are we going on? MR. GOLDBERGER: Yeah, let's go on. MR. KUVIN: Sure. THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Back on the record at 11:55. MR. GOLDBERGER: We were just off the record and talked about taking a break, and I hate to inject personal problems into a scheduling, but I am suffering from some -- actually some nerve neurological problem. I'm on a fairly heavy steroid right now and it's causing me some issues. I didn't want to try and reset this deposition because I know, Mr. Kuvin, you wanted to take the deposition, but given the medications I'm on, I'd just assume keep going unless that's a huge problem for you. MR. KUVIN: Not a problem for me at all. Do you want to go straight through lunch? MR. GOLDBERGER: I think so. I mean, if you've ever taken steroids before, they can -- they EFTA01158565
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10 MS. EZELL: I'm putting the mute on. 11 MR. GOLDBERGER: Okay. 12 THE WITNESS: Can you read me the question? 13 MR. KUVIN: Sure. Could you read it back, 14 please? 15 (A portion of the record was read by the 16 reporter.) 17 THE WITNESS: No. 18 BY MR. KUVIN: 19 Q. Isn't it true that you pledged $30 million to 20 Harvard University in 2003, which is shortly before 21 charges were brought against you in Palm Beach? 22 A. I'll answer that question the same way I've 23 answered most of your other questions here today, which 24 is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant questions 25 regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my 0122 1 attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to 2 any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept 3 this advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to 4 effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my 5 federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. 7 Q. And isn't it true also that you have retained 8 Alan Dershowitz to defend you in the criminal charges 9 that were brought against you in Palm Beach? 10 MR. GOLDBERGER: Attorney-client. 11 MR. PIKE: Attorney-client, work product. 12 BY MR. KUVIN: 13 Q. Isn't it also true that Alan Dershowitz works 14 on staff at Harvard University as a professor? I mean, 15 if you know. 16 A. I'm going to answer that question like I've 17 answered most of your other questions here today, which 18 is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant questions 19 regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my 20 attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to 21 any questions that may be relevant to this lawsuit. I 22 must accept this advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment 23 right to effective representation. Accordingly, I 24 assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by 25 the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. 0123 1 Q. Isn't it true that you own a 50,000 square 2 foot home in Manhattan that was formerly owned by Lex 3 Wexner? 4 A. I'm going to answer that question as I've 5 answered most of your other questions here today, 6 Mr. Kuvin, which is, I fully intend to respond to all 7 relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at 8 the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I 9 cannot provide answers to any questions that may be 10 relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept this advice or 11 risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective 12 representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal 13 constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. 15 Q. Isn't it true that one of your only clients is 16 a financial advisor with Lex Wexner? 17 A. I'm going to respond to that question the same 18 way I've responded to most of your other questions here 19 today, which is, I fully intend to respond to all 20 relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at EFTA01158566
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21 22 23 24 25 0124 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 0125 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 0126 1 2 3 4 5 the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. Q. Isn't it true that Lex Wexner has since fired you after charges were brought against you in Palm Beach County for soliciting underaged girls for sex? A. I'm going to respond to that question the same way I've responded to most of your other questions here today, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Q. Are you a homosexual? A. No. Q. Have you had homosexual relationships with Mr. Wexner? A. I'm going to answer that question the way I've answered all your other questions here today, basically, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept this advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. Q. Have you ever touched Mr. Wexner's penis? MR. PIKE: Objection, harassing, irrelevant, argumentative. MR. GOLDBERGER: Object. THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. KUVIN: Q. Have you ever had anal sex with Mr. Wexner? A. No. Q. Have you ever threatened Mr. Wexner that you would disclose private information about him if he testified against you in the civil proceedings which have been brought against you here in Palm Beach County? MR. GOLDBERGER: Can you -- I'm sorry, can you repeat the question? MR. KUVIN: Sure. Go ahead and repeat it back, please. (A portion of the record was read by the reporter.) THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. KUVIN: Q. Did Mr. Wexner replace you with Dennis Hersch? A. I'm going to answer that question like I've answered most of your other questions here today, which is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my EFTA01158567
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0127 1 US 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0128 1 earlier this morning, in that regard, I'm not quite 2 sure what -- what you're asking, Mr. Kuvin. 3 MR. KUVIN: Well, I just want to make sure 4 that when Jeana types up the transcript, that it's 5 done the same exact way that they've all been done, 6 which is, that the girls would be utilized by 7 initial that will have the same -- 8 MR. PIKE: Pseudonym. 9 MR. KUVIN: -- pseudonym -- that will have the 10 same attachment to the deposition as we always 11 have, which is confidential. 12 MR. PIKE: That's fine. 13 MR. KUVIN: If you chose to obviously 14 challenge the confidentiality and want to disclose 15 my client's name for some reason, then we'll 16 address that with the Court at some later time. attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. Q. Would you agree that Mr. Wexner was your only client when you were a financial advisor? A. I'm going to answer that question like I've answered most of your other questions here today, Spencer -- Mr. Kuvin -- Q. Thank you. A. -- which is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any questions relative to this lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the Constitution. MR. KUVIN: All right. With the understanding that -- see, now he's yawning. You don't pick on him when he yawns. With the -- MR. PIKE: Move to strike. MR. KUVIN: With the understanding that I understand you all object and you've moved to disclose the identity of III., who's been identified in this case, obviously the same proceedings would go with respect to this deposition that have gone with every other deposition regarding the identity of the unknown §§§. So I'm going to ask questions, obviously, utilizing full names and using the same procedure we've used in all other depositions in this case. MR. PIKE: I don't think that there's been an agreement in that regard. I think that there's been a motion to seal that had been subsequently filed by, I believe it was, Brad Edwards' office after a particular depo occurred. So if you want to address it by -- by that, then that would be fine. If there was an order entered that that deposition shall not be disclosed to the media EFTA01158568
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17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0129 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0130 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 0131 1 MR. MR. MR. MR. ruling. All BY MR. KUVIN: Q. I'm Exhibit 5. PIKE: That's fine. KUVIN: Okay. Good enough. All right. PIKE: Pending the Court's ruling on that. KUVIN: Obviously pending the Court's right. You got your camera? Good to go? going to show you what we'll mark as (Plaintiff's Exhibit No. 5 was marked for identification.) MR. KUVIN: Okay? BY MR. KUVIN: Q. Do you recognize this young girl? A. I'm going to answer that question the same way I've answered most of your other questions, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have questioned -- excuse me, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept this advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Q. I'll show you what we're marking as Exhibit 6. Okay? (Plaintiff's Exhibit No. 6 was marked for identification.) BY MR. KUVIN: Q. Do you recognize this young girl that I've marked as Exhibit 6? A. I'm going to respond to that the same way I've responded to most of your other questions here today, which is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any questions that may be relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept this advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. Q. I'm going to show you what I've marked as Exhibit 7, and I've blacked out the name -- or the face of a girl that is shown in this photograph before I mark it to the deposition. I'm going to draw an arrow with a star to the girl that I'd like you to identify. MR. PIKE: First, I'm going to object to the use of this exhibit. It's -- it's not an original any longer, and it was not provided to me prior to your marking out the face of the other individual in this photograph; therefore, I don't -- I object to it and would like to know the basis for which you've marked out this individual's face. MR. KUVIN: To protect her privacy. MR. PIKE: Third party privacy right? MR. KUVIN: She has a right to privacy. I certainly don't want to breach any potential right to privacy she may have because I haven't asked her EFTA01158569
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2 whether or not it's okay to show her photograph, 3 which is why I blacked her out. 4 MR. PIKE: Okay. But having said that, 5 that -- that theory and objection is duly noted. 6 I'll go ahead and allow the witness to be 7 questioned on Exhibit 7. 8 (Plaintiff's Exhibit No. 7 was marked for 9 identification.) 10 BY MR. KUVIN: 11 Q. I'd like you to take a look -- 12 MR. KUVIN: I'm sorry, let me show this to the 13 camera, first. 14 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Okay. 15 BY MR. KUVIN: 16 Q. Okay. Do you recognize the girl on the left 17 in Photograph Exhibit 7? 18 A. I'm going to respond to that question the same 19 way I've responded to most of your other questions here 20 today, Mr. Kuvin, which is, I intend to respond to all 21 relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at 22 the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I 23 cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to this 24 lawsuit. I must accept this advice or risk losing my 25 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 0132 1 Q. Excuse me. 2 A. Accordingly, I assert my federal 3 constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 4 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. 5 (Photograph shown to the camera.) 6 (Plaintiff's Exhibit No. 8 was marked for 7 identification.) 8 BY MR. KUVIN: 9 Q. Okay. Do you recognize the girl shown in 10 Exhibit 8? 11 A. I'm going to answer that question the same way 12 I've answered most of the other questions here today, 13 which is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant 14 questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the 15 present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot 16 provide answers to any questions relevant to this 17 lawsuit. I must accept this advice or risk losing my 18 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 19 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights 20 as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment of the 21 United States Constitution. 22 Can we take a break for a second? 23 Q. Sure. 24 MR. PIKE: Sure. 25 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Going off the record at 0133 1 12:27. 2 (A brief recess was taken.) 3 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Back on the record at 4 12:29. 5 BY MR. KUVIN: 6 Q. Sir, do you agree that in 2005, you had 7 come to your house, get naked and give you a massage 8 while you had nothing on but a washcloth over your 9 genitals? 10 MR. PIKE: Objection form, argumentative. 11 THE WITNESS: Is that III.; is that who you 12 said? Can you spell that for me? EFTA01158570
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13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0134 1 this massage, you were masturbating? 2 A. "She" being III.? I'm sorry. She -- what was 3 the question? 4 Q. Yes, all these questions refer to the same 5 child, III. You can make that assumption for all my 6 questions. 7 A. Okay. 8 MR. PIKE: Objection to form, argumentative, 9 move to strike. 10 BY MR. KUVIN: 11 Q. Do you agree that while she was giving you 12 this massage, you were masturbating? 13 MR. PIKE: Form, argumentative, harassing. 14 THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond to that 15 question the same way I've responded to most of 16 your other questions here today, which is, I intend 17 to respond to all relevant questions regarding this 18 lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys 19 have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any 20 questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept 21 their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right 22 to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert 23 my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by 24 the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US 25 Constitution. 0135 1 BY MR. KUVIN: 2 Q. Do you agree that while she was giving you 3 this naked massage, she told you she was 16? 4 MR. PIKE: Form, argumentative, harassing, 5 assumes facts not in evidence. 6 THE WITNESS: I'm going to have to respond to 7 that question the same way I've responded to most 8 of your other questions here today, which is, I 9 intend to respond to all relevant questions 10 regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present 11 time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot 12 provide answers to any questions that may be 13 relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their 14 advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to 15 effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my 16 federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 17 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. 18 BY MR. KUVIN: 19 Q. Do you agree that while she was giving you 20 this naked massage, she told you that she was 15? 21 MR. PIKE: Same objections as before. 22 THE WITNESS: I'm going to answer that 23 question the same way I've answered most of your BY MR. KUVIN: Q. It's in the record. A. I'm going to answer that question the same way I've answered most of your other questions here today, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept this advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. Q. Do you agree that while she was giving you EFTA01158571
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24 other questions here today, which is, I intend to 25 respond to all relevant questions regarding this 0136 1 lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys 2 have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any 3 questions that may be relevant to this lawsuit. I 4 must accept this advice or risk losing my 6th 5 Amendment right to effective representation. 6 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional 7 rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th 8 Amendment to the US Constitution. 9 MR. PIKE: Mr. Kuvin, I've been incorporating 10 and asserting the same objections, by saying same 11 objection as before, are you okay with that? 12 MR. KUVIN: Perfectly fine. 13 MR. PIKE: Okay. 14 BY MR. KUVIN: 15 Q. Do you agree that while was in your home, 16 you asked her to get completely naked? 17 MR. PIKE: Same objection. 18 THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond to that 19 question the way I've responded to most of your 20 other questions here today, which is, I intend to 21 respond to all relevant questions regarding this 22 lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys 23 have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any 24 questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept 25 their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right 0137 1 2 3 4 5 BY 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 BY 25 0138 1 you a naked massage while you were naked, that you also 2 touched her vagina? 3 MR. PIKE: Same objections as before. 4 THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond to that 5 question the same way I've responded to most of 6 your other questions here today, Mr. Kuvin, which 7 is, I fully intend to respond to all relevant 8 questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. MR. KUVIN: Q. Do you agree that after §§§. got naked in your home, that you asked her to massage you while you were naked? MR. PIKE: Form, lacks predicate, argumentative, harassing, assumes facts not in evidence. THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond to that question the same way I've responded to most of your other questions here today, Mr. Kuvin, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me that I cannot provide answers to any questions that may be relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. MR. KUVIN: Q. Do you agree that while III. was 15 and giving EFTA01158572
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9 present time, my attorneys have counseled me I 10 cannot provide answers to any questions that may be 11 relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept this 12 advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to 13 effective representation. Accordingly, I must 14 assert my federal constitutional rights as 15 guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to 16 the United States Constitution. 17 BY MR. KUVIN: 18 Q. Do you agree that during this naked massage 19 with III., that you asked her whether she wanted you to 20 stop touching her vagina, and she said yes. 21 MR. PIKE: Same objections. 22 THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond to that 23 question the same way I've responded to most of 24 your other questions here today, Mr. Kuvin, which 25 is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions 0139 1 regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present 2 time my attorneys have counseled me I cannot 3 provide answers to any questions relevant to this 4 lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing 5 my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 6 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional 7 rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th 8 Amendment of the United States Constitution. 9 BY MR. KUVIN: 10 Q. Do you agree that regardless of III. telling 11 you to stop touching her vagina, you nonetheless 12 disregarded her and touched her there again? 13 MR. PIKE: Same objections as before. 14 THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond that 15 question the same way I've responded to most of 16 your other questions here today, which is, I intend 17 to respond to all relevant questions regarding this 18 lawsuit; however, at the present time. My 19 attorneys have counseled me that I cannot provide 20 answers to any questions relevant to this lawsuit. 21 I must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th 22 Amendment right to effective representation. 23 Accordingly, I must assert my federal 24 constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th 25 and 14th Amendment to the United States 0140 1 Constitution. 2 BY MR. KUVIN: 3 Q. You penetrated ff .'s vagina with your finger 4 and a vibrator, did you not? 5 MR. PIKE: Same objections. 6 THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond to that 7 question the same way I've responded to most of 8 your other questions here today, which is, I fully 9 intend to respond to all relevant questions 10 regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present 11 time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot 12 provide answers to any questions relevant to this 13 lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing 14 my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 15 Accordingly, I must assert my federal 16 constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th 17 and 14th Amendment to the United States 18 Constitution. 19 BY MR. KUVIN: EFTA01158573
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20 Q. And it is also true that you've paid hundreds 21 of girls under the age of 17 for similar encounters 22 where you've asked them to get naked, you've laid on a 23 table naked, masturbated and then touched them in their 24 vagina at your Palm Beach home; isn't that true? 25 MR. PIKE: Form, argumentative, harassing, 0141 1 multiple, compound, it's confusing, vague, it lacks 2 proper predicate and foundation. 3 MR. KUVIN: Let me back up. 4 BY MR. KUVIN: 5 Q. Because of the compound, I'm going to have to 6 break it down a little. 7 Isn't it true, sir, that you've paid hundreds 8 of girls under the age of 17 to come to your home and 9 give you naked massages? 10 MR. PIKE: Same objection, plural. 11 THE WITNESS: I'm going to have to respond to 12 that question the same way I've responded to most 13 of your other questions here today, Mr. Kuvin, 14 which is, I intend to respond to all relevant 15 questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the 16 present time, my attorneys have counseled me I 17 cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to 18 this lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk 19 losing my 6th Amendment right to effective 20 representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal 21 constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th 22 and 14th Amendment to the United States 23 Constitution. 24 BY MR. KUVIN: 25 Q. Isn't it true, sir, that in addition to 0142 1 , you had another underaged girl, , working to obtain other underaged girls to come 3 to your house with sexual encounters -- for sexual 4 encounters with you? 5 MR. PIKE: Same objections. 6 THE WITNESS: Could you repeat the question? 7 BY MR. KUVIN: 8 Q. Sure. Isn't it true that in addition to , you had another girl who, at the time was 10 underage, , working to obtain underaged 11 girls to come to your house for sexual encounters with 12 you? 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0143 1 the United States Constitution. 2 BY MR. KUVIN: 3 Q. And when these young girls were recruited to 4 come to your home, you told and to tell MR. PIKE: Same objections. THE WITNESS: I'm going to have to respond to that question the same way I've responded to your other questions here today, Mr. Kuvin, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me that I cannot provide answers to any questions that may be relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept this advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I must assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to EFTA01158574
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5 them that it would be a platonic massage with no sexual 6 contact; isn't that true? 7 MR. PIKE: Same objections. 8 THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond to that 9 question the way I've responded to most of your 10 other questions here today, Mr. Kuvin, which is, I 11 intend to respond to all relevant questions 12 regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present 13 time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot 14 provide answers to any questions that may be 15 relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their 16 advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to 17 effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my 18 federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 19 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the United States 20 Constitution. 21 BY MR. KUVIN: 22 Q. It was only after the girls arrived at your 23 home that they learned that they would have to get naked 24 and you would be fondling them sexually; isn't that 25 true? 0144 1 MR. PIKE: Form, argumentative, lacks 2 predicate, improper foundation, argumentative and 3 harassing. 4 THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond to that 5 question the same way I responded to most of your 6 other questions here today, which is, I intend to 7 respond to all relevant questions regarding this 8 lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys 9 have counseled me I cannot provide any answers to 10 question that may be relevant to this lawsuit. I 11 must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th 12 Amendment right to effective representation. 13 Accordingly, I must assert my federal 14 constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th 15 and 14th Amendment to the United States 16 Constitution. 17 BY MR. KUVIN: 18 Q. Isn't it true that you had numerous girls 19 under the age of 17 brought to your home by taxi? 20 MR. PIKE: Form, argumentative, overbroad, 21 lacks appropriate foundation. 22 BY MR. KUVIN: 23 Q. And let me clarify. From the years 2004 24 through 2006. 25 MR. PIKE: Same objections, minus overbroad. 0145 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 BY 14 15 THE WITNESS: I'm going to have to answer that question the same way I've answered most of your other questions here today, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any questions that may be relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. MR. KUVIN: Q. Isn't it true that you paid a taxi to have girls, underaged girls like III., brought to your home EFTA01158575
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16 from the years 2004 to 2006? 17 A. I'm going to respond to that question the way 18 I've responded to most of your other questions here 19 today, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant 20 questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the 21 present time, my attorneys have counseled me that I 22 cannot -- I'm sorry, should I start again? Do you 23 want -- 24 Q. No, please, don't start again. 25 MR. PIKE: Move to strike counsel's last 0146 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 0147 1 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 2 Accordingly, I must assert my federal constitutional 3 rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment 4 to the United States Constitution. 5 Q. Did you have a massage table at your home in 6 2005? 7 MR. PIKE: Lacks appropriate foundation. 8 MR. KUVIN: I'm sorry, what's the objection to 9 that one? 10 MR. PIKE: Lacks appropriate foundation. 11 MR. KUVIN: Foundation? 12 MR. PIKE: Yes, it does. 13 BY MR. KUVIN: 14 Q. Did you have a home in 2005? 15 I'm sorry, I'm just trying to lay the 16 foundation, and I apologize for laughing, I just don't 17 understand the objection. I'm trying to understand the 18 foundation question of did you have a massage table at 19 your home in 2005. I want to fix my question, if -- if 20 I can 21 MR. PIKE: If you can. 22 MR. KUVIN: All right. 23 BY MR. KUVIN: 24 Q. Did you have a home in 2005? 25 A. I'm going to respond to that question the same 0148 statement. MR. KUVIN: He was asking me a question, that's the only reason why I responded. I apologize. MR. PIKE: Once again, move to strike. THE WITNESS: I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept this advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. BY MR. KUVIN: Q. Do you have a massage table in your Palm Beach home? A. I'm going to answer that question, Mr. Kuvin, the same way I've answered most of your other questions here today, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me that I cannot provide answers to any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my EFTA01158576
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1 way I've responded to most of your other questions here 2 today, which is, I fully intend to respond to all 3 relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at 4 the present time, my attorneys have counseled me that I 5 cannot provide answers to any of your questions that may 6 be relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their advice 7 or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective 8 representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal 9 constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 10 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. 11 Q. Do you know what a massage table is? 12 A. I'm going to have to answer that question the 13 same way I've answered most of your other questions here 14 today, Mr. Kuvin, which is, I intend to respond to all 15 relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at 16 the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I 17 cannot provide answers to any questions that may be 18 relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept this advice or 19 risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective 20 representation. Accordingly, I assert my federal 21 constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 22 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. 23 Q. Do you know what a table is? 24 MR. PIKE: Objection, harassing 25 MR. KUVIN: I'm just trying -- 0149 1 MR. PIKE: -- argumentative. 2 MR. KUVIN: I apologize. I'm just trying to 3 lay the foundation. I want to make sure that 4 there's no problem with the foundation for the 5 question of, did you have a massage table in your 6 home in 2005. So I've asked him whether he had a 7 home, I'm asking him whether he knows what a 8 massage table is -- 9 MR. GOLDBERGER: I have no problem with him 10 answering what a table is. Just ask him the 11 question. 12 BY MR. KUVIN: 13 Q. Do you know what a table is? 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Okay. Did you have a massage table in your 16 home back in 2005? 17 MR. PIKE: Same objection. 18 THE WITNESS: I've already answered -- 19 MR. KUVIN: Wait. Wait. Same objection 20 MR. PIKE: Asked and answered. 21 MR. KUVIN: -- means what? 22 MR. PIKE: It's asked and answered. 23 MR. KUVIN: Is that the only objection? 24 MR. PIKE: And it still lacks the appropriate 25 foundation. 0150 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 BY MR. KUVIN: Q. Do you know what the word "massage" is? Do you know what that word means? A. I'm going to respond to that question the same way I've responded to most of your other questions here today, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide any answers to questions that may be relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to effective representation. EFTA01158577
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12 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights 13 as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the 14 United States Constitution. 15 Q. Do you understand what I mean when I ask you 16 about the year 2005? 17 MR. PIKE: Form, vague and confusing. 18 BY MR. KUVIN: 19 Q. You can answer. 20 A. I don't understand the question. 21 Q. Do you understand what I mean by the year 22 2005? 23 MR. GOLDBERGER: You just asked the same 24 question. He said he didn't understand it. Just 25 rephrase the question. 0151 1 BY MR. KUVIN: 2 Q. Do you understand dates? 3 A. Like going on a date? 4 Q. No. Like years, dates. 2001, 2000, do you 5 know what that means? 6 A. Yes. 7 MR. KUVIN: Okay. So I just want to make 8 sure. We've objected to the word "massage," 5th 9 Amendment, he knows what a table is, he knows what 10 dates and years are and he's objected to his house. 11 MR. GOLDBERGER: The question, Spencer, okay? 12 Don't do that, please. 13 MR. KUVIN: I'm trying to make sure that I 14 have it all right here. 15 MR. GOLDBERGER: All right, but don't 16 verbalize your thoughts. Just ask a question. 17 MR. KUVIN: Okay. 18 MR. PIKE: I'm also going to move to strike 19 counsel's last statement from the record. 20 BY MR. KUVIN: 21 Q. Did you have a massage table at your home in 22 2005? 23 MR. PIKE: Same objection, lacks foundation, 24 improper predicate. 25 THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond to that 0152 1 question the same way I've responded to most of 2 your other questions here today, which is, I intend 3 to respond to all relevant questions regarding this 4 lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys 5 have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any 6 questions that may be relevant to the lawsuit. I 7 must accept their advice or risk losing my 6th 8 Amendment right to effective representation. 9 Excuse me? 10 BY MR. KUVIN: 11 Q. I'm sorry, I just had a nasal problem. 12 A. Let me start from the beginning again. 13 Q. Whatever you'd like to do. 14 A. I intend to respond to all relevant questions 15 regarding this lawsuit. I should start again. 16 Q. Okay. Whatever you're comfortable doing. I 17 have all day. 18 A. I intend to respond to all relevant questions 19 regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my 20 attorneys have counseled me I cannot provide answers to 21 any questions relevant to this lawsuit. I must accept 22 their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to EFTA01158578
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23 effective representation. Accordingly, I must assert my 24 federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 5th, 25 6th and 14th Amendment to the United States 0153 1 Constitution. 2 Q. Did you have a massage table in your upstairs 3 bathroom in 2005? 4 MR. PIKE: Foundation, lacks appropriate 5 predicate. 6 THE WITNESS: I'm going to respond to that 7 question the same way I've responded to most of 8 your other questions here today, Mr. Kuvin, which 9 is, I intend to respond to all relevant questions 10 regarding this lawsuit; however, at the present 11 time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot 12 provide answers to any questions that may be 13 relevant to the lawsuit. I must accept their 14 advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment right to 15 effective representation. Accordingly, I assert my 16 federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by the 17 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the United States 18 Constitution. 19 BY MR. KUVIN: 20 Q. Did you keep various massage oils, lotions, 21 sexual devices and sexual toys in your upstairs bathroom 22 in 2005? 23 MR. PIKE: Same objection. 24 MR. KUVIN: Wait a minute, is there a compound 25 in there? Because if so, I'll separate them out. 0154 1 MR. PIKE: There was not a compound. 2 MR. KUVIN: Okay. 3 MR. PIKE: The objection was foundation and 4 predicate. 5 BY MR. KUVIN: 6 Q. Okay. You can answer. 7 A. I'm going to answer that question the way I've 8 answered most of your other questions here today. I 9 intend to respond to all relevant questions regarding 10 this lawsuit; however, at the present time, my attorneys 11 have counseled me I cannot provide answers to any 12 questions that may be relevant to the lawsuit. I must 13 accept their advice or risk losing my 6th Amendment 14 right to effective representation. Accordingly, I 15 assert my federal constitutional rights as guaranteed by 16 the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the United States 17 Constitution. 18 Q. I'm going to show you a clip of a deposition 19 that was taken in this case and, first of all, ask 20 you -- this is the deposition of §§§. that had been 21 previously taken in this case. 22 MR. PIKE: Wait a minute. 23 MR. KUVIN: You're welcome to watch. 24 MR. PIKE: I might -- I want it played to the 25 video first. 0155 1 MR. KUVIN: Okay, I can do that. 2 MR. PIKE: Okay. So let's play it to the 3 video first and then we'll determine what's next. 4 MR. KUVIN: Well, I'm going to ask him a 5 couple of questions first before I hit play. 6 MR. PIKE: I need to see it first. 7 MR. KUVIN: Come around and look. I want him EFTA01158579
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0156 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 0157 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 to see it at the same time. MR. PIKE: That's fine. I want it played to the camera first. MR. KUVIN: Oh, no. I'm not going to do your order. I'm going to just ask him first -- MR. PIKE: You need to -- you're asking the witness about an exhibit technically that is going to be utilized in this deposition that you have not provided me first. So just like you would professionally provide me a document first, I'm asking that you provide me the video first, play it to the camera, or you and I can step outside and you can play it to me and then you can ask the witness. The witness will remain in here. You and I can go into a different room. Then he's not going to answer any questions with regard to the video, then I ask that it not -- you're not giving me a document that you're questioning the witness on. It doesn't work that way. MR. KUVIN: Let me speak. You were provided the deposition of §§§. Someone from your office was present and actually asking the questions. This is not an exhibit that you do not have or did not have previous. You've had this ever since the deposition was taken. So I'm not surprising you with any new document or testimony or anything of the like. This is the exact same testimony of a witness who had been previously taken in this case and I'm not going to play it, I just want to see a couple of questions first. I will agree with your procedure to play it to the camera first, and then I will ask him questions after I've played it to the camera about what I just played. MR. PIKE: As long as -- MR. KUVIN: But I want some identification issues first, and that's all. MR. PIKE: Let me clear something up. I was not at the deposition of III. Bob Critton and Mark Luttier -- MR. KUVIN: MR. PIKE: MR. KUVIN: MR. PIKE: MR. KUVIN: MR. PIKE: matter. So as long as you first to the camera -- MR. KUVIN: Sure. MR. PIKE: -- then questioning. MR. KUVIN: Sure. MR. PIKE: And then you can play it to the witness, but I want to see it first. MR. KUVIN: That's fine. That's fine. BY MR. KUVIN: Q. All right. I have a photograph here or a video clip showing a young lady who's been identified in this case as §§§. Her deposition was given in this case. Correct. -- were at that Both attorneys I have not seen deposition. at your office. this video. Both attorneys at your office. It doesn't matter. It doesn't agree to you can play the video proceed with your And just to lay some foundation, first, do you EFTA01158580
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19 recognize this girl? 20 A. I'm going to respond to that question the way 21 I've responded to most of your other questions here 22 today, which is, I intend to respond to all relevant 23 questions regarding this lawsuit; however, at the 24 present time, my attorneys have counseled me I cannot 25 provide answers to any questions relevant to this 0158 1 lawsuit. I must accept this advice or risk losing my 2 6th Amendment right to effective representation. 3 Accordingly, I assert my federal constitutional rights 4 as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment of the 5 United States Constitution. 6 Q. Did you watch her deposition as she was giving 7 it? 8 MR. GOLDBERGER: Attorney-client. 9 BY MR. KUVIN: 10 Q. Were you present and watching §§§.'s testimony 11 by closed-circuit camera as she gave her testimony in 12 this case? 13 MR. PIKE: Attorney-client, work product. 14 MR. GOLDBERGER: Attorney-client, work 15 product. 16 MR. PIKE: I'm going to instruct the witness 17 not to answer both of those questions. 18 MR. KUVIN: I'm going to play one of the 19 clips. Tell me if you can get a clear shot of 20 this. 21 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Is this going to be played 22 with audio? 23 MR. KUVIN: Yes, and I'll put my mic so you 24 can pick it up. 25 MR. PIKE: And for purposes of the record, I 0159 1 want it to -- this camera to zero out from the 2 current deponent onto that. I do not want my 3 client in the background of this videotape. Is 4 that understood? 5 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: I've asked to get a shot of 6 the computer screen and that's what I have. 7 MR. PIKE: Let me see what your shot is. 8 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: You're welcome to do so. 9 MR. KUVIN: You got a clean shot? 10 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: If he sticks his face in 11 front of the computer, I can't do anything about 12 it, but I've been asked to give a shot of the 13 computer. That's what I have. 14 MR. PIKE: Let's go. 15 MR. KUVIN: Okay, are we good? Clean shot? 16 (Video being played.) 17 VIDEO WITNESS: "And his little fetish with 18 me, pinching his nipples. He's probably getting 19 hard right now." 20 (Video stopped.) 21 BY MR. KUVIN: 22 Q. Okay. That's all. All right? Okay. 23 Let me make sure that I have that. I'm going 24 to play a clip for you that I just played for your 25 attorneys, and then I'd like to ask you a question about 0160 1 it. 2 (Video being played.) 3 VIDEO WITNESS: "And his little fetish with EFTA01158581