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FBI VOL00009
EFTA00181510
120 pages
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 59 M. Epstein • 5 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 elevator of 301. Q. Other than at 301, have you seen anywhere else? A. No. Q. Do you know of relationship with your brother? A. No. Q. I know I asked you about Jean Luc Brunel, I don't remember did I ask you whether you are familiar with the modeling company MC Squared? A. Yes, you did. MR. COHEN: You did. Q. Are you familiar with the modeling company Karin Models? A. No. Q. Have you ever attempted to ascertain who is staying in the various apartments that your brother rents at 301? A. No. Q. Are they usually occupied? A. I have no idea. Q. What is your obligation to that property? What do you do? • 0 Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 ESQUIRE Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutIons.com EFTA00181570
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 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 60 M. Epstein A. Nothing. Q. What does your company do for that property? A. We own most of it and manage it. Q. Well, in managing it, what does that entail? A. Leasing out spaces, paying the bills. Q. Something breaks, you fix it? A. Well, we have staff there that takes care of that, yes. Q. Who would the staff member be that would -- A. A guy named Andy is the head super. Q. Andy who? A. I don't know his last name. Q. This is the head supervisor for your company? A. For that building. He is the superintendent for that building. Q. Have you ever had that position of superintendent for that building? A. No. Q. brother? Ever owned real estate with your ESQUIRE an Al i&L.4I CO.Conn*, Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 wvnv.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00181571
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 • 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 M. Epstein A. No. 61 Q. Do you know of the name A. No. Q. A. No. Q. Did you talk to your brother about the criminal investigation when it began? MR. COHEN: Objection. Asked and answered. A. No. Q. I know you call now to check on his health. Did it concern you that he was being criminally investigated? MR. COHEN: Objection. A. Well, it concerned me, he is my brother. Q. So why is it you didn't have that conversation with him? A. If there was something he wanted to tell me, he would have told me. Q. And that's not something he ever talked to you about? A. Right. • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esqulresolutlons.com EFTA00181572
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 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 62 M. Epstein Q. And even though the allegations -- you are familiar with the allegations; right? A. Some, I guess. Q. The allegations are that he was engaging in sex with under-age girls. That's not something that you wanted to take upon yourself to talk to your brother about? A. No. Q. It's not something that really bothers you? A. No -- MR. COHEN: Objection. A. no more than anybody else being accused of that. Q. If you found that to be true, hypothetically, you find that it's true that your brother is engaging in sex with under-aged girls; 13, 14, 15-year old girls, is that something that you would discuss with him? MR. COHEN: Objection. A. I'll use one of my mother's lines, I'll worry about that when the time comes. ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esqulresolutions.com EFTA00181573
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 63 M. Epstein Q. You realize that he has plead guilty to that; right? A. Yes. • 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. So hasn't the time come? A. No, not for me. I know it was a plea deal, so I don't know the details. Like I said, he pled guilty to some prostitution charge. So you are representing a bunch of prostitutes if I just go by what the law says. So, you know, I don't pay attention to that. Q. If the evidence in this case are that these girls are in middle school and high school, some of them are virgins and none of them have engaged in prostitution prior to meeting your brother, does that change? A. Your question started with an "if." I'm not going to speculate on anything. MR. COHEN: Mr. Edwards, can we take a short bathroom break? MR. EDWARDS: Sure. THE VIDEOGRAPHER: 12:33, off the record. (Discussion held off the record.) • ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 ww‘v.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00181574
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 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 64 M. Epstein MR. COHEN: Let's go back on the record. Are all counsel who appeared by phone on the phone now? THE WITNESS: If anybody's not do speak up. Should we do another roll call? MR. CRITTON: This is Bob Critton. Let me just put on the record, I recognized about just before we took the break I must have bumped my microphone. So when I've been inserting objections, and based on what the court reporter indicated, she hadn't heard me for about 30 or 35 minutes. I just want to assert, any question that had either a leading, isn't it true, or a suggestion that Mr. Jeffrey Epstein had some sexual contact or contact with under-age girls, I would have objected to. I did object to, apparently it didn't come through; any leading guess, any questions for which there was no predicate, I have no objection to the actual questions with regard to who was on the plane, or if he saw his brother, what the discussions they had, but ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 wvov.esquiresolutions.00m EFTA00181575
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 • 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 65 M. Epstein any other questions to suggest the answer or leading question, I would reserve that objection on form. MR. EDWARDS: Okay. MR. CRITTON: My microphone's on now. You'll have to hear me. MR. EDWARDS: That's unfortunate. MR. CRITTON: Thank you for your warm reception. THE VIDEOGRAPHER: It's 12:40. On the record. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. When you were at your brother's house in Palm Beach, I know you said it was 10 years ago, how many computers would you estimate were in the house? A. I have no idea. Q. Did he ever talk to you after the criminal investigation about the computer evidence that there is in this case? A. No. Q. Did you ever go visit your brother when he was in jail? A. No. ESQUIRE am._", Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00181576
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 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 66 M. Epstein Q. Why not? A. I did not. Q. I'm sorry, I didn't hear you? A. I did not go. Q. Right. Why wouldn't you go visit your brother in jail? A. Timing, part of it. I have my own life up in New York. We'd speak occasionally, I knew he was okay. I don't see him that much when he was in New York, so... Q. Okay. What was done with the computers in your parents' house when your parents passed away? A. My mother had a computer. I think I took it for my kids. Q. Is that a computer that your brother ever worked on or used? A. I doubt it. Q. Did you ever know your brother to share images by way of computers of under-age girls or young looking girls? MR. CRITTON: Form. A. He rarely E-mailed, so I don't even know if he had any use for computers. ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutIons.com EFTA00181577
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 • • 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 67 M. Epstein Q. What was his E-mail address, or what is his E-mail address? MR. CRITTON: Form. A. I don't know it by heart. Q. Do you know who the server is, Hotmail, Gmail? A. No. Q. AOL? A. No, I don't know it by heart. Q. When you say he rarely E-mails -- A. Well, then. Then, I used to never get E-mails from him, but more recently I got a couple, some, but there is not a lot of E-mail communication back and forth. Q. Okay. In the last year and a half, how many E-mails have you received from your brother? A. I just had a spate of them, half a dozen or a dozen or so, because there is a reunion coming up for all the old Coney Island kids, so we've been talking about that. Q. Is your brother planning on attending? A. I don't think so. • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00181578
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 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 68 M. Epstein Q. When is it? A. In October. Q. So what has been the substance of the conversation if your brother's not planning on coming? A. Who is going, that kind of stuff. And just some funny pictures that came up on some of our old friends and what they look like today. It's kind of comical. Q. Do you know where your brother is working right now? A. No. Q. Have you heard of the Florida Science Foundation? A. Yes. Q. What is it? A. I have no idea. Q. How have you heard of it? A. That is where he was working on his work release. Q. How do you know that? A. He called me and I called there, and when they answered the phone they said Florida Science Foundation. ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquIresolutions.com EFTA00181579
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 • 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 69 M. Epstein Q. Did you ever ask him what the Florida Science Foundation does? A. No. Q. Have you known your brother to be into science? A. Yes, very much. Q. Since when? A. His whole life. Q. How many times have you talked to him since he was arrested? A. When was he arrested? Q. Back in 2005, 2006? A. Altogether, a couple of dozen times. Q. And what is the substance of that conversation, other than you asking if he is in good health? A. About friends, family stuff. Q. When is the first time that you know of your brother targeting young girls -- A. I don't know that. Q. -- For sex? MR. COHEN: Objection. MR. CRITTON: Form, last question. MR. COHEN: Also asked and answered. • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00181580
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 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 70 M. Epstein MR. CRITTON: About three times. Q. Have you known of your brother ever hiring prostitutes? A. No. Q. Has your brother ever discussed with you the manner in which he lures 13 or 14 or 15-year old kids to the house? MR. CRITTON: Form. MR. COHEN: Objection. A. Yes. I'm not going to answer that question. It's a leading question. Q. Well, I'm asking you an open question. Has he ever talked to you about the manner -- A. That is assuming he does it. I'm not assuming he does anything. We don't talk about girls. We don't talk about young girls. MR. CRITTON: Objection to the last question. Q. On several occasions during this deposition you've referred to these girls as prostitutes. Do you know any of them? A. No. 0 ESQUIRE nma_"„" Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquIresolutIons.com EFTA00181581
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Mark Epstein September 21, 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 71 M. Epstein Q. Do you know their parents? A. No. Q. Do you know who they were before they met your brother? A. Not a clue. Q. Do you know what your brother did with them? A. No. Q. Do you know who they are today? A. No. Q. So why is it that you call all of these girls prostitutes? A. Well, I said some of them. I mean the charge he pled guilty to, from what I understand, is something to do with prostitution. So if these are the girls involved in that, that by definition makes them prostitutes. The way I -- that, to me, is English. Q. So the basis for you referring to these girls as prostitutes, is that your brother pled guilty to a prostitution charge? A. Yeah. What else do I have to go by? • ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquIresolutions.corn EFTA00181582
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 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 72 M. Epstein I mean, you usually don't get charged for prostitution unless there is a prostitute. MR. COHEN: Let him ask the question. Q. Okay, but these are young girls that you are calling prostitutes that you don't know their family; right? A. I have no idea. I've already answered that. MR. CRITTON: Form. You asked him to speculate and now you are going after him. I think that is inappropriate. Q. In the conversations that you've had with your brother since his arrest, has he ever expressed to you the least bit of remorse for anything that he has done? MR. CRITTON: Form. Predicate. A. We didn't talk about what he's done. Q. So then the answer is no then; right? MR. CRITTON: Form. MR. COHEN: Same objection. A. The answer to what I said is no, the way I put it. MR. EDWARDS: I don't have anything ESQUIRE nAkm&flkasnfl Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 51S East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00181583
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Mark Epstein September 21, 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 73 M. Epstein right now. Anybody else? MR. COHEN: Okay. It sounds like no one has any questions. MR. LANGINO: Yeah, we have questions. I don't know who comes next. MS. EZELL: Go ahead, Richard. MR. COHEN: Sir, can you identify yourself? MR. WILLITS: Okay. Richard Willits here. I'm going to ask a few questions. EXAMINATION BY MR. WILLITS: Q. Mr. Epstein, approximately when were you served with a subpoena? A. A couple of weeks ago. I think it was no, a few weeks ago. I don't remember. Q. Since you -- at the time you got served with a subpoena, did you have any discussions with your brother about your upcoming deposition? A. No, I told him I was served with a subpoena. Q. And what did he tell you? • 0 Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 ESQUIRE Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutlons.com EFTA00181584
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 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 74 M. Epstein A. He said he is sorry that I had to get dragged into this. Q. Did you have any other discussions about the deposition? A. No. Q. Do you have a lawyer there representing you today? A. Yes. Q. Are you paying for that lawyer? A. Is this pertinent? MR. COHEN: You can answer. It's okay. THE WITNESS: What was your question? Q. Are you personally paying for the lawyer who is there representing you today? A. No. Q. Who is paying? A. Jeffrey. MR. WILLITS: I don't have any other questions. THE COURT REPORTER: Who is next? Identify yourself, please? MS. EZELL: I have just a couple of questions, Mr. Epstein. ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquIresolutions.com EFTA00181585
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 • • 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 75 M. Epstein THE WITNESS: Go ahead. EXAMINATION BY MS. EZELL: Q. -- And in New York, and I didn't quite catch the address? A. I'm sorry, you were breaking up. Could you repeat the question? Q. I'm going to ask you about the apartment building in New York where you said your ex-wife lives. A. Yeah. Q. I didn't catch the name of the partnership that owns that? A. D-a-r-a, Dara. Q. And you are a partner in that? A. Yes. Q. Jeffrey Epstein? A. Excuse me? Q. Jeffrey Epstein is also a partner in that? A. No. Q. Do you -- MR. EDWARDS: Kathy, we can't hear you. • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00181586
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 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 76 M. Epstein MS. EZELL: Can you hear me now? MR. COHEN: You just faded back in. BY MS. EZELL: Q. Your brother has the capacity to make people believe that he is interested in them? MR. COHEN: Can we have the question again? THE WITNESS: I didn't get that. MR. COHEN: I'm sorry, could you repeat that, you were fading in and out? BY MS. EZELL: Q. Do you agree that your brother has a rather extraordinary capacity to make people believe that he is interested in them and their well-being? MR. COHEN: Objection. MR. CRITTON: Form. A. I have no idea. Q. You've known your brother, have you -- people -- MR. COHEN: I'm sorry, you faded out again. MR. EDWARDS: Kathy, we are only catching every second or third word. You may S ESQUIRE .. a 44444 G• o Conn) Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquiresolutIons.com EFTA00181587
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 • 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 77 M. Epstein want to pick up your receiver. MS. EZELL: Thank you. I can do that. Is this better? MR. COHEN: Much better. THE WITNESS: Much better. BY MS. EZELL: Q. Okay, sorry. In all the years you've known your brother, have you known him to be a master manipulator? MR. COHEN: Objection. MR. CRITTON: Form. A. No. i mean, I don't know what you mean by that. Q. Have you known him to be very good at manipulating people to get them to do what he wants? A. I have no idea. MR. COHEN: Objection. MR. CRITTON: Form. Q. You have no idea, was that your answer? A. Yes. I have no idea. I don't see him with many people. • 0 ESQUIRE Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 vnvw.esquiresolutions.com EFTA00181588
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Mark Epstein September 21, 2009 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 78 M. Epstein Q. Did he have that capacity when you were growing up? MR. COHEN: Objection. MR. CRITTON: Form. A. I don't know what -- I don't know how to answer that question. Q. When you were growing up, did you notice that he developed the capacity to deal with people in a way that made them think he was very interested in their welfare? MR. COHEN: Objection. MR. CRITTON: Form. MS. EZELL: I couldn't hear the answer. A. The answer is, I don't know what you are talking about. We grew up. We were kids growing up in Brooklyn, you know. Capacity? He had a good capacity for mathematics, i can say that. Q. Right. Right. So I'm asking you if he had a good capacity for dealing with people? MR. COHEN: Objection. MR. CRITTON: Form. ESQUIRE aA“nt o(A.Mn Toll Free: 800.211.3376 Facsimile: 954.331.4418 Suite 1300 515 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.esquIresolutions.com EFTA00181589