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FBI VOL00009
EFTA00181630
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Page 101 1 housekeeping tasks on an everyday basis while you were 2 employed there? 3 A. No. 4 Before my wife went in? 5 Q. No. After your wife. 6 A. No. No. Not a full-time housekeeper. 7 Q. But you said your wife was hired after the 6 housekeeper left? 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. But -- so the person who left before your wife 11 came, was she doing housekeeping chores? 12 A. Yes, she was doing the housekeeping chores. 13 Q. Well, who did it then after your wife became 14 employed there, because she wasn't doing the 15 housekeeping? 16 A. I was. I was doing it and then we hire people 17 for to help us. 18 Q. So you were the main person doing the 19 housecleaning? 20 A. Yeah. 21 Q. And during -- between that time that your wife 22 started and when you left the employment, was there a 23 separate housekeeper employed during that time? 24 A. No. Full time? No. 25 Q. Full-time housekeeper? PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3afc3ca0-c860-4b9f-4(101-ba2Obcae87de EFTA00181650
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Page 102 1 A. No. 2 Q. What about a part-time housekeeper? 3 A. No. Like I told you, daily basis we call this 4 company. And then they will come in with four or five 5 girls and clean the whole house. 6 Q. This is the crew you were talking about? 7 A. The crew. 8 Q. But the crew didn't come when Mr. Epstein was 9 there? 10 A. Right. 11 Q. So on an everyday basis when Mr. Epstein was 12 there, you were the only person who was cleaning? 13 A. Me -- yeah, or my wife will help. 14 Q. At your instruction? 15 A. That's right. 16 Q. But you don't ever remember her cleaning up 17 after massages? 18 A. No. No. 19 Q. Is it possible that you instructed her to 20 clean up? 21 A. It's possible, but -- 22 MR. CRITTON: Form. Asking him to speculate. 23 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 24 Q. You can answer. 25 A. It's possible. PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3afc3ca0c86e-4b9110101-ba2Obcae87do EFTA00181651
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Page 103 1 Q. When girls would come to give a massage, where 2 would they come in the house? Would they come to the 3 front door? 4 A. Mostly came to the back kitchen door. 5 Q. The back kitchen door? 6 A. Uh-huh. 7 Q. Okay. And is there a bell there? Would they 8 knock or how would they -- 9 A. There's a door bell. 10 Q. A door bell? They would ring the door bell? 11 A. Uh-huh. 12 Q. And who generally would answer the door? 13 A. Me or my wife. 14 Q. So you would let them in? 15 A. Uh-huh. 16 MR. CRITTON: Stuart, can I just ask you? You 17 use the term, girls. I assume you just mean, that 16 means female woman. It can mean anything? It has 19 no age bracket to it? 20 MR. MERMELSTEIN: That's correct. I'm not 21 referring specifically to ages right now. 22 THE WITNESS: No. 23 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 24 Q. So as I understand it, the girl would come to 25 the kitchen entrance, which is the service entrance, PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3afc3ca0-c96o-4b9f-6d01-ba20bcae67de EFTA00181652
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Page 104 1 correct? 2 A. Uh-huh. 3 Q. You have to say yes or no. 4 A. Yes, sir. 5 Q. If you answer uh-huh, that's not clear, so you 6 have to answer yes or no. 7 A. Okay. 8 Q. And you would typically open the door? 9 A. Yes, sir. 10 Q. And what would happen then? 11 A. Then I will keep her in the kitchen and go to 12 Mr. Epstein and find out where they want to have the 13 massage, or if it was for him or for Ms. Maxwell. And I 14 immediately, if they were reReat gl.jj.s—that are -- they 15 will know exactly where to go. And I will go up with 16 them, set the tables, and they will wait for him or her 17 to go in the room and they sit there until they come up. 18 Q. So did you generally already know that they 19 were coming at the time that they knocked on the door? 20 A. Yes, uh-huh. 21 Q. So you had an appointment schedule? 22 A. Yeah. Because most of the times I was doing 23 1/ the calling, you know. I called J., come in at 3:00 24 this afternoon. And she will told me, no, I cannot, get 25 somebody else. And I knew it the time they were coming. PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Satc3ca0-c86e-4b91-8d01-ba2Obcae87de EFTA00181653
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Page 105 1 So I was expecting them most of the time. 2 Q. So you would expect them, they would come in 3 and then you would escort them upstairs? 4 A. Uh-huh. 5 Q. So -- 6 A. I'm sorry, sir. 7 Q. Yes? 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. But first you would find Mr. Epstein and check 10 to see if he's ready or find Ms. Maxwell to check to see 11 if she's ready? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. And which staircase would you -- would you 14 take them up? 15 A. Either way. 16 Q. You would take them either the main staircase 17 or the servant staircase? 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Why would you take the main staircase, since 20 you're already in the kitchen? 21 A. That's what I says, either way. We can go 22 through the main staircase or we go to the kitchen 23 staircase. So we use both. 24 Q. Okay. Well, I'm talking specifically to 25 escort a girl upstairs. PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3atc3ca0-c868<b9f-sd01-ba20bcae87de EFTA00181654
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Page 106 1 A. I escort the girls up there either way, both 2 ways. 3 Q. And, so, when you walked to the upstairs 4 bedroom, let's take the example of when Mr. Epstein is 5 getting a massage? 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. Mr. Epstein wouldn't be up there yet; is that 8 correct? 9 A. That's correct. 10 Q. He would be downstairs somewhere? 11 A. Uh-huh. 12 Q. Would there be a place 13 MR. CRITTON: Form. 14 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 15 Q. -- where he would normally be while, you know, 16 he's waiting for the massage to be set up and ready? 17 A. 18 Q. 19 A. 20 Q. 21 A. 22 Q. 23 stairs with the girl for the massage, what would you do 24 then? 25 A. Go back to my duties. Yes. Where is that? Where would he be? Either at his desk or the pool house. And those were on the first floor? Yes. And, so, when you arrived at the top of the PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3afc3ca0-c86o4b91-8d01-ba20bcao87de EFTA00181655
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Page 107 1 Q. You would just leave? Would the massage table 2 already be set up? 3 A. He knew already that the girls -- the girl 4 went upstairs and it was up to him to come up. 5 Q. Did you have conversations with any of these 6 girls? 7 A. Sometimes. 8 Q. What kind of things would you talk about? 9 A. Regular things. Nothing that I can remember. 10 Nothing. Just... 11 Q. Did any of them ever tell you their ages? 12 A. No, sir. 13 Q. Did any of them ever assure you that they were 14 18? 15 MR. CRITTON: Form. 16 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 17 Q. Or over? 18 A. No, sir. 19 Q. No one ever mentioned anything about age? 20 A. No, sir. 21 Q. How did the girls appear to you? Did they 22 appear to be very young? 23 MR. CRITTON: Form. 24 THE WITNESS: Again, the same question you ask 25 me. Everybody ask me the same thing. They could PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3afc3ca0-c86e-4b9f-6d01-ba20bcae87de EFTA00181656
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Page 108 1 have been 16 or 20. Most of them were, I would 2 says, over 20. And some woman, it was over 60. 3 And one time she came to the door. The husband was 4 waiting outside. And Ms. Maxwell saw this woman, 5 that somebody recommend her. And Maxwell says to 6 me, John, you have to find an excuse. We don't 7 want her. 8 So I had to pay this woman and find an excuse 9 that they going to have to go. And she -- they 10 never had a massage with her. 11 But there was -- most of them were womans. 12 They were not girls. 13 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 14 Q. So the woman who was over 60 was sent away; 15 she was rejected, correct? 16 MR. CRITTON: Form. 17 THE WITNESS: It was -- I was told to send her 18 away. 19 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 20 Q. And it was your understanding when you were 21 told to send her away, it was because of her age, 22 correct? 23 MR. CRITTON: Form. 24 THE WITNESS: I don't know. I don't know. I 25 was told to send her away. PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 300ca0-a6o4b9f4a1-baabcaWdo EFTA00181657
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Page 109 1 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 2 Q. What was your understanding as to why they 3 were sending her away? 4 MR. CRITTON: Form. Asked and answered nine 5 times now. 6 MR. MERMELSTEIN: He hasn't -- he hasn't 7 answered my question yet. 8 MR. CRITTON: He has. 9 MR. MERMELSTEIN: Go ahead. 10 THE WITNESS: Why? 11 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 12 Q. Please answer the question. 13 A. Can you repeat the question? 14 Q. What was your understanding as to why they 15 sent her away? 16 MR. CRITTON: Form. 17 THE WITNESS: My understanding was either they 18 were busy or they didn't want her. 19 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 20 Q. What was your understanding as to why they 21 didn't want her? 22 MR. CRITTON: Form. Harassing. 23 THE WITNESS: I don't know. I didn't 24 didn't make too much of it. 25 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3a(c3ca0-c86e-4b9f-8d01-ba2Obcae87de EFTA00181658
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Page 110 1 Q. But every other woman or female who came over 2 to give a massage was much, much younger, correct? 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. So this 60 year old woman was a significant 5 exception, correct? 6 MR. CRITTON: Form. Argumentative. 7 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 8 Q. You can answer. 9 A. I don't know how to answer that question. You 10 ask me to 11 Q. Let me ask you this. 12 MR. CRITTON: Why don't you let him answer the 13 question before you interrupt him. 14 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 15 Q. All right. Go ahead. Please answer. It 16 didn't look like you were -- 17 A. I don't know how to answer that question, you 18 asking me what is your opinion of that. 19 And I told you, my opinion of that, either 20 they saw the girl -- I don't think Mr. Epstein ever saw 21 the woman. But Ms. Maxwell saw the woman in the 22 kitchen. And she told me, John, pay her and send her 23 away. 24 Q. Okay. 25 A. That was it. PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3a(c3ca0c868-4b91-8d01-ba20bcae87de EFTA00181659
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Page 111 1 Q. So Ms. Maxwell looked at the woman? 2 A. Right. 3 Q. Did she have a conversation with her? 4 A. No. S Q. She just looked at her and then said to you to 6 send her away, correct? 7 A. Yeah. Pay her and send her away. 8 Q. Do you recall seeing women who came to give 9 massages who were in their 50s? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. There were women in the 50s? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. How often did that happen? 14 A. Not too often, but it was -- it was woman that 15 they were in the 50s. I says, again, could have been 16 49, 45. I don't know. I don't know the ages, but it 17 older woman. 18 Q. How many middle-age women do you recall coming 19 over to give massages? 20 MR. CRITTON: Form. 21 THE WITNESS: I don't remember how many, but I 22 would says<161:71 23 D.D. was, I would says, in the 40s. And she 24 came very, very often. And I understand she was a 25 massage specialist and a yoga instructor, too, at PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3afc3cae-ce6o-4b9f-8d01-ba2Obcae87de EFTA00181660
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Page 112 1 the same time. 2 So that was one of -- and there was another 3 woman that she was supposed to be a teacher at the 4 school of massage therapy that I can't remember her 5 name. But that's it. I mean... 6 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 7 Q. So those two you remember who were older? 8 A. Two. And it was a couple guys that were older 9 that -- some guys that were older, too, guys. 10 Q. Did Mrit!!!'llYIYLIffflaasage...S__dS.TTLbY 11 men? 12 A. l . 13 Q. And did Mr. Epstein ever have massages done by 14 these older women? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. When you escorted the female in this case for 17 the massage to the upstairs bedroom correct? you 18 would then leave? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. You would then walk back downstairs? 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. Correct? 23 And would you then -- would you -- you had 24 already told Mr. Epstein that she's there, correct? 25 A. That's correct. PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3afc3ca0-c86e4b9f-8d01-ba20bcae87de EFTA00181661
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Page 113 1 Q. And at some point later then Mr. Epstein would 2 come upstairs, correct? 3 A. That's correct. 4 Q. And where would you go? 5 A. To my duties, to the kitchen or to my office. 6 Q. And I think you testified earlier that the 7 doors of the bedroom would be closed during this 8 massage? 9 A. He would close the door. 10 Q. So Mr. Epstein, when he would arrive upstairs, 11 would close the door? 12 A. Yes, sir. 13 Q. And about how long would the massage last 14 generally? 15 A. Usually an hour. 16 Q. And what would happen at the end? 17 A. They would come down. Most of the repeat 18 girls, they would bring the towels themselves and dump 19 it by the kitchen by the laundry room we had there, in 20 order to help us. Other girls, they just left it up 21 there and they would come down. 22 Either Mr. Epstein will pay or I will pay 23 them. 24 Q. Did they -- 25 A. Or Ms. Maxwell will pay them. PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3afc3ca0-c136e-4b9f-8d01-ba2Obcae87de EFTA00181662
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Page 114 1 Q. Did Mr. Epstein walk down with the girls or 2 did he stay upstairs? 3 A. Sometimes, sometimes no. Sometimes he took a 4 nap or he took a shower. I don't know what they did in 5 the room. I don't know. I don't know. Sometimes he 6 went down right away. Sometimes he stay up there. 7 Q. So when they came down, they would go to the 8 kitchen; is that correct? 9 A. Yeah, most of it. 10 Q. And were you there waiting for them or did you 11 have -- 12 A. My office was right next to the kitchen, so 13 was there -- and the kitchen was the focal point of the 14 house basically. So they have to go to the kitchen 15 either to get pay or to go to their cars. 16 Q. Did you converse with any of the girls when 17 they came down after the massage? 18 A. Very little. Very little. 19 Q. Did you ever observe a girl who appeared 20 upset, surprised, shocked, anything of that nature when 21 they came down? 22 A. Never. Never. 23 Q. And sometimes you would pay them, correct? 24 A. That's correct. 25 Q. How much would you -- PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3afc3ca0.c86e.4b91-8d01-ba20bcao87de EFTA00181663
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Page 115 1 A. A hundred dollars assa-ge-r-- 2 Q. A hundred dollars a massage? Were there ever 3 any exceptions? 4 A. That's the -- I_never pay any more than a 5 hundred dollars per massage. 6 Q. Were there times when two girls came? 7 A. Two girls came at the same time? 8 Q. Correct. 9 A. Yeah. There were times when two girls come in 10 at the same time and one will go to one room, the other 11 will go to the other room. Or one -- I would set up two 12 tables in his room or I will ask him, where you want to 13 set the massages? He will told me, set in the blue room 14 and set them in my room. Or set them in Ghislaine's 15 room and the red room, depends on who people were there. 16 But there were times where two of the girls at the same 17 time, yes. 18 Q. Was there ever occasions where there was a 19 girl who waited downstairs while one while the other 20 girl went upstairs? 21 A. No. 22 Q. That never happened? 23 A. I cannot remember. 24 Q. Was there ever an occasion where you paid a 25 girl who waited and didn't actually give a massage? PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3a(c3ca0•c86edb948d01-ba20bcaoelde EFTA00181664
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Page 116 1 A. No. 2 Q. That never happened? 3 A. Never happened. 4 Q. You mentioned that Mr. Epstein put you in 5 contact with Mr. Murrell; is that correct? 6 MR. CRITTON: Form. 7 THE WITNESS: Not Mr. Epstein. 8 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 9 Q. Huh? 10 A. It wasn't Mr. Epstein. 11 Q. Mr. Epstein's investigator put you in contact 12 with Mr. Murrell? 13 A. That's correct. He gave me his name. 14 Q. And did you pay Mr. Murrell out of your own 15 pocket? 16 A. No, I didn't pay nothing. 17 Q. Who is -- what was your understanding as to 18 who was paying for Mr. Murrell? 19 A. I don't know. I don't know who was paying for 20 it. 21 Q. You never asked Mr. Murrell who was paying his 22 bill? 23 A. No, he never send me a bill. 24 Q. Did you think that Mr. Murrell was doing it 25 for free? PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3afc3ca0-c860-4b91-8d01-ba2Obtae87de EFTA00181665
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Page 117 1 A. I don't know. 2 Q. You don't know. As far as you know, 3 Mr. Murrell could have been providing you legal services 4 for free? 5 A. No, I don't think it was provided me for free. 6 I don't think he ever -- that question ever come out of 7 Mr. Murrell. I was in Mr. Murrell's office for about 8 ten minutes. 9 And he says, well, I meet you tomorrow 10 there -- and that's it -- in order to protect you so 11 they don't incriminate you in any way. We left it at 12 that. He never send me a bill. He never send me -- I 13 never talk to Mr. Murrell again, never saw him again. 14 Q. And you never had any kind of understanding 15 with him as to how -- 16 A. No. 17 Q. -- how his bill was going to be paid? 18 A. No. 19 Q. Did you sign any kind of what we call, a 20 retainer agreement, anything where you hired him? 21 A. No. 22 MR. CRITTON: Just so you know, you have an 23 attorney -- nobody's going to tell you this 24 apparently. 25 You have an attorney/client privilege. Any PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3atc3ca0-c86e-4b9f-8d01•ba20bcao87do EFTA00181666
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Page 118 1 conversation that you had with Mr. Murrell, you and 2 your wife, is completely protected, as long as you 3 want to assert that privilege. 4 You can either assert it or not assert it. 5 That's your right. But nobody's apparently going 6 to tell you that, at least Mr. Mermelstein is not 7 going to tell you that. 8 MR. MERMELSTEIN: Well, I was trying to 9 avoid -- 10 MR. CRITTON: Well, you're asking questions of 11 what he said. 12 MR. MERMELSTEIN: I'm not asking them what 13 they said. 14 MR. CRITTON: Same thing. 15 MR. MERMELSTEIN: I'm asking him how he got 16 paid. 17 MR. CRITTON: No, you were -- read back your 18 questions where you were. 19 Anyhow, that's a right you have, 20 So much for the law. 21 MR. MERMELSTEIN: I was not asking him what 22 was said during any conversation. I asked him if 23 he signed a retainer. That's a fair question. 24 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 25 Q. Do you remember a girl who came to give PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3atc3ca0-4860-4b9h8d01-ba2Obcao87cle EFTA00181667
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Page 119 1 massages there by the name of III 7 Does that name 2 sound familiar at all? 3 A. No. 4 Q. Do you remember an II? 5 A. No. 6 Q. What about a Do you remember anyone by 7 the name of III.? 8 A. No. 9 Q. Was it frequent that girls would come just 10 once and not appear again? 11 A. Frequently. 12 Q. These girls that would come, would they come 13 with their own equipment or supplies? 14 A. No. Some girls, they come in with a table, 15 the new girls they comsjILmit-h—a—tA121!ladIT21.2Li_ 16 told them, no, you don't need the tabl he will 17 leave it in the kit se we have tables in every 18 room in the house. 19 Q. Some of the girls, the first time they came 20 they didn't have anything, right? 21 A. They come with that table, one of the tables 22 they hang it in the shoulders, portable tables. But we 23 didn't have portable tables in the room. They were all 24 custom-made tables. 25 Q. Did some girls come without -- for the first PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 ukka-ase-ow4m-bankame EFTA00181668
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Page 120 1 time without any supplies at all, whether equipment or 2 lotions or anything of that nature? 3 A. Probably. 4 Q. Did you have a question in your mind as to 5 whether they were professional at this business? 6 A. No. 7 Q. At massaging? 8 A. No. 9 Q. Why not? 10 A. It was not my job. 11 MR. CRITTON: Form. 12 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 13 Q. You just didn't think about it? 14 MR. CRITTON: Form. 15 THE WITNESS: If I was told that a girl is 16 coming, my job was to open the door, let her in and 17 let Mr. Epstein decide where he wants his massage. 18 And that was the end of it. 19 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: 20 Q. Are you aware that sexual conduct between an 21 adult male and an underage female is criminal; it's 22 against the law? 23 MR. CRITTON: Form. 24 THE WITNESS: Of course I do. 25 BY MR. MERMELSTEIN: PROSE COURT REPORTING AGENCY, INC. Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 Electronically signed by Sandra Townsend (401 3atc3ca0c86e-4b9f-t3d01-ba2Obcael37de EFTA00181669