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FBI VOL00009
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24 1 relieved any symptoms of atrial fibrillation or 2 atrial flutter, until they recurred -- until it 3 recurred about a month or maybe it's a month and a 4 half now. 1 can give you the exact dates. Because, 5 as I say, I have it on my -- on my machine. 6 Q. When did the atrial flutter occur? 09:54:16 7 A. I told you that I don't have the exact 09:54:20 8 date, but it occurred about a month, month and a 9 half ago, I think sometime in August of this year. 10 But I can give you the exact date. As I said, I 11 have it on my machine. 12 Q. So, what you have described as a 09:54:33 13 recurrence of atrial fibrillation you are now 14 describing as an atrial flutter? 15 A. You're confused, sir. Please listen to my 09:54:42 16 answers. What I've said was that I had atrial 17 flutter. Atrial flutter occurred after my initial 18 atrial fib. I then had an ablation. The flutter 19 and the fib both disappeared after the ablation. 20 And my atrial fib has returned. 21 Q. Given your superb memory, would you please 09:55:13 22 name for us each of the lawyers who has represented 23 you in this case? 24 MR. SCOTT: Objection, form. 09:55:22 25 Argumentative. EFTA01111174
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25 1 if you need a document or anything to 09:55:29 2 refresh your memory, please let us know. 3 A. Well, I'll start with the names of my 09:55:34 4 lawyers. I've been represented by Judge Scott and 5 his law firm, including several associates and 6 paralegals. I don't know their status, whether 7 they're partners, associates or paralegals, but I've B had contact with them. 9 I have been represented by Mr. Simpson's 09:55:54 10 law firm, including several partners, associates, 11 and paralegals. I've been represented by Kenneth 12 Sweder and presumably some of his partners and 13 associates. 14 I've been represented by Kendall Coffey 09:56:15 15 and several of his associates and partners. I would 16 say those are my main lawyers. But I've also had 17 others. 18 I have sought the legal advice of Mark 09:56:34 19 Fabiani, who was my former research assistant at 20 Harvard. I've sought the advice of Mitchell Webber, 21 who was my former research assistant at Harvard. 22 I was offered legal advice by Carlos 09:56:52 23 Sires, who was -- who is a partner in the Boise firm 24 who -- who volunteered to represent me along with 25 one of his partners, but then withdraw from the EFTA01111175
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26 1 representation when he discovered that I had a 2 conflict of Interest. 3 I've had consultations with a variety of 09:57:18 4 other lawyers over particular issues in the case, 5 Floyd Abrams, who is probably the leading lawyer in 6 the world on First Amendment, has advised me on my 7 First Amendment rights to have said what I said 8 truthfully and expressed my opinion about your 9 clients. 10 I mean, that's the very beginning. But 09:57:52 11 when the events first occurred, I got calls from 12 dozens of lawyers outraged by the unethical conduct 13 of your clients and offering to represent me 14 pro bono, offering to do anything they could to see 15 that these lawyers were appropriately punished and 16 disciplined. 17 David Markus, for example, of the Miami 09:58:17 18 Bar called and keeps calling asking if there's 19 anything he can do to help me. 20 There's a lawyer in Broward named Diner, 09:58:28 21 who has offered to represent me. It goes on and on 22 and on. The offers are still coming in. People are 23 just absolutely outraged by the unprofessional and 24 unethical conduct of your clients and are offering 25 to help me right a wrong and undo an injustice. EFTA01111176
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27 1 MR. SCOTT: Just hold it. Somebody's 2 making noise on the phone and it's causing a 3 little disruption here. So, you know, I'm not 09:59t00 4 sure who it is, one of you-all on the phone. 5 Thanks. 6 BY MR. SCAROLA: 09:59:16 7 Q. Mr. Scott is obviously still representing 09:59:21 8 you now; is that correct? 9 A. That's correct. 09:59:24 10 Q. Richard Simpson is still representing you 09:59:25 11 now; is that correct? 12 A. That's correct. 09:59:27 13 Q. Ken Sweder is representing you now; is 09:59:28 14 that correct? 15 A. That's correct, yes. 09:59:30 16 Q. Is Kendall Coffey representing you now? 09:59:30 17 A. Yes. 09:59:33 18 Q. Is Mark Fabiani representing you now? 09:59:35 19 A. Yes. 09:59:37 20 Q. And when I ask "are they representing you 09:59:38 21 now," they're representing you now in this 22 litigation; is that correct? 23 MR. SCOTT: I don't think that -- 09:59:45 24 objection, form. I don't think that was 25 specified. EFTA01111177
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28 1 MR. SCAROLA: Well, that's why I'm asking. 09:59:48 2 MR. SCOTT: As opposed to general advice. 09:59:50 3 A. Yes. Yes. 09:59:52 4 BY MR. SCAROLA: 09:59:53 5 Q. And Mark Fabiant is representing you with 09:59:53 6 regard to this litigation; is that correct? 7 A. Yes, yes. 09:59:57 8 Q. Floyd Abrams is representing you now with 09:59:58 9 regard to this litigation; is that correct? 10 A. Yes. 10:00:01 11 Q. Mitch Webber is representing you now with 10:00:02 12 regard to this litigation; is that correct? 13 A. That's correct, yes. 10:00:C6 14 Q. Is Steven Safra representing you with 10:00:11 15 regard to this litigation? 16 A. Yes. 10:00:15 17 Q. Is Mary Borja representing you now with 10:00:15 18 regard to this litigation? 19 A. Yes. 10:00:19 20 Q. Is Ashley Eller representing you now with 10:00:20 21 regard to this litigation? 22 A. That's not a name that immediately comes 10:00:24 23 to my head, but I believe it's an associate in one 24 of the law firms. I don't know the names of all the 25 lawyers who are doing the background work on the EFTA01111178
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29 1 case for the law firms. 2 Q. Is Nicole Richardson representing you now 10:00:37 3 with regard to this litigation? 4 A. Again, yes, yes. 10:00:41 5 Q. Is Gabe Groisman representing you now with 10:00:46 6 regard to this litigation? 7 A. Yes. 10:00:49 8 Q. Is Ben Brodsky representing you now with 10:00:51 9 regard to this litigation? 10 A. Ben Brodsky? I would have to check on 10:00:59 11 that. 12 Q. Is Sarah Neely representing you now with 10:01:06 13 regard to this litigation? 14 A. Sarah Neely has been my assistant and 10:01:09 15 paralegal for the last some years and I have used 16 her to perform paralegal work for me in this 17 litigation. 18 Q. Is Nicholas Maisel representing you now 10:01:27 19 with regard to this litigation? 20 A. Nicholas Maisel is my research assistant 10:01:31 21 and paralegal on this litigation, yes. 22 Q. Is your wife representing you with regard 10:01:39 23 to this litigation? 24 A. My wife has been instrumental in helping 10:01:42 25 me gather all the records and information. She EFTA01111179
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30 1 knows more about records and where my records are 2 kept and I've asked her to perform paralegal service 3 in addition to her loving service as my wife. 4 Q. Is Harvey Silverglate representing you now 10:02:04 5 with regard to this litigation? 6 A. Yes. 10:02:08 7 Q. Is Mark rabiani representing you now with 10:02:09 8 regard to this litigation? 9 A. You've asked me that question and the 10:02:12 10 answer is -- 11 Q. No, I asked you, sir, if he was your 10:02:14 12 lawyer; but I haven't asked you whether he's 13 representing you now with regard to this litigation. 14 A. The answer is yes. 10:02:20 15 Q. Is Floyd Abrams representing you now with 10:02:22 16 regard to this litigation? 17 A. Yes. 10:02:25 18 Q. Is Jamin Dershowitz representing you now 10:02:26 19 with regard to this litigation? 20 A. Yes. 10:02:30 21 Q. Is Nancy Gertner representing you now with 10:02:32 22 regard to this litigation? 23 A. That requires a lengthier answer, if you 10:02:36 24 will permit me. 25 Q. I haven't stopped you yet. 10:02:41 EFTA01111180
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31 1 A. You've tried. 10:02:43 2 Q. Much as I may have liked to. 10:02:44 3 A. You've tried. 10:02:45 4 MR. SCOTT: Scarola, that's probably 10:02:47 5 one of the few times you and I agree on 6 something. 7 MR. SCAROLA: No, we've agreed on a lot, 10:02:52 8 Tom. 9 MR. SCOTT: Yeah, we -- I'm kidding you. 10:02:55 10 I'm kidding you. 11 MR. SCAROLA: I know you are. 10:02:57 12 A. Nancy Gertner is one of the attorneys who 10:02:58 13 called me immediately and expressed outrage at what 14 was happening to me and offered to help me. 15 Initially she wanted to help me by calling your 16 client, Professor Cassell, and explaining to him 17 that what I've been accused of could not possibly 18 have happened and there must have been a mistake or 19 something. And clearly she had confused me with 20 someone else. 21 And as I understand it, Nancy Gertner made 10:03:29 22 that phone call to your client, Professor Cassell, 23 and Professor Cassell reiterated his false 24 accusation against me. 25 Thereafter, Nancy Gertner volunteered to 10:03:42 EFTA01111181
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32 1 2 become part of my legal team and to examine some of the witnesses in this case. 3 BY MR. SCAROLA: 10:03:55 4 Q. Did you ever accept that offer from Nancy 10:03:56 5 Gertner 6 A. Yes. 10:03:59 7 Q. -- so as to establish$n attorney-client 10:03:59 8 relationship with -- 9 A. Yes. 10:04:04 10 Q. So she is one of your lawyers -- 10:04:04 11 A. She is currently -- I regard her currently 10:04:05 12 as one of my lawyers, yes. 13 Q. And is Mitch Webber one of your lawyers in 10:04:08 14 this case? 15 A. Yes. 10:04:11 16 Q. But if I just give you a name without 10:04:12 17 18 repeating the second part, "is that one of the lawyers in your case," will you understand -- 19 A. I understand. 10:04:21 20 Q. -- that I'm asking you with regard to 10:04:22 21 22 these -- a lawyer each of these individuals whether they are representing you in this case? 23 A. Yes. 10:04:30 24 Q. Okay. Anthony Julius? 10:04:30 25 A. Anthony Julius is a British barrister and 10:04:35 EFTA01111182
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33 1 solicitor who I conferred with regarding the 2 possibility of filing lawsuits against your clients 3 in Great Britain. I continue to confer with him on 4 matters relating to defamation. 5 Q. So you consider him to be one of your 10:04:54 6 lawyers representing you with regard to matters 7 relating to this lawsuit? 8 A. I'll stand by -- 10:05:00 9 MR. SCOTT: Objection, form. 10:05:01 10 A. -- my answer. I'll stand by my answer. 10:05:02 11 BY MR. SCAROLA: 10:05:04 12 Q. Charles Ogletree? 10:05:05 13 A. Charles Ogletree is a close personal 10:05:06 14 friend and colleague at the Harvard Law School with 15 whom I have conferred about this case. I always 16 have regarded him as a personal attorney and 17 continue to confer with him about this case and the 18 general picture. So, I do regard him as one of my 19 lawyers in this litigation, yes. I certainly regard 20 him as having been given privileged information as 21 part of a lawyer-client privilege, yes. 22 Q. There -- there may be a time when I need 10:05:47 23 more than just an answer to the question that I'm 24 asking as to whether these individuals are or are 25 not your lawyers in this case. That's not now. EFTA01111183
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34 So if you would, please, I would 2 appreciate it if you would tell me only whether these individuals are or are not your lawyers in 10:06:01 this case. A I'm sorry, but I cannot comply with that. 10:06:09 6 I'm -- 7 Q. Well, you can but you refuse to. 10:06:12 8 MR. SCOTT: Let's not interrupt him. 10:06:14 9 A. Let me complete my answer, please. 10:06:16 10 MR. SCOTT: It doesn't help the court 10:06:17 11 reporter or the record. 12 A. I've been teaching legal ethics for close 10:06:19 13 to 40 years. I understand the complexity of the 14 lawyer-client relationship. And it's impossible as 15 to some of the names you've mentioned to simply give 16 a yes or no answer to whether they are representing 17 me in this case. 18 What I can do is give you the facts and 10:06:39 19 then you and others can draw legal conclusions from 20 those facts. But I -- I cannot, under my oath to 21 tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the 22 truth, respond to questions with yes or no answers 23 when those questions do not call for simplistic yes 24 or no answers. 25 EFTA01111184
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:35 1 BY MR. SCAR0LA: 10:07:01 2 Q. Is Philip Heymann a lawyer representing 10:07:01 3 you in this case? 4 A. I have conferred with Philip Heymann on 10:07:04 5 several occasions about several aspects of this case 6 and I regard him, for purposes of lawyer-client 7 privilege, as one of my lawyers on this case. 8 Q. David Oscar Markus, same question? 10:07:18 9 MR. SCOTT: We covered him, didn't we? 10:07:22 10 A. David Oscar Markus is a former student and 10:07:23 11 research assistant of mine. Lives in Miami and 12 practices law. And he has repeatedly called and 13 offered me legal representation. Has offered to 14 help me in the legal context of this case. And I've 15 conferred with him on lawyer-client confidential 16 basis about this case on several occasion. 17 BY MR. SCAROLA: 10:07:49 18 Q. Thomas Wiegand? 10:07:49 19 A. Thomas Wiegand is a litigator in Chicago 10:07:51 20 with whom I worked along with Carlos Sires and 21 Sigrid McCawley on the Guma Aguiar case in Florida. 22 And as soon as this case occurred, Thomas Wiegand 23 was one of those lawyers who called and offered to 24 represent me and do whatever he could to help undo 25 the injustice that had been perpetrated on me by EFTA01111185
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36 1 your clients' false and mendacious allegations 2 regarding me and Virginia Roberts. 3 Q. Jeanne Baker? 10:08:30 4 A. Jeanne Baker is a long-term associate, 10:08:32 5 legal associate and friend who also called and 6 offered me legal help, legal representation, and I 7 continue to confer with her on a privileged basis. 8 Q. Rick Pildes? 10:08:51 9 A. Rick Pildes is a professor at New York 10:08:53 10 University law school and I sought his legal advice 11 on a particular issue in this case. And continue to 12 seek his legal advice. 13 Q. Susan Rosen? 10:09:03 14 A. Susan Rosen is a prominent lawyer in 10:09:04 15 Charleston, South Carolina and a cousin of my 16 wife's. And she has offered me legal advice about 17 this case as recently as two days ago. 18 Q. Alex MacDonald? 10:09:24 19 A. Alex MacDonald is my personal lawyer in 10:09:25 20 several instances in Massachusetts and he has 21 offered me advice and consultation on this case, 22 again volunteering in an effort to undo the horrible 23 injustice that was done to me by your clients' 24 mendacious willful and unprofessional conduct and 25 leveling of false charges, sexual misconduct against EFTA01111186
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37 1 me at a time when they knew it wasn't true and 2 seeking to repeat that charge after they knew that 3 it was impossible that I could have engaged in any 4 of the 5 Q. 6 7 school and also the wife of Steven Gillers and she, 8 along with Steven Gillers, have advised me and 9 conferred with me about the legal ethics aspects of 10 this case. 11 So you consider her to be one of your 12 lawyers in this case, is that 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 as having come within the lawyer-client privilege. 20 We've conferred on a number of occasions about the 21 ethical misconduct of your clients, 22 BY MR. SCAROLA: 23 Q. Rana Dershowitz? 24 A. Rana Dershowitz is my niece and Harvard 25 law school graduate, former chief counsel for the conduct that they have accused me of. Barbara Gillers? A. Barbara Gillers is at professor at NYU law A. i can -- MR. SCOTT: Object to the form. Go ahead. 10:10:23 Let me make an objection. I know you're just 10:10:05 10:10:06 10:10:19 10:10:22 trying to answer, but go ahead, you can answer, sir. A. Sorry. I regard my conversations with her 10:10:29 10:10:43 10:10:43 10:10:45 EFTA01111187
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36 1 U.S. Olympic Committee and a prominent lawyer in 2 Colorado. And I've conferred with her on numerous 3 occasions about litigation and strategy and aspects 4 of this case. 5 Q. Ella Dershowitz? 10:11:05 6 A. Ella Dershowitz is my daughter and she has 10:11:06 7 served as a paralegal helping me gather material. I 8 don't think I regard her -- I certainly don't regard 9 her as a lawyer in the case. But I regard her as 10 somebody who has been a part of our kind of legal 11 team. 12 Q. Ellen Dershowitz? 10:11:29 13 A. Ellen -- 10:11:32 14 Q. Elon? 10:11:33 15 A. Elon Dershowitz is my oldest son, child, 10:11:34 16 and he has served repeatedly in a paralegal capacity 17 in this case helping me to gather information and 18 evidence and doing some investigative work for me. 19 Q. Nathan Dershowitz? 10:11:52 20 A. Nathan Dershowitz is my brother. He's a 10:11:52 21 distinguished attorney in New York, had his own law 22 firm. And he and I did a lot of our legal cases 23 together and as soon as this case emerged, I 24 conferred with him and have conferred with him on 25 numerous occasions about this case. EFTA01111188
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39 1 Q. You consider him to be one of your lawyers 10:12:14 2 in this case? 3 A. Yes. 10:12:16 4 Q. Ben Brafman? 10:12:17 5 A. Ben Brafman is one of the leading criminal 10:12:19 6 lawyers and general lawyers in the City of New York? 7 He has volunteered to help me in any way he could in 8 this case and we have conferred and I have sought 9 legal advice from him in this -- in this matter. 10 Q. Arthur Aidala? 10:12:36 11 A. Arthur Aidala is a distinguished member of 10:12:38 12 the who's president of the Brooklyn Bar Association 13 and a former district attorney in Brooklyn. He has 14 volunteered to help me. He was outraged at the 15 unethical behavior of your clients and has sought 16 the opportunity to do everything in his power to try 17 to undo the injustice perpetrated on me by your 18 clients' mendacious and false and unethical 19 allegations against me, and I continue to confer 20 with him. 21 Q. David Zornow? 10:13:15 22 A. David Zornow is the senior litigating 10:13:17 23 partner at Skadden Arps in New York. He has offered 24 to assist me in this matter and I've conferred with 25 him and sought his legal advice. EFTA01111189
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40 1 Q. Charles Johnson? 10:13:31 2 A. Charles Johnson is my former research 10:13:32 3 assistant and paralegal. I think we've taken his 4 name off the list of lawyers because he now, I 5 think, performs more of a journalistic job than a 6 legal one, though he has offered to help me gather information on your clients. 8 Q. When did you cease considering Charles 10:14:02 9 Johnson to be your lawyer with regard to matters 10 relating to this case? 11 A. After a conference with my attorneys in 10:14:10 12 Washington, D.C. about ten days ago or so. We went 13 through the list and that was one that I said was 14 too close a question and I would regard him more as 15 a blogger and a journalist than as a lawyer. But 16 it's a close question. 17 Q. David Efron? 10:14:32 18 A. David Efron is a prominent lawyer in 10:14:33 19 Miami, Florida and Puerto Rico. He was one, who 20 called me immediately and offered his assistance, 21 the assistance of his law firm. I've conferred with 22 him repeatedly about this case. 23 Q. In an attorney-client capacity; is that 10:14:54 24 correct? 25 A. Yes. 10:14:57 EFTA01111190
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43 1 Q. Ashe? 10:14:57 2 A. Thomas Ashe is not a lawyer. He was one 10:14:58 3 of the first people I called on the day I was 4 informed of the lies being spread by your clients. 5 Because he could help me gather all the information 6 necessary to prove that the only time I was ever in 7 New Mexico was visiting him and his wife, who is a 8 prominent film person, and his daughter, who is a 9 sex offender prosecutor in the Brooklyn District 10 Attorney's Office who specializes in sex 11 trafficking. 12 I needed to call them to prove what I knew 10:15:49 13 immediately, that the only time I was ever at 14 Jeffrey Epstein's ranch was when I went to visit the 15 Ashes in New Mexico. I spoke to their daughter, the 16 prosecutor's, class. She was then in high school, 17 and took a day trip to Santa Fe. 18 Ashe had known -- had heard that Jeffrey 10:16:15 19 Epstein had bought a ranch, a very large ranch in 20 New Mexico and Ashe was very interested in the 21 outdoors and asked me if I would do him a favor and 22 call to see if we could just take a look at what the 23 ranch looked like. And I did that. 24 And we spent about an hour looking around 10:16:35 25 the house that was under construction. And I needed EFTA01111191
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42 1 Ashe to gather all the evidence for me, including 2 journal entries in his daughter's journal, 3 photographs, other evidence and proof of our visit 4 to the ranch, which your client encouraged Virginia 5 Roberts to include in an affidavit -- perjurious 6 affidavit, that she submitted with details, false 7 and mendacious details that could not have occurred 8 about an alleged sexual encounter between her and me 9 at the ranch in New Mexico. 10 Q. Which of my clients are you swearing under 10:17:30 11 oath encouraged Virginia Roberts to include 12 allegations of an encounter with you at the 13 New Mexico ranch? 14 A. Both of them, both of your clients, both 10:17:49 15 Judge Cassell and Mr. Edwards were both involved in 16 encouraging your client to file a perjurious 17 affidavit that they knew or should have known was 18 perjurious and did know was perjurious recently when 19 they sought to file another defamatory allegation in 20 the federal proceeding. 21 Q. Was the encouragement such that what you 10:18:21 22 are charging Bradley Edwards and Professor Paul 23 Cassell with doing was suborning perjury? 24 A. Absolutely. 10:18:34 25 MR. SCOTT: Objection, form. 10:18:35 EFTA01111192
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94 l absolutely, categorically lying. So I am completely 2 aware that never, until the lies were put in a legal 3 pleading at the end of December 2014, it was never 4 alleged that I had any sexual contact with Virginia 5 Roberts. 6 I know that it was alleged that I was a 11:38:46 7 witness to Jeffrey Epstein's alleged abuse and that 8 was false. I was never a witness to any of Jeffrey 9 Epstein's sexual abuse. And I wrote that to you, 10 something that you have falsely denied. And I stand 11 on the record. The record is clear that I have 12 categorically denied I was ever a witness to any 13 abuse, that I ever saw Jeffrey Epstein abusing 14 anybody. 15 And -- and the very idea that I would 11:39:18 16 stand and talk to Jeffrey Epstein while he was 17 receiving oral sex fro. , which she 18 swore to under oath, is so outrageous, so 19 preposterous, that even David Boies said he couldn't 20 believe it was true. 21 MS. McCAWLEY: I object. I object. I'm 11:39:40 22 not going to allow you to reveal any 23 conversations that happened in the context of a 24 settlement discussion. 25 THE WITNESS: Does she have standing? 11:39:46 EFTA01111193