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FBI VOL00009
EFTA01245169
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CONFIDENTIAL Page 21 And I'll tell you, when we talked about the sexual activity, and it comes out that she wasn't wearing 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 her underwear when he was her and she does not recall how they came off. She cannot remember removing her underwear. She doesn't remember if Mr. Epstein removed her underwear. She knows her underwear was off, but she cannot tell you exactly at what point her underwear was removed. Q Let's talk about the third discrepancy. A The third is the sexual activity, when she was originally interviewed by detective vibrator or being about the When detective comes and sees her again a few weeks later, she does tell her at that time that a vibrator She, also says that to the grand jury, she talks about the purple vibrator Last night she told us about the purple vibrator When we asked her about him her, and that had told the police department that she had been told us last night that she was by Mr. Epstein, but that she thought only her and knew about this and that she did not want her father to know that. he had She didn't want anybody to know, but she especially didn't want her father to know, that that was her business. That GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000044 3501.004-001 Page 21 of 29 EFTA 00055172 EFTA01245189
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1 she did not know that Page 22 had told anybody, she thought 2 it was only her and that knew. She was embarrassed 3 and didn't want anybody to know that. Did she become visually upset? 5 A Yes, she began crying when we asked her about being . When she realized that we knew about that, she became very upset and concerned about her father. She mentioned that her father has read a lot 9 of the reports in the State of Florida, and has followed io the state's case. She was concerned about even telling 11 us, afraid that he would be able to read in our reports 12 about this. 13 we explained to her that the FBI's reporting is la a little bit different than the way the state -- those are 15 public records, and ours is part of our case file. 16 Q In addition to the fact that she had these 17 concerns about her father and she was embarrassed, in your 18 experience of interviewing victims of sexual abuse, is it 19 typical for them to not disclose all of the sexual 20 activity? 21 A Yes, it's very typical. And young girls, they 22 don't want to talk about it. This is just another case of 23 her not wanting to tell exactly what took place. 24 Q After that first visit to Mr. Epstein's house, 25 and the interviews with detective , did detective MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000045 3501.004-001 Page 22 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055173 EFTA01245190
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 3.2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 23 ask to make what are called controlled calls? A Yes. Q Can you explain to the grand jury what a controlled call is? A A controlled call is where we actually have a listening device, where we have an individual place a call to somebody and we are able to record the other person's voice and the conversation that takes place between the person that we're having make the call and the person that they are calling. Q Who did detective ask to call? A was asked to call on the phone. Q And did she do so? A Yes, she did. Q Can you tell the grand jury when the calls were? A I believe the first call was made towards the end of March, I believe it was March 30. called at the Olive Garden where works. was concerned that father. had found out somehow and that they knew about it. And she refers to him as Jeffrey, but Mr. Epstein. told her that they did not know about Mr. Epstein. Later in the conversation tells her that Mr. Epstein would like her to come back and work for him, and that maybe she could work for him tomorrow. So 3 Ii MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000046 3501.004-001 Page 23 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055174 EFTA01245191
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Page 24 1 they agreed that there would be a call between and 2 tomorrow, that will call tomorrow. 3 Q Were there calls also made on March 31 of 2006? 4 A There were two calls made on March 31. The 5 first one she doesn't connect to The second call 6 that was made a short time later, answers the phone. 7 Again, there is a discussion about coming to work for 8 Mr. Epstein. tells -- one of the comments that 9 is made is, "The more you do, the more you make." is 10 asking her how much can I make. 11 Again, detective is there, and is 12 asking , how much can I make. is telling 13 that she'll have to ask Mr. Epstein that, that she is 14 going to see Mr. Epstein tomorrow and that she'll talk to • 15 Mr. Epstein. There is conversation about and her 16 twin sister possibly coming to Mr. Epstein's house. There 17 is some discussion about her coming to work for 18 Mr. Epstein. 19 Q Just so it's clear, because there were a lot of 20 shes, is• telling that is going to see 21 Epstein the following day? 22 A Yes. 23 Q And that is going to set up a schedule 24 with Mr. Epstein for and her sister to work for him? 25 A Yes. MM20 GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000047 3501.004-001 Page 24 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055175 EFTA01245192
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Page 25 1 Q On. April 1, the following day, did make 2 calls to 3 A From the Palm Beach police department, they were 4 able to take voice mail messages left by on S phone stating that could come and work on Saturday 6 around 11:00. 7 Q I think you mentioned this last time, but in 8 case you didn't, did the Palm Beach police department do 9 trash pulls at Mr. Epstein's house? io A Yes, they did. 11 Q Was there anything of value related to this 12 series of calls that were recovered? 13 A Yes.. There was a trash pull done in the 14 beginning of April, and in the trash there was a piece of 15 paper that on it had name, name, and I 16 believe it was 10:30 listed on the piece of paper. 17 Q It said with on Saturday at 10:30? 18 A . Yes, it did. 19 Q In addition to the actual recordings of those 20 phone calls and voice mail messages, do you also have 21 telephone records from both cell phone and 22 cell phone that match up? 23 A Yes. 24 Q Just to go back to something that you mentioned. 25 Who actually gave the $300 cash to at the day she was MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000048 3501.004-001 Page 25 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055176 EFTA01245193
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Page 26 1 at Mr. Epstein's house? 2 A Mr. Epstein. 3 Q You mentioned a girl named 4 A Yes. 5 Q Was also interviewed? 6 A Yes, she was. 7 Q Was she asked about going with to take 8 girls to Mr. Epstein's house? 9 A Yes. 10 Q was she asked who the youngest-looking girl was? 11 A Yes. 12 Q What did she say? 13 A She discussed looking young in her 14 interview with the Palm Beach police department. 15 MS. Those are all of my questions 16 for you now. If you could please step outside, I'll 17 see if the grand jurors *have any. 18 (Witness excused, and then returned.) 19 BY MS. 20 Q Agent , we have just a few questions.. 21 One relates to the conversation between Mr. Epstein and 22 III/ about his exploits with other girls. Did Mr. Epstein 23 say anything about the age of those girls? 24 25 talked about a young girl that he was in the back seat A He said that -- in particular on one case he MM20 GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000049 3501.004-001 Page 26 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055177 EFTA01245194
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1 2 3 4 5 6 Page 27 with, and her parents were in the front seat. He told that they were having sex in the back seat -- were doing sexual things in the back seat while he was carrying on a conversation with the parents in the front seat. I guess they were on their way home from a business party. This was one of the stories that he had talked about. Q But at no time did he provide any specific ages about any of those girls? 10 11 A Q to Mr. No. what was age at the time she took Epstein's house? 12 A She was 18. 13 Q Did Mr. Epstein ask anything about her age? 14 A He did. He asked her how old she was, she said 15 she was 18. He asked her what grade she was in, she said 16 she was in the 12th grade. He asked her where she went to 17 school, and she said she went to Wellington. 18 Q I know we will be doing a lot more discussion 19 about later. But could you tell us briefly how 20 was recruited to go to Mr. Epstein's house? 21 A was at the beach, and two individuals 22 approached her about making money and giving a massage to 23 Mr. Epstein. 24 Q How old was when she first went to 25 Mr. Epstein's house? MM20 GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000050 3501.004-001 Page 27 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055178 EFTA01245195
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Page 28 1 A Through phone records, we have contact between 2 and starting at age 17. 3 MS. : Those are all the questions. 4 Thank you. 5 (Witness excused, and then returned,) 6 BY MS. 7 Q The question was, was there any particular evidence to suggest that Mr. Epstein knew that was 9 under the age of 18? 10 A I would say through the interviews of the 11 multiple girls that went to Mr. Epstein's house -- the way 12 that having seen last night, and now she's 16 -- this 13 was two years ago -- that age and behavior -- and 14 again, is that more circumstantial evidence? As far as 15 concrete evidence, no. But just by her appearance and her 16 mannerisms and how I observed her last night at age 16. 17 Q And that's consistent with what said 18 during her statement, correct? 19 A Yes, it is. 20 MS. : Any other questions? 21 JUROR: Did she look 18? 22 THE WITNESS: Does look 18? Not in my 23 opinion, sir. 24 MS. : All right. Any other questions? 25 Okay, thank you, very much. MM20- GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000051 3501.004-001 Page 28 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA 00055179 EFTA01245196
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Page 29 1 (Witness excused.) 2 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER 10 11 12 13 14 15 I CERTIFY pages 1 to 28 is a true transcript of my shorthand notes of the testimony of before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach, Florida, on the 27th day of February, 2007. Dated at West Palm Beach, Florida this 18th day of March, 2007. 16 Philip W. May, Court Reporter 17 18 ' 19 20 21 22 23 • 24 25 MM20 GJ TESTIMONY_MULTIPLE_INDICTMENT-000052 3501.004-001 Page 29 of 29 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00055180 EFTA01245197
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