giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1331.16
10 pg
…A. Jeffrey Epstein and Ronald Rizzo Are Not Unavailable
Plaintiff cannot claim that Jeffery Epstein and Ronald Rizzo are “unavailable witnesses”
whose testimony can be presented by deposition at trial under Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1331.7
21 pg
…INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1
I. PLAINTIFF CANNOT SATSIFY THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF
CERTAIN DEPOSITIONS AT TRIAL .................................................................................. 1
A. Jeffrey Epst…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1331.13
22 pg
…ARGUMENT ..................................................................................................................................2
I. EPSTEIN AND, POTENTIALLY, ESPLIN ARE UNAVAILABLE WITNESSES.........2
A. Jeffrey Epstein is a Witness who is more than 100 miles from the place of
…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1331.25
4 pg
…time, so this had been sent to him 09:20:59
·5· ·originally by Ms. Maxwell, and because he was 09:21:03
·6· ·unavailable, she forwarded it to me for immediate action. 09:21:07
·7· ·I therefore respond…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1331.27
11 pg
…. . is”3 Ms. Maxwell sent the earlier email to
Mr. Barden originally and because he was unavailable, she forwarded it to Mr. Gow.
Plaintiff’s reliance on this testimony is misplaced. Even if Mr. Gow’s speculation about
how he…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1330.19
15 pg
… In 2009, did you direct your
6 lawyer, either directly or indirectly, to
7 tell Brad Edwards that you were unavailable
8 to attend a deposition?
9 MR. PAGLIUCA: Objection to the
10 form and foundation. And this is a…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1219.43
12 pg
…of her long-time boyfriend and joint defense partner, Jeffrey Epstein.
A blanket statement of “unavailability” is incredible – particularly without any description of the
steps she has taken to make the emails available. Without taking any efforts to recover her
…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1161.0_1
17 pg
…Martindell involved a criminal investigation, which
meant that the Government could take a number of significant steps
that are unavailable in the USVI’s civil action here. 594 F.2d at
296 (noting that the Government “may institute or continue…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.230.0
19 pg
…effort to hide relevant information and prevent the fair
examination of Plaintiff on her claims. Due to these multiple and repeated discovery violations,
key information and documents were unavailable to Ms. Maxwell prior to Plaintiff’s depositions
on May 3…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.513.0
21 pg
…A
party may establish relevance by “‘adduc[ing] sufficient evidence from which a reasonable trier
of fact could infer that ‘the destroyed [or unavailable] evidence would have been of the nature
alleged by the party affected by its destruction.’” Id…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1137.15_2
41 pg
…and then Brunel’s attorney cancelled the
rescheduled deposition date. Brunel’s counsel represented that Brunel was outside the country
and thus unavailable. But later sworn deposition testimony revealed that Brunel was actually
inside the country at this time – indeed…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1122.0_2
13 pg
…318 (1976)).
Since Maxwell and Doe agree (as they must) that Epstein is unavailable to testify in the
USVI’s CICO action and since his allegedly repeated invocations of the Fifth Amendment
privilege in his deposition in this action would…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.903.0
46 pg
…my view, is governed by Rule 32 of the Rules of Civil
9 Procedure. And those rules are clear with regard to
10 depositions as to unavailability of witness. And then we talk
11 about the requirements that, whether they…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.872.0
76 pg
…Barden was not necessarily accessible at
some point in time, so this had been sent to him
orig inall y by Ms . Maxwell, and because he was
unavailable , she forwarded it to me for immediate
action. I therefore respond, "Okay…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1331.4
21 pg
…A
party may establish relevance by “‘adduc[ing] sufficient evidence from which a reasonable trier
of fact could infer that ‘the destroyed [or unavailable] evidence would have been of the nature
alleged by the party affected by its destruction.’” Id…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1331.19
12 pg
…Mr. Barden was
not necessarily accessible at some point in time, so this had been sent to him
originally by Ms. Maxwell, and because he was unavailable, she forwarded it to
me for immediate action. I therefore respond, “Okay, Ghislaine…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.218.0
25 pg
…684 N.Y.S.2d 443, 444 (1st Dep’t 1996)
(“Notwithstanding [subpoenaing party’s] excuses offered to the contrary, no clear and specific
showing has been made that the relevant material was unavailable elsewhere.”); Flynn, 235
15
Case…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.441.0
18 pg
…and some provid ers no longerex ist.A complete overview of what
med icalrecord s are u navailable to M s.Giu ffre is below atA ppend ix A .
Even if M s.Giu ffre had end less resou rces…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.28
32 pg
…Menninger Declaration, Ex. A (Rizzo deposition transcript excerpts). Of course, Plaintiff’s counsel has
engaged in their own last-minute “unavailability” for a deposition scheduled by Ms. Maxwell, as to Plaintiff’s
former fiancé, a witness who is hostile, required…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1256.12
32 pg
…Menninger Declaration, Ex. A (Rizzo deposition transcript excerpts). Of course, Plaintiff’s counsel has
engaged in their own last-minute “unavailability” for a deposition scheduled by Ms. Maxwell, as to Plaintiff’s
former fiancé, a witness who is hostile, required…