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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1199-26 Filed 01/27/21 Page 1 of 4 EXHIBIT C  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1199-26 Filed 01/27/21 Page 2 of 4 Page 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CASE NO. 15-CV-07433-RWS ------------------------------------------x VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff, v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. -------------------------------------------x June 21, 2016 9:17 a.m. C O N F I D E N T I A L Deposition of JOSEPH RECAREY, pursuant to notice, taken by Plaintiff, at the offices of Boies Schiller & Flexner, 401 Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, before Kelli Ann Willis, a Registered Professional Reporter, Certified Realtime Reporter and Notary Public within and for the State of Florida. Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1199-26 Filed 01/27/21 Page 3 of 4 Page 194 1 JOSEPH RECAREY - CONFIDENTIAL 2 MS. SCHULTZ: Object to form and 3 foundation. 4 THE WITNESS: And Venero, Christina 5 Venero. 6 BY MR. PAGLIUCA: 7 Q. Who is an adult as well? 8 MS. O'CONNOR: Object to form. 9 THE WITNESS: Yes. 10 BY MR. PAGLIUCA: 11 Q. So out of your entire report, the only two 12 people who ever said anything about Ms. Maxwell were 13 Ms. Sjoberg, who I believe was 23 when you 14 interviewed her? 15 A. Right, but she was -- 16 MS. SCHULTZ: Object to form and 17 foundation. 18 THE WITNESS: She was -- she had worked 19 there for quite some time, so you would have to 20 back up, I think, a year or two. 21 BY MR. PAGLIUCA: 22 Q. She was an adult when she worked there? 23 A. Right. She was over the age of 18, right, 24 let's put it that way. 25 Q. And she was not listed by you as a victim Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1199-26 Filed 01/27/21 Page 4 of 4 Page 195 1 JOSEPH RECAREY - CONFIDENTIAL 2 as part of this case, right? 3 A. Correct, because it was between two 4 consenting adults. 5 Q. Exactly. 6 And so that's Ms. Sjoberg, and then the 7 other individual, I think you said Bolero; is that 8 right? 9 A. Venero, Christina Venero. She's a -- 10 Q. Adult masseuse, correct? 11 A. Yes. I remember she had lots of tattoos. 12 Q. Tatts, right. 13 But the 17 individuals that you listed in 14 Exhibit 1, none of those individuals ever said the 15 word -- the words "Ghislaine Maxwell" during the 16 course of this investigation to you, correct? 17 MS. SCHULTZ: Object to form and 18 foundation. 19 THE WITNESS: I don't believe so. It 20 would be on the tapes if they did. 21 BY MR. PAGLIUCA: 22 Q. Well, or it would be in your report, 23 right? 24 MS. SCHULTZ: Object to form and 25 foundation.