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FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) I FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 03/31/2011 , maiden name date of birth , Social Securit Account Nu , United States Citizen and was interviewed at t e Unite• States Consu ate in . allin was advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and urpose of the interview. Present during the interview was husband, and via tele hone, Assistant Unite States Attorney provided the following information; s born to parents , date of birth , currentl a and her mother, ate of birth , currently resides in move to Pa m Beac County, Florida with her when s e was years old and iiturned to at She returned to Florida at a e and was placed in a in West Palm Beach, Florida. ran away from the rehabilitation facility when she was approximately II years old, and while living on the streets in Miami, Florida, she met RON EPPINGER. EPPINGER was in his 60's and owned an escort service called "The Perfect 10." EPPINGER recruited young Yugoslavian females to become escorts and would arrange for them to obtain fraudulent United States passports. EPPINGER had seven to nine females between the ages of 16 and 24 living with him at his three bedroom apartment in downtown Miami, Florida. EPPINGER had a modeling agency that helped him recruit young females, and he was not shy about producing pornography. EPPINGER frequently produced pornography of lesbian sexual activity. EPPINGER liked young girls and kept them on a specific diet to keep them thin. EPPINGER engaged in sexual activity with illif on the day they met, and the sexual activity continued out their relation hi , which lasted four to six months. EPPINGER was training to be n escort and referred to her as "his baby." EPPINGER gave a life off of the stLattsj. and she felt locked into the re ationship. EPPINGER gave 1111111 pharmaceuticals toward the end of their relationship. Investigation on 03/17/2011 al Rk# lE -MM-108062 Date dictated by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency: it and its contents arc not to be distributed outside your agency. EFTA00208128 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of Mn 03/17/2011 • Page 2 EPPINGER was well connected in wealthy social circles and had many famous clients. Some of the clients would take the escorts to a club or dinner before engaging in sexual activity with the women. Some clients were known to rent yachts as a place to take the women. relationship with EPPINGER ended while she was at a private ranch in the Ocala, Florida area 1 h nically contacted a childhood frien , from a telephone at the ranch. from elem n r h 1 n h he ho one of his parents . told she was very lonely, and ed her why she did not leave EPPINGER. EPPINGER learned of telephone conversation with ame angry. EPPINGER entered the recreational vehicle (RV) was staying in at the ranch and yelled, "What are you doing to me?" He did not strike her but was loud and intimidating toward her. He had someone pack her belongings and told her she was going to live with another man. EPPINGER sent her by limousine to a man she knew as Charlie LNU who was th of the club HOT CHOCOLATES in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. felt that she was sent to CHARLIE LNU f vor but did not know the specifics of the arrangement. engaged in sexual activity with HARLI LNU who was described as a white male in hi 4 's. stated CHARLIE LNU was aware of her true age. stayed with CHARLIE LNU for approximately one or two weeks befor the police located her and returned her arents. was interviewed by a male detective. parents were stil married at the time and lived near Royal Palm Beach, Florida. believed there was an FBI investigation related to EPPINGER and that he fled the country. She never saw EPPINGER again after he transported her to CHARLIE LNU. In approximately June 1998 or 1999, began working at Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. father worked at Mar-A-Lago as a maintenance supervisor and was able to help her gain employment ',wiry sitter and later as a locker room attendant at the club. started studying f r h GED and wanted to become a massage therapist. In August, was reading an anatomy/massage book and was approached by GHISLAINE MAXWELL at Mar-A-Lago. MAXWELL explained that she was looking for a traveling masseuse. MAXWELL offered to pay her $200 per hour and help her get her masseuse accreditation. MAXWELL EFTA00208129 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation ofFD-302 of .on 03/17/2011 .Page 3 explained that she and her companion, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, traveled around the world. consulted her father about the opportunity and at approximately 5:00 p.m. the same day, her father drove her to a resid n El Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida. MAXWELL spoke with f h and told him it was a wonderful opportunity for met the epers, JUAN and MARIA ALESSI, also known as JOHN and MARY. was led upstairs by MAXWELL and observed numerous photographs throughout the house of young women in the nude or wearing bikinis. Some of the photographs appeared to be professional, and others were snapshots. All of the women in the photographs were beautiful and described as model types. Once upstairs in EPSTEIN's bedroom, EPSTEIN was already on the massage table lying on his stomach face down. EPSTEIN w nude or partially covered with a towel. MAXWELL instructed to wash her hands prior to beginning the mas nd the massage began legitimately. MAXWELL demonstrated to how to perform massage techniques. D rin he course of the massage, MAXWELL and EPSTEIN ed about her past, including her time as a runaway. mir was also asked if she took birth control. EFTA00208130 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation ofFD-302 of 03/17/2011 .Page 4 At the on lusion of the shower, wen downstairs, and MAXWELL paid $200.00 in cash, which believed was obtained from a black duffel bag from EPSTEIN's office. JUAN ALESSI was also present. Arrangements were made fo to return to the house the following day after work. cellular phone number was given to EPSTEIN and MAXWELL. The same routine and pattern f m ages and sexual activity between EPSTEIN, MAXWELL, and continued betwee nd tw w s. At AXWELL w li ed on . The were pink or black in color and were kept in a drawer near EPSTEIN's bed. At the conclusion of that time, EPSTEIN and MAXWELL offered the option to quite her job at Mar-A-Lago and to travel with EP TEI full time as his masseuse. T s also discussion of receiving massage training. was to be paid $200.00 per day for travel and $200.00 per hour for massages. During her initial time with EPSTEIN met , who w 17 ld at the time. was from an area outside of and was introduced as MAXWELL's assistant. soon began traveling with EPSTEIN. For the initial six months, traveled with EPSTEIN around the United States and Caribbean, including California, New York City, New Mexico, and various business trips. Duri e trips, EPSTEIN continued to engage in sexual acts with Six to nine mont f r began working for EPSTEIN, EPSTEIN inf r ed that she would get her first massage client. was introduced to EVA LNU(believed to be EVA ANDERSSON DUBIN), a former model, and her husband, GLENN DUBIN, in Palm Beach, Florida. EVA LNU was a fo mer 'rlfriend of EPSTEIN's and was pregnant at the time. met the couple at a condominium next to the Breakers hotel. The condominium was bought for EVA LNU by EPSTEIN and was a unit that it d the use of a elevator to access it. In the condominium, provided a normal massage to EVA LNU. thereafter, EVA LNU went to sleep in another room, and provided an erotic massage to EFTA00208131 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation ofFD-302 of AM 03/17/2011 .Page 5 UBIN similar in nature to her activit with EP TEIN. cleaned DUBIN in a similar fashion as EPSTEIN, and she was paid cash by Walad totaling several hundred dollars. In addition, EPSTE IIIIIII for her encounter with DUBIN the following day. was 16 years old at the time she had sex with DUBIN. advised that her introduced her to the drug Xanax. She explained that Xanax helped her escape from reality but allowed her to still function normally. Xanax helped her go forward with what she was doing with EPSTEIN and others. Her habit went from two pills per day up to eight pills per day. second client was an academic of some sort described as r American male with a white beard and glasses. EPSTEIN sent from Miami International Airport to his private island in the States Virgin Islands (USVI) by commercial airline. was picked up at the t by MILES ALEXANDER and then taken to the island by boat. pointed out that GHISLAINE MAXWELL had a helicopter that uld frequently fly in the USVI. EPSTEIN instructed to entertain the client as if she was the man's girlfriend. The client was goofy and wanted to ride jet skis and participate in other islanaAgLiyities besides the sexual activity that was iid. IIIIIII spent two days on the island with the client. iiiii assumes the client also traveled to the USVI commercially. During the following several months, traveled internationally w. h E TEIN. Prior to her traveli ad, EPSTEIN assisted in getting her passport. got passport photographs of herself and provided them to EPSTEIN. The remainin work was taken care of by EPSTEIN or someone on his behalf. traveled to Paris, France, the South f Fr nce, London, England, Africa, and Spain. While in Paris, recalled staying at a ho rlooking the Champs-Elysees. While traveling with EPSTEIN, traveled on EPSTEIN's private planes including a 727 aircraft an• - .1 ck plane. During the international travel, EPSTEIN and ged in sexual n n -r in -11 1. w. 1. -n.-.- in EFTA00208132 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of .on 03/17/2011 • Fate 6 "Mail journalist SH R contacted through ' girlfriend, and explained as following the JEFFREY EPSTEIN case and wanted to talk out EPSTEIN, MAXWELL, and PRINCE ANDREW. CHURCHER at she wanted story about PRINCE ANDREW and a contract. agreed to the contract for her story and was paid $140,000 for the story, $10,000 article was printed, and another $10,000 to b into account in May 2011. The contract prevented from talking to any other press for a specified period. advised that she provided CHURCHER with detailed information that she did not believe CHURCHER would publish. IIIIIII met after began working for EPSTEIN. was one of EPSTEIiiiiiiiy ci irls, though she was not around EPSTEIN as much as . frequently . traveled with EPSTEIN and was pu an acting career in California. EPSTEIN got rid of because she had a cocaine habit. One of thil r maids at EPSTEIN's island f ocaine, and EPSTEIN sent bac e UNITED STATES. was a couple of years older that One of EPSTEIN's associates, JEAN LUC BRUNEL, was a model recruiter and was frequently around EPSTEIN. BRUNEL would bring girls to EPSTEIN. Many of the girls BRUNEL brought to EPSTEIN had glish language skills and appeared to be very young. estimated some of the girls were as young as 16 years old. The young girls were promised modeling contracts or acting careers. EPSTEI r m'sed an acting career. At age 16, met at a blue waterfront beachl e in Malibu, California th EPSTEIN had purchased for . believed he and were approximately the same age. and had a sexual encounter as directed by EPSTEIN. was also recruiting additional females for EPSTEIN. On the taxi ride back to the airport, EPSTEIN bragged that he h r h girl from her mother. The girl was , and her father had recently passed away. EPSTEIN owned a residence in the Los Angeles area near a famous former model. He had also purchased residences for other unknown females. EPSTEIN was very selective and preferred young, compliant, beautiful, fun girls with no tattoos or piercings. EPSTEIN did not like African American females. EPSTEIN liked to be EFTA00208133 IV-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of Mn 03/17/2011 .Page 7 nurtured, and would dress him, rub his toes, and brush his hair. EPSTEIN did not want to ask for what he wanted. girl named frequen traveled with EPSTEIN. was in love with EPSTEIN. was saving herse and would no h v v in 1 in ercourse with EPSTEIN. Al h •h w. 1 b me jealous of and EPSTEIN ended his relationship with If a girl became clingy and exhibited feelings for EPSTEIN, he would end the relationship. EPSTEIN wanted to have a child with , though EPSTEIN explained the he wished to continue to be with other women. provided an erotic massage to LESLIE WEXNER in New York, New York. EP TEIN and WEXNER were close friends and had regular contact. described WEXNER as a creep. An nknown individual sent EPSTEIN three 12 year-old girls from as a birthday gift. saw the hree cirls rrived EP TEIN' P lm Beach 1. .ce. said that day was a low stage in her relationship with EPSTEIN because she could not believe EPSTEIN's excited expression. The young girls seemed to reoued for what in with EP never saw the girls again. believed the girls may have been provided by JEAN B EL because BRUNEL was at the residence at the time, but was not certain of BRUNEL's involvement. had a picture of herself she wanted to give EPSTEIN for his birtLaA th.LIAXWELL did not like the photo and took more photographs of in an alluring pose. MAXWELL frequently took nude or alluring photographs of the girls around EPSTEIN. The photographs were often artistic pornographic photographs. MAXWELL had a professional camera and printed numerous photographs that filled multiple boxes at MAXWELL's residence EPSTEIN had purchased for her in 1999 or 2000. EPSTEIN did not take photographs of the girls himself but enjoyed the photographs given to him by MAXWELL. described some of the unique interior areas of EPSTEIN's Manhattan residence. The first floor had a surveillance EFTA00208134 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation ofFD-302 of mt. 03/17/2011 .pace 8 room that displayed approximately 50 cameras on the premises. Also on the first floor was a study where many photographs were displayed. The home was dimly lit, castle-like, and decorated in an ornate fashion. The floors were tan marble, and the main staircase was marble with a wooden railing. In addition to the main staircase, there was a hidden staircase that led to EPSTEIN's massage room on the second floor. In the hidden stairwell, there were eyeballs embedded i wall along the staircase. The dimly lit massage room, which referred to as "the dungeon," had a massage table in the middle of the room and a separate corridor with a shower and sauna that led to other rooms. attorneys indicated that some of the activity that occurred in "the dungeon" may have been recorded. The guest ro m w re located on the third and fourth floors, which was where stayed. The top floor was EPSTEIN's room and had a large glass atrium above the shower. While in New York, stayed at an apartment on 66th street that EPSTEIN provided. was aware of EPSTEIN having additional apartments in the same building. According to SHARON CHURCHER the partment building on 66th street was owned by MARK EPSTEIN. advised that she had a photograph of the interior of the 66th Street apartment among other photos of her time with EPSTEIN. advised that some of her photographs that were provided to her civil attorneys by her f mily were not returned. One of the missing photos depicted wearing a pink dress while seated on a quad bike. was female that formerly lived in the Greenwich Vill e ar rk and engaged in sexual activity for EPSTEIN. went hopping together and purchas-. 1. hin and explained that EPSTEIN enjoye on the girls. EPSTEIN had computers in his office, study, and library. She recalled him having at least one desktop computer. MAXWELL had several laptop computers. EPSTEIN used as a driv ing females to the Pal resi STEIN thought was a schmuck. was boyfriend at the tun n he would frequently drive her to EPSTEIN's residence. did not mind what was doing because of the money she was EFTA00208135 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation ofFD-302 of AM 03/17/2011 .Pavc 9 recalled few of the females she 1 a 17 ear-old with er, was not accepted b 16-18 years old, had EPSTEIN requested to find young, pretty, white females to bring to him. TEIN paid her $400 per hour if she brought females to him. had a cellular telephone at the time that EPSTEIN provided. She believe w a Ne number but could not recall the number. and were sent to clubs and shops in New York to recruit females for EPSTEIN. MAXWELL continued to recruit females for EPSTEIN as well. could only remember faces of the females not their names. did not procure any females for EPSTEIN in N w M xi ut she did tr unsuccessfull to .et females for him in recalled two aircraft the EPSTEIN owned, a 727 and a black Gulfstream. The Gulfstream had some type of slogan on it, but she could not rec 11 h wording. One of the pilots of the aircraft was LARRY LNU. advised that sex acts occurred while traveling on the aircraft. EPSTEIN also had smaller aircraft and helicopters. traveled with EPSTEIN to a self-help conference at a hotel in New Orleans, iiiina. The hotel was near the Hard Rock Café in New Orleans. traveled the world with EPSTEIN including the USVI, New York, Santa Fe, Palm Beach, France, Africa, Spain and the United Kingdom. EPSTEIN traveled to Europe for approximatel ix weeks with an architect to get construction design ideas. recalled visiting Alhambra Castle in Spain. The ar hi left toward the end of the trip. EPSTEIN, MAXWELL, and eventually d to the United Kingdom and while there, MAXWELL approached in a very excited manner ld her they had to go shopping to pick out a dress because MAW would be dancing with the Queen's son, referring to PRINCE ANDREW, Duke of York. and MAXWELL went shopping and purchased makeup, clothing, and a Burberr b . The items were purchased with MAXWELL's credit card. and MAXWELL r iiii to MAXWELL's town home ' London, and MAXWELL instructed to get ready. When came down after getting ready, she was introduced to PRINCE ANDREW with a traditional English greeting. MAXWELL, EFTA00208136 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of • On 03/17/2011 .Faso 10 EPSTEIN, and PRINCE ANDREW talked gossip and poked fun at SARAH "FERGIE" FERGUSON' t. EPSTEIN and MAXWELL asked PRINCE ANDREW to age. PRINCE ANDREW responded, "17," which was correct age. EPSTEIN and MAXWELL's responded, "You're right there." PRINCE ANDREW had two security guards and a driver with him who traveled from residence to CLUB TRAMP in London. EPSTEIN, and traveled to CLUB TRAMP in a separate vehicle. danced with PRINCE ANDREW at CLUB TRAMP and stated he is the worst n r in h world. PRINCE ANDREW was grabbing her waist an on the dance floor. PRINCE ANDREW's security personnel were outside the club. It seemed that no one at the club recognized him. They stayed at CLUB TRAMP for an hour or hour and a half and drank a coll. cocktails before returning to MAXWELL's residence. had not received any direction from EPSTEIN or MAXWELL on what to do with PRINCE ANDREW other than be very p and energetic. After returning to MAXWELL's residence, re ted EPSTEIN to take a photograph of her with PRINCE ANDREW. advised that she still had the original photograph in herl ii sion and would provide it to the interviewing agents. proceeded with DREW into a bathroom where they engaged in foreplay. Ati dvised that PRINCE ANDREW has a foot fetis her feet. Following the foreplay in the bathroom, n ouched nd PRINCE ANDREW entered a bedroom where they engaged in . PRINCE ANDREW climaxed and departed MAXWELL's residence a short time later. Approximately two months later, met PRINCE ANDREW again at EPSTEIN'sMnh nr i n whr h v PRINEANDREW n r is massage. RINCE ANDREW until PRINCE ANDREW did not er feet as he did during their first se ter. Wili recalled one of EPSTEIN's assistants, , being at the residence. MAXWELL had purchased a puppet resembling PRINCE ANDREW to give to him as a gift. The group joked after the puppet's hand was placed on one of the girls' breasts and then PRINCE ANDREW mimi k d the puppet by placing his hand on ano ale's breast. recalled MAXWELL joking about trading in because she was getting too old. recalled meeting PRIN E ANDREW a third time on EPSTEIN's private island in the USVI. was using Xanax heavily at the time, and her recollection was not clear. She remembered there were many models on the island that did not speak English along with a modeling person who had an unknown accent. EFTA00208137 IV-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of Fl)-302 of Mn 03/17/2011 .Page II EPSTEIN's private island had a main house with a television room, dining room, office, and kitchen. There was also a pool surrounded by four cottages where females stayed. EPSTEIN's quarters were down a spiral staircase that lead to a master suite. The island property had numerous outdoor activities includi trampoline on the water, boats, jet skis, and quad bikes. observed a desktop computer in the office EPSTEIN and MAXWELL shared. EPSTEIN did not have a problem with using prescription Mi ll EPSTEIN did not do drugs or alcohol and was described by as a health freak. EPSTEIN had a chef, ADAM LNU, that prepared meals. ADAM LNU observed females walking around EPSTEIN's residences naked. ADAM LNU had short brown hair, blue eyes, and was soft spoken. ADAM LNU had a wife and newborn baby. EPSTEIN's main driver in New York was "JOJO" (TRUE NAME UNKNOWN), an ale. EPSTEIN also had a ranch employee in New Mexico, but could not recall his name. She did have a photograph of the ranch employee. met numerous famous people while she was with EPSTEIN including academics, politicians, and celebrities. She met BILL CLIN AL GORE and TIPPER GORE at EPSTEIN's private island. did not engage in sexual activity with CLINTON or GORE. received many gifts from EPSTEIN including jewelry, watches, bags, shoes, make up, clothing, and home furnishings. EPSTEIN gave her a couch from r n that had terry cloth upholstery with goose down feathers. left all of the items behind when she traveled to Thailand to receive massage training. traveled b omm r i-1 irline to She stayed at the Princess Hotel in Thailandliiiii, was supposed to procure i iiiiilii iiiiiPSTEIN but never did. iiut band, , during her visit to contacted EPSTEIN telephonically and told him she had fallen in love with someone. EPSTEIN's response before abruptly hanging up the phone was, "Have a good life." EFTA00208138 IV -302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of Fl)-302 of JM 03/17/2011 .Page 12 had not heard from EPSTEIN until he became . . concerne an investigation into his sexual ith minors. received a telephone call from . During that call, stated he was an FBI agent. He was trying to deter hat she knew about EPSTEIN's activities. She did not tell anything about her knowledge of EPSTEIN's activities. She also received another telephone call from a person that indicated he was an FBI agent. She did not tell that individual anything either. She also received a call from an attorney that was trying to determine if she had spoken with anyone or was willing to speak to anyone about her relationship with EPSTEIN. The attorney advised that EPSTEIN would take care of her if she did not talk to anyone. She explained that she was receiving telephone calls from people whom she did not know and that she was uncomfortable telling them anything over the telephone. r two weeks later, an unknown attorney and EPSTEIN contacted telephonically. EPSTEIN explained that if she did not say anything to investigators he would take care of her. was using a cellular telephone belonging to her husband. She nor her husband could recall the telephone number but advised that the carrier was OPTUS telephone company. reviewed a series of photographs of individuals and identified the following: Page 1, number 1, ALAN DERSHOWITZ Page 1, number 2, AN Li. .a. "JOHN" Page 2, number 1, Page 2, number 6, Page 3, number 2, A Page 4, number 3, - Page 4, number 7, GLEN DUBIN Page 4, number 8, LESLIE WEXNER Page 5, number 1, JEAN LUC BRUNEL advised that the following were familiar to her, but she could not recall their names or her association to them: Page 1, number 4 Page 2, numbers 7 and 8 Page 3, number 8 Page 4, number 1 Page 5, numbers 5 and 8 EFTA00208139 FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95) 31E-MM-108062 Continuation of FD-302 of •On 03/17/2011 •Page -■- The series of photographs reviewed by were placed in a lA envelope of the case file. When questioned about United States Customs and Border CEPPatrol records of her reentries into the United States, h t her January 2001 record was the return from her trip where she had her first sexual encounter with PRINCE ANDREW. The April 2001 CBP record was her return to the United State just rior to her second sexual encounter with PRINCE ANDREW. 1 not recall her travel from March and May 2001 CPB records. advised that her United Stal l= was turned over to the United States Consulate in EFTA00208140