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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1219-24 Filed 07/15/21 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1219-24 Filed 07/15/21 Page 2 of 6 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 1, 2016 9:12 a.m. C O N F I D E N T I A L Deposition of JOHN ALESSI, 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 1219-24 Filed 07/15/21 Page 3 of 6 Page 28 1 JOHN ALESSI 2 Q. And where did the massage therapists -- 3 where did they come from? 4 A. Most, they came from Palm Beach. Palm 5 Beach County. 6 Q. And over the course of that 10-year period 7 of time while Ms. Maxwell was at the house, do you 8 have an approximation as to the number of different 9 females -- females that you were told were massage 10 therapists that came to the house? 11 MR. PAGLIUSCA: Object to form and 12 foundation. 13 THE WITNESS: I cannot give you a number, 14 but I would say probably over 100 in my stay 15 there. 16 BY MR. EDWARDS: 17 Q. And many of the times would the females 18 come only one time and not return? 19 MR. PAGLIUSCA: Object to form and 20 foundation. 21 BY MR. EDWARDS: 22 Q. Let me ask that a different way. 23 Were there times when some of these 24 females that would come to the house, and you were 25 told that they were massage therapists, would come Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1219-24 Filed 07/15/21 Page 4 of 6 Page 52 1 JOHN ALESSI 2 MR. PAGLIUSCA: Object to form and 3 foundation. 4 THE WITNESS: Himself. Himself. 5 BY MR. EDWARDS: 6 Q. And you do not know the ages of the 7 various massagists, right? 8 A. No. 9 Q. Did you have occasion to clean up after 10 the massages? 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. Okay. And that is after both a massage 13 for Jeffrey Epstein, as well as clean up after a 14 massage that Ghislaine Maxwell may have received? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And on occasion, after -- in cleaning up 17 after a massage of Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine 18 Maxwell, did you have occasion to find vibrators or 19 sex toys that would be left out? 20 MR. PAGLIUSCA: Object to form and 21 foundation. 22 THE WITNESS: Yes, I did. 23 BY MR. EDWARDS: 24 Q. Can you describe the types of vibrators or 25 sex toys that you found left out after a massage Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1219-24 Filed 07/15/21 Page 5 of 6 Page 53 1 JOHN ALESSI 2 that Jeffrey Epstein had just received or Ghislaine 3 Maxwell had just received? 4 MR. PAGLIUSCA: Object to form and 5 foundation. 6 THE WITNESS: It was probably two to three 7 times, I would say. It was not all the time. 8 I would find things like a dildo, it's called a 9 double. I hate to say it because these ladies. 10 But I find these things, put my gloves on, took 11 it out and rinse it, and put it in 12 Ms. Maxwell's closet. 13 BY MR. EDWARDS: 14 Q. Why would you put the dildo or sex toy in 15 Ms. Maxwell's closet? 16 A. Because I knew that's where they were 17 kept. 18 Q. How did you know that the sex toys were 19 kept in Ms. Maxwell's closet? 20 A. Because I know where everything was in 21 that house. Every single room, every single thing, 22 it was a place, it was placed by me, by the cleaning 23 lady or my wife. Every -- everything that happened 24 in that house, I knew it. 25 Q. Who showed you where the dildo or sex toys Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1219-24 Filed 07/15/21 Page 6 of 6 Page 54 1 JOHN ALESSI 2 were kept in the house the first time? 3 MR. PAGLIUSCA: Object to form and 4 foundation. 5 THE WITNESS: Nobody. Nobody show me. 6 BY MR. EDWARDS: 7 Q. You just saw it? 8 A. I saw it. 9 Q. So you knew where to put it back? 10 A. Yeah. We had to open the closet, clean 11 the closet, put the clothes in place, put the shoes 12 in place, put everything in place. So it was a 13 matter of tidying things up. 14 Q. Did you ever find any costumes? 15 A. I saw one shiny black costume, but I 16 didn't even know -- 17 Q. Where did you see it? 18 A. The same place. 19 Q. In Ms. Maxwell's closet? 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. And where was Ms. Maxwell's closet in the 22 house? 23 A. In the house? It was in the opposite side 24 of his bathroom. It was her bathroom in the master 25 bedroom. It was in the middle. So it was on the