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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

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ORIGINAL
7 RE: OPERATION LEAP YEAR

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12 TESTIMONY

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14 SPECIAL AGENT

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18 Federal Grand Jury 07-103
Federal Building
19 U.S. Courthouse
West Palm Beach, Florida
20 Tuesday, March 20, 2007

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22 APPEARANCES:

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Assistant United States Attorney
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HELENA JOSETTE JONES-PARSONS,
25 Foreperson




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1 The sworn testimony of SPECIAL AGENT

2 was taken before the Federal

3 Grand Jury, West Palm Beach Division, Federal

4 Building, U.S. Courthouse, Palm Beach County,

5 State of Florida, on Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

6 Certified Court

7 Reporter and Notary Public, State of Florida,

8 Official Reporting Service, LLC, 524 South Andrews

9 Avenue, Suite 302N, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,

10 33301 , was authorized to and did report the sworn

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1 (Witness enters the Grand Jury Room.)

2 THE FOREPERSON: You do solemnly swear

3 that the testimony you give will be .the

4 truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the

5 truth, so help you God?

6 THE WITNESS: I do.

7 THE FOREPERSON: Thank you. Please be

8 seated.

9 EXAMINATION

10 BY MS.

11 Q Special Agent could you

12 please state and spell your name for the record?

13 A It's It's

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15 Q Now Special Agent last week

16 or the last time that we met, we discussed two

17 girls, correct?

18 A Yes.

19 Q Who visited Mr. Epstein's home?

20 A Yes.

21 Q And those were and

22 A Yes.

23 Q Did you obtain photographs of those

24 girls?

25 Yes, I did.




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1 Q And do you know approximately when those

2 photographs were taken?

3 A They were taken during the same time

4 period that we are investigating, '04 and '05.

5 There may have been a few in '03, but it was

6 within a year's time of six months within the

7 activity that we are investigating.

8 Q All right. Let me show you what has

9 been marked as Grand Jury Exhibits 1 and 2, and

10 can you tell us what Exhibit 1 is?

11 A Exhibit 1 is and it's a

12 photograph of her with her date of birth listed.

13 Q And what is Exhibit 2?

14 A A photograph of with her date

15 of birth as well on it.

16 MS. And I will just pass

17 those to the grand jury.

18 BY MS.

19 Q Now the last time that we were here, you

20 had described how Haley R. had brought

21 to Mr. Epstein's home?

22 A Yes.

23 Q Did Haley R. bring other girls to I I

24 Epstein house?

25 A Yes, she did.




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1 Q And is one of those girls

2 A Yes.

3 Q And what is the date of birth of

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5 A She was born June 6, 1987.

6 Q And where did go to high

7 school?

8 A Royal Palm Beach High School.

9 Q And is that the same school that

10 went to?

1 1 A Yes.

12 Q And was ever a student at that

13 school?

14 A Yes, she was.

15 Q Tell us a little bit about -- well,

16 first of all, did the Palm Beach Police Department

17 have a chance to interview

18 A Yes, they did.

19 Q And what about yourself?

20 A And I did as well.

21 Q Okay. Tell us, if you will, how

22 started going to Mr. Epstein's house?

23 A Haley was the one who brought to

24 Mr. Epstein's house. Haley told that she

25 may have to remove her clothing and that she could




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1 makes $200 if she performed a massage for Mr.

2 Epstein.

3 She also was told by that he may

4 try to touch you, but if you are uncomfortable,

5 just tell him no, and she also said that if

6 Epstein asked her age, she was to say she was 18.

7 Q Now that information that you just

8 relayed, who provided that information?

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10 Q And what did

11 A I'm sorry. provided in the

12 interview to me that information.

13 Q Did Haley also admit that she brought

14 Mr. Epstein's home?
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15 A Yes.

16 Q When did this first occur?

17 A This occurred in -- we believe the first

18 time period was when was 16.

19 Q And is there any telephone records that

20 show communications between and

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22 A Yes.

23 • And when are those phone records?

24 A Those phone records show up in March of

25 '04 when would be 16.




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1 Q Let me show what has been marked as

2 Grand Jury Exhibit Number 3, and what is Exhibit

3 3?

4 A This is a photograph of . with

5 her date of birth,

6 Q Now you mentioned that in March of 2004

7 and April of 2004, there are these records of

8 phone calls and did say how old she was

9 when she first went to Mr. Epstein's house?

10 A I'm sorry. Did say how old she

11 was?

12 Q Did she tell you or the police officers

13 how old she was?

14 A Yes. I'm sorry. I thought your

15 question was did she tell Mr. Epstein.

16 She told me that she was 16 when she

17 went to Mr. Epstein's house.

18 Q Okay. That is consistent with those

19 phones calls?

20 A Yes, it is.

21 Q Okay. Now during her first visit with

22 Mr. Epstein, what happened?

23 A She went to Mr. Epstein's house. MENEM

24 took her there. told her she didn't have

25 her driver's license at that time, which she told




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1 her she got her driver's license when she was 17.

2 So drove her to Mr. Epstein's

3 house. She provided Mr. Epstein with a few

4 massages. She remained clothed both times that

5 she gave him a massage. At this time, she kept

6 her clothes on.

7 I think one time she was wearing shorts

8 and a T-shirt, maybe the second time she was

9 wearing jeans and a T-shirt. That he constantly

10 grabbed and pulled at her during the massage

11 trying to draw her closer to him, but at that

12 time, you know, there was no sexual activity other

13 than the grabbing and pulling.

14 There was no sexual activity that took

15 place on those first couple of massages, and she

16 remained clothed at that time.

17 Q Now after those first few massages, was

18 there a break in time before returns to

19 the Epstein house?

20 A told us that she and had

21 had some kind of a fight or a disagreement, a

22 breakup in their relationship, so there was a time

23 period where she did not go back to Mr. Epstein's

24 house.

25 Q And when -- did there then come a time




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1 when she returned to the Epstein house?

2 A Yes. We have phone activity between

3 beginning in December

4 of '04.

5 Q And how old was in December

6 of '04?

7 A She had turned 17 at that time. In

8 fact, through the course of the phone records

9 beginning in December of '04 to October of 2005,

10 we have over 150 phone calls between Z.

11 and , Mr. Epstein's assistant.

12 Q What did . tell you about the

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14 in late '04?

15 A When she started giving Mr. Epstein

16 massages after that break, the massages became

17 much more sexual in nature. Mr. Epstein continued

18 to push and there were many times when

19 would perform massages completely nude.

20 Several times, she would stay in her

21 underwear with no bra on, but stated to me that

22 many occasions she performed the massages to Mr.

23 Epstein in the nude.

24 Q In addition to being unclothed, was

25 there other sexual activity?




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1 A Yes, there was. during my

2 interview with she became very upset when

3 discussing the sexual activity that took place at

4 that time.

5 She stated that Mr. Epstein had

6 digitally penetrated her. It began first by

7 rubbing her on the outside of her vagina and then

8 on more than one occasion actually penetrating her

9 with his fingers.

10 He would request her to pinch his

11 nipples. He rubbed her breasts as well. She

12 stated that there was a vibrator that was used on

13 her vagina as well, did not penetrate her, but

14 that she described the vibrator as being a white

15 vibrator with a gray head, and several of the

16 other victims have said the same thing, described

17 it similar to that.

18 Q And just before I forget, when you

19 testified about . , did . also report

20 having a vibrator used on her?

21 A Yes.

22 Q And, again, so the record is clear, when

23 you are talking about these vibrators, they are

24 the large back massager type vibrator?

25 A We have had some girls just describe




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1 them as a vibrator. We have had some girls just

2 describe them as a back massager and then we also

3 had girls describe them as both, because of the

4 size of it, I think some girls are more aware of

5 what a vibrator would look like due to their ages.

6 You know, I don't know that everybody

7 knew exactly what a sexual vibrator looked like,

8 but they all vibrated, and we have actually had

9 that described, and described it as both,

10 a vibrator slash massager, saying that it was, you

11 know, large in nature.

12 Q Okay. Now in addition to using that

13 massager and digitally penetrating , was

14 there other sexual activity?

15 A Yes. Several times during the massages,

16 Mr. Epstein would have straddle him while

17 he laid on his stomach and then he would reach

18 between her legs and masturbate and

19 occasionally --

20 Q And this is when he was laying on his

21 back not his stomach?

22 A I'm sorry. Did I say that?

23 Q You said on his stomach.

24 A He is laying on his back. She's on top

25 of him straddled, and he is reaching between her




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1 masturbating, and he has attempted to put his

2 penis on her vagina, never penetrating her, but

3 that was what was described to us by

4 Q Now when was first interviewed

5 by the Palm Beach Police?

6 A She was interviewed October 6th of 2005.

7 Q And at that time, did she say when her

8 last visit was to Mr. Epstein's house?

9 A Yes, she said October 1st, 2005, was the

10 last massage that she had given Mr. Epstein.

11 Q Is there any other evidence that was

12 recovered from Mr. Epstein's or his household

13 items that would confirm that statement?

14 A We have a message pad. During the

15 search warrant, several of the message pads - I

16 don't know if we referred to them at this stage.

17 We may not have.

18 We recovered -- well, I shouldn't say

19 we, the Palm Beach Police Department recovered

20 several message pads. They were carbon copy

21 message pads.

22 So we have several of those books from

23 their search warrant and in there, there is a

24 message on October 1st confirming

25 appointment for the massage as well as another




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2 Q And is there also evidence that

3 and Kellen actually spoke on October 1st

4 before that message?

5 A We have cell phone calls between

6 Kellen and as well as the message which

was from to Jeffrey regarding -- confirming

8 the appointment for , but we have a cell

9 phone call I believe it was a little bit earlier

10 from to or maybe it was to
11 , but it is definitely between the two . of

12 them on that same day.

13 Q All right. When was interviewed
14 by the Palm Beach Police Department, did she

15 describe all of the sexual activity?

16 A No, she did not. She did not tell them

17 about the vibrator or the -- she didn't tell them

18 about the vibrator or the penetration.

19 Q And, again, you said that when you

20 brought up -- did you sort of confront her with

21 the idea that more had occurred?

22 A I did, and she was very embarrassed

23 about the vibrator. I asked her at one point if

24 Mr. Epstein had given her any gifts and she got

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1 could see that she was very embarrassed.

2 So we took a little bit of a break, but

3 then she was able to say that Mr. Epstein had

4 provided her as a birthday present a vibrator. So

5 not only was there a vibrator back massager used

6 on her, but at this time -- and I think that's

7 kind of what got talking about the sexual

8 activity that she was able to tell me that, and

9 she was very, very embarrassed, but that Mr.

10 Epstein had given her for her eighteenth birthday

11 a vibrator.

12 Q Now you mentioned that that happened on

13 her eighteenth birthday?

14 A Yes.

15 Q And was she able to tell you whether Mr.

16 Epstein knew it was her eighteenth birthday?

17 A She stated that Mr. Epstein provided to

18 her on her eighteenth birthday the vibrator and

19 shortly -- well --

20 Q So before you had said that Haley had

21 instructed to tell everyone that she was

22 18; do you remember that?

23 A Yes.

24 Q But at some point, the people in the

25 Epstein household learned that she hadn't turned




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1 18 yet and her birthday was coming up?

2 A Her birthday was coming up.

3 Q And at some point, was a car provided

4 for

5 A Yes. In October. of '05, was

6 having asked Mr. Epstein is she could

7 borrow one of his cars to go to Orlando and he

8 stated that -- at first he said yes, and then he

9 said he would get her a rental car.

10 So contacted a few days

11 later and said that a car had been rented for

12 and that the house manager used the

13 company credit card and picked up that

14 car, and actually when the police interviewed her

15 on October 6th, which was five or six days after

16 the last massage, they were able to see that that

17 Nissan Sentra that had been rented by Mr. Epstein,

18 had that in her possession for at least

19 through January 1st of 2006 and that car was

20 rented by Mr. Epstein for at least that amount of

21 time.

22 Q Did describe how the massage

23 appointments would be made?

24 A Yes, she did.

25 Q And how was that?




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1 A She stated that Kellen, that

2 , Jeffrey's assistant, would call her and set

3 up appointments, and that sometimes she would call

4 her on her cell phone from New York, from the

5 Islands, and say that they were coming into town,

6 was she available.

7 She would also call while they

8 were in town to see if she was available for

9 massages, to give massages to Mr. Epstein, and

10 stated that Nadia, who we have identified as Nadia

11 Marcinkova, called her a few times as well to set

12 appointments up.

13 Q And when those appointments were made

14 how would reach

15 A By phone.

16 Q All right. And whether she was in town

17 or out of town, she would call cell

18 phone?

19 A Yes.

20 Q All right. Now was there any -- during

21 the interview with the police department, did the

22 police department ask about what she

23 discussed with Jeffrey Epstein during the

24 massages?

25 A I would have to check the police reports




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2 Q All right.

3 A My answer to your question is yes.

4 Q Okay. And what did she say were some of

5 the topics of discussion?

6 A Mr. Epstein asked her questions about

7 herself, asked her if she was a soccer player or

8 that -- Jeffrey knew that she was a soccer player

9 and asked questions about her college, about where

10 she was going to school.

11 is currently going to

12 , and she had advised Mr. Epstein that

13 she would be attending college at

14 Q So that was a -- but that was her future

15 plan?

16 A Yes.

17 Q So in other words, did Mr. Epstein know

18 that she was in high school at the time?

19 A Yes, he did. And the Palm Beach Police

20 asked if Jeffrey knew her age and

21 told the Palm Beach Police Department, he didn' t

22 care what my age was.

23 Q Now did describe either to you

24 or to the police department how she would be paid

25 for these massages?




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1 A She stated she was paid $200 and that

2 she received anywhere from two to $300.

3 Q With every visit?

4 A With each visit.

5 Q Okay. Did she say who would provide her

6 with that money?

7 A She said that Jeffrey paid her at the

8 end of the massage.

9 Q All right. You mentioned the gift of

10 the vibrator. Were there other gifts that were

11 given to

12 A Yes. The time period is unclear, but

13 the vibrator was given to her for her eighteenth

14 birthday. There were three sets of bra and

15 underwear, panties, Victoria Secret bra and

16 underwear sets that were also given to as

17 gifts from Mr. Epstein.

18 Q Now I know that we talked earlier about

19 the fact that Haley is the person who brought

20 to Mr. Epstein's house. Did ever

21 bring anyone to Mr. Epstein's house?

22 A brought a female by the name of

23 M. and that was a friend of

24 Q And let me show you what has been marked

25 as Grand Jury Exhibit 4, and what is Grand Jury




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1 Exhibit 4?

2 A It's a photograph of M. with a

3 date of birth of 6-1-1986.

4 Q How old was M. when took

5 her to Mr. Epstein's house?

6 A took her there in the spring of

7 2005 and was 18 at that time.

8 Q Now can you tell us now went

9 about bringing to the house?

10 A told that she could make

11 some money giving a massage to Mr. Epstein and

17. and went to Mr. Epstein's house

13 together.

14 The first time that went there,

15 she did not go upstairs and give him a massage.

16 was working that day. But in talking to

17 further, stated that she probably

18 over the period of time between the spring of '05

19 and October of '05, performed around five to ten

20 massages for Mr. Epstein.

21 The first few of those he did not do

22 anything as far as no masturbating, no sexual

23 activity. She would just perform a massage.

24 Q And did that change over time?

25 A Yes, it did. She stated that she




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1 performed two to three massages out of those five

2 or ten and in her underwear and bra only, and

3 that he would push her each time.

4 He would just push her to do more and on

S the third -- I believe she stated the third or

6 fourth massage, he told her that she could make

7 more money if she removed her clothing, because

8 she stayed clothed during the first few massages,

9 and she was paid $200 for each of those massages.

10 On the third or fourth massage, Mr.

11 Epstein said that she could make more money if she

12 removed her clothing. So around the fourth or

13 fifth time, she did start taking off her clothing

14 down to her underwear and bra only.

15 Q And then what happened when she was at

16 that point of being unclothed?

17 A She would perform the massage. He

18 attempted to touch her, but she always would say

19 no. At one point, her bra does get undone by Mr.

20 Epstein, but she does keep it up.

21 Q Now that was the extent of his touching

22 At some point, did he begin masturbating

23 in front of her?

24 A Yes, he did. Not in the very beginning,

25 but throughout this he did. Now I should tell you




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1 that stated to us that because she was kind

2 of reserved or held back as he made advances

3 towards her, she was able to see Mr. Epstein's

4 penis and that he was masturbating, but that he

5 never finished, that he never ejaculated. She did

6 not feel that Mr. Epstein liked her very much.

7 Q But just to sort of compare what

8 said with what said, they both said that

9 at the beginning they remained clothed?

10 A Yes.

1 1 Q And that Mr. Epstein progressively

12 pushed and pushed and pushed for more sexual

13 activity?

14 A Yes.

15 Q Now what was the period of time that

16 went to Mr. Epstein's home?

17 A March of I'm sorry, spring of '05 is

18 when said that she went there and around,

19 you know, the investigation is heating up with

20 Palm Beach, so we know that in September of '05,

21 there was a trash pull done, and in that trash

22 pull there was a message and that was found and it

23 stated -- it had phone number on it and

24 it stated, for a good time call and

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1 Q And whose stationery was that?

2 A It was on Jeffrey Epstein's stationery.

3 Q And had Jeffrey Epstein been in a Palm

4 Beach resident close to those dates?

5 A Yes.

6 Q Now is there evidence of telephone calls

7 between and Kellen?

8 A Yes.

9 Q And how many phone calls have you been

10 able to identify?

11 A At this time, there have been 14 phone

12 calls.

13 Q All right. And just to compare that to

14 the number of phone calls with

15 A With , there was over 150 phone

16 calls between and Kellen.

17 Q And that is sort of consistent with the

18 number of massages that did versus the

19 number of massages that did?

20 A It is consistent with especially the

21 activity that was providing Mr. Epstein

22 compared to the activity that would

23 provide.

24 (Thereupon, knocking is heard at the

25 Grand Jury door.)




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1 MS. Let me just step out for

2 one moment.

3 (Ms. exits the Grand Jury

4 Room.)

5 (Ms. enters the Grand Jury

6 Room.)

7 MS. Ladies and gentlemen, I

8 am going to have to take a break now and we

9 will be back either next week or the

10 following week. Thank you very much. You

11 are done for the day.

12 (Witness was excused.)

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15 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER

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17 , Certified Court

18 Reporter and Notary Public, do certify that the

19 transcript is a true and correct transcription of

20 my stenotype notes of the testimony of

21 SPECIAL AGENT I. , taken before

22 the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach, Florida.

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24 Certified Co rt Reporter

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