EFTA00158734.pdf

J7FYEPSC 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 2 x 3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 4 V. 19 CR 490 (RMB) 5 JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 6 Defendant. Conference 7 x 8 New York, N.Y. July 15, 2019 9 10:05 a.m. 10 Before: 11 HON. RICHARD M. BERMAN, 12 District Judge 13 APPEARANCES 14 GEOFFREY S. BERMAN 15 United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York 16 BY: 17 Assistant United States Attorneys 18 Martin G. Weinberg, PC Attorney for Defendant 19 Steptoe & Johnson, LLP (NYC) 20 Attorneys for Defendant BY: REID WEINGARTEN 21 MARC FERNICH 22 Attorney for Defendant 23 JAMES BROCHIN Attorney for Defendant 24 JOSEPH JAFFE 25 Attorney for Defendant SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 3514-004 Page I of4 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00007647 EFTA00158734  J7FYEPSC 1 APPEARANCES (Cont'd) 2 Also Present: David Boies 3 YPD 4 FBI 5 U.S. Pretrial Services n} 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 3514-004 Page 2 of4 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00007648 EFTA00158735  72 1 Hello, your Honor. 2 THE COURT: Could you help us out and spell your first 3 and last name. 4 Yes. 5 6 I wasEyears old when I had the misfortune of 7 meeting Jeffrey Epstein here in New York. He later flew me to 8 New Mexico to spend time with him there. 9 I wanted to voice my support for the government's 10 request that his bail not be set and also just my reaction to 11 the fact that the defense was claiming that it would be perhaps 12 easier for victims or more likely for victims to come forward 13 given the publicity and some of the other issues surrounding 14 this case. 15 Well, I would say that it would be quite the opposite; 16 that his wealth and privilege and the notoriety of the case 17 would actually make it I think often more difficult. 18 Also that they now were arguing that the discipline of 19 this time, but yet we know that they have found photos of young 20 women in his home and that if he's continuing to engage with 21 pornography of young women, I would say that would be quite the 22 opposite of disciplining. 23 Also those victims in the photographs are continuing 24 to be victimized. 25 THE COURT: Are you in a position to answer this SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 3514-004 Page 3 of4 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00007649 EFTA00158736  73 1 question? Are you saying that Mr. Epstein engaged in sexually 2 inappropriate conduct with you? 3 He was inappropriate with me. He was 4 inappropriate with me. I would prefer not to go into the 5 details of that at this time. Yes. 6 THE COURT: Thank you very much. 7 You're welcome. 8 MR. EDWARDS: Your Honor, may I also be heard? 9 THE COURT: Absolutely. 10 I represent 11 who wishes to make a statement today to the Court. Let me just 12 give you a brief context. 13 THE COURT: Could you just for a minute spell her 14 name. 15 Sure. 16 17 Just for context, I have represented her since 2008 in 18 a civil action as lead counsel that we filed against the 19 United States Attorney's Office under the Crime Victims' Rights 20 Act where we have alleged and now proven that the previous 21 non-prosecution agreement was structured in violation of the 22 rights of many of the victims. 23 was the Jane Doe in that lawsuit. And 24 for that reason, she has a particular interest in this case. 25 We want to first say we appreciate your Honor's acknowledgment SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 3514-004 Page 4 of4 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00007650 EFTA00158737