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Summary
This court transcript from July 24, 2019, captures a dialogue between a lawyer, Mr. Boies, and the Court. Mr. Boies describes a pattern in a case against Mr. Epstein where cooperating witnesses would cease cooperation after being contacted by Epstein or his lawyers, who would provide them with legal counsel. These events coincided with unspecified payments, leading the Court to infer they were made to silence people.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Epstein | Subject of legal proceeding |
Mentioned as the person against whom a case was pending and who, along with his lawyers, would contact witnesses, aft...
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| THE COURT | Judge |
A speaker in the transcript, presumably the judge presiding over the case, who is hearing arguments and making infere...
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| MR. BOIES | Lawyer |
A speaker in the transcript, presumably a lawyer, who is providing information to the court about witness tampering a...
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| Annie Farmer | Client |
Introduced by Mr. Boies as one of his clients who wishes to speak to the Court.
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Organizations (1)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | company |
Listed at the bottom of the page as the court reporting service.
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Timeline (2 events)
A period of discovery in a case against Mr. Epstein, involving depositions and interviews with present and former employees.
Mr. Boies's legal team
witnesses
Mr. Epstein's employees
Relationships (2)
Mr. Boies refers to Annie Farmer as "one of our clients".
The document states that when witnesses were cooperating, they would be contacted by Mr. Epstein or his lawyers and would subsequently stop cooperating.
Key Quotes (3)
"So that sort of supports the idea that payments were made or at least the inference that one could draw to keep people silent."Source
— THE COURT
(The Court's reaction to Mr. Boies's statement about witnesses stopping cooperation around the time payments were made.)
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"I don't personally know to whom they were made, and I have been given no explanation as to why they were made."Source
— MR. BOIES
(Mr. Boies responding to the Court's inference about payments, stating he lacks specific details about them.)
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"We had experience where if we contacted somebody and we actually had some conversations with them, then Mr. Epstein would get them a lawyer, and they would stop cooperating."Source
— MR. BOIES
(Describing a pattern of witness interference during the discovery phase of a case against Mr. Epstein.)
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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 36 Filed 07/24/19 Page 71 of 74 71
1 proceeding against him pending, but we had a case pending
2 against him at that time. And we were in the middle of
3 discovery, and we had situations in which we had witnesses who
4 were cooperating with us and then were contacted by either
5 Mr. Epstein or his lawyers and who then stopped cooperating
6 with us. So I thought the Court ought to have that piece of
7 information.
8 THE COURT: So that sort of supports the idea that
9 payments were made or at least the inference that one could
10 draw to keep people silent.
11 MR. BOIES: Yes. I don't personally know to whom they
12 were made, and I have been given no explanation as to why they
13 were made.
14 What I do know is that this was a time when we had
15 intensive evidence to take depositions and discovery and
16 interview present and former employees of Mr. Epstein.
17 We had experience where if we contacted somebody and
18 we actually had some conversations with them, then Mr. Epstein
19 would get them a lawyer, and they would stop cooperating. That
20 proceeding was still going on at the time that these payments
21 were made.
22 If I could just introduce you to Annie Farmer who is
23 one of our clients who would just like to speak very briefly to
24 the Court.
25 THE COURT: Sure.
2 against him at that time. And we were in the middle of
3 discovery, and we had situations in which we had witnesses who
4 were cooperating with us and then were contacted by either
5 Mr. Epstein or his lawyers and who then stopped cooperating
6 with us. So I thought the Court ought to have that piece of
7 information.
8 THE COURT: So that sort of supports the idea that
9 payments were made or at least the inference that one could
10 draw to keep people silent.
11 MR. BOIES: Yes. I don't personally know to whom they
12 were made, and I have been given no explanation as to why they
13 were made.
14 What I do know is that this was a time when we had
15 intensive evidence to take depositions and discovery and
16 interview present and former employees of Mr. Epstein.
17 We had experience where if we contacted somebody and
18 we actually had some conversations with them, then Mr. Epstein
19 would get them a lawyer, and they would stop cooperating. That
20 proceeding was still going on at the time that these payments
21 were made.
22 If I could just introduce you to Annie Farmer who is
23 one of our clients who would just like to speak very briefly to
24 the Court.
25 THE COURT: Sure.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
(212) 805-0300
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