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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
WEST PALM BEACH
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IN RE: OPERATION LEAP YEAR
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Grand Jury #07-103 (TUES-WPB)
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West Palm Beach, Florida
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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TESTIMONY
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OF
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APPEARANCE:
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ASSISTANT U. S. ATTORNEY
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NANCY SIEGEL, COURT REPORTER
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OFFICIAL REPORTING SERVICE

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PROCEEDINGS
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The sworn testimony of
was taken
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before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach Division,
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701 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,
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State of Florida, on the 15th day of May, 2007.
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NANCY SIEGEL, Registered Merit Reporter and Notary
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Public was authorized to and did report the sworn
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testimony.
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Thereupon,
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a witness of lawful age, having been first duly sworn by
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the foreperson, testified on her oath as follows:
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BY
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Q
Good morning, Special Agent.
Could you state
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and spell your name for the record.
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Special Agent
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And with whom do you work?
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The FBI here in West Palm Beach.
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And are you here today on the continuing
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investigation known as Operation Leap Year?
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Yes, I am.
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Q
And you are one of the case agents on this
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investigation, correct?
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Yes, I am.
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The last time you were here we were discussing
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the evidence supporting various overt acts and charges
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related to Jane Does number 1 and 2?
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Yes.
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Q
Today we are going to start with Jane Doe
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number 3. Can you tell the Grand Jury who that is and
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summarize briefly your previous testimony about her.
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Jane Doe number 3 is
and she first
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started, we have first phone contact with
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starting in December of 2004,
would have been 16
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or 17 at that time, let me do the math real quick, she
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would have been 16 -- sorry, I am sorry, she would have
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been at that time 17, let's get it right, so she started
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phone contact,
started calling her in
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September of 2004.
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From testimony we know that
went there
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earlier, much earlier.
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number 4 you will hear about next, they were good
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friends and they both went in the spring of '04, prior
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to
17th birthday, so
did start giving
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Mr. Epstein massages when she was 16, she performed a
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few massages for Mr. Epstein and then took kind of a
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little bit of a break.
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The sexual activity that occurred with
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Mr. Epstein when
was under the age of 18
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included
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she was given gifts by Mr. Epstein, she was
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given a
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underwear, she was also given a car that Mr. Epstein
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rented for her for a number of months, she was paid $200
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by Mr. Epstein and
was the one that primarily
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called
to set up appointments and as you can see
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that began in December of '04.
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was also one of Mr. Epstein's
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favorites, according to several of the other girls.
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Just so the Grand Jury has an idea, how does
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that translate into the number of phone calls between
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and
that you were able to calculate?
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Exactly.
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And she never mentioned he asked her for her
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age or asked for any form of identification to show
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whether she was or was not over 18?
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No.
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Now, if you could turn to the proposed
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indictment and if I could ask you to look to overt act
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number 59.
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we had a little knock at the door.
Do you
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want me to get it?
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and
were very good friends and
would talk
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about
and Mr. Epstein would ask questions about
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when
was providing massages and as we will
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talk about when we talk about Jane Doe number 4, which
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is
, she told Mr. Epstein that she was a junior in
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high school and that
and her were in the
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and that they were
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and
told us that at one point
had come to
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her because she had slipped about prom and she was
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worried because Epstein was supposed to think she was 18
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and she had talked about the prom and
said she
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never heard anything else about it and they never
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brought it up.
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Because, according to
, Mr. Epstein
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didn't care really how old the girls were?
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Exactly.
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And she never mentioned he asked her for her
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age or asked for any form of identification to show
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whether she was or was not over 18?
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No.
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Now, if you could turn to the proposed
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indictment and if I could ask you to look to overt act
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number 59.
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we had a little knock at the door.
Do you
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want me to get it?
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