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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 767 Filed 08/10/22 Page 35 of 257 2868
LCKCmax3 Summation - Ms. Moe

1 Here's part of Annie's teenage diary entry about the
2 trip to the movies. It tells you a few things. First, this
3 diary tells you that this isn't a new story. It's right there
4 in her teenage diary, her high school diary from 1996. And
5 what you saw in Annie's diary was just how confusing this
6 experience was for a teenage girl. This diary entry was a
7 perfect illustration about how kids being groomed for sexual
8 abuse wrestled with understanding that confusing experience.
9 Annie wrote about how she went back and forth about how this
10 was weird, and you can see her in her diary struggling to
11 rationalize what is obviously inappropriate behavior, because
12 this adult was being nice to her, he had made promises, he was
13 important to her sister's career, and he held a position of
14 trust. That's exactly how grooming works.
15 I want you to notice one thing more about this diary.
16 You'll notice towards the bottom that Annie wrote down, the one
17 thing that kind of weirded me out about it was that he let go
18 of my hand when he was talking to Maria. Annie told you about
19 how in the movie theater when Epstein was touching her, he had
20 to hide it from Maria. I want you to remember that, because
21 we're going to talk about it in a few minutes.
22 Now, Maxwell wasn't there for the trip to New York,
23 but you know that she was absolutely there for what happened
24 next, as she and Epstein tried to escalate things with Annie.
25 In the spring of 1996 when Annie was 16, she flew all

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