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**CONFIDENTIAL**¶
Continued Videotaped Deposition of GHISLAINE MAXWELL, the Defendant herein, taken pursuant to subpoena, was held at the law offices of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, commencing July 22, 2016, 9:04 a.m., on the above date, before Leslie Fagin, a Court Reporter and Notary Public in the State of New York.¶
MAGNA LEGAL SERVICES 1200 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10026 (866) 624-6221¶
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2 APPEARANCES:¶
3 On Behalf of the Plaintiff:¶
4 BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER, LLP¶
333 Main Street 5 Armonk, New York 10504¶
BY: DAVID BOIES, ESQUIRE¶
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BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER,LLP¶
401 East Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301¶
8 BY: MEREDITH , ESQUIRE¶
SIGRID McCAWLEY, ESQUIRE¶
SANDRA PERKINS, PARALEGAL¶
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JAFFE WEISSING FISTOS &¶
11 LEHRMAN, P.L.¶
425 N. Andrews Avenue¶
12 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301¶
BY: BRAD , ESQUIRE¶
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14 PAUL G. CASSELL, ESQUIRE¶
383 South University Street 15 Salt Lake City, Utah 84112¶
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J. STANLEY POTTINGER, PLLC¶
17 49 Twin Lakes Road¶
South Salem, New York 10590¶
18 BY: STAN POTTINGER, ESQUIRE¶
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On Behalf of Defendant:¶
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HADDON¶
21 Attorneys for Defendant¶
150 East 10th Avenue¶
22 Denver, Colorado 80203¶
BY: JEFFREY S. PAGLIUCA, ESQUIRE¶
23 LAURA A. MENNIGER, ESQUIRE¶
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Also Present:¶
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2 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: This is DVD No.¶
3 1, Volume II, of the continued video 4 recorded deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell 5 in the matter against 6 Ghislaine Maxwell, in the United States 7 District Court, Southern District of New 8 York.¶
9 This deposition is being held at 10 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, New 11 York, on July 22, 2016 at approximately 12 9:04 a.m.¶
13 My name is Rodolfo Duran. I am the 14 legal video specialist. The court 15 reporter is Leslie Fagin, and we are 16 both in association with Magna Legal 17 Services.¶
18 Will counsel please introduce 19 themselves.¶
20 MR. BOIES: This is David Boies, of 21 Boies, Schiller & Flexner, counsel for 22 plaintiff.¶
23 : Meredith 24 from Boies Schiller & Flexner, counsel 25 for plaintiff.¶
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MR. Brad , ale,¶
representing the plaintiff,¶
5 MR. POTTINGER: Stan Pottinger,¶
6 also representing the plaintiff.¶
7 MR. CASSELL: Paul Cassell, from¶
8 Salt Lake City, Utah, also representing¶
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10 MR. PAGLIUCA: Jeff Pagliuca and¶
11 Laura Menninger, on behalf of Ms.¶
12 Maxwell.¶
13 And Ms. McCawley has also entered¶
14 the room, and we have an assistant from¶
15 Boies Schiller from the Fort Lauderdale¶
16 office here today as well today.¶
17 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Will the court¶
18 reporter please swear in the witness.¶
19 GH I SLAINE MAXWEL L,¶
20 called as a witness, having been duly¶
21 sworn by a Notary Public, was¶
22 examined and testified as follows:¶
23 EXAMINATION BY¶
24 MR. BOIES:¶
25 Q. Good morning, Ms. Maxwell.¶
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1 G. Maxwell - Confidential 2 MR. PAGLIUCA: Why don’t we both 3 stop making speeches. 4 BY MR. BOIES:¶
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1 G. Maxwell - Confidential 2 Epstein’s home in Palm Beach? 3 MR. PAGLIUCA: Objection to form 4 and foundation.¶
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1 G. Maxwell - Confidential 2 only area that the witness was precluded 3 from talking about in the first 4 deposition. So that’s where we’re at.¶
5 MR. BOIES: I think that directly 6 misreads the judge’s order, including 7 where it says: Defendant is ordered to 8 answer questions relating to defendant’s 9 own sexual activity with or involving 10 Jeffrey Epstein, with or involving 11 plaintiff, with or involving underage 12 females, involving or including massage 13 with individuals defendant knew to be or 14 believed might become known to Epstein.¶
15 MR. PAGLIUCA: All of it is 16 preceded by the word sexual activity.¶
17 MR. BOIES: I think your point of 18 view is an interesting one, but we will 19 see what the judge rules on it.¶
20 BY MR. BOIES:¶
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8 MR. PAGLIUCA: Objection to form¶
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10 A. I don’t know.¶
11 Q. Did any of them give you massages?¶
12 A. No.¶
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17 MR. PAGLIUCA: Objection to form¶
18 and foundation. Asked and answered.¶
19 A. No.¶
20 Q. Were they ever in the Virgin¶
21 Islands?¶
22 MR. PAGLIUCA: Objection to form¶
23 and foundation.¶
24 A. No.¶
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Q. Were you aware of the presence of 10 sex toys or devices used in sexual activities 11 in Mr. Epstein’s Palm Beach house?¶
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A. No, not that I recall.¶
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8 Q. Do you know whether Mr. Epstein 9 possessed sex toys or devices used in sexual 10 activities?¶
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3 MR. BOIES: I think it’s tied, but¶
4 if you instruct her not to answer, it¶
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6 MR. PAGLIUCA: Meat grinder.¶
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14 A. Can you repeat the question?¶
15 Q. [REDACTED]¶
20 MR. PAGLIUCA: Same objection.¶
21 A. No.¶
22 Q. Other than yourself and the blond¶
23 and brunette that you have identified as¶
24 having been involved in three-way sexual¶
25 activities, with whom did Mr. Epstein have¶
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5 A. I wasn’t aware that he was having¶
6 sexual activities with anyone when I was with 7 him other than myself.¶
8 Q. I want to be sure that I’m clear.¶
9 Is it your testimony that in the 1990s and¶
10 2000s, you were not aware that Mr. Epstein¶
11 was having sexual activities with anyone¶
12 other than yourself and the blond and¶
13 brunette on those few occasions when they¶
14 were involved with you?¶
15 A. That is my testimony, that is¶
16 correct.¶
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2 ever see¶
3 A. I don’t recall ever seeing her.¶
4 Q.¶
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7 Q. Did ever engage in any¶
8 sexual activity with Mr. Epstein?¶
9 A. I wouldn’t know. I would assume¶
10 not, but I don’t know.¶
11 Q. Do you have any reason to believe¶
12 that Mr. Epstein engaged in any sexual¶
13 activity with¶
14 MR. PAGLIUCA: Objection to form¶
15 and foundation.¶
16 A. I wouldn’t know.¶
17 Q. Did you ever give a massage to¶
18 anyone other than Mr. Epstein at any of Mr.¶
19 Epstein’s properties?¶
20 A. First of all, I never said I gave¶
21 Mr. Epstein a massage.¶
22 Q. I will ask that question if you¶
23 want, but I was focusing on people other than¶
24 Mr. Epstein right now.¶
25 A. I don’t give massages.¶
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2 Q. Let’s just tie that down. It¶
3 your testimony that you’ve never given¶
4 anybody a massage?¶
5 A. I have not given anyone a massage.¶
6 Q. You never gave Mr. Epstein a¶
7 massage, is that your testimony?¶
8 A. That is my testimony.¶
9 Q. You never gave a¶
10 massage is your testimony?¶
11 A. I never gave a¶
12 massage.¶
13 Q. Did you, or to your knowledge,¶
14 Mr. Epstein pay for to go to¶
15 Thailand?¶
16 MR. PAGLIUCA: Objection to form¶
17 and foundation.¶
18 A. I am not aware.¶
19 Q. Do you know whether¶
20 went to Thailand?¶
21 A. I have no knowledge of anything¶
22 like that.¶
23 Q. Did you ever give anyone¶
24 instructions as to how to give a massage?¶
25 MR. PAGLIUCA: Objection to form¶
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3 If there are questions that I have 4 instructed the witness not to answer and 5 it later turns out the judge disagrees 6 with my characterization, we will be 7 back to revisit it, but we are done as 8 far as I’m concerned.¶
9 MR. BOIES: The deposition is not 10 closed. There are a number of 11 instructions not to answer. I think it 12 is a fair point that if the court were 13 to conclude that none of the questions 14 that have been instructed need to be 15 answered, we’re not going to be 16 continuing the deposition, barring some 17 additional information coming to light.¶
18 MR. PAGLIUCA: I think we agree 19 then.¶
20 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: The time is 2:51 21 p.m., and we are going off the record.¶
22 (Time noted: 2:51 p.m.)¶
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