TERSON t thing, okay? Now, you came The question we have for you ue cooperating with us and try ist Jeff? y going to help me in the long itted to a second-degree felony,¶
What’s going to keep me out of p me out of trouble. I’ve already . ith that… ed myself. I can go two ways. I which is going to put me atsecond-degree felony against me. ith it and maybe get myself some¶
What would the odds be of you ? Have you had any contact with . tactof ‘em…I had a phone call about d I told my parents. Look, I swear -like, no connection with him at ch got my number changed. I have ion with him. It stopped. that’s good. That’s good that you 64 FILTHY RICH This is what we’d like to do: We would like to reach out to some of your ex-friends and [unintelligible] talk to them. Now, the question is, do we think that they are currently still working for Jeff, in which case they would make a phone call to Jeff? Or can we just kinda show up and, you know, have you make a call as we’re standing outside and say: “Hey, you know, these guys wanna talk to you, and I’ve already told ‘em everything?” Our goal is to make a better case against Jeff, all right? RECAREY: With your cooperation. FRICK: Let me, let me get back to-past-the cooperation thing, okay? There are lesser charges that can easily be filed: leading to the delinquency of a minor, as compared to a second-degree felony. You know what I mean? That’s a misdemeanor…First of all, I’ll tell you straight up, okay, we’re not going to take you to jail today… DOBBS: Not today. FRICK: Well, you’re-And here’s the other thing: If you cooperate and if we can-If you cooperate, whether we pull it off or not-that’s not up to you, that’s up to us, okay? So what we would do is if we ended up charging you with like a misdemeanor, we’d give you a call, we’d say: “Hey, you gotta come in, you know.” RECAREY: You sign it… FRICK: That’s our preference. You come in, you’ve been very forthright with us, you’ve been very up front- RECAREY: Very truthful. FRICK: Do you want us to call your parents, or do you want to deal with it, or do you-As far as we’re concerned you’re an 65¶
JAMES PATTERSON adult, okay? You’re nineteen. You do what you do. You know, we can drop you off at the end of the block if you’d like. Or we can cushion the blow beyond what-but again, you’re helping us at this point. We’ve been pretty forthright with you on what is going on, our options for your future. And what we’d like you to do obviously is make a couple of calls with us this evening to talk to a couple of your, you know, these other girls. DOBBS: I’m not really on a…Me and my parents really don’t get along right now… FRICK: So you’d prefer that- DOBBS: If they found out that I was-If they found out that I was into some other stuff…I’m actually stripping now…So they’re not exactly happy with me at the moment, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to piss ‘em off even furthermore. Michael Reiter: Oc C hief Reiter sifts underage girlscured for Epste on El Brillo. An arre caught with a dime ba She’d told Detectiv very much like a rape Soon Reiter will as more footwork to do, his office. Later that day, De arrive at the home of a¶
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TERSON you do what you do. You know, d of the block if you’d like. Or yond what-but again, you’re ‘ve been pretty forthright with r options for your future. And iously is make a couple of calls to a couple of your, you know, : and my parents really don’t get I was-If they found out that I I’m actually stripping now…So th me at the moment, and I don’t t’s going to piss ‘em off even 66 CHAPTER 15 Michael Reiter: October 3, 2005 Ch hief Reiter sifts through the evidence: information about underage girls-six of them-whom Wendy Dobbs procured for Epstein. Phone numbers pulled from the trash on El Brillo. An arrest report for Alison, the girl who’d been caught with a dime bag of weed. She’d told Detective Recarey about an encounter that sounded very much like a rape. Soon Reiter will ask a judge for a warrant. But not yet. There’s more footwork to do, and Reiter calls Detective Joe Recarey into his office. Later that day, Detective Recarey and Sergeant George Frick arrive at the home of a girl named Jenny.* An older woman greets¶
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JAMES PATTERSON them at the front door and invites them inside. She introduces them to her husband and daughter. Jenny is sixteen years old. Sitting down at the dining room table, they see that she’s nervous. In between biting her lip and fidgeting, she tells them that yes, she’s been to Jeffrey Epstein’s house. Wendy took her there once. But nothing much happened. She met Epstein’s chef and spent some time in the kitchen is all. Then she left. “I get what you’re asking,” she says. “But really, I just want to put the whole thing behind me.” “Okay,” the officers tell her. “You have our numbers. But Jenny, if you remember anything else, you’ll find that we’re very good listeners.” One down. Five to go. Detective Recarey and Detective Michael Dawson have better luck the next day with Francine, a girl who tells them that a year earlier, Wendy Dobbs—someone she knew from high school— drove her to the house on El Brillo Way. Francine would have been seventeen at the time. Now she’s willing to make a sworn statement. The officers noted: She was told she could make money working for Jeff. She was told she would have to provide a massage for Jeff… She was brought to the kitchen area by [Dobbs]. They met with the house chef who was already in the Kitchen area. Francine stated [Wendy] would wait for her in the kitchen. 68 Just as she did wit Francine upstairs and the room, wearing onl She kept her cloth sometime during th and pulled her clos uncomfortable by tl sion of the massage “Do you have any cers ask. “No,” says Francin But she does have c Sarah’s been calling It could mean any r that Epstein’s caught w he’s doing something responsibility. This tr day, they get one more her parents around she It turns out that Jenny’s And, it turns out, kitchen. Without her p talk about it. The first time she’d says, Epstein had tried¶