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What's up everyone and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
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We're going to dive right back into those grand jury
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documents and pick up where we left off. Bella Hovlich, okay,
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she was what, you said 17? Answer, it's Rakari still
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on the stand by the way. Correct. Bella Hovlich, did
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she tell Jeff Epstein that she was 17? Answer, may have,
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I believe so. Bella Hovlich, take a minute and look
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at your report and see if you can find that there. Answer, okay,
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she was 16 when she first went to the house. Belahovlik, okay,
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she was 16. But did she ever tell him she's
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16 or 17? Answer, no. Belahovlik, did any of the
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girls ever tell him that they were under 18? Answer, well,
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he knew that they went to redacted school. Belahovlik, that
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was not my question to you. You see how confrontational
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she is here? You see how she's going after her
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own witnesses? And this is all at the behest of
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Jeffrey Epstein's team. I don't care if she denies it.
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I don't care if Krischer denies it. And I don't
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care what that OIG report says. We're seeing it right
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here in real time. And then if you dig deeper
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and you understand who Jeffrey Epstein's team was really in
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contact with, meaning not Acosta, then you understand how all
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of this fell into place. Back to the document. Answer, okay.
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Bella Hovlich, did any of the girls ever tell Jeffrey
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Epstein that they were under 18 years old? Answer, not
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to my knowledge. Bella Hovlich, and some of them affirmatively
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lied and said that they were 18 when they were not,
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didn't they? Answer, correct. Bella Hovlich, but he was aware
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that they were going to high school. Answer, correct. Bella Hovlich, okay,
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how much money did Redacted make? Answer, $ 300 for each massage.
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Bella Hovlich, was she ever given anything other than cash money? Answer,
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she was also given a Western Union wire from New
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York for a Christmas bonus. Bella Hovlich, how much was
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the
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Christmas bonus? Answer, $ 200. Bella Hovlich, alright. At some
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point you spoke with someone named Alfredo Rodriguez. Answer, correct.
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Bella Hovlich, and who is he? Answer, he's a former
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houseman of Jeffrey Epstein. Bella Hovlich, what did he describe
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his duties when he was employed by Mr. Epstein? Answer,
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he was basically everything. He was the butler, the driver
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in charge of his security. He was basically the everything
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for the house. Belahovlik, okay, do it all. He did everything.
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Indiscernible wanted to. Answer, right. Belahovlik, okay, did he. Did
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Alfredo Rodriguez give you any information regarding your investigation? Answer,
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he explained that he knew something was amiss during his
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employ with Mr. Epstein. He would see girls as young
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as his daughter come in and say they're his masseuse.
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And when asked how young, he said very young. Too
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young to be a masseuse. Did he give you any
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other information? Answer. He also stated that he kept a
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folder for his protection. Some notes that were made during
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his employ with Mr. Epstein. Belahovlik. What? So he kept
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like a journal? Answer. Basically, yes. Like a folder with
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different sheets of paper inside. Belahovlik. And he would write
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notes to himself or would put notes in that journal? Answer.
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He would put notes inside. Belahovlik. Okay. Answer, notes that
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were given to him on Epstein's stationery. Belahovlik, was there
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any note that he provided to you in that folder
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that indicated something, any type of relationship between Jeffrey Epstein
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and any of the girls that we've discussed? Answer, yes.
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He provided two sheets. One was to extend the rental
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car for Redacted as the contract was up the 2nd
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of February. Belahovlik, the 2nd of February that year. Answer,
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I was unable to determine that. I researched that information
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through Dollar Rent-A-Car, and they were unable to locate the
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car that he rented. Bella Hovlich, okay, but did Redacted
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confirm that she had gotten the
car? Answer, yes. Bella Hovlich, okay. Answer,
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she even explained, described the car as a blue Dodge
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Neon four-door. She explained the whole car to me. Additionally,
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there was another notation of to take a bucket of
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roses at 9 p.m. to Redacted for Redacted. and give
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the flowers to Redacted after her Redacted performance, as she
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was in Redacted and had a Redacted that night. So
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what they're talking about is how Epstein sent flowers to
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some little girl who was doing a school play or whatever,
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and that's what they're recounting here. But that's not good
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enough for Mrs. Bela Hovlik, or Mr. Krischer, I guess.
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Bela Hovlik? Okay, and do you know when that was? Answer,
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it was while Redacted was still in Redacted and Redacted,
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it was during his employ prior to Janice. Belahovlik, do
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you know if that was when Redacted was 16 or
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when she was 17 or when she was 18? Answer,
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when she was 17. Belahovlik, okay. Did you, any of
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these girls we've talked about, any of them a licensed
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massage therapist? Answer, no. No formal training in any massages.
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Bella Hovlich, did you ever speak to licensed massage therapists
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that provided services to Jeffrey Epstein? Answer, through the trash
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pools we did locate two girls that were licensed masseuses
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that I interviewed. Bella Hovlich, who were they? Answer, one
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was redacted and the other one was redacted. Bella Hovlich, okay,
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did you talk to a redacted? Answer, yes I did.
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Bella Hovlich, what did she tell you? Answer, that she
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had been going to Epstein's house for quite some time. However,
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she was not a masseuse at the time when she
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first started going to his house. He also provided her
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a vehicle to get to his house because her scooter
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had broken down. She was, and he's interrupted here by Belahovlik,
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she started going to his house in a similar fashion
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and capacity as these other girls? Answer, that is correct. Belahovlik, okay,
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but she later became a massage
therapist. Answer, yes. Belahovlik,
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what kind of relationship did Redacted and Redacted And Jeffrey
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Epstein have. Answer, she stated that it was a consensual
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sexual encounter that they've had. Belahovic, how old was she
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at the time? Answer, over 18 at the time. I
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think she was 18. Belahovic, was she, did she describe
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being paid money for? Answer, paid money. And additionally, I
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believe he paid for her tuition at Redacted. Belahovic, is
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that where she got her massage therapy training? Answer, no,
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she got into the Redacted. Belahovic, okay, all right. What
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you mentioned, a redacted, she's a licensed massage therapist? Answer,
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that's correct. Bella Hovlik, did she provide massage services to
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Jeffrey Epstein? Answer, yes. Bella Hovlik, what kind of services
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did she provide? Answer, she does a Swedish deep tissue massage.
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Bella Hovlik, did the massages by redacted go beyond a
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normal massage to the other acts we've heard about today? Answer, no. No,
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her job was strictly to come in, provide the massage,
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she got paid $ 100, and she left. Bella Hovlich, okay,
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so the licensed massage therapist gets $ 100, the other girls
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get much more? Answer, right. Bella Hovlich, okay, when you were,
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you've met most of these girls, was there anything different
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about Redacted that you noticed that made her stand apart
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from the other girls that were going? Answer, Redacted was
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not the petite little girl. She was always, she was
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a bigger girl, with plenty of tattoos on her forearm,
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and visible on her neck, very visible tattoos. Bella Hovlich,
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If you were to say Mr. Epstein had a type,
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she would not fit that type? Answer, oh, absolutely. Bella Hovlich,
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were you ever able to find any intelligence from the
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Palm Beach County Police Department that confirmed any of these
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girls being in his house other than the girls saying so? Answer,
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through physical surveillance, I had researched all the intelligence that
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the
police had gathered during the past couple of years,
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and in 2004, Mr. Rodriguez, the former houseman, had called
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the police because he had seen a suspicious vehicle that
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he did not recognize in the driveway of Mr. Epstein's house. Mr.
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Rodriguez was pulling in from Publix and didn't recognize the vehicle,
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so he left and drove straight to the police department
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and notified them that there was a strange vehicle in
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the driveway. When the vehicle was approached by the police officers,
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they found Redacted sitting in this, the car with her friend.
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Bella Hovlich, does it identify who the friend is? Answer, uh,
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Bella Hovlich. And when you look at that report, what
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is the date that was there in 2004? Answer, November 28th, 2004.
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And at which point her cell phone rang, and the
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officer felt that it must have been her mother because
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she says, I can't talk, I'm in school. Bella Hovlich, okay,
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did the officer note why Redacted was there? Answer, she
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stated that she was there to pick up money's that
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were owed to her, that she's a massage therapist for Mr. Epstein.
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Bella Hovlich, okay, the girls you talk to, how did
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they typically tend to know each other of those that do?
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Were they all in school together? Answer, they were all,
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they all knew each other from redacted high school. All
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except one. Bella Hovlich, because she was, knew, redacted from
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outside of school? Answer, correct. She knew redacted because she
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was dating redacted's cousin. Bella Hovlich, okay, at some point,
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did you obtain a search warrant? For Jeffrey Epstein's home? Answer. Correct.
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I did. Bela Hovlik. When was that? Answer. That was
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in October. Bela Hovlik. Page 42. Answer. October 12, 2005. Oops.
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I'm sorry. That was the. Nope. That was in another interview.
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Bela Hovlik. October 20th. Answer. October 20th. Bela Hovlik. You
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got the warrant on October 18th and executed it on
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October 20th. Answer. Correct. Bela Hovlik. Answer, there was a
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lot of people in the, and from, the police department. Belahovlik,
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all right, and Greg Parkinson's is outside. Answer, yes. Belahovlik, okay,
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during the execution of the warrant, there was an item
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found that's identified as a twin torpedo. Answer, yes. Belahovlik,
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what is that item? Answer, that is, it's known as
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a dildo. Belahovlik, okay, a sexual toy that you buy. Answer,
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a sexual toy. Belahovlik, okay, where was it found? Answer.
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That was found in the bedroom of, I want to say,
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Nadia's bedroom. Belahovlik. Okay. Is that the bedroom that the
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girls were taken to when they performed the massages as
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described by and to you? Answer. The main massages occurred
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in Epstein's master bedroom bathroom area. Belahovlik. Not Nadia's? Answer. No. Belahovlik.
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Bedroom bathroom area? Answer. No. Belahovlik. Okay. So that was
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found in a different place. Answer. Correct. Belahovlik. Was there
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any sexual devices, dildos, vibrators, found anything that matched the
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description that was given by the girls? Either a purple
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vibrator or a white vibrator with a large head? Answer, no.
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Bella Hovlich, at this point, Detective Ricari, I'm going to
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see if the grand jurors have any questions for you.
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All right, we're going to wrap up right here. And
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when we get back with the next episode, we're going
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to pick up with a grand jury questions to Detective Ricari.
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All of the information that goes with this episode can
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be found on in the description box. What's up everyone
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and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles. In this episode
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we're picking up where we left off with the grand
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jury documents that were just released. And to do that
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we're picking up with Detective Rakari about to get questioned
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by the juror. Juror, I'd like to ask you a
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question first. What constitutes a sexual act under the law?
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Miss Belahovlik, sexual activity means oral, anal, or vaginal penetration
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by or union with the sexual organ of another, anal
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or vaginal penetration of another by any other object, or
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the handling or fondling of the sexual organ of another
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for the purpose of masturbation. However, the term does not
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include acts for bona fide medical purposes. You'll all get
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a copy of this. Yes, ma'am. Adjure. Do you know
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the location of Jeffrey Epstein at present? You say that
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he hasn't been back since October. The witness. He has
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various homes. One in New York. He has a ranch
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in New Mexico. He has a private island right outside
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of St. Thomas. He has a home in Paris and
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one in England. A juror. So can you get in
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touch with him? You would have a way to do that?
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The witness. Ricari. He has various councils representing him. Ms. Belahovlik. Yes, ma'am. Juror.
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Was redacted the only one of these girls that he
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actually had intercourse with? The witness. No. Juror. Okay. Rakari,
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there were a total of five victims altogether, but as
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far as intercourse you mean? Jur, mm-hmm. The witness, as
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far as penile intercourse? Jur, right. The witness, I believe
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it was two. Jur, okay. Ms. Belahovlik, yes sir. Calling
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on another jur. As far as redacted, it does not
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appear from what I'm hearing, it's not like redacted was
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the center focal point who coordinated all this for Epstein.
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It seemed like Epstein had multiple sources to have access
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to some of these young girls. Is that correct? Rikari,
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all of these girls were in a tight clique together,
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Redacted being the first one from the clique to just
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go to the house. Jur, okay. Rikari, basically was that
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she brought Redacted Redacted, brought Redacted, and brought Redacted. Jur, right. Rikari,
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so it was like a trickling effect. Jur, right, so this,
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I mean... It just kind of seems like this little
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micro-economy got spawned here, and it does not. I mean,
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do any of these girls provide those types of services
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for money for anyone else? Do they do this? And
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Rakari interrupts him here. No. Juror, on a common basis, or... Nope. Juror,
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does it just happen that Epstein is the source by
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which they're attracted to here? Rakari, Epstein is the source. Juror, okay. Ms. Belahovlik,
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do you know Redacted? Present occupation detective? Ricari? She is a...
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an exotic dancer. Miss Belahovlik, a stripper. Ricari, a stripper. Belahovlik, okay. Juror,
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who is that one? Ricari, redacted. Belahovlik, redacted. Yes, sir.
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Another juror being called upon here. When Jeffrey entered redacted,
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did she ask him to stop at all? Ricari, she
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screamed no. She didn't. She... Juror, and he continued... The witness,
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she said no. He apologized, offered her $ 1, 000. Subsequently then, juror,
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so he stopped. The witness, after that, yes. Juror, okay.
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And the second question, you had made comment that dollar
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rental car wasn't able to find, the dollar or rental
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car wasn't able to find the car. Have you been
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able to confirm the actual? And to that, Ricari cuts
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him off. Subpoenas had been issued to dollar rent a car.
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I have their text researching it. They were acquired by
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another company, so some of the business records were not
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up to par. So they're, they're hopefully, I keep reminding
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them to, juror, there's more than one car then that,
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and Ricari interrupts, that's correct, they still rent. They rented
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the car for redacted, which I believe she's still driving it. Juror, okay. Ms.
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Belahovlik calls on another juror who is a woman. Juror,
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how many of the girls had relationships with them? Over
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a year while they were still in high school? Rakari,
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I'm sorry, juror, how many of the girls had were
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seeing him for more than a year while and he
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knew that they were still in high school? Rakari, I
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know that all of them were in high school when
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they first started seeing him. Redacted being 16, the age
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of graduation is 18. I would say they all because
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they all met him through redacted in
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the question is the length period. This doesn't, it's one time.
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Like with its numerous hundreds of times for two years.
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The witness over two years. Bella Hovlich, redacted 15 or
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more times. Ricari, right. Bella Hovlich, so this is long-standing. Right,
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Ricari says. Many of these girls? Ricari, you got it. Jur,
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can you name the two girls that the vaginal penetration
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took place with? Ricari, it would be redacted and redacted. Jur,
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and how many then would, in your opinion, defined by
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the sexual act, how many other girls would fall under
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that category? Can you give me some type of count?
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Ricari under, well, there's that age, and Belahovic, she pops in,
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of course. She has to save her buddy Jeffrey Epstein.
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There's the masturbation in front of how many girls? The witness. Um,
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there was Belahovic, most of them, he says. In fact,
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I would say all of them. Belahovic, okay. Ricari, except
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for maybe the legitimate masseuse. Belahovic, but the only one
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that was under 16 at the time was redacted. Ricari, right.
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She was 14. Correct. Belahovic, okay. Juror. Other than redacted
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stepmother coming to the police, she obviously found out from
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the principal, but the other girls, none of their parents
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knew about it or intervened in any way. Rakari, it
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wasn't until parents discovered what she was doing. It was
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at that time that she had stopped. And to this day,
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she still gets phone calls. She had to change her
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cell phone number. They have changed the change their house
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number from Sarah Kellen and Epstein. Jer, cause here these
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girls are all bringing home this money, they're obviously shopping,
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bringing home items, and none of the parents got involved
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in any way? Yo, there's a whole lot of victim
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shaming going on at this grand jury session, and one
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of the main reasons why I'm not a big fan
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of the grand jury. And is anyone shocked that they
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wanted to keep this secret? Listen to how damning all
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of this is. Rakari, a lot of these parents, they
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had no idea what was going on. Jer, I can't
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believe that. I mean, Bella Hovlik, you have to ask questions,
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not comments. Yes, ma'am. Do you have your hand up, Jer?
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Let's see, you mentioned Redacted was from Redacted. Rakari, Redacted, yes. Jer,
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Redacted was from Redacted. Rakari, no, actually, these, all these girls,
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lived in the Redacted area. Redacted area. Juror, okay, any
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suspicion that there perhaps were other groups of girls from
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other high schools or other areas that he would bring
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into his home? The witness, not that I'm aware of,
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the common link here was redacted school. And there was
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actually comments made from people that say there is nobody
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in redacted school that does not know about Jeffrey Epstein.
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Bella Hovlich calls on somebody else. Yes, sir. The juror.
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The girls that brought these girls for $ 200, was that redacted?
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Bella Hovlich, yes. She was one of the girls. A
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juror then, Bella Hovlich, there was another girl that brought them. Juror. Okay,
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then after he got some of their cell phone numbers,
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did he make his own appointments? Did he still pay redacted? Ricari,
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that's correct. Juror, okay. Ricari, and eventually they did cut
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out redacted and would contact these girls directly. Juror, oh,
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that's okay. Bella Hovlich, did Jeffrey Epstein make the appointments,
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or was it done through Sarah Kellen? Ricari, through Sarah Kellen,
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his assistant. Bella Hovlich, so we don't have any of
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the girls actually making an appointment with Jeffrey Epstein himself. Ricari,
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that's correct. Bella Hovlich, were you able to talk with
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Sarah Kellen? Ricari, no, the defense did not allow. Juror,
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so redacted claim to make it clear to Epstein that
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for the two years she was going, she was in
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high school, She and, he knew that? Rakari? he knew
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that based on the sending the flowers to her school
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for her high school play that she was in bella
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hovlich anyone else another juror raises their hand what year
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when she received the flowers what class was she in
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was it a senior a junior Rakari, I want to
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say senior, but I'm not 100% positive on that. Juror,
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when I ask, that is that, you know, usually a
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senior can be 18 years old, whereas a junior is,
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you know, that was... And to that, Rakari says right.
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And juror, that would give him some knowledge of knowing
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how old she was. Bela Hovlik calls on another juror.
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The two girls that received rental cars, their parents never
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asked them where they got these cars that they were driving. Rakari,
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the one girl redacted who's still driving the car. She's
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attending college at redacted. Her parents live up here in
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in the redacted area. When she does frequent her parents,
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the car is a friend's car or is borrowed. Bella Hovlik. Yes, sir.
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Another jurors called upon. Can you confirm? I believe it
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was redacted had indicated that the conversations with Jeffrey Epstein
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was that to make sure that the girls were young. Rakari,
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the younger, the better. A juror. And the younger, the better, right?
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That was... Rakari, younger, the better was the quote. Juror,
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in that conversation, was that in reference to specifically your
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friends from your school or... Rakari, that came later. Because
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she brought a 23-year-old to provide a massage and he
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told her that she was too old. Juror, right. Okay.
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Bela Hovlik, okay. Another juror asks a question. Can I
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ask you a legal question? Bella Hovlich, uh-huh. Juror, is there,
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and it says inaudible here. Bella Hovlich, yes, but we
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can discuss that when the detective's not here. Calls on
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another juror. Are all these girls available to be called
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if the case went to court? Ricari, if it went
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to trial, yes. Bella Hovlich, any other questions? Juror, have
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you been able to verify Mr. Epstein's age? Ricari, Mr.
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Epstein was born in 1951, I believe. 51 or 53,
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January of 1953, January 20th, 1953, which would have made
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him 52, 53 years of age. Bela Hovlik, and 51, 50,
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51 during the times of these events? The witness, correct.
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Bela Hovlik, okay, all right, thank you very much. Juror,
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one more. I think there's another question. Bela Hovlik, oops, sorry. Juror,
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is there any other evidence that the girls were in
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his house besides the one tape, besides what they're saying? Rakari,
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he did have two cameras to cover hidden cameras inside
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of his house for security purposes. We did locate that computer.
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I reviewed the image in the computer and within that
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computer there are photographs of girls that I had previously
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interviewed that appears to be them. However, because it's so grainy,
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so snowy, a positive identification is, you know, it's hard to,
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unless you show it to the girls, is this you?
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Which I haven't done because too much information was being
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leaked back to him. So that's why I pretty much
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stopped giving them information as far as this investigation. Bella Hovlik,
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so you can't say specifically then the pictures are of
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the girls involved? Rakari, I cannot say positively. I can
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say that this girl appeared to be like, just like redacted,
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same hairstyle, same mannerisms of walking, same clothes, that typical
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that I've seen her wear, but I can't say for
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100% that this is her. This appears to be her,
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the same body style, face, that type of, Bella Hovlik
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interrupts him. And the girls are still in touch with him,
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telling him about your investigation. The witness, meaning Ricari, I
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know for a fact that redacted, Belahovlik, or telling Sarah
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or Nadia. Ricari, right. I know that. Redacted was called.
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And other girls that I've interviewed or approached to be
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interviewed have called him. And he's cut off by Belahovlik.
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And there are other girls that refuse to talk to you. Ricari, right. Belahovlik,
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I love Jeffrey. I'm not testifying against him. Ricari, right. Now,
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another juror has a question. One question. Didn't you say
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that the place in Palm Beach has the residents under surveillance?
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The witness. When I took over the investigation, I had
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our attack team conduct physical surveillance. And they observed these
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girls coming to the residence in their vehicles, in their
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dad's car, in their mom's car, coming to the house,
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seeing Epstein. The, he's interrupted here by the juror, said
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you have witnesses that can put these girls inside. And
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to that, Ricari says, absolutely. Juror, that particular residence? Rakari, absolutely. Jur,
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there is one other thing. I forgot. Miss Belahovlik, in
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or at his home, not in the sex acts, though. Rakari, no,
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not in the sex acts. They were conducting surveillance from
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the outside. Jur, I know. Did you do any telephone research,
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or was everything done over cell phones? Rakari, everything was
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done over cell phones. Belahovlik, all right. Thank you very much,
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Detective Rakari. All right, we're going to wrap up here.
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And in the next episode, we're going to pick up
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where we left off. And this time, a new witness
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is taking the stand. And that's Gregory Parkinson. All of
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the information that goes with this episode can be found
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in the description box. What's up, everyone? And welcome back
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to the Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to
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pick up where we left off with the grand jury transcripts.
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And that's with a new witness, Gregory Parkinson. Miss Dugan. Okay,
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would you raise your right hand? Parkinson. Yes. Miss Dugan.
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Do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to
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give today will be the truth, the whole truth, and
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nothing but the truth, so help you God? The witness. Yes,
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I do. The examination. Miss Belahovlik. Okay, would you introduce
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yourself to the grand jurors, please? Parkinson. Good morning, ladies
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and gentlemen. My name is Gregory
Parkinson. Belahovlik. How long
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have you been employed as a law enforcement officer? Answer.
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I've been in the business 40 years now. I started
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on October 25th of 1966. Bella Hovlich. And where were
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you working then? Answer. I worked for the West Palm
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Beach Police Department, where I served for 34 years until
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I retired on July 3rd of the year 2000. I
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had the 4th of July off and went to work
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the next day as an investigator for the state attorney's office,
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where I've worked for three years. I left on February
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14th of 2003 and had the weekend off, and then
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took over a management position with the town of Palm
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Beach Police Department, where I'm still currently employed. Bela Hovlik.
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What's your position with the Palm Beach Police Department? Answer.
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I hold the rank of police officer, but I also
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hold the title of civilian, where I am in charge
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of the crime scene investigation unit, the photography unit, the
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evidence holding unit, and the fingerprint unit. Bela Hovlik. In
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your capacity as the crime scene head, did you take
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part in the search warrant executed on Jeffrey Epstein's house
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on August, October 20th, 2005? Answer, yes I did. Bela Hovlik,
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tell us how you go about executing a search warrant
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in general. Answer, once the warrant is signed and brought
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back to headquarters, I'm not aware of this at that time.
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On this morning, which was a Thursday morning, when I
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informed that a search warrant would be executed and that
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it would be at this residence. My responsibility is then
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to assemble the team of evidence specialists and crime scene
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processors that will respond to this unannounced scene. We don't
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even know where we're going until we're in what looks
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like a funeral procession or a parade. All the cars
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are ready to go. We follow the lead car. And
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only then, when we arrive, do we know the location.
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Bela Hovlik, why is that done? Answer, it's an issue
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of security. It's an issue of privacy. And it's an
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issue of officer safety. So that there's a guarantee that
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there can be no leak of any information, even as
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simple as an address from my office. And we prefer
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to operate in that manner. So we don't know until
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we get there. All we really need to know is
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that we are going to be going into so that
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we know the volume of bags, the volume of boxes,
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the volume of gloves or masks or processing gowns or
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lab coats. Whether we would need head cover to protect
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or to prevent contamination of a scene or shoe covers,
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which also prevent contamination of the scene. We don't need
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to know a lot about the scene. We only need
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to know what type of evidence we're going to be
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looking for and the potential volume or size of the area.
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Knowing this, we are then prepared to go to the
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scene and do whatever is necessary to fulfill the requirements
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of the search warrant. And that's searching for specific items. Ms. Belahovlich. Mr. Parkinson,
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so that would, in addition to officer safety, so that's
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someone not waiting there to ambush you? Also, nobody at
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the place to be searched knows you're coming, so they
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can't just dispose of things? Answer, that's correct. Bello Hovlik, okay.
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On this date, October 20th, where did you go? Answer,
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I went to a residence located on the island of
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Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, with the address of
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358 El Brío Way. The 300 block is the block
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just immediately... West of the intercoastal waterway. Belahovlik, east of
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the intercoastal waterway? Answer, it is on the east side
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of the intercoastal waterway. In fact, this particular residence is
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on the intercoastal waterway. Belahovlik, okay, describe to us how
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the house is entered. Answer, the residence had staff or
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personnel present at the time of our arrival. Detective Rakari
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went in ahead of me. And understanding that once you
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enter the property, there is a heightened danger factor with
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persons or personnel on the scene. And the first thing
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that must be done for everyone's safety is to go
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in and not search for items, but clear the residence
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of living human beings so that there can be no
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access to weapons. or any endangerment to them. This was done,
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and I took part in the search of the second
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floor on the west end of the residence. All the
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living persons, and there were no dead persons there, so
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all of the persons, non-police persons, were escorted out to
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the south side of the residence into a patio area. Belahovlik,
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Were they allowed to take any items out of the
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home with them? Answer, no. Nor did the police look, touch,
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or move anything, other than opening doors, closets, to make
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sure that there were no other persons inside. It was
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not a search in the sense of the search warrant
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at this time. It was a search of the residence
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to clear it and neutralize any element of danger. This
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was done. This was accomplished. At this time, Officer Detective
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Ricari would read out loud, word for word, the search
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warrant to those persons that were removed from the house.
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My responsibility at this time was to video and audio
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record the reading of that search warrant to these persons.
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That I did. And recorded it until the conclusion of
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the reading of the search warrant. Bella Hovlik, okay, were
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you requested by myself to prepare a diagram of the
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upper floor of the home searched? Answer, yes I was.
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Bella Hovlik, what rooms are on the upper floor? Answer,
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there are several rooms that are located on the second floor.
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It's basically an L-shaped appearance where the main body of
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the house is aligned east and west. There is an
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L-shaped short leg, which protrudes to the north. That actually sits,
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that L-leg, sits over a
three-car garage. The second floor contains,
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on the west end, a large master bedroom, which is
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aligned north and south. And then, off of the south side,
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there is a large master bedroom and large closet. Coming
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back through the bathroom to the north side, there is
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another bathroom. And these are quite large bathrooms. They're not
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like our, he's cut off there by Bela Hovlik, And
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then he continues, you know, not like my house. Bella Hovlich,
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is this the diagram you prepared? Answer, yes, it is.
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Bella Hovlich, okay, can I ask you to step down
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and indicate to the grand jurors what the upstairs looks like?
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What rooms we're seeing here? Answer, to orient you, bear
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in mind, you're looking at the second floor here. And
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this is a spiral staircase, which goes from the second
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floor down to the first floor. And this, coincidentally, is
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a double door main entrance to the front of the house.
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And once inside, oops, jer, broke the stairway. Answer, I did.
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I broke the stairway. Once entering the front door and
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coming up the stairway, you entered a landing. Once inside
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the landing, it's basically a very long hallway. This hallway
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has a double door set here and a double door
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set here. They open inward on the east side. They
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open inward on the west side. Once coming through this hallway,
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you then reach a normal-sized door, which gives you access
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to the master bedroom, which is the master bedroom. This
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is the large bathroom on the south side, and this
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is the large walk-in closet of which there are two
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doors that you can enter and walk in all the
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way through and back out to the other. And again,
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moving back through the bedroom past the hallway, you then
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enter another large bathroom, which has a sink, closets, and
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a large bathtub. And it was right here, what looked
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very similar to a dentist chair without the big light.
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It had all kinds of tubes and things on it.
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I don't know really what the thing would do. Answer No,
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it was just part of the furniture there, like similar
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to a bed was here and a credenza over there. Belahovlik,
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are these toilet facilities here or is it just sinks
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in these bathrooms? Answer, I believe that there were toilets
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also there in the hall. Belahovlik, all right. Did you
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find a massage table? Answer, yes, there was a massage
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table in the bathroom. Belahovlik, okay, how about massage oils?
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Were there massage oils up in that bathroom? Answer, I
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believe there were. I know that we got some kind
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of jar of material out of his master bedroom, out
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of one of the dressers. Bela Hovlik, what about the
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actual room where the massage table was in? Answer, that
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I'm not sure. I was involved in the actual search
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and photography of that. Other investigators would have to comment
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on it. Bela Hovlik, okay. Do you have the reports? Answer,
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yes I do. Are they from the investigators, Bela Hovlik asks? Answer, well,
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I have the evidence sheets. Bela Hovlik, okay. Answer, of
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where the things were found. Belahovlik, okay, could you see
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if there were any massage oils found within the same
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room where the massage table was? Answer, okay, and items
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that would be taken into custody by the police department
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would be itemized on the property receipt. Like that? Answer,
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that's true. Belahovlik, okay, but so there was a massage
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oil found by the master bedroom. This room? Answer, yes,
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and I actually had that pointed out to me by
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Detective Ricari. And it was called a bottle or joy jelly.
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And it was from the master bedroom in the credenza,
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which was right here. Bella Hovlik, okay. You could have
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a seat again. Answer, thank you. Bella Hovlik, thank you.
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You've had a chance to go over the receipts of
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all the properties that was contained? Answer, yes. Bella Hovlik,
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did any of the officers find a purple vibrator at
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the home? Answer, I have item 24, which, which may
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be that. I have not actually seen it, but it's
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called a twin torpedo. Belahovlik, alright, the twin torpedo was
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not found in the master bedroom though. Wasn't it found
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in another bedroom? I think Detective Ricari testified it was
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found in Ghislaine Maxwell's or Nadia's bedroom. Answer, I don't know.
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I don't have a listing right here on this particular
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document as to where it was found on the evidence sheet.
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That would be covered in Detective Ricari's report. Belahovlik, nothing
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listed as a purple vibrator though? Answer, not on the
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sheets that I have. Belahovlik, what about a white vibrator? Answer,
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I don't remember seeing a white vibrator. There may have
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been something that was recovered by them and photographed by C.S.I. Pavlich. Belahovlik,
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but you have the property receipts in this case and
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it's not listed. Answer, I don't see it listed here, no. Belahovlik, okay.
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At this point, I'm going to see if the grand
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jurors have any further questions for you. The witness, I'm
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at your service. A juror gets called upon. Do you
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have any sexual toys other than the double-headed torpedo on
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the list? The witness. Not on the list that I
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have here, sir. Juror. That's the only sexual toy you have? Witness. Pardon? Juror.
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That's the only sexual toy that was confiscated in this search? Witness.
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I believe, to my knowledge, it is. I haven't seen
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the white or purple, so I can't. He gets cut
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off here by the juror. Or any other type of
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sexual toy, period. Witness, right. Personally, I have not seen those. Juror, okay. Witness,
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but that is not uncommon either, because of the nature
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of this investigation. Detective Rakari would be the one that
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has the knowledge on all those specific items. Other than
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filming the room itself, or, I'm sorry, the residence itself
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prior to the search, recording the reading of the search warrant,
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and then, folks, also after the
search, I go through
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the re-video to show that the police did not do
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any damage. And then the door is finally locked and secured.
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So there would be areas while I was in it,
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I photographed it from a video standpoint, I would not
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have direct knowledge of some of the items that were found.
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But Detective Ricari would. Bella Hovlik. And you obtained copies
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of all the evidence sheets of evidence checked in, correct? Witness?
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I think so, yes. Bella Hovlik? Yes. Witness? Yes. Bella Hovlik? Yes.
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And only that twin torpedo is the only sexual item
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that was listed? Witness, as best as I can tell, correct. Belahovlik, okay.
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Calls on the next juror. Is that report just from
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the master bedroom, or from all the bedrooms on the
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second floor? Witness, actually it represents the entire residence, plus
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the two, the servants' quarters, barracks, and on the southwest corner,
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the fitness and exercise room. I believe this encompasses everything. Juror,
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Can you point out what room that this woman Nadia
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was in? Bela Hovlik, are you familiar with which bedroom
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was Nadia's? Witness, I am not. Bela Hovlik, Detective Ricari,
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we can. The witness, right. Bela Hovlik, bring him back
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in to show that, okay? Witness, right. Bela Hovlik, any
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other questions? Another juror raises their hand. Was the suspect
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at the house at the time you served the warrant, sir? Witness,
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no sir, he was not. Juror, thank you. The next
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juror is called upon. Do your warrants have anything listed
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for like computer equipment or things like that? Witness, it did. Juror,
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it did. Witness, yes. And we did take the computer equipment. Juror,
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and can you say what's on it? Witness, that was
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handled by the special investigations unit. And while I saw,
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actually physically saw the computers and saw them disconnected and removed,
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I never saw anything that was on those computers. Juror,
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And did they confiscate passports or anything from anyone in
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the home? Witness. No, sir. No passports. And there were
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no weapons in the house. Rifles. Juror. They left them. Yeah. Yes, sir.
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They were left behind because that was never part of
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what we were looking for. So those were all left behind.
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Bella Hovlich calls on the next juror. Could you tell
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us the people that you found there? Who was there? Witness.
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Do I know who they were? Juror. The people. Yeah.
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Who were they? Witness. Witness. I understand one was the
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property manager. I think he was either Germanic or possibly Polish.
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He had an Eastern European accent. Jur? Was that the
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only person? Witness? No, there were, I think, three people there. Jur?
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Who were they? Witness? I don't know who they were, sir.
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bella hovlich we can ask detective ricari witness right detective
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ricari would know who they are juror do you know
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what the gentleman that owned the house was out did
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they tell you he was out of town witness yeah
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we knew he was out of town yes bella hovlich
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all right thank you witness thank you All right, so
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this is where we're going to wrap up, where they
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let go of the witness here. And the next witness
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that they're bringing up is going to be Joe Ricari
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once again. And in the next episode, that's where we're
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going to pick up. All of the information that goes
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with this episode can be found in the description box.