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What's up everyone and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
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So we finally have our hands on the grand jury
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documents from Jeffrey Epstein's first arrest down in Florida. Now
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this has been an ongoing battle for literally decades. And
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finally we're getting a look in full HD at the
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piss poor job that was done by the prosecutors down
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in Florida and their handlers in the federal government. And
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somebody like Barry Krischer really should be embarrassed. This is
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a man that shouldn't have a pension. He shouldn't be
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getting any sort of reward for his career after what
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occurred here. Sorry. So like usual, we're going to dive
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into the court documents. That way, everybody gets a look
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at what these documents say before I start running my
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big fat yap about what I think. With that bit
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of opining out of the way, why don't we just
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dive right into these documents? In the Circuit Court of
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the 15th Judicial Circuit, in and for Palm Beach County, Florida,
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Case No. 50-2019-CA-01-4681-AG CA Florida Holdings, LLC, Publisher of the
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Palm Beach Post, Plaintiff v. Joseph Abruzzo as Clerk and
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Comptroller of Palm Beach County, Florida the order granting plaintiff's
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motion for reconsideration of the trial court's February 29, 2024
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order and canceling July 8, 2024 hearing. This cause, having
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come before the court on the Palm Beach Post's motion
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for reconsideration of the trial court's February 29, 2024 order,
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filed on June 12, 2024, and the court having considered
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the motion being advised of the arguments of the parties
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and being otherwise advised of the premises, The court grants
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the motion for reconsideration and adjudicates the following. Procedural History
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In 2019, the Palm Beach Post commenced this action seeking
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a declaration authorizing the release of testimony and related evidence
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presented to the Palm Beach County Grand Jury in 2006
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during the first Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse investigation. On December 21, 2021,
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the trial court entered a final judgment dismissing the Palm
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Beach Post's first amended complaint on the grounds that the
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court lacked the statutory authority under Florida Statute 905.27 to
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order the release of the Epstein grand jury materials. On
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May 10, 2023, the 4th District Court of Appeals remanded
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the case to the Circuit Court to conduct an in-camera
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inspection of the Epstein grand jury materials to determine whether
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public disclosure would be furthering justice as defined by Florida
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Statute 905.27. The court ultimately determined the request did not
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further justice under the law as it existed at the time.
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The court stated that it must follow the law and
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cannot create new law. Lawmaking is a process that belongs
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exclusively to the people of Florida when they speak through
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their legislature and the executive branches. This concept is rudimentary
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in basic civics. The courts interpret law. The courts do
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not make law. It is also important to note that
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without an amendment to the statute, grand jury proceedings are
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generally always kept secret and are closed to the public.
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This is generally to protect jurors, witnesses, those accused, and
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the integrity of the case. Secrecy allows people to serve
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as jurors and witnesses to testify without fear of outside
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influence or retaliation. In some cases, It also ensures the
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protection of an innocent suspect's reputation. Secrecy also makes it
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less likely that a defendant will abscond after learning that
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they're being investigated. While those do not apply to Epstein,
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the law at the time did not carve out an exception.
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During this time, among others, the clerk of the court, Mr.
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Joseph Abruzzo, a former state legislator with vast experience in
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the legislative process, advocated to state legislators to amend the law.
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Their efforts were successful. Florida's legislature unanimously passed Bill HB 117.
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Once the bill passed, both of the legislative houses, the
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governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis,
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very quickly signed CS HB 117,
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amending Florida Statute 905.27, effective July 1, 2024. This amendment
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significantly modified the definition of furthering justice to expressly include
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furthering a public interest when the disclosure is requested pursuant
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to paragraph 905.272c. It cannot be understated that the amendment
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to the law very clearly allows what previously was not
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legally permissible. The court's order denying the release of the
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records also gave leave of court for the Palm Beach
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Post to file a motion for reconsideration after July 1, 2024,
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under the new statute. On June 12, 2024, The Palm
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Beach Post moved for reconsideration of the trial court's order
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based on the Florida Statute 905.27 as amended on July 1, 2024.
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It cannot be disputed that the 2024 amendments to Florida
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Statute 905.27 were intended to remove the prior statutory hurdles
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to disclosure of the Epstein grand jury materials. In fact,
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the court notes the bill was often called the Epstein
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grand jury bill recognizing the prior statutory construction did not
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allow release of these records. In the official press releases,
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Governor DeSantis explained his reasons for signing CS HB 117
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into law. Governor DeSantis stated the public deserves to know
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who participated in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking. Nobody should
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be protected from facing justice due to their wealth or status,
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and those who harm children should be exposed and punished
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to the fullest extent of the law. Conclusions of Fact
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and Law Florida Statute 905.272c now reads as follows. When
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a court orders the disclosure of such testimony pursuant to
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subsection 1 in response to a request by the media
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or an interested person, regardless of whether that purpose is
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for use in a criminal or civil case, It may
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be disclosed so long as the subject of the grand
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jury inquiry is deceased, the grand jury inquiry related to
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criminal or sexual activity between the subject of the grand
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jury investigation and the person who was a minor at
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the time of the alleged criminal or sexual activity, the
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testimony was previously disclosed by a court order, and the
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state attorney is provided notice of the request. This paragraph
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does not limit the court's ability to limit the disclosure
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of testimony including, but not limited to, redaction. With that
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new legal mechanism in place, the court makes the following findings.
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The court finds that the request involves a matter of
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public interest. The criminal prosecution of the most infamous pedophile
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in American history began in Palm Beach County with much controversy.
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For almost 20 years, the story of how Jeffrey Epstein
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victimized some of his Palm Beach County's most vulnerable has
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been the subject of much anger, and has at times
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diminished the public's perception of the criminal justice system. Adding
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to the public interest, Epstein is indeed notorious and infamous,
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and is widely reported to have flaunted his wealth while
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cavorting with politicians, billionaires, and even British royalty. It's understandable
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that given those reports, the public has a great curiosity
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about what was widely reported by news agencies as special
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treatment regarding his prosecution. This matter is clearly the subject
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of public interest. The court finds that this request is
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made by the news media, specifically the Palm Beach Post.
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The Palm Beach Post is a daily newspaper that was
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founded in 1916 as a local publication in West Palm Beach.
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For decades, the Palm Beach Post was printed and published
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daily in Palm Beach County. The court finds that despite
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its many changes, the Palm Beach Post has a long
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and rich history documenting our local community. Many local residents
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still rely on the Palm Beach Post to obtain information
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on national, state, and local events. The Palm Beach Post
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remains a newspaper of record in our country. The court
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finds Epstein is also widely reported to have been
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since August 10, 2019, under controversial and newsworthy circumstances, while
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under supervision at Metropolitan Correctional Center in the state of
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New York. This adds to public interest. Having reviewed the testimony,
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the court also finds the testimony relates to sexual activity
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between Epstein and child victims of sex trafficking. Again, it's
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widely accepted that Epstein is a notorious and serial pedophile.
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The testimony taken by the grand jury concerns activity ranging
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from grossly unacceptable to rape. All of the conduct at issue,
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sexually deviant, disgusting, and criminal. The details in the record
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will be outrageous to decent people. It is also important
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to note that some of the testimony in the records
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of Epstein's pedophilia involved other people, but there is nothing
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in this record that was outside the knowledge of law
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enforcement or prosecutors. There is no new information. And just
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to interject here, that's what I always tell you folks, okay?
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These are receipts. This is where the rubber meets the road.
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Who's been lying to you, and who's been telling you
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the truth? And who really cares about getting to the
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bottom of this? If people are out here talking about, oh,
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I follow the Epstein case, I'm reporting on it, yada, yada, yada,
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and they're not even diving into the court documents, how
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could they be giving their audience or their listeners the
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really real? Because they don't even know the truth themselves
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or the closest to the truth we're going to get.
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But what these court documents do, it just backs up
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everything that we've been talking about for all these years.
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Back to the document. Tragically, the record reveals that Epstein
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used children to find more victims. The record also shows
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that some of the children knew the type of people
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they could be exposed to and the infamous nature of
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such notable people. The court also notes that testimony was
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previously disclosed to law enforcement agencies. Furthermore, the state attorney
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was properly noticed and long ago withdrew any objections to
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release the records and early on even did his best
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to disclose the information in his office possession without delay,
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via an internet portal. As a result, he was eventually
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dropped as the name party in this action after much
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inconvenience and expense. It is ordered and adjudged. The motion
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for reconsideration is granted. It is further ordered and adjudged.
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The hearing scheduled for July 8, 2024 is moot and
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is canceled. It is further ordered and adjudged. The Palm
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Beach Post petitioned to release the grand jury proceedings regarding
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Jeffrey Epstein under Florida Statute 905.27 as amended July 1, 2024,
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is granted, with only a few redactions made by the
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court to protect the identity of the minors. The court
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hereby authorizes the clerk of the court to release the
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redacted clerk notes and transcripts of the testimony in their entirety,
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attached as Exhibit A. The court is not aware of
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anything more to review and disclose. Done and ordered at
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West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. And this document
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was signed by Luis Delgado. All right, so we're going
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to wrap up this episode here. And in the next episode,
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we're going to dive into the meat and potatoes and
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get rocking and rolling. All of the information that goes
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with this episode can be found in the description box.
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What's up, everyone? And welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
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In this episode, we're going to get right back to
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those grand jury documents. And this is going to be
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the actual transcript of the proceeding. And like usual, you
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might want to have your barf bag ready. In the
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5th Circuit of the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for
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Palm Beach County, Florida, Grand Jury Proceeding, Jeffrey Epstein. On
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behalf of the state, Barry Krischer, State Attorney, Palm Beach, Florida,
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and Lana Belahovlich,
and Mary Ann Duggan. Wednesday, July 19th, 2006.
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Grand Jury Room, Palm Beach County Courthouse, 914 a.m. to
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1252 p.m. Witnesses, Joseph Ricari, Gregory Parkinson, and Jensen Ross.
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And we also have some redacted names, which are the minors, obviously.
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Be it remembered that the following proceedings were had at
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the Palm Beach County Courthouse located in the city of
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West Palm Beach, state of Florida, on Wednesday, July 19th, 2006,
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beginning at 9.14 a.m., with appearance as herein before noted,
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to wit, thereupon. Miss Dugan, everybody ready? Witness Joseph Ricari.
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Miss Dugan, would you raise your right hand? Do you
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swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give
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today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
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but the truth? So help you God, the witness who
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is Joseph Ricari, I do. Miss Dugan, please have a seat. Ricari,
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thank you. The Examination by Mrs. Belahovlik. Question. Good morning. Answer.
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Good morning. Belahovlik. Detective Rakari, could you introduce yourself, please? Rakari.
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My name is Detective Joseph Rakari with the Palm Beach
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Police Department. Prosecutor. Okay, what is your position there? Rakari.
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I'm a detective in the Special Investigations Unit. Prosecutor. What
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do you investigate in Special Investigations? Rakari. Long-term investigations, financial crimes,
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white-collar crimes, just about any, any kind of crimes. Prosecutor. Okay.
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Ones that are going on for a long period of time, though, usually. Ricari. Correct.
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A long period. Prosecutor. Not a murder that happened last night. Ricari. Right. Prosecutor. Okay.
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Did you become involved in an investigation under case number 0500368? Ricari.
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That's correct. Prosecutor. When did you become involved in this? Ricari,
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in September of 2005. Prosecutor, okay, was there another detective
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investigating this case before then? Ricari, that's correct, her name
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was Michelle Pagan. Prosecutor, okay, and she at some point
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turned it over to you. Ricari, correct. Prosecutor, have you
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familiarized yourself either speaking
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her reports as to what was done when she was
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detective on the case? Rakari, yes I have. Prosecutor, okay.
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How did this case come to the attention of the
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Palm Beach Police Department? Rakari, on March 14th, 2005, a
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phone call was received from Redacted, who felt that there
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was a, well, some sexual activity had occurred with her daughter. Prosecutor, okay.
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And Redacted's name is Redacted. Rakari, Redacted. Prosecutor, okay. And
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who was her daughter? Rakari, her stepdaughter is Redacted. Prosecutor,
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what did redacted think was going on? Ricari, what had
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occurred was that redacted had gotten into a fight at
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redacted school, and subsequent after the fight they discovered 300
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bucks in her purse. When questioning the 300 dollars, she
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had told him that she had received it from a
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man in Palm Beach. Prosecutor, okay, did redacted also overhear
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a conversation where they were talking about sex that might
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have accepted money for having sex with the man? Ricari, yes,
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that's correct. She had some kind of sexual activity with
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a man in Palm Beach. Prosecutor and was paid for it? Ricari, correct. Prosecutor, okay.
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Was Detective Pagan able to find out the circumstances about
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why the fight occurred? Ricari, it was rumored that she
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had slept with a man in Palm Beach in at
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redacted school. Prosecutor, she being redacted? Ricari, redacted. Question, correct.
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From the prosecutor, okay. Rakari, correct. Prosecutor, and she heard
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the rumor that she was a prostitute, and that's what
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started the fight. Rakari, correct. Prosecutor, who did she have
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the fight with? Rakari, a girl by the name of Redacted. Prosecutor, okay.
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Where the fight occurred at school? Rakari, yes. Prosecutor, who
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actually found the money in Redacted's purse? Rakari, the freshman
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assistant principal? Prosecutor, okay, and how much was in the purse? Ricari, 300. Prosecutor,
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was Detective Pagan able to interview Redacted? Ricari, yeah. Prosecutor,
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where did that occur? Ricari, that occurred at the Palm
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Beach Police Department. Prosecutor, okay, did Redacted initially? Well, was
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Redacted initially honest with Detective Pagan? Ricari, originally she did
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not tell everything that occurred. It was through a subsequent interview.
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that the further information was developed. Prosecutor, what did redacted
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tell Detective Pagan initially? Ricari, initially, she said that she
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had gone to the house with a girl by the
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name of redacted to pick up money that was owed
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to her. When she, Detective Pagan, further questioned her, she
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explained that she was taken to the house to provide
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a massage to a wealthy man in Palm Beach. Prosecutor, okay,
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so she initially denied that though, and said there was
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no act on her part between this man and herself? Ricari, correct. Prosecutor, okay,
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but she ultimately told him that she went for a massage. Ricari, correct. Prosecutor,
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to give him a massage? Ricari, correct. Prosecutor, okay, did
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Redacted discuss with Detective Pagan that what Redacted had told
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her about what was going on at the house? Like,
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did you know Redacted was going to bring you here
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to do a massage and that you were going to
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get money? Ricari, yes. Prosecutor, what did redacted say redacted
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explained to her? Ricari originally let me, if I can
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read this, originally the first interview was done, I'm sorry,
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at redacted school. She was going to the house to
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provide the massage. It was offered to her by redacted
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to provide the massage to this man who was later
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identified as Jeffrey Epstein. Prosecutor, okay. Did Redacted admit to
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Detective Pagan knowing that Redacted worked for this man in
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exchange for doing sexual favors? Ricari, yes. Prosecutor, did she
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say that she was offered the opportunity to do those
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and that's why she went there? Ricari, yes. Prosecutor, okay.
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Did Detective Pagan ask Redacted if she ever discussed with
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Redacted about letting this man know
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it was discussed in the ride over that if if
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she was asked her age to say that she was 18. Prosecutor, okay,
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and redacted and redacted agreed that she was going to
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do that if asked. Ricari, yes. Prosecutor, okay. Now the prosecutor, Belahovlik,
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switches gears. At this point, we're going to ask redacted
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to testify, okay? Ricari, okay. Belahovlik, please hang around. You're
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going to testify again in a little bit. Ricari, okay. Belahovlik,
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thank you. Now... This is the witness herself who they
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brought up and front of the grand jury and absolutely savaged.
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Witness redacted. Miss Dugan, come on in. We're going to
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have you sit over here. Could you raise your right
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hand for me? Do you swear or affirm that the
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testimony you're about to give today will be the truth,
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the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help
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you God? The witness, I do. Ms. Dugan, when you're
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here testifying, everything's recorded with a microphone system. So you
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have to. Can you put your hand down? You have
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to answer as you did verbally or you can't shake
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your head because that won't be recorded in the system
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that's going on. So you have to say yes or no.
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You can't shake your head. And one important thing is
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you're here today before the grand jury and it's a
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crime to lie to the grand jury. And in our terms,
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we call it perjury. But in regular people's terms, it's
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lying to the grand jury. So there is one important
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rule here today. You must tell them the truth. 100%
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the truth. There is cause you cannot. There's no penalty
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for telling the truth. It's the opposite. If it can
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be shown, proven that you lied to the grand jury,
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there is a crime of perjury. Do you understand that?
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That seems a bit unnecessary. No, this poor kid. The witness.
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I do. Dugan. Is that a yes? The witness. Yes. Dugan. Okay.
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So move up to the microphone a little bit. And
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be sure that you speak yes or no. And so
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that even the folks in the top of this room
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can hear your answers, okay? The witness, okay. Examination time. Belahovlik.
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All right, could you tell me who you are? Answer,
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I'm redacted. Belahovlik, how old are you? Redacted. Witness, 16. Belahovlik,
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what's your birthday? Witness, 1990. Belahovlik, how old were you
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in February of 2005? Witness, I was 14 still. Bella Hovlich,
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14 or 15? Bella Hovlich, I was 14 still. Well,
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this happened when I was 14, so Bella Hovlich, you turned, witness,
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15 in redacted of that year. Bella Hovlich, and you
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just turned 16 now? Witness, yeah. Bella Hovlich, okay, so
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you were just short of 15. Witness, uh-huh. Bella Hovlich,
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all right, where do you live? Witness, I live in redacted.
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Bella Hovlich, where do you go to school? Witness, I'm
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going to be starting school at Redacted School. Bella Hovlik, okay,
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that's Redacted School. Uh-huh. Bella Hovlik, where did you go
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to high school in 2005? Witness, Redacted. Bella Hovlik, where
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is that? Witness, in Redacted. Bella Hovlik, on what road? Witness, I,
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Bella Hovlik, Redacted. Witness, yeah, probably. Bella Hovlik, what grade
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were you in in 2005 when you were at Redacted School? Witness,
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I was in 9th grade. Bella Hovlich, did you know
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someone named Redacted? Witness, yes. Bella Hovlich, how did you
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know Redacted? Witness, I used to date her cousin. Bella Hovlich, alright,
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how old's Redacted? Witness, at the time I think she
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was 18 or 19, I think. Bella Hovlich, who was
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her cousin that you dated? Witness, Redacted. Bella Hovlich, was
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Redacted going to school at Redacted? Or did you know
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her from outside school? Witness, I knew her from outside
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the school. Bella Hovlich, how much contact did you have
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with Redacted? Witness, I met her about, well, I met
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her the night before I went to Jeffrey's house. Bella Hovlich, okay,
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tell us about the night when you met Redacted. Witness, um,
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I was with my boyfriend, Redacted, at my house. And her,
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or his aunt, lives like four streets down from mine.
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So we went to say hi to his aunt and stuff,
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and Redacted was there, and I was introduced. Bella Hovlich,
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had you met her before that night? Witness, um, at
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like a family football thing, like they had a family
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get-together for a football game, and she was there. Bella Hovlich, okay. Witness,
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but I just said hi to her. Bella Hovlich, alright. Witness,
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like I never knew her, like who she was. Bella Hovlich,
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not a lot, a lot of conversations. Witness, yeah. Witness again,
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it was just kind of like, hi, nice to meet you.
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Bella Hovlich, okay. That night you go down there, you
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meet her. What happens? Witness? Yeah. And then it was
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just like kind of like a regular night and we
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were just hanging out watching TV. And then like it
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was like 1130 ish or 10, something like that. And
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she was like, what are you doing tomorrow? And I
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said nothing. And then she was like, oh, well, do
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you want to make like $ 200? And I was like, yeah, sure.
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And then she was like, well, you're going to have
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to like meet my friend Jeffrey Epstein. And he lives
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in a big... humongous mansion and like he lives on
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the water and all this stuff. And I was like, well,
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that's really cool. And she's like, but you have to
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give him a massage for like 40 minutes and that's
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all you have to do. And you get like $ 200
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for it. And it's really easy. And I was like, okay,
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like whatever. It's just a massage. And then redacted was like,
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he was wondering what happened. And then we were just
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told him and he was like, like arguing with redacted.
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like a couple of minutes to argue. And Redacted had
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like her boyfriend there. So me and him were stuck
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in like the living room, watching TV, listening to them
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argue for a couple of minutes, and then they came back.
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Then we went outside and Redacted had called Jeffrey on
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the phone. And Jeffrey's assistant lady, I don't remember her name,
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she answered the phone. And she said that somebody that
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could give Jeffrey a massage tomorrow. And the lady asked
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how old I was and who I was, like what
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my name was. But redacted said that, like, I had
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to be 18. So she told the lady I was
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18 and that I went to redacted and I was
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a senior and everything. And so the little assistant lady said, like, OK,
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that's fine. Come in tomorrow. So then I went home.
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I and she's interrupted here by Bella Hovlich. OK, let
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me stop you here. Couple of things. Witness. OK. All right.
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We're going to wrap up right here. And in the
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next episode, we're going to pick up where we left off.
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And that's with Bella Hovlich asking the next question, which is,
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do you know if redacted and redacted were arguing about?
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All of the information that goes with this episode can
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be found in the description box. What's up everyone and
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welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles. We're going to pick
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up where we left off with the grand jury transcripts
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from down in Palm Beach. And so he left off
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with Bela Hovlik asking questions of the witness. Bela Hovlik,
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do you know if Redacted and Redacted were what they
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were arguing about? Witness? Yeah, because Redacted didn't want me
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to go. Because I guess he knew about, like, my,
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his cousin kind of did that already, and she's interrupted here,
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and Bela Hovlik. Did that concern you, that Redacted didn't
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want you to go, and that you were agreeing to
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go anyway? Witness, well, yeah, cause, well, he was, I
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was like, I guess, cause I was 14, and he
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was like 16 and stuff, and he was just like,
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don't go, don't go, don't go. And I was like, well,
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it's $ 200, and I was 14, and I was like $ 200,
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so I didn't really care what he said. Belahovlik, okay.
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And from listening to Redacted, end of that phone conversation,
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The person at Jeffrey's house was trying to verify that
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you were at least 18. Answer. Uh-huh. Question. Okay. Is
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that a yes? Witness. Yes. Sorry. Bella Hovlik. Okay. Witness.
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And but like after she hung up that phone with
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the lady, she explained to me that what we went
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back inside the house and she explained to me that
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I was going to have to like tell the lady
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like make up a lie about my whole life. Like
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that I went I'm graduating from redacted already that I'm
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18 all this stuff. and that I've known Redacted for
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a long time. Like, just make it look like I
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was older. And so I agreed to do all that stuff.
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And then I went home for the night. And then
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the next morning, Redacted had another lady, like, another teenage girl.
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I don't remember her name. She was in the truck
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with her. And, like, we were leaving my house, and...
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But my dad saw. And I told him we were
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going to the mall in Palm Beach. And my dad's like, okay.
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He didn't have a problem. And since it was Redacted,
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or Redacted's cousin... He didn't care that I was going
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with Redacted. But he meant like we were leaving and
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my dad was coming in the office. They were like
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pulling into my driveway and he saw Redacted and Redacted
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asked my dad for five dollars for gas. So my
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dad said like, yeah, sure. Five dollars, whatever. And then
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we left. And then when we got to Jeffrey's house,
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she gets interrupted here by Bella Hovlich. Do you know
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Jeffrey's full name? Witness, Jeffrey Epstein or Epstein or whatever.
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Bella Hovlich, where was the house? Witness, it's in Palm Beach, whatever.
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But then we pull up in the driveway. Nobody was there,
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like redacted, like he's not home. So we walked up anyways.
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We all got out of the car and there was
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like
a gate that you have to walk into to
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go to the back door. And there was like a
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security guard or whatever. And he has like a little
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office or whatever in the back. And he saw us.
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So he came up to the gate. And he asked
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us what we were there for. And redacted said Jeffrey.
456
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And so the guy was like, okay. And he opened
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the gate. All three of us went in to the
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back door towards the kitchen. Because I guess the kitchen's
459
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right there when you open the door. So we were
460
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sitting like in a bar like this. And we were
461
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waiting for about 15 minutes. And then Jeffrey and the
462
00:29:24.890 --> 00:29:27.930
assistant walked in through the back door also. And that's
463
00:29:27.970 --> 00:29:30.559
when I first met Jeffrey. And we shook hands. And
464
00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:33.380
then the lady also introduced herself too. And then the
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00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:35.880
lady was talking to Redacted and to the other girl
466
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for a couple of seconds. And then Jeffrey said who's
467
00:29:38.589 --> 00:29:41.430
going to go first or whatever. and redacted and the
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00:29:41.490 --> 00:29:44.630
other girl's like i don't care and then jeffrey's like
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00:29:44.670 --> 00:29:47.059
how about you pointing to me and i was like
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okay and then i was like looking back at redacted
471
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and laughing and then she was just like scooted her
472
00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:56.119
hand to go and she was laughing too and i
473
00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:59.569
was like okay so then We, in the kitchen, it
474
00:29:59.609 --> 00:30:01.970
was like a little hallway, not really, but it's like
475
00:30:02.069 --> 00:30:05.130
a stairway to go upstairs, and we were walking up there.
476
00:30:05.569 --> 00:30:08.200
And the assistant lady walked me up there, and as
477
00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:11.319
Jeffrey was talking to them after. And then she was
478
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pointing out, like, all these pictures and all this stuff,
479
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and then leading me to, like, a bathroom. It was, like,
480
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really big, though. And, like, there were two closets. And
481
00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:22.400
she went into the closet and pulled out the massage
482
00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:24.980
table and set it out in front of, like, this couch.
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And then she put like a little blanket or whatever
484
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over the massage table. And then she opened up a drawer.
485
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And there was like a whole bunch of
different like
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00:30:33.009 --> 00:30:36.309
lotions for getting massages. And she just picked like a
487
00:30:36.349 --> 00:30:38.430
couple of them out and just set them on the
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vanity table. There was a big, big mirror on the
489
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other wall opposite to the massage table. And then, and
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then she told me to get, um, well, not undressed,
491
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but like put, keep your bra and panties on. And
492
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I was like, okay. And then she said, she's interrupted
493
00:30:54.430 --> 00:31:00.049
here by Bella Hovlich. Had Redacted told you about that before? Witness? No,
494
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I thought, like, it was going to be a massage, like,
495
00:31:02.369 --> 00:31:05.390
you keep your clothing on, and that when I got
496
00:31:05.430 --> 00:31:08.569
in the room, that's when the lady, like, explained that
497
00:31:08.589 --> 00:31:10.900
I would have to do, just to get undressed and
498
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keep my bra and panties on, and then, she's interrupted
499
00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:18.349
by Bella Hovlik, and did you do that? witness yes
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00:31:18.890 --> 00:31:21.789
bella hovlich is that a yes witness yes and then
501
00:31:21.809 --> 00:31:23.470
to stay in the room for a couple of seconds
502
00:31:23.750 --> 00:31:25.569
and then jeffrey would be coming in the room any
503
00:31:25.609 --> 00:31:29.029
minute and then jeffrey did come in the room and
504
00:31:29.049 --> 00:31:31.440
he said hi and he shook my hand again but
505
00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:33.279
then he went out of the room and he got
506
00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:35.680
undressed but he had a towel on and then he
507
00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:38.279
came into the room again and laid belly down on
508
00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:41.940
the massage table bella hovlich okay stop a minute what
509
00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:45.650
did this man look like this jeffrey epstein witness old
510
00:31:46.289 --> 00:31:55.180
bella hovlich how old Witness, um, he looked like maybe 50-ish. Belahovlik, okay. Witness, 40. Belahovlik,
511
00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:57.960
how was he dressed when you initially met him? Witness,
512
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like he was going golfing. He just had like a
513
00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:05.309
polo t-shirt on and khaki pants. Belahovlik, okay. And how
514
00:32:05.349 --> 00:32:08.950
were you met when you first went to his, were
515
00:32:08.970 --> 00:32:12.539
you dressed when you first went to his house? Answer, Yeah,
516
00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:16.299
I was wearing a regular t-shirt, my Hollister shirt, and
517
00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:19.440
just some jeans. Bela Hovlik. Okay, what kind of underwear
518
00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:23.240
did you have on? Answer. A thong. Bela Hovlik. And
519
00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:26.420
the bra? What type of bra? Answer. It was a bra.
520
00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:31.960
Bela Hovlik. Okay, no special. Answer. Uh-huh. Bela Hovlik. Certain type,
521
00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:35.460
but thong underwear. Were you uncomfortable getting down to your
522
00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:39.440
bra and underwear? Answer. Yeah, like at I was kind
523
00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:41.900
of hesitant. I was like sitting in the room for
524
00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:45.589
until Jeffrey came in, like thinking like to myself, well,
525
00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:49.130
like what's going on? Like, I don't know. I was
526
00:32:49.170 --> 00:32:51.710
kind of hesitant, but then I just didn't care because
527
00:32:51.750 --> 00:32:54.609
I wanted $ 200 because I wanted to spend it. So
528
00:32:54.670 --> 00:32:57.069
I just didn't care. I just, and she's cut off
529
00:32:57.109 --> 00:33:00.839
here by Bella Hovlig once again. Okay. All right. So
530
00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:03.240
he comes out and he's in a towel. Start from there.
531
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answer and then he like laid on the massage table
532
00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:09.299
like got on his stomach and then he told me
533
00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:11.900
like to grab any of the three lotions that she
534
00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:14.089
had put down on the table and so I just
535
00:33:14.109 --> 00:33:16.769
grabbed one of them and then I just gave like
536
00:33:16.950 --> 00:33:19.970
I sat first I wasn't sitting on the table because
537
00:33:20.009 --> 00:33:21.829
he was sitting on the table and it was kind
538
00:33:21.869 --> 00:33:24.230
of like I just stood up and then I started
539
00:33:24.250 --> 00:33:27.849
to give him a massage and then he's making conversation
540
00:33:28.329 --> 00:33:30.920
asking me exactly what redacted was going to tell me
541
00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:34.099
to do like if What high school do you go
542
00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:38.299
to and all that stuff? So, Bella Hovlich, did he
543
00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:41.539
ask how old you were? Answer, yes, and I, to
544
00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:43.759
that she's cut off by Bella Hovlich. And what did
545
00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:46.579
you tell him? Answer, I told him I was 18.
546
00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:48.500
And he asked me, like, what do I like to
547
00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:51.579
do in my spare time? And I said, I dance
548
00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:55.759
and all this stuff and just making small talk. And
549
00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:57.940
then he's like, oh, well, you don't have to stand up.
550
00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:00.000
You can sit on the table. And so I sat
551
00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:02.119
on the table and I was giving him a massage.
552
00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:04.359
And I think the massage, it was a couple of minutes,
553
00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.259
like 15 or 20 minutes. And this whole time we
554
00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:10.940
were just conversating about anything. And he was telling me
555
00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:13.420
how he had another house in New York and just
556
00:34:13.480
--> 00:34:15.940
a whole bunch of stuff that I was like amused by.
557
00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:18.440
And then after like 20 minutes of giving him a
558
00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:21.340
massage or 30 minutes or something, it was around that time,
559
00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:23.280
he asked me if I wanted to make an extra $ 100.
560
00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:27.630
Bela Hovlik, Before we get there, let me just ask
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you a couple of things. You said that the assistant
562
00:34:30.570 --> 00:34:36.110
had you undress? Answer, yeah. Bela Hovlik, is that a yes? Answer, yeah.
563
00:34:36.449 --> 00:34:39.389
Bela Hovlik, do you remember telling Detective Pagan that it
564
00:34:39.409 --> 00:34:43.570
was Jeffrey Epstein that asked you to undress? Answer, no.
565
00:34:43.750 --> 00:34:46.329
I'm like positive it wasn't Jeffrey because he didn't come
566
00:34:46.369 --> 00:34:48.340
in the room till after I was already in my
567
00:34:48.389 --> 00:34:52.159
underwear and my bra. Bela Hovlik, okay. So if that's
568
00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:56.550
in her report, that's incorrect. Witness, yes. Belahovlik, all right.
569
00:34:56.929 --> 00:34:58.829
When you talk about getting on the table, do you
570
00:34:58.869 --> 00:35:02.570
recall telling Detective Pagan that you were actually straddling him
571
00:35:02.750 --> 00:35:07.449
and your... She cuts off Belahovlik here. Answer, that's, yeah.
572
00:35:07.710 --> 00:35:10.409
That's what, when I got on the table, like, after he,
573
00:35:10.510 --> 00:35:14.090
after a couple of minutes. Belahovlik, okay. And you were
574
00:35:14.110 --> 00:35:18.880
straddling him with your bare buttocks to his bare buttocks? Answer, yeah. Well,
575
00:35:18.929 --> 00:35:21.559
kind of. There was a towel that, like, it was
576
00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:24.079
kind of covering his butt, but not really covering his butt.
577
00:35:24.550 --> 00:35:27.250
It was like not really covering his butt. But I
578
00:35:27.269 --> 00:35:29.730
was laying like on his lower back near his butt.
579
00:35:30.190 --> 00:35:34.349
But like, I wasn't on his butt. Bella Hovlich, so
580
00:35:34.449 --> 00:35:37.170
if she wrote, you stated you exposed your bare buttocks,
581
00:35:37.670 --> 00:35:42.250
were touching his bare buttocks. Answer, that'd be kind of correct.
582
00:35:42.869 --> 00:35:46.849
Bella Hovlich, okay. Bella Hovlich, so how long did that
583
00:35:46.889 --> 00:35:49.550
go on when you were sitting on top of him? Answer,
584
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Until like the massage part was over. And then he
585
00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:55.320
like asked, well, would you like to make an extra
586
00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:59.199
hundred dollars? And then I said, sure. And then he's like, but, um,
587
00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:01.559
you have to like, you're not going to be giving
588
00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:04.559
the massage anymore. It's going to be something different. And
589
00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:07.460
I was like, well, what is it? And then he's like, um,
590
00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:11.469
can I use a vibrator on you? And I said, OK.
591
00:36:11.869 --> 00:36:14.139
And then so then he got up and he went
592
00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:16.579
into his like other room for a couple of seconds,
593
00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:19.400
like literally a couple of seconds and then came back
594
00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:22.079
into the room. And next to the little vanity, big
595
00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:25.019
mirror and all the big table there was like on
596
00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:27.920
the floor, there was just like the vibrator. It looked
597
00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:31.239
like a vibrator to me. Bella Hovlik, what did it
598
00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:34.869
look like? Answer, it was like purple and it was like,
599
00:36:35.289 --> 00:36:37.949
it was like kind of a like massager, but not really.
600
00:36:38.269 --> 00:36:40.469
Like it looked like a massager, but it wasn't really
601
00:36:40.489 --> 00:36:43.869
a massager. And she's cut off by Bella Hovlik here.
602
00:36:44.449 --> 00:36:48.289
What was it shaped like? Answer, um, like circular in
603
00:36:48.329 --> 00:36:50.110
the top. And then it was like a handle on
604
00:36:50.130 --> 00:36:55.539
the bottom. Bella Hovlik, okay, all right. Witness, and then
605
00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:58.340
after he grabbed that, he laid me back on the
606
00:36:58.380 --> 00:37:00.500
table and except this time he was on his back.
607
00:37:00.869 --> 00:37:02.809
And I was partially on the table, like half of
608
00:37:02.869 --> 00:37:04.889
my butt cheek and my leg was on the table
609
00:37:05.230 --> 00:37:07.409
and the one leg was on the floor. And like
610
00:37:07.469 --> 00:37:11.360
sometimes I'd put it on the couch, like cause the
611
00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:13.440
couch was right here and the table was right there.
612
00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:17.239
So it was kind of close. And I, he told
613
00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:20.000
me to keep giving him a massage, but to give
614
00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:23.320
a massage on his chest. Bela Hovlig, so you're sitting
615
00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:27.829
on the table now and he's standing up. Witness? No, no, no.
616
00:37:28.130 --> 00:37:30.010
He was lying back on the table, but, like, I
617
00:37:30.030 --> 00:37:32.230
was kind of on the table. Like, half my butt
618
00:37:32.309 --> 00:37:34.250
and my leg was on the table, and the other
619
00:37:34.289 --> 00:37:37.050
half was, like, part, like, on the couch. Like, I
620
00:37:37.070 --> 00:37:40.730
was holding. She's interrupted here again by Bela Hovlik. Okay,
621
00:37:40.769 --> 00:37:46.530
but he's laying down. Witness? Yeah. Bela Hovlik? Okay. Witness? And, um,
622
00:37:46.570 --> 00:37:49.050
then I was giving a massage on his chest, and
623
00:37:49.090 --> 00:37:51.280
he was still talking for a couple of minutes. Then
624
00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:53.840
he used the vibrator. And, like, that
was for, like,
625
00:37:53.889 --> 00:37:58.210
ten minutes maybe or so, I think. And then, Bela Hovlich, now,
626
00:37:58.869 --> 00:38:01.429
I have to be detailed here. Where was he using
627
00:38:01.630 --> 00:38:08.309
the vibrator? Witness, can I say along my vagina? Bela Hovlich, okay. Witness,
628
00:38:08.630 --> 00:38:12.139
I don't know what else to say. Bela Hovlich, all right,
629
00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:15.309
go ahead. Okay. And then, and then after for a
630
00:38:15.329 --> 00:38:18.090
couple of minutes, that's what he was doing. And then
631
00:38:18.110 --> 00:38:20.269
he jerked off for a couple of minutes. Like I
632
00:38:20.309 --> 00:38:22.849
was still on the table and redacted told me that if,
633
00:38:23.250 --> 00:38:25.389
if you like, if he does that, then you have
634
00:38:25.409 --> 00:38:27.650
to get more money because that's like, he gives you
635
00:38:27.710 --> 00:38:30.449
extra money if he jerks off anyways, because I guess
636
00:38:30.510 --> 00:38:34.679
it's some like is indiscernible or whatever. And to that,
637
00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:37.679
she's cut off once again by Bella Hovlik and redacted
638
00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:42.340
had told you that before answer. Mm-hmm. She, I, she
639
00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:44.739
told me that, like, the night that I, like, had
640
00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:47.320
this whole conversation with her, and she told me about it.
641
00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:50.619
Bella Hovlik, okay, so she didn't just tell you you
642
00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:53.320
were going for a massage. She told you that there,
643
00:38:53.710 --> 00:38:57.110
you might have to take your clothes off? Witness, no,
644
00:38:57.210 --> 00:38:58.550
she didn't tell me that I would have to take
645
00:38:58.590 --> 00:39:00.789
my clothes off, but she said that if he jerks
646
00:39:00.889 --> 00:39:03.110
off in front of you, then you can get more money.
647
00:39:03.630 --> 00:39:07.480
Bella Hovlik, okay, so when he offered you the extra $ 100,
648
00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:14.179
you had a pretty good idea of what was coming next? Answer, yeah. Belahovlik, okay. Answer, and, um,
649
00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:17.500
Belahovlik once again cuts her off. And when you say
650
00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:21.340
jerked off, what do you mean? Answer, he put his
651
00:39:21.389 --> 00:39:23.650
hand on his penis and started going up and down
652
00:39:23.730 --> 00:39:26.599
kind of fast. Bela Hovlich, could you see his penis
653
00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:31.639
at that point? Answer, yeah. Bela Hovlich, is that a yes? Answer, yes.
654
00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:34.360
Bela Hovlich, all right, go ahead. That went on for
655
00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:37.829
how long? Answer, a couple seconds maybe? Like, yeah, like
656
00:39:37.829 --> 00:39:41.610
40 seconds. And then after that, like the massage was over.
657
00:39:42.010 --> 00:39:44.329
And he went into, out of the door... back to
658
00:39:44.349 --> 00:39:47.030
wherever he goes... I couldn't see where he was going...
659
00:39:46.789 --> 00:39:49.610
because the door... was this way... and he walked out...
660
00:39:49.889 --> 00:39:53.130
and I guess he had like... his money behind the door...
661
00:39:52.929 --> 00:39:54.880
because it only took a couple of seconds... for him
662
00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:57.139
to come back into the room... and then he opened
663
00:39:57.179 --> 00:40:00.820
his money... like this wad... and gave me $ 300 bills...
664
00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:04.280
and told me thank you... and I... and then he's like...
665
00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:06.780
there's a notepad there... next to the couch... and told
666
00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:08.929
me to write my name and number... because I had
667
00:40:08.969 --> 00:40:10.789
a cell phone at the time... and he told me
668
00:40:10.829 --> 00:40:12.980
to write my cell phone number down... and how he
669
00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:14.940
could get a hold of me, and all this stuff.
670
00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:18.739
So I wrote my number down, and wrote my name,
671
00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:21.159
and then after that he just left the room, and
672
00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:23.550
told me I could get dressed again, and that it
673
00:40:23.590 --> 00:40:27.630
was done. I was over. Belahovlik, did you actually see
674
00:40:27.670 --> 00:40:33.349
him ejaculate? Answer, no. Belahovlik, okay. Did he not ejaculate,
675
00:40:33.469 --> 00:40:35.829
or you didn't see that? Answer, if he did, I
676
00:40:35.849 --> 00:40:39.260
didn't see it. Belahovlik, do you recall telling Detective Pagan
677
00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:43.610
it happened in a different sequence? Answer, no. Bella Hovlich,
678
00:40:43.869 --> 00:40:46.210
and that he masturbated first before he put the vibrator
679
00:40:46.269 --> 00:40:49.860
on your vagina? Answer, maybe. This was like two and
680
00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:54.960
a half years ago, so... Bella Hovlich, okay. Witness, that
681
00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:57.800
could have happened. Bella Hovlich, do you recall not telling
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her about the vibrator at all? Answer, yeah. Bella Hovlich,
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the first time you talked to her? Answer, yeah, I
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remember that because I was scared. Bella Hovlich, okay, why
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were you scared about that? and not scared about telling
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her that he ejaculated in front of you, or masturbated
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in front of you. Answer, cause that's his body, and
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the vibrator's on my body. Bella Hovlich, so you didn't
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want to admit that you had allowed him to touch you? Answer, yeah.
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Bella Hovlich, and he gave you $ 300. Answer, yeah. Bella Hovlich,
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you left your number so he'd contact you again? Answer, yeah.
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Bella Hovlich, okay. When he left the room, what happened?
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You got dressed? Did he take you downstairs? You go
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downstairs by yourself? Answer, I just went downstairs by myself. Belahovlik,
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who was down there? Was the redacted still down there? Answer, uh-huh.
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The redacted was there, and the other girl was there,
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and the assistant lady. She might have been there, but
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I don't know. I can't remember. But then after that,
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we left. Like, they didn't do anything. They didn't. She
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got money, but she didn't do anything. Belahovlik, who? Who
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is she? Answer from the witness. Redacted did. Bella Hovlich. Okay,
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do you know how much money she got? Answer. I
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think it was $ 300 too. Bella Hovlich. Okay. Witness. Or
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maybe $ 200, $ 300. Bella Hovlich. Do you know what that
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was for? Answer. No. At the time, I thought maybe
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she did something with somebody else in the house. But
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then I was like thinking there was only Jeffrey and
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the lady there. Like I didn't think anything of it.
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And I, she's cut off here by Bella Hovlich. But
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did you learn that she got money for bringing you there? Answer, yeah.
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I kind of figured that when I got back home,
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like I was thinking about it for a while and
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I realized, well, it's probably because she brought me there.
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All right, folks, we're going to wrap up right here.
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And in the next episode, we're going to pick up
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where we left off. All of the information that goes
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