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The Federal Charges Swept Aside by Epstein’s Sweetheart Deal (Part 1)(10/13/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. When it comes to the Epstein files and
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  Speaker 1: release documents, one of the most coveted documents of all
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  Speaker 1: time was the charging document that the DOJ drew up
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  Speaker 1: but never applied to Jeffrey Epstein. Well, the Department of
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  Speaker 1: Justice released that document originally but then pulled it back.
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  Speaker 1: But your boy has his hands on it and that's
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  Speaker 1: what we're going to begin taking a look at in
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  Speaker 1: this episode. So, With that said, let's get right to it.
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  Speaker 1: United States of America vs. Jeffrey Epstein. Background. At all
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  Speaker 1: times relevant to this indictment. Defendant Jeffrey Epstein employed defendants Redacted, Redacted, Redacted, a.k.a. Redacted,
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  Speaker 1: and Redacted to perform, among other things, services as personal assistants.
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  Speaker 1: Defendant Jeffrey Epstein owned the property located at Redacted, Palm Beach, Florida,
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  Speaker 1: in the Southern District of Florida. Defendant Jeffrey Epstein was
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  Speaker 1: the principal owner of J.E.G.E. Inc., a Delaware corporation. J.E.E.G.E. Inc.
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  Speaker 1: sold business activities related to the operation and ownership of
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  Speaker 1: a Boeing 727, 31 aircraft bearing the tail number, and 908J. E.
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  Speaker 1: Defendant Jeffrey Epstein served as president, sole director, and sole
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  Speaker 1: shareholder of J.E.G.E. Inc., and had the power to direct
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  Speaker 1: all of its operations. Defendant Jeffrey Epstein was principal owner
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  Speaker 1: of Hyperion Air Incorporated, a Delaware corporation. Hyperion Air Incorporated
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  Speaker 1: sold business activity related to the operation and ownership of
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  Speaker 1: a Gulfstream G-11-59B aircraft, bearing tail number N-909-JE. Defendant Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Epstein served as president, sole director, and sole shareholder of
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  Speaker 1: Hyperion Air Incorporated, and had the power to direct all
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  Speaker 1: of its operations. Pursuant to Florida Statute Section 794.05, a
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  Speaker 1: person 24 years of age or older who engages in
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  Speaker 1: sexual activity with a person 16 or 17 years of
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  Speaker 1: age commits a felony of the second degree. For purposes
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  Speaker 1: of this section, sexual activity means oral, anal, or vaginal
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  Speaker 1: penetration by or union with the sexual organ of another. However,
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  Speaker 1: sexual activity means does not include an act done for
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  Speaker 1: a bona fide medical purpose. Florida Statute Section 794.021 states
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  Speaker 1: that ignorance of age of the victim is no defense,
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  Speaker 1: and that neither misrepresentation of age by the victim nor
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  Speaker 1: a bona fide belief that such a person is over
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  Speaker 1: the specified age shall be a defense. Pursuant to Florida
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  Speaker 1: Statute Section 800.45A and 800.45C2, an adult who intentionally touches
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  Speaker 1: in a lewd or lascivious manner, the breasts, genitals, genital area,
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  Speaker 1: or buttocks, or the clothing covering them, of a person
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  Speaker 1: less than 16 years of age, or forces or entices
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  Speaker 1: a person, under 16 years of age, to so touch
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  Speaker 1: the perpetrator, commits lewd or lascivious molestation, which is a
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  Speaker 1: felony of the second degree, if the victim is 12
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  Speaker 1: years of age, or older, but less than 16 years
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  Speaker 1: of age. Pursuant to Florida Statute Section 800-1,. 046A and 800.046B,
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  Speaker 1: an adult who intentionally touches a person under 16 years
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  Speaker 1: of age in a lewd or lascivious manner or solicits
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  Speaker 1: a person under 16 years of age to commit a
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  Speaker 1: lewd or lascivious act commits lewd or lascivious conduct, which
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  Speaker 1: is a felony of the second degree. Pursuant to Florida
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  Speaker 1: Statute Section 800.047A and 800.047A,. 047C, an adult who intentionally masturbates,
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  Speaker 1: intentionally exposes the genitals in a lewd or lascivious manner,
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  Speaker 1: or intentionally commits any other sexual act that does not
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  Speaker 1: involve actual physical or sexual contact with the victim, including
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  Speaker 1: but not limited to the simulation of any act involving
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  Speaker 1: sexual activity in the presence of a victim who is
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  Speaker 1: less than 16 years of age, commits lewd and lascivious exhibition,
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  Speaker 1: which is a felony of the second degree. Pursuant to
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  Speaker 1: Florida Statute Section 800.04.2, a person who commits any unnatural
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  Speaker 1: and lascivious act with another person commits a misdemeanor of
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  Speaker 1: the second degree. Defendant Jeffrey Epstein was over the age
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  Speaker 1: of 24 and did not have any medical licensure. During
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  Speaker 1: the period of their involvement with defendant Jane Doe 3
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  Speaker 1: and 10 attended redacted in Palm Beach County. During the
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  Speaker 1: periods of their involvement with defendants, Jane Doe's 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
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  Speaker 1: and 19 attended redacted in Palm Beach County. During the
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  Speaker 1: period of her involvement with defendant Jane Doe 7 attended
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  Speaker 1: redacted in Palm Beach County. During the period of her
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  Speaker 1: involvement with defendants Jane Doe 9 attended redacted in Palm
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  Speaker 1: Beach County. During the period of her involvement with defendant
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  Speaker 1: Jane Doe 11 attended redacted in Palm Beach County. Count 1, Conspiracy, U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Code 18, Section 371. Now this is all the stuff
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  Speaker 1: that Jeffrey Epstein should have been charged with, instead of
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  Speaker 1: it going to the state level. So pay very close
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  Speaker 1: attention to all of the charges and everything they're saying
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  Speaker 1: in this indictment. Paragraph 1 through 19 of this indictment
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  Speaker 1: are re-alleged and incorporated by reference as though fully set
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  Speaker 1: forth herein. from at least as early as 2001, the
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  Speaker 1: exact date being unknown, to the grand jury, through in
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  Speaker 1: or around 2005, in Palm Beach County, in the Southern
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  Speaker 1: District of Florida, and elsewhere the defendant Jeffrey Epstein, redacted, redacted,
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  Speaker 1: redacted and redacted, did knowingly and willfully combine, conspire, confederate,
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  Speaker 1: and agree with each other, and with others known and unknown,
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  Speaker 1: to commit an offense against the United States, that is
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  Speaker 1: to use a facility or means, of interstate or foreign
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  Speaker 1: commerce to knowingly persuade, induce, and entice individuals who have
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  Speaker 1: not attained the age of 18 years to engage in
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  Speaker 1: prostitution in violation of Title 18 U.S. Code Section 2422B,
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  Speaker 1: the purpose and object of the conspiracy. It was the
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  Speaker 1: purpose and object of the conspiracy to procure females under
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  Speaker 1: the age of 18 to travel to redacted Palm Beach,
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  Speaker 1: Florida so that Jeffrey Epstein could, in exchange for money,
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  Speaker 1: engage in lewd conduct with those minor females in order
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  Speaker 1: to satisfy Jeffrey Epstein's interests. Manner and Means The manner
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  Speaker 1: and means by which the defendants and other participants sought
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  Speaker 1: to accomplish the purpose and object of the conspiracy included
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  Speaker 1: the following. A. It was part of the conspiracy that defendants,
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  Speaker 1: the redacted names obviously are the core four, Leslie Groff,
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Kellan, Adriana Ross, and Nadia Marcinkova. would contact minor
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  Speaker 1: females via the use of cellular and other telephones to
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  Speaker 1: arrange appointments for minor females to travel to Redacted to
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  Speaker 1: allow defendant Jeffrey Epstein to engage in lewd conduct with them. B.
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  Speaker 1: It was further part of the conspiracy that defendant Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Epstein and Redacted, Redacted, Redacted, and Redacted would make payments to,
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  Speaker 1: or cause payments to be made to, minor females in
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  Speaker 1: exchange for engaging in lewd conduct. It was further part
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  Speaker 1: of the conspiracy that defendant Jeffrey Epstein and the Corps
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  Speaker 1: 4 would ask females to recruit other minor females to
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  Speaker 1: engage in lewd conduct with defendant Jeffrey Epstein. It was
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  Speaker 1: further part of the conspiracy that defendant Jeffrey Epstein and
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  Speaker 1: the Corps 4 would make payments due or cause payments
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  Speaker 1: to be made to the recruiters for bringing additional minor
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  Speaker 1: females to redacted to engage in lewd conduct with defendant
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein. It was further a part of the conspiracy
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  Speaker 1: that defendant Jeffrey Epstein would pay minor females to engage
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  Speaker 1: in lewd conduct with defendant redacted, to satisfy defendant Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Epstein's interests. Overt Acts In furtherance of this conspiracy, and
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  Speaker 1: to affect the objects thereof, there was committed by at
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  Speaker 1: least one of the co-conspirators herein, at least one of
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  Speaker 1: the following overt acts, among others, in the Southern District
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  Speaker 1: of Florida. 1. In 2001, defendant redacted led Jane Doe
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  Speaker 1: 2 from the kitchen to of redacted upstairs to defendant
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein's bedroom at redacted. In the beginning of 2001,
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  Speaker 1: defendant Jeffrey Epstein engaged in sexual intercourse with Jane Doe 1,
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  Speaker 1: who was then a 17-year-old girl in the presence of
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  Speaker 1: Jane Doe 2, who was then a 14-year-old girl. In
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  Speaker 1: or around 2001, defendant Epstein masturbated in the presence of
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  Speaker 1: Jane Doe 2, who was then a 14-year-old girl. In
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  Speaker 1: or around 2001, defendant Epstein made a payment of $ 300
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  Speaker 1: to Jane Doe II. In or around 2001, defendant Redacted
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  Speaker 1: placed a telephone call to a telephone used by Jane
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  Speaker 1: Doe II to make an appointment for Jane Doe II
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  Speaker 1: to travel to Redacted. In or around 2000, defendant Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Epstein paid $ 400 to Jane Doe II, who was then
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  Speaker 1: 15 years old, to Redacted. In or around 2002, defendant
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein asked Jane Doe II if she had any
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  Speaker 1: younger friends who'd be interested in engaging in similar activities
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  Speaker 1: with him. In or around 2003, defendant redacted took nude
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  Speaker 1: photographs of Jane Doe 2, who was then a 16-year-old girl.
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  Speaker 1: In or around 2003, defendant redacted made a payment of
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  Speaker 1: $ 500 to Jane Doe 2 in exchange for posing for
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  Speaker 1: nude photographs. In or around 2003, defendant redacted told Jane
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  Speaker 1: Doe 2 that defendant Jeffrey Epps had asked redacted to
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  Speaker 1: take nude photographs of Jane Doe number 2. In or
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  Speaker 1: around 2003, defendant Jeffrey Epstein masturbated in the presence of
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  Speaker 1: Jane Doe number 2, who was then a 16-year-old girl.
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  Speaker 1: In or around 2003, defendant Jeffrey Epstein made a payment
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  Speaker 1: of $ 300 to Jane Doe number 2. who was then
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  Speaker 1: a 16-year-old girl. In or around 2003, defendant redacted placed
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  Speaker 1: a telephone call to a telephone used by Jane Doe No.
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  Speaker 1: 2 to make an appointment for Jane Doe No. 2
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  Speaker 1: to travel to redacted. In or around 2003, Jeffrey Epstein
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  Speaker 1: engaged in sexual intercourse with an unidentified female in the
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  Speaker 1: presence of Jane Doe No. 2, who was then a
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  Speaker 1: 16-year-old girl. In or around 2003, defendant Jeffrey Epstein paid
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  Speaker 1: $ 300 to Jane Doe No. 2, who was then a
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  Speaker 1: 16-year-old girl, for allowing an unidentified female to perform oral
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  Speaker 1: sex on Jane Doe No. 2 in Epstein's presence. In
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  Speaker 1: or around the spring of 2003, defendant Jeffrey Epstein masturbated
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  Speaker 1: in the presence of Jane Doe No. 4, who was
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  Speaker 1: then a 15-year-old girl. In or around the spring of 2003,
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  Speaker 1: defendant Jeffrey Epstein made a payment of $ 200 to Jane
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  Speaker 1: Doe No. 4, In or around 2004, defendant Jeffrey Epstein
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  Speaker 1: directed Jane Doe IV, who was then a 16 or
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  Speaker 1: 17-year-old girl, to redacted. In or around 2004, defendant Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Epstein redacted of an adult female in the presence of
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  Speaker 1: Jane Doe IV, who was then a 16 or 17-year-old girl.
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  Speaker 1: In or around 2004, defendant Jeffrey Epstein made a payment
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  Speaker 1: of $ 200 to Jane Doe IV. In or around 2004,
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  Speaker 1: defendant Jeffrey Epstein instructed Jane Doe No. 4 to redacted.
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  Speaker 1: In or around 2004, defendant Jeffrey Epstein redacted of Jane
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  Speaker 1: Doe No. 4, who was then 16 or 17 years old.
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  Speaker 1: All right, we're going to wrap up right here. And
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  Speaker 1: in the next episode, we're going to pick up where
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  Speaker 1: we left off. All the information that goes with this
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  Speaker 1: episode can be found in the description box.