Latest / The Epstein Chronicles / Virginia Roberts And Her 2nd Supplemental Response To Maxwell's Discovery Request (Part 2) (10/25/26)
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- 0:00Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
- 0:03Speaker 1: In this episode, we're diving right back in to Virginia
- 0:07Speaker 1: Roberts' second supplemental response to discovery request from Ghislaine Maxwell.
- 0:15Speaker 1: Response to Interrogatory Number 2. Ms. Roberts objects to this
- 0:19Speaker 1: request in that it violates Rule 33.3. Ms. Roberts objects
- 0:24Speaker 1: to this request that is overly broad. and seeks information
- 0:29Speaker 1: solely to harass and intimidate Miss Roberts. For the period
- 0:32Speaker 1: of 1998 to the present, Miss Roberts provides the following information.
- 0:38Speaker 1: During the time period that she was sexually trafficked by
- 0:41Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein and the defendant, the defendant provided Miss Roberts
- 0:45Speaker 1: with a cell phone so that she could be reached
- 0:48Speaker 1: by the defendant and Jeffrey Epstein at any time. Defendant
- 0:51Speaker 1: in possession of the information relating to this cell phone
- 0:56Speaker 1: that she provided to Ms. Roberts. Ms. Roberts is responding
- 0:59Speaker 1: with the information she can presently recall, but to the
- 1:03Speaker 1: extent she obtains additional information, she will supplement this response.
- 1:07Speaker 1: She can recall the following cell numbers. She gives some
- 1:10Speaker 1: cell numbers. Ms. Roberts had a Facebook account for a
- 1:12Speaker 1: short time, but it's no longer active. Per our representations
- 1:17Speaker 1: during the March 21, 2015 Meet and Confer phone call,
- 1:21Speaker 1: we are working diligently to find information to supplement the
- 1:25Speaker 1: above information, and once that information is obtained, plaintiff will
- 1:29Speaker 1: serve supplemental responses. 3. Identify each attorney who has represented
- 1:34Speaker 1: you from 1998 to the present, the dates of any
- 1:38Speaker 1: such representation, and the nature of the representation. Response to
- 1:43Speaker 1: Interrogatory No. 3 Ms. Roberts objects to this interrogatory as
- 1:47Speaker 1: it seeks privilege information relating to her representation by attorneys. Ms.
- 1:52Speaker 1: Roberts responds as follows. Bob Joseph Berg, Catherine W. Ezell,
- 1:57Speaker 1: Amy Eldrie, among other possible Podhurst-Orsek PA attorneys, represented Ms.
- 2:03Speaker 1: Roberts as a party in the litigation, styled as Jane
- 2:06Speaker 1: Doe No. 102 vs. Jeffrey Epstein, Case No. 09-80-656-SIV, Mara Johnson,
- 2:15Speaker 1: starting on January 27, 2009. Stan Pottinger, David Boies, and
- 2:21Speaker 1: Sigrid McCauley, along with other Boies-Shiller and Flexner LLP Boies-Shiller attorneys,
- 2:27Speaker 1: represented Ms. Roberts as a non-party in the litigation styled
- 2:31Speaker 1: as Bradley Edwards and Paul Cassell versus Alan Dershowitz, case
- 2:35Speaker 1: number 15-000072, 17th Judicial District, Broward County, Florida, starting in
- 2:43Speaker 1: February of 2015. Brad Edwards, along with other Farmer, Jaffe, Weising, Edwards, Fistos,
- 2:50Speaker 1: and Lehrman, P.L., Farmer-Jaffe attorneys, Paul Cassell, Stan Pottinger, David Boies,
- 2:56Speaker 1: and Sigrid McCauley, along with other Boies-Shiller attorneys, represent Ms.
- 3:00Speaker 1: Roberts as the party's in the litigation styled Roberts v.
- 3:04Speaker 1: Maxwell 15-CV-07433-RWS in the Southern District of New York and
- 3:12Speaker 1: the complaint of which was filed in September of 2015.
- 3:16Speaker 1: Paul Cassell represents Ms. Roberts as a non-party in the
- 3:19Speaker 1: litigation styled as Jane Doe No. 1 and Jane Doe No.
- 3:23Speaker 1: 2 v. United States Case No. 08-80736-RWS dash Civ, dash Mara,
- 3:31Speaker 1: Southern District of Florida, starting in May of 2014. Brad Edwards,
- 3:35Speaker 1: along with other Farmer Jaffe attorneys, represents Ms. Roberts as
- 3:39Speaker 1: a non-party in the litigation styled as Jane Doe No.
- 3:43Speaker 1: 1 and Jane Doe No. 2 versus the United States,
- 3:46Speaker 1: case number 08-80736-CIV-Mara, Southern District of Florida, starting in 2011.
- 3:56Speaker 1: Brad Edwards provided Ms. Roberts with legal advice concerning media
- 4:00Speaker 1: inquiries Ms. Roberts had received starting in 2011. Paul Cassell,
- 4:05Speaker 1: Brad Edwards, along with other Farmer, Jaffe attorneys, Stan Pottinger,
- 4:09Speaker 1: David Boies, along with other Boies-Shiller attorneys, represented Ms. Roberts
- 4:14Speaker 1: regarding investigations into potential legal action starting in the second
- 4:18Speaker 1: half of 2014. Paul Cassell, Brad Edwards, along with other Farmer,
- 4:24Speaker 1: Jaffe attorneys, Stan Pottinger, David Boies, and Sigrid McCauley, along
- 4:28Speaker 1: with other Boy Schiller attorneys, represent Ms. Roberts as a
- 4:32Speaker 1: cooperating witness with regard to law enforcement investigation starting in
- 4:36Speaker 1: May of 2015. Paul Cassell provided Ms. Roberts with legal
- 4:40Speaker 1: advice concerning potential legal action starting in early 2011. Paul
- 4:46Speaker 1: Cassell and Brad Edwards, along with other Farmer Jaffe attorneys,
- 4:49Speaker 1: represented Ms. Roberts and Victims Refuse Silence, giving advice regarding
- 4:55Speaker 1: Victims Refuse Silence, starting October 2014. Meg Garvin, a law
- 5:00Speaker 1: professor at Lewis and Clark Law School and the executive
- 5:03Speaker 1: director of the National Crime Victim Law Institute, represented Ms.
- 5:08Speaker 1: Roberts and Victims Refuse Silence, giving advice regarding Victims Refuse Silence,
- 5:13Speaker 1: starting in October 2014. Sigrid McCauley, along with other boys
- 5:19Speaker 1: and Schiller attorneys, represented Ms. Roberts and Victims Refuse Silence,
- 5:23Speaker 1: giving advice regarding victims refused silence starting in February of 2015. 4.
- 5:30Speaker 1: Identify each communication, including the transmission of any document that
- 5:35Speaker 1: you or your attorney have had with any local, state,
- 5:39Speaker 1: or federal law enforcement agent or agency involved. whether in
- 5:42Speaker 1: the United States or any other country, whether in your
- 5:45Speaker 1: capacity as a purported victim, witness, or perpetrator of any
- 5:50Speaker 1: criminal activity, and whether as a juvenile or as an adult, including,
- 5:54Speaker 1: without limitation, a. the date of any such communication, b.
- 5:59Speaker 1: the form of any such communication, whether oral or written,
- 6:03Speaker 1: if written in the format of any such communication, c.
- 6:07Speaker 1: the identities of all persons involved in the communication, including
- 6:11Speaker 1: the identity of the law enforcement agency with whom the
- 6:15Speaker 1: agent is or was affiliated. d. The case number associated
- 6:20Speaker 1: with any such communication. e. The subject matter of any
- 6:24Speaker 1: such communication. f. The disposition of any case associated with
- 6:30Speaker 1: any such communication, irrespective of whether the matter was sealed, expunged,
- 6:35Speaker 1: or later dismissed. Response to Interrogatory Number 4 Ms. Roberts
- 6:41Speaker 1: objects to this interrogatory in that it violates Local Rule 33.3. Ms.
- 6:46Speaker 1: Roberts objects to this interrogatory in that it seeks protected
- 6:50Speaker 1: information regarding confidential investigations. Ms. Roberts objects in that it
- 6:55Speaker 1: seeks information protected by attorney-client privilege, the attorney-work-product privilege, joint-defense-common-interest privilege,
- 7:02Speaker 1: the public-interest privilege, and any other applicable privilege. Ms. Roberts
- 7:07Speaker 1: objects to the extent this seeks information regarding sexual assaults
- 7:11Speaker 1: that occurred prior to her involvement with the defendant and
- 7:15Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein. Ms. Roberts responds as follows. Ms. Roberts, in
- 7:20Speaker 1: accordance with the court's direction at the hearing on April 21, 2016,
- 7:23Speaker 1: has submitted documents to the court for in-camera review. Ms.
- 7:29Speaker 1: Roberts met with the FBI and on or about March 17, 2011. Ms.
- 7:34Speaker 1: Roberts also corresponded with Maria Villafano, the U.S. Attorney's Office,
- 7:39Speaker 1: and the correspondence has been produced. 5. Identify each communication
- 7:44Speaker 1: that you and your attorneys have had with any author, reporter, correspondent, columnist, writer, commentator,
- 7:51Speaker 1: investigative journalist, photojournalist, newspaper person, freelance reporter, stringer, or any
- 7:57Speaker 1: other employee of any media organization. or independent consultant to
- 8:02Speaker 1: the same, including, A, the date of any such communication, B,
- 8:07Speaker 1: the form of any such communication, whether oral or written,
- 8:11Speaker 1: and if written, the format of any such communication, C,
- 8:14Speaker 1: the identities of all persons involved in such communication, including
- 8:18Speaker 1: the identity of the media organization with whom the agent
- 8:22Speaker 1: is or was affiliated, D, the article title, date of publication,
- 8:28Speaker 1: and means of publication of any article, report, or reprinting
- 8:32Speaker 1: of any such communication made by you or your attorneys. E.
- 8:37Speaker 1: The amount of income that you and your attorneys received
- 8:40Speaker 1: in exchange for any such communication. F. The dates on
- 8:44Speaker 1: which you and your attorneys received any such income for
- 8:48Speaker 1: any such communication. Response to interrogatory number five. Ms. Roberts
- 8:54Speaker 1: objects to this interrogatory in that it violates Local Rule 33.3. Ms.
- 8:59Speaker 1: Roberts objects in that it seeks information protected by attorney-client privilege,
- 9:03Speaker 1: the attorney-work-product privilege, joint defense-common-interest privilege, and the public interest privilege,
- 9:09Speaker 1: and any other applicable privilege. Ms. Roberts objects in that
- 9:13Speaker 1: this request is overly broad and unduly burdensome. 6. identify
- 9:19Speaker 1: any false statements attributed to Ghislaine Maxwell which have been
- 9:23Speaker 1: published globally, including within the Southern District of New York,
- 9:27Speaker 1: as you contend in paragraph 9 of count 1 of
- 9:30Speaker 1: your complaint, including a. the exact false statement, b. the
- 9:34Speaker 1: date of its publication, c. the publishing entity and title
- 9:38Speaker 1: of any publication containing the purportedly false statement, d. the
- 9:43Speaker 1: URL or Internet address for any Internet version of such publication, N.E.
- 9:49Speaker 1: The nature of the publication, whether in print, Internet, broadcast,
- 9:53Speaker 1: or some other form of media. Response to Interrogatory No. 6. Ms.
- 9:57Speaker 1: Roberts objects. to this interrogatory in that it violates Local
- 10:03Speaker 1: Rule 33.3. Ms. Roberts objects in that it seeks information
- 10:07Speaker 1: protected by the attorney-client privilege, the attorney-work-product privilege, joint defense-common-interest privilege,
- 10:14Speaker 1: and the public interest privilege, and any other applicable privilege. Ms.
- 10:18Speaker 1: Roberts further objects because the information requested above is in
- 10:22Speaker 1: the possession of the defendant who has failed to comply
- 10:25Speaker 1: with her production obligations in this matter. 7. State whether
- 10:29Speaker 1: you believe that you have ever been defamed by anyone
- 10:33Speaker 1: other than Ghislaine Maxwell. If so, as to each alleged
- 10:36Speaker 1: act of defamation, state a. the exact false statement b.
- 10:41Speaker 1: the date of its publication c. the publishing entity Response
- 10:45Speaker 1: to interrogatory number seven. Ms. Roberts objects to this request
- 11:07Speaker 1: and that it violates Local Rule 33.3. Ms. Roberts objects
- 11:11Speaker 1: to the request and that it seeks information protected by
- 11:14Speaker 1: the attorney-client work product privilege. Ms. Roberts objects to this
- 11:18Speaker 1: interrogatory and that it is not limited in time or
- 11:22Speaker 1: to the subject matter of this litigation. 8. Identify the
- 11:26Speaker 1: individual as referenced in your pleadings. filed in the U.S.
- 11:29Speaker 1: District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Jane Doe
- 11:33Speaker 1: 1 and Jane Doe 2, versus United States of America, 08-CV-80736-CAM,
- 11:41Speaker 1: as the high-profile, non-party individuals to whom Mr. Jeffrey Epstein
- 11:46Speaker 1: sexually trafficked you, including numerous prominent American politicians, powerful business executives,
- 11:52Speaker 1: foreign presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders,
- 11:57Speaker 1: including as to each episode of alleged sexual trafficking. A.
- 12:01Speaker 1: The date of any such sexual trafficking. B. The location
- 12:05Speaker 1: of any such sexual trafficking. C. Any witnesses to any
- 12:09Speaker 1: such sexual trafficking. D. Any income you received in exchange
- 12:14Speaker 1: for such sexual trafficking. And E. Any documents you have
- 12:18Speaker 1: to support or corroborate your claim. of such sexual trafficking.
- 12:22Speaker 1: All right, folks, we're going to wrap up right here.
- 12:24Speaker 1: And in the next episode, we're going to pick up
- 12:27Speaker 1: where we left off.