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Late 2007 Documents Show Continued Effort to Shield Epstein From Federal Exposure (Part 2) (10/20/26) · 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. In this episode we're going to pick up
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  Speaker 1: where we left off with the letter sent by Epstein's
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  Speaker 1: legal team to Alex Acosta during the negotiation for the MPA. C.
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  Speaker 1: Detective redacted made material omissions in the police report. In
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  Speaker 1: addition to the misstatements in the police report and probable
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  Speaker 1: cause affidavit as to the evidentiary record, there were also
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  Speaker 1: material omissions, both of facts known to the PBBPD and
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  Speaker 1: also facts not known to the PBPD, though known by
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  Speaker 1: the state attorney. In the latter instance, the lack of
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  Speaker 1: knowledge was a result of the PBPD's refusal to receive
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  Speaker 1: the exculpatory evidence. In fact, they refused to attend a
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  Speaker 1: meeting called by state attorney specifically to provide the relevant evidence. Thus,
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  Speaker 1: the police report and probable cause affidavit only offered a
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  Speaker 1: skewed view of the facts material to this matter. Examples follow. 1.
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  Speaker 1: the video surveillance equipment located in Mr. Epstein's office and garage.
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  Speaker 1: Both the police report at 43 and the probable cause
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  Speaker 1: affidavit at 18 make particular mention of the discovery of
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  Speaker 1: video surveillance equipment, or covert cameras as they are called,
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  Speaker 1: in Epstein's garage and library office. Inclusion of this information
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  Speaker 1: insinuates a link between the equipment and the events at issue.
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  Speaker 1: In the probable cause affidavit, Detective Redacted states, on the
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  Speaker 1: first floor of the Epstein residence, Detective Redacted found two
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  Speaker 1: covert cameras hidden within clocks. One was located in the
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  Speaker 1: garage and the other located in the library area on
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  Speaker 1: a shelf behind Epstein's desk. The computer's hard drive was reviewed,
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  Speaker 1: which showed several images of Redacted and other witnesses that
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  Speaker 1: have been interviewed. All of these images appeared to come
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  Speaker 1: from the camera positioned behind Epstein's desk. See probable cause
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  Speaker 1: affidavit at 18. Clearly omitted from both the police report
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  Speaker 1: and the probable cause affidavit, is the fact that the PBPD,
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  Speaker 1: and specifically Detective Redacted, knew about the cameras since they
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  Speaker 1: were installed in 2003 with the help of the PBPD
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  Speaker 1: to address the theft of cash from Epstein's home. This
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  Speaker 1: fact's detailed in a Palm Beach police report prepared in
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  Speaker 1: the October 2003 detailing the thefts, the installation of video equipment,
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  Speaker 1: the video recording capturing Juan Alessi, Mr. Epstein's then house manager, red-handed,
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  Speaker 1: and the incriminating statements made by Alessi when he was
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  Speaker 1: confronted at the time. See Alessi Police Report at 5
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  Speaker 1: and 8. The Contemporaneous Police Report confirms the fact that
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  Speaker 1: the video footage was turned over to Detective Redacted himself. 2.
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  Speaker 1: Polygraph Examination and Report On May 2, 2006, Mr. Epstein
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  Speaker 1: submitted to a polygraph examination by George Slattery, a highly
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  Speaker 1: respected polygraph examiner who was regularly used by the state attorney.
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  Speaker 1: The examination was done at a time when we were
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  Speaker 1: told that the sole focus of the investigation was the
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  Speaker 1: conduct with redacted. Mr. Epstein was asked whether he had
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  Speaker 1: sexual contact with redacted, B, whether in any way he
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  Speaker 1: threatened redacted, C, whether he was told by redacted that
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  Speaker 1: she was 18 years old, and D, whether he believed
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  Speaker 1: redacted was 18 years old. As set forth in the
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  Speaker 1: report of the examination, the term sexual contact was given
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  Speaker 1: an extremely broad meaning, in order to capture any inappropriate
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  Speaker 1: conduct that could have occurred. The results of the examination
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  Speaker 1: confirm that 1. No such conduct occurred. 2. Mr. Epstein
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  Speaker 1: never threatened Redacted. 3. Redacted told Mr. Epstein she was
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  Speaker 1: 18 years old. 4. Mr. Epstein believed Redacted was 18
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  Speaker 1: years old. 3. Broken sex toys in Mr. Epstein's trash.
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  Speaker 1: The police report details the police finding in Mr. Epstein's
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  Speaker 1: trash what's described as broken pieces of a sex toy.
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  Speaker 1: and that this discovery purportedly corroborated witness statements. Omitted from
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  Speaker 1: both the police report and the probable cause affidavit is
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  Speaker 1: the fact that during the course of executing the search
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  Speaker 1: warrant in Epstein's home, the police discovered the other piece
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  Speaker 1: of that key, sex toy, and realized it was in
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  Speaker 1: fact the broken handle of a salad server. Though sex
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  Speaker 1: toys play a prominent role in the police report and
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  Speaker 1: probable cause affidavit, the police report was never amended to
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  Speaker 1: reflect the discovery of this new and highly relevant evidence. 4.
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  Speaker 1: Failure to consider exculpatory or impeaching evidence. Other exculpatory and
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  Speaker 1: impeaching evidence known by the PBPD was omitted from the
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  Speaker 1: police report and probable cause affidavit by, in our view,
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  Speaker 1: manipulating the date the investigation was allegedly closed. According to
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  Speaker 1: police report at 85, Detective Redacted explained to ASA Redacted
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  Speaker 1: that PBPD had concluded its case in December of 2005.
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  Speaker 1: That assertion which is false, conveniently resulted in the omission
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  Speaker 1: of all information adduced subsequent to that date. Thus, though
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  Speaker 1: the police report in fact contains information obtained after December 2005,
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  Speaker 1: the PBPD purported to justify its refusal to consider or
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  Speaker 1: even to include in the police report the probable cause
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  Speaker 1: affidavit or what it released to the public. All the
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  Speaker 1: exculpatory and evidence impeaching the witness submitted on behalf of Mr. Epstein,
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  Speaker 1: most of which was provided in After December 2005, the
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  Speaker 1: evidence is listed below. Unreported criminal histories and mental health
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  Speaker 1: problems of the witnesses relied on in the police report
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  Speaker 1: and probable cause affidavit. Evidence obtained concerning the witnesses relied
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  Speaker 1: upon to support the probable cause affidavit shows significant doubt
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  Speaker 1: on whether these witnesses are sufficiently credible or to support
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  Speaker 1: the finding of probable cause, let alone to sustain what
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  Speaker 1: would be the prosecution's burden of proof at trial. Though
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  Speaker 1: such evidence was submitted to the PB, PD, none of
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  Speaker 1: it was included in the police report of the probable
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  Speaker 1: cause affidavit. While the police report at 57 and the
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  Speaker 1: probable cause affidavit at 21 contain assertions by Alessi, which
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  Speaker 1: allegedly support bringing criminal charges, the evidence revealing Alessi's evident
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  Speaker 1: mental instability Prior criminal conduct against Epstein and bias towards
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  Speaker 1: Epstein is notably omitted. As detailed above in 2003, Oleski
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  Speaker 1: was filmed taking money from Epstein's home after being caught
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  Speaker 1: on videotape unlawfully entering Epstein's home and stealing cash from
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  Speaker 1: a briefcase. Oleski admitted to the PBPD that he entered
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  Speaker 1: the house unlawfully on numerous occasions, stealing cash and attempting
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  Speaker 1: to steal Epstein's licensed handgun to commit suicide. Although this
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  Speaker 1: information was known by Detective Redacted at the time the
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  Speaker 1: police report and probable cause affidavit were prepared, it's clearly
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  Speaker 1: material to any determination of credibility that it was omitted.
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  Speaker 1: Redacted was the source of the vast majority of the
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  Speaker 1: serious allegations made against Epstein. While the police report and
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  Speaker 1: probable cause affidavit rely on Redacted's numerous assertions, there are
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  Speaker 1: two significant problems with that reliance. First, there is no
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  Speaker 1: mention of certain critical admissions made by Redacted during her interview,
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  Speaker 1: as well as on her MySpace page, discovered by defense
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  Speaker 1: investigators and turned over to the state attorney. Second, all
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  Speaker 1: but omitted from the police report is any reference to
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  Speaker 1: the fact known by the PBPD specifically that at the
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  Speaker 1: time Redacted was making these assertions, she had been arrested
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  Speaker 1: by the PBPD and was being prosecuted for possession of
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  Speaker 1: marijuana and drug paraphernalia. We can take each in turn.
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  Speaker 1: Redacted admits voluntary sexual contact with Epstein, refuses to disclose
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  Speaker 1: the disposition of the monies she earned, and lies about
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  Speaker 1: being given a car by Epstein. Detective Redacted failed to
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  Speaker 1: include in the police report Redacted's admission that on one
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  Speaker 1: occasion she engaged in sexual conduct with Epstein's girlfriend as
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  Speaker 1: her birthday gift to Epstein. Nor does Detective Redacted include
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  Speaker 1: the fact that Redacted flatly refused to discuss with him
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  Speaker 1: the disposition of the thousands of dollars she said she
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  Speaker 1: was given by Epstein, or that she falsely claimed that
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  Speaker 1: she did not use drugs despite her MySpace entries, in
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  Speaker 1: which she exclaims, I can't wait to buy some weed.
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  Speaker 1: Detective Redacted was aware the car had been rented, not purchased,
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  Speaker 1: and only it was leased on a monthly basis for
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  Speaker 1: two months. While Redacted's fanciful claim that she was given
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  Speaker 1: a car appears in the police report, it was never corrected.
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  Speaker 1: Redacted was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
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  Speaker 1: As noted on September 11, 2005, Redacted was arrested for
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  Speaker 1: possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. In response to this arrest,
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  Speaker 1: Redacted came forward as a probable cause affidavit implies at
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  Speaker 1: 10 and 11, claiming she had knowledge of sexual activity
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  Speaker 1: taking place at Epstein's residence and misconduct by Epstein. This
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  Speaker 1: coming forward appears nowhere in the police report. Thus, it
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  Speaker 1: becomes clear that Redacted's assertions of misconduct by Epstein were
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  Speaker 1: motivated by her desire to avoid repercussions of her own
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  Speaker 1: criminal conduct, which should have been taken into account when
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  Speaker 1: assessing her credibility as a witness. Redacted steals from Victoria's
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  Speaker 1: Secret store. An investigation by a private investigator working for
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  Speaker 1: the defense revealed that in late 2005, Redacted was employed
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  Speaker 1: at a Victoria's Secret store in Florida. Three days after
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  Speaker 1: her marijuana case was terminated, Redacted was caught by a
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  Speaker 1: store manager as she attempted to leave the store with
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  Speaker 1: merchandise in her purse, the security tag still attached. Seeing
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  Speaker 1: the manager, Redacted claimed, someone's trying to set me up.
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  Speaker 1: Following an internal investigation which disclosed additional thefts from both
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  Speaker 1: the store and the customer, she was fired. In a
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  Speaker 1: recorded interview, Redacted admitted to stealing and asserted she had
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  Speaker 1: reasons for doing so. Was that she was not getting
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  Speaker 1: paid enough. This information and supporting documentation was presented to
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  Speaker 1: the PBPD, but was never included in the police report
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  Speaker 1: or probable cause affidavit. Redacted lies on MySpace about Victoria's
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  Speaker 1: Secret store termination. Also uncovered by defense investigators is Redacted's
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  Speaker 1: disassembling version of the Victoria's Secret debacle on her MySpace webpage. There,
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  Speaker 1: Redacted announced that she forgot to let everyone know I
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  Speaker 1: quit my job at VS. They said they suspected me
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  Speaker 1: of causing losses to their company, which by the way
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  Speaker 1: is bullshit. I was by the book on everything. I
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  Speaker 1: got so fed up in that office that I handed
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  Speaker 1: the loss prevention lady back my keys and walked out.
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  Speaker 1: This information and supporting documentation was provided by the defense
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  Speaker 1: to the PBPD, but was not included in the police
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  Speaker 1: report or probable cause affidavit. Alright folks, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: wrap up right here, and in the next episode, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to pick up where we left off. All the
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  Speaker 1: information that goes with this episode can be found in
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  Speaker 1: the description box.