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Judge Sweets Opinion Denying Maxwell's Request For Summary Judgement (Part 4) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
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In this episode, we're going to dive right back in
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to the order by Judge Sweet denying Glenn Maxwell and
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her attempt to get a summary judgment against Virginia Roberts.
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Forty one. Roberts freely and voluntarily contacted the police to
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come to her aid in two thousand and one and
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two thousand and two, but never reported to them that
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she was Epstein's sex slave. In August of two thousand
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and one, at age seventeen, while living in the same apartment,
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Roberts and Figueroa hosted a party with a number of guests.
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During the party, according to Roberts, someone entered Robert's room
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and stole five hundred dollars from her shirt pocket. Roberts
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contacted the police. She met and spoke with police officers
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regarding the incident and filed a report. She did not
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disclose to the officer that she was a sex slave.
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A second time, in June two thousand and two, Roberts
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contacted the police to report that her former landlord had
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left her belongings by the roadside and had litter mattress
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on fire. Again, Roberts met and spoke with law enforcement officers,
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but did not complain that she was the victim of
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any sexual trafficking or abuse, or that she was then
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being held as a sex slave. Roberts has objected to
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the statement as misleading and irrelevant, and further noted that
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she was fearful of Maxwell and Epstein and accordingly she
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would not have reported her abusers, and noted that she
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knew that Epstein had control over the Palm Beach Police
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forty two. From August two thousand and one until September
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two thousand and two, Epstein and Maxwell were almost entirely
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absent from Florida on documented travel unaccompanied by Roberts. Flight
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logs maintained by Dave Rogers, Epstein's private pilot, evidenced the
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substantial number of trips away from Florida that Epstein and
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Maxwell took unaccompanied by Roberts between August two thousand and
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one and September two thousand and two. Rogers maintained a
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log of all the flights on which Epstein and Maxwell
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traveled with them. Epstein additionally traveled with another pilot who
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did not keep such logs, and also occasionally traveled via
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commercial flights. For substantially all the thirteen months of the
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twenty two month period from November two thousand to September
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two thousand and two, Epstein was traveling outside of Florida
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unaccompanied by Roberts. During this same time period, Roberts was
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employed at various jobs, enrolled in school, and living with
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her boyfriend. Roberts has disputed this statement and noted that
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the flight logs produced in this matter provide substantive evidence
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of Roberts travel while in the control of Maxwell and Epstein,
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but are incomplete as Roberts also was flown by Maxwell
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on commercial flights. The flight logs and pilot testimony clearly
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prove that Roberts was flying domestic and internationally with Epstein
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at least thirty two times between December eleventh, two thousand,
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to July twenty eighth, two thousand and one, and June
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twenty first, two thousand to August twenty one first, two
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thousand and two. Maxwell has acknowledged the flight logs are
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incomplete and that there were several pilots and co pilots
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that flew Epstein and Maxwell. E. G. Rogers, Lawrence Larry Vasasky,
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Bill Hammond, Pete rathkeb, Gary Rocksburg, and Bill Murphy in
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multiple aircrafts, and that only Rogers produced flight records. Roberts
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states that Maxwell has also acknowledged that many of the
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girls recruited by Maxwell routinely traveled on commercial flights for
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the purposes of providing massages to Epstein or guests at
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Epstein's New York, New Mexico, or US Virgin Islands home.
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Roberts is further noted that her passport application, travel records,
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and witness testimony demonstrate flight logs are incomplete, that she
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also flew commercially while she worked for Maxwell and Epstein.
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Her passport application, for example, listed travel plans to London,
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and subsequent flight logs listed Roberts traveling to London with Maxwell, Epstein,
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and others. Roberts side the evidence she contends establishes her
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travel with Epstein and Maxwell, including massage training in Thailand.
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Forty three. Roberts and Figueroa shared a ninety three white
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Pontiac in two thousand and two and two thousand and one.
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Roberts freely traveled around the Palm Beach area in that vehicle.
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In August two thousand and two, Roberts acquired a Dodge
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Dakota pickup truck from her father. Figueroa used that vehicle
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in a series of crimes before and after Roberts left
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for Thailand. Roberts has denied the statement and has noted
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that she purchased a car from the ten thousand dollars
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payment she received from Epstein after she was forced to
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have sex with Prince Andrew in London at Maxwell's home
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forty four. Roberts held a number of jobs in two
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thousand and one and two thousand and two. During two
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thousand and one, in two thousand and two, Roberts was
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gainfully employed at several jobs. She worked as a waitress
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at Menino's Restaurant, at TGIF Friday's Restaurant, and at Roadhouse Grille.
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She was also employed at the court yar Yard Animal Hospital.
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Roberts has denied the statement and noted that in two
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thousand and one and two thousand and two she attempted
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to go back to school to earn her ged and
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tried unsuccessfully to hold down waitressing jobs. She earned two
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hundred and twelve dollars as a waitress, working briefly at
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Menino's Restaurant, and in two thousand and two earned four
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hundred and three dollars and sixty four cents working at
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the TGIF Friday's restaurant for a short time period. She
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earned about one thousand, two hundred and forty seven dollars
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and ninety cents at Roadhouse Grill until about March two
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thousand and two, and at the Courtyard Animal Hospital. She
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received payroll checks for weeks ending April twenty second, two
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thousand and two to June fourth, two thousand and two,
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earning a total of one thousand, five hundred and sixty
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one dollars and seventy five cents. Not long after she
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lost her job at the Courtyard Animal Hospital, she was
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traveling with Maxwell to the Bahamas, Santa Fe, and New York.
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Forty five Roberts traveled to Thailand in September two thousand
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and two to receive formal training as a masseuse. Figueroa
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drove her to the airport, and while there she initially
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contacted Figaroa frequently, incurring a phone bill of four thousand dollars.
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She then met the man who would go on to
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become her husband. While in Thailand, and decided to marry him.
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She thereafter seized all contact with Figaroa from October two
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thousand and two until two days before Figaroa's deposition in
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this matter in May of twenty sixteen. Roberts admitted traveling
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to Thailand to receive massage training in September two thousand
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and two, but noted that she was given an assignment
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from Maxwell and Epstein that she had to recruit another
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underage girl from Thailand and bring that young girl back
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to Epstein. Roberts stated that she was expected to return
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to Epstein and Maxwell upon completion of her massage training
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and assignment, and that instead she escaped to Australia, where
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she remained in hiding from Maxwell and Epstein for several years.
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Forty six, Detective josephrood Ary investigated Epstein and fell to
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uncover any evidence that Maxwell was involved in sexual abuse
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of miners, sexual trafficking, or production or possession of child pornography.
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Riccary served as the lead detective from the Palm Beach
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Police Department charged with investigating Epstein. That investigation commenced in
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two thousand and five. Riccary worked only on the Epstein
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case for an entire year. He reviewed previous officer's reports
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and interviews, conducted numerous interviews of witnesses and alleged victims, himself,
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reviewed surveillance footage of the Epstein home, participated in and
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had knowledge of the search warrant executed on the Epstein home,
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and testified regarding the case before the Florida State grand
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jury against Epstein. Riccary's investigation revealed that not one of
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the alleged Epstein victims ever mentioned Maxwell's name, and she
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was never considered a suspect by the government. None of
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Epstein's alleged victims said that they had seen Maxwell at
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Epstein's home, nor said that they had been recruited by her,
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nor paid any money by her, nor told what to
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wear or how to act by her. Indeed, none of
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Epstein's alleged victims ever reported to the government they had
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met or spoken to Maxwell. Maxwell was not seen coming
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or going from the house during the law enforcement surveillance
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of Epstein's home. The arrest warrant did not mention Maxwell,
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and her name was never mentioned before the grand jury.
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No property belonging to Maxwell, including sex toys or child pornography,
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was seized. From Epstein's home during the execution of the
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search warrant. Riccary, when asked to describe everything that you
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believe you know about Glenn Maxwell's sexual trafficking conduct, replied,
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I don't. He confirmed he has no knowledge about Maxwell
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sexually trafficking anybody. Riccary also has no knowledge of Robert's
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conduct that is subject to this lawsuit. Roberts has denied
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the statement and noted that Riccary you wanted to speak
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to Maxwell, but she did not return his calls, and
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he concluded that Maxwell's role was to procure girls for Epstein.
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Roberts further noted that in the execution of the search warrant,
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Stationary was found in the home bearing Maxwell's name, and
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notes were written by house staff to Maxwell and message
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beads uncovered in trash pulls revealing numerous calls left at
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the house for Maxwell, indicating she was staying in the
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house during the days when Epstein was engaging in illegal
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sex acts with miners. Roberts further noted that a walk
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through video that was taken during the execution of the
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search warrant revealed photos of topless females at the home,
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including a photograph of Maxwell naked hanging in the home.
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Alfred ol Rodriguez, the house butler from two thousand and
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four through two thousand and five, a time period that
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included daily sexual abuse of underage females, testified that Maxwell
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kept a list of the local girls who were giving
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massages at her desk, and that Maxwell kept nude photos
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of girls on her computer. Roberts states that Recari testified
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that when the search warrant was executed, the house had
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been sanitized and the computers removed from the home. Roberts
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states that the co conspirator who maintained direct contact with
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many underage victims was Kellen, whose sole responsibility was to
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schedule underage girls to visit Epstein for sex and reported
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directly to Maxwell. Figueroa testified that Maxwell personally requested that
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he find and bring girls to Ebstein for sex once
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Roberts had escaped, and that when he brought the girls,
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Maxwell interacted with him that Maxwell was the boss and
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that she knew everything that was going on. Forty seven,
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No nude photograph of Roberts was displayed in Epstein's home.
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Epstein's housekeeper, Alessi, never saw any photographs of Virginia Roberts
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in Epstein's home, Wherecari entered Epstein's home in two thousand
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and two to install security cameras to catch a thief,
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and did not observe any child pornography within the home,
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including on Epstein's desk in his office. Roberts has deny
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this statement and noted that Maxwell had pornography on her computer,
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that there was a collage of nude photos in Epstein's closet,
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that the collage was taken into evidence by Ricari, who
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testified to that fact in his deposition. That Rizzo, a
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visitor to the home on numerous occasions, was reprimanded by
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Maxwell for looking at the nude photos, and that the
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search warrant revealed photographs of nudity displayed, including photographs of
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Maxwell herself in the nude Schoberg testified that Maxwell bought
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her a camera for the specific purpose of her taking
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nude photos of herself, and Roberts Is testified that there
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was a nude photograph of her at the house. Forty eight,
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Roberts drafted a journal describing individuals to whom claims she
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was sexually trafficked, as well as her memories and thoughts
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about her experiences with Epstein. In twenty thirteen, she and
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her husband created a bonfire in her backyard in Florida
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and burned the journal, together with other documents in her possession.
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Ertz also kept a dream journal regarding her thoughts and
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memories that she possessed in January twenty sixteen. To date,
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Roberts cannot locate the dream journal. Forty nine Roberts publicly
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peddled a story. Beginning in twenty eleven. Roberts granted journalists
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church Er extensive interviews that resulted in seven widely distributed articles.
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From March twenty eleven through January twenty fifteen. Churcher regularly
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communicated with Roberts and her attorneys or other agents. From
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early twenty eleven to the present day, Roberts received approximately
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one hundred and sixty thousand dollars for her stories and
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pictures that were published by many news organizations. Roberts has
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denied this statement in part and admitted it in part,
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noting that in twenty eleven Roberts was still in hiding
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from Epstein and Maxwell in Australia and not looking to
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sell anything or even speak with anyone about what had
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happened to her. Churcher located Roberts and impressed the importance
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of Robert's standing up to those who had harmed her
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and speaking with federal authorities. Roberts did so in twenty eleven,
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bringing the abuse of Maxwell and Epstein to public light
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to prevent their continued abuse of others. Roberts agreed to
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be interviewed by Churcher and was compensated for sharing her story,
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which came at the heavy price of being publicly scrutinized.
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All right, folks, we're going to wrap up this episode
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here and in the next episode we'll pick up where
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we left off. All of the information that goes with
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