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Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 1 of 97 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT LAUDERDALE DIVISION www.fisb.uscourts.gov IN RE: CASE NO. 09-34791-RBR ROTHSTEIN ROSENFELDT ADLER, P.A., CHAPTER 11 Debtor. JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S EXPEDITED MOTION TO BE EXCUSED FROM ATTENDING SHOW CAUSE HEARING (In order to grant effective relief Expedited Hearing Requested on or before October 24, 2018, so that the Court may rule prior to the October 26, 2018, hearing) Jeffrey Epstein ("Epstein") moves the Court, on an expedited basis, to be excused from attending the October 26, 2018, show cause hearing, and states: INTRODUCTION On April 20, 2018, this Court entered its Order to Show Cause (the "Show Cause Order") why Fowler White and Epstein should not be held in contempt and scheduled an evidentiary show cause hearing for August 23 and 24, 2018. (D.E. 6366.) The hearing was reset to October 26, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (D.E. 6431.) In its Show Cause Order, the Court ordered Epstein to sit for a limited deposition and to attend the show cause hearing in person. (D.E. 6366.) Epstein respectfully requests to be excused from attending the show cause hearing because his deposition was taken on October 13, 2018, for a period of two hours and Epstein has filed a Declaration in support of his position.' There is nothing left to add to Epstein's testimony and it would be unnecessary and duplicative to require Epstein, who resides in the U.S. Virgin Islands, to travel to Florida for the hearing. 'Epstein's deposition transcript and Declaration are attached as Exhibits A and B, respectively. EFTA00793401 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 2 of 97 There are no disputed facts material to this show cause proceeding regarding Epstein. The Movants in these show cause proceedings (Farmer Jaffe, Bradley J. Edwards and L.M.) have acknowledged that Epstein did not have the disc or even know of the disc's existence before being advised by Link & Rockenbach in February 2018. Further, Epstein has testified that he only received select documents from the disc in February 2018. The select documents were provided to Epstein after Link & Rockenbach located the disc in Fowler White's boxes in February 2018. Because there are no material facts in dispute, live testimony will have no impact on this Court's determination of whether there was a violation by Epstein of the November 2010 Agreed Order. As this Court will see, there is not a shred of evidence that Epstein knew about the disc before learning about it from Link & Rockenbach in February 2018. Movants' position is that Epstein violated the November 2010 Agreed Order because Link & Rockenbach — Epstein's "agent" -- found the disc in 2018 and provided select copies of documents from it to Epstein. This Court has already ruled that everything post Link & Rockenbach is not a violation of the November 2010 Agreed Order but, rather, is a State Court issue, and will not be considered at the Show Cause hearing. Therefore, there is no further live testimony that can be elicited from Epstein that would benefit the Court in deciding if Epstein violated the November 2010 Agreed Order. Epstein respectfully requests to be excused from personally attending the Show Cause hearing. Epstein will be represented at the hearing by his counsel, Chad Pugatch and Scott J. Link. ARGUMENT A. What Happened to the Disc in 2018 is Not a Violation of This Court's November 2010 Agreed Order. The Court was clear that issues relating to what happened after Link & Rockenbach found the disc in 2018 are State Court issues and not to be considered in the Show Cause proceedings. 2 EFTA00793402 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 3 of 97 EDWARDS: ... The representation was made on the record by Mr. Link that he provided it within his law firm and his client, that being Mr. Epstein. When further asked by the court, has Mr. Epstein been provided with copies of the documents, or the contents of these privileged documents? Mr. Link replied, I just said my client, my law firm and my client, and I can saw legal counsel, Mr. Goldberger. So, that's it. So we now know that this information that was improperly obtained was disseminated not only to Mr. Epstein, the adversary who now has this information, it was also --- COURT: Take that up in the state court. (Apr. Tr. 39:15-40:3.) 2 SCAROLA: Your Honor has made repeated reference to being permitted to inquire of Mr. Epstein about his possession of the disk. Your Honor's order related not only to the electronic documents, but related as well to any copies of the documents that were made. Mr. Link has made it clear in his representations to your Honor today, and he has stated previously that he sent copies of the privileged documents to Mr. Epstein. Mr. Epstein, we know, retained those documents, and retention of those documents is a clear violation of your Honor's order. What we would like to be able to inquire about, in addition to whether Mr. Epstein had possession of the disk, is whether Mr. Epstein had possession of copies of any of the information obtained from that disk, including the e-mail --- COURT: But the disc wasn't discovered until Link found it in the 36 boxes. SCAROLA: Well, yes, sir, that's what has been represented to the Court, but what Mr. Link has said is that he transferred that information to Mr. Epstein. COURT: After he found it. SCAROLA: Well, he obviously couldn't transfer it before. COURT: But that's what you're litigating in state court. SCAROLA: No, sir, I'm sorry, that's not what we're litigating in state court. What we are litigating in state court is the malicious prosecution claim. What we want to be able to litigate before your Honor is violation of this Court's order, and retention of documents obtained from that disk is a clear violation of your Honor's order. 2The April 13, 2018, hearing transcript (D.E. 6367) shall be referred to as "Apr. Tr." 3 EFTA00793403 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 4 of 97 COURT: I disagree with you. .... Take that up in your state court litigation. (Apr. Tr. 43:19-45:6.) B. Epstein has Provided Sworn Testimony and His Attendance at the Show Cause Hearing is Not Necessary. The Court allowed Movants to take Epstein's deposition limited to the issue of his knowledge and possession of the disc. (Apr. Tr. 36:2-9.) The Show Cause Order also provided for the filing of sworn declarations. (D.E. 6366,91 5 i.v.) Specifically, it provides: Unless otherwise ordered, the direct testimony of each witness, except adverse, hostile or rebuttal witnesses, shall be presented by sworn declarations consisting of a succinct written statement of the direct testimony which that witness would be prepared to give if questions were propounded in the usual fashion at the Show Cause Hearing. ... *** Objections to any portions of the statements may be raised at the time the sworn declaration of each respective witness is offered to the Court. The witness shall then be sworn and asked if the statement correctly reflects the testimony that would be given if the witness was asked the appropriate questions. Assuming an affirmative answer, opposing counsel may then cross-examine the witness. At the conclusion of cross-examination, the party whose witness is on the stand may conduct oral redirect examination in the usual manner. Id. Well before his deposition was taken, Epstein provided a sworn Declaration attesting to these matters. In addition, on October 13, 2018, Epstein sat for more than two hours and answered all questions relating to the alleged federal civil contempt for alleged discovery violations and Movants had an opportunity to cross exam Epstein about the Declaration. There is simply nothing within the scope of this Court's ruling that Epstein has not answered. At the April 13, 2018, hearing Edwards' counsel informed the Court that: 4 EFTA00793404 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 5 of 97 SCAROLA: ... and as far as Jeffrey Epstein is concerned, obviously he was personally prohibited by the express language of the Court's order from possessing or accessing any of this information, and he would certainly want to take Mr. Epstein's deposition. While representations have been made with regard to the extent that Mr. Epstein has been in possession of, or had access to this privileged information, the record is completely devoid of any sworn representation by Mr. Epstein, and clearly that is essential in terms of this Court fashioning, or first of all determining who is responsible for these very serious violations, and in fashioning an appropriate response. (Apr. Tr. 17:8-19.) Epstein has now provided not only his direct testimony but two hours of cross examination. In his Declaration, Epstein attested that he had no personal knowledge of how the disc came into Fowler White's possession (Ex. B, 1 5) and that he had never seen the disc (Ex. B, 1 6). Epstein confirmed this testimony during his deposition: Q. How is it that you can tell us under oath today that you had no prior knowledge of Fowler White having come into possession of a disc relating to your litigation? A. So, to be clear, to the best of my recollection today, the answer is no. I have no recollection whatsoever. (Ex. A, 25:4-10.) Also see Ex. A, 25:24-26:8. Q. Have you ever communication with any agent of Fowler White about the disc that was turned over by them to Link & Rockenbach? A. No. Not to the best of my knowledge. Q. Have you ever communicated with Tonja or Fred Haddad about the Fowler White disc? A. Not to the best of my knowledge. Q. Did you ever receive a copy of the disc itself? A. No. 5 EFTA00793405 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 6 of 97 (Ex. A, 56:4-13.) Edwards' counsel has admitted that it is not Edwards' contention that Epstein had the disc, but that after the disc was located by Link & Rockenbach, Epstein was provided alleged privileged information contained on the disc. While Edwards asked questions of Epstein about dissemination to others, what he read from the disc and things of that nature, those questions, among many others, exceeded the scope of inquiry allowed by this Court. This Court has already ruled that for purposes of the Show Cause proceedings it was not going to allow Movants to ask question regarding what material Epstein received after Link & Rockenbach discovered the disc. Consequently, any issues that remain unresolved after Epstein's deposition as to those questions is of no moment in these proceedings. The alleged privileged e-mails and all issues related to privilege and waiver are currently pending before the State Court. CONCLUSION As the sole basis for seeking to hold Epstein liable for a violation of the November 2010 Agreed Order, Movants contend that Epstein's receipt from Link & Rockenbach in 2018 of documents from the disc was somehow a violation of the nearly eight-year-old November 2010 Agreed Order. The Court has already flatly rejected that argument and determined that all issues relating to what happened after Link & Rockenbach found the disc in 2018 are matters exclusively for the State Court that will not be considered at the Show Cause proceedings. Rather, the Show Cause proceedings are limited, as to Epstein, regarding whether he was aware of Fowler White's possession of the disc and whether he possessed the disc or any alleged privileged documents at any time before Link & Rockenbach found it. Epstein's two hours of cross examination provides all the testimony necessary to determine if Epstein violated the November 2010 Agreed Order. There is nothing left to cross examine Epstein about within the parameters set by this Court. 6 EFTA00793406 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 7 of 97 Because cross examination would be duplicative of the testimony already given, Epstein's testimony at the Show Cause hearing would provide no further benefit to the Court. Accordingly, Epstein respectfully requests that he personally be excused from attending the show cause hearing. GOOD-FAITH CERTIFICATION Epstein's counsel certify that on October 18, 2018, they asked Movants' counsel if Movants would oppose the relief sought herein. Movants oppose the relief sought. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on October 19, 2018, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served electronically to all registered users on the CM/ECF system, which includes counsel identified on the service list below. RICE PUGATCH ROBINSON STORFER & COHEN, PLLC By: /s/ Chad P. Pugatch CHAD P. PUGATCH (FBN cpugatch@rprslaw.com - AND — I hereby certify that I am admitted to the Bar of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and I am in compliance with the additional qualifications to practice in this Court set forth in Local Rule 2090-1(A). 7 EFTA00793407 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 8 of 97 LINK c R KENBA H PA By: /s/ Scott J. Link SCOTT J. LINK (FBN 602991) scott@linkrocklaw.com Counselfor Jeffrey Epstein SERVICE LIST Jack Scarola Bradley J. Edwards ar D nn ar la Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. Brittany N. Henderson Edwards Pottinger LLC Counselfor Bradley J. Edwards °tense or anner a e, ersstng, cards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. Paul G. Cassell Peter E. Shapiro S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Shapiro Law Utah uite 3000 ounse or ., . . an ane Doe Counselfor L.M., E.W. and Jane Doe Niall T. McLachlan Isaac M. Marcushamer Carlton Fields Jorden Burt P.A. Ber er Sin erman LLP 200 °rinse or ow er nr e urnett, P.A. Counselfor liquidating Trustee 2077028 8 EFTA00793408 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 9 of 97 EXHIBIT A EFTA00793409 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 10 of 97 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No. 502009CA040800XXXXMB JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, vs. SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually; BRADLEY EDWARDS, individually, Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs. / VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN Saturday, October 13th, 2018 9:07 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 1555 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, #930 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 Examination of the witness taken before Sonja D. Hall Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 1665 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, Suite 1001 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793410 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 11 of 97 L 1 APPEARANCES: 2 For Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant: 3 T,TNK 4 ROCKFNRArN P A 4 By SCOTT J. LINK, ESQUIRE 5 By KARA BERARD ROCKENBACH, ESQUIRE 6 For Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant: 7 ATTERBURY, GOLDBERGER & WEISS, P.A. 8 By JACK A. GOLDBERGER, ESQUIRE 9 10 For Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs: 11 SEARCY, DENNEY, SCAROLA, BARNHART & SHIPLEY, P.A. 12 13 By JACK SCAROLA, ESQUIRE 14 For Fowler White: 15 CARLTON FIELDS, PA 16 By JOSEPH IANNO, JR, ESQUIRE 17 18 For L.M., E.W. and Jane Doe: 19 S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW 20 21 By PAUL G. CASSELL, ESQUIRE (Telephonically) 22 ALSO PRESENT 23 Above & Beyond Reprographics 24 By Manuel Santiago, Videographer 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793411 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 12 of 97 1 INDEX 2 3 Videotaped Deposition of JEFFREY EPSTEIN Page No. 4 5 Direct Examination by Mr. Scarola 5 6 Certificate of Oath 83 7 Certificate of Reporter 84 8 Read & Sign Letter to Witness 85 9 10 11 12 PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT INDEX 13 (No exhibits were marked.) 14 15 16 DEFENDANTS/COUNTER-PLAINTIFFS' EXHIBIT INDEX 17 18 No. Description Page No. 19 1 Sworn Declaration of Jeffrey Epstein 6 20 2 Affidavit of Jeffrey Epstein 40 21 3 Re-Notice of Taking Deposition 58 22 4 Re-Notice of Taking Deposition 62 23 24 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793412 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 13 of 97 4 1 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We are on the video 2 record. This is the 13th day of 3 October 2018. The time is approximately 4 9:07 a.m. 5 This is the videotaped deposition of 6 Jeffrey Epstein in the matter of Jeffrey 7 Epstein versus Scott Rothstein, 8 individually; Bradley Edwards, individually; 9 L.M. individually. 10 This deposition is being held at 1555 11 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, West Palm Beach, 12 Florida 33401. 13 My name is Manuel Santiago. I am the 14 videographer representing Above & Beyond 15 Reprographics. 16 Will the attorneys please announce 17 their appearances for the record? 18 MR. SCAROLA: My name is Jack Scarola. 19 I am counsel on behalf of Bradley Edwards. 20 MR. LINK: Scott Link and Kara 21 Rockenbach on behalf of Mr. Epstein. 22 MR. GOLDBERGER: And Jack Goldberger on 23 behalf of Jeffrey Epstein. 24 MR. SCAROLA: On the phone we have 25 Professor Paul Cassell. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793413 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 14 of 97 5 1 MR. CASSELL: Can I just chime in here? 2 Paul Cassell for L.M., E.W. and Jane Doe, 3 intervenors in the Florida State court 4 action. 5 THEREUPON, 6 JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 7 being a witness in the notice heretofore 8 filed, and being first duly sworn in the above cause, 9 testified on his oath as follows: 10 THE WITNESS: Yes. 11 DIRECT EXAMINATION 12 BY MR. SCAROLA: 13 Q Would you please state your full name? 14 A Jeffrey E. Epstein. 15 Q Would you list for us, please, each of your 16 residence addresses? 17 MR. GOLDBERGER: I think it's beyond 18 the scope. I'm going to object to Fifth 19 Amendment. 20 You want him to invoke or you okay with 21 me doing it? 22 MR. SCAROLA: We want Mr. Epstein to 23 invoke any privilege that Mr. Epstein 24 considers appropriate to invoke. 25 THE WITNESS: The Fifth. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793414 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 15 of 97 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q I'm sorry? 3 A The Fifth. 4 Q You are the same Jeffrey Epstein that is a 5 party in the current state court proceedings in which 6 Bradley Edwards has brought suit against you for 7 malicious prosecution, correct? 8 A Correct. 9 Q Mr. Epstein, I'm going to hand you what I 10 have marked as Exhibit Number 1 to this deposition. 11 Ask you to take a look at that document. 12 MR. SCAROLA: Paul, this is 13 Mr. Epstein's sworn declaration of fact that 14 was filed in the bankruptcy court 15 proceeding. 16 MR. CASSELL: I am familiar with that. 17 Thank you, Jack. 18 (Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs' Exhibit 19 Number 1 was marked for identification.) 20 BY MR. SCAROLA: 21 Q Do you recognize the document, Mr. Epstein? 22 A Yes. 23 Q Is that, in fact, your signature above the 24 line that says Jeffrey Epstein? 25 A Yes. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793415 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 16 of 97 Q There is a signature to the left of yours at 2 the bottom of the document. Whose signature is that? 3 A I don't know. 4 Q Who were the attorneys who were representing 5 you at the time that this declaration was prepared on 6 August 14, 2018? 7 MR. LINK: Object to the form. 8 THE WITNESS: Could you ask the 9 question again? 10 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11 Q Yes, sir. 12 Who were the lawyers who were representing 13 you in this matter on August 14, 2018? 14 THE WITNESS: Scott Link. 15 BY MR. SCAROLA: 16 Q Anyone else? 17 A Jack Goldberg. 18 Q Anyone else? 19 A Darren Indyke. 20 Q Anyone else? 21 A Not that I recall. 22 Q Who prepared this declaration? 23 A I believe the Link firm. 24 Q Was it sent to you initially in the form in 25 which it presently appears? Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793416 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 17 of 97 1 A I don't recall. 2 Q Do you have any recollection whatsoever of 3 having any input into the content of this declaration? 4 MR. LINK: So, Mr. Epstein, I just want 5 to caution you. I don't want you to share 6 any of our communications or conversations. 7 Okay. You can answer the question 8 without disclosing anything we have talked 9 about. 10 THE WITNESS: No. 11 BY MR. SCAROLA: 12 Q You had no input? 13 A I don't have anything separate from my 14 attorneys. Any input I have is with conversations with 15 my attorneys. 16 Q That's not my question. I have not asked you 17 whether you received any information from your 18 attorneys. 19 I asked you whether you had any input into 20 the content of this declaration. 21 MR. LINK: Again, I am going to 22 instruct you not to disclose any of our 23 conversations and communications. 24 You can simply answer yes or no to the 25 question. If you remember it, then you can. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793417 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 18 of 97 1 THE WITNESS: Sorry. So I'm clear, the 2 conversations I had with you about this -- 3 MR. LINK: We are not going to talk 4 about. 5 THE WITNESS: So is that an answer of 6 yes or no? 7 MR. LINK: If the question is, do you 8 recall whether you made any changes to what 9 was sent to you, I think you can answer yes 10 or no. 11 MR. SCAROLA: That's not the question. 12 BY MR. SCAROLA: 13 Q I want to know whether you had any input 14 whatsoever into the drafting of this declaration. 15 Was any of the information contained in 16 this declaration -- included in the declaration as a 17 consequence of input that you personally had? Or 18 was it simply all drafted by somebody else for your 19 signature? 20 MR. LINK: So, if you can answer that 21 question without disclosing our 22 communications, you can answer the question. 23 If you can't answer it without disclosing 24 our communication, Mr. Epstein, then you are 25 instructed not to answer it. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793418 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 19 of 97 10 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q Your answer to the question, sir? 3 A I can't disclose anything -- I have only had 4 a conversation with my attorney regarding this. 5 Q Yes, sir. 6 But my question does not ask you about any 7 communication you had with your lawyers. I am 8 asking you whether you had any input into the 9 language that is included within this declaration. 10 Is anything here your -- the consequence 11 of your input? 12 MR. LINK: So, let me just -- I have 13 two questions for you, Mr. Scarola. One, I 14 thought we were starting with the state 15 court matter. 16 MR. SCAROLA: We are. 17 MR. LINK: I may have misunderstood, 18 because this is a bankruptcy declaration. 19 And there isn't anything in Judge Hafele's 20 order that talks about bankruptcy testimony 21 or spoke that you can inquire about. 22 Obviously, by signing this, he has 23 adopted every statement in there as his own. 24 So I'm not sure what we are doing at the 25 moment. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793419 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 20 of 97 11 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q Can you answer the question, sir? 3 A I cannot answer the question. 4 Q Why? 5 A Anything I talked about with respect to this 6 document is a conversation with my attorneys. 7 Q And I'm not asking about any communication 8 you had with your lawyer. I want to know whether 9 anything in this affidavit is as a consequence of your 10 personal input. 11 MR. LINK: So, if there was anything 12 you did separate and apart from our 13 conversations, then you can tell him. If 14 not -- 15 THE WITNESS: No. 16 BY MR. SCAROLA: 17 Q No what? 18 A No. 19 Q Nothing in this affidavit was as a result of 20 your personal input; is that correct? 21 MR. LINK: What he said was separate 22 and apart. 23 My instruction is, you may not disclose 24 any of our communications. If you can 25 answer the question about something you did Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793420 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 21 of 97 12 1 separate and apart from my directions to you 2 or our communications, you can answer the 3 question. Other than that, you cannot. 4 MR. SCAROLA: Mr. Link, communications 5 with counsel are privileged if they are 6 intended to remain confidential. 7 If Mr. Epstein communicated something 8 to you to include within this affidavit, 9 that, obviously, was not intended to remain 10 confidential. It was intended to be 11 communicated in this particular filing. 12 MR. LINK: Mr. Scarola, I disagree with 13 you. I'm instructing him not to answer if 14 it's based on our communications period. 15 BY MR. SCAROLA: 16 Q The second paragraph of this affidavit says, 17 "The law firm of Fowler White Burnett, PA, represented 18 me" -- meaning you -- "in the state court proceeding 19 from June 2010 through May 2012." 20 What were the terms on which you retained 21 the Fowler White Burnett law firm? 22 MR. LINK: Mr. Scarola, you are 23 exceeding the scope of the deposition in the 24 state court matter. 25 There are four very specific limited Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793421 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 22 of 97 13 1 topics, none of which have you asked a 2 single question about. I'm really trying to 3 understand what -- 4 Do you want to do the bankruptcy first? 5 MR. SCAROLA: No. No, sir. I want to 6 do the state court proceeding first. I'm 7 asking questions that relate directly to the 8 topics that are defined within the state 9 court order and I would like an answer to 10 that question. 11 MR. LINK: Would you please tell me 12 which topic you are focused on? There are 13 only four. 14 MR. SCAROLA: This relates to all of 15 them. 16 MR. LINK: It does not, Mr. Scarola. 17 MR. SCAROLA: We have a disagreement 18 about that. If you are instructing him not 19 to answer, then the court will make a 20 determination as to whether that is or is 21 not an appropriate instruction and whether 22 we will or will not be back here to redepose 23 Mr. Epstein once again. 24 Are you instructing him to the answer? 25 MR. LINK: Your question is what were Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793422 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 23 of 97 1 1 the terms of his engagement of Fowler White? 2 MR. SCAROLA: Yes, that's correct. 3 MR. LINK: Then I'm instructing him not 4 to answer. 5 BY MR. SCAROLA: 6 Q Did you engage Fowler White on an hourly 7 basis? 8 MR. LINK: I am instructing him not to 9 answer. 10 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11 Q Did Fowler White present invoices to you for 12 services that were rendered on an hourly basis? 13 MR. LINK: I am instructing him not to 14 answer. 15 BY MR. SCAROLA: 16 Q Were you ever billed by Fowler White with 17 invoices that included a description of the services 18 that Fowler White rendered on your behalf? 19 MR. LINK: I am instructing him not to 20 answer. 21 BY MR. SCAROLA: 22 Q Were you kept informed as to what Fowler 23 White did on your behalf in connection with their 24 representation of you? 25 MR. LINK: I'm instructing him not to Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793423 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 24 of 97 15 1 answer. It exceeds the scope of the court's 2 order. 3 BY MR. SCAROLA: 4 Q Your affidavit -- excuse me. Your 5 declaration states that as part of Fowler White's 6 representation of you, that they represented you in 7 proceedings in the bankruptcy case concerning a 8 subpoena that your original counsel issued to the 9 bankruptcy trustee. Is that statement true? 10 A Yes. 11 Q Who was your original counsel that issued the 12 subpoena to the bankruptcy trustee? 13 A I don't recall. 14 Q What was subpoenaed? 15 A The question again. 16 Q What was subpoenaed? 17 A I don't recall. 18 Q Were emails subpoenaed? 19 A I'm not sure what subpoena you are talking 20 about. Sorry. 21 Q The one that you declared under penalty of 22 perjury was issued by your original counsel to the 23 bankruptcy trustee. 24 A I don't recall. 25 Q Did you ever come to learn that the trustee Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793424 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 25 of 97 16 1 in the bankruptcy for the law firm Rothstein, 2 Rosenfeldt & Adler had been subpoenaed to produce 3 emails contained on the server of that law firm? 4 A I don't recall. 5 Q Did it ever come to your attention that 6 emails contained on the server of the law firm 7 Rothstein, Rosenfeldt & Adler had been produced in 8 connection with the state court civil proceedings by 9 the bankruptcy trustee to a special master that had 10 been appointed for purposes of determining what, if 11 any, emails from that production would be turned over 12 in response to the subpoena that was issued? 13 A Separate from any conversations with my 14 attorney, I don't recall. 15 Q Did you ever learn that privilege was being 16 asserted with respect to the production of any emails 17 that were contained on a Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, Adler 18 server? 19 A Separate from a conversation with my 20 attorneys, I don't recall. 21 Q Are you aware, as you sit here today, that 22 federal bankruptcy Judge Ray issued an order with 23 respect to procedures to be followed in connection with 24 responding to an email subpoena? 25 MR. LINK: Object to the form. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793425 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 26 of 97 17 1 MR. SCAROLA: What's the problem with 2 the form? 3 MR. LINK: You didn't give us any time. 4 Is there more than one? S MR. SCAROLA: No, I did. I said as you 6 sit here today. 7 MR. LINK: No, as to the order. But -- 8 If you can answer the question, you can 9 answer question. 10 THE WITNESS: I'm sorry. You have to 11 repeat it. 12 BY MR. SCAROLA: 13 Q Yes. As you sit here today, are you aware 14 that federal bankruptcy Judge Ray issued an order 15 concerning matters relating to the production of 16 Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, Adler emails? 17 MR. LINK: Object to the form. 18 THE WITNESS: Outside conversations 19 with my attorney, no. 20 BY MR. SCAROLA: 21 Q Have you ever seen an order issued by federal 22 bankruptcy Judge Ray that impose restrictions on the 23 possession of electronic data produced in response to a 24 subpoena for emails from the Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, 25 Adler law firm? Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793426 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 27 of 97 1 MR. LINK: Object to the form. 2 THE WITNESS: Outside of conversations 3 with my attorney, no. 4 BY MR. SCAROLA: 5 Q Tell me about the conversations that you had 6 with your lawyers relating to the terms of Judge Ray's 7 order. 8 MR. LINK: I am going to instruct you 9 not to answer that question. 10 BY MR. SCAROLA: 11 Q Have you ever personally seen any of the 12 language that was included within Judge Ray's order? 13 A Outside of the conversations with my 14 attorney, no. 15 Q Well, a conversation with your lawyer does 16 not tell me anything in response to a question that 17 asks what you have seen. 18 Have you ever seen any of the language 19 included within Judge Ray's order that impose 20 restrictions on the possession of electronic data 21 relating to emails of the Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, 22 Adler firm? 23 MR. LINK: So let me object to the 24 form. 25 If you can answer the question Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793427 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 28 of 97 19 1 independent of communications with your 2 lawyer -- so if you looked at the order on 3 your own, then you can answer. 4 THE WITNESS: I don't recall. 5 BY MR. SCAROLA: 6 Q Are you aware that contempt proceedings are 7 pending in the federal bankruptcy court? 8 A Yes. 9 Q What is your understanding of what those 10 proceedings are about? 11 A It's in regards to the discovery of a disc 12 that was in possession of Fowler White. 13 Q What is it in regard to that disc? 14 A That's not a very good question. Sorry. 15 Q I'm sorry? 16 A Can you ask a question? 17 Q The question is, what is it about this disc 18 that is the subject matter of contempt proceedings in 19 the bankruptcy court? 20 MR. LINK: So, again, if you can answer 21 the question based on your own personal 22 review of information rather than our 23 communications, you can share that with 24 Mr. Scarola. 25 THE WITNESS: Nothing outside my Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793428 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 29 of 97 20 1 conversations with the attorney. 2 BY MR. SCAROLA: 3 Q Did you ever become aware that a subpoena was 4 issued to the bankruptcy trustee to produce emails? 5 A I don't recall. 6 Q Did you ever become aware that a claim of 7 privilege was asserted with regard to any of the emails 8 on the Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, Adler server? 9 A Outside of conversations with my attorney, 10 no. 11 Q Did your lawyer tell you that a claim of 12 privilege had been made with regard to any of the 13 emails on the RRA server? 14 MR. LINK: Mr. Scarola, you know better 15 than to ask that question. 16 Mr. Epstein, do not answer that 17 question. 18 MR. SCAROLA: Mr. Link, those happen to 19 be matters as to which privilege is waived 20 as a consequence of your own disclosures in 21 your own affidavits and your own statements 22 with respect to this case. 23 MR. LINK: I disagree with you. 24 MR. SCAROLA: That's fine. 25 MR. LINK: I'm going to instruct you Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793429 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 30 of 97 21 1 not to answer. 2 MR. SCAROLA: Just as long as you know 3 that it is our position that there has been 4 a waiver. You can instruct the witness not 5 to answer and the court will make a 6 determination with regard to that legal 7 issue. 8 MR. LINK: There's no question. 9 And I will say this, for the record. 10 You haven't asked a single question about 11 the four topics that Judge Hafele 12 specifically delineated for this limited 13 deposition you could take. 14 But I am instructing you not to answer 15 the question, Mr. Epstein. 16 BY MR. SCAROLA: 17 Q Paragraph four of your declaration, Exhibit 18 Number 1, states, "In February 2018, Scott J. Link of 19 Link & Rockenbach, PA, informed me that he had located 20 a disc in Fowler White's files labeled," quote, Epstein 21 Bate Stamp, unquote. 22 Did I read that accurately? 23 A Correct. 24 Q That was a communication from Mr. Link, your 25 lawyer, to you, correct? Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793430 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 31 of 97 22 1 A Yes. 2 Q What else did Mr. Link tell you? 3 MR. LINK: So, I'm going to instruct 4 you not to disclose any of your 5 conversations that involved legal advice or 6 strategy or protected communication. 7 If you recall that I said anything 8 other than I located a disc specific to that 9 topic, you can answer. 10 THE WITNESS: I remember that. 11 Everything else I talked with my attorneys. 12 BY MR. SCAROLA: 13 Q Yes, I know you were talking to your lawyer. 14 I want to know everything that your lawyer told you in 15 this conversation that you have partially disclosed. 16 MR. LINK: So -- 17 BY MR. SCAROLA: 18 Q What else did he tell you? 19 MR. LINK: So, I'm going to instruct 20 you not to answer based both on 21 attorney-client privilege and exceeds the 22 scope of Judge Hafele's order. 23 BY MR. SCAROLA: 24 Q Your response? 25 MR. LINK: I have instructed him not to Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793431 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 32 of 97 23 1 answer. 2 BY MR. SCAROLA: 3 Q When in February of 2018 did you have this 4 communication with Mr. Link? 5 A I don't recall specifically. 6 Q What was the form of the communication? 7 A I don't recall specifically. 8 Q When you tell me you don't recall 9 specifically, that suggest that you may recall 10 generally. What is your recollection with regard to 11 the form that the communication took? 12 A It's not specifically -- I believe it was a 13 phone call. But that's my best recollection. 14 Q Where were you when you received that phone 15 call? 16 A No idea. 17 Q Did Mr. Link tell you why he was calling to 18 tell you that he had located a disc? 19 MR. LINK: Mr. Epstein, I am going to 20 instruct you not to answer the question. 21 BY MR. SCAROLA: 22 Q Did Mr. Link tell you what was on the disc? 23 MR. LINK: I'm going to instruct you 24 not to answer. 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793432 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 33 of 97 24 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q Did Mr. Link communicate to you at any time 3 anything regarding the content of a disc that had been 4 located in Fowler White's files? 5 MR. LINK: I am going to instruct you 6 not to answer. 7 MR. SCAROLA: The basis of that 8 instruction? 9 MR. LINK: Attorney-client privilege 10 and exceeds scope of Judge Hafele's order. 11 BY MR. SCAROLA: 12 Q Had you known prior to Mr. Link's 13 communication with you in February of 2018 that Fowler 14 White had come into possession of a disc relating to 15 anything having to do with the litigation in which you 16 were involved? 17 MR. LINK: Can you read the first part? 18 Did he say if or did you? I'm sorry, I 19 missed the first words. 20 (Thereupon, the requested portion of the 21 record was read back by the reporter as 22 above duly recorded.) 23 MR. LINK: I'm going to object to form. 24 THE WITNESS: No. 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793433 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 34 of 97 25 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q How was it that you remember that? 3 A I'm sorry. The question again. 4 Q How is it that you can tell us under oath 5 today that you had no prior knowledge of Fowler White 6 having come into possession of a disc relating to your 7 litigation? 8 A So, to be clear, to the best of my 9 recollection today, the answer is no. I have no 10 recollection whatsoever. 11 Q So the answer is not no. The answer is I 12 don't remember. Is that correct? 13 MR. LINK: No. That's not what he 14 said. 15 BY MR. SCAROLA: 16 Q Well, I want to know. Are you telling us, 17 no, you didn't know; or are you telling us, I don't 18 remember whether I knew or not? 19 A My best recollection is no. I can't be 20 certain of anything, frankly. So the answer is -- with 21 respect to most questions, my answer is no. But I 22 can't be certain that someone hadn't told me something 23 years ago. I have no recollection. I would say no. 24 Q Paragraph five of this declaration says, "I 25 have no personnel knowledge of how the CD came to be in Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793434 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 35 of 97 26 1 Fowler White's possession." 2 Do you have any knowledge that, in fact, 3 it did come to be in Fowler White's possession? 4 MR. LINK: So, you can -- other than 5 our communications, you can answer the 6 question. 7 THE WITNESS: It's only through 8 communications with my attorney. 9 BY MR. SCAROLA: 10 Q So Mr. Link told you that he got the disc 11 from Fowler White; is that correct? 12 MR. LINK: You can answer that 13 question. 14 THE WITNESS: Correct. 15 BY MR. SCAROLA: 16 Q Did he tell you when he got it from Fowler 17 White? 18 MR. LINK: If you remember, you can 19 answer that question. 20 THE WITNESS: Sometime in February. 21 BY MR. SCAROLA: 22 Q Are you aware that William Berger was deposed 23 in the state court civil proceeding? 24 A I don't recall. 25 Q Do you know who William Berger is? Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793435 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 36 of 97 27 1 A No, sir. 2 Q Do you recall a former Palm Beach County 3 circuit court judge having been involved as co-counsel 4 in the prosecution of molestation claims against you by S the Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, Adler firm? 6 THE WITNESS: Is this part of 7 today's -- 8 MR. LINK: If you remember that there 9 was a -- 10 THE WITNESS: I do not remember. 11 BY MR. SCAROLA: 12 Q At the time that you had the communication 13 with Mr. Link sometime in February of 2018, did 14 Mr. Link discuss any of the data that was included on 15 the disc that he was informing you about? 16 MR. LINK: Mr. Epstein, I am going to 17 instruct you not to answer. 18 BY MR. SCAROLA: 19 Q Have you ever received any documents that 20 were represented to have been included on that disc? 21 MR. LINK: Object to the form. 22 If you can answer that question without 23 disclosing our communications you can answer 24 it. 25 THE WITNESS: Anything I received, I Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793436 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 37 of 97 28 1 received from my attorneys. 2 BY MR. SCAROLA: 3 Q Yes. And I want to know whether you ever 4 received any of -- any documents that were represented 5 to you to have been printed from data on the disc that 6 Mr. Link told you about in February of 2018. 7 MR. LINK: So, again, without 8 disclosing our communications, you can 9 simply tell him whether you were provided 10 generally any documents, without disclosing 11 any specific documents or our 12 communications. 13 THE WITNESS: I don't believe so. 14 BY MR. SCAROLA: 15 Q What specific documents that originated on 16 the disc did you receive? 17 MR. LINK: So, I'm going to instruct 18 you not to answer that question based on 19 attorney-client and work product. 20 BY MR. SCAROLA: 21 Q How many documents did you receive? 22 MR. LINK: That question you can 23 answer, if you remember. 24 THE WITNESS: I don't remember. 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793437 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 38 of 97 29 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q Can you characterize in any way the volume of 3 documents that you received that you understood 4 originated on the disc? 5 A I don't recall. 6 Q Was it more than one? 7 A Probably. 8 Q Was it more than two? 9 A Probably. 10 Q Was it more than three? 11 A I don't know what you mean by documents. Are 12 you talking about pages? 13 Q Yes. Let's be very specific. 14 Did you receive more than three pages that 15 you understood to have been printed out from the 16 disc? 17 MR. LINK: Let me think about the 18 question for a minute. 19 You can answer that question. 20 THE WITNESS: Yes. 21 BY MR. SCAROLA: 22 Q Was it more than 10? 23 A I would say less than 100, so we don't have 24 to go through numbers. 25 Q That does indeed save us some time. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793438 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 39 of 97 30 1 Was it more than 50? 2 A I don't recall. 3 Q Was it probably more than 50? 4 A I don't recall. 5 Q So the best you are able to tell us is that 6 it was, more likely than not, more than three and less 7 than 100 pages, and you can't narrow it down any 8 further than that; is that correct? 9 A Correct. 10 Q How did you receive those pages? 11 A I don't recall. 12 Q Were they electronically transmitted to you? 13 A I don't recall. 14 Q Do you have any recollection of ever having 15 received hard copies of documents generated from the 16 disc? 17 MR. LINK: Object to the form. 18 You are talking about from me? 19 MR. SCAROLA: No, I didn't ask that. 20 THE WITNESS: Anything separate my 21 attorneys, nothing. 22 BY MR. SCAROLA: 23 Q Pardon me? 24 A Anything separate from the attorneys, 25 nothing. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793439 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 40 of 97 1 Q Okay. Well, that's not my question. 2 A Okay. 3 Q Did you ever receive from anyone any hard 4 copies of pages that you understood to be generated 5 from the disc? 6 MR. LINK: Okay. So, I am going to 7 object to the form. 8 There are thousands of pages that have 9 been produced in this case from the disc. 10 So that general generic -- 11 MR. SCAROLA: Mr. Link, that's not a 12 legal objection. If you have a legal 13 objection, please state it. Anything other 14 than that is nothing more than an attempt to 15 coach the witness. 16 MR. LINK: It's not. It's an objection 17 to the form. 18 MR. SCAROLA: That's fine. I 19 understand. 20 BY MR. SCAROLA: 21 Q Could you answer the question, please? 22 A Could you repeat it? 23 Q Yes, sir. 24 Did you ever receive any hard copies of 25 documents -- pages that you understood to have been Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793440 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 41 of 97 32 1 generated from the disc? 2 A Yes. 3 Q On how many separate occasions did you 4 receive pages in hard copy form that you understood to 5 have been generated from the disc? 6 A I would say less than 20. 7 Q Twenty occasions? 8 A Less than 20. 9 Q Let's go through each of those that you can 10 remember and tell me about those occasions on which you 11 recall having received hard copies of pages, which you 12 understood to have been generated from the disc. 13 A Have you asked a question? 14 Q Pardon me? 15 A Have you asked a question? 16 Q Yes. 17 A What's the question? 18 Q I want you to tell me about each of the 19 occasions -- we will start with the first one, 20 chronologically, when you received hard copies of pages 21 that you understood to have been generated from the 22 Fowler White disc that Mr. Link told you about in 23 February of 2018. 24 MR. LINK: Okay, you can answer that 25 specific question. It's a different Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793441 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 42 of 97 33 1 question. 2 THE WITNESS: Sometime in February I 3 was handed, from my attorneys, some 4 documents. Is what I recall. Some 5 documents from my attorneys. I was handed 6 some documents. 7 BY MR. SCAROLA: 8 Q Who specifically handed you those documents? 9 A Darren Indyke. 10 Q Where were you? 11 A I believe in New York. I can't be certain. 12 Q How many pages did Mr. Indyke hand you on 13 that occasion? 14 A Less than 100. 15 Q Were those pages accompanied by any cover 16 letter? 17 A Not that I recall. 18 Q Were they accompanied by any summary of the 19 contents? 20 A Not that I recall. 21 Q Were they accompanied by any index? 22 A Not that I recall. 23 Q What did Mr. Indyke tell you about the 24 documents when he gave him to you? 25 MR. LINK: I'm going to instruct you Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793442 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 43 of 97 34 1 not to answer that question based on 2 attorney-client privilege. 3 BY MR. SCAROLA: 4 Q What did you do with the documents when you 5 received them? 6 A I read them, to the best of my recollection. 7 Q Did you read them in their entirety? 8 A I don't recall. 9 Q What did the documents say? 10 Let me withdrew that question. 11 If you were asked to recount the content 12 of the documents, as you sit here today, would you 13 be able to describe the contents of the documents? 14 A Some of them, I think. 15 Q Approximately, how many documents are there 16 as to which you have the ability, as you sit here 17 today, to describe the contents? 18 A When you say documents, you mean pages? I'm 19 sorry? 20 Q Yes, sir. Pages. 21 A Well, I can remember the emails with respect 22 to Brad Edwards -- 23 Q Excuse me. Pardon me. I'm stopping you, 24 sir. That's no responsive to my question. And I don't 25 want you on this record to be disclosing the content of Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793443 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 44 of 97 35 1 any privileged documents. 2 My question is not to ask you to describe 3 the content of those privileged documents, but to 4 tell us how many pages of privileged material you 5 have retained a recollection of that would enable 6 you to describe that content as you sit here today. 7 So how many pages? 8 MR. LINK: You can answer that 9 question. 10 I want to note for the record that you 11 have made an assertion of privilege. We 12 have challenged that privilege. And no 13 court has ever made a determination that 14 they are, in fact, privileged. 15 With that statement, you can answer the 16 question, if you can. 17 THE WITNESS: I'm sorry. Can you 18 repeat the question? 19 BY MR. SCAROLA: 20 Q Yes, sir. 21 As you sit here today, how many pages of 22 the documents that you received from Mr. Indyke 23 something less than 100 documents -- 24 A Yes. 25 Q -- would you be able to describe the contents Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793444 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 45 of 97 36 1 of? 2 A Again, I could describe the contents in 3 detail on some that I remember. I have generalizations 4 on others. 5 Q Let's break it down into two categories. How 6 many pages could you describe the contents of in 7 detail? 8 A Less than 10. 9 Q And how many pages could you describe the 10 contents of generally? 11 A Probably at least another 20. 12 Q Are you aware that a claim of privilege has 13 been asserted with regard to any of the documents that 14 you received from Darren Indyke? 15 MR. LINK: So, again, if you have 16 independent knowledge, separate and apart 17 from communications with your lawyers, you 18 can answer the question. 19 THE WITNESS: I have no independent 20 knowledge. 21 BY MR. SCAROLA: 22 Q Are you aware that a claim of privilege has 23 been asserted with regard to any of the documents or 24 pages that you received from Darren Indyke? 25 MR. LINK: Same instruction, Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793445 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 46 of 97 37 1 Mr. Epstein. 2 THE WITNESS: Outside of conversations 3 with my attorney, no. 4 BY MR. SCAROLA: 5 Q Regardless of where you received the 6 information from, are you aware that a claim of 7 privilege has been asserted with regard to any of those 8 documents? 9 MR. LINK: So, Mr. Epstein, the source 10 of information is important. If the sources 11 of information are our communications or 12 communications with your lawyers, I do not 13 want you to disclose that. 14 If you have independent information 15 you have read something, you have seen 16 something outside of our communications -- 17 you answer the question. 18 THE WITNESS: I have no independent 19 knowledge. 20 BY MR. SCAROLA: 21 Q Do you have knowledge that you derived from 22 your lawyers? 23 MR. LINK: Generally or about the 24 topic? 25 MR. SCAROLA: About that specific Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793446 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 47 of 97 1 topic, the assertion of privilege with 2 regard to any documents. 3 MR. LINK: We are not going to disclose 4 any topics or anything that we talked about. 5 I am instructing you not to answer. 6 BY MR. SCAROLA: 7 Q Have you ever seen a privilege log that 8 listed any of the documents that you received from 9 Mr. Indyke on that log? 10 A I don't recall. 11 Q Where did Mr. Indyke get the documents that 12 he delivered to you? 13 A I don't know. 14 Q How do you know that the documents Darren 15 Indyke delivered to you were documents that originated 16 on the disc? 17 A Outside of -- I have no independent 18 knowledge. 19 Q So that's information you received from your 20 lawyers? 21 A I have no independent knowledge. 22 Q That's not my question. 23 Is that information you received from your 24 lawyers? So they told you that the documents that 25 you received from Darren Indyke came from the Fowler Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793447 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 48 of 97 39 1 White disc, correct? 2 MR. LINK: I do not want you to 3 disclose your communications with your 4 lawyers. I am going to instruct you not to 5 disclose any information. 6 If you can answer any of his questions 7 based on your independent knowledge or 8 reviewed independently from discussion with 9 your lawyers you can answer the question. 10 THE WITNESS: I have no independent 11 knowledge. 12 BY MR. SCAROLA: 13 Q Have you ever reviewed the transcripts of any 14 hearings that were held either in the circuit court, in 15 the bankruptcy proceeding, or before Special Master 16 Carney with regard the production of emails? 17 A I don't recall. 18 Q I am going to hand you what I will mark as 19 Exhibit Number 2 to your deposition. It is an 20 affidavit that purports to have been signed by you and 21 filed in the circuit court proceedings in Palm Beach 22 County. 23 I would like you to take a look at that, 24 please. Tell me if you recognize that document. 25 (Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs's Exhibit Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793448 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 49 of 97 40 1 Number 2 was marked for identification.) 2 MR. LINK: Mr. Scarola, do you have a 3 copy for me? 4 MR. SCAROLA: That's the only one I 5 have. 6 THE WITNESS: Okay. 7 BY MR. SCAROLA: 8 Q Is that your signature on that affidavit? 9 A Yes. 10 Q Did you, in fact, swear to the contents of 11 that document? 12 A Yes, sir. 13 Q You had told us there were something less 14 than 20 occasions in which you received documents that 15 had been originally contained on the Fowler White disc. 16 You told us about one of those occasions when 17 Mr. Indyke handed you documents. 18 What others do you remember? 19 MR. LINK: Object to the form. That 20 was not his testimony. That was the second 21 question that you asked. 22 The first question, I believe, was 23 general, as I made a statement thousands of 24 documents were produced. 25 MR. SCAROLA: Is this the legal Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793449 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 50 of 97 1 objection that you are making, Mr. Link? 2 MR. LINK: It is, Mr. Scarola. 3 MR. SCAROLA: Then please state the 4 legal basis of your objection, and don't 5 attempt to coach the witness. 6 MR. LINK: I'm not coaching the 7 witness. I'm correcting your misstatement. 8 MR. SCAROLA: That's fine. Your 9 objection is there is no proper predicate 10 for the question. 11 BY MR. SCAROLA: 12 Q Can you answer the question please? 13 MR. LINK: Mr. Scarola, I am going to 14 finish, please, my objection, although, you 15 did a good job of disrupting my thought, 16 because I was on a roll there. 17 But in any event, your question -- 18 object to the form. It mistakes your prior 19 question and the witness's prior testimony. 20 THE WITNESS: Sorry. Could you ask it 21 again? 22 BY MR. SCAROLA: 23 Q How many other times -- or tell us about the 24 other times that you received information generated 25 from the Fowler White disc. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793450 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 51 of 97 42 1 A I don't have any specific recollection today. 2 Q Can you give us any better estimate as to the 3 number of times you received information from the 4 Fowler White disc other than that it was less than 20? 5 A No. 6 Q What did you do with the documents that you 7 received that you understood to have been generated 8 from the Fowler White disc? 9 MR. LINK: Object to the form. 10 THE WITNESS: I'm sorry. I don't fully 11 understand the question. 12 BY MR. SCAROLA: 13 Q What did you do with the documents that 14 Mr. Indyke gave you, which you understood to have been 15 generated from the Fowler White disc? 16 A I read them. 17 Q And what did you do with them after you read 18 them? 19 A I left them on my desk. 20 Q Which desk? 21 A I don't remember exactly. I believe New 22 York, as I said before. 23 Q What happened to those documents after you 24 left them on your desk? 25 A After being informed by my counsel, I Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793451 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 52 of 97 3 1 destroyed them. 2 Q How? 3 A In a shredder. 4 Q When? 5 A The same day. 6 Q The same day that you received them from 7 Mr. Indyke? 8 A The same day I was informed by Counsel to 9 destroy them. 10 Q And when was that? 11 A Some time after February. 12 Q When in relation to having received them from 13 Mr. Indyke? 14 A Sometime -- right after the court -- Indyke 15 was in February. As soon as the court ordered me to 16 destroy them, I destroyed them. 17 Q Did you ever communicate with anyone 18 regarding the contents of those documents? 19 A Separate from my attorneys, I don't remember 20 anybody else. 21 Q Which lawyers did you communicate with about 22 the content of the documents? 23 A Scott Link, Darren, Jack. 24 Q Anyone else? 25 A Not that I recall. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793452 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 53 of 97 1 Q Was there anyone else at all at any time 2 under any circumstance that you discussed the contents 3 of the documents with? 4 A I don't recall anybody except my attorneys. 5 Q Did you have any communication with Bradley 6 Edwards regarding the content of those documents? 7 A I don't recall. 8 Q Since receiving those documents, did you have 9 any communication with Bradley Edwards at all about 10 anything? 11 A I don't recall. 12 Q When you read the documents that you received 13 from Mr. Indyke, did you learn anything that you had 14 not previously known? 15 A Yes. 16 Q As you sit here today, would you be able to 17 identify those things that you learned for the first 18 time from among the documents that Mr. Indyke delivered 19 to you? 20 A I'm sure I can remember some of them. 21 Q Was there anything in those documents that 22 you already knew that was not being disclosed to you 23 for the first time upon delivery of those documents to 24 you? 25 A I don't recall. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793453 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 54 of 97 45 1 Q We have marked as Exhibit Number 2 an 2 affidavit, which you acknowledged to have been signed 3 by you. Have you had a chance to read through that? 4 A Yes, sir. 5 Q You agree that there is nothing in this 6 affidavit that relates to the content of any emails, 7 correct? 8 A I'm sorry. Which emails? 9 Q The emails that you received from Darren 10 Indyke. 11 Let's establish that. The pages that you 12 received from Darren Indyke were printouts of 13 emails, were they not? 14 A I believe some of them were. 15 Q What else was in there besides email 16 printouts? 17 MR. LINK: You can say generally, if 18 you remember, without describing what was 19 provided to you. 20 THE WITNESS: My best recollection is 21 emails. 22 BY MR. SCAROLA: 23 Q So you have no recollection of there being 24 anything other than emails in the documents that you 25 received from Mr. Indyke, correct? Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793454 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 55 of 97 1 A I believe so. 2 Could you ask that question again? You 3 asked me a question. Sorry. 4 MR. LINK: I don't think there's any 5 pending -- 6 MR. SCAROLA: I don't think there's a 7 pending question. There's about to be. 8 BY MR. SCAROLA: 9 Q You understood that the purpose of Exhibit 10 Number 2, your affidavit, was to describe all of the 11 information that you relied upon in deciding to sue 12 Bradley Edwards, correct? 13 A No, sir. 14 Q What was the purpose of this affidavit? 15 A It was a general -- it did not fully 16 encompass everything I might have seen prior to signing 17 it. It was a general affidavit. 18 Q I'm sorry. 19 A It was a general discussion. It didn't list 20 anything I had actually seen before signing this 21 affidavit. 22 Q So the affidavit does not include anything 23 that you actually saw before signing the affidavit; is 24 that correct? 25 A I don't believe with any specificity, sir. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793455 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 56 of 97 1 Q What does that answer mean? I don't 2 understand that. 3 A I might have seen things that are not in this 4 affidavit. 5 Q All right. So what is it that you saw before 6 signing this affidavit that related to your having had 7 a good faith basis for filing the action against 8 Bradley Edwards and Scott Rothstein in December of 9 2009? 10 MR. LINK: Mr. Epstein, I am going to 11 instruct you not to answer the question. It 12 far exceeds the scope of the deposition that 13 was authorized by Judge Hafele. 14 This is not a discovery deposition 15 related to the case. Please do not answer 16 the question. 17 BY MR. SCAROLA: 18 Q Was there any information contained within 19 the emails that form part of your alleged good faith 20 basis for suing Bradley Edwards? 21 MR. LINK: Object to the form. 22 You can answer the question. 23 THE WITNESS: Reading the emails in the 24 Darren Indyke documents confirmed everything 25 that was in this affidavit. Yes, sir. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793456 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 57 of 97 48 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q Was there any information contained within 3 the emails that formed part of your good faith basis 4 for suing Bradley Edwards? 5 MR. LINK: Again, I am going to 6 instruct you not answer that question. It 7 exceeds the scope of the court's order. 8 BY MR. SCAROLA: 9 Q Are you aware of the specific scope of the 10 inquiry that Judge Hafele permitted during the course 11 of this deposition? 12 Did you ever see his order that outlined 13 what you were allowed to be asked about? 14 A Yes. 15 Q You are aware that topic number one was 16 whether and to what extent Epstein reviewed any of the 17 alleged privileged materials prior to March of 2018, 18 correct? 19 THE WITNESS: Is that what it says? 20 MR. LINK: That's what it says. 21 THE WITNESS: Yes. 22 BY MR. SCAROLA: 23 Q Did you review any of the allegedly 24 privileged materials prior to March 2018? 25 A That's a very general category. Which Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793457 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 58 of 97 49 1 privilege materials? It's 27,000 emails, so you are 2 going to have to be specific. 3 Q Well, when you were preparing for this 4 deposition, did you find out which of those 27,000 5 emails were alleged to be privileged? 6 A No. 7 Q So as you sit here today, you are incapable 8 of telling us whether you reviewed any of the alleged 9 privileged materials prior to March 2018, because you 10 have no idea what materials are alleged to be 11 privileged. Is that what you're telling us? 12 MR. LINK: Object to the form. That it 13 is not what he said. 14 THE WITNESS: I have recollection of 15 reading some of the emails. 16 BY MR. SCAROLA: 17 Q So did you review any of the allegedly 18 privileged materials prior to March 2018? 19 A Again, I understand alleged privileged 20 materials encompass 27,000 emails, so I don't 21 understand your question. 22 Q I want to know whether you reviewed any of -- 23 any email, which is alleged to have been privileged at 24 any time before March of 2018. 25 MR. LINK: Object to the form. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793458 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 59 of 97 50 1 THE WITNESS: Yes. 2 BY MR. SCAROLA: 3 Q How many emails alleged to have been 4 privileged did you review prior to March of 2018? 5 A Again, your question. 6 MR. SCAROLA: Read it back, please. 7 (Thereupon, the requested portion of the 8 record was read back by the reporter as 9 above duly recorded.) 10 THE WITNESS: Can you tell me how many 11 emails have been alleged to be privileged, 12 so we are talking about something -- 13 BY MR. SCAROLA: 14 Q I want to know which emails you reviewed, 15 which you believed to have been alleged to be 16 privileged, prior to March of 2018. 17 MR. LINK: That's a different question 18 You can -- if you understand, the question 19 you can answer that. 20 THE WITNESS: I'm sorry. I didn't 21 ask it again, please. 22 MR. SCAROLA: Please read it back. 23 MR. LINK: Jack, do you mind if we try 24 to clarify this so that we can move forward, 25 because I think I understand what the Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793459 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 60 of 97 1 difficulty is? 2 MR. SCAROLA: I would like the question 3 read back to see whether or not Mr. Epstein 4 understands the question. 5 MR. LINK: Okay. 6 (Thereupon, the requested portion of the 7 record was read back by the reporter as 8 above duly recorded.) 9 THE WITNESS: I still don't understand 10 the question. 11 BY MR. SCAROLA: 12 Q Pardon me? 13 A I don't understand the question. Sorry. 14 Q You are aware that there are emails which 15 Bradley Edwards alleges to be privileged emails, 16 correct? 17 A I am aware that there -- I was told 27,000 18 emails alleged -- in some form to be privileged. 19 Q Who told you that Bradley Edwards alleged 20 27,000 emails were privileged? 21 MR. LINK: So, I don't want you to 22 share our conversations or conversations 23 with your lawyers. 24 If you can answer that question from 25 whatever documents -- independent review Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793460 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 61 of 97 52 1 that the order or affidavit -- whatever you 2 have seen related to the bankruptcy 3 proceeding -- 4 THE WITNESS: I don't believe I have 5 any independent knowledge. 6 BY MR. SCAROLA: 7 Q You just said you were told that 27,000 8 emails were alleged to have been privileged. 9 A Sorry. That's not that I said. I said 10 MR. SCAROLA: Would you read back 11 Mr. Epstein's answer, please? 12 MR. LINK: Do you really not want to 13 have a conversation to see if we can fix 14 this confusion? 15 MR. SCAROLA: I really don't want to. 16 (Thereupon, the requested portion of the 17 record was read back by the reporter as 18 above duly recorded.) 19 BY MR. SCAROLA: 20 Q Who told you? 21 A My attorneys. 22 Q Which one? 23 A I don't recall. 24 Q When? 25 A I don't recall. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793461 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 62 of 97 53 1 Q Was it before or after March of 2018? 2 A Before. 3 Q Was it before or after February of 2018? 4 A I don't recall. 5 Q What do you remember about that conversation? 6 MR. LINK: Again, I don't want you to 7 share the details of the conversation. 8 MR. SCAROLA: He has already done that. 9 He has already made an assertion of what he 10 was told. That's a waiver of the privilege. 11 I want to know about the conversation 12 in it's entirety. 13 MR. LINK: And I don't believe that it 14 was a waiver of the privilege. He gave you 15 non-privileged communication, and he's not 16 going to share with you privileged 17 communications. 18 As you said earlier, every 19 communication isn't privileged. But the 20 discussion would have been. 21 I have let you ask questions about 22 dates and things of that nature that are not 23 privileged, but I am going to instruct him 24 not to answer your question. 25 And again, I offered on the record to Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793462 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 63 of 97 54 1 discuss with you what I think the impediment 2 is to these general questions, because there 3 were alleged privileged emails that were 4 produced in the litigation -- before my law 5 firm was retained -- voluntarily by 6 Mr. Edwards and his law firm, so that there 7 had been in the record alleged privileged 8 emails for years in this case. And you have 9 not asked specific questions about the 10 emails that were located by my law firm in 11 February as to your questions. 12 So I think your general questions about 13 alleged privileged emails is not encompassed 14 in what the court has asked or what we are 15 here to talk about. And it's creating 16 confusion, because there were many alleged 17 privileged emails produced years ago. 18 BY MR. SCAROLA: 19 Q Did Mr. Link tell you the things that he just 20 stated on the record at some time prior to today? 21 MR. LINK: You are not going to answer 22 that question, Mr. Epstein. 23 BY MR. SCAROLA: 24 Q Were you told at the time that Mr. Indyke 25 gave you the less than 100 pages that he said were Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793463 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 64 of 97 55 1 contained on the disc, that an allegation was made that 2 any of those pages were privileged? 3 THE WITNESS: Can you repeat the 4 question for me, please? 5 (Thereupon, the requested portion of the 6 record was read back by the reporter as 7 above duly recorded.) 8 MR. LINK: So if you can answer that 9 general question because the source of 10 information was from somebody other than 11 Mr. Indyke and or your lawyers, then you can 12 answer it. 13 THE WITNESS: I cannot answer it 14 separate from that. 15 BY MR. SCAROLA: 16 Q Did your lawyers, including Mr. Indyke, tell 17 you when they handed over those pages to you that 18 there's an allegation that these pages contain 19 privileged material? 20 MR. LINK: I am going to instruct you 21 not to answer it. 22 Do you mind if we take a break? 23 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Going off the record 24 at 10:15 a.m. 25 (A recess was had.) Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793464 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 65 of 97 56 1 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Going back on the 2 record. The time is 10:26 a.m. 3 BY MR. SCAROLA: 4 Q Have you ever communicated with any agent of 5 Fowler White about the disc that was turned over by 6 them to Link & Rockenbach? 7 A No. Not to the best of my knowledge. 8 Q Have you ever communicated with Tonja or Fred 9 Haddad about the Fowler White disc? 10 A Not to the best of my knowledge. 11 Q Did you ever receive a copy of the disc 12 itself? 13 A No. 14 Q Do I understand correctly that you don't 15 recall whether any information contained on disc was 16 transmitted to you electronically? Is that correct? 17 MR. LINK: Object to the form. 18 THE WITNESS: We are only talking about 19 recently, I take it, right? 20 I don't know what information was 21 contained entirely on the disc. I have 22 never seen the disc. I can't give you an 23 answer in terms of what came off the disc in 24 the past 10 years. 25 Can you ask a better question? I'm Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793465 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 66 of 97 1 sorry. 2 BY MR. SCAROLA: 3 Q The information you received from Mr. Indyke, 4 you were told, was information that originated on the 5 Fowler White disc, correct? 6 MR. LINK: I don't want you to disclose 7 any communications with your lawyers, but 8 THE WITNESS: That is my belief. 9 BY MR. SCAROLA: 10 Q Do you have a specific recollection that that 11 information was conveyed to you in hard copy as opposed 12 to having been sent to you electronically? 13 A Correct. 14 Q Were there any electronic communications that 15 took place at any time that included any information 16 derived from the disc? 17 MR. LINK: Object to the form. 18 THE WITNESS: It's a bad question. I 19 don't have a time frame. I don't know what 20 was -- came off the discs over the past 21 eight years. 22 BY MR. SCAROLA: 23 Q At any time since the beginning of 24 February 2017 -- 2018, was any information conveyed to 25 you electronically, which, as you sit here today, you Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793466 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 67 of 97 1 believe to have originated on the Fowler White disc? 2 A I don't believe so. 3 Q Have you had any electronic communications 4 about the content of the Fowler White disc at any time 5 since 2018? 6 A With who? 7 Q With anyone. 8 A Outside of my attorneys, no. 9 Q Have you had communications with your 10 attorneys about information contained on the Fowler 11 White discs since February of 2018? 12 MR. LINK: I am going to instruct you 13 not to answer that question. 14 BY MR. SCAROLA: 15 Q This deposition was noticed duces tecum. You 16 know what that means, correct? 17 A No. Sorry. 18 Q You don't know. 19 I'm going to hand you what we will mark as 20 Exhibit Number 3. 21 (Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs' Exhibit 22 Number 3 was marked for identification.) 23 BY MR. SCAROLA: 24 Q Can you take a look at it and tell me whether 25 you have ever seen it before? Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793467 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 68 of 97 59 1 MR. SCAROLA: Paul, this is a copy of 2 the Re-Notice of Taking Video Deposition 3 Duces Tecum. 4 MR. CASSELL: Thank you, Jack. 5 MR. LINK: Let me know when you are 6 finished. 7 THE WITNESS: I'm finished. 8 MR. LINK: So, Mr. Epstein, you can 9 answer the question -- I don't want you to 10 disclose our communication. But if the 11 question that's asked have you seen 12 physically that document, then you can 13 answer that. But I don't want you to 14 disclose our communications about it and 15 anything we discussed. 16 THE WITNESS: I have not seen it 17 before. 18 BY MR. SCAROLA: 19 Q Were you informed that you had an obligation 20 to bring with you at the time of this deposition those 21 items that are described on the second page of Exhibit 22 Number 3, quote, All communications and all records 23 relating to all communications concerning or containing 24 information derived from documents or data over which a 25 claim of privilege was asserted by or on behalf of Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793468 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 69 of 97 60 1 Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, Adler PA; Farmer, Jaffe, 2 Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L.; or Bradley 3 J. Edwards? 4 MR. LINK: I think -- which subpoena 5 duces tecum are you looking at, Jack? Which 6 case? 7 MR. SCAROLA: This is the subpoena 8 duces tecum issued in the bankruptcy court 9 proceedings. 10 MR. LINK: So in the bankruptcy court 11 proceeding, we filed an objection to the 12 subpoena duces tecum, and you and your law 13 firm never responded, so there are no 14 documents being produced in the bankruptcy 15 matter. 16 BY MR. SCAROLA: 17 Q Do you have any documents that fit within the 18 description that I just read? 19 MR. LINK: You are not going to answer 20 that question. 21 MR. SCAROLA: And the basis for that? 22 MR. LINK: I filed my objection and it 23 has sat there for months and you didn't 24 respond to it or move to compel it. I am 25 not going to let him answer any questions Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793469 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 70 of 97 about it. 2 BY MR. SCAROLA: 3 Q Have you conducted any search of 4 electronically retained data on any communication 5 device or computer that you have used since March of 6 excuse me since February of 2018 to determine 7 whether there is stored on that device any 8 communication or records relating to communications 9 concerning or containing information derived from 10 documents or data over which a claim of privilege has 11 been asserted in these proceedings? 12 MR. LINK: So, Mr. Epstein, I do not 13 I am instructing you not to answer the 14 question on the basis of both our assertion 15 of an objection to the duces tecum that went 16 unanswered in the federal court -- 17 bankruptcy court. 18 And secondly, it exceeds the scope of 19 the deposition in the bankruptcy court, 20 which was limited to asking you whether you 21 had the disc or were aware of the disc that 22 is subject to the bankruptcy proceeding 23 before it was delivered -- before I located 24 it. So I'm going to instruct you not to 25 answer. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793470 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 71 of 97 62 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q I am going to mark as Exhibit Number 4 the 3 Re-Notice of Taking Video Deposition Duces Tecum in the 4 circuit court proceedings. 5 (Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs' Exhibit 6 Number 4 was marked for identification.) 7 BY MR. SCAROLA: 8 Q Hand that to you, sir, and ask you whether 9 you have seen that before. 10 MR. LINK: Again, you can answer that 11 specific question. I don't want you to 12 testify or disclose about our communications 13 that relate to that exhibit, but you can 14 answer his very specific question. 15 THE WITNESS: No. 16 BY MR. SCAROLA: 17 Q Were you aware that you had an obligation to 18 bring with you at the time of this deposition all 19 documents tending to establish whether and to what 20 extent Epstein reviewed any of the alleged privileged 21 materials prior to March 2018; whether and to what 22 extent Epstein reviewed any of the alleged privileged 23 materials after March 2018; whether Epstein has any 24 knowledge regarding compliance with the court's verbal 25 rulings on the record at the March 8th, 2018 hearing Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793471 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 72 of 97 1 regarding destruction of those documents Edwards has 2 claimed are privileged; whether and to what extent 3 Epstein has shared any of the alleged privileged 4 materials with anyone other than his attorneys, 5 understanding that the documents are described as 6 including, but not limited to all non-identical copies 7 of writings, drawing, drafts, charts, photographs, 8 phono-records, recordings, and/or any other data, 9 compilations from which information can be obtained, 10 translated, if necessary, by the party to whom the 11 request is directed through detection devices into 12 reasonably useable form? 13 Documents also include all electronic data 14 as well as application metadata and system metadata. 15 All inventories and rosters of information 16 technology systems, for example, hardware, software 17 and data, including but not limited to network 18 drawings, lists of computing devices, servers, PCs, 19 laptops, PDAs, cell phones with data storage and/or 20 transmission features, programs, data maps and 21 security tools and protocols. 22 MR. LINK: So, we filed a written 23 response and objection to the request. We 24 have asserted attorney-client privilege 25 where appropriate. We identified where no Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793472 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 73 of 97 64 1 documents existed. We, in fact, produced 2 the only responsive non-privileged 3 documents. 4 I will note for the record, 5 Mr. Scarola, that we did all of that in 6 advance of this deposition, even though we 7 weren't required to do so by the Florida 8 Rules of Civil Procedure that gave us 35 9 days, I believe, to do that with mailing, 10 and that information and objections and 11 documents have been produced. 12 BY MR. SCAROLA: 13 Q Did you search the data storage of any cell 14 phone that you used in order to make a determination as 15 to whether any of those items described in this duces 16 tecum exist? 17 MR. LINK: I am going to instruct you 18 not to answer. We have filed our written 19 response to the subpoena duces tecum. 20 As I just said, we did it in advance of 21 deposition, even though we weren't required 22 to under the Florida Rules of Civil 23 Procedure, and we have produced all 24 non-privileged documents. 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793473 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 74 of 97 65 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q And I am entitled to know whether any search 3 was conducted in connection with this duces tecum. 4 Would you answer that question, please? 5 MR. LINK: I am going instruct you not 6 to answer it. 7 BY MR. SCAROLA: 8 Q Did you search any home computer or other 9 device capable of electronically storing data to 10 determine whether any documents exist within the scope 11 of the request that I have just read? 12 MR. LINK: I'm going to instruct you 13 not to answer. 14 Let the record reflect Mr. Epstein 15 testified that he shredded the hard copies 16 that he had. That's what he remembers 17 receiving. We will stand by our written 18 objections and production. 19 BY MR. SCAROLA: 20 Q As you sit here today, do you know whether 21 there is any data on any electronic storage device that 22 relates in any way to the content of the Fowler White 23 disc? 24 MR. LINK: Mr. Epstein, you can answer 25 that specific question, but you may not Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793474 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 75 of 97 66 1 disclose any communications between you and 2 your attorneys. 3 MR. SCAROLA: That doesn't ask for any 4 communications between Mr. Epstein and his 5 lawyer. 6 BY MR. SCAROLA: 7 Q I would like to know whether, as you sit here 8 today, you know whether there is any electronic data 9 stored on any device to which you have access that 10 contains any information derived from the Fowler White 11 disc. 12 A Since I'm not really sure what total 13 information contained from the Fowler White disc of at 14 least 27,000 emails -- and you referenced something as 15 being derived from it -- I would not be able to have 16 any recollection -- any way possible to search in any 17 way to see if there's anything that's been derived from 18 27,000 emails. 19 Q Do you have files on any electronic storage 20 device that relate to this litigation? 21 MR. LINK: Over the last 10 years? 22 BY MR. SCAROLA: 23 Q As you sit here today, do you know whether 24 there is any electronic data on any electronic data 25 storage device that relates to this litigation? Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793475 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 76 of 97 67 1 MR. LINK: I am going to object to the 2 form. It is not limited -- I am going to 3 instruct you not the answer. It is 4 unrelated to the bankruptcy proceeding and 5 Judge Hafele's topics. 6 If you want to try to narrow it, 7 Mr. Scarola. I obviously communicated with 8 Mr. Epstein, to this day, sometimes 9 electronically. 10 If you want to tie it in to the court's 11 order, then we will see if he can answer it. 12 MR. SCAROLA: My question stands. And 13 he is instructed not to answer that 14 question? 15 MR. LINK: Yes, sir. 16 BY MR. SCAROLA: 17 Q Thank you. 18 Mr. Epstein, have you made any effort to 19 determine whether there is anything on any 20 electronic storage device to which you have access, 21 which information was generated since February of 22 2018 relating to the contents of the Fowler White 23 disc? 24 MR. LINK: I am going to instruct you 25 not to answer. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793476 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 77 of 97 68 1 MR. SCAROLA: And the basis of that 2 instruction? 3 MR. LINK: It exceeds the scope of the 4 deposition of bankruptcy proceeding and S Judge Hafele's specific order and our 6 objections that we filed in the circuit 7 court and the bankruptcy court. 8 BY MR. SCAROLA: 9 Q Are you aware of the entry of an order 10 requiring that all information derived from the Fowler 11 White discs be destroyed or purged? 12 A You said derived from. I'm sorry. That's 13 the problem I am having with your question. 14 MR. LINK: Object to the form. Thank 15 you. 16 BY MR. SCAROLA: 17 Q Would you answer the question please? 18 A I don't know what derived from means. I'm 19 sorry. 20 MR. LINK: As we have discussed, when 21 you say the Fowler White disc, that a -- I'm 22 assuming you mean the one that my law firm 23 discovered. The disc generated thousands -- 24 tens of thousands of pages that were 25 produced in this litigation. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793477 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 78 of 97 69 1 These depositions -- this deposition we 2 are here for today is limited by court order 3 to the disc that I -- that my law firm 4 located and received in February. 5 MR. SCAROLA: That's the Fowler White 6 disc, isn't it. 7 MR. LINK: No. I don't know that it 8 is. 9 MR. SCAROLA: That's the question that 10 I'm asking. The question I'm asking relates 11 specifically to the Fowler White disc and 12 whether Mr. Epstein is aware of the entry of 13 an order that required the destruction or 14 purging of all information alleged to be 15 privileged derived from the Fowler White 16 disc. 17 MR. LINK: By definition we are now 18 limiting that to the disc, which my office 19 started reviewing on February 25th, 2018. 20 If that's your clarification for all the 21 questions, then let me hear the question 22 again. 23 THE WITNESS: I don't know what derived 24 from a disc with untold amount of 25 information on it means. Sorry. Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793478 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 79 of 97 70 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q I mean came from. 3 A No. 4 Q Data that came from the disc, printouts that 5 came from the disc, information that came from the disc 6 that was obtained from Fowler White and acquired, 7 allegedly, sometime in February 2018 from Fowler White 8 to Link & Rockenbach. 9 Do you now understand the question, sir? 10 A No. I don't not. 11 MR. LINK: I don't either. 12 Jack, are you asking him whether he as 13 retained any of the allegedly privilege 14 emails -- 15 MR. SCAROLA: No. I was asking him 16 whether he's aware of an order -- 17 MR. LINK: Can I please finish, please? 18 Are you asking him -- because the 19 question has changed -- are you asking him 20 has he retained any of the copies or 21 electronic copies of the documents that are 22 the subject of the bankruptcy proceeding 23 that were located by my law firm from a disc 24 that we started reviewing on February 25th, 25 2018? Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793479 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 80 of 97 1 I think that's a legitimate question, 2 pursuant to both -- well, pursuant to Judge 3 Hafele's order, not pursuant to the 4 bankruptcy order. 5 But your question hasn't been tailored 6 that way. 7 MR. SCAROLA: And that's because that's 8 not the question I'm asking. 9 BY MR. SCAROLA: 10 Q I want to know whether you are aware of the 11 entry of an order that restricted your possession of 12 any information that was derived from the disc that 13 Link & Rockenbach obtained from Fowler White in 14 February of 2018. 15 A The word derived -- any conversation that 16 anybody had in any way attached to that information, I 17 cannot answer that question. 18 If you are asking me the question 19 specifically -- you have to be more specific. 20 Derived from -- I don't know what derive means. 21 MR. LINK: It can encompass our 22 conversations. 23 THE WITNESS: It can encompass many 24 conversations, and subjects not related to 25 this hearing (sic). Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793480 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 81 of 97 72 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q Are you aware of the entry of a court order 3 that prohibited you from obtaining possession of any 4 documents or electronic data that originated on the 5 specific copy of the disc that had been in Fowler 6 White's files and was turned over in copy form to Link 7 & Rockenbach in February of 2018? 8 MR. LINK: I object to the form. I 9 don't think there's an order that says that. 10 Do you have a court order you are 11 referring to? 12 THE WITNESS: May I see a court order? 13 BY MR. SCAROLA: 14 Q Are you aware of any court order restricting 15 your possession of that information? 16 A May I see the court order? 17 Q No, sir. I want to know whether you are 18 aware of any court order that restricted your 19 possession of that information. 20 A I don't know what that information you are 21 referring to is. 22 Q The information that was contained 23 A Are you going to let me finish? 24 MR. LINK: Let me -- let's take a 25 pause. I think the problem we're having is Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793481 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 82 of 97 1 that the court order -- there's no court 2 order that says he has to flush his memory. 3 THE WITNESS: Excuse me. Is there a 4 court order? 5 MR. LINK: There is no court order that 6 says what Mr. Scarola says. 7 Mr. Epstein has already answered your 8 question that he received documents and he 9 shredded them when I instructed him of Judge 10 Hafele's oral ruling on March 8th, 2018. 11 BY MR. SCAROLA: 12 Q What do you know about that March 8th, 2018 13 order? 14 MR. LINK: Mr. Scarola -- Mr. Scarola, 15 this is -- no reason to get aggressive and 16 be upset. If there's an order that you 17 have -- because what you have recited is not 18 accurate. If you have an order, please show 19 us. 20 BY MR. SCAROLA: 21 Q Are you aware of an order entered by Judge 22 Hafele in March of 2018 that related to the contents of 23 the disc obtained from Fowler White's files? 24 MR. LINK: Mr. Scarola, that is a 25 misrepresentation. There was no order Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793482 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 83 of 97 74 1 entered. There was a verbal ruling, which 2 we complied with and filed, I believe, at 3 least two notices of compliance. So you are 4 misstating what transpired in March of 2018 5 to this witness. 6 BY MR. SCAROLA: 7 Q Are you aware of any verbal ruling whether 8 Mr. Link chooses to characterize as an order or 9 something other than an order -- relating to the 10 retention of documents or data derived from the Fowler 11 White disc that Link & Rockenbach obtained from the 12 files of Fowler White? 13 A I am going to take -- you will have -- again, 14 if you choose your words more carefully, I would 15 appreciate it. I don't know what derived from means. 16 Q Is it derived that you don't understand the 17 meaning of, or from that you don't understand the 18 meaning of? 19 A Derived from. 20 MR. LINK: It includes our 21 conversations, Mr. Scarola. That's the 22 issue. 23 MR. SCAROLA: Except that the question 24 relates to documents or data. 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793483 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 84 of 97 75 1 BY MR. SCAROLA: 2 Q Are you aware of the entry of an order or the 3 issuance of a ruling or the pronouncement of any court 4 that restricted retention of documents or electronic 5 data that was obtained from -- 6 A Thank you. 7 Q -- the disc that Link & Rockenbach got from 8 Fowler White's files? 9 A Yes. 10 Q What do you understand that ruling, order or 11 direction to be? 12 A I was to have destroyed my copies I had of 13 those emails. 14 Q Did you have any understanding as to whether 15 that order, direction or ruling related to anything 16 other than hard copies that you had? 17 A Anything -- I believe anything I had. 18 Q And that would include any electronic data 19 that you had, correct? 20 A I believe so. 21 Q Did you make any effort whatsoever to 22 determine whether you had any electronic data that fell 23 within the scope of that ruling? 24 A Yes. 25 Q What did you do? Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793484 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 85 of 97 1 A I don't remember. 2 Q Is whatever you did an action that you took 3 personally or did it involve anyone else's efforts? 4 A Separate from my attorneys, I don't believe 5 so. 6 Q Did you engage your attorneys to attempt to 7 determine whether there was any electronic data that 8 you had that fell within the scope of the court's 9 ruling, direction or order? 10 MR. LINK: I'm going to instruct you 11 not -- A, I am going to object to the form. 12 And I don't understand the question. But I 13 am going to object to you discussing 14 answering any question about what we 15 discussed. 16 MR. SCAROLA: I haven't asked what you 17 discussed. I am trying find out whether 18 anything was done to comply with the court's 19 order, which Mr. Epstein has said he 20 understood to include purging electronic 21 data. 22 MR. LINK: Then ask him -- 23 MR. SCAROLA: If he said -- 24 MR. LINK: Ask him, Did you have any 25 data and you looked and you delete it, and Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793485 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 86 of 97 1 he will answer that question. Just like he 2 said he shredded the hard copies. 3 BY MR. SCAROLA: 4 Q Did you look for any electronic data? 5 A I don't believe I had any. 6 Q Did you look for any electronic data? 7 A I don't believe I had any. 8 Q Let me try a third time. 9 A Okay. 10 Q Did you look for any electronic data or did 11 you assume, because you didn't think you had any, that 12 there was no need to look? 13 A I don't recall. 14 Q Did you engage the services of anyone else to 15 attempt to determine whether you had any electronic 16 data that you understood you were not supposed to have? 17 A Not to the best of my recollection. 18 Q What devices do you have upon which 19 electronic data could be stored? 20 MR. LINK: I am going to object to the 21 form and instruct you not to answer the 22 question as framed. 23 MR. SCAROLA: I have no further 24 questions of Mr. Epstein subject to our 25 ability to re-examine him with regard to all Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793486 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 87 of 97 1 improper objections that have been raised, 2 and with regard to items not produced that 3 fall within the scope of the duces tecum of 4 both notices. 5 MR. LINK: So you have completed both 6 the circuit court and the bankruptcy 7 deposition? 8 MR. SCAROLA: That is correct. 9 MR. LINK: Mr. Cassell, do you have -- 10 MR. SCAROLA: Actually, it is not 11 correct. I'm telling you they are not 12 completed -- 13 MR. LINK: Subject to your 14 reservations. 15 MR. SCAROLA: Right. 16 MR. LINK: I got that. 17 Mr. Cassell, do you have questions for 18 L.M. in the bankruptcy proceeding? 19 MR. CASSELL: I do. 20 MR. LINK: Okay. So I want the record 21 to be clear, Mr. Cassell, that you do not 22 have permission by the circuit court to ask 23 any questions in the circuit court. 24 The bankruptcy court has allowed you to 25 ask questions on behalf of L.M., directed Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793487 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 88 of 97 79 1 only in the bankruptcy proceeding, and 2 the -- my question is do you have questions 3 about the bankruptcy proceeding that have 4 not been asked by Mr. Scarola? 5 MR. CASSELL: I do. 6 MR. LINK: Okay. 7 MR. CASSELL: And for the record, I 8 would like to disagree with your assertion 9 that we have been denied the opportunity to 10 ask questions by the circuit court. 11 It is our position that, by virtue of 12 having intervened in that matter, and in 13 particular with matters connected to those 14 that are being discussed today, we have the 15 right to ask questions. 16 MR. LINK: There's actually a court 17 order, Mr. Cassell, that gives Bradley 18 Edwards permission to ask questions. There 19 is no court order giving the intervenors the 20 right to ask questions. 21 So I want to be clear we have closed 22 the circuit court proceeding, because the 23 only party that had permission, pursuant to 24 Judge Hafele's order to ask questions, was 25 Mr. Edwards, and Mr. Scarola -- subject to Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793488 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 89 of 97 80 1 your reservations, Jack -- has finished his 2 deposition of the circuit court. 3 So we are now closing that matter and 4 moving forward on the bankruptcy matter for 5 additional questions by Mr. Cassell on 6 behalf of L.M. and by Mr. Ianno on behalf of 7 Fowler White. 8 MR. SCAROLA: And it is our position on 9 behalf of Brad Edwards that once an 10 intervention has been granted and permission 11 is given to take discovery in the proceeding 12 to any party, every other party, including 13 intervenors to that proceeding, have a right 14 to participate in the discovery process. 15 MR. LINK: We will see what Judge 16 Hafele says. 17 Mr. Ianno -- 18 MR. IANNO: Well, I think what we need 19 to do is do the read or waive and then just 20 splice it and start -- not to continue it. 21 We will just close it off entirely and have 22 the videographer start a whole new file and 23 the court reporter start a whole new file. 24 MR. LINK: So, yes -- 25 MR. CASSELL: Before we do that, I just Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793489 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 90 of 97 1 need to ask two small things for the record. 2 It will take about 30 seconds. 3 First, I join in the statement that 4 Mr. Scarola just made. And second, I would 5 amplify that it was my understanding that 6 Mr. Epstein understood he could have 7 questions asked of him today through his 8 attorneys -- and, of course, there's no 9 court order permitting that -- just as a 10 defendant in an action is allowed to ask 11 questions during a deposition, such as this 12 one, intervenors are allowed to ask 13 questions, particularly where the subject 14 matter at issues goes directly to the 15 interest of the intervenors, which is the 16 privacy of their own confidential 17 information, which was the subject that I 18 intended to ask questions about. 19 MR. LINK: I understand. So we are 20 going to not waive. We will read, please. 21 And this closes the circuit court 22 proceeding. We understand your objections, 23 Mr. Cassell, and Mr. Scarola's reservations 24 to go back before Judge Hafele. And if we 25 are instructed to come back, we will come Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793490 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 91 of 97 1 back. 2 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Going off the 3 record. The time is 11 a.m. This marks the 4 end of the deposition. 5 - - - 6 (The deposition was concluded 7 at 11:00 a.m.) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793491 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 92 of 97 1 CERTIFICATE OF OATH 2 STATE OF FLORIDA 3 : SS COUNTY OF PALM BEACH ) 4 5 I, the undersigned authority, certify that 6 JEFFREY EPSTEIN personally appeared before me and was 7 duly sworn. 8 WITNESS my hand and official seal this 19th 9 day of October, 2018. 10 11 12 Sonja D. Hall 13 Commission No.: GG 168652 14 Notary Public - State of Florida 15 My Commission Expires: 2-01-22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793492 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 93 of 97 84 1 REPORTER'S DEPOSITION CERTIFICATE 2 3 STATE OF FLORIDA ) : SS 4 COUNTY OF PALM BEACH ) 5 I, SONJA D. HALL, certify that I was 6 authorized to and did stenographically report the 7 deposition of JEFFREY EPSTEIN; that a review of the 8 transcript was requested; and that the transcript is a 9 true and complete record of my stenographic notes. 10 I further certify that on the 19th day of 11 October, 2018, I notified SCOTT J. LINK, ESQUIRE that 12 the deposition of JEFFREY EPSTEIN was ready for 13 reading and signing by the witness. 14 I further certify that I am not a relative, 15 employee, attorney, or counsel of any of the parties, 16 nor am I a relative or employee of any of the parties' 17 attorney or counsel connected with the action, nor am 18 I financially interested in the action. 19 Dated this 19th day of October, 2018 20 21 22 SONJA D. HALL 23 24 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793493 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 94 of 97 1 TO: JEFFREY EPSTEIN c/O SCOTT J. LINK, ESQUIRE 2 LINK & ROCKENBACH, P.A. 3 4 RE: JEFFREY EPSTEIN vs. SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, 5 INDIVIDUALLY; BRADLEY EDWARDS, INDIVIDUALLY 6 7 At the conclusion of your deposition given in the above-styled cause you indicated you wished to 8 read and sign the transcript. 9 This letter is to advise you that your deposition is ready, and we ask that you call our 10 office at (561) 471-2995 at your earliest convenience for an appointment to come in. 11 If you are a party in this action and your 12 attorney has ordered a copy of this transcript, you may wish to read his copy and forward to us a 13 photostatic copy of your signed correction sheet. 14 It is necessary that you do this as soon as possible, since the transcript cannot be held beyond 15 two weeks from the date of this letter. 16 If you have any reason which you would like for me to place on your deposition as to your failure 17 to sign the same, please advise. 18 Thank you for your prompt attention. 19 Very truly yours, PALM BEACH REPORTING SERVICE, INC. 20 1665 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 1001 21 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 22 BY: SONJA D. HALL 23 24 Date: October 19th, 2018 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793494 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 95 of 97 1 CORRECTION SHEET: 2 NAME: JEFFREY EPSTEIN 3 RE: JEFFREY EPSTEIN vs. SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, INDIVIDUALLY; BRADLEY EDWARDS, INDIVIDUALLY 4 5 The following corrections, additions or deletions were noted on the transcript of the 6 testimony which I gave in the above-captioned matter held on October 13th, 2018: 7 PAGE(S) LINE(S) SHOULD READ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 SIGNATURE: 24 DATE: 25 Palm Beach Reporting Service, Inc. 561-471-2995 EFTA00793495 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 96 of 97 EXHIBIT B EFTA00793496 Case 09-34791-RBR Doc 6482 Filed 10/19/18 Page 97 of 97 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT LAUDERDALE DIVISION www.fisb.uscourts.gov IN RE: CASE NO. 09-34791-RBR ROTHSTEIN ROSENFELDT ADLER, P.A., CHAPTER i I Debtor. JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S SWORN DECLARATION OF FACT I. My name is Jeffrey Epstein. I am the Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant in the action styled Epstein v. Rothstein, Edwards, andL.M., No. 2009CA040800XXXXMBAG pending before the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida (the "state court proceeding"). 2. The law firm of Fowler White Burnett, P.A. ("Fowler White"), represented me in the state court proceeding from June 2010 through May 2012. As part of that representation, Fowler White represented me in proceedings in this case concerning a Subpoena that my original counsel issued to the Bankruptcy Trustee. 3. In November 2017, I retained Link & Rockenbach, PA, to represent me in the state court proceeding. 4. In February 2018, Scott .1. Link of Link & Rockenbach, PA informed me that he had located a disc ("CD") in Fowler White's files labeled "Epstein Bate Stamp." 5. I have no personal knowledge of how the CD came to be in Fowler White's possession. 6. I have never seen the CD nor received a copy of it. Executed in the United States Virgin Islands, August /‘(2018. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. APPROV FORM: RNEY REY EPSTEIN EFTA00793497