3 IX THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM REACH COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 502009CAOSOSOOXXXXXRAG JEFFREY EFSTEIN. Plaintiff, :077 ROTHSTEIN, INDIVIDUALLY. i.RADLEY J. EDWARDS, INDIVIDUALLY, AND L.N., INDIVIDUALLY, Defendants. HEARING BEFORE THE HONORABLE DAVID CROW Monday, March 11, 2013 9:05 a.m. - 9:17 a.n. PALM BEACH COUNTY COURTHOUSE, COURTROOM 9C 205 north Dixie Highway Wilt Palm Beach, Florida Stenographically Reported By: Paola McGuirk, RPR, FPR Registered Professional Reporter Florida Professional Reporter PROCEEDINGS 2 3 THE CLERK: Epstein vs. Rothstein. 4 MR. SCAROLA: Good morning. Jack Scarola on 5 behalf of Bradley Edwards. 6 THE COURT: Give me one second, please. 7 MR. SCAROLA: Absolutely. 8 THE COURT: Okay, what do we have? 9 MR. SCAROLA: Your Honor, this is the 10 Counter-Plaintiff, Bradley Edwards. motion to strike 11 untimely objections, and if I may approach the Court. 12 I have a time line that I hope will be of help to 13 Your Honor. 14 THE COURT: Okay. 15 MR. SCAROLA: Your Honor, this motion relates 16 to net worth interrogatories propounded after Your 17 Honor permitted the amendment of this complaint to 18 assert a claim for punitive damages. We served 19 discovery relating to Mr. Epstein's financial 20 circumstances on December 21, '12 following that 21 order, and pursuant to the provision of Rule 1.340 22 and the 1.350 responses to both of those, discovery 23 requests were due within 30 days. 24 Within 30 days rather than filing responses, 25 what we received was a motion for protective order. 2 APPEARANCES: On behalf of the Plaintiff: LAW OFFICES OF TONJA HADDAD COLEMAN. P.A. BY: TONJA HADDAD COLEMAN. ESQUIRE On behalf of the Defendants: SEARCY. DENNEY. SCAROLA. BARNHART & SHIPLEY. PA. 9 10 BY: JACK SCAROLA. ESQUIRE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 The motion for protective order raised a variety of 2 o