James PATTERSON e this trip as well. I was supposed to interview a girl and bring with the FBI. It seemed ve her back to the United States for Epstein. cial criminal investigatio1 31. [Left blank in the original] that. I hadn’t heard Epste 32. I did the massage training in Chiang Mai. While I who this person was andy was there, I met a great and special guy and told him hon- tell what was going on. estly what I was being forced to do. He told me I should get | 36. This man said he out of it. I told him that the people I was working for were | The man asked if I had be very powerful and that I could not walk away or disobey instinct was to say nothit them without risking serious punishment, including my life. q really with the FBI or any ¢ He told me he would protect me. I had confidence [in] him - questions, telling him that and I saw his love and help as my opportunity to escape and . met him at a young age. Bu to be with someone who truly loved me and would protect 1 This man never offered to « me. I married him and flew to Australia. , Instead, he asked me right 33, I called Epstein and told him I was not coming back. J 4 practices. I thought it woulc He asked why? I said “I’ve fallen in love.” Epstein basically i g ment officer to behave tha said “good luck and have a good life.” I could tell he was not j Z uncomfortable and suspici happy. I was afraid of what he was going to do to me. I Zz ing me. thought he or one of his powerful friends might send some- Fe q 37. I told the man nothi one to hurt me or have me killed. A ; versation probably didn’t 34. From that point onward, out of concern for my safety FE q immediately triggered all of and general well-being, I stayed in Australia with my hus- 3 ' erful friends that had causé band. I was in Australia from late 2002 to October 2013. To a q If the call accomplished an be clear, I was never in the United States during these years, q state of fear and told me th not even for a short trip to visit my mother. And my