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2273
deposition id
4
segment index
19
speaker
SPEAKER_01
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465.38
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575.5
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We'll mark this statement as Exhibit 3. I would like to thank the Committee for the opportunity to testify and thereby try to set the record straight on a number of important points. Because I expect the Committee has many questions, I will keep this statement brief. First, in the years that I provided outside accounting and bookkeeping services for Jeffrey Epstein, I was not aware of the terrible, horrible, and unforgivable things that he did to women and girls. My relationship with Epstein was strictly on a professional level. We did not interact socially and I never attended any of his parties or his social functions. While Epstein was alive, I never observed any sexual abuse or trafficking of women and never received a complaint either by one of Epstein's victims or anyone else of such abuse or trafficking. Epstein told me that his 2006 arrest was a mistake, that he did not know the woman was underage, and that nothing like that would happen again. I believed him at the time and never saw what appeared to be a minor in his presence. Had I learned of any of his horrific behavior, I would have quit work immediately. Second, in the work that I performed on behalf of Epstein or his companies, I did not see anything that suggested to me that Epstein was abusing or trafficking women or otherwise acting unlawfully. I work with other accountants and bookkeepers to track spending on Epstein's properties and other assets, and in the few years before Epstein's death, I also