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Provided to Morrison Foerster for review on 5/22/2026 Ms. Ansari. Yes. Yassamin Ansari from Arizona's Third District. BY MS. BRIGNAC: Q__ Did your relationship with Ms. Maxwell change over the years? A The first several years, | worked out of her house in New York, and then she started-kind of slowly distancing herself from Jeffrey around the time he got arrested, probably around: 2005 timeframe. She was still around, you know, in charge of all the houses and the staff and, you know, in charge of his life basically, approving all the bills and -- she just didn't travel withhim as much at that time. She started dating Ted Waitt, so she was traveling with him a lot! Q_ How was Mr. Epstein as a boss? A Terrifying. He was like Jekyll and Hyde. He could be-the most charming, like playful, i what | considered generous at the time; now | know it was more about control. You didn't want to get on his bad side. He could turn at the drop of a hat,and you would see the fire in his eyes, and it was horrifying. | would witness him bring even:Ghislaine to tears, who | thought was the like strongest, coldest woman | had met. And you just didn't want his rage turned on you. a5 Qs In- A It was impossible. to.ask questions. He would get mad at you and be like -- he would tell you something to do, and you would try to ask for clarification, and he would just be like, "Don't ask questions; just do exactly what | say. Like there's always a reason for everything | tell you to do." Like you couldn'twaver from that at all. Q In professional settings, would he cross the line as a boss? BX He sexually abused me on a weekly basis. He would come into my room at the houses and wake me up, molesting me. He would literally just grab me by the hand and pull me to his bedroom. In New York, | even had my own -- | had my own apartment that he let me stay in. But he would call me at night, and he had a code word that he would call me and just say, "cold sheets," and that meant | had to go to his house and sleep with him, and he referred to me as his human hot