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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 741 Filed 08/10/22 Page 52 of 106 56 LBTVMAX3 Opening —- Ms. Sternheim 1 plausible. You are going to see, based on the evidence and, 2 importantly, the lack of evidence, that they do not support the 3 charges in this indictment, certainly not beyond a reasonable 4 doubt. There will be no eyewitnesses to their accounts, even 5 when they claim there were all these other peop] involved in 6 the activities that the government has alleged. There will not 7 be documentation, even that which still exists some 25 years 8 later, that is going to corroborate their testimony. 9 Now, I said before that Epstein was a manipulator. He 10 had the money and the means to create an exceptional world: 11 Beautiful homes, beautiful surroundings, beautiful people. But 12 he also was a mysterious man without attachment. He had no 13 wife, he had no children, he had no boss; yet he attracted all 14 these rich, powerful, famous people before and after his fall 15 from grace back in around 2008. In many regards, he was like a 16 2lst century James Bond. His mystery has stirred interest and 17 his accusers have shaken the money tr and millions of dollars 18 have fallen their way. 19 But Epstein wasn't the only one who manipulated, even 20 though he was a man who, as I said, compartmentalized, had 21 eccentricities, very specific requirements about his diet, his 22 daily physical regime, he demanded perfection, he demanded 23 solitude and silence; but he also surrounded himself with 24 people and traveled at times with an entourage. Yet as open as 25 that may seem, he kept parts of his life locked from others. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORT ERS, (212) 805-0300 PG ew DOJ-OGR-00011717