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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 741 Filed 08/10/22 Page 60 of 106 64 LBTVMAX3 Opening —- Ms. Sternheim 1 fund is making a claim against Epstein or others of his 2 employees. 5 Now, the fund, administered by some of the same folks 4 that administered the September 11th compensation fund, is 5 different in this regard: 9/11, there was hard proof of what 6 happened to victims. Here, it is based on the memories which 7 we think the evidence will show is unreliable and suspect, 8 memories that will be the subject of this trial. But the 9 claims that were made to the fund, as said before, were not 10 contested and they were not put before you, a jury, to decide 11 whether they are credibl 12 Let's talk about those four accusers. As said 13 before, it's Jane, Annie, Kate, and Carolyn. 14 Here's what we expect the evidence is going to show 15 about Jane: Yes, she was and is a talented musician anda 16 singer from a musical family. And Epstein, a patron of the 17 arts and a supporter of young talent, sponsored musicians and 18 artists and actresses and others, and he offered to become her 19 benefactor. He paid for her school, he paid for her vocal 20 lessons, he paid or at least cosigned for a Wall Street 2l apartment that Jane lived in with her mother and her brothers 22 while she went to a prestigious professional school in New York 23 City. 24 Jane and two of her brothers, the ones closest in 25 age -- she has three older siblings from her mother's first SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00011725