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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 749 _ Filed 08/10/22 Page 95 of 236 eo 8 LC3Cmax3 Alessi - cross 1 Q. A mandate from Mr. Epstein? 2 A. Absolutely. 3 Q. And a secret between you and Mr. Epstein about the other 4 women coming; correct? 5 A. A secret from me and Mr. Epstein? He have no secrets with 6 me, sir. He never share anything of his personal life with me. 7 Q. It was a secret between you and Mr. Epstein that was kept 8 from Ms. Maxwell; correct? 9 A. Sir, he never told me, this is a secret, don't tell 10 Ghislaine about this. He never suggest it, imply, or told me 11 about that. 12 Q. Why did you think you were taking her pictures down, 13 Mr. Alessi? 14 A. I have no idea, sir. 15 Q. Towards the end of your stay with Mr. Epstein, working for 16 Mr. Epstein, that was about the same time that you met Virginia 17 Roberts; correct? 18 A. I'm not clear about these dates. I have difficult to 19 remember exactly what years or what you're talking about, what 20 years or what timeframe. I left at the end of the year at 2] 2002, sir. 22 Q. And that's the same time that you -- around the same tim 23 that you recall meeting Ms. Roberts; is that right? 24 A. Probably was 2002, probably was 2001. I'm not sure. 25 Q. Okay. And that's around the same time that there were mor SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00018196