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Case 18-2868, Document 281, 08/09/2019, 2628234, Page54 of 66 to Thailand in September 2002 to receive formal training as a masseuse. Figueroa drove her to the airport. While there, she initially contacted Figueroa frequently, incurring a phone bill of $4,000. She met Robert Giuffre while in Thailand and decided to marry him. She thereafter ceased all contact with Figueroa from October 2002 until two days before Mr. Figueroa’s deposition in this matter in May 2016. MS. GIUFFRE’S STATEMENT CONTROVERTING DEFENDANT’S FACTS Ms. Giuffre did travel to Thailand to receive massage training in September 2002. However, Defendant has inaccurately told only part of the story. Defendant has conveniently left out certain key facts, which includes the fact that Ms. Giuffre was given an assignment from Defendant and Epstein that she had to recruit another underage girl from Thailand, and bring that young girl back to Epstein. See McCawley Dec. at Exhibit 43, GIUFFRE 003191. The document Ms. Giuffre was give directs her to “call Ms. Maxwell.” See McCawley Dec. at Exhibit 32, GIUFFRE003191. It is not disputed by Defendant or Epstein, that Ms. Giuffre was expected to return to Epstein and Maxwell upon completion of her massage training and assignment. It is undisputed by Ms. Giuffre that she did not return to Defendant and Epstein, but instead escaped clear across the world to Australia where she remained in hiding from Defendant and Epstein for several years. DEFENDANT’S PURPORTED FACTS 48. Detective Recarey’s investigation of Epstein failed to uncover any evidence that Ms. Maxwell was involved in sexual abuse of minors, sexual trafficking or production or possession of child pornography. Joseph Recarey served as the lead detective from the Palm Beach Police Department charged with investigating Jeffrey Epstein. That investigation commenced in 2005. Recarey worked only on the Epstein case for an entire year. He reviewed previous officers’ reports and interviews, conducted numerous interviews of witnesses and alleged victims himself, reviewed surveillance footage of the Epstein home, participated in and had knowledge of the search warrant executed on the Epstein home, and testified regarding the case before the Florida state grand jury against Epstein. Detective Recarey’s investigation revealed that not one of the alleged Epstein victims ever mentioned Ms. Maxwell’s name and she was never considered a suspect by the government. None of Epstein’s alleged victims said they had seen Ms. Maxwell at Epstein’s house, nor said they had been “recruited by her,” nor paid any money by her, nor told what to wear or how to act by her. Indeed, none of Epstein’s alleged victims ever reported to the government they had met or spoken to Ms. Maxwell. Maxwell was not 54