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Case 18-2868, Document 287, 08/09/2019, 2628251, Page44 of 76 airport. While there, she initially contacted Figueroa frequently, incurring a phone bill of $4,000. She then 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 Figueroa’s deposition in this matter in May 2016. Giuffre admitted traveling to Thailand to receive massage training in September 2002 but noted that she was given an assignment from Maxwell and Epstein that she had to recruit another underage girl from Thailand, and bring that young girl back to Epstein. Giuffre stated that she was expected to return to Epstein and Maxwell upon completion of her massage training and assignment, and that instead she escaped to Australia where she remained in hiding from Maxwell and Epstein for several years. 46. Detective Joseph Recarey (“Recarey”) investigated Epstein and failed to uncover any evidence that Maxwell was involved in sexual abuse of minors, sexual trafficking or production or possession of child pornography. Recarey served as the lead detective from the Palm Beach Police Department charged with investigating Epstein. That investigation commenced in 44