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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1327-26 Filed 01/05/24 Page 23 of 27 e Ms. Maxwell asked her if she knew any friends who might be interested in being masseuses, but the one she brought was an adult; Ms. Maxwell never asked for “underage” participants. /d. at 141, 152-53. e Whatever sexual contact occurred between Ms. Sjoberg and Mr. Epstein was between “consenting adults,” as she told the police in 2006, and she only was “expected” to have sexual intercourse in 2005, after she had worked for him for 4 years. Jd. at 101, 147. e Ms. Sjoberg respects Ms. Maxwell and is impressed by her talents. Jd. at 55, 94-95, 97- 98, 147 She have a lot of fun the last time they hung out in 2006. Jd. at 98. Joe Recarey, the lead investigator of Jeffrey Epstein from the Palm Beach County Police Department, testified at his deposition, that (in contrast to Plaintiffs claims): e He and other investigators interviewed approximately 30-33 females in connection with the case and identified approximately 17 victims. Pagliuca Decl., Ex. F at 179, 334. e Ms. Maxwell was never a suspect in their investigation, was not a target of the grand jury investigation, nothing of Ms. Maxwell’s was seized from the home during execution of the search warrant, and Ms. Maxwell was never observed at the Epstein home during the police surveillance. Jd. at 177, 211-12,214-16, 257. e None of the victims identified Ms. Maxwell as having “recruited” them to come give massages to Epstein. /d. at 180-82, 191-93, 195. e None identified Ms. Maxwell as even being at the house when they were there, or paying them, or instructing them on what to wear or how to act, or ever of having spoken to them. /d. e None were ever sexually trafficked to other men; Jeffrey Epstein was the only person with whom they had any sexual contact. Jd. at 300-301. e None were ever asked to spend the night with Epstein, or travel with them. Jd. e He did not observe any child pornography or any photos of naked women in the home when he went to help install cameras to catch a thief in Mr. Epstein’s home in 2002 (who turned out to be butler Juan Alessi). /d. at 288-90. Juan Alessi. He served as the butler for approximately 10 year period at Mr. Epstein’s home in Palm Beach. He testified that: 21