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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1328-7 Filed 01/05/24 Page 7 of 12 Defendant complains in her brief about the length of time she was deposed. That, too, was her own-doing. Her deposition would have been much shorter (and the second one avoided entirely) if she answered the questions posed to her the first time. Indeed, she was playing games, giving non-answers, and feigning incomprehension. It was Defendant’s refusal to answer questions that caused this Court to order her to sit for a second deposition. That could have been avoided by simply answering the questions the first time. Defendant’s behavior not only wasted everyone’s time, but revealed that she could provide no answer to those questions that could aid in her defense. Moreover, Defendant put forth a detailed chart to show that certain questions were “duplicative or redundant,” but, tellingly, did not include Defendant’s responses in the chart. The reason is clear: Defendant’s non-communicative “non-answers” from her first deposition necessitated their repetition. IL. DISCUSSION The Court’s Order was clear. Among other things, the Court ordered Defendant to answer questions related to her knowledge of the sexual activities of others with or involving Epstein. Defendant is ordered to answer questions relating to Defendant’s own sexual activity (a) with or involving Jeffrey Epstein (“Epstein”), (b) with or involving Plaintiff, (c) with or involving underage females known to Epstein or who Defendant believed or intended might become known to Epstein, or (d) involving or including massage with individuals Defendant knew to be, or believed might become, known to Epstein. Defendant is also directed to answer questions relating to her knowledge of sexual activities of others (a) with or involving Epstein, (b) with or involving Plaintiff, (c) with or involving underage females known to Epstein or who Defendant believed were known or might become known to Epstein, or (d) involving or including massage with individuals Defendant knew to be or believed might become known to Epstein. (FN. Each of the aforementioned lists are disjunctive.) The scope of Defendant’s answers are not bound by time period, though Defendant need not answer questions that relate to none of these subjects or that is clearly not relevant, such as sexual activity of third-parties who bear no knowledge or relation to the key events, individuals, or locations of this case.