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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1330-1 Filed 01/05/24 Page 7 of 13 19. Rather than try these questions in the media, Mr. Edwards and I filed a defamation action in Florida against Dershowitz. We were represented by well-known Florida attorney Jack Scarola. 20. During the course of the defamation action, I explained the significant work — far in excess of one hour — that Mr. Edwards and I had done to investigate Ms. Giuffre’s sworn allegations that Dershowitz had repeatedly sexually abused her. I explained that work at length in my deposition in the case. Attached hereto as Sealed Exhibit | is a true and correct copy of the first day of my deposition testimony in the case. Pages 61-117 explain some of the work that Mr. Edwards and I did to corroborate Ms. Giuffre’s allegations before filing them in the CVRA case. 21. My deposition testimony includes the following information that Mr. Edwards and I relied upon in believing the truth of Giuffre’s allegations: a. The Palm Beach Police Department put together an 87-page report based on witness interviews and other evidence documenting sexual abuse of dozens of minor girls occurring in Epstein’s Florida mansion — a location where Ms. Giuffre said Dershowitz had abused her; b. The Palm Beach police report showed the sexual abuse was occurring on a daily basis and, indeed, in some cases as much as two or three times in one day in circumstances that would have made it obvious to a visiting guest that young girls were coming to the home for sexual purposes; c. Flight logs for Epstein’s private jet showed that Epstein (accompanied by Ms. Maxwell) flew Ms. Giuffre to the New York City area, a location where Ms. Giuffre said Dershowitz had abused her;