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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1331-36 Filed 01/05/24 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Virginia L Giuffre, Plaintiff Case No. 15-cv-07433-RWS v. Ghislaine Maxwell, Defendant JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S MOTION TO QUASH TRIAL SUBPOENA Jeffrey Epstein, a non-party to the above captioned action, has been subpoenaed to testify at the trial of this case, being commanded to appear on May 15, 2017.' He now moves to quash that subpoena for the reasons set forth herein. Mr. Epstein was deposed by the parties on November 10, 2016. At that deposition, he asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege and declined to answer all substantive questions posed to him during the deposition. The validity of his assertion of the privilege has already been the subject of extensive litigation in this case, with this Court ruling that, as to questions which the parties sought to compel him to answer, Mr. Epstein’s assertion of the privilege was valid and proper. Order, February 2, 2017 (under seal).’ Mr. Epstein’s good faith basis for his assertion of his Fifth Amendment privilege remains unabated. As plaintiff is well aware, it is Mr. Epstein’s intention, if he is called as a witness at the trial of this case, to once again assert his Fifth Amendment privilege ' Mr. Epstein agreed to have his attorney accept service of the subpoena but, in so doing, reserved his rights to move to quash the subpoena on any and all grounds. > As to other questions that the parties sought to compel Mr. Epstein to answer, the Court concluded that the information sought was irrelevant. Jd. at 13. The upshot of the Court’s ruling was that Mr. Epstein was not required to answer any of the questions to which the parties sought to compel his answers.