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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1332-7 Filed 01/08/24 Page 11 of 29 Key Testimony Transcript Citation on the island. Q. You heard -- as soon as you were done with Jeffrey, you heard Ghislaine go up to another girl and say, it’s your turn with Jeffrey? A. So every single day *** So, I mean, our rotation changed every day that specific trip we had in December. So, for example, I would be called. Maybe a couple hours when Jeffrey had a little, you know, break, another girl was called, i. Then another girl was called. Every single day. We tried to hide on different -- like, so we wouldn’t have to get called. We'd generally have to sit in the main area. There was like a big pool, the main seating area. There was a big table. We’d sit there and do kind of art on the table, and we always had to be around. We weren’t allowed to go very far on the island. We always had to report to Ghislaine and Jeffrey and tell them if we were going down to the beach to swim because they had an inflatable trampoline. So they -- I mean, we always had to tell Ghislaine and Jeffrey where we were at all times. Kellen reported to Maxwell. All the girls providing sexual massages to Epstein reported to Maxwell; Maxwell “called the shots.” Ransome Dep. Tr. at 289 (A. everyone was afraid of Ghislaine. All the girls were afraid of her, so everyone -- Sarah Kellen reported to her.) Ransome Dep. Tr. at 288-290 (Q. You said that the girls reported to Ghislaine. What did you see or hear that caused you to say that? A. Well, it’s pretty obvious. I mean, Ghislaine called the shots. *** So, for example, there was one occasion where Jeffrey didn’t like my hair and Ghislaine told me to change it. So there was -- everyone was afraid of Ghislaine. All the girls were afraid of her, so everyone -- Sarah Kellen reported to her. Lesley Groff reported to her. I don’t know how to tell you. So when I say reporting, I witnessed with my own two eyes Sarah Kellen reporting to Ghislaine in front of me, but I can’t remember specifics. They were talking about girls. I can’t remember the specific conversation. But every single person 100 percent, 200 percent reported to Ghislaine. 100 percent. ) Girls were paid to recruit other girls; Maxwell was the main lady. Maxwell recruited girls to the island; Maxwell was the “mamma bear.” Ransome Dep. Tr. at 387 (Q. Apart from what Ms. Malyshev told you, do you have any other basis for knowing that Malyshev reported to Kellen, Groff and Maxwell and was paid for her recruitment of young females, including you? A. What she told me. Q. Apart from what she told you, do you have any other basis for that? A. Well, I saw it with my own eyes. I was a witness. Q. What did you witness? A. I witnessed the same thing all the other girls did, the same thing I had to do, was go and report to Sarah Kellen, Lesley Groff and Ghislaine. Ghislaine was the main lady...) Ransome Dep. Tr. at 287-288 (Q. You said, "Watching her interact with the other girls on the island, it became clear to me that she recruited all or many of them to the island." What do you mean that? A. That she recruited a lot of the girls. Q. What did you see? A. I saw how she interacted with all the girls. You know, if you walk into any -- I mean, common sense wise, if you walk into a firm, you kind of know who the boss is. You know, all the girls kind of reported to Ghislaine. Ghislaine was like the mama bear, if you know what I mean. She called the shots; we had to listen to Ghislaine. And Ghislaine was Jeffrey’s right-hand 7