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a partner in the Company and a member of DBZLLC and was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company. 4. Aver that Gruss was effectively terminated from the Company and DBZLLC, resigning on the verge of being fired, on or about October 4, 2006, and otherwise deny the

tence of Paragraph 16. 17. Deny the allegations of Paragraph 17, except admit that the Fund Controllers and the Operations department reported to Gruss and worked under his supervision; that they had responsibilities concerning accounting and record-keeping; that they worked with the Funds' Adminis

lief as this Court may deem just and proper. 45 EFTA00731323 Date!: October 5, 2009 New York, NY COOLEY GODWARD ICRO SH LLP By:. Alan Levine William O'Brien Maxine Sleeper Katie Krajeck 1114 Avenue of the Aznericas New York, New York 10036 (212) 479-6000 Email: [email protected] Email: wobrien@co

or permission to depose Perry Gruss, DBZ's former Chief Financial Officer. We submit that Jeepers has not met its burden to show good cause why Mr. Gruss's deposition should be taken, and Your Honor should deny permission to take his deposition.' In its February 14, 2011 letter, Jeepers tries to port

r in response to Third-Party Claimants Financial Trust Company, Inc. and Jeepers, Inc.'s (collectively, "Jeepers") request for permission to depose Perry Gruss, DBZ's former Chief Financial Officer. We submit that Jeepers has not met its burden to show good cause why Mr. Gruss's deposition should be taken,

a for Mr. Gruss's deposition testimony should be denied. Res dully/ kS Jo S. i ert Enclosures cc: Stephen D. Susman, Esq. Allan Arffa, Esq. William O'Brien, Esq. William Schwartz, Esq. EFTA00696667

ee. He delegated management of the back office and day-to-day operations to other senior officers who were experienced in those areas, including Mr. Gruss. The financing sources included cash on the funds' balance sheets; interest and principal received from existing loans; proceeds from sales of asse

exhibits and meeting with front-office professionals to discuss available opportunities. Mr. Zwim met regularly with DBZ's Chief Financial Officer, Perry Gruss, and other members of the treasury group to discuss the financing of potential investments. Mr. Zwim adjusted the size and timing of investments bas

venue ailig York 10110 Email: Email: Email: Attorneys for Third-Party Respondent Daniel Zwirn COOLEY LLP By: Wiliagithesu William J. wartz William O'Brien Arastu K. Chaudhury 1114 Avenue of the Americas • ork 10036 Email: Email: Email: Attorneys for Third-Party Respondents D.B. Zwirn Partners,

s "real" witness list as well as our best guess of when the witnesses will be called: Dan Zwirn--Friday, July 22 Jeffrey Epstein--Monday, July 25 Perry Gruss--Monday-PM Harry Beller--Tuesday, July 26 Glenn Dubin--Tuesday Darren Indyke--Wednesday, July 27 Dan Stachman (rebuttal expert, subject to motion

From: "Harty Susman" < =c ,• To: A "Allan Arffa" "Arastu Chaudhury" ,'Dan Reynolds" "Jennifer Spiegel" "William O'Brien" "Andrew Lee" , "Brad Karp" , "Hannah Sholl" , John Siffert" "William Schwartz" Cc: "Steve Susman"<MIMMr>, "Seth Ard" <=1 1==>, "Bill Dunseth

Re: Fortress VRF I LLC et al. v. Jeepers, Inc., JAMS Ref. No. 1425006537 I have enclosed a copy of the transcript of Daniel Zwim's deposition in the Gruss matter, bates-stamped DZ_FTC 000754 - DZ_FTC 000872. As agreed between and among the parties, the enclosed materials will be treated as confidenti

executed. If that is not your understanding, please let me know as soon as possible. Very truly yours, Daniel E. Reynolds cc: Allan Arffa, Esq. William O'Brien, Esq. EFTA00629533

granted both parties the right to take such pre-hearing testimony of third- I57I529vI/011585 EFTA00585338 party witnesses (e.g., Mr. Dubin and Mr. Gruss), although the Zwim Parties and FTC subsequently elected to pass on the opportunity (preferring instead to call these witnesses to the Hearing itse

TA00585339 The Honorable Anthony J. Carpinello June 3, 2011 Page 3 Thank you for considering these matters. Sincerely, Stephen D. Susman cc: William O'Brien Allan Arffa John S. Siffert 1571529v1/011585 EFTA00585340