Epstein Secrets

13 MR. LAUER: I don't mean to take on the United 14 States Government, not in this case. 15 BY MR. LAUER: 16 Q You testified that you thought A.J. Discala did 17 a reasonably good job in his due diligence. 18 A Through his people, yes. He was more of like 19 the salesman type, but he was surround

e 21 mechanics, and I had to refer them to Mr. Spinosa to 22 answer that question. 23 They asked me about my history with other 24 investors, Thane Ritchie. I don't remember, again, 25 whether it was Legamaro or Podaras, one or both of them United Reporting, Inc. (954) 525- 2221 EFTA00314950 Page

lar order, several members of what I'll call 21 the Discala team sat and met with me in my office for 22 several hours. That was at one time when Thane Ritchie 23 was there and one of his partners. They asked me 24 questions about the transactions, how they worked, a lot 25 of information about me and

naires sent to me. 6 Q Um-hmm. 7 A Other than that, I remember discussing how, they 8 were asking me how I got my cases. I remember Thane 9 Ritchie in that meeting with Mr. Discala, that was one of 10 the areas he seemed most interested to me. How did I get 11 this possible pipeline of cases?

13 MR. LAUER: I don't mean to take on the United 14 States Government, not in this case. 15 BY MR. LAUER: 16 Q You testified that you thought A.J. Discala did 17 a reasonably good job in his due diligence. 18 A Through his people, yes. He was more of like 19 the salesman type, but he was surround

e 21 mechanics, and I had to refer them to Mr. Spinosa to 22 answer that question. 23 They asked me about my history with other 24 investors, Thane Ritchie. I don't remember, again, 25 whether it was Legamaro or Podaras, one or both of them United Reporting, Inc. (954) 525- 2221 EFTA_R1_00015709 EF

lar order, several members of what I'll call 21 the Discala team sat and met with me in my office for 22 several hours. That was at one time when Thane Ritchie 23 was there and one of his partners. They asked me 24 questions about the transactions, how they worked, a lot 25 of information about me and

naires sent to me. 6 Q Um-hmm. 7 A Other than that, I remember discussing how, they 8 were asking me how I got my cases. I remember Thane 9 Ritchie in that meeting with Mr. Discala, that was one of 10 the areas he seemed most interested to me. How did I get 11 this possible pipeline of cases?

Actions. The Epstein files were brought to the conference room by Fisten and Jenne. e) During this same time frame, on or around October 21, 2011, A.J. Discala, a potential investor in the Epstein matters, sent an email to Rothstein about the private placement memoranda for the investment. 23. On October

ad stacked around the conference room. 17. On or about October 13, 2009, Illinois attorney, Michael Legamaro, and his client, hedge fund operator Thane Ritchie, were also invited to examine Epstein case files and a flight log displayed by Rothstein that allegedly contained the names of numerous celebrities

e of obtaining Richie's investment in the Epstein actions. Epstein believes that the federal complaint in L.M. v. Epstein was shown to Legamaro and Ritchie at that time and that it was prepared by Edwards solely to be shown to induce investment in the Epstein Actions and advance the Ponzi scheme, as de

Actions. The Epstein files were brought to the conference room by Fisten and Jenne. e) During this same time frame, on or around October 21, 2011, A.J. Discala, a potential investor in the Epstein matters, sent an email to Rothstein about the private placement memoranda for the investment. 23. On October

ad stacked around the conference room. 17. On or about October 13, 2009, Illinois attorney, Michael Legamaro, and his client, hedge fund operator Thane Ritchie, were also invited to examine Epstein case files and a flight log displayed by Rothstein that allegedly contained the names of numerous celebrities

e of obtaining Richie's investment in the Epstein actions. Epstein believes that the federal complaint in L.M. v. Epstein was shown to Legamaro and Ritchie at that time and that it was prepared by Edwards with highly-charged sexual allegations solely to be shown to induce investment in the Epstein Acti

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estments or Fortress Capital Drawbridge Banyon Investments Cetnurion Credit Fund Platinum Management Fund NAMES FROM S. Discala Chris Podaras Thane Ritchie Michael Szafranski Barry Bekkedam Elizabeth Friedland Michael Legomaro Ken Jenne Mike Fisten Saudi Prince Bill Clinton Naomi Campbell Ted W