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32001 1 have gone about trying to -- to put pressure for a -- a 032003 2 favorable plea deal. o32006 3 Q. And that's what you just referred to as 032008 4 speculation, correct? osz000 5 A. Well, your question said: Well, how would o3201 § they go do this? And I -- I-- I gave you my answer as a2 7 to how I think somebody could well do that, yes. x21 8 Q. And -- and your pleading doesn't allege how 032022 9 someone would do it; it alleges that they did it; isn't 032026 10 that correct? 032027 11 A. Did what? 032027 12 Q. Let me -- let me rephrase it. 032020 13 A. No. I--I-- the -- 032030 14 Q._ I -- I withdraw the question. 03:20:20 15 A. Yeah. o3s2036 16 Q. We only have about ten minutes here. There 032023 17 are a couple of things that I -- 032038 18 A. Sure. Absolutely. 03:20:41 19 QQ. -- wanted to get before we -- we will come 032041 20 back to these when we resume. We have a lot more 032043 24 questions. 032048 22 A. Great. I look forward to it. 032046 23 MR. SIMPSON: I'm going to ask the reporter o3x2048 24 to mark as Exhibit -- what are we up to -- 6, ox20ss 25 Exhibit 6, a document bearing Bates stamp numbers ESQUIRE DEPOSITION SOLUTIONS (954) 331-4400
309 esa 1 BE-510 through -514. o32101 2 (Cassell's 1.D. Exhibit No. 6 - series of 21:01 3 e-mails, Bates numbered BE-510 - -514 was marked for 32118 4 identification.) a32113 5 BY MR. SIMPSON: o2zite 6 Q. I will give that to the witness. And to o3x2130 7 identify the document further, it's a series of e-mails, 032136 8 the most -- the latest one in date being at the top, 03210 9 which appears to be an e-mail from Paul Cassell to osaiaa 10 Jacqueline S. Jesko on Sunday, January 4th, 2015 at 3240 14 9=12:48 p.m. 03:21:51 12 A. Right. oars: 13 Q. My first question is whether you, in fact, 032187 14 sent this e-mail that -- that this -- had this exchange 032202 15 of e-mails with Miss Jesco? ox2z04 16 A. Yes. 032204 17 Q. And Miss Jesko -- who is Miss Jesko? 032208 18 A. She works for -- which -- which -- oh, 032213 19 Nightline. She works for Nightline, yes. os221s 20 Q. So she’s with ABC News? 32217 21 A. I believe that's right, yes. oszt9 22 Q. And -- 032219 23 A. Imean,I--I can't remember. The network 032222 24 wasn't significant to me, but she’s with the Nightline o3222 25 program. I knew that was a major program. I don't
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310 know -- I can't recall sitting here today whether Nightline, is that an ABC program or NBC or -- or some other network.
Q. If you look at the exhibit, the e-mail in the second -- the bottom half of the first page, it has her e-mail address. Does that -- @abc.com?
A. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's good. Thank you.
Q. So ABC. So in this e-mail on January 4th of 2015, you told Miss Jesko of CBS News [sic] that --
MS. McCAWLEY: ABC. I'm sorry. You said CBS.
MR. SIMPSON: I'm sorry.
THE WITNESS: There you go.
MS. McCAWLEY: Now, we are really confused.
MR. SIMPSON: I'm sorry. Let me start again, and thank you.
MS. McCAWLEY: Sure.
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Q.Inthis e-mail on January 4th, 2015, you told Miss Jesko of ABC News, quote: I represent, along with Brad Edwards in Florida, the young woman who was sexually abused by Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz, period, close quote. Have I quoted that correctly?
A. You have.
Q. So is it fair to say that in this e-mail, you
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311 have told ABC News that Mr. -- Professor Dershowitz, in fact, had abused Virginia Roberts?
A. No. I think it says that I'm the lawyer who is representing someone who has -- has made those
allegations. Q. That's how you read this e-mail? A. Yes.
Q. In the e-mail you identified Miss Roberts as: “The young woman who was sexually abused by Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz." That doesn’t read to you as a statement that she was abused? A. Incontext, I think it was understood that I was the attorney representing her with that claim.
MR. DERSHOWITZ: Move on.
BY MR. SIMPSON: Q. Who --
JHE WITNESS: I'm sorry. What was that? Who -- who was that?
MR. SIMPSON: Who is speaking?
THE WITNESS: I heard somebody say "move on" or something. Could somebody identify themselves, please? Did I --
MR. SIMPSON: In any event, I -- I will move on.
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