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https://Sentinclibinet.thi/appe"ca, memt/indcx-scrialsprcvicw.html?d... Filing and Security I V Pnmary Case: 12 UM 713327 Case 710e: (U) ROD91GUEZ, ALFRED - SEE SUB Serial Number: 53 Serialized: 11/16/2010 Category: Full Investigation Initiated: 10/28/2009 Details Serial I: 53 Type: F0302 From: To: MIAM, Document Title: ROBERT COUTURIER Approval Date: 11/16/2010 Classification: SN Contents 11/17/2010 ROBERT COUTURIER, business address New York. NY 1 1 i ss phone nd cellular pho e number was Interviewed at his design studio at above listed location. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agent, and the nature of the interview. COUTURIER provided the following information: COUTURIER first met JEFFREY EPSTEIN sometime between 1985-1988 and he was introduced to EPSTEIN by YSABEL GOL SMITH. At that time, s looking for a designer to decorate his pa located at Street, Manhattan, NY. COUTURIER was interviewed for the job but EPSTEIN did not hire him on that occasion. COUTURIER and EPSTEIN travel in the same social circles and there is a lot of gossip surrounding EPSTEIN. The talk is mostly about how much he enjoys the company of young girls a women. COUTURIER stated that EPSTEIN always made him feel uncomfortable and strange when he was around him so COUTU ER was friendly and courteous to him but does not consider EPSTEIN his 1/17/20192:27 PM 350(.183-058 Paget of 7 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00094659 EFTA01248259  Scrials https://scintinelfbinet.fbitappsi gmtfindex-serialspreview.htmrd... friend. There is no doubt that EPSTEIN is very intelligent and can carry a conversation about any subject but there is something about him that is weird and off.putting He is incredibly wealthy and COUTURIER believes that most people around him do not talk too much about him because that type of wealth usually buys power. Although people might have information about EPSTEIN they might be reluctant to talk; it is easier to excuse his bad behavior or turn a blind eye to it. COUTURIER stated that about six or seven months ago a woman by the name of who is EPSTEIN's assistant. MM, called him and asked if he would consider taking on the challenge of decorating EPSTEIN's place in Manhattan and if he would also consider decorating his place in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) COUTURIER advised these are just two of the homes he currently owns but EPSTEIN also has an apartment in Paris. France and a huge ranch somewhere in the Midwest in the U.S. COUTURIER stated that by this time, he had heard of EPSTEIN's incarceration and thought that EPSTEIN had "paid his debt to society' and maybe things had changed with him so he went into the meeting trying to be objective. EPSTEIN also stated that to be honest. he would be making a lot of money if he took the project. The first meeting took place sometime in Apnl or May 2010 and EPSTEIN's assistant, showed him the overall plans of the USVI house. Although EPSTEIN was supposed to attend the meeting he could not make it so handled it air later, EPSTEIN. and his other assistant LAST NAME UNKNOWN (LNU) all flew from Palm Beach. FL to the house on the USVI after the initial meeting. Sometime in June 2010. COUTURIER and EPSTEIN plus his assistants, flew to the USVI on EPSTEIN's private plane. They took it from Palm Beach to the island and stayed there for a day and a half. EPSTEIN was very excited and appeared to be like a kid with a new toy. COUTURIER recalls that EPSTEIN kept the house very cold and his bedroom was white but had no lights in the room. it was dark and very austere. The focal point of the room was an enormous bed. EPSTEIN also showed him another room in which he wanted to place four beds and wanted to have it decorated in a very colorful palette for his girls EPSTEIN told COUTURIER him that he does not have any friends and that he does not really like people. EPSTEIN stated that he has girls coming to spend time with him in the island. EPSTEIN then lamented that 'The girls* are only interested in Facebook and MySpace and that he wanted the space in this bedroom to be comfortable and have access to the Internet as they were online so much COUTURIER did not ask how old these girls were or anything about them. He did not ask him any personal 2 ofi5 1/172019 2:27 PM 3501.183-058 Page 2 of 7 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00094660 EFTA01248260 Serials https://sentinel.thinet.fbiappsicastmgmUindez-serialspreview.html?d... questions COUTURIER stated that on the tight back he grew increasingly uncomfortable. Although he did not see any of the young girls that EPSTEIN was talking about he was not sure if he could do this job for him. COUTURIER added that every time he met with EPSTEIN he had his assistants there who are all very attractive young women and others unknown to him but all appeared to be over the age of 18. EPSTEIN also showed COUTURIER his home on 71th street in Manhattan. NY as he wanted him to decorate that place also. COUTURIER showed him a massage room where he had photographs ("artistic wantons" according to COUTURIER) of young women in the nude, ranging from age 15 through 20 all hanging from the walls of this massage room. COUTURIER did not ask him any questions about this room and moved on to the rest of the house. COUTURIER then came back to New York and started out drawing plans and although he did not have a contract, EPSTEIN did give him a check for $50.000.00 as a deposit for his services. COUTURIER stated that his plans went back and forth between his offices and EPSTEIN's people but EPSTEIN never seemed happy. COUTURIER sent some of his associates back to the USVI to take measurements and adjust his plans and EPSTEIN was pleased in some aspects but was still highly critical. COUTURIER then deaded that this was not the right job for him. COUTURIER stated that in the back of his mind. he wanted to have "a way our should he decide that he could not work with EPSTEIN which was why he did not have a formal contract signed EPSTEIN was very diffiant to work with and COUTURIER found that EPSTEIN had not changed his pattern of behavior obviously if he was having the home in the USVI decorated for girls to stay with tern. This did not sit well with COUTURIER. He then wrote EPSTEIN a note apologizing for not being able to take on this job. COUTURIER Stated that he could not just drop everything or any of his projects whenever EPSTEIN wanted him at the site (USVI). EPSTEIN was very persistent but COUTURIER was firm in his decision. In July 2010. EPSTEIN tried to sue him for his deposit and he has many attorneys at his disposal who are very aggressive COUTURIER'S attomey stated that if they decided to litigate this case, it was going to be a long process. COUTURIER decided to settle and returned $15.000.00 to EPSTEIN to save himself the hassle of litigation. COUTURIER stated that EPSTEIN and were a couple but had broken up At one point COUTURIER had spoken t. about her breakup with EPSTEIN. She told him. "I have seen him do homfic things" but d:d not elaborate. still his assistant and they are on friendly terms COUTURIER stated he believed that although very pretty, was now too old for 1/17/1019 2:27 PM 3501.183-058 Page 3 of 7 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00094661 EFTA01248261 Serials hupsillscntinclAbinctibi apes ca mgmt/index-scrialsprevicwhtml?d... EPSTEIN even though she is in her 30s. COUTURIER stated there are people in New York who are outraged about EPSTEIN's lenient sentence for his sex trafficking charges. One person who has followed the story and written about JEFFREY COUTURIER is CONCHITA SARNOFF, writer for 'The Beast' online newspaper, phone number . AMY FIENNE-COLLINS also wrote an article for *Vanity Fair on child prostitution but the article met with much resistance. COUTURIER concluded by saying that although this would job would have generated a lot of income for his company, he simply could not do it and although he tried to remain objective, his conscience would not let him continue this project. COUTURIER provided the following information regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN's contacts: ASSISTANTS =M (NY) NU (NY) Palm Beach) KAREN LNU (USVI) BRICE LNU USVI) OTHER EMPLOYEES. RICHARD BARNET (Butler in NY) DARREN INDYKE (Attorney) RICH KAHN (Accountant) COUTURIER also provided the following information for JEFFREY EPSTEIN. New York Residence, 9 East 71st Street New York, NY jeevacation@gmail.com Palm Beach Residence: 358 El Bulb Way Palm Beach, Ft. 33480 4015 1/17/2019 2:27 PM 3501.183-058 Page 4 of 7 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00094662 EFTA01248262 Ser.:A https://sentinel.thinetibilappstav mgmVindex-serialspreview.html?d... Indexing Nro No Entities to display. Intelligence v Intelligence Value: No Intelligence Value Potential IIR/SIR? No Sentinel Tags: No Sentinel Tags Selected Can you identify the No source of this information? Routing Drafted By: 5 of 5 1/17/2019 2:27 PM 3501.183-058 Page 5 of 7 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00094663 EFTA01248263 Serials https://sentinelibinet.fbitappsk gmt/index-scrialspreview.html?d... Filing and Security V Primary Case: 72-MM-113327 Case Title: (U) ROD- GUEZ, ALFRE - SEE SUB Serial Number: 56 Serialized: 09/17/2010 Category: Full Investigation Initiated: 10/28/2009 Details V Serial 56 Type: FD302 From: To: MIAMI Document Title: INTERVIEW RE. Approval Date: 9/17/2010 Classification: SN Contents 11/16/2010 ANDREA COROOVES BUSTILLO. date of birth, social security number. - -Delray Beach, Florida. 33444, was intery d at the Palm Beach County Resident Agency (PBCRA) After bei advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and the purpose of the interview. provided the following information. attended High School during her freshman and sophomore years of high school and was home s• ed during her junior and senior years. Dunng her high school years. resided with her family in her parents' home located oxahatchee Florida =Ms home phone number dunng that time period was . The ne number, belonged to her friend. MM was a friend ofIMMIN who was approximately on year older than herillillits friend CHAZ Last Name Unknown (L U) introduced and a TONY LNU. TONY LNU s described as approximately 1819 years old at the time met him, approximately 5'11T5' tall, tan with black hair which was longer on top and no tattoos or pierongs. CHAZ LNU lived in Royal Pal Beach near a fami store, andl and met TO LNU at I of 2 1/ 172019 2:28 PM 3501.183-058 Page 6 of 7 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00094664 EFTA01248264 Serials https://sentinelibinctibilapps/ mpnVindex-serialspreview.htmrd... CHAZ LNU's home TONY LNU approached and advised he knew a way she could make money by giving a massage to an older man. TONY LNU gave a phone number to call to set up the massage. At some later time. called the number and set up the massage appointment. MOM. drove ...Into a residence located on Palm Beach. The first floor of the home was a living area and kitchen. emained downstairs while went to the upstairs of the residence. Approximately 3-4 girls were also present at the home when- and were there. could not provide a physical description of the girls. The upstairs was brown or black in color and furnishings. and the area was a bedroom and bathroom. A massage table was set up in the room, and towels were laid out. An unidentified older man appeared in the room, wearing a towel could not recall the name of the man. was shown a photograph of JEFFREY EPSTEIN. identified EPSTEIN as the man who appeared in the room wearing a towel. ESPTEIN laid on the massage table on his stomach, an n:iegan the massage. and EPSTEIN engaged in conversation, and when the _ discussion turned toffs age,I did not correct EPSTEIN when it was mentioned that the was 18 years old. After approximately twe minutes. EPSTEIN rolled onto his back for a chest massage. stated. 'it got weird,' when EPSTEIN began masturbabng under the towel. backed away when EPSTEIN attempted to touch her, and she replied she had a boyfriend. At that point, the massage ended, and EPSTEIN paid $200.00. two one hundred dollar bills that he retrieved from his wa wetlI e wed EPSTEIN was mad or angry at how the massage ended reported that she did not have contact with EPSTEIN after the occasion. Indexing I se No Entities to display. Intelligence Intelligence Value: No Intelligence Value Potential IIR/SIR? No Sentinel Tags: No Sentinel Tags Selected Can you identify the No source of this information? Routing V Drafted By: I/17/2019 2:28 PM 3501.183-058 Page 7 of 7 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00094665 EFTA01248265