DOJ-OGR-00013616.pdf

--- Page 1 --- **Document Header:** * **Case Number:** 1:20-cr-00330-PAE * **Document Number:** 759 * **Filed Date:** 08/10/22 * **Page Number:** 25 of 267 **Transcript of Phone Call:** * **LCACmax1** * **A. Farmer - direct** * **Q. Did you talk to Maria while she was working for Jeffrey Epstein?** * **A. I did.** * **Q. How did you speak with Maria?** * **A. We would talk on the phone.** * **Q. Did there come a time when you visited Maria in New York?** * **A. Yes.** * **Q. Approximately when did you visit Maria in New York?** * **A. It was December 1995.** * **Q. Had you visited Maria in New York before December 1995?** * **A. I had not.** * **Q. Why not?** * **A. Money was, as I said, tight for us. So she had graduated, but we had not been able to attend that. And just affording a plane ticket was a big deal. So I had not gone to visit her.** * **Q. How was it that you were able to afford this trip in December 1995 to New York?** * **A. Jeffrey Epstein purchased a ticket for me.** * **Q. What were you hoping to do on this trip to New York?** * **A. I was hoping, one, to see my sister. I was very excited to see her. It had been some time. I was also hoping to be acquainted with Jeffrey Epstein. He had said that he was interested in helping --** * **MS. MENNINGER: Objection. Hearsay, your Honor. It** **Footer:** * **SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.** * **(212) 805-0300** * **DOJ-OGR-00013616**