DOJ-OGR-00007295.pdf

--- Page 1 --- **Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE** * **Document 467** * **Filed 11/15/21** * **Page 116 of 158** **LBAGmax4** **Rocchio - Cross** 1. A. Yes. 2. Q. And a parent wants to provide for their child; correct? 3. A. Yes. 4. Q. And a parent wants their child to go to school; correct? 5. A. Usually, yes. 6. Q. And if a parent can afford for school or after-school activities, the parent wants to provide for those activities; correct? 7. A. Many parents, yes. 8. Q. And let's call them good parents, right, good parents want their children to eat; right? 9. A. Yes. 10. Q. Good parents want to buy their children appropriate presents; correct? 11. A. Yes. 12. Q. Good parents want everything they can get for their children in a positive way; correct? 13. A. Good parents want good outcomes for their kids, yes. 14. Q. None of that would be considered grooming absent an intent to use that conduct to manipulate the child; correct? 15. A. Again, the grooming is about the coercion. So to the extent that those behaviors are not being done in a coercive, controlling context, they would not be considered grooming, correct. 16. Q. Have you had mentors in your career? **SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.** **(212) 805-0300** **DOJ-OGR-00007295**