Witness Scott Rothstein Testifies on Alleged 2005‑2006 Scheme at His Firm in Federal Oversight Hearing

ATTEN APPEARANCES: Thereupon: SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, was called as a witness and, having been duly sworn, was examined and testified as follows: THE WITNESS: 1} do. MS. HADDAD: Good moming, Scott. How are you? THE WITNESS: Good morning, Tonja. How are you? MS. HADDAD: Fine, thank you. It's nice to see you. THE WITNESS: Good to see you, too. MR. SCAROLA: Mr. Rothstein, ] don't know that you and ] have met. I'm Jack Scarola, I'm representing Brad Edwards and J know you know Brad who's to my immediate left. THE WITNESS: Hey, Brad, how are you? Jack, good to see you. MR. SCAROLA: Thank you. MR. GOLDBERGER: Also present is another Jack, Jack Goldberger, and ] also represent Jeffrey Epstein. To my right is Darryn Indyke -- THE WITNESS: Good morning, Jack. MR. GOLDBERGER: How are you today? And to my right is Darryn Indyke, who is LAW OFFICES OF TONJA HADDAD, P.A. by Tonja Haddad, Esq. Attorney for the Plaintiff. ATTERBURY, GOLDBERGER & WEISS, P.A., by Jack Goldberger, Esq. Attomey for the Plaintiff. SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA ET AL, by Jack Scarola, Esq. Attomey for the Defendant, Brad Edwards. MARC NURIK, P.A., by Mare Nurik, Esq. Attorney for Scott Rothstein. (Appearing via Video Conference.) U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, by Laurence LaVecchio, Esq. Attorney for the Department of Justice. Ore WNHOrF COMO DADO BWNHYEF OW DOwaAnonwA WH BH NNMMNMNMNHRPRPHP PP Be Yee ¢ i : & £ i & : i 4 : Ea 2 g i Page 4 ! INDEX Mr. Epstein's in-house counsel. MR. INDYKE: Good morning. THE WITNESS: Good moming, sir. MR. NURIK: Good morning, everyone. MR. GOLDBERGER: Hi, Marc, how are you? MR. NURIK: Good. You'll be seeing my shoulder most of the day. MR. GOLDBERGER: Okay. DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. HADDAD: Q. Well, Scott, ] know you've talked about this probably more than you even care to, but ]'d like to start a little bit asking you about the scheme at your firm and how and when it started and things of that nature just very briefly because ] know you've covered it many times. MR. SCAROLA: It has been covered and protocol precludes asking questions that have already been answered and covering areas that have already been covered, so we do object. MR. GOLDBERGER: Your objection is noted. BY MS. HADDAD: Q. When did this first start? A. It started back in '05, '06. The question is a little bit vague for me because it started in a Page 5 WITNESS DIRECT CROSS REDIRECT RECROSS SCOTT ROTHSTEIN (By Ms. Haddad) 5 (By Mr. Goldberger) 92 (By Mr. Scarola) 12] EXHIBITS PLAINTIFF'S FOR IDENTIFICATION 64 69 72 ELLA ERENT SEALS PESTER IS ENS EB TRIS DEES SEAN ESSAI SRE UIE RES SRAM GAIN RUS ERAN RNR NNO RESTS DS NIT NNNNNNHPE RPE Peep ps OBWNHE OW AWIAUBWNHE OW ANDO BWNH ERNST 2 (Pages 2 to 5) FRIEDMAN, LOMBARDI & OLSON 305-371-6677 5ed93085-0554-447f-bcdd-ca2d8fe941df HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017491