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Jeffrey Epstein can be heard declining to answer nearly all questions under oath in this audio recording of his February 17, 2010, deposition at a court-reporting office in West Palm Beach, Florida. Attorney Brad Edwards questions him, while Epstein's attorney, Michael Pike, raises objections throughout. Epstein invokes his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination on his lawyers' advice. The deposition began at 11:16 a.m. and ended at 3:52 p.m.

Epstein was being questioned in a lawsuit filed in 2008 in Palm Beach County's 15th Judicial Circuit by Edwards' client, identified as L.M., who alleged that Epstein abused her while she was a minor. During the deposition, Epstein confirms that he pleaded guilty to two felony charges in 2008.

Those Florida state charges were soliciting prostitution and procuring a minor for prostitution. Epstein was sentenced to 18 months and served 13 under a deal that included a federal non-prosecution agreement his lawyers reached with federal prosecutors. L.M.'s claims against him were resolved in a confidential settlement in July 2010.

The Justice Department released the deposition video in January 2026 among more than 2,000 videos in its Epstein files, under the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by Congress in November 2025. This post contains only the audio.

We also have a full case file on Jeffrey Epstein here:

https://www.documentingreality.com/f...photos-277390/