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asked me if it was .. what had happened, if my daughtef1told me. And Itold him everything .. the exaie you serious? Somebody hasn'tcome and sooke with you? Isaid, No, ma'am, they havenot. And sIie said, Well, I'm going to file this rightnow, and he will be .. hell call you within thirtyminutes to an hour.

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asked me if it was .. what had happened, if my daughtef1told me. And Itold him everything .. the exact samething Itold you ~qje balUiLSl tld~ And hesays, Okay, we n t need to get into the tail anyfurther. He said, rm just going to file a report andsend a detective out to talk to you.

And then Iwaited for a cou~e .. at leasta month before .. and the detective never called. So Icalled the actual sheriffs department and asked tospeak with the head of the sheriffs department. Andthey gave me a lady because the head of the sheriffsdepartment wasn't m

And Isaid, Iwant to know how comesomebody hasn't come to speak to me about what happeto my daughter? Iwant somebody to come to my houseright now and talk to me about it. Isaid, T'!Y shouldhave been here a mooth ago. And she said, SIr, you'regonna have to tell me your name.

Itold her my name. She looked the caseup. And she says, Are you serious? Somebody hasn'tcome and svoke with you? Isaid, No, ma'am, they havenot. And she said, Well, rm going to file this rightnow, and he will be .. hell call you within thirtyminutes to an hour.

So Isat there and waited and waited and

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1 waited and he finally called me. And I spoke with him, 222 I think, twice out of the whole entire period of all3 this, the detective. He spoke with me two times, and4 that was it.5 I had to call him both times to force him6 to talk to me. Andone time Iwas upset and I said, I7 can't believe you're not calling me. I can't believe8 you haven't _. you made me wait all the way through, I9 think, Easter and then after that, and you still haven't1 called me, I said, Why'am I sitting here worrying and11 wondering why he's still out there and ~1 still ha~n,1 'y isn't something going on? Idon't1 thinkJou're doing your job right. 1 thmk that you1 shaul have done called me. Obviously, you don't care.1 And if that's the point, Iwant another somebody --1 another detective to be on this case. I don't want you1 to be on this case,1 He called back and he said, If you want to2 speak to me like that, you speak to me m my face. And21 I said, I am. I can't speak to you in your face if you

don't come to talk to me, Youhaven't come to speak to2 me yet. I haven't ever even seen you. I said, What's2 the deal? What's ~ngon?2 Q. But even thoogh the detective hadn't called

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House?A. Yes, maam.Q. Okay. You go home and you call the police?A. Uhhuh.Q. And somebody does come out, right, and you

talk to that person?A. Uhhuh.Q. And then after you talk to that person, was

there an appointment schedUled at the Gulf Coast Kid'sHouse for your dau~ter?

A. I thinK it was two days late~ a day or twodays later that we had went to the Gulf wast Kid'sHouse.

Q. Okay. Between the time that you talked tothe police and the time that you go to Gulf Coast Kid'sHouse, where does Shyane stay?

A. With us.2 Q. With you or with Ms. Webb?2 A. fm pretty sure with us at the house that2 we were staying.

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1 Q. And that was with the .. I can't remember 242 their names.3 A. She stayed with Terrie for one day.4 Q. Okay. And then she came back and stayed5 with you guys at .. is it Meredith?6 A. Meredith's house.7 Q. Yeah, Melissa and Ryan's house?8 A. It could have been the day after the9 appointment.1C Q. Okay.11 A. Then, again I'm not quite sure.12 Q. Okay. This okay. That's okay. What I'm

1 3 tl)'!ng to ascertain is before went to Gulf Coast l' KId's House and she had her examination and she gave her

1 interview, which adults had she spoken to about this?J! She had spoken to Ms. Webb, she had spoken to you.11 A. Ms. Webb's husband.11 Q. And she ~ke to Ms. Webb's husband, okay.1 A. Ms, Webb 5 husband was there while it was2C being said.21 Q. Okay.2, A. So he overheard it.23 Q, Okay. Do)'Oll know is it possible that she2 spoke to Melissa or Ryan?2 A. No.

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;I Q. Oka~. Is it possible that she spoke to2 your wife about it?3 A. No, ma'am.4 Q. Okay. Was there .. was there anvbodv like5 ~,Webb, her husband, or yourself that was able to tell6 her what to expect as far as the interview at Gulf Coast7 Kid's House?8 A, I told her that there's going to be people9 speaking to her, The day that we plCkei:lher up or the1 day that we come, I told her about. I said, Look, we're11 fiXIngto~, Because we had went by ourselves without1 her. I salO, We're fixing to go to the Gulf Coast Kid's1 House and speak to them. You know we got to go because1 of what happened between you and him, you and Zane.1 And then she said, Okay"yes, I said, All1 right. I just wanted to make sure you know, because1 you're gonna have to do this, too. And then we go to1 the Kid'sHouse. Andwe were there by ourselves, We1 didnt think we were supposed to bring her at the time.2 We had to bring her a couDle days later or a day later21 backlo the Gulf Coast Kids House.

Q. Okay. When she went the first time to the23 Gulf Coast Kid'sHouse, was it to do this special2 interview?2 A. ~ wife went .. I was at work.

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1 Q. Okay. Yourwife went. Did you at any tirrJ62 aher that they're going to ask 3 her whether it was inside or outside?4 A. No.5 Q. Did you at any time hear your wife telling6 her that they were going to ask her whether it was7 inside or outside?8 A. No.9 Q. Now, she goes .. she was in second grade at10 the time; is that correct?11 A. Youll have to ask her mother.1 Q. That was March 201011 A. Yeah, she was.1 Q. Okay. All right. Now, after she went to1 Gulf Coast .- do you need a second? If you need a1 second, it's good!1 A. Go ahead.1 Q. I mean, we've got time.1( A. It's all right. Go ahead.2( Q. After she went to Gulf Coast Kid's House,21 okay, did you ever have any other conversation with her2 aboUt what had allegedly occurred?2J A. No. We stopped talking about it. We told

22~ her just to try to forget about it until she had to ga" and talk to tfie Court.

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Q. Okay. Did you have any contact with Zane~7A. I tlied to go to his grandmother's house

the day I found out about it, after I talked to mydaughter. I went to his grandmother's house and knockedon the door. And as soon as I knocked on the door, shenormally would open the door and greet me and let mecome in or Zane would walk out, but this time shecracked the door barely.

She peeked through the glass, and she knewit was me. She cracked the doOr barely and said, Whatdo you want? I said I wanted to speak to Zane. And shesaid, Zane is not here and you need to leave. And I waslike, Why'are you talking to me like this? I need tospeak With Zane or I need to speak with you.

She said, You don't need to be here. Idon't want to speak to you. You need to leave. And Ididn't know why she was acting like that. So I said,Well, your son molested my daughter .. or your grandsonmolested my daughter. You need to come outside now andspeak to me.

And she said .. that's when she walked outthe door, She said, I have a gun in the house and I candefend myself. You need to (eave, I said, Okay, 111leave. I said But you should know that your son (sic)is a child molester, and I will put him in jail. And I

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on the phone. He said, Man, I was in the bath. What'sgoing on? I said, You know what's going on. I justtold your grandmother. He said, Man, I would never dosomething like that. I said, Well, how come yourgrandmother told me you weren't there. Why are youhiding from me? Why haven't I seen you in four months?

And that's when he admitted he was on methand he couldn't get off of it. And I said So that'swhy you've been staying away from me beCause you knowthat I don't like people that do that stuff? And hesaid, Yes. And that was the last I ever spoke to him.

Q. Okay. Have you seen any of the reports orseen the ..

A. No.Q. -- child protection video, any of this

information?A. No.Q. Okay. Is there anything that you think is

important for us to know that you haven't been asked?A. I just -- I can't believe that he would

have done something like this. My daughter would neverlie and make up a story like this at the age of six. No

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six-year-old could ever imagine something like this. 2And she's never seen cable TV and watched any badmovies. She's only watched cartoons that we buy for herand DVDs. That's it.

She doesn't get on the computer. She wasnot allowed on the c~ She doesn't know thesekind of things. And for her to tell me something likethat, it just didn't make sense besides that he had tohave done it. -- 1.'5. CASHWELL: Okay. I have no further

questions.MR.GORDON: No other questions.(The deposition was concluded at

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123456 I, Linda D. Miller, Florida Professional7 Reporter, Notary Pu~iS.State of Rorida, certify8 that ARlINGTON LEE Ltvl, III, personally appeared9 before me on the 17th day of November, 2010 and was1 duly sworn.111 WITNESSmy hand and official seal this 1st day13 of December, 2010.111111221

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