DEPOSrrlON

Of ARLINGTON

LU

LEVI,IU

11nm.

asked me if it was .. what had happened, if my daughtef1

told me. And Itold him everything .. the exa<t same
thing Itold you
bag ~!\1191~
And he
says Okay, we n t need to get into the tail any
further, He said, I'mjust going to file a report and
send a detective out to talk to you,
And then I waited for a couple .. at least
a month before .. and the detective never called, So I
called the actual sheriffs department and asked to
speak with the head of the sheriffs department. And
they gave me a lady because the head of the sheriffs
department wasn't 10,
And Isaid, Iwant to know how come
somebody hasn't come to speak to me about what happe
to rrry daUghter? Iwant soinebody to come to rrry house
right now and talk to me about it. Isaid, They should
have been here a month ago, And she said, SIr, you're
gonna have to tell me your name,
Itold her rrry name, She looked the case
up, And she says, />ie you serious? Somebody hasn't
come and sooke with you? Isaid, No, ma'am, they have
not. And sIie said, Well, I'm going to file this right
now, and he will be .. hell call you within thirty
minutes to an hour.
So Isat there and waited and waited and

trw.

DEPOSITION 0'

ARLINc:rON

L LE\'l, IU

Iln1n'

asked me if it was .. what had happened, if my daughtef1

told me. And Itold him everything .. the exact same
thing Itold you ~qje
balUiLSl tld~ And he
says, Okay, we n t need to get into the tail any
further. He said, rm just going to file a report and
send a detective out to talk to you.
And then Iwaited for a cou~e .. at least
a month before .. and the detective never called. So I
called the actual sheriffs department and asked to
speak with the head of the sheriffs department. And
they gave me a lady because the head of the sheriffs
department wasn't m
And Isaid, Iwant to know how come
somebody hasn't come to speak to me about what happe
to my daughter? Iwant somebody to come to my house
right now and talk to me about it. I said, T'!Y should
have been here a mooth ago. And she said, SIr, you're
gonna have to tell me your name.
I told her my name. She looked the case
up. And she says, Are you serious? Somebody hasn't
come and svoke with you? Isaid, No, ma'am, they have
not. And she said, Well, rm going to file this right
now, and he will be .. hell call you within thirty
minutes to an hour.
So Isat there and waited and waited and

DEPosmON

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
21
2
2
2

OF ARLINGTON LEE LVI. OJ

11l17JIO

waited and he finally called me. And I spoke with him, 22

I think, twice out of the whole entire period of all
this, the detective. He spoke with me two times, and
that was it.
I had to call him both times to force him
to talk to me. And one time I was upset and I said, I
can't believe you're not calling me. I can't believe
you haven't _. you made me wait all the way through, I
think, Easter and then after that, and you still haven't
called me, I said, Why'am I sitting here worrying and
wondering why he's still out there and ~
still ha~n,
'y isn't something going on? Idon't
thinkJou're doing your job right. 1thmk that you
shaul have done called me. Obviously, you don't care.
And if that's the point, I want another somebody -another detective to be on this case. I don't want you
to be on this case,
He called back and he said, If you want to
speak to me like that, you speak to me m my face. And
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 to
me yet. I haven't ever even seen you. I said, What's
the deal? What's ~ng on?
Q. But even thoogh the detective hadn't called
.Wy.anehorr.pore.re~
C8S0).32.-2!Ul

DEPOSmON

OF ARLINGTON

LEt,; LJ;VJ, III

1111111.

23

you ..

House?

A.
Q.

Noone.

A.

Yes.

Q.

You had taken the child to Gulf Coast Kid's

A.

Yes, maam.

Q.

Okay. You go home and you call the police?

Uhhuh.
And somebody does come out, right, and you

A.

Q.

..

2
2
2

.. the Gulf Coast Kid's House had, right?

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's
House for your dau~ter?
A. I thinK it was two days late~ a day or two
days later that we had went to the Gulf wast Kid's
House.
Q. Okay. Between the time that you talked to
the police and the time that you go to Gulf Coast Kid's
House, where does Shyane stay?
A. With us.
Q. With you or with Ms. Webb?
A. fm pretty sure with us at the house that
we were staying.
"'_~ft~orr.pote.r
.c~
USO,432-2S11

DEPOSITION

OF ARLINGT?N

LEE LVI.

11/17/19

1
Q. And that was with the .. I can't remember 24
2 their names.
3
A. She stayed with Terrie for one day.
4
Q. Okay. And then she came back and stayed
5 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 the
9 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

J!

11
11
1
2C

21
2,
23

2
2

1 3

interview, which adults had she

tl)'! spoken to about this?
She had spoken to Ms. Webb, ngshe had spoken to you.
A. Ms. Webb's husband.
to
Q. And she ~ke toasce
Ms. Webb's husband, okay.
A. Ms, Webb 5 husband
rtain was there while it was
being said.
is
Q. Okay.
befo
A. So he overheard reit.
Q, Okay. Do)'Oll know
wentis it possible that she
spoke to Melissa or Ryan? to
A. No.
Gulf
Coas
wvv.~nchorr.port.r .coe
t l'
KId'
s
(850)432-2511

DEt'OSITION OF ARLJNGTON

LEE LEVI,

11/1711'

Q. Oka~. Is it possible that she spoke to

your wife about it?
A. No, ma'am.
Q. Okay. Was there .. was there anvbodv like
~,Webb, her husband, or yourself that was able to tell
her what to expect as far as the interview at Gulf Coast
Kid's House?
A, I told her that there's going to be people
speaking to her, The day that we plCkei:lher up or the
day that we come, I told her about. I said, Look, we're
fiXIngto~, Because we had went by ourselves without
her. I salO, We're fixing to go to the Gulf Coast Kid's
House and speak to them. You know we got to go because
of what happened between you and him, you and Zane.
And then she said, Okay"yes, I said, All
right. I just wanted to make sure you know, because
you're gonna have to do this, too. And then we go to
the Kid'sHouse. And we were there by ourselves, We
didnt think we were supposed to bring her at the time.
We had to bring her a couDle days later or a day later
backlo the Gulf Coast Kids House.
Q. Okay. When she went the first time to the
23 Gulf Coast Kid'sHouse, was it to do this special
2 interview?
2
A. ~ wife went .. I was at work.
;I

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
21

DEPosmON

or ARLINGTON LEE LEVI, IJI

I1l1m,

1
Q. Okay. Your wife went. Did you at any tirrJ6
2
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 telling
6 her that they were going to ask her whether it was
7 inside or outside?
8
A. No.
9
Q. Now, she goes .. she was in second grade at
10 the time; is that correct?
11
A. Youll have to ask her mother.
1
Q. That was March 20101
1
A. Yeah, she was.
1
Q. Okay. All right. Now, after she went to
1 Gulf Coast .- do you need a second? If you need a
1 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 her
2 aboUt what had allegedly occurred?
2J
A. No. We stopped talking about it. We told
2~ her just to try to forget about it until she had to ga
2 " and talk to tfie Court.
vvw .nchorr.port.r._c~
U50J f32-2511

1850'.32-2511

DEPOSITION

OF ARLINGTON

LEE LEVI,

IIfI7n.

Q. Okay. Did you have any contact with Zane~7

A. I tlied to go to his grandmother's house
the day I found out about it, after I talked to my
daughter. I went to his grandmother's house and knocked
on the door. And as soon as I knocked on the door, she
normally would open the door and greet me and let me
come in or Zane would walk out, but this time she
cracked the door barely.
She peeked through the glass, and she knew
it was me. She cracked the doOr barely and said, What
do you want? Isaid I wanted to speak to Zane. And she
said, Zane is not here and you need to leave. And I was
like, Why'are you talking to me like this? I need to
speak With Zane or I need to speak with you.
She said, You don't need to be here. I
don't want to speak to you. You need to leave. And I
didn't know why she was acting like that. So I said,
Well, your son molested my daughter .. or your grandson
molested my daughter. You need to come outside now and
speak to me.
And she said .. that's when she walked out
the door, She said, I have a gun in the house and Ican
defend myself. You need to (eave, I said, Okay, 111
leave. I said But you should know that your son (sic)
is a child molester, and I will put him in jail. And I
ww . n~horr.port.r .ca.
,850H32-2~11

1
2
3
4

5
6
7
8
9
1(

11
1,
L
l'
1

1
1
1
1\
2C

2
2
2

28

left.

Q. Okay.
.
A. And, then, ten minutes later he called me
on the phone. He said, Man, I was in the bath. What's
going on? I said, You know what's going on. Ijust
told your grandmother. He said, Man, I would never do
something like that. I said, Well, how come your
grandmother told me you weren't there. Why are you
hiding from me? Why haven't I seen you in four months?
And that's when he admitted he was on meth
and he couldn't get off of it. And I said So that's
why you've been staying away from me beCause you know
that I don't like people that do that stuff? And he
said, Yes. And that was the last Iever spoke to him.
Q. Okay. Have you seen any of the reports or
seen 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. Ijust -- I can't believe that he would
have done something like this. My daughter would never
lie and make up a story like this at the age of six. No
YVW_ancbarr.port.r .c~
C&50) C32-2511

DEPOSITION

OF ARLINGTON

LEE LEVI,

llll1!lO

'" 1 six-year-old could ever imagine something like this. 2

2 And she's never seen cable TV and watched any bad
3 movies. She's only watched cartoons that we buy for her
4 and DVDs. That's it.
She doesn't get on the computer. She was
5
She doesn't know these
6 not allowed on the c~
7 kind of things. And for her to tell me something like
8 that, it just didn't make sense besides that he had to
9 have done it.
1
1.'5. CASHWELL: Okay. I have no further
11
questions.
1
MR.GORDON: No other questions.
(The deposition was concluded at
13
1
4:26 p.m.)
1

1
1

1
1
2
21

2
2
2

DEPOSITION

Of ARLINGTON

LEE LEVI, IJI

11/17f10

1
2
3 t5TATE OF
4 !COUNTY OF ESCAHBIA)
5
6
I, Linda D. Miller, Florida Professional
7 Reporter, Notary Pu~iS.State of Rorida, certify
8 that ARlINGTON LEE Ltvl, III, personally appeared
9 before me on the 17th day of November, 2010 and was
1 duly sworn.
11
1
WITNESSmy hand and official seal this 1st day
13 of December, 2010.
1
1
1
LjiiDA-~HILLER.
FLORIDAPi~NADEi?Oii:"EI<
NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF FLORIDA
1
1
1
2
21
CERTIFICATE

OF OATH

fLORIDA)

vvv.~chorr.port.r._com
(8S0) '32-2511

30

.-rr,.",.----

... Ilcnoruo ......

1850)432-2511

DEPOsmOH

Of' AJlL.INGTOH LEE LEVI, W

CERTIFICAT&

OF

1111111'

RIPORT&R

Dated this 1st day of December, 2010.

------UMO"- .-H"".,'''''
...----fLORIDA

PROfESSIONAL

vvv.anchorr.port.r
(1I5C) U2-2511

REPORTER

. c~

31