Prosecution memos, FBI interviews, and direct evidence of criminal conduct.
FBI call notes from May 2023 document a third victim who came forward via attorney Jeanne Christensen (Wigdor LLP). Key details from EFTA02731488:
This is the third independent victim to describe identical violent behavior by Leon Black, corroborating the forensically verified diary entries and the 2021 Wigdor memo. Unlike the previous victims, this victim has contemporaneous medical records documenting the assault.
In July 2010, Staley and Epstein exchanged emails using Disney character code names for women: Staley: "That was fun. Say hi to Snow White." Epstein: "what character would you like next" Staley: "Beauty and the Beast" Epstein: "well one side is availble." The victim diary says Staley called her "tinkerbell". Cited in USVI v. JPMorgan (¶61) as evidence Staley "may have been involved in Epstein's sex-trafficking operation."
A technical document in the Epstein corpus (EFTA00804855) outlines a program titled "Human Germline Genetic Modification" using techniques pioneered in George Church's lab:
The document describes research questions including: "Can a small quantity of transformed sperm cells be sorted out of millions of cells?"
While the document does not name its author, it uses Church lab terminology and techniques. Cross-referenced with victim diary testimony — "superior gene pool?!? That feels very Nazi like" and "I am nothing but your property and incubator!" — this document represents the technical blueprint for what victims experienced as a eugenics program. Epstein was simultaneously banking his sperm at California Cryobank and funding Church's CRISPR research on his own stem cells.
A complete email chain from July–August 2018 documents Epstein actively pursuing investment in a designer baby and human cloning company run by Austin, TX-based biohacker Bryan Bishop (known online as "kanzure"), with Canadian tech entrepreneur Austin Hill (Brudder Ventures) as intermediary.
July 19, 2018 — Austin Hill organizes a video call: "Financial markets & cryptocoins with Jeffrey, Bryan" via appear.in (EFTA01005702). Bishop shares a self-overview he previously prepared for Peter Thiel's circle (diyhpl.us/~bryan/thiel-notes).
July 21, 2018 — Bishop emails Epstein a pitch deck (diyhpl.us/~bryan/designer-babies-deck.pdf) and asks about "secrecy and privacy, specifically regarding reputational risk." He proposes: "I think that one way this could be done is under the banner of my designer babies project, since the other deliverable is similar and shares so many of the same procedures and lab requirements. This might offer a sufficient level of deniability." (EFTA01004795)
Epstein replies: "im traveling in mid east until the 1st. lets do it after that, i have no issue with investing the problem is only if i am seen to lead." (EFTA01004801)
July 22, 2018 — Bishop responds: "Sounds like you could be the first investor as long as absolute anonymity is kept. I have always envisioned there would be anonymity requirements about babies — we can't publicly identify who these are or their parents or benefactors, it would brand the child as (essentially, and sadly) a freak for life in the media. So I had always assumed the investor would need absolute anonymity, for these kinds of products. So the financial structure needs to be designed with these details in mind." (EFTA01004839)
Epstein replies: "i cant program but iam not bad at structuring :)" (EFTA01004841)
August 2, 2018 — Scheduled video call: "Designer babies (Bryan Bishop)" via appear.in/taxmastergenetics. Listed on Lesley Groff's official itinerary. (EFTA00478987, EFTA00479255)
August 5, 2018 — Bishop sends Epstein the budget: "Attached is the doc you requested, it's the 'use of funds' spreadsheet for the designer baby and human cloning company. This gets us out of our self-funded 'garage biology' phase to the first live birth of a human designer baby, and possibly a human clone, within 5 years. Once we reach the first birth, everything changes and the world will never be the same again, much less the future of the human species. Attached doc shows ~$1.7M/year for up to 5 years + $1M for lab setup (~$9.5M to fund 5 years, $6M for 3 years)." (EFTA01003966, EFTA02604748)
Epstein replies: "no rush"
August 16, 2018 — Bishop follows up: "I am back (met Simon Black in Lithuania), let's schedule a call?" Simon Black is the pen name of James Hickman, founder of Sovereign Man, an international tax optimization and offshore structuring company. The video call room was literally named "taxmastergenetics" — combining financial structuring with genetics. (EFTA02604748)
This proposal was not an isolated curiosity. Epstein was simultaneously:
And victims described forced pregnancies: "I am nothing but your property and incubator!" / "superior gene pool?!? That feels very Nazi like"
Bishop's reference to "the other deliverable" that uses "the same procedures and lab requirements" but requires "deniability" remains unexplained. Austin Hill appears on Epstein's master inner circle list (EFTA00684125) alongside Peter Diamandis, Reid Hoffman, Salar Kamangar, Terje Rød-Larsen, Jagland, Rothschild, Leon Black, Joi Ito, and others.
Note: Bryan Bishop publicly acknowledged this project. MIT Technology Review reported in February 2019 that Bishop and lab partner Max Berry had started "a company focused on the production of designer babies and human germline genetic engineering" and already had "an initial parent-couple customer."
The David Rodgers (Epstein pilot) deposition reveals Henry Jarecki was a passenger on two consecutive flights with underage Virginia Roberts (now Virginia Giuffre) in March 2001:
This places Jarecki at Zorro Ranch simultaneously with an underage trafficking victim. The court filing (Case 18-2868, McCawley Declaration) explicitly notes these flights occurred "while underage" in reference to Virginia Roberts. Jarecki was present for the entire duration — flying in with Roberts and flying out two days later with both Roberts and Prince Andrew.
Pilot Larry Visoski confirmed in his deposition (EFTA00159483) that he recognized Jarecki: "I know the name. He may have been on the airplane once or twice."
Critical context: The same Jarecki who flew with Virginia Roberts in 2001 was later sued in 2024 by "Jane Doe 11" — another Epstein victim — who alleged Jarecki "repeatedly raped" her after Epstein sent her to Jarecki for psychiatric "treatment." The lawsuit alleged Jarecki was Epstein's "go-to doctor" for his sexual abuse victims.
MC2 Model Management, owned by Jean-Luc Brunel, was funded by Epstein and used as a trafficking vehicle. FBI interviews and financial records document the full money trail.
FBI interview of Sergio Cordero (Brunel's business partner) confirms:
"1. Cordero confirmed that Brunel uses MC2 as a legitimate transport agency of underage girls into America for purposes of sex.
2. Brunel uses MC2 to introduce underage girls to Epstein since Epstein gave him $1 million dollars to start up MC2 after he was fired from various modeling agencies in Paris.
6. According to Cordero, Brunel has always been Epstein's principal supplier of underage girls using MC2 as a cover up.
8. Many of the underage girls that Brunel and Epstein shared and liked continue to live in Brunel's 1 bedroom apt in NY. Some live in Epstein's East 66 St apts in Manhattan."
The money trail is clear: Epstein seeded MC2 with $1M → MC2 operated as both legitimate modeling agency and trafficking front → MC2's finances were managed by Richard Kahn (Epstein's financial controller) → Epstein extended credit lines of $750K-$854K → MC2 accumulated $594K in federal tax liens → MC2 was flagged by JPMorgan's own due diligence but the bank continued processing transactions.
JPMorgan's SAR (EFTA01648787) subsequently named MC2 Model Management among the entities in its $1.08B suspicious activity report.
An internal FBI New York Violent Crime Threat email chain from July 24, 2025 (EFTA01648951) contains compiled victim statement summaries against named individuals. An ASAC requested summaries be built into a spreadsheet of derogatory information (EFTA01648955).
The FBI ASAC's task list characterizes the Barr entry as: "William Barr, for being present when a girl was raped."
Note: These are FBI-compiled victim statement summaries, not verified findings. Some allegations may lack corroboration. The document reflects what the FBI was tracking as of July 2025.
A Deutsche Bank account opening summary provides the complete map of all Epstein entities held at the bank, with approximate values totaling over $177 million.
EFTA00101280 shows: JE Epstein personal ($667K), Enhanced Education ($4.6M), Southern Trust Company 4 accounts ($29.63M), Southern Financial LLC 3 accounts ($95.33M including $71M derivative trading), Jeepers Inc ($25M), Butterfly Trust ($8K), Haze Trust ($22M). Total: ~$177.3M at Deutsche Bank alone.
Southern Financial LLC held the largest position at $95.3M, with $71M in derivative trading. Combined with JPMorgan SAR documenting $1.08B in suspicious wires, Epstein maintained parallel banking infrastructure across two major banks.
Steve Scully, an IT/telecommunications contractor, was interviewed by the FBI on August 9, 2019 — the day before Epstein's death (EFTA00090602). He worked on Epstein's Little St. James island from approximately 1999-2005/2006, visiting roughly 100 times.
In a separate inquiry (EFTA00147046, Feb 2020), The Sun reporter James Beal told the FBI that Scully witnessed "Prince Andrew groping and kissing" a young woman on island loungers between 2001-2004. Scully said he was willing to testify but was "never specifically asked" about Prince Andrew. FBI response: "No comment is the perfect answer."
NY Giants co-owner Steve Tisch (825+ documents) had an extensive relationship with Epstein from April 2013 through at least August 2017. Emails show Epstein systematically procured 6–9 distinct women for Tisch in just three months, including a distressed Ukrainian woman who was crying.
In emails titled “Ukrainian Girl” (EFTA00959489), Epstein reports to Tisch: “report just in, you did very well, she wants to go to the play—she is a little freaked by the age difference but go slow and wait, I will try to convince her not to return to ukraine, having her crying worked.”
Tisch responds (EFTA00959493): “Nice report. Funny comment on crying!!!”
In the same thread, Tisch asks about another woman: “pro or civilian?” (asking whether she is a prostitute). Epstein responds with a crude physical description. Epstein also tells Tisch: “send me a number to call I dont like records of these conversations.”
CRITICAL: The “Russian Katya” and the “acting student” passed to Tisch are the same person — Ekaterina (Katya) Gusarova, a Russian national on a student visa in NYC.
EFTA00873949 (June 17, 2013): Epstein emails Tisch simply “polina emily katya, I will be in ny 24-27, are you there?” — three women listed by first name as available inventory. Epstein checked on Polina at least 4 times over 3 weeks (EFTA00960611: “anything happen with polina?”).
EFTA00985636 (March 16, 2014): A woman emails Epstein: “Gonna meet Steve Tisch next week for a dinner. He said that he gonna work on 3 movies starting June. So I’ll ask if I can read scripts and maybe audition for some part.”
EFTA00986371 (March 20, 2014): Same woman: “Ok — I’m going to have a lunch right now with Steve Tisch :) lol. I’ll say hi from you? :) ahaha. Kisses my dear Jeffrey :) Miss you :(” Epstein invites her to ranch: “Maybe you should come to ranch on mon-wed, Jenn will be there.”
This confirms the procurement pipeline continued nearly a year after the initial introduction, with the woman maintaining contact with both Epstein and Tisch.
EFTA02521524: April 24, 2013 dinner plans include Steve Tisch, Jean-Luc Brunel, Boris, Blaine, Katya, and Todd Meister — Tisch dining with a convicted sex trafficker at Epstein’s arrangement. EFTA02705521: Inner circle reminder lists “Mort, Leon, Steve Tisch, Hanson, Todd, Jessica, Suzana” — Tisch alongside Leon Black and Mort Zuckerman.
The NFL announced an investigation into Tisch’s Epstein connections in February 2026. Tisch claimed his association was “brief” and about “adult women,” but the emails span April 2013 to August 2017 (EFTA01037911: Todd Meister and Tisch “talking very fondly about you”) with 825+ documents and a systematic pattern of procurement.
Ekaterina (Katya) Gusarova (617 documents) is a Russian national on a student visa in NYC who Epstein controlled through immigration leverage and pressured into recruiting other young women. Her documents provide some of the most explicit evidence of Epstein’s recruitment methodology.
EFTA00921172: Gusarova writes to Epstein: “We had sex, I did massage for u non-stop, I took a bath with u and your girls even if I don’t like it…I’m kind of girl who come to entertain u when there are no other girls around to make u blow-job or massage.”
Epstein explicitly ordered Gusarova to recruit through her friend “Anya” and paid for results:
Epstein used Gusarova’s visa dependency to maintain control:
EFTA02037406 (April 24, 2013): Gusarova was placed at dinner with Steve Tisch and Jean-Luc Brunel (convicted sex trafficker) at The General restaurant. Epstein gave her email to Tisch (EFTA00695655) while simultaneously telling her “you still need to find me a girl.” He later offered her to Tisch for a late-night meetup: “I can invite the russain katya” (EFTA00657216); “shes still in class probably.”
Gusarova’s relationship with Epstein spanned nearly 8 years. Key milestones: introduced Aug 2011 via connection to Kazakhstan PM Karim Masimov; first visa/control disputes Oct 2011; recruitment pressure begins mid-2012; Tisch/Brunel dinner Apr 2013; green card lottery Oct 2013; same-day schedule as Bill Gates Dec 2013; still visiting townhouse Jun 2017; visa funding pipeline Apr 2019.
Note: Ekaterina Norton (UBS investment banker, ekaterina.norton@googlemail.com) is a different person who appears in overlapping timeframes. Epstein had at least two “Katyas” in his orbit — Lesley Groff asked “Clarify which Katya?” (EFTA00353894).
Contractual control with visa leverage: Gusarova had a formal "agreement" with Epstein and was asked to recruit other women. Her immigration status was used as leverage — a classic trafficking coercion mechanism.
The FBI formally opened an assessment titled "Alleged Money Laundering by Howard Lutnick via BGC Financial and Cantor Fitzgerald" (EFTA01249210, April 23, 2021), cross-referenced with the Epstein child sex trafficking case (50D-NY-3027571).
The tipster, a former BGC/Cantor Fitzgerald compliance officer from the UK, reported:
FBI database queries for Lutnick revealed 26 results in NY division case files including:
Lutnick is now serving as U.S. Secretary of Commerce (confirmed 2025).
EFTA00509258 (Feb 14, 2019) — An iMessage extraction from Epstein's phone shows a staff member coordinating the grooming of a young Russian woman referred to as "the kid." This is just 5 months before Epstein's July 2019 arrest.
"The kid couldn't have done bikini wax cause hair are too short; next time. Doing her and [redacted] tails. Kid will come to the house straight from Frederic with IPad portfolio. Done with pornhub introduction"
The next messages read:
"Kid is taking Placement test next week. I gave her all the information."
"Her social security is in Russia."
This document reveals active, systematic grooming: a young Russian woman is being prepared (bikini wax, "pornhub introduction," iPad portfolio) and brought directly to Epstein's house. The reference to her social security being "in Russia" indicates she was a foreign national, consistent with the documented Eastern European recruitment pipeline. The casual, bureaucratic tone of the messages shows this was routine for Epstein's staff.
The "pornhub introduction" likely refers to showing the victim pornographic material as part of the grooming/desensitization process documented in other victim testimony. The "iPad portfolio" suggests a visual presentation used to prepare victims.
Note: Internet compilations distorted this document, falsely claiming it shows "BABY HAIR" in all caps. The actual text says "hair are too short" for a bikini wax. The document is disturbing enough without fabrication.
Multiple primary sources confirm Victoria's Secret was systematically used as a recruitment lure for victims. Les Wexner, who owned VS parent company L Brands, granted Epstein power of attorney over his entire financial affairs.
Victim testimony (sworn statement):
'I was a model in another country when I came to the United States. I was told by a booker that I needed to meet with a man named Jeffrey Epstein, who was the owner of Victoria's Secret. The booker told me that Mr. Epstein could help me get into Victoria Secret's world. It was my childhood dream to be a Victoria's Secret model. So I went one day in the afternoon and I met Mr. Epstein in his office in his mansion in New York. A woman introduced herself and suggested to me that I should be extremely nice to Mr. Epstein.'
Civil complaint: 'Epstein offered her a position modeling with Victoria's Secret, a lingerie retailer. He explained that he was friends with Les Wexner, the chief executive of Victoria's Secret's parent company. Epstein reiterated his connection to Victoria's Secret each time he saw and spoke with Jane Doe.' — EFTA00023292
FBI/NYPD Child Exploitation Task Force requested Victoria's Secret records in Feb 2021, but the company had 'recently switched their systems and only can access records dating back approximately 2 years' — EFTA00021353.
Physical evidence: A citizen photo submitted to FBI shows Epstein with an apparently underage girl carrying a Victoria's Secret bag on June 7, 2019 — one month before arrest — EFTA00016800.
Wexner connection: Les Wexner was Epstein's 'sole client' at J. Epstein and Company. He granted Epstein power of attorney over his affairs. Epstein 'was again accused of misappropriating funds — more than 46 million dollars. These large sums are believed to be the seed money Mr. Epstein used to establish his considerable fortune.' — Multiple FBI profiling documents (EFTA00139235).
An FBI financial investigator from Squad C-40 (FAST) identified the Butterfly Trust as a key vehicle in Epstein's victim payment infrastructure:
'This entity seems to be a conduit for money paid to female victims.' — EFTA00037690
The email contained two attachments: Flow_of_Funds_Butterfly_Trust.pptx and Butterfly_Fund_FinCEN_List.xlsx — the FBI's internal forensic analysis of how victim payments were routed through the trust.
Related FBI documents (EFTA00037696) trace Butterfly Trust funds through multiple banks: '$175,000 (3/22/2019) sent to [Wells] Fargo from The 2013 Butterfly Trust ($250,000, 12/3/2018).' The FBI noted: 'The Deutsche Bank SARs show the BoA account' — connecting the Butterfly Trust to Bank of America as well.
The Butterfly Trust was created December 27, 2006, with Karyna Shuliak (from Minsk, Belarus) as sole beneficiary. Its use as a victim payment conduit — documented by the FBI itself — transforms it from a personal trust into evidence of a financial structure designed to facilitate trafficking.
Emails sent from Jes Staley's JPMorgan corporate email to Jeffrey Epstein create a permanent bank record of their exchange of young women:
June 16, 2010 (EFTA00029430, bates JPM-SDNY-00000928):
Staley: 'Is she free tonight?'
Epstein: 'call me'
Staley: 'I'm w A'
Epstein: 'ok'
July 10, 2010 (EFTA00029432, bates JPM-SDNY-00000951):
Staley: 'Say hi to Snow White.'
Epstein: 'what character would you like next'
Staley: 'Beauty and the Beast'
Staley: 'Maybe they're tracking u??'
December 31, 2010 (EFTA00029435): Staley to Epstein after his release from prison: 'It nice to have u free. Much to come. Please know that I am an friend forever. You are very special.'
These emails were sent through JPMorgan's corporate email system — meaning the bank's compliance and legal teams had access to evidence that their Head of Private Banking was exchanging what appear to be references to young women with a convicted sex offender. Epstein's response 'what character would you like next' implies he was offering Staley access to women identified by Disney character nicknames.
Paul V. Morris was Jeffrey Epstein's primary private banker, first at JP Morgan Private Bank and then at Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management. In October 2012, Lesley Groff notified Epstein that Morris was secretly transitioning:
'Paul Morris called... he also said he told us he will be moving to Deutsche Bank, but that he is not to disclose this as of yet...' — EFTA00945587
Morris then brought Epstein as a client to Deutsche Bank in 2013 — onboarding a registered sex offender after his 2008 conviction. He was listed as PRIMARY OFFICER on Epstein's Deutsche Bank account #690519 (EFTA00166317) and Relationship Manager for Southern Financial LLC, the entity through which $50M+ flowed to Boothbay, $28.8M to Valar (Thiel), $64M to Honeycomb, and millions more.
Morris had regular meetings at Epstein's 9 East 71st Street townhouse, often bringing his Deutsche Bank team. On February 28, 2013, Morris arrived at the townhouse together with Ari Glass (Boothbay): 'Ari Glass and Paul Morris are here!' (EFTA00505096). On March 12, 2014, Morris had a 1pm appointment followed by Nathan Myhrvold (2:30), Leon Black (4pm), Jes Staley drinks (6pm), and Boris Nikolic (7pm).
At JP Morgan, Morris advised Epstein on structuring the purchase of 'The Scream' painting and proposed an 'LB art loan' (likely Leon Black).
The FBI engaged Morris in August 2020, and he retained counsel:
'we engaged Morris yesterday, and he retained counsel. We will likely be conducting a proffer of him in the near future.' The agent added: 'His attorney is already attempting to devalue his role, indicating he was just a low level relationship manager, amongst many. (Note, he appears to have done very well for himself as a low level relationship manager).' — EFTA00037187
The FBI was specifically investigating Deutsche Bank for 'moving money for the payment of women' — the bank 'did not believe the women to be under age (i.e., complete disregard for the trafficking aspect, or witness tampering).'
An FBI internal communication from a Seattle FBI agent (EFTA00172840, November 26, 2019) explicitly states:
"Our case was eventually closed because our USAO was weak and intimidated by the financial resources of Copperfield."
The agent documented that prosecutors had sought Epstein's cooperation against Copperfield as part of the 2007 plea deal (EFTA00211910) — indicating they viewed Copperfield as the bigger target. Prosecutors described "lots of acts" but had "concerns about applicable law."
The agent also noted: "I recall Epstein's name coming up in our investigation a number of times and Copperfield appeared to have a very close relationship with Epstein. His name was on a list we found that included other men, some of which had reputations like Copperfield and Epstein."
This is a serving FBI agent documenting that wealth directly prevented prosecution of a predator — and that a "list" of men with similar reputations existed in Copperfield's files.
Prosecution emails between AUSA Susan Roe (Western District of Washington) and AUSA Ann Marie Villafana (Southern District of Florida) reveal a separate FBI investigation of David Copperfield for federal kidnapping under 18 USC 1201, running parallel to the Epstein case in 2008.
Roe reported to Villafana (EFTA00223748, Feb 2008):
"We're moving ahead w/our investigation at this time. We are pretty sure we can charge DC and his assistants with a conspiracy of 1201 (kidnapping)... Here we see international travel brought about by inveigle or decoy, use of emails and phones to trick her to travel, and her arrival at the isolated island with no way off and no passport (DC took hers the first night and held it until they were on the plane out), holding her for ransom, reward or other (here for sexual activity)."
Key details from the investigation:
Villafana simultaneously discovered a direct Epstein-Copperfield business connection in FedEx records — a package sent by Epstein to "John Melk/Musha Cay." Melk had sued Copperfield (Melk v. Copperfield, 2:04-cv-00059-KJD-LRL, Las Vegas). Villafana wrote: "I like the obscure reference to 'rumors' about Copperfield's personal life. Maybe Melk is someone to talk to?"
In a later exchange (EFTA00179797, Sept 2008), Roe confirmed victims "ALL flew through Ft Lauderdale" to the Bahamas. She was meeting Bruce Lyon to immunize a witness/co-conspirator. Villafana offered to help if South Florida jurisdiction applied. Roe also asked if Villafana thought Epstein "would ever talk about Copperfield" — and Villafana responded: "He would just never turn in one of his friends unless it meant a big benefit for him."
This case was ultimately closed because, as a Seattle FBI agent later wrote, "our USAO was weak and intimidated by the financial resources of Copperfield" (EFTA00172840).
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA02731039) identifies Lesley Groff as the person who scheduled 'massages' with underage victims in New York: 'In New York, one of those individuals was Leslie Groff...would schedule appointments for the girls by phone.' A victim told Epstein 'she was 14 years old.'
Obstruction of Justice: Epstein called Groff from his private jet 'warning his personal assistant, Lesley Groff, against turning over documents and electronic evidence responsive to a subpoena issued by a federal grand jury' (EFTA00206732). The AUSA proposed filing charges in Miami to 'avoid the press.'
Named Co-Conspirator: The 2007 NPA explicitly grants immunity: 'the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against potential co-conspirators of Epstein including but not limited to Lesley Groff' (EFTA00223149). SDNY noted this immunity did NOT apply to them.
Civil Defendant (2017): Recruiter 'reported to her superiors, Defendants Groff and Maxwell, and was paid for her recruitment of young females' (EFTA00313650). Groff and Maxwell confirmed promises about education and modeling to lure victims.
Groff was bequeathed $2M in Epstein's will plus loan forgiveness. She sponsored visa applications as late as November 2017 (EFTA00261337). SDNY listed her alongside Maxwell requiring 'special precautions' in the 2019 sex trafficking investigation.
Richard Kahn, Epstein’s financial manager, opened three new Charles Schwab accounts in April–May 2019 (2–3 months before arrest):
Kahn was agent on all three accounts, with Epstein as 100% beneficial owner and president. The accounts were funded by a $250,000 check (#1997) from Southern Trust drawn on FirstBank Puerto Rico (EFTA00811973), plus massive stock transfers from TD Ameritrade (account #867730320) and Merrill Lynch: 263,157 shares of Apollo Global (APO) — Leon Black’s company — plus 10,000 Illumina (ILMN), 3,000 GOOG, 7,000 AMZN, 25,000 CVNA, 1,000 GS, and 1,000,000 Bank of America shares (EFTA01265978, EFTA01252222).
Schwab became Epstein’s new bank as Deutsche Bank wound down his accounts. The accounts were opened to facilitate the purchase of Bin Ennakhil, an opulent palace in the Palmeraie of Marrakesh — with gold-draped walls, a hammam steam spa, 60 marble fountains, and 4.6 hectares of gardens. Epstein had been trying to buy the property since 2011 (EFTA00669222). The palace was owned through a layered offshore structure: Rilton Investments Ltd (BVI) → Pamur Anstalt (Liechtenstein, FL-0001.115.138-1) → property. Seller represented by Dr. Jurgen Riegel of Arcana Treuhand Anstalt (Vaduz). Previous owners: Gunter & Barbel Kiss.
Epstein’s own lawyer warned against the deal in August 2017: the transaction structure “unnecessarily creates significant questions” under tax, AML and other laws; the due diligence was “superficial, insufficient and outdated”; and he concluded “you should pass on this transaction” (EFTA01036804). Epstein proceeded anyway.
In March 2019, the seller entity Khan Stiftung (Vaduz) accepted an offer of €23 million from Epstein’s Haze Trust (EFTA00552220). But Moroccan authorities caught the seller trying to avoid capital gains tax with “obviously incorrect” values (EFTA00552943), forcing a restructured deal through Schwab. Julius Baer CEO Boris Collardi (313 documents) was directly involved — he confirmed the bank was “used to find a valuation” (EFTA00649587), introduced to Epstein by Ehud Barak in a three-way email chain (EFTA00655258).
On June 26, 2019 — 10 days before arrest — Southern Trust instructed Schwab to wire €11.15M (~$12.7M) to Marc Leon (Kensington Finest Properties, Christie’s affiliate) at a Julius Baer account in Switzerland. The next day, Kahn called to reverse it — “terms we were told we had on an agreement were reneged on this morning” — absorbing a $113,527 loss on the EUR/USD conversion.
On July 4, 2019 — two days before arrest — a new wire request personally signed by both Epstein and Kahn instructed Schwab to send $14.95 million to Leon’s Julius Baer account. Schwab processed the wire despite insufficient funds — the account was short because the earlier $12.7M reversal had not yet been credited back (due July 10).
Schwab filed a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR DCN 31000150416250) with FinCEN on July 13, 2019 — seven days after arrest — citing “concerns with attempted wires for the purpose of real estate, in light of negative media surrounding Jeffrey Epstein” and flight risk. A separate SAR was filed for HBRK Associates (Kahn’s company). FirstBank Puerto Rico also filed a SAR on July 19 for Epstein’s Laurel Inc. account (Palm Beach property) (EFTA00151544). Kahn canceled the second wire on July 9. An unidentified Epstein associate then asked Schwab if future transfers would still require two signatures, as “more money would be sent soon” — while Epstein sat in jail on sex trafficking charges.
TD Ameritrade was subsequently served a grand jury subpoena on August 11, 2019 for account records — and was noncompliant, failing to respond by the August 23 deadline. The AUSA threatened to “move to compel a response” (EFTA00021311).
The same investigation revealed Kahn managed $109.98 million in Southern Trust Company (EFTA02347813). The USVI government alleged he “authorized or directed many of the transactions in JP Morgan accounts” used to pay victims and recruiters, and “may have been part of Epstein’s alleged fraud.” The 1953 Trust created two days before Epstein’s death gave Kahn $25M + $2M = $27 million total. Kahn has been ordered to testify before the House Oversight Committee in February 2026.
On March 14, 2011, the FBI Legal Attaché in Sydney sent a formal request to the Australian Federal Police notifying them that two FBI Miami agents would fly to Australia to interview a victim residing in Glenning Valley, New South Wales (EFTA00005711).
The victim was Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who had been hiding in Australia from Epstein and Maxwell for several years. The CACU (Crimes Against Children Unit) authorized the travel (EFTA00005707). A Confidential Human Source from Jacksonville had located her and provided her email address and 8 photographs (EFTA00005705).
The FBI’s request letter states:
"…indicated EPSTEIN had instructed her to have sex with numerous associates in both the United States and overseas. [She] identified several subjects by name and indicated she had records to support her allegations."
The actual FBI FD-302 interview report (EFTA00210958, 12 pages) reveals:
The next day, agents traveled to her residence and collected 20 photographs, her massage certification, and her passport (EFTA00005714).
A telephone interview three weeks later (EFTA00020703) revealed:
In her 2015 sworn declaration (EFTA00020729), Giuffre stated: “The agents seemed like they were being blocked from doing what they wanted to do” and “someone else stepped in and blocked them from getting charges filed.” She believed prosecutors “possess videotapes and photographic images of me as an underage girl having sex with Epstein and some of his powerful friends.”
In the June 18, 2019 SDNY grand jury proceeding (Case 2018R01618), FBI Special Agent testimony revealed the industrial scale of Epstein’s recruitment operation (EFTA00008529).
A single recruiter — herself a minor victim — told investigators:
"She estimated approximately 20 to 50 girls."
When asked about the ages of the girls she brought to Epstein:
"She estimated around approximately 13, 14-year olds to 17-year olds. They were mostly underage girls that she brought. She did bring a couple that were 18."
A separate witness confirmed Epstein’s explicit age preference:
"Epstein told her, quote, ‘the younger the better.’ And that she also said, quote, ‘he likes the girls that are between the ages of 18 and 20.’"
The recruiter told victims they would receive 00 for massaging him. She worked with another girl her age in a recruitment partnership. The grand jury was shown the victim’s senior year school planner from October 2004, where she had written "Jeffrey" on multiple dates — she was 17 years old.
The seized phone message pads at the Palm Beach residence contained entries like "She has a female for Mr. JE" and "Has girl for tonight" — documenting routine scheduling of victims through a receptionist system.
The March 29, 2021 grand jury proceeding for Ghislaine Maxwell’s superseding indictment revealed one of the most calculated grooming operations in the case (EFTA00008744).
The victim was "13 going on 14" in the summer of 1994 when she attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts summer program in Michigan as an opera singer. Epstein had established himself as a donor to the school and had "donated a lodge to the camp in the summer of 1994" — the same summer he began grooming this victim.
"She said that she was sitting at a picnic table with friends when Epstein and Maxwell walked by. They stopped to talk to her, engaged her in conversation, asked her if she liked her classes; her teachers. During that conversation she found out that she was also from Palm Beach and that he said he gives scholarships to students."
After exchanging contact information, the grooming escalated. Maxwell gave the victim a "school-girl outfit" to wear, which Maxwell described as something she “thought would be adorable.” The victim received gifts including "Massage for Dummies" (a book later found in Epstein’s Palm Beach residence) and Victoria’s Secret lingerie. Before sending the lingerie, Maxwell asked the victim for her address and her bra size.
Epstein’s pilot David Rodgers confirmed picking the victim up and remembered her traveling on the private jet in the 1990s.
This case demonstrates premeditated institutional infiltration: Epstein donated 0,000+ to position himself at a children’s arts camp, then used his donor status and Maxwell as a lure to recruit a 13-year-old singer.
At Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial (EFTA00068582), Minor Victim-2 gave detailed testimony about her recruitment at Interlochen Arts Camp in the summer of 1994. She had just finished 7th grade (~13 years old). Her family was in crisis — her father had died in October 1993, they lost their house and were homeless, living in a pool house in a friend's backyard in Palm Beach.
Her oldest sister's family pooled money to send her and her brothers to Interlochen. She was sitting on a park bench or picnic bench with friends, eating ice cream, when Maxwell approached with a cute little Yorkie. The children asked to pet the dog. When her friends left for class, Epstein joined Maxwell:
"He was very interested to know what I thought about the camp, what my favorite classes were, what my least favorite classes, teachers... They said they were big benefactors of this camp; and that they went there every summer; and that they gave different kids scholarships."
She told them her father had just died. Epstein responded: "I think we know your mom. It's kind of a smaller town. We definitely know her." He placed a newspaper on the picnic table and asked for her mother's phone number. She gave the family landline.
Back in Palm Beach, Epstein sent a chauffeur to bring her to his mansion for "tea." She began visiting once every week or two, always alone. She observed four women and Maxwell, all topless, some naked at the pool. He gave her cash — "It's for your mother. I know she's having a hard time" — at almost every visit. He paid for voice lessons, clothes, "things for school." He name-dropped Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Mike Wallace and put people on speakerphone. He told her: "I know all the agents. I know all the photographers. I know the owner of Victoria's Secret. So I can make things happen, but you just have to be ready for it."
Maxwell took her shopping at Victoria's Secret, buying "white cotton briefs — like the very sort of basic-looking ones that you would wear when you're younger."
Maxwell told her: "Once you fuck them, you can always fuck them again because they're grandfathered in." The victim didn't understand the word "grandfathered."
After Epstein's "I can make things happen" speech, he took her hand: "Follow me." In the pool house: "He just pulled his pants down. He was wearing sweatpants. And he pulled me on top of himself and he proceeded to masturbate on me. I was frozen in fear. I'd never seen a penis before."
Shortly after, Epstein and Maxwell took the 14-year-old upstairs to the bedroom. "They moved me over to the bed and took their clothes off and started to like sort of, like, fondle each other" — "showing me, you know, what he likes, what men like, what women like, sort of touching on breasts and touching his penis." Maxwell's demeanor was "very casual, like it was very normal, like it was not a big deal." These sessions occurred "almost every visit" — every two weeks.
Pilot Larry Visoski confirmed "Epstein went to Interlochen almost every summer in the 1990s" and had his own cabin on campus. Recalled one female passenger who was a singer with "striking blue eyes" and "large breasts." Confirmed Itzhak Perlman flew on some Interlochen flights. FBI interview of victim's brother (EFTA00158608) confirmed Epstein was a "godfather figure" and Maxwell told the victim's minor brother she would "teach your brother a thing or two."
The victim received $5 million from the Epstein victim compensation fund ($2.9M after legal fees). She first spoke to FBI in May 2019.
EFTA documents reveal the full scope of Epstein's financial infiltration of Interlochen Center for the Arts — a children's summer arts camp and boarding school in Michigan.
Government Exhibit 741 (EFTA00090261) contains correspondence between Interlochen officials and Epstein/Maxwell documenting $420,000+ in donations (1993-1997):
Additionally, the Wexner Foundation donated $185,000 on July 25, 1994 — paying 92.5% of the lodge's $200K cost — just weeks before the first known recruitment in August 1994 (EFTA00097133). Epstein was entitled to use the lodge for two weeks per year.
FBI FD-302 of Interlochen's VP of Advancement (EFTA01249911) describes the lodge as "segregated away from the main campus" — a quarter to half mile down the road, near visitors' lodges, where "people would not see others coming and going." Maxwell was "the gatekeeper" for all Epstein interactions with Interlochen. When visiting, Maxwell told staff she was bringing Epstein and "their personal masseuse" to the summer camp.
Epstein's scholarship agreement required students to "communicate with the donor" and offered to "arrange a meeting on campus" — direct institutional access to minor students in exchange for donations. Epstein personally directed $5,000 to a specific named student, creating financial dependency.
Three SDNY subpoenas were issued between October 2020 and November 2021. The March 2021 grand jury subpoena (EFTA00019503), signed by Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss, explicitly cites 18 U.S.C. §§ 2423(a) and 1591 — federal sex trafficking of minors statutes. At least two students (Government Exhibits 742 and 743) were prepared as evidence for the Maxwell trial. Interlochen's attorney Jeffrey Jocks initially resisted disclosure; tuition payment records had been destroyed after 7 years.
Interlochen eventually distanced itself from Epstein, renaming the lodge "Green Lake Lodge" and severing ties after the 2008 plea deal.
In the original Maxwell indictment grand jury (EFTA00008631, SDNY, June 29, 2020), an FBI special agent from the Violent Crimes Against Children squad testified about a 16-year-old victim (Indictment Victim 2) who was lured to Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico in the spring of 1996.
The victim lived in Arizona with her mother. Her older sister already worked for Epstein in New York and told her Epstein could "help her with college." In January 1996, she flew commercially to NYC and met Epstein at his townhouse. At the movies, Epstein sat between the victim and her sister, put his hand on her leg, rubbed her arm, and held her hand. She didn't tell her sister because "she knew her sister really liked Epstein and that Epstein could help them."
Epstein then invited her to Zorro Ranch, promising there would be "other students her age." When she arrived:
"It was just them... Was it just the three of them the entire weekend of the visit? Yes. Were there any other school kids there? No."
Maxwell described as "very charming" — gave her a tour, took her shopping, talked about school and homework. Then Maxwell instructed her to give Epstein a foot massage, demonstrating how. At the movies that weekend, Maxwell pulled Epstein's pants down a little bit in public, and Epstein openly touched the victim's leg in front of Maxwell.
Then Maxwell sexually assaulted the victim directly:
"Maxwell had asked [victim] if she ever had a massage, and Maxwell told her she could give her one. So [victim] was on her back and Maxwell had pulled the sheet down exposing her chest, she was nude from the top up, and proceeded to massage around her chest and breast area."
The victim "felt really uncomfortable." The next morning, Epstein entered her bedroom: "He wanted to cuddle. So he laid down next to her and spooned her." She told him she had to go to the bathroom to escape.
After the weekend, Epstein paid for her trip to Thailand. She is now a psychologist who works with trauma victims.
The same grand jury transcript (EFTA00008631) details how Maxwell recruited a 17-year-old English girl (Indictment Victim 3) in London around 1994-1995, grooming her through friendship before delivering her to Epstein for sexual abuse.
Maxwell met the victim through a mutual friend and treated her "like naughty school girls." Maxwell told the victim that Epstein "was going to like her." When Epstein flew to London, Maxwell called the victim to her residence:
"Maxwell was saying to Epstein — giving him a resume of her attributes. Saying she's so pretty, she's so strong, and then Maxwell asked her to give Epstein a massage... 'Since you're so strong I'd appreciate it if you give Jeffrey a massage because he needs a massage every day or I get in trouble.'"
In the room, Epstein took off his robe, and during the massage he touched the victim and pulled her hand to his penis. When she reacted, Epstein told her: "Don't be frigid." When she left the room, Maxwell was just outside: "Did you have fun? Did he like it?" Days later, Maxwell called: "Well, aren't you a clever girl, Jeffrey was very impressed."
Maxwell then asked her to return: "Thank God you're here; if it's not you or someone it falls to me." When Maxwell opened the bedroom door, Epstein was standing there nude. Maxwell said: "I'll leave you guys to it."
The victim traveled with them to Palm Beach, USVI, Paris, and New York over the next several years. The abuse included Epstein groping her and using a vibrator on her genitals. Maxwell was always nearby afterward: "How was it, is he happy?" and "You know how he is when he's not happy and you know what makes him happy, he has to have sex all the time, he's like a super hero."
At Palm Beach, after the victim turned 18, Maxwell laid out a school-girl outfit on the bed:
"Maxwell said 'well, I thought it would be adorable if you gave Jeffrey his tea in this.' So [victim] felt like she had to put it on so she put it on, took Epstein his tea, and Epstein then slapped her on the buttocks and reached under the skirt and touched her."
When the victim confronted Maxwell, she was told: "Don't be so frigid." Afterward: "I heard you did well."
Maxwell then tried to make the victim a recruiter:
"Do you know anyone who can give him a blow job today; I don't feel like it?"
And specified: "They have to look young at least." The victim refused — "she didn't want anyone else to go through that." She struggled with substance abuse, got sober in her 20s, and now runs a non-profit for people who struggle with addiction and trauma.
The Maxwell indictment grand jury transcript (EFTA00008631) concludes with two devastating sections: physical evidence from the July 2019 FBI raid on Epstein's NYC townhouse, and Maxwell's prior perjury in a sworn deposition.
The FBI special agent, who personally participated in the search, described the massage room at 9 East 71st Street:
"It was dark. It had dark draperies covering the windows. There was a massage table. There were oils. There was a hand-held massager in there along with handcuffs, a whip, and along the walls were nude photographs of young females."
Critically, the agent confirmed: "Did you find a school-girl outfit in Epstein's New York townhouse? Yes, we did. Where did you find it? It was found in a room next to the massage room." This directly corroborated the victim's account of being made to wear a school-girl outfit to serve Epstein tea at Palm Beach.
The FBI also found butt plugs, dildos, and vibrators — consistent with victims' testimony about abuse involving sex toys.
In 2016, Maxwell gave sworn deposition testimony in the Giuffre v. Maxwell defamation lawsuit (15-CV-7433, SDNY). The grand jury reviewed her statements:
"Let's just tie that down. Is it your testimony that you've never given anybody a massage?" — Maxwell: "I have not given anyone a massage."
"You never gave Mr. Epstein a massage; is that your testimony?" — Maxwell: "That is my testimony."
The FBI agent then confirmed the direct contradiction: a victim told the FBI that Maxwell gave her a massage at Zorro Ranch in New Mexico — exposing her chest and massaging around her breast area. Maxwell's categorical denial under oath was false.
This perjury formed part of the basis for the two perjury counts in Maxwell's federal indictment.
On March 7, 2024, Jeanne M. Christensen of Wigdor LLP (a major victims’ rights firm) wrote to SDNY prosecutors with explosive information (EFTA02731515):
"I strongly believe that there is at least one video circulating on some disgusting sex site with [victim] in it."
The victim "was videotaped at a hotel" during a sex trafficking incident involving 6 men, of whom she was forced to have sex with 3. Christensen states:
"I know the names of at least two of the men who she had to have sex with during this incident — there were 6 men there and she had to be with 3 of them. One of them is a former friend of Leon Black’s and both men likely knew JE."
The victim was later contacted "randomly" by someone while playing an online game who told her he had seen a video of "one girl having sex with 3 men in a row" and said it looked like her. Christensen has a screenshot from this interaction.
The letter also references contemporaneous journals from the victim with content about Epstein and Maxwell, and mentions this is "Year 19" of the victim’s case — suggesting abuse dating back to approximately 2005.
If this video exists and can be located, it would constitute direct evidence of sex trafficking and could identify additional perpetrators. The two named men — including a former friend of Leon Black — are potential targets for prosecution.
In March-April 2017, Jeffrey Epstein conducted a sustained grooming campaign targeting Bechet Allen, the adopted daughter of Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn, then approximately 18 years old. The iMessage thread (EFTA01616775) reveals the identical playbook Epstein used to recruit a 13-year-old at Interlochen in 1994.
Epstein initiated repeated Skype calls, sent links to Bard College exchange programs, offered career mentoring ("if you could have job drawing is that something you would enjoy... what would be your ideal job?"), asked for her artwork ("I'd appreciate a drawing of your choice"), helped with applications, and offered to pay ("I pay if you prefer").
On April 18, 2017, Epstein pushed Bechet toward the same arts camp where he recruited his first known victim 23 years earlier:
"please look at this I know this well... it is terrific. if you agree, i can try, it is really great fun"
The link was to Interlochen Center for the Arts — Advanced Drawing high school summer program. When Bechet declined because of a Kenya volunteer trip, Epstein pressured her:
"if we can get you into the camp. we could switch kenya for later... its an amazing place with great teachers and unique art classes... its also the last year you could go as you get to old next year."
He then invited her to visit him: "come see me thurs in new york, bring my drawing."
The same day, Epstein sent the identical Interlochen link directly to Soon-Yi Previn (EFTA02653174), indicating both parents knew about and facilitated the relationship.
Earlier evidence shows the family connection ran deep: in March 2013, Lesley Groff confirmed "Totally fine for Bechet to bring her friend... we DO need a copy of her passport details as soon as possible for the passenger list" (EFTA00393338) — Bechet was flying on Epstein's private jet at approximately age 14.
Epstein also brokered Bechet's college placement: "Leon Botstein called me to tell you if there is anything you want or need for Bechet at Bard, he is on call" (EFTA01209934) — the president of Bard College acting as Epstein's intermediary.
A 97-page master photo index (EFTA00005284) catalogs the digital media seized from Epstein’s properties. The index reveals the scope and nature of Epstein’s photo archive:
12 pages are stamped "CSAM NOT SCANNED" — meaning law enforcement identified child sexual abuse material but did not digitize those pages for the release. These pages are interspersed throughout the index (EFTA00005284, EFTA00005284, EFTA00005284, EFTA00005284, and others).
Multiple folders document Clinton’s travel with Epstein:
The archive spans multiple CDs and hard drives seized from Epstein’s properties, with folders organized by trip, person, and location. The 12 CSAM pages confirm the existence of child exploitation material in Epstein’s possession.
An internal FBI email classified SECRET//NOFORN reveals that a "complete scrub" of files located documents associated with Epstein that were not included in the case file because they were "NOT of evidentiary value" (EFTA02730468).
The most significant item is:
"FD-71 from 1996 which predates our record keeping system. (Unclass)"
An FD-71 is an FBI Electronic Communication form — a basic investigative document used to record information received or actions taken. Its existence from 1996 means the FBI had some form of record on Epstein three years before any known formal investigation.
This timing is critical: Maria Farmer filed her complaint with NYPD and the FBI in 1996 — the first known report against Epstein. This FD-71 may be the intake record from that complaint, which the FBI apparently took no action on for nearly a decade.
The other attached files were:
The pattern is damning: the FBI had records on Epstein in 1996, another sexual exploitation file in 2016, yet Epstein was not arrested until July 2019. Each delay of years represents potential additional victims.
Nadia Marcinkova was named as a co-conspirator in Epstein's 2007 non-prosecution agreement and described in court filings as his “live-in sex slave.”
EFTA00235326 — The NPA states: “the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to Sarah Kellen, Lesley Groff, or Marcinkova.”
EFTA00191148 — Prosecutor confirms immigration charges were also dropped: “there is no plan to try to proceed on any immigration charges against either Ms. Ross or Ms. Marcinkova.”
EFTA00081180 — Court filing states: “Epstein also made E.W. perform oral sex on him and was to perform sex acts on Nadia Marcinkova (Epstein’s live-in sex slave) in Epstein’s presence.” The same document lists SM & slave-training books ordered by Epstein from Amazon, including “SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude” and “Training with Miss Abernathy: A Workbook for Erotic Slaves and Their Owners.”
EFTA00962525 — In a remarkable June 2013 email, Marcinkova describes Epstein’s systematic pattern of controlling women:
“Promising your girls apartments, shopping sprees, cars, money and security forever is second nature for you. Dangling those carrots as long as possible and then playing into the girls’ insecurity by making them feel stupid for ‘misunderstanding’ the terms of those promises is cute.”
She also writes: “You focus on my lifestyle when I met you, at 18… I was a teenager in love. You were 51.”
Epstein’s reply is cruel and controlling: “when I first met you, you had not even a high school education…you only owned a couple of worn out dresses and a tooth brush, eating popcorn for your main meal…your closets now are full, coats bags, shoes, toys.”
EFTA01897098 — Epstein berates Marcinkova: “you once again expect, expect expect…expect to have an apt…expect that your press should be no worse than sarah or lesley. I will help you move on…you could only fly on the condition of no more emotional outburst, not wanting to fly karyna…lets part as we should have years ago.” She replies: “fine. $5mil”
EFTA00966905 — Richard Kahn confirms: “$10K to Aviloop” — Epstein funding Marcinkova’s company directly.
EFTA02456758 — “can you wire nadia 14k today” — ongoing financial support.
EFTA00677154 — Marcinkova to Epstein: “Im launching Aviloop tomorrow.. What does this mean?” — referring to legal investigations threatening the business.
Marcinkova later changed her name to Emma Marcinko (EFTA00770952, Oct 2009).
An undated letter from Epstein to "Les" (Leslie Wexner) reveals Epstein invoking their shared secrets after Wexner cut ties:
"You and I had 'gang stuff' for over 15 years. A great deal of it, that she was unaware of. I had no intention of divulging any confidence of ours, no matter what accusations she made."
The letter references a woman who "tried to extort Ehud Barak, Alan Dershowitz and Prince Andrew" — clearly Virginia Giuffre — and states Epstein would "never under any circumstances give it up, or put you in harm's way." The tone is simultaneously loyal and threatening, reminding Wexner of shared confidences while positioning himself as a protector.
Four near-identical draft notes from July 2015 (EFTA00645002, EFTA00653278, EFTA00716143, EFTA00631928) appear to be preparation notes for a confrontation with Wexner. They contain the phrase:
"34 girls wexner"
This number — 34 — matches exactly the number of confirmed minor victims documented in the 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement. The notes also contain what appear to be leverage points: "suicide, randy, jack kessler, stanley, bankrupt, sales tax, ohio, cigars, trusts charity" — a catalog of Wexner's vulnerabilities.
Other names in the notes include Leon (Black), Darren (Indyke), Martin (Nowak), Joi (Ito), Summers, Dershowitz ("dershoqit"), Jean-Luc (Brunel), Jarecki, Glenn (Dubin), Chomsky, and Guy Lewis. A reference to "morroco, 40 m. leon plane" suggests Morocco trips on Leon Black's aircraft. The notes were iteratively edited over July 24-31, 2015, with Epstein refining his confrontation strategy.
A June 8, 2021 FBI preparation memo for witness Juan Alessi — Epstein's live-in house manager at 358 El Brillo Way, Palm Beach from approximately 1990 to December 2002 — documents the systematic trafficking operation at the Palm Beach residence and a direct admission from Epstein himself (EFTA00157613).
When Alessi quit in December 2002, he warned Epstein directly: "one of those girls is going to get you in trouble." Epstein's reply: "they only want money."
The memo documents a first victim — approximately 14–15 years old, a high schooler — whom Alessi personally picked up from her school and home beginning in the late 1990s. She visited the Palm Beach residence approximately twice per week, went to movies with Epstein and Maxwell, and brought a suitcase on visits.
By the end of Alessi's employment, Epstein was receiving three massages daily — morning, afternoon, and evening — with a different girl for each appointment. Alessi maintained a rolodex of masseuses. Massage oils were shipped from England, Paris, and Tahiti. A second victim brought from a local spa also introduced two additional young girls to the residence and was observed boarding Epstein's plane.
Ghislaine Maxwell arrived approximately six months after Alessi was hired and immediately assumed control of the household. All instructions were routed through her, not Epstein directly. She declared herself "lady of the house" and imposed increasingly restrictive rules — including "don't look him in his eyes" and "don't engage in conversations" with Epstein. Sex toys were found in both Maxwell's bathroom and Epstein's bathroom.
Both Alessi and his wife Maria — who also worked at the residence — were required to sign a non-disclosure agreement on January 2, 2003: $30,000 to Juan, $20,000 to Maria, plus COBRA health insurance through December 2003, in exchange for a full release of all claims against Epstein, Maxwell, and their entities.
Alessi's testimony identifies frequent visitors to the Palm Beach residence including Donald Trump, Senator George Mitchell, JFK Jr., Alan Dershowitz, Les Wexner, Prince Andrew and his wife, and Nobel Prize laureates.
Dr. Darius Paduch, a urologist at Weill Cornell Medical Center / NewYork-Presbyterian, treated Jeffrey Epstein in September 2018 — nine months before Epstein's arrest. In May 2024, Paduch was convicted on all federal counts of sexually abusing seven patients, including five minors, during urology examinations spanning 2007–2023. He was sentenced to life in prison on November 20, 2024.
Paduch was recommended to Epstein by "Dr. Merrell" and his appointments were coordinated by Lesley Groff: "8:00am Appt w/Dr. Paduch (Dr. Merrell recommended) 520 East 70th Street" (EFTA02257779). A medical form signed "Darius Paduch, M.D." with Epstein's date of birth (01/20/1953) confirms the direct doctor-patient relationship (EFTA00314072).
The week of September 26, 2018 shows a remarkable concentration of Epstein's medical and reproductive network:
All four appeared on the same week's schedule (EFTA00285597). This places Epstein's second fertility urologist — now a convicted child sex offender — alongside his evolutionary biologist, his longevity doctor, and the woman managing his sperm banking, in a single concentrated period.
Epstein personally followed up when Paduch's office was unresponsive: "still have not heard from dr paduch" (EFTA00482762).
Note: Over 200 additional civil claims have been filed against Paduch. His conviction is unrelated to Epstein but establishes a pattern: Epstein's medical network included a physician who was himself a serial sexual predator targeting minors.
An FBI internal case briefing document (EFTA00164939) provides a comprehensive overview of all four Epstein investigations:
Key statistics from the SDNY investigation:
Financial section: "Between 2007 and 2011 over $21,000,000 was transferred from Epstein's accounts to Maxwell's accounts, and then promptly moved to other accounts associated with Epstein."
The original 2007 plea deal: a 60-count indictment was drafted against Epstein in May 2007, but prosecutors met with Epstein's attorneys and offered 2 state charges, 18 months, sex offender registration, and an NPA covering Epstein, 4 named co-conspirators, and any potential co-conspirators. Epstein served less than 13 months and was "allowed out of prison 12 hours a day to work at his foundation."
The FBI internal case briefing (EFTA00164939) contains two separate victim statements about Leon Black:
Victim 1: "Epstein told her to give Black a massage while Black was naked." A second female "gave Black a massage and he made her perform oral sex. Epstein made jokes about Black's penis size."
Victim 2: "Black raped her numerous times and sex trafficked her (including at Epstein's). Black threatened to destroy her life" and stated he had "connections with the police."
These statements appear in the FBI's "PROMINENT NAMES" section — an internal summary of victim allegations against individuals of public interest. Two independent victims, reporting separately, both describe violent sexual abuse by Black at Epstein's direction.
The FBI case briefing (EFTA00164939) records two victim statements about Donald Trump:
Victim 1: "Epstein introduced her to Trump who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis" — which she bit. "In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out."
Victim 2: "Remember Epstein introduced her to Trump saying 'This is a good one, huh' and Trump responded 'Yes.'"
A separate FBI internal email (EFTA00161528) confirms: "Donald Trump (one identified victim claimed abuse by Trump but ultimately refused to cooperate)."
An FBI FD-302 interview (EFTA00090339) with a staff member states: "EPSTEIN was always on the phone with others including, BILL CLINTON and DONALD TRUMP" during the period of active abuse.
The FBI case briefing (EFTA00164939) records victim statements against three additional prominent individuals:
Jes Staley (JP Morgan CEO): A victim stated "Epstein told her to give Staley a massage at Epstein's mansion. Staley forced her hands on his crotch and had 'rough sex' with her."
Glenn Dubin (Highbridge Capital): A victim stated "Maxwell instructed her to give Dubin a massage and do what she did for Epstein."
Harvey Weinstein: Three separate victim accounts — (1) she "gave Weinstein a massage, during which he fondled her, masturbated and offered to pay her extra if he could ejaculate on her chest"; (2) "Weinstein came to her apartment, offered her a job and then tried to follow her into the shower"; (3) "Epstein told her to give Weinstein a massage, during which Weinstein tells her to take off her shirt, she refuses and then Weinstein threatens to get women to come force her too."
The FBI case briefing (EFTA00164939) contains two additional explosive allegations in its "PROMINENT NAMES" section:
William Barr / Leon Black: An NTOC tip stated "Barr and Black were present during abuses." The tipster "stated was at Epstein's for a model event, ran into Barr who stated he wanted to see her next time he came." The briefing notes: "Numerous anonymous NTOC's were received with allegations against prominent individuals."
Les Wexner: A victim "stated Epstein earned his money from having homosexual sex with Wexner."
Note: The briefing includes a "MISCONCEPTIONS" section stating: "Based on review of evidence and victim statements no orgies, or threesomes which included 2 males." Additionally: "Victims were not held captive" and "Epstein did not regularly prostitute the victims in exchange for money."
A June 2023 FBI/DANY memo (EFTA02731737) documents a victim who came forward in 2023 with a previously unknown trafficking pipeline:
A woman identified as Mary (Mary Small) introduced the victim to Ghislaine Maxwell when she was 17 years old. Mary described it as "an apprentice program." She met Maxwell and Epstein, who "watched movies together" and told her to "sit in his lap." They flew her to Palm Beach, St. Thomas, and New York.
The Leon Black incident: A man named Eddie (Eddie Small) "drove her from [Virginia] to NY to JE's townhouse." Epstein "introduced her to Black by name as 'Leon' and told her she would give him a massage." What followed: "Black was very violent, tore her clothes off, bit her vagina, forced sex toys into her." The victim "needed medical attention, bleeding." Black "left money on the table before he left the room." She described him as "looking like Shrek."
DANY prosecutors stated: "They believe she was also abused by Staley."
Mary Small's abuse: Mary "would treat her badly if JE reported to Mary that she wasn't good." She "dragged her up flight of stairs by her hair" and "would be physical including by slapping her." Maxwell and Mary "were controlling [her] body, JE liked the girls to look a certain way." Mary received "expensive luxury gifts" and "new outfits or food after the trips."
A pilot named Larry (Larry Visoski) flew them to St. Thomas. At one point, "she came in through customs and the customs officer asked if she was ok."
An FBI FD-302 interview (EFTA01309589) documents the August 19, 2020 interview of Anthony Figueroa by Detective Paul Byrne and SA Amanda Young:
Figueroa's girlfriend worked for Epstein as a "masseuse" who traveled with him for two weeks at a time. She eventually asked Figueroa "if he knew any other girls that wanted to make money giving EPSTEIN massages." His motivation: "FIGUEROA wanted to see his girlfriend more so he helped."
The recruitment: Figueroa attended several South Florida high schools including Piper High School, Royal Palm, Wellington, and Survivors Charter School. He recruited girls from these schools. "EPSTEIN would pay FIGUEROA $200 in cash for each girl." He would "drive the girls he knew to EPSTEIN's and he would get paid when he brought them." Epstein told Figueroa: "make sure the girls are 18 years old" and "make sure they are not fat."
Figueroa told recruits "there was a guy that wanted to get massages" and "sometimes the guy (EPSTEIN) would ask the girls to do more than massage and sometimes girls would get paid more to do so, but you did not have to do more."
The Maxwell connection: Figueroa's girlfriend told him "she and MAXWELL would go out and get girls together for EPSTEIN." She was "approached by MAXWELL at Mar-A-Lago" and they "were sexually active with each other." Maxwell previously had Figueroa "pick up a specific girl and bring them to EPSTEIN's residence."
Device extraction from Epstein's phone (EFTA01209254) reveals Daniel Siad actively procuring women for Epstein through Skype and iMessage between 2017 and 2019:
June 26, 2017 — Siad to Epstein via Skype: "I am here in Barcelona I have girls staying with me from Australia Croecian origin, so you can speak with her very Sweet." And: "Also her dream is New-York of cause." Epstein responded: "Photo?"
Siad forwarded a woman's passport photo to Epstein; she wrote in French: "voici mon passeport! c'est top secret!! ;-)" (EFTA01132792).
Epstein specified preferences: "just dark hair" (EFTA01621978). In February 2019, Siad arranged a Thai actress in NYC — Epstein: "i invited your friend pookluck to my house. she wants to meet in a restaurant. i dont do that in new york." (EFTA01612695).
Attorney Stan Pottinger described Siad as "a scout or recruiter of girls and/or women for J. Epstein" (EFTA00066441).
FBI documents reveal that Virginia Giuffre was trafficked by Ronald Eppinger beginning around 1997-1998, when she was approximately 13-15 years old — before she entered Epstein's orbit at Mar-a-Lago.
Eppinger ran a Miami-based sex trafficking operation disguised as the "Perfect 10" modeling agency (1997-1999), smuggling Czech women with promises of modeling work. An FBI case briefing contains handwritten notes: "B/W 13 + 16, picked up in 1998 by Ron Eppinger. 1/1/99, police (FBI) entered home, found her, arrested her, he went to jail" (EFTA00019071). The redacted individual is identified as Giuffre through unique biographical details: "dad worked @ Maralago," "dad dropped her off @ Epstein's house," "filed Civ't lawsuit in 2015 — defamation suit against Maxwell."
Eppinger was charged with 21 state felonies including 10 counts of sexual battery by person in familial/custodial authority (FL 794.011(8)) — meaning he sexually assaulted children in his own household — plus 4 counts of child abuse and 6 counts of lewd assault on a child. All were dropped when federal charges took precedence. He pled guilty to alien smuggling for prostitution and money laundering and received just 21 months.
Both Epstein and Maxwell had direct knowledge of Giuffre's Eppinger history and actively weaponized it to discredit her:
Eppinger died November 8, 2006 at a Fort Lauderdale hospital at age 70 — four months after Epstein's July 2006 arrest. The FBI was actively building the federal case, and Eppinger had 21 outstanding felony failure-to-appear charges giving the government leverage to compel his cooperation. His death meant Epstein could characterize Giuffre's history however he wished — as he wrote: "hes dead."
The Eppinger-to-Epstein pathway — both operations used "modeling" as cover for trafficking — represents one of the clearest documented cases of serial victimization in the Epstein files.
On Day 2 of her July 2025 proffer (DOJ-OGR-00022995), Maxwell made extraordinary admissions under use immunity that directly contradict her trial defense of total ignorance:
Maxwell also engaged in victim-blaming, claiming underage victims "could have been charged with prostitution and trafficking." She told DAG Blanche that "some in your cabinet" (Trump cabinet members) were part of Epstein's world.
These admissions, protected by use immunity, demolish the defense narrative that Maxwell was an innocent "general manager" unaware of Epstein's criminal conduct. She saw the abuse mechanism firsthand, recruited the women involved, and knew at least one was underage.
The Jeffrey E. Epstein 2014 Trust names Celina Edith Dubin — daughter of hedge fund billionaire Glenn Dubin and former Swedish model Eva Andersson-Dubin (Epstein's ex-girlfriend) — as the primary beneficiary of all four major properties plus 100% of the residual Trust Estate:
Estimated total property value: $150M+, with $20M in operating funds. The 2001 Trust provides that if Celina dies before age 35, assets pass to her children, then to Eva, then to Eva's children. Ghislaine Maxwell was designated to choose which property goes to Eva.
Separately, Deutsche Bank AML compliance emails show Epstein also changed the beneficiary of the Epstein Insurance Trust from his brother Mark to Celina in 2012 amendments. USVI prosecutors subpoenaed all Dubin communications about Celina's relationship with Epstein. Reports state Epstein "openly declared his plans to marry Celina Dubin" and developed "an especially close relationship when Celina was 12."
Caroline Lang, Chairman of Sotheby's Switzerland and daughter of French politician Jack Lang, co-owned Prytanée LLC — a USVI-based company — with Epstein. The entity was valued at $700,000 (50% interest) in Epstein's estate proceedings and had a Deutsche Bank Wealth Management account opened July 22, 2016 in St. Thomas.
Epstein's will named Lang as recipient of $5 million. She was described in Deutsche Bank due diligence as "internationally recognized for her in-depth knowledge of the art market" and "Chairman of the Swiss Department of Impressionist, Modern & Contemporary Art."
Critically, an Easter 2014 schedule shows: "Caroline Lang to arrive Miami via AF#0090 from Paris — her daughters will come with her: Anna 15 and Rebecca 13." Epstein's driver Janusz was instructed to "pick up the family and take them to the PB house." A convicted sex offender hosting a mother with her 15- and 13-year-old daughters at his Palm Beach residence raises grave concerns.
French prosecutors opened a financial investigation into Lang for tax fraud and money laundering related to her failure to declare Prytanée LLC to French tax authorities. She resigned from the Syndicat des producteurs indépendants after the EFTA files were released. Her father Jack Lang is also under investigation.
Francisco D'Agostino, a Venezuelan businessman, visited Epstein's Little St. James Island in October 2012 with Todd Meister and immediately began referring to a young woman there as the "water gazelle" — "I had so much fun in Little St Jeffery...and the water gazelle is really stunning...what a beautiful and smart girl!" (EFTA00628544).
In January 2013, D'Agostino asked Epstein "how is my water gaselle???" — Epstein replied "here and naked" — D'Agostino responded "Love it!!!!" (EFTA00953438). He later identified her by the name "Jane": "Say hi to Jane...the water gazelle. I miss seeing her swim" (EFTA01989630).
Most disturbingly, on Christmas Day 2013 (EFTA00678323), D'Agostino asked "How is the gazelle?" — Epstein replied "two new ones added to the collection" — D'Agostino responded "O0000000Hhhh. Nice!!! When are inviting me to the island?" The language of "collection" treats women as objects to be acquired and displayed, and D'Agostino's enthusiastic response demonstrates full awareness of what Epstein was doing on his island.
D'Agostino also coordinated Caracas airport logistics when Epstein was concerned about a "heavy drug search on landing" due to a previous incident with a similarly-named plane (EFTA00701318). D'Agostino replied: "I can talk with the people down at the airport."
On September 12, 2013, French conductor Frédéric Chaslin emailed Epstein (EFTA00970629):
"I found a great girl for your next stay in Paris
Student in philosophy
21
Looks a little like roman Polanski's current wife (Seigner)"
Epstein replied simply: "Great sept 27" (EFTA00970630). Chaslin then asked: "For how long? Should she contact you or one of your assistant may be contact her?" (EFTA00970635) and followed up with: "I forgot. Of course perfectly fluent French English Spanish. Her name: Frederica Amelia Finkelstein" (EFTA00970636).
The comparison to Roman Polanski's wife — Polanski being a convicted child rapist — while describing a young woman to another sex offender is particularly disturbing. Chaslin presented her like a product: age, appearance, languages, education.
Epstein instructed Lesley Groff to contact her: "her name is frederika, friend of paula and fred chaslin, in paris, contact her and set up a skype date" (EFTA00383769). Groff emailed her: "Jeffrey Epstein, friends with Paula and Fred Chaslin in Paris, would like to set up a time to Skype with you" (EFTA00383773). Finkelstein declined after searching Epstein's name: "I got another job offer just a few days ago. So unfortunately, I won't have enough time" (EFTA00383531).
'Lola Mignon' (pseudonym — real identity redacted) was a Paris-based law student who maintained a personal relationship with Epstein from August 2012 through at least November 2013. In April 2013, she asked Epstein about US universities (NYU, Georgetown, UPenn). Epstein replied: "yes definitley, especially if you find me interesting girls there" (EFTA01759826) — explicitly conditioning his advice on her recruiting young women at American universities.
The exchange reveals a grooming-to-recruitment pipeline: Epstein cultivated relationships with young women, offered mentorship and financial support, then converted them into recruiters. 'Lola Mignon' was herself a victim of his controlling behavior — Epstein wrote: "you have lost your way, you act like a child, write like a adolescent, and respond like a spoiled adult, i am losing my patience" (EFTA01981669). She responded: "I was advised not to see you. I don't feel I can trust you." But she ultimately apologized and asked for forgiveness.
She addressed Epstein as "My Mephistopheles" — acknowledging the Faustian nature of their relationship. Epstein refused to give her his Paris apartment door code (EFTA01969878) while still scheduling her for private evening visits. The dynamic — a young woman given a false identity, subjected to emotional manipulation, told to find girls — mirrors the recruitment patterns described by trafficking victims.
Lyndon Lea, founder of UK private equity firm Lion Capital LLP, arranged a paid internship at Findus Group for a woman at Epstein's direction. In May 2010, Lea emailed Epstein: "Organized a job for her at Findus. 1 year paid internship in the marketing department based in London. She'll need to do a couple of interviews to feel like she's earned it but it's already sorted unless she does something bizarre."
Epstein's reply drew a chilling distinction between women: "tell geir, she is serious, not a toy. toys are also available" (EFTA02415943). The reference to 'geir' is Geir Frantzen, who introduced Lea to Epstein. This language explicitly categorizes women into two groups — 'serious' ones who get career opportunities, and "toys" who are sexually available. This is the language of trafficking: commodifying women and treating sexual access as something to be offered alongside business deals.
Lea was also involved in deal-making through Epstein's network — "Lyndon Lea is pushing for us to get involved... the deal on the table is the transaction to buy a stake in Findus Group" (EFTA00744809). Epstein asked: "Should Lyndon Lea bring the CEO of Findus Group tomorrow?" (EFTA01822512) — mixing business deals with the same company where the woman was placed.
A sworn statement by FBI Special Agent Aaron E. Spivack (NYFO Squad C-20, Violent Crimes Against Children / Human Trafficking) reveals that the FBI's forensic computer lab was hacked on Super Bowl Sunday 2023 (February 12, 2023). Log analysis showed the intruder(s) were "combing through certain files pertaining to the Epstein investigation" stored on the squad's NAS servers.
The intrusion destroyed approximately 500 terabytes of evidence data across multiple NAS devices. Spivack discovered the breach the next morning when a ransomware-style text file appeared stating "your network has been compromised." By the time the breach was confirmed at 5pm, NAS1, NAS2, and the main Synology server were all compromised with data folders missing.
The aftermath was devastating: the squad suffered a 95.52% reduction in productivity. With 281 electronic evidence items requiring processing, the average completion time ballooned from same-day to 30.5 days per device. In one case, a foreign child exploitation offender fled the United States because CART processing was too slow without the squad's lab.
Spivack's statement reveals years of systemic neglect: requests for hard drives were denied, requests for network security assistance went unanswered since 2017, a request for an electronic door lock was denied due to "no funding," and the office had no designated Information System Security Officer until weeks before the breach. Spivack was told to "Google how to recover the data" — no technical help was sent. OCIO Section Chief Matt Smith called it "part of systemic failures."
The statement was given under oath to FBI Internal Affairs (Inspection Division) over two sessions in January and August 2024.
Victim statement identifies Igor Zinoviev, Epstein's bodyguard and former UFC middleweight champion, as a direct witness to sexual abuse: "Igor was always there when I was on the island. He regularly saw me in distress. On one occasion, after being raped three times that day and being bullied, belittled, and starved, I tried to swim off the island to escape my worst nightmare."
The victim recounts that Zinoviev stopped the escape attempt and returned her. In a meeting with attorney Brad Edwards, Zinoviev confirmed he witnessed the event but minimized it: her "attempt showed no greater level of distress than he'd seen in other girls" — implying he routinely witnessed distressed victims on the island.
A separate victim letter (EFTA00145723) corroborates: "I tried to swim OFF the island after being raped repeatedly AND STARVED by Epstein. IGOR ZINOVIEV IS MY WITNESS WHO INCEDIENTLY WAS TRAINED AT CIA HEADQUARTERS."
Zinoviev was hired 11/17/2005 at $120,000/year salary, rising to become Epstein's 6th highest-paid employee at $211,120 total cost in 2010 (EFTA00709105). He controlled property access — security orders for 358 El Brillo Way state: "no one is to be admitted without direct consent of mr. Epstein or Mr Zinoviev" (EFTA00728864). He was deposed in civil litigation (EFTA00806751) and asked about in depositions where defendants invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked "Do you know Igor Zinoviev?" (EFTA00188608).
FBI FD-302 (Oct 2, 2023): AG Denise George engaged Motley Rice law firm with forensic accountants to investigate Epstein's financial network through the CICO (Criminally Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act. The investigation discovered "several companies and LLCs with relationships to Epstein's Southern Trust Company."
Critically, the investigation found that Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke — Epstein's co-executors — were "participants in the human trafficking operation."
Specifically, Indyke was in charge of coordinating female to female marriages to gain immigration status in the United States. The victims "would be threatened if they attempted divorce" and were "housed on Epstein properties and moved from Palm Beach, Florida, New York and Little St. James Island."
A second amended complaint added Indyke and Kahn as co-conspirators. The estate settled for $105M in civil court.
A victim's court filing explicitly names the Czech Republic as a source country for Epstein's trafficking operation (EFTA00210921):
"Upon information and belief, Defendant transported minor girls from Turkey, the Czech Republic, Asia, and numerous other countries, many of whom spoke no English."
This allegation is corroborated by the extensive email evidence showing Epstein's associates actively scouting and procuring Czech women:
The same filing appears in duplicate as EFTA01107189.
USVI complaint: Dec 5, 2009 Epstein attached picture of a young woman: "you were with Larry, I had to put up with..." Dec 20: blank email with young woman's photo. Jan 8, 2009: Epstein wired $2,000 to Eastern European woman around Staley's Palm Beach visit. Aug 31, 2009: wired $3,000 to same woman when Staley visiting London said he'd "need" something.
US Customs TECS II: Staley family (James, Debrora, Sophia, Alexa) flew on Epstein's Boeing 727 (N908JE) from St. Thomas to Palm Beach, Feb 21-22, 2005. Epstein passenger #1 with TECS lookout flag. Official government record.
When Drokova asked Epstein for a book recommendation (EFTA01039805, June 2017), he replied with a single word:
"Lolita"
Nabokov's novel about an adult man's obsessive sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl. Drokova's response:
"read a few times. what else?"
In a later message referencing the same exchange, Drokova wrote: "Lolita is a story to understand politics and Russian politics specifically." She then linked to the "Putin's Kiss" documentary website about herself.
That Epstein chose this specific novel — whose central plot involves a man sexually abusing a child — as his recommendation to a young female associate he was grooming as his publicist is telling. That she continued working for him after this exchange undermines her later claim of naivety.
An October 2012 email to Epstein (EFTA00945196) from a female associate describes their relationship using explicit Nabokov/Lolita framing:
"you taught me life in a certain way, explained how you see the world, taught me how to love my body and be open about sex"
She describes presenting Epstein with a French girl ("M") "just because you wanted to and it was fun for me to see their reactions and your interactions." She then describes Epstein formalizing the arrangement:
"you told me to draft this contract where I give you smth in exchange of smth....and it started, you were always talking like "I'll do it, if you present me girls" ... Present me girls....come with your friends"
She characterizes the dynamic:
"you are bored with our Nabokov-Lolita relations and just need people in order to have more people, to enlarge your Girls army"
In a July 2014 follow-up (EFTA01915715), the same sender writes: "now it is a period when I think the most about our Nabokov-Lolita experience and about everything I went through with you" — then offers to introduce a friend: "M, the kindest, nicest, very gorgeous friend of mine is looking forward to meeting you...she is a good girl, very smart and from a very good family..but is curious and happy to learn new things too."
Epstein responded to the Oct 2012 email by accusing the sender of being "cheap" and "vulgar" — a control tactic documented in victim testimony — and threatened to cut contact.
A May 2017 email to Epstein (EFTA01045355) from an associate describes meeting a woman and using Nabokov's most famous character as a physical type:
"I met [name] today. She is like Lolita from Nabokov, femme miniature :) So now I should send you her type of candidates only?"
The sender adds: "Tomorrow we travel to Bern for visas." Epstein replied simply: "Ok"
The email footer contains a legal disclaimer referencing "JEE" (Jeffrey E. Epstein) and attorney-client privilege. This is active recruitment 18 months before Epstein's July 2019 arrest — a recruiter openly invoking the most famous literary depiction of child sexual abuse as a descriptor for the type of woman Epstein preferred, while arranging visa travel.
Combined with Epstein keeping Lolita on his bedside table (EFTA00708489, New York Magazine fact-check), purchasing Nabokov literary criticism on Kindle (EFTA02445183), and recommending "Lolita" to associates (EFTA01039805), this shows Nabokov's novel served as a shared reference point within the recruitment network.
In March 2018, Drokova introduced Svetlana "Lana" Pozhidaeva to Epstein (EFTA00846558). Drokova emailed Epstein effusively:
"I loved Lana. She started opening up today probably for the first time and she has so much kindness and love... thank you for this beautiful connection! She is special. Everything coming from you is a magic."
Epstein's response was to instruct staff:
"take her to teeth cleaning place. and bright smile and then buy her bright red sweater. or charcoal grey"
This is the same appearance-control grooming pattern — dental work, clothing purchases, controlling appearance — documented extensively with trafficking victims. Pozhidaeva separately emailed Epstein directly forwarding photos of an "outstanding model" (EFTA02005826).
Drokova and Pozhidaeva co-founded WE Talks, a "Women Empowerment" organization whose first speaker was Kathryn Ruemmler — Obama's White House Counsel who was simultaneously serving as Epstein's trust trustee (EFTA00810724). Pozhidaeva also curated events at the Maiyet Store in SoHo (EFTA02445716).
September 19, 2014 — Epstein emails Kathryn Ruemmler (Obama's former White House Counsel) listing his week's meetings. When Ruemmler mentions bringing female friends, Epstein replies:
"'girls?' careful i will renew an old habit... this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland (council of europe and nobel chairman), mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris (gates), jabor (qatar), sultan dubai, rosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody."
Burns is named in the same message where a registered sex offender makes a self-incriminating joke about "renewing an old habit" with "girls" — the very crimes for which he was convicted. This guest list also reveals the breadth of Epstein's September 2014 meeting calendar: Burns alongside the Prime Minister of Mongolia, the President of the Council of Europe, and senior figures from Qatar and Dubai.
An October 2019 FBI interview with the Palm Beach Police Chief (EFTA01249718) documents five statements Trump made to police during the original investigation:
The same interview reveals Alexander Acosta told police "there was a lot of interest from higher up" and "there was a hurry to make this case go away". PBPD surveillance observed "prepubescent [children] with braces and backpacks coming from school" entering Epstein's house.
October 2016 text exchange about a woman whose name is redacted:
Chopra described his connection: "In many ways [redacted] is more connected to ‘reality’ than the brilliant scientists. I felt connected to her at the level of awareness."
Epstein: "I liked watching you zero in on your prey. Made me smile"
Chopra: "I not a predator Just a lover"
Epstein used explicitly predatory language to describe Chopra’s behavior toward a woman, and Chopra’s response accepted the framing rather than objecting to it. In a separate exchange, Chopra introduced his son-in-law to Epstein with: "You might enjoy meeting him (can’t talk about girls)" (EFTA01619579) — suggesting awareness that their discussions of women were inappropriate.
In a May 30, 2011 email (EFTA00911738), Epstein wrote to Henry Jarecki in a bitter personal email:
"I have stood by as friend family, girlfriend, business partners, charity companions have, all attacked your pecuniary ways [...] I have been your guarantor, in our more intimate arrangements [...] I would never do business with you, as to a person, everyone has complained about the niggardly, cheap, self concerned results."
The phrase "guarantor in our more intimate arrangements" — combined with Epstein's separate accusation that Jarecki "tortures" girls (EFTA01854125) and evidence that women were sent "from Henry" to Epstein's house (EFTA00754507) — strongly suggests Epstein was facilitating Jarecki's access to women and providing some form of guarantee or cover for these encounters.
The forensically verified victim diary (EFTA02731420) explicitly warns: "Mr. Mody. Mr. Robert. Mr. Sant. Mr. Ludwig. Mr. Cecchi. Mr. Mora. Mr. Goodlatte. Mr. Atkins are not who they say! Run run run!"
Investigation status of each name:
The diary's warning that these men "are not who they say" explicitly confirms the use of aliases during abuse — explaining why some names have zero document trail in 867,000 documents.
EFTA00182656 is Epstein's own videotaped deposition (February 17, 2010, Ellen v. Epstein), not a Wexner deposition as sometimes misidentified. Attorney Brad Edwards questioned Epstein for ~2 hours. Edwards opened: "you devised a way for young females to come to your house and engage in varying degrees of sexual activity. Some of the girls as young as 12, some of them as old as 17."
Epstein invoked 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendment rights to nearly every question — but broke pattern on three occasions:
Edwards also asked: "Isn't it true that you have made the statement 'the younger the better'?" — Epstein took the Fifth. And: "Isn't it true that you have engaged in some sexual interaction with hundreds of underage minor females?" — Fifth.
A systematic search for Disney princess names across all 867,000 documents reveals that Epstein and his associates used Disney princess names as code names for women/girls. The key exchange between Jes Staley and Epstein (July 9-10, 2010, EFTA00029432) makes this explicit:
"Tinkerbell": The victim diary confirms Jes Staley called the victim "tinkerbell" — connecting to his "Snow White" usage and establishing that these code names referred to real victims.
The Epstein-Teodorani iMessage archive (June–August 2018) reveals a deeply transactional dynamic centered on women:
June 22, 2018 (Paris): Teodorani asks Epstein if he can visit. Epstein replies: “K. Alone or with something cute?”
Teodorani: “Very cute blue eyes”
The dehumanization — “something cute” rather than “someone” — mirrors the language pattern found throughout the network, treating women as objects to be procured and delivered.
June 23, 2018: Teodorani texts Epstein at his Paris apartment (22 Avenue Foch), calling him “master” twice: “Shall I come around 10 if is ok for you master” and “Master is better tomorrow morning because Davina she is not well”
In the same message, Teodorani offers to introduce a woman: “check this girl that I want to introduce you you Pilar Fogliati”
August 5, 2018 (Gstaad): After discussing Steve Bannon’s European plans, Teodorani writes: “I am in Gstaad then Tuscany which I hope you can once interesting pussy than Fl[orence] in Milano interesting pussy as well”
Epstein: “Nice”
The same thread also mentions “with ex First Lady shall pass at yours around 10” and “Shall we invite Carla without husband” — arranging for women, including an unidentified former first lady and a “Carla,” to visit Epstein’s Paris apartment.
Director Brett Ratner maintained a personal relationship with Epstein spanning at least 2009-2018, ending less than a year before Epstein's arrest.
Key evidence:
An FBI victim statement summary (EFTA01648951) reveals two separate sources placing William Barr at Epstein events:
The FBI ASAC's task list (EFTA01648955) characterizes this as: "William Barr, for being present when a girl was raped."
Critical context: William Barr served as U.S. Attorney General (2019-2020), overseeing the DOJ response to Epstein's death at MCC. He declined to recuse despite his former law firm (Kirkland & Ellis) having represented Epstein in the 2007 plea deal. An email (EFTA01014138) from December 2018 shows Epstein asking Bannon: "do you know bill barr. CIA" — on the day Barr's AG nomination was reported.
Note: The model event victim statement and the NTOC tip are separate sources. The model event account does not explicitly describe sexual assault by Barr — only his presence and expressed interest. Both require further corroboration.
Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and now US Commerce Secretary, appears in 216 documents showing a personal relationship with Epstein that continued after his 2008 conviction.
In May 2018, Lutnick emailed Epstein (via Lesley Groff) about the Frick Collection building blocking "our park views" (EFTA00475742) — confirming they were neighbors who coordinated on shared property concerns. Epstein lived at 9 East 71st Street.
Lutnick, his wife Allison, and Michael and Marcy Lehrman visited Epstein's Little St. James island for Sunday lunch in December 2012 — bringing 8 children ranging in age from 7-16 (EFTA00398853). This was after Epstein's 2008 conviction as a sex offender. Allison Lutnick wrote: "We are a crowd...2 families each with 4 kids ranging in age from 7-16! 6 boys and 2 girls."
Epstein's schedule (EFTA00307015) shows Lutnick had drinks with Epstein on the same day as meetings with Leon Black, Michael Wolff, Steve Bastone, Woody Allen, Glenn Dubin, Bill Gates, Larry Summers, and Jes Staley.
FBI documents reveal that the Peter Nygard and Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigations were explicitly linked by the Southern District of New York. The DOJ sent a joint Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request to the UK seeking to interview Prince Andrew about both cases.
MLAT Request (April 2020): EFTA00037454 — Internal FBI email: "FYI — our Office is sending the attached MLAT to Prince Andrew related to the Epstein and Nygard investigations."
EFTA00022062 — The full MLAT document from DOJ Criminal Division to the UK Central Authority requests a voluntary interview of Prince Andrew relating to "two ongoing criminal investigations." If Prince Andrew declined voluntary participation, the US requested UK assistance in compelling it.
EFTA00148374 — FBI evidence inventory shows "boxes of evidence from Nygard" stored alongside Epstein evidence at SDNY, confirming the parallel investigations were handled by the same team.
Peter Nygard, a Finnish-Canadian fashion mogul, was convicted in Toronto in 2024 of four counts of sexual assault. The FBI linking of both trafficking investigations through Prince Andrew suggests overlapping victim networks or shared methods of operation.
Todd Meister (1,970 documents) was a key network broker for Epstein — introducing high-value contacts and visiting Little Saint James island.
EFTA00403880: “Todd Meister called to confirm he will be going to the island tomorrow with his Venezuelan friend and that Larry is to pick them up in the helicopter upon arrival.”
His “Venezuelan friend” is Francisco D’Agostino, who arrived via private plane (tail #N3FD) to St. Thomas FBO. Larry (pilot) picked them up by helicopter to Little Saint James. D’Agostino also visited Epstein’s townhouse (EFTA00401051).
EFTA00390161 (May 2013): Same-day schedule includes Meister appointment, then dinner with Joi Ito, Ed Boyden, Woody Allen & Soon Yi, plus meeting with Andrew Farkas (Epstein will executor). Regular presence alongside Leon Black, Mort Zuckerman, Steve Hanson.
Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard (1991–2023), appears in 288 documents showing direct social relationship with Epstein including dinner at the 71st Street townhouse.
EFTA00948241: Epstein emails Brock Pierce (crypto investor, then in Kiev): “not sure yet, had bobby kotick here for dinner last night, heard lots about the future.”
Pierce responds: “Interesting. He went out with a friend of mine after. What’d you learn?”
Epstein: “girl or guy” — immediately asking about the gender of who Kotick went out with. This is consistent with Epstein’s pattern of tracking the sexual activities and preferences of his social contacts — intelligence gathering that could be used for leverage.
Kotick arrived from Westchester for overnight visits at Epstein’s townhouse. His dinner (Nov 17) was followed the next day by dinner with Leon Botstein (Bard College president). The Brock Pierce connection is notable: Pierce was based in Kiev and Barcelona, connected to Eastern European networks.
Polina Belomlinskaya (433 documents) was a Russian-born immigration paralegal from Saint Petersburg who had a dual role in Epstein’s orbit: professional legal assistant and woman offered to Epstein’s associates.
EFTA00873949 (June 17, 2013): Epstein emails Tisch: “polina emily katya, I will be in ny 24-27” — three women listed by first name as available inventory.
Over three weeks, Epstein repeatedly checked on Tisch’s progress: EFTA00960611: “anything happen with polina?”
EFTA00391916 (April 22, 2013): “10:00 Polina · 11:30 David Mitchell · 12:30 lunch with Jean Luc · 1:30 Todd Meister · 2:00 Ehud Barak · 4:00 Boris” — Polina’s appointment was the first of the day, on the same schedule as convicted sex trafficker Jean-Luc Brunel and former Israeli PM Ehud Barak.
EFTA00429257 (August 2011): Epstein instructs staff: “Give her $300 for med.” Polina had recurring appointments with “Dr. Victor,” funded by Epstein — creating financial dependence.
EFTA00313308: Resume shows immigration paralegal at Greenberg Traurig (Jan–Apr 2013), previously at Limbus Press in Saint Petersburg (2008–2011). Worked with Epstein’s lawyer Darren Indyke on immigration documents and “second passport letter” (EFTA00367795).
FBI and SDNY documents reveal that at least 9 financial institutions filed Suspicious Activity Reports on Epstein-linked accounts:
| Bank | Key Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan Chase | $1.08B SAR, filed after death | EFTA01648787 |
| Deutsche Bank | $150M NYSDFS penalty, connected to Kushner investigation | EFTA00032439 |
| TD Bank | $30 million in Epstein accounts; SAR filed Oct 2019 | EFTA00015851 |
| Bank of America | Butterfly Trust funds traced through BoA | EFTA00037696 |
| Wells Fargo | $175K Butterfly Trust destination | EFTA00037696 |
| Charles Schwab | FBI flowcharts of accounts | EFTA00037692 |
| USAA | FBI sent 'KEEP ACCOUNT OPEN' letter | EFTA00038448 |
| American Express | SAR backup documentation | EFTA00030207 |
| UBS | $18.3M Maxwell/Borgerson SAR | EFTA01648787 |
The TD Bank discovery is particularly significant: Sullivan & Cromwell attorney Nicolas Bourtin notified SDNY that the bank wanted to close Epstein accounts holding 'approximately $30 million' but needed government clearance. The FBI separately ordered USAA to keep Epstein-linked accounts open for investigative purposes.
A stunning SDNY email (EFTA00032439) reveals the Deutsche Bank Epstein SAR investigation was potentially connected to a pre-existing Kushner-related investigation: 'Urgent report on the DB part of Epstein case... This could be separate UMR or tagged onto the DB/Kushner UMR.'
An FBI FD-302 interview dated February 28, 2020 (EFTA00086868) records a victim/witness stating about Jean-Luc Brunel:
"She heard he mistreated women on a regular basis. She heard from more than one person that he slipped 'roofies' in a girl's drink in Miami."
The same witness was directed by Epstein to work at Next Model Management and then at Bear Stearns (through "the son of a friend of his"). This links the modeling pipeline directly to Brunel's drugging of victims.
From the French Republic prosecution document (EFTA00077200), a third victim's statement about Jean-Luc Brunel:
"[She] drank a cocktail prepared by the defendant, then lost consciousness. The next day, she woke up in a bathrobe and noticed bruises on her thighs and crotch."
A man posing as Prince Albert de Monaco called Brunel while she was in the apartment. This is the third victim in the same French MLAT document to describe being drugged/losing consciousness during encounters with Brunel. The pattern is systematic: Brunel prepared cocktails for models at his Paris apartment, they lost consciousness, and woke with evidence of sexual assault.
Beyond the well-known expired Austrian passport in the name "Marius Fortelni," Epstein actively maintained a second valid US passport for at least 14 years, with his lawyer Darren Indyke handling the paperwork:
While US citizens can legally obtain a second passport, the pattern of active 14-year maintenance — alongside a fake Austrian passport in another name with Saudi residence — demonstrates sophisticated travel document management consistent with someone planning for evasion scenarios.
Epstein's New York State Sex Offender Registry entry, captured June 28, 2019 — two weeks before his arrest — lists his registered internet and communication services (EFTA00014438). Among 13 providers, two stand out:
Both apps are specifically designed to leave no recoverable records. Confide in particular was marketed for executives who wanted conversations to vanish — its use by a Level 3 sex offender with a documented pattern of evidence destruction is significant.
The full registry also reveals Epstein's operational infrastructure as of mid-2019: 36 registered vehicles (nearly all black Suburbans and Escalades), addresses across six jurisdictions (New York, Palm Beach, St. Thomas USVI, Stanley NM, and two in France), a 2001 Gulfstream aircraft, and internet services spanning Virgin Islands Telephone, CenturyLink, Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner/Spectrum, and two French ISPs (Free Telecom, Orange Telecom). His Twitter handle was @JEFFREYEPSTEIN.
Combined with the burner phone tracking and computer wiping findings, this shows a systematic anti-forensic communications strategy: encrypted messaging apps that auto-delete, staff trained to detect surveillance, and routine destruction of digital evidence.
The Palm Beach Police Department incident report (EFTA00007157) documents the search of 358 El Brillo Way. Detective Joseph Recarey located two covert (hidden) cameras:
However, in deposition testimony (EFTA00298214), Detective Recarey admitted under cross-examination:
The FBI CID summary (EFTA00038617) states: "contrary to some news reports, these searches did not reveal any cameras in any of the bedrooms or massage rooms." But the searches never covered those rooms.
Meanwhile, a 2021 FBI intake (EFTA00099817) records a victim who stated: "Epstein had cameras in all his buildings." Epstein told her he "saw her on TV last night" — which she interpreted as surveillance footage.
Jonathan Farkas, Broadway producer and brother of Andrew Farkas (Epstein will executor), was part of a documented women-exchange pattern with Epstein.
In June 2013, Zlata Rybatova — a young Russian woman — emailed Epstein (EFTA00657593):
"how have you been after our naked wet pool fun talk :)"
"I was thinking I would love to take her to that swinger party you told us about... as surprise :)"
"L000ng time I was thinking what friend you will like from me that I will introduce you to... as exchange for REAL LOVE"
Epstein responded: "I have given your contacts to jonathan farkas he is kind"
A month later, Zlata complained Jonathan never followed up (EFTA00706768): "Your fiend Jonathan Farkas still didnt write me :( Can you please remind him of me?"
The exchange went both directions. In March 2017, Jonathan emailed Epstein (EFTA00690497): "Jeffrey I think that woman you introduced me to ages ago likes me what do you think?"
Jonathan also used Epstein as a matchmaker for other women: asking about an NYU professor — "she is perfect for me but I don't know her she has a phd" (EFTA00862738), and about a woman named "Heidi" — "Jeffrey please help me here is she a hooker" (EFTA00697420).
In November 2016, Jonathan Farkas emailed Epstein recommending a young woman he met at a Peggy Siegel event (EFTA01061418):
"Jeffrey I just was sat next to your future wife by Peggy Siegel I did not ask for her number but Peggy has it she is a tv star English blind blue eyed 28 Emma grunell go out with her immediately she is the most beautiful girl on the planet and if she were 48 you would not be getting this jonathan farkas"
The phrase "if she were 48 you would not be getting this" explicitly acknowledges that Epstein's interest in women was conditioned on their youth — and that Jonathan knew this. He was not simply introducing a friend; he was curating a recommendation tailored to Epstein's known age preferences.
This aligns with the broader pattern of Epstein associates actively scouting and recommending young women, including Annabelle Neilson ("putting a little group of girls together... one of them will have all the right qualities you desire") and Ghislaine Maxwell's systematic recruitment.
Two documents from Epstein's 2008-09 Palm Beach County jail incarceration (Jacket #0338617, Dorm T Special) reveal who stayed loyal:
Prison Visitor List (EFTA00315076) — approved visitors:
Prison Mail List (EFTA00306074) — people who were sent Epstein's jail address with detailed mailing instructions ("You MUST write his Jacket # on the envelope... No Fed Ex... No Packages... Nothing on glossy paper"):
The overlap between these two lists reveals the core that never abandoned Epstein — not after arrest, not after conviction, not after registration as a sex offender. Several of these individuals (Krauss, Minsky, Summers) continued close association for another decade until Epstein's 2019 arrest.
Google Calendar entries and boat transfer records conclusively prove Marvin Minsky was physically on Epstein's private island, Little St. James (LSJ), December 9-12, 2011.
Virginia Giuffre testified she was told to have sex with Minsky. The forensically verified victim diary states: 'martin minsky are gross.' Epstein himself acknowledged the accusations in emails to Kathryn Ruemmler (EFTA02454725): 'she said she had sex with Marving minsky.'
Epstein tried to discredit these claims by offering to pay journalist Edward Epstein to cover the Maxwell trial (EFTA00662031). Edward Epstein responded: 'Ghislaine is a great favorite of mine.'
Faith Kates, founder of Next Model Management, maintained a 4,644-document relationship with Epstein. The most significant document (EFTA01740839) is a November 2011 email where Epstein instructs Lesley Groff: 'Also send invite to sultan and get names of girls from faith table' — directing his assistant to obtain names of women from Kates's model agency roster for a gala involving Ian Osborne and Jacob Rothschild.
Epstein also requested information on specific individuals from Kates. When she asked 'Are you looking for me?' he replied: 'no- info on eugenia sizanyuk' (EFTA00778846) — requesting details on a specific woman from the modeling world.
Despite Epstein's conviction, Kates remained deeply loyal. In March 2011, she wrote: 'same shit just another day...stay strong it will all come to pass... Xoxo' (EFTA00682282). Epstein replied: 'thanks, the heat is still high.'
The relationship extended to personal life — Kates asked Epstein to mentor someone named Dylan about 'how impt school is math and science and how for college u have to do something different' (EFTA00705686). She also helped Epstein hire household staff (EFTA00324267).
EFTA00095751 is a 63-page evidence manifest from United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN), titled "Non-Testifying Witness Material", dated November 6, 2021. It catalogues all evidence produced to the Maxwell defense just before trial — covering 546 witnesses (numbered 3501.000 through 3501.546).
The document was removed from the DOJ website — the EFTA corpus extraction script received an HTTP 404 error for the Dataset 9 URL. The document was recovered from alternate sources.
Key contents:
Largest witness files (most evidence produced):
Notable: Witness 3501.199 contains 7 emails to/from David Copperfield (May–August 2007) plus an FBI memo about attempted contact. Witness 3501.219 has a 1997 Santa Monica Police Crime Report — predating the Palm Beach investigation by nearly a decade. Witness 3501.411 filed a name change petition in 2008, suggesting a victim changed their identity.
The document is marked "SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17" on every page. Its removal from the DOJ website raises questions about whether the EFTA release process properly handled protective-order materials, or whether its removal was for other reasons.
Beyond the victim discreditation film, Hollywood producer Barry Josephson operated as a referral pipeline for women to Epstein. Staff identified a woman by her connection to Josephson (EFTA01989467):
"Katherine Khuat is Barry Josephson's girl"
Two women were referred by Josephson within two weeks. Epstein responded: "what does she look like" (EFTA00504780). Staff evaluated one as: "She looks the part" (EFTA02342098).
In a separate exchange, Josephson coordinated a set visit for "'film students' ;)" — the winky-face indicating these were not actual students — while Julia Santos (known recruiter) was CC'd on the arrangement (EFTA02328819, EFTA00448706).
At Zorro Ranch, staff wrote: "you and the girls" in messages about Josephson's visit (EFTA02491324, EFTA02351034).
In a thread discussing Virginia Roberts and Janice Dickinson, Josephson was on the email chain (EFTA02498182). A year later, Epstein referred to accusers as "whores for headlines" in correspondence involving Josephson (EFTA00666366). His brother Dr. Jordan Josephson served as Epstein's personal physician (EFTA01292412), and his wife Jacqueline Josephson emailed Ghislaine Maxwell directly (EFTA00580586).
Dasha Grupman, a Russian-speaking associate who visited Epstein in prison (2008-09), participated in explicit recruitment conversations. In an email chain (EFTA00950368), Epstein asked:
"any friends for me?"
Grupman sent a photo. Epstein responded: "Pretty but mature" — rejecting the woman as too old. She then asked (EFTA00950394):
"how old will you go?"
This exchange demonstrates explicit age-awareness in the recruitment process. The same email thread was CC'd to Jean-Luc Brunel (EFTA01822611), the convicted model agency head, and forwarded to Ghislaine Maxwell (EFTA00883738).
Grupman also wished Epstein "lots of pretty girls" for his birthday (EFTA00952089). When Sarah Kellen stepped back, Grupman was discussed as part of the solution: Epstein needed "some new young person" to replace Kellen's role (EFTA00873278). She also recruited for island staff positions, specifying candidates should be "divorced" (EFTA00755309), and coordinated the Natalia Belousova pipeline — bringing a specific woman from Russia through modeling contacts (EFTA01768288).
An FBI internal email dated May 6, 2020 reveals the scale of unprocessed digital evidence: "For the Epstein case, we seized approximately 35-40 computers, 11 phones/iPads, 21 hard drives, 4 recorders, and 100s of DVD/CDROMs. There are approximately 20 computers that still need to be processed."
A detailed FBI device inventory (EFTA00037551, August 2020) catalogues every seized item with forensic tool used (BlackLight for Macs, FTK for PCs, Greykey for phones). Notable unprocessed or dismissed items include:
The inventory also reveals forensic extractions from Karyna Shuliak's iMac (NYC024329) containing 19,830 contacts in the Mac AddressBook, and Epstein's Skype username was "jeevacation."
An executive assistant’s proffer to federal investigators reveals the inner workings of Epstein’s office operations (EFTA00025091):
The assistant was told by colleagues that "massages were a part of JE’s [schedule] — just part of his normal day. Akin to someone going daily to the gym." Massage appointments "were to be handled like any other appointments." After Epstein’s 2008 plea, "the word ‘massage’ was not used again."
From 2001-2009, "cash was always kept in the office in the accounting department." Money was "messengered from the office in envelopes prior to Epstein’s plea." The assistant noted much less cash movement after Epstein went to jail.
After moving to 575 Lexington Ave, "old storage boxes with folders arrived from storage and were shredded" by an office helper. The assistant "does not know what was in the folders and was told it was time to get rid of very old files."
Epstein had one conversation with the assistant about the case: "JE said that someone was trying to blackmail him and apologized for the disruption it was causing to the office. JE also said that it was embarrassing." This framing — casting himself as the blackmail victim — is consistent with his pattern of minimizing criminal conduct.
A systematic pattern across 60+ documents shows Epstein managing psychiatric medications for women in his orbit without a medical license — selecting drugs, paying psychiatrists, and receiving reports on dosage changes.
Direct prescribing to Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (EFTA00951188, Jan 2013): Epstein pushes antidepressants to help her quit smoking: "You will need drugs to stop. Forget course. Prozac, Zoloft or Wellbutrin. It was not him, he enabled you to put the demons aside. Accept them. They will lose their power." When she refuses ("I don't do drugs basta!"), he insists: "the course will be like a diabetic taking a class instead of insulin. just use it as a supplement for the first 2 months, consider it a band aid, your body is not producing a chemical it needs."
Managing an associate's medication for 7 years (2010-2017): A woman who presented on urban poverty to the Gates Foundation had her psychiatric regimen directed by Epstein — from Pristiq to Paxil/Lexapro (EFTA00891998), adding Wellbutrin to Cymbalta (EFTA00971375), reducing Wellbutrin from 450 to 300mg (EFTA01916126), stopping Wellbutrin entirely (EFTA02386035), then increasing Cymbalta to 60mg (EFTA00671065). She describes it as "our plan to up the cymbalta gradually" (EFTA01042087). Epstein offered her psychiatrists from Deepak Chopra's staff.
Additional women medicated under Epstein's direction:
In May 2016, Epstein texted his personal urologist Dr. Harry Fisch: “harry i want to bank some sperm, where do I go.? prescription/ ?” Fish replied with the contact for California Cryobank NY: “Call 212-779-1608. It’s California Cryobank NY. They accept deposits.” (EFTA00534034).
Critically, Epstein then forwarded the entire exchange to Karyna Shuliak (sole beneficiary of the Butterfly Trust) with the instruction: “get all the paperwork etc.” This places Shuliak at the center of Epstein’s reproductive plans.
This documents an active step in what victims described as a eugenics program. A forensically verified victim diary states: “Superior gene pool?!? What? This makes no sense. Why my hair color and eye color? That feels very Nazi like” and “I am nothing but your property and incubator!” (EFTA02731361). The New York Times reported that Epstein told scientists about “ambitions to use his New Mexico ranch as a base where women would be inseminated with his sperm and would give birth to his babies” (EFTA00018441).
Additionally, a March 2017 message shows someone sending Shuliak an article about a “yo-sperm-sample-device” — a home sperm collection kit — indicating ongoing interest in sperm banking technology within Epstein’s circle.
The corpus contains 165 documents referencing sperm or cryobank topics. Epstein also sourced erectile dysfunction medications (Stendra) through multiple physicians: Dr. Harry Fisch called prescriptions in to Zitomer Pharmacy on Madison Ave (NYC), and Dr. Bruce Moskowitz called them in to Publix in Palm Beach — totaling 13 Stendra references and 52 Zitomer Pharmacy documents in the corpus.
On September 21, 2010, an attorney sent a direct email to Epstein (EFTA02418669, also EFTA00778536):
"I understand there is a new victim who filed another complaint against you last Friday. This morning, I contacted your new attorney, Ms. Sanchez, yet was unable to speak with her at length. Various sources including several attorneys have mentioned that you promised some girls, who came to visit you at your home(s) and give you massages, modeling jobs at MC2 and Victoria's Secret. Is this true? Please confirm or deny, thank you."
This letter explicitly connects the massage-abuse pattern to promises of modeling careers through Brunel's MC2 agency and Victoria's Secret — establishing that the lure of legitimate modeling work was a known recruitment tactic by September 2010, years before the full scope of the trafficking operation was publicly understood.
On November 25, 2012, Elon Musk emailed Epstein about a planned visit to his Caribbean island (EFTA00661616). When Epstein asked "how many people will you be for the heli to island," Musk replied:
"Probably just Talulah and me. What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
"Talulah" is Talulah Riley, Musk's then-wife. Musk specifically requested to attend the most extreme event on an island that federal prosecutors would later describe as a site of sex trafficking.
Two months earlier, on September 23, 2012, Musk had visited Epstein's Manhattan townhouse at 9 East 71st Street (EFTA00404451). Nicholas J. Pritzker confirmed the guest list: "I believe it's Elon, Talulah, Elon's friend Jonah Nolan and me for tomorrow at 1, but not Kimbal." Filmmaker Jonah Nolan (co-creator of Westworld) accompanied Musk to the townhouse where multiple victims described being sexually abused.
That same day, Epstein introduced a model to Musk (EFTA01889491): "tell elon that the blonde that walked with me, is a friend of his mothers that tried to set her up with him her name is yfke sturm." Yfke Sturm is a Dutch supermodel. This mirrors Epstein's documented pattern of introducing attractive women to powerful men. Pritzker wrote: "Thanks for another mind bending time." Epstein replied: "Hopefully the first of many."
The relationship continued through at least November 2013, when Musk accepted Epstein's invitation to "come to caribean this xmas? woody allen with me, you might enjoy" — Musk replied "Yes" (EFTA01944485). And in September 2018, Epstein texted NYT journalist James Stewart: "Musk - fun" — Stewart replied "Fascinating" (EFTA01614950). When the SEC sued Musk days later, Epstein texted: "Yup."
On June 1, 2014, Epstein emailed Nathan Myhrvold about an upcoming visit (EFTA00637339):
"i will only bring [redacted] if you want"
Myhrvold eagerly replied:
"Yes that would be great from my standpoint. Obviously if it is difficult for you or her then I understand."
The pronoun "her" confirms the redacted name is a woman. Epstein is offering to bring a specific woman to Myhrvold, contingent on Myhrvold's desire — a pattern consistent with the documented procurement behavior described by multiple victims. The exchange mirrors how Epstein's staff described the process: women were made available to visiting associates as a form of social currency and potential kompromat.
The relationship was deeply personal. Epstein served as Myhrvold's strategic advisor, counseling him on business and personal disputes (EFTA01977574): "usually having ZERO contact is well advised normally they feel that if they can talk to you, they will get their way."
Nathan Myhrvold — former CTO of Microsoft, billionaire, and founder of Intellectual Ventures — was one of Epstein's most prolific correspondents with 1,950 documents in the corpus. He visited Epstein in New York, Paris, and the Caribbean. He actively invited Epstein to a TED dinner (EFTA00534241): "I am giving a dinner at the Bel Air during TED, Wed March 19... Would you like to come?" On July 21, 2011, Epstein visited Myhrvold at his Medina, WA home — the same day as a Bill Gates meeting in Seattle (EFTA02186054). Myhrvold also brokered a meeting between Epstein and Paul Allen (EFTA01775983) and introduced Epstein to UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák (EFTA02226642).
The FBI case summary evidence inventory (EFTA02730486) reveals that investigators recovered shredded documents related to something called "Matchmaker" — and forensically reconstructed them:
The name "Matchmaker" is highly suggestive in the context of Epstein's trafficking operation — it implies a system, database, or service used for arranging introductions between victims and perpetrators. The fact that these specific documents were shredded demonstrates consciousness of guilt and deliberate evidence destruction. The FBI's decision to invest resources in forensic shred reconstruction indicates they considered this material significant.
This corroborates the FBI co-conspirator memo's finding that Sarah Kellen "instructed staff to remove massage-related phone books from the USVI home and shred them" during the active 2005-2006 investigation — establishing a pattern of systematic document destruction targeting evidence of the trafficking operation.
Computer scientist Danny Hillis was one of Epstein's most deeply embedded science network collaborators, with the relationship spanning 15 years from 2002 to 2017.
In March 2012, Hillis co-curated the attendee list for Epstein's "Seminar-MONEY" (EFTA02001184, EFTA00702351). Epstein instructed staff: "set up a meeting time for jes and danny hillis on monday. send danny the list of my proposed attendees." The proposed list reads like a Silicon Valley/Wall Street summit:
That same month, Epstein brokered a joint meeting with Jes Staley at his townhouse (EFTA02174084): "Jeffrey is asking if you would like to join a meeting he will be having at his home this Sunday along with Danny Hillis and Jes Staley." By April 2012, Hillis met Staley at JPMorgan headquarters (EFTA02022626): "1:45 Danny Hillis to meet with Jes Staley at Jes' office (270 Park Ave, 48th Floor)" — a meeting brokered by a convicted sex offender at a major bank's executive suite.
Epstein offered Hillis accommodation at his NYC property (EFTA01840043): "if danny hillis needs an apt lets give him one if available." Confirmed: "Danny Hillis has taken you up on your offer! He will stay in 4M."
In April 2014, Epstein invited Hillis to Little St. James island (EFTA01925785): "Im on the island most of may, if you have time, come visit. bring whomever. Ferren is also welcome" (Bran Ferren = Applied Minds co-founder). He also visited Zorro Ranch for dinosaur hunting with paleontologist Jack Horner (EFTA01880902).
A seized computer index from law enforcement contains a folder labeled "DANNY HILLIS-ZORRO" documenting ranch visit photos (EFTA00005284) — this index sits alongside folders for "Clinton Trips" and "Nudes."
The earliest documented connection is October 2002, when Ghislaine Maxwell sent a FedEx Priority Overnight envelope to Danny Hillis — the same day she sent envelopes to Alan Dershowitz and Gerald Edelman (EFTA01317889).
Hillis also collaborated with Epstein on alternative currencies (EFTA01754301): "would love to continue our discussion. Maybe i can help explain it to Bill [Gates], but need to have a clearer understanding." Epstein replied: "Gates also has interest but is a slower learner."
David Stern, Epstein's international operations chief, served as primary liaison to Prince Andrew and as a front man for acquisitions connected to convicted sex trafficker Jean-Luc Brunel.
On February 22, 2016, Stern texted Epstein from the Wellcome Sanger Institute — the world's premier genome sequencing center in Cambridge, England (EFTA02470145):
"I'm with PA at the Sanger institute in Cambridge the centre for genome sequencing. You would love this shit."
"PA" = Prince Andrew, confirmed by consistent use across documents. A British royal and Epstein's security chief visiting a genetics research center connects to Epstein's eugenics interests.
In December 2015, the same email chain reveals (EFTA00704095):
"Jes told PA to meet in Jan when he's settled in. Should I meet Jes before?"
Stern served as intermediary between Jes Staley and Prince Andrew — coordinated through Epstein. The same chain discusses a China security business: "Kidnappings and blackmail have become a huge problem recently."
Sarah Kellen (convicted co-conspirator) confirmed the relationship in June 2010 (EFTA00735965): "Hear that you and PA and david stern are all in love. Now that makes me have desperate FOMO."
In February 2010, Epstein used Stern to acquire Fashion TV (EFTA00888980):
"contact michel adam.. tell him you represent, an english client wanting to buy fashion tv. you were told to contact him by jean luc brunel."
Brunel was convicted of sex trafficking and died in custody February 2022. Fashion TV is a global modeling network. Stern pursued the deal, obtaining financials from CEO Yaron Jakubowicz — €200 million valuation (EFTA00762263).
Stern also introduced Stefan Krause, former Deutsche Bank CFO, to Epstein (EFTA00717933) and coordinated Prince Andrew's meetings with the Emir of Qatar (EFTA00697949): "ask PA if he will be meeting with tamim from qatar this week?"
A 66-page document containing a former staff member's interview (September 30, 2021) and the complete Household Manual for 358 El Brillo Way, dated February 14, 2005 (EFTA00159394).
The witness returned voluntarily to correct her prior testimony. She "wanted to apologize to us because she felt that she may have minimized during our last meeting that she knew the girls were underage. Wanted to be clear that she knew at the time that the girls were underage." She stated: "I am telling the truth, I do not feel any pressure from you to say anything. It has been a process for me to come to accept responsibility."
From her modeling background, seeing underage girls "didn't raise a red flag" initially, but she acknowledged she "didn't have the courage to step up and say something at the time."
The witness observed 10–15 masseuses in person, estimating a total of 15–20 people came for appointments during her time in Palm Beach. She noted there was a "larger group of masseuses than the recurring group" — confirming a rotating pipeline of victims.
Shown a photo array (described as the "sexbook"), the witness identified Jeffrey Epstein (#7) and Ghislaine Maxwell (#16). She recognized one other person (#13) from the media. She confirmed the existence of two copies of Ghislaine’s contact book — "it was common knowledge that there were two books."
The witness stated: "JE had a gun in his bedroom, it made her afraid." This is corroborated by the household manual itself, which lists "Gun placed in beside table drawer" as a routine item on the Master Bedroom pre-arrival checklist — alongside tissues, water glasses, and eye masks.
The household manual’s Grooming & Guest Relations section instructs staff:
"Remember that you see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing, except to answer a question directed at you. Respect their privacy."
Staff were further told: "Unless otherwise instructed, NEVER disclose Mr Epstein or Ms Maxwell’s activities or whereabouts to anyone. If the caller is insistent, you simply ask to take a message... Do not be bullied."
All security concerns were to be reported to Maxwell: "Advise Ms Maxwell of any strange telephone calls or enquiries" and "any unusual behavior, such as strangers lurking around the vicinity of the property."
The manual reveals Maxwell’s central role in the household. She had her own dedicated bathroom and toiletries checklist. Staff duties were structured around "Mr Epstein, Ms Maxwell and their guests" — this phrase appears dozens of times throughout the manual. Maxwell had her own desk where correspondence was placed. She was the operational security point of contact. This was not a girlfriend living in her partner’s home — it was a co-managed operation.
The witness described a "wall of photos in an area, like trophies" at the Palm Beach property. She was "not sure if famous people in photos in PB" and "not sure if there were photos in PB bathroom" — a reference to the well-documented photo displays found at Epstein’s other properties.
FBI prep memo (EFTA00016590, Nov 30, 2021) documents house manager Juan Alessi's recollections of the manual. Alessi (employed ~1990–2002) confirmed receiving it as a booklet from Maxwell and a “duchess from England” — a woman “supposed to be royalty” hired by Epstein and Maxwell to teach staff household management.
Alessi pushed back: “I've been working for this for years, I'm not going to do this.” Maxwell insisted. He refused to fill out the checklists; “GM was pissed.” He fought with Epstein once when a guest lacked a toothbrush and Epstein's nightstand had no pen — both required by the manual.
The manual was phone-answered as “Mr Epstein residence,” never “Ms Maxwell residence” — despite Maxwell being co-head of household. Alessi recognized pages 1–6 and 8–10 but not page 9, and disputed portions of page 7 and page 31 (re: alcoholic beverages). Food had to be thrown out each time Epstein left, even if it hadn't spoiled.
Two additional copies of the manual exist as standalone 59-page PDFs: EFTA00066372 and EFTA00075882 (both Dataset 9, Bates-stamped MM02-RECORDS-000005 onward). These are separate scans of the same physical document — text differences are exclusively OCR artifacts (bullet character misreads, spacing). Both were DOJ-modified (size_delta: −2 bytes each, detected 2026-03-14).
Casey Wasserman — president of the LA 2028 Olympic organizing committee and head of the Wasserman talent agency (grandson of Hollywood mogul Lew Wasserman) — maintained an extensive, explicitly flirtatious relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell and flew on every leg of the Clinton Africa trip aboard Epstein's Boeing 727.
A series of emails between Wasserman and Maxwell use language that directly mirrors Epstein's "massage" recruitment pattern:
Casey and wife Laura Wasserman appear on every leg of the Clinton Africa trip manifest — Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Mozambique, and South Africa — aboard Epstein's Boeing 727 alongside President Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Doug Band (EFTA00578629).
Maxwell helped Wasserman rent a Malibu house for Epstein: "JE has just asked me to find a house to rent for 2 weeks in Malibu in June" — Wasserman provided his real estate agent Stephen Shapiro (EFTA00580062). A FedEx package from Maxwell to Wasserman was billed to Epstein's account (EFTA00040687).
In February 2026, Wasserman announced the sale of his talent agency amid fallout from the Epstein files release.
Brad Karp, chairman of elite law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, maintained a direct personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein from at least 2014 through February 2019 — five months before Epstein's arrest.
In July 2015, Karp wrote to Epstein: "I can't thank you enough for including me in an evening I'll never forget." Epstein replied: "there are many many nights of unique talents." The phrase echoes Epstein's pattern of hosting evenings with young women presented as entertainment.
In the same July 2015 exchange, Epstein asked Karp about revoking a woman's visa. Karp — chairman of one of America's most powerful law firms — responded: "Both good ideas; will work on this." Using legal power to revoke a woman's immigration status is consistent with Epstein's documented pattern of controlling women through passport and visa confiscation.
The relationship continued well past Epstein's 2008 conviction:
After the EFTA files release, Karp resigned as Paul Weiss chairman and from the Union College board of trustees.
Dr. Perry Bard, a chiropractor in West Palm Beach / Delray Beach (Health First Chiropractic Center), was Epstein's personal chiropractor with documented appointments spanning at least 2013–2017, coordinated through Lesley Groff.
Epstein's 1953 Trust, signed August 8, 2019 — two days before his death — names Bard as a $3 million beneficiary: "to PERRY BARD... the sum of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000)" (EFTA00099303). This is an extraordinarily large bequest to a chiropractor.
A Palm Beach Police sexual battery investigation at Epstein's residence (358 El Brillo Way, Case 1-05-000368) found a phone number registered to "Dr Perry Bard... a chiropractor... 4275 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach" (EFTA00084614).
A phone log records Dr. Bard calling Epstein's residence with the message: "Just wanted to see if the girls had a good time" (EFTA00257211). The reference to "the girls" in a call to a convicted sex offender's residence is concerning.
Bard was subpoenaed to testify in federal court (EFTA00186835) and appeared on the FBI Operation Leap Year contact list (EFTA00221072). In July 2017, Bard stayed at Epstein's Manhattan apartment for five days (EFTA02216282).
The FBI case briefing (EFTA00164939) documents the MCC death investigation (90A-NY-3151227):
Surveillance failures: "DVR2 - system failure on 7/29/2019, resulting in the system not recording. On 8/8/2019, BOP learned that DVR #2 system was not recording." The DVR failure began 12 days before Epstein's death and was only noticed 2 days before.
5 missed head counts between 7/23/2019 and 8/9/2019. CO Michael Thomas was working 2 of those 5 shifts, including the shift during which Epstein died. Approximately 450 hours of video reviewed; 43 interviews conducted (28 MCC staff, 15 SHU inmates).
"Case closed 12/5/2022, with no criminality found pertaining to Epstein's death. OCME autopsy report stated cause of death was hanging and the manner of death was suicide." COs Thomas and Noel were charged with False Records and Conspiracy, entering a deferred prosecution agreement in May 2021.
Ruslana Korshunova, a Kazakhstani model known as "the Russian Rapunzel" who appeared in Vogue and Elle, was known personally to Epstein — he later wrote "I knew her very well" (EFTA00785575). Publicly available flight logs (not confirmed in EFTA corpus) place her on Epstein's Boeing 727 on June 7, 2006 at age 18, bound for his island. His modeling agent Ramsey Elkholy managed her estate after death (EFTA00689971).
On June 28, 2008, Korshunova was found dead after falling from a 9th-floor balcony at 130 Water Street, Manhattan. She was 20. Ruled suicide — no note found, no substances in her system. Friends and family rejected the ruling.
Epstein discussed her death obsessively across eight years (2010-2019):
Epstein used Korshunova's death for eight years as a tool of psychological manipulation — invoking her tragedy to control other young women's medical decisions and then demanding sexual photos.
On August 17, 2019 — one week after Epstein's death — the FBI opened case 90C-NY-3154599 into "contraband being brought into Metropolitan Correctional Center." The FBI's own summary states that "Epstein was referenced in this case" (EFTA00163964). An internal FBI email described it as "Possible - MCC corruption case" (EFTA01649103).
The investigation centered on Robert Adams, a corrections officer at MCC. Cross-dataset redaction analysis of six copies of Adams's FBI FD-302 interview (conducted August 16, 2019) reveals that Adams was working an overnight shift in the 10 South Unit — the single-celled secure unit adjacent to the SHU where Epstein was housed — on the night Epstein died. Adams corresponds to "Correctional Officer 3" in the DOJ OIG report (EFTA00172546): Noel conducted the 3:00 AM and 5:00 AM counts with him in 10 South, and Thomas relieved him at approximately 5:30 AM.
During the August 16 interview, investigators showed Adams a photograph of an unidentified person. Adams immediately requested a lawyer. Investigators discontinued questioning, but Adams then stated unprompted: "I want to be clear, I never brought stuff into the jail or allowed stuff in. I never did that" (EFTA00040794). The FBI seized his cell phone (Motorola G6/XT1921-5) pursuant to a pre-existing SDNY search warrant; Adams refused to provide the passcode.
Investigators requested MCC CCTV footage for seven specific dates: May 31, June 14, June 21, July 5, July 26, August 7, and August 14 (EFTA00109000, EFTA00109041). Physical evidence inventories include an ELSUR (electronic surveillance) envelope (EFTA00008479).
Adams's name was identified through an OCR redaction leak in EFTA00075281, where OCR captured "ADAMS said" through an improperly applied redaction. Six copies of the same FD-302 exist with varying redaction levels across the corpus.
On September 28, 2020, Adams was indicted on one count of bribery and one count of blackmail. On July 5, 2019 — the day before Epstein's arrest — Adams caught a female visitor smuggling contraband into MCC and demanded she engage in sexual acts in exchange for not prosecuting her. He subsequently allowed continued smuggling. Case closed October 2023.
Jean-Luc Brunel was arrested at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in December 2020 on charges of rape of minors. The U.S. DOJ coordinated an MLAT (Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty) request to France regarding Brunel that same month (EFTA00079595), and SDNY prosecutors coordinated with the U.S. Embassy in Paris in January 2021 (EFTA00030842).
On February 19, 2022, Brunel was found hanged in his cell at the Prison de la Santé in Paris. He was 76. French authorities found "no elements allowing to retain the intervention of a third party."
An FBI internal email forwarded the news with the comment: "The plot thickens" (EFTA00174043). The attached article noted that Brunel's death meant his case was closed unless other suspects were implicated.
Brunel's lawyers said his suicide was "not guided by guilt but a profound sense of injustice."
The parallels to Epstein's death — both found hanged while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, both in custody, both deaths closing active cases — generated widespread suspicion. Brunel is the second person directly charged in the Epstein trafficking network to die by hanging in custody.
Under use immunity in July 2025, Maxwell gave ~7 hours of proffer testimony to DAG Todd Blanche and FBI ASAC Spencer Horn. 136 findings in the EFTA corpus directly contradict her claims across 10 categories:
Internal contradictions: Claims to be "general manager" but missed abuse occurring "three times a day." Admits recruiting masseuses and "never checking their age" but insists she thought all were adults. Calls Andrew photo "fake" but recognizes her own outfit in it from that weekend. Claims 50K salary while FBI documents show 1M in transfers.
In April–May 2018 — just months before his arrest — an Epstein associate corresponded with Rita at Paintings To Go, Inc. (405 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY) about commissioning a hand-painted portrait from a photograph in Epstein's collection. The emails discuss the progress of "the painting of the little girl" and the artist's challenges with "the contrast of shadows on the girl's face and body." The subject line references "Epstein Photo" and "Epstein Slideshow Photo," suggesting the source image came from Epstein's known photo collection. A scan.jpeg attachment was included. This document has been removed from the DOJ website but is preserved in our Dataset 11 ZIP archive.
A 5-page document titled "PEOPLE LIST" with the subtitle "Cell # (unless otherwise stated) and Personal Email (unless otherwise stated)" catalogues Epstein's inner circle with their personal cell phone numbers and private email addresses.
The list includes convicted sex trafficker Jean-Luc Brunel, convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein, Prince Andrew (Duke of York), and dozens of other power brokers across finance, politics, science, and entertainment. Notable names include:
The inclusion of personal cell numbers (rather than office numbers) indicates these were not casual business contacts but people with whom Epstein had direct, personal access. Several individuals on this list later invoked the Fifth Amendment in connection with Epstein (Tommy Mottola), were convicted of sex crimes (Brunel, Weinstein), or were named by victims in testimony.
A near-identical copy exists as EFTA00728783.
Harry Beller has been categorized as a notary public, but EFTA documents reveal he was Epstein's in-house trader and financial professional embedded at the 71st Street Manhattan mansion.
In her FBI interview, Lesley Groff described the mansion's layout: "After going straight, there would be a large office for two accountants and the trader. The accountant was ERIC GAINEY (GAINEY), who had an assistant accountant BELLA KLEIN (BELLA). The trader was HARRY BELLER (BELLER)."
The 2010 payroll analysis shows Beller as the #5 highest-paid employee across all Epstein entities at $301,702/year — more than pilots, property managers, or the USVI office manager. He managed investments and received JCK Partners performance reports.
Beller was also the custodian of Epstein's tax records (Form 990-EZ, Form 990-PF for Epstein's foundation) and served as notary on Epstein's legal documents. He was subpoenaed on August 16, 2007 (return date 9/11/2007) alongside Lesley Groff, Jean-Luc Brunel, and Adam Perrylang during the Palm Beach investigation. He is listed in the Rule 26(a)(1) disclosures in Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 v. United States as a relevant person.
NYC restaurateur Steve Hanson was far more deeply embedded in Epstein's operations than his public profile suggests. He was named third successor executor in Epstein's Last Will and Testament (after Eva Dubin and Kathryn Ruemmler) and successor trustee in both the 1953 Trust and 2014 Trust.
Hanson was on the approved prison visitor list during Epstein's 2008-09 incarceration. He managed Epstein's island hospitality operations — sourcing premium meat suppliers (Lobel's), recommending private chefs ("Francis can really cook; I don't think we will find better"), and coordinating guest meals: "So breakfast in nyc? But 3 meals on the island - guests on the island?? Dinner for 6 or..."
He visited both the island ("Steve Hanson & Craig Martin to cross over a day on island?") and the ranch ("we talked about this at the ranch"). He pre-interviewed household staff candidates at Epstein's house and was involved in hiring and retaining domestic employees.
In December 2014, Groff emailed Epstein: "Steve Hanson has dropped of xmas gifts to the house...there are gifts for the girls and a big bag for you!" — bringing gifts for unnamed women at Epstein's residence. In July 2016, someone told Epstein they'd asked "Steve Hanson about his Hamptons cottage for this weekend and he said yes" — Epstein replied: "NEVER forget to tell me."
In Giuffre v. Maxwell (15-cv-07433-RWS, SDNY), Virginia Giuffre's Rule 26 disclosures listed Epstein's longtime driver as a potential witness:
"Luciano 'Jojo' Fontanilla, 18 Teneyck Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580-4016 — Jeffrey Epstein's staff member in his various homes and may have knowledge of Defendant and Jeffrey Epstein's inappropriate conduct with underage girls."
Also listed at the same address: Lynn Fontanilla — likely Jojo's spouse, who also worked for Epstein (CC'd on schedule emails as "Lyn & Jojo"). Fontanilla's primary role was driving Epstein around New York City ("JOJO TO DRIVE YOU" appears in virtually every NYC schedule). Schedules show Fontanilla driving Epstein to meetings with young women, picking up arrivals at airports, and transporting guests to/from the 71st Street townhouse.
A December 2012 schedule shows: "4:45 Dinner for the Girls prepared by Didier" and "3-6:00 Shop with the girls for furniture" — with Fontanilla CC'd as the driver. Eric Gany set a $5,000 credit limit for "Luciano Fontanilla" on the NES LLC account.
Despite being identified as a potential witness with knowledge of Epstein's conduct, there is no indication Fontanilla was interviewed by the FBI or testified in any proceeding.
An internal JPMorgan review by Akin Gump (November 2019) revealed that SDNY prosecutors had previously flagged Epstein's relationship to Paul Barrett, a Managing Director in JPMorgan's Global Investment Opportunities Group who managed Epstein's brokerage and asset trading accounts.
The review discovered a chart sent by Epstein's accountant Harry Beller to Deutsche Bank's Amanda Kirby (Paul Morris's assistant) with the subject line "Let's discuss" — identifying "several accounts that were previously unknown to us, including a brokerage account belonging to the Butterfly Trust."
The chart also revealed Epstein's previously unknown relationships with Ted Serure and Laurie Cameron at JPMorgan Securities. Barrett held "Limited Trading Authorization for Brokerage account; Power of Attorney in Brokerage" for Epstein's accounts, as confirmed in SDNY-produced documents (marked "CONFIDENTIAL — PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(a)").
The production also included "a significant number of emails related to Darren Indyke's cash withdrawal activities" — suggesting systematic off-books cash movements through JPMorgan.
On December 19, 2019, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman received an 86-page "Investigation into Potential Co-Conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein" prosecution memorandum containing statements from 24 women abused as minors, analyzing the criminal liability of Epstein's associates.
Section IV ("Analysis") evaluates whether to charge five individuals. Sections D (Leslie Groff) and E (Ghislaine Maxwell) are identified by name. Sections A, B, and C are entirely redacted — approximately 10 pages of blacked-out legal analysis (pages 76–85). Only sub-headers survive: "Evidence That [redacted] Conspired to Sex Traffic Minors," "Knowledge of Sex Acts," "Knowledge of Age."
However, the memo's own interview sections (II.D) contain unredacted biographical details that uniquely identify all three subjects through cross-referencing with the 2008 Non-Prosecution Agreement:
Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act (P.L. 119-38, §2(b)), redactions are permitted only for victim identification and active investigation protection. These three are analyzed as potential defendants, not victims, and their names are already public record through the 2008 NPA. The redacted Analysis sections contain the DOJ's legal reasoning for declining prosecution — deliberative process privilege, not a permissible EFTA redaction category.
Berman had authorized the July 6, 2019 arrest of Epstein at Teterboro Airport and signed the sex trafficking indictment (19-cr-00490). In June 2020, AG William Barr announced that Berman had "stepped down" — when he had not resigned. Berman refused to leave until his deputy Audrey Strauss was confirmed as successor. The circumstances of Berman's removal are compounded by Barr's own exposure: two separate FBI sources placed Barr at Epstein events — a victim encountered him at a "model event" (EFTA01648951), and an FBI ASAC task list characterized his entry as "present when a girl was raped" (EFTA01648955). Barr had already declined to recuse from the Epstein prosecution despite his former law firm Kirkland & Ellis having represented Epstein in the 2007 plea deal.
Flight logs for December 17, 2000 show renowned French interior designer Alberto Pinto (1945-2012) flying from Teterboro to St. Thomas alongside Virginia Roberts, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Jeffrey Epstein.
Pinto's firm Cabinet Alberto Pinto (11 rue d'Aboukir, Paris) had a continuous business relationship with Epstein spanning at least 2010 through 2018 — even after Pinto's death in 2012. The firm designed interiors for multiple Epstein properties: 9 E 71st Street NYC (master bathroom dome ceiling), Little St. James Island (cost estimates 2016), and Avenue Foch Paris (wire transfers 2015). A 40-foot container of Pinto furniture was shipped to St. Thomas for LSJ as late as October 2018.
A letter from Epstein to Pinto regarding the "house island project" was listed as court evidence exhibit #63. Contact person Linda Pinto continued working with Epstein after Alberto's death.
Robert Trivers, the renowned evolutionary biologist, received at least $50,000 from Epstein's Enhanced Education LLC shell entity — $30,000 in April 2014 and $20,000 in May 2015. Richard Kahn, Epstein's financial manager, emailed Epstein: "Regarding Trivers — Please advise. May 2015 — 20k from Enhanced. April 2014 — 30k from Enhanced." Epstein responded cryptically: "trivers assaya, boat. pats tanks? 727." (EFTA00641250).
Trivers was listed #23 on Epstein's numbered "Science" contact list of 36 scientists (EFTA00729992), alongside Martin Nowak, Seth Lloyd, Marvin Minsky, Lisa Randall, and others. His book "Wild Life: Adventures of an Evolutionary Biologist" was in Epstein's possession (EFTA01196958), and he was in Epstein's MacBook address book (EFTA01064310).
Most significantly, in April 2023, FBI FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) sent an "URGENT - Deconfliction request" to FBI New York Field Office (Child Exploitation/Human Trafficking unit) listing "Trivers, Robert" alongside Nautilus Inc and Sotheby's as names requiring deconfliction (EFTA00144222). This indicates active law enforcement financial investigation into Trivers in connection with the Epstein case.
Gino Yu, a professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, acted as an intermediary connecting scientists to Epstein and simultaneously facilitated access to young women. In October 2016, while coordinating meetings between Epstein and consciousness researcher Stuart Hameroff, Lesley Groff emailed Karyna Shuliak: "I have confirmed the Stuart meeting and am also coordinating a meeting with Gino...but I don't know about the girls going to see the robot heart...?" — referencing Epstein's instruction to send unnamed "girls" to a Robot Heart party while scientists visited (EFTA00572248).
Yu arranged for Hameroff to fly to NYC specifically to meet Epstein: "Are you OK for meeting Hameroff? He's flying in mainly to see you" (EFTA00814295). He also asked if Hameroff could "crash at your crash pad? (where Joscha and I stayed last time)" — confirming he and Joscha Bach stayed at Epstein's property (EFTA00814455).
A year later (Oct 2017), Epstein's schedule shows back-to-back appointments: "4:30pm Interview w/Yana Novoselova (=M)" followed by "5:00pm Appt w/Lydia Laurenson (Gino Yu's friend) (=M)" (EFTA00285408). The identical "(=M)" notation for both a scheduled "interview" with a young woman and an appointment with Yu's female "friend" suggests these women were being introduced to Epstein in the same capacity. Yu's associates Peter Fenwick and Ray were also "asking if they could come see" Epstein (EFTA00317801).
Landon Thomas Jr., a New York Times financial reporter for 17 years, maintained an intimate friendship with Epstein that compromised his journalism. His 2002 New York Magazine profile "Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery" helped establish Epstein's public image as a legitimate financier (EFTA00013640).
After Epstein's 2008 conviction, Thomas continued corresponding as if nothing had changed. In October 2009, he forwarded Bloomberg financial analysis about RBS toxic assets directly to Epstein's personal Gmail, signed with his NYT title (EFTA02438707). In July 2010, Thomas sent Epstein a Turkey article and joked: "And the best part about Turkey for you? When you ask for a massage you get a fat, hairy man with a mustache." Epstein replied by offering to introduce Thomas's Turkish contact to Bill Gates (EFTA02410524) — a casual massage joke with a convicted sex offender whose abuse was disguised as massage sessions.
In September 2009, Epstein invited Thomas to "spend a day at the ranch" (Zorro Ranch, NM). Thomas replied: "would love to — need to see if this trip happens or not" (EFTA02436343). He addressed Epstein as "Hey boy" — indicating a deeply familiar personal relationship.
Thomas also tipped Epstein off about investigative journalist John Connolly's research, solicited a $30,000 donation from Epstein, and fed Epstein information about Trump. He was fired from the NYT in early 2019 for ethics violations.
Haley Robson was 16 years old when she was first approached to visit Epstein's Palm Beach mansion. After Epstein attempted to grope her during a massage, she did not return for massages — instead, she became a recruiter, bringing dozens of other girls to Epstein's home for $200 per victim.
Palm Beach police documented Robson's recruiting methods — she told prospective victims "the younger the better" and brought them to Epstein's house accompanied by "a Hispanic female" (EFTA01333100). Phone records from October 2004 under the name 'Holly Robson' in Fort Lauderdale document activity during the peak recruitment period (EFTA01310850).
Epstein's defense attorneys at Kirkland & Ellis referenced "Robson Tr." (Robson transcript) in legal briefs fighting to limit federal prosecution scope for co-conspirators including Robson (EFTA00210074). A civil lawsuit analyzed whether a victim-turned-recruiter could be sued as a co-conspirator under Florida law (EFTA00180294).
Robson was named as a potential co-conspirator in the 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement but was never charged. She exemplifies Epstein's pyramid scheme model — turning victims into recruiters through financial incentives, creating a self-sustaining pipeline. She has since spoken publicly as a survivor and advocate for transparency.
Howard Rubenstein, one of New York's most powerful PR executives, was named in a victim interrogatory as having "Knowledge of finances and defendant's sexual desire for minor girls" (EFTA00725932). He appears on the same list as Alfredo Rodriguez (Epstein's house manager), David Rogers (pilot), Jojo Fontanilla, and other close associates.
Prosecutors flagged a critical conflict of interest: "Epstein's publicist, Howard Rubenstein, is also the publicist for The New York Post where the article quoting Lefcourt's letter appeared" (EFTA00013882, June 2008). This meant Rubenstein was simultaneously managing Epstein's public image AND controlling access to a major newspaper that published stories favorable to Epstein's defense.
Rubenstein confirmed Epstein's plea deal to the Palm Beach Daily News as his authorized PR representative (EFTA00013698). He had extensive scheduling records for meetings at Epstein's properties, indicating a deep professional and personal relationship that went well beyond standard PR services.
The dual publicist role — representing both a sex offender and the newspaper covering him — represents one of the clearest documented conflicts of interest in the Epstein cover-up apparatus.
Geir Frantzen, a Norwegian frozen food magnate, was the direct recipient of Epstein's most dehumanizing language about women. When Lyndon Lea arranged a Findus internship for a woman, Epstein instructed: "tell geir, she is serious, not a toy. toys are also available" (EFTA02415943). The 'toys' Epstein offered were separate women available for sexual purposes.
Epstein actively arranged dates for Frantzen. When someone expressed jealousy about this, Epstein drew the same distinction: "no no no ... this is for play, you are for serious" (EFTA00880099) — explicitly separating women into 'serious' relationships and 'play' (sexual exploitation).
The woman placed at Findus reported that her meeting with Frantzen went well and that he "offered to help with Findus job and put me in touch with a romanian lady" in London (EFTA02416005). Frantzen emailed Epstein about another woman: "Good girl, smart" (EFTA00752358) — evaluating women for Epstein in the same language Epstein used.
Frantzen was also involved in a business venture with Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York) and Keith Frankel setting up Omega-3 products (EFTA02435212). A press article described him as the "Norwegian frozen food magnate who gave Fergie the £160,000 Bentley" (EFTA00751392).
A 69-page classified OCDETF Fusion Center target profile (EFTA00173953) reveals a previously undisclosed DEA investigation — "Operation Chain Reaction" (case C1-11-0049) — opened on December 17, 2010, targeting Jeffrey Epstein and 14 other individuals.
The memo states: "DEA reporting indicates the above individuals are involved in illegitimate wire transfers which are tied to illicit drug and/or prostitution activities occurring in the U.S. Virgin Islands and New York City."
The document details approximately $50 million in suspicious wire transfers from 2010-2015. Epstein's financial records include 7 Unified Suspicious Activity Reports totaling $5.67 million (2013-2015), Currency Transaction Reports of $233,000 (2010-2011), and bank accounts at Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, HSBC Private Bank Geneva, HSBC Paris, JP Morgan Chase, and Valartis Bank AG Zurich.
As of May 2015, the investigation remained "judicial pending" — still active after five years — indicating investigators may have been awaiting court approval for search warrants or other legal action.
The memo also reveals multiple parallel federal investigations into Epstein: an FBI case (31E-MM-108062) opened July 25, 2006 that remained active in 2015; ICE investigations in West Palm Beach (2006-2008), Las Vegas (2009-2010), and Paris ("Operation Angel Watch", June-October 2013, tracking Epstein as a convicted sex offender).
Epstein was queried by 30+ law enforcement agencies between 2013-2015, including U.S. Secret Service White House Division (August 12, 2014), Harvard University Campus Police, and multiple agencies in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Corporate entities identified include SLK Designs LLC (linked to $20,000 in transfers from Epstein) and Hyperion Air Inc. (Epstein's aviation holding company, controlled by attorney Darren Indyke). Critically, SDNY prosecutors who arrested Epstein in July 2019 were reportedly unaware of this earlier DEA investigation.
FBI victim testimony (EFTA00011526, March 2021) describes how Epstein used dental appointments arranged through Dr. Thomas Magnani as a pretext to fly a victim to New York:
"[Victim] also went to JE's Paris apartment when [she] was already in Paris, she talked about a dental issue [she] had, JE had arranged dentist appointments for [her] and flew [her] to NY for dental appointments, appointments were right around the time when JE was arrested."
The same victim testimony reveals Epstein asked her to recruit: "JE would ask [her] to find girls for him, and JE asked [her] to meet with a young (18/19) girl for coffee in Russia. [She] did so, but does not recall her name, just told JE that the girl seemed fine."
Financial records confirm Epstein funded dental work for multiple women through Magnani's practice:
Magnani also facilitated Karyna Shuliak's Columbia dental school admission, with Lesley Groff contacting Senior Associate Dean Martin Davis as "Dr. Magnani's friend" (EFTA00683288). He regularly dined with Epstein and Columbia dental deans.
In an April 12, 2003 email (EFTA00582316), Ghislaine Maxwell described a dinner party to Tom Pritzker:
"a 12 out of 10 - everyone you'd want + some - 24 people - Mandleson, Blacks, Blaine, Brockman, Jarecki, Stroll maybe chicken - + 5 models who are the serving girls"
Henry Jarecki was a named guest at a dinner where Maxwell explicitly stated that young models would serve as waitstaff — a pattern documented across multiple Epstein events where the line between "service" and sexual exploitation was deliberately blurred. Other guests included Peter Mandelson, Leon and Debra Black, David Blaine, and John Brockman.
Epstein's daily schedules show a pattern of Henry Jarecki's appointments at the 71st Street townhouse occurring on the same days as Jennie Saunders — identified in a sworn victim interrogatory (EFTA00727684) as the person who "arranges for underage girls to go to and from Jeff's island."
From EFTA00314248:
"9:30-11:00 Appt w/Dangene (Jennie Saunders) [...] 12:30 Appt w/Henry Jarecki at 71st [...] 2:00 [REDACTED] to arrive (she can stay until 4:30) [...] 3:00 appt w/Jonathon Farkas"
Separately, another schedule note (EFTA00424844) records a woman being coordinated between Epstein and Jarecki locations:
"[REDACTED] says she can come at 6:00 (you are to be at Jarecki's at 5:30 though?) also thinks she will be out of school earlier and can come earlier if that is better for you...just let her know."
A July 20, 2013 email in a thread CC'd to Epstein (jeevacation@gmail.com) (EFTA00676865):
"Haha!!! Yeah right! What did you do, give him a roofie!?"
This was in response to an email saying "guess what Je and I did in Boston!!" with two photo attachments. The casual joking about drugging someone in Epstein's email circle — combined with documented evidence of Brunel using roofies on victims — suggests a culture where drug-facilitated assault was normalized.
A dinner guest list for Epstein's Yom Kippur Breakfast on September 18th (EFTA00298379) assembles an extraordinary concentration of Epstein associates — several of whom are accused of criminal conduct:
Confirmed attendees ("Yes"):
Declined: Peter Mandelson ("flying home from China"), George Mitchell, Andrew Farkas, Tom Pritzker ("China w/ Hyatt BOD"), Tom Barrack, Nathan Myhrvold, Boris Nikolic, Katie Couric, Charlie Rose, Michael Ovitz
The guest list is notable for assembling at least 4 people later accused of criminal conduct (Black, Dershowitz, Brunel, Minsky) at a single dinner, along with two who would be convicted (Brunel, Maxwell). Children were present.
In December 2018 — just seven months before his arrest — Epstein's childhood friend Terry Kafka reminisced about growing up together in Sea Gate/Coney Island (EFTA01010967):
Kafka: "Hey Jeff. When was the last time you picked up an accordion? I still can see you playing it in the epstein family loft on sea gate ave."
Epstein: "yes, i play it for the girls they love it"
Epstein forwarded this exchange to his brother Mark Epstein. The remark — made while Epstein was actively trafficking young women — is consistent with the grooming patterns documented throughout the corpus. Kafka and Epstein maintained a ~45-year friendship from their Sea Gate childhood, along with Warren Eisenstein ('johnny boy'), whose death they coordinated in 2014 (EFTA00684402). On the prison mail list (EFTA00306074).
FBI forensic extractions from Epstein's seized Apple devices reveal an extensive contact database spanning Mac AddressBook, Mail, Skype ("jeevacation"), and iMessage. Key discoveries from the vCard exports:
The 319+ unique contacts extracted include Italian businessmen (Fabio Borghese/Enel, Ugo Brachetti Peretti/API petroleum, Luca Garavoglia/Campari), Middle Eastern diplomats (Yousef Al-Otaiba/UAE Ambassador), and a Colombian connection (Maria Catalina Fajardo — "Met At Mansion In Miami Dec 2012 With [redacted] And Nick").
Dr. Samuel C. Klagsbrun, M.D. (595 Madison Ave, NYC) was a psychiatrist treating at least two women in Epstein's orbit — "Dana" and "Jen" — with Epstein paying all bills and directing their medication choices. 36 documents trace this pattern from 2009 to 2012.
Epstein controlled access to the doctor: When "Dana" couldn't get an appointment, Epstein immediately contacted Henry Jarecki (commodities billionaire): "can you put in a word to sam, its important thanks". Jarecki responded: "I called him right after you called me... He'll do what I ask. Is it okay that he knows it's you?" Epstein initially wanted his identity hidden: "fyi jarecki doesn't know your name" (EFTA01828381).
Epstein controlled payment: Bookkeeper Bella Klein routinely asked "Do I have your permission to pay Dr. Klagsbrun bill for Jen... ,000?" (EFTA00918777). When Dana's insurance didn't cover Klagsbrun, Epstein said: "just go to him, ill pay, make sure he gives you a prescription for a couple of months" (EFTA00922372).
Epstein controlled medication choices: "klagburn for zoloft, prozac, ativan? .. should we try" (EFTA00778636).
Billing records (EFTA01118550): 00/session, weekly visits, diagnosis 309.24 (Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety). Patient billing address: 301 E. 66th Street — near Epstein's townhouse. Dana was on Klonopin and transitioning to Cymbalta/Ativan — anti-anxiety drugs consistent with trauma.
Eva Andersson-Dubin, a licensed physician and named trustee of Epstein's 2017 Trust, personally delivered controlled substances to Epstein and was asked to procure sedatives for his staff.
Adderall delivery (EFTA00942774, Sep 2012): Eva to Epstein: "I have the adderall and antibiotics. Can I drop it off tomorrow?" Epstein: "yes". Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance.
Ambien request for staff (EFTA00464793, Nov 2017): Lesley Groff emails Eva's office: "Jeffrey is asking if Eva could get 2 or 3 Ambien for one of Jeffrey's assistants, says she is in need of sleep..."
Xanax and Klonopin (EFTA00786793, Jul 2018): When Epstein recommended Valium for her tinnitus, Eva replied: "I don't have any. I have Xanax and Klonopin." This casual exchange about benzodiazepines suggests routine pharmaceutical sharing.
A comprehensive pharmaceutical inventory (EFTA00522943) documents a professional-grade medicine cabinet including controlled substances, a fertility drug, and injectable supplies:
Epstein also researched Ambien side effects in detail, emailing himself the full list including "memory loss, mental/mood/behavior changes, hallucinations, confusion, aggressive behavior" (EFTA00814713).
Epstein's phone records reveal 44 calls to McLean, Virginia across three billing periods (EFTA00014718, EFTA00014767, EFTA00014822) — including 28 calls in August 2003 alone and 3 calls within 3 minutes on August 3, 2003. McLean, VA is the location of Joe Robert' mansion, confirmed as a trafficking screening site by victim attorney Jeanne Christensen (EFTA02731512): Epstein gave the victim "the once over and nod of approval — she was sent to PB shortly afterwards." FedEx records also show Epstein shipping packages to the same McLean address (1676 International Drive) in both 2001 and 2004 (EFTA01258746, EFTA00219491).
On March 8, 2015, years after Epstein's 2008 conviction, Epstein emailed Brunel from his jeevacation@gmail.com account (EFTA00862635):
"saw you walking on rue rivoli, very very glad you are well. I leave tonite"
This places both Epstein and Brunel in Paris simultaneously in March 2015 — with Epstein apparently spotting Brunel on the street near the Louvre. The warm tone ("very very glad you are well") confirms the relationship remained active well after Epstein's conviction and registration as a sex offender. The Avenue Foch apartment presumably served as Epstein's base during this visit.
Efrain Reyes (BOP #85993-054) was assigned as Epstein's cellmate on July 30, 2019, after psychology staff mandated Epstein have a cellmate following the July 23 suicide attempt. He told Epstein: "don't hang yourself up in my cell. Don't try to kill yourself in this cell. I don't want to wake up to find you dead. He said don't worry I'm never going to cause you trouble" (EFTA00163507).
Reyes departed MCC at 8:00 AM on August 9, 2019 for court. At 1:50 PM, an officer warned: "Inmate Reyes #85993-054 was going WAB and possibly may not return. Also that Inmate Epstein #76318-054 will be needing a cell mate" (EFTA00143071). No replacement was assigned. Epstein was found dead ~22.5 hours later.
Reyes was proffered at SDNY on August 16, 2019 — six days after Epstein's death. He changed his plea on August 26, 2019 and was sentenced April 13, 2020 — both proceedings sealed.
On November 30, 2020, an AUSA emailed colleagues: "just learned from Probation that Efrain Reyes died. It sounds like it was in his sleep. Given his history, I think it may have been drug related, but perhaps not." The response: "Sorry to hear that. You're correct that we didn't need his testimony" (EFTA00019925). Reyes died at his mother's apartment in the Bronx at age 51.
The prosecutors' unguarded communications show they did not find his death suspicious. An unexplained $200 payment was made to both Epstein and Reyes by someone identified as possibly Epstein's attorney (EFTA00142820). As of June 2025, the FBI was still using Reyes's proffer notes in briefing materials for senior officials.
Two of the most critical witnesses in the Epstein case died of illness before the renewed 2019 federal prosecution, depriving prosecutors of irreplaceable testimony.
Rodriguez was Epstein's house manager at his Palm Beach mansion — the only employee who testified without an Epstein-paid attorney. He witnessed "numerous underage girls coming into Epstein's mansion for purported 'massages'" and took what he called "The Holy Grail": a journal from Epstein's computer containing names of underage girls and prominent associates. He was charged with obstruction for attempting to sell it for $50,000, stating he needed the money and feared Epstein would make him "disappear" unless he had an "insurance policy." Sentenced to 18 months.
A FOIA request confirmed his death on December 28, 2014, noting the file contained "the identification of numerous minor sex trafficking victims" (EFTA00211150). He died of mesothelioma (asbestos-related cancer) at approximately age 60.
Detective Recarey was the lead Palm Beach PD investigator beginning September 2005. He interviewed dozens of victims and documented covert cameras in Epstein's home. An Epstein email to attorney Martin Weinberg discusses "recarey questions" as part of legal strategy (EFTA00733036). Died at age 50 of a brief illness (reported as cancer).
Both deaths are consistent with natural causes. Their significance is strategic: the insider who stole Epstein's records and the detective who built the original case were both unavailable when SDNY finally brought charges in July 2019.
Steven Hoffenberg was Epstein's business partner in Towers Financial Corporation, a $473 million Ponzi scheme. He served 18 years in prison.
Hoffenberg told attorney Bradley Edwards' firm that "he had information regarding Jeffrey Epstein being involved in the murder of Arthur L. Shapiro" (EFTA00108851). Shapiro was a Columbus, Ohio attorney shot multiple times in a cemetery on March 6, 1985 — the day before he was scheduled to testify before a federal grand jury in a tax fraud case.
The FBI investigated: Columbus PD Detective James McCoskey confirmed Berry Kessler, Shapiro's co-defendant, was the prime suspect — a secretary saw Kessler meeting a man matching the killer's description "in his office with a suitcase or briefcase of money" (EFTA00270345). Kessler was later convicted of murder for pecuniary gain in a separate Florida case.
The FBI noted Hoffenberg "appears to have a history of mental illness" and attempted to interview him at Fort Dix FCI. He refused to cooperate without a court-appointed attorney but subsequently gave a one-hour taped interview to Newsweek and the Daily Mail (EFTA00078171).
When Les Wexner's name appeared in Columbus newspaper reports alleging a connection to the homicide, McCoskey "found no evidence connecting Wexner to the homicide case." FBI conclusion: "McCoskey's investigation has revealed no connection between the homicide of Shapiro and Jeffrey Epstein to date" (EFTA00270345).
Hoffenberg was found dead in his apartment in Derby, Connecticut on August 23, 2022 at age 77. Natural causes.
Charles "Chip" Pickett III served as Pilot-In-Command of Epstein's Gulfstream G550, with Larry Visoski as Second-In-Command. Flight manifests show Pickett piloting Epstein alongside crew member Holly Ann Van Heemst and an unidentified Russian female passenger.
Pickett received regular wire transfers via Vectra Bank: $7,276 (March 2017), $16,625 (June 2017), $18,000 (October 2017). As the pilot who flew Epstein during the 2016-2019 period, Pickett would have been a key witness to passenger manifests, flight destinations, and the identities of those who traveled on Epstein's aircraft after his 2008 conviction.
Rosa da Silva served as executive assistant to Jes Staley and was the primary scheduling intermediary between Staley and Epstein from at least 2011 through 2014, documenting the depth of their relationship across two employers.
Da Silva coordinated trilateral meetings between Staley, Epstein, and Ehud Barak: "Jes said he is having dinner with Jeffrey and Ehud Barak. Do you know what time that starts?" (EFTA00389646). She also arranged Barak confirmations: "the appt tomorrow with Barak is confirmed but he would like Jes to give Jeffrey a call on his cell" (EFTA00392502).
Early emails carry the JPMorgan Chase disclaimer, proving the relationship existed while Staley was still at the bank: "Please let me know if 6:30 PM is possible" (EFTA00402711, Oct 2012). After Staley left JPMorgan, da Silva continued the same role at BlueMountain Capital Management (280 Park Avenue): "Jes said he is a definite yes for the Sunday night dinner" (EFTA00368716, May 2014). Subject lines read simply "JEE & JES" — "7:30 will work tomorrow night at jeffrey's" (EFTA00363258).
Da Silva also passed Jay Lefkowitz's phone number from Epstein to Staley (EFTA00437116) — Epstein was networking through Staley's assistant. The scheduling evidence contradicts Staley's claims of a casual acquaintance, showing regular evening meetings at Epstein's residence coordinated at an institutional level.
Michael Reiter, Chief of the Palm Beach Police Department, led the original 2005-2006 investigation into Epstein and fought persistently for federal prosecution when the local state attorney's office moved to reduce charges.
Reiter personally provided extensive evidence to the FBI, including boxes of physical evidence, VHS tapes, cassette recordings, microcassettes, and newspaper articles (EFTA00023673, EFTA00023957). FBI emails document the scope: "There is a box of media, including VHS, cassette, and microcassettes, and newspaper articles that were provided by Reiter" and a spreadsheet cataloging all items.
SDNY prosecutors specifically sought Reiter's materials when building the 2019 case: "please get us the paper evidence from NY, VI, and Reiter as soon as you can" (EFTA00023952). FBI agents coordinated: "included in the boxes from Reiter are vhs tapes and microcassettes. Would you like us to turn these over to you as well?" (EFTA00023957).
Reiter wrote to prosecutors that he saw no "sufficient reason exists to require your disqualification from the prosecution of these cases" (EFTA00013768) — pushing back against defense efforts to derail the investigation. His evidence and persistence were critical to keeping the case alive through the NPA years until SDNY re-opened it in 2019.
Multiple email threads reveal a consistent pattern: when informed about violence against or suffering of women, Epstein's reflexive response was the single word "whoops." At least four documented instances:
This pattern reveals Epstein's psychological indifference to sexual violence and women's suffering — treating rape, death, and exploitation as trivial inconveniences warranting a single dismissive word. His associates recognized it as characteristic: one even echoed "Whoops is correct" back at him.
Ted Waitt, co-founder of Gateway Computers, became Ghislaine Maxwell's long-term boyfriend after she "moved on" from Epstein. Testimony confirmed the relationship began by 2004 (EFTA00068582).
Financial records reveal Maxwell had a sub-account under Waitt's American Express relationship — account records show "THEODORE W WAITT" as the primary account holder with "GHISLAINE M MAXWELL" as a sub-account, active from at least February 2008 through at least December 2017 (EFTA00037702, EFTA00037703). A separate person identified as "JENNIFER TURNER" also had an account under this relationship.
Witness testimony stated that Maxwell's assistants believed "MAXWELL's boyfriend at the time, TED WAITT, paid [their] salary" (EFTA01249968). This meant Waitt was financially supporting Maxwell's staff operations even after she supposedly "separated from EPSTEIN."
The financial entanglement raises questions about what Waitt knew about Maxwell's ongoing activities. The AmEx sub-account and salary payments show institutional-level financial support, not just a personal relationship.
Lauren Kwintner served dual roles in Epstein's operation: as a notary public who notarized Epstein's legal documents including his will and trust (EFTA00016841, EFTA00028554), and as an operational staff member who managed document logistics through Epstein's FedEx account (1144-2081-6).
FedEx records show Kwintner shipping documents to the "Passport Supervisor, Passport Service Lockbox, 500 Ross St Rm 151, Pittsburgh PA" (EFTA00082601, Oct 2002) — managing passport and travel documents for Epstein's network. She also shipped materials to Larry Visoski's wife (EFTA00217257), Shannon Pascuzzi, and other members of Epstein's circle.
The passport shipping is significant in the context of Epstein's known use of fraudulent passports — a fake Austrian passport with a Saudi Arabian address was found in his safe in 2019. Kwintner's role as both notary and passport document handler placed her at the intersection of Epstein's legal and operational infrastructure.
FBI investigation documents reveal Ghislaine Maxwell secretly married Scott Borgerson and used the name "Ghislaine Borgerson" for financial transactions. An FBI agent investigating Maxwell's location tracked purchases under this name (EFTA00016941): "The credit card she was using for purchases is under the name Ghislaine Borgerson."
Cell phone surveillance confirmed contact between Maxwell and Borgerson (EFTA00016349): "Target Cellphone-1 has also been in contact with a phone subscribed to in the name of 'Scott Borgerson,' which I know from my review of bank records and other evidence to be Maxwell's husband."
Marriage records searches found no Maxwell-Borgerson marriage license — only Borgerson's 2001 marriage to Rebecca Piorunneck (EFTA00016394). The marriage appears to have been conducted in secret, consistent with Maxwell's broader pattern of concealment during her fugitive period.
Borgerson is the CEO of CargoMetrics, a maritime analytics company. Maxwell lived at his oceanfront property in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, where she was ultimately arrested on July 2, 2020.
EFTA00397335 (Jan 23, 2012): Epstein's schedule lists a birthday dinner at his NY townhouse:
"7:00 Dinner w/Woody Allen, Soon Yi, Bobby Slayton, Lewis Black, David Brenner, Dick Cavett & David Blaine — DINNER TO BE TAKE OUT — TBD Birthday Cake Celebration for JE. Antoine Vergias to join for cake."
Multiple duplicate schedules (EFTA00365211, EFTA00398014, EFTA00398100, EFTA00398128) show the same dinner also listed Bill Cosby as invited:
"7:00 Dinner w/Woody Allen, Bobby Slayton and Lewis Black. (Invited Bill Cosby — Can he come? Awaiting reply) DINNER TO BE FROM DAVID BOULEE OR TAKE OUT"
Epstein was actively trying to recruit a known serial sexual predator into his inner social circle. Cosby's sexual assault allegations were well known in entertainment circles long before his 2018 conviction. The dinner guest list — two accused sexual predators (Epstein, Cosby invited), a filmmaker accused of child sexual abuse (Allen), and several prominent entertainers — illustrates the celebrity ecosystem that insulated Epstein.
EFTA00023550: In a victim/witness follow-up (March 2020), an attorney investigating Epstein's relationships received this account:
"Epstein bragged about being good friends with Julie Taymor, and we had amazing first row mezzanine seats they she had apparently given him."
The investigation was specifically probing the Lion King connection — the musical premiered in 1997, and lawyers were trying to establish when the victim first visited New York. The account shows Epstein used cultural connections to impress and normalize interactions with victims.
Taymor appears on Epstein's "People to See While in NY" list (EFTA00308123, Nov-Dec 2012) alongside Paul Barrett, Richard Axel, David Blaine, Woody Allen, and Mort Zuckerman. She is also in his black book (EFTA00191467) with an address in Italy.
Note: No evidence suggests Taymor was aware of Epstein's criminal conduct. The finding documents how Epstein leveraged cultural elite connections as social cover.
Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana Arango appears in depositions where the witness is asked directly: "Do you know President Andres Pastrana?" followed by "Do you know him as somebody who has had sex with underage minor females brought to him by Jeffrey Epstein?" The deponent refused to answer both questions (EFTA00182418, EFTA00159250).
These questions appear in a sequence asking about Epstein's sex trafficking operation — including questions about sex slaves on flights, Bill Clinton on flight logs, Emmy Taylor as Maxwell's "sex slave," and whether victims were made to "dress as if they're 11 or 12." Ehud Barak is asked about in the same deposition sequence.
Separately, FedEx records (EFTA00218394) show a package sent from Epstein's office (shipped by Andrea Mitrovich) to "ANDRES PASTRANA" in Madrid, Spain on April 21, 2003 via FedEx International Economy.
In March 2003, Pastrana flew on Epstein's plane to Cuba at Fidel Castro's invitation (EFTA00129169, EFTA00261990). Text messages in the EFTA corpus reference someone named "Danny from Miami" who allegedly "procured girls in Cuba for Glenn and Epstein" in connection with this trip. The article notes that Cuba has a severe child sex tourism problem and that Epstein was "likely considering relocating to Cuba in order to escape U.S. law enforcement" at the time.
Natalia "Naya" Shavkunova, a casting director, was recommended to Jeffrey Epstein by Kira Dikhtyar in March 2016 as someone who "casts 15 girls a day for music videos" and "knows all the girls" (EFTA00643691). Dikhtyar described her as a "Great casting director for you!!!" (EFTA00830533), language consistent with Epstein's documented recruitment of young women through modeling and entertainment industry contacts.
Shavkunova was then given multiple appointments at Epstein's 9 East 71st Street townhouse (EFTA00328832, EFTA00293621, EFTA00328733) and had flights arranged for her through American Express Centurion Travel Service at Epstein's expense (EFTA00303504, EFTA00303507, EFTA00303510). The AmEx records show itineraries booked under "SHAVKUNOVA/NATALIA" with multiple ticket changes and routing modifications.
Her appointments appear in Epstein's calendar alongside meetings with Ehud Barak, Leon Black, Michael Wolff, and Penny Baird (EFTA00293621, EFTA00328733), placing her as an active part of Epstein's network as late as March 2016. The pattern of a casting director with access to young women being courted, flown in, and given regular appointments at Epstein's residence mirrors documented procurement patterns.
An FBI/DOJ investigation summary (EFTA00105304) explicitly named Barry Diller as having "personal and financial connections" to Jeffrey Epstein, listing him alongside Glenn Dubin, Leslie Wexner, Henry Jarecki, Andrew Farkas, and Leon Black. The memo noted that while "None of the payments to the individuals described above appear to have any connection to criminal activity," the investigation had cataloged extensive financial records including trust account payments from Deutsche Bank.
Diller's visits to Epstein's Caribbean island are confirmed in multiple documents: "Barry Diller would like to take a hike on the island. Please organize" (EFTA00579398, Nov 2003), and a later iMessage: "I see Barry diller s co owns the beast. He was on the island." (EFTA01212440, Apr 2019).
Diller was on Epstein's billionaire networking list emailed to Bill Gates in August 2014, alongside David Koch, Mort Zuckerman, Len Blavatnik, Nelson Peltz, Leon Black, and Josh Harris (EFTA00995604). FedEx records (EFTA00218870) show a package sent from Epstein to Diller at InterActiveCorp (IAC), 555 West 18th Street, on November 19, 2003.
David Ross, then Chair of SVA's MFA Art Practice program and former director of the Whitney Museum, actively collaborated with Jeffrey Epstein on an art exhibit concept called "Statutory" — about girls and boys aged 14-25 where "some people go to prison because they can't tell true age" (EFTA00740146, EFTA00740149). Ross's response: "You are incredible. This would be a very powerful and freaky book" — and referenced Richard Prince's notorious nude photograph of 10-year-old Brooke Shields. He proposed expanding it into a web-based global exhibition: "totally global, and totally open as a 2.0 platform" (EFTA02438219).
On the day of Epstein's release from prison for sex crimes against minors (July 22, 2009), Ross wrote calling the sentence "an undeserved punishment foisted upon you by jealous creeps" (EFTA00772881). He visited Epstein's property in August 2009, shortly after release (EFTA01816741).
Ross maintained the friendship through 2019: "I'm still proud to call you a friend" (EFTA00653590, Jan 2015) and "I miss you" (EFTA02491568, Aug 2015). He appears in former butler John Alessi's contact recognition document alongside Dershowitz, Trump, Wexner, and Staley (EFTA00157634). FedEx records show packages from "J Epstein & Co Inc" to Ross dating to 1999-2000 (EFTA00219139). Ross resigned from SVA in February 2026 after the emails became public.
Lady Clare Iveagh (née Hazell), Countess of Iveagh and wife of the 4th Earl of Iveagh (Guinness family), was the subject of coordinated investigation by the SDNY and the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA). An August 2020 memo states: "SDNY has no issue with NCA proceeding with their investigation of Clare Iveagh" (EFTA00037498). The NCA identified her as "Clare GUINNESS (née HAZELL)... Lady Clare IVEAGH/Countess IVEAGH" and noted she "was allegedly a close contact of EPSTEIN and travelled and stayed with him on multiple occasions" (EFTA00037470).
The NCA memo documented anonymous victim allegations of sexual abuse. During this period, Iveagh was President of the West Sussex Branch of the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), which initiated an internal review.
69+ documents show extensive personal email correspondence with Epstein (2013-2014). She wrote: "thank you for your amazing contribution to my life" (EFTA01943902) and "Changed my life for the positive" (EFTA01936613). Epstein gave her his Paris apartment access code: "door code 2512 apt 2 DD" (EFTA01933348). In one exchange, Iveagh discussed real estate with Epstein: "Coco Chanel's house in the South of France is for sale... Super cool for girls" (EFTA00714980).
Adriana Ross (born Adriana Mucinska), a Polish former model who became Epstein's assistant in Palm Beach, was one of four co-conspirators named in the 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement and granted federal immunity. FBI grand jury testimony (EFTA00223910, Feb 2007) confirms her role in contacting victims: "Adriana Mucinska would also contact the girls via their cell phone" — arranging so-called massage appointments alongside Epstein's primary scheduler.
Court documents describe how Ross "removed computer drives and other electronic equipment from Epstein's Florida mansion before Palm Beach Police searched the home" as part of their investigation (EFTA00264995) — constituting evidence destruction and obstruction of justice.
A legal filing (EFTA01191873) states: "Extensive investigation demonstrated that [she] participated in several of the sex acts with underage girls (including Jane Doe 1) and that [she] and Adrianna Mucinska were heavily involved in procuring underage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse." Despite this documented participation in trafficking and obstruction, Ross received full immunity under the NPA and faced no criminal charges.
Abi Schwinck, a booker at MC2 Model Management's New York office (6 West 14th Street), served as the operational link between convicted sex trafficker Jean-Luc Brunel and Jeffrey Epstein. She operated a three-way photo pipeline: Brunel directed Schwinck to photograph models, Schwinck forwarded photos to Epstein's personal email, and Epstein followed up independently (EFTA00626496).
Schwinck told Brunel: "Will send to you and Jeffery right away — He has been asking as well" (EFTA00626496), confirming Epstein independently pressured for model photographs. She sent three zip files of images of "IRINA" ([Victim Name Redacted]) to Epstein (EFTA00642027, EFTA00642030, EFTA00642033, June 2012). Brunel described Irina as "the little russian girl that will be with Anthony" (EFTA01885240).
Epstein forwarded Celina/Ibra photo shoots received from Schwinck to Eva Dubin at evadubin@hotmail.com (EFTA00913853, EFTA00913861) — raising questions about why Dubin received model portfolio images from Epstein's MC2 pipeline. When model Victoria left MC2 in January 2015 due to the Epstein press scandal, Schwinck forwarded agent Erik Bechtol's notification (EFTA00599855), suggesting awareness of reputational risk.
Rinaldo Rizzo, a former employee connected to Epstein's network, emailed federal agents on July 11, 2019 — three days after Epstein's arrest — urging them not to grant bail (EFTA01250175). His warning: "Please do not underestimate Mr. Epstein's ability to leave the country as he is asking for bail."
Rizzo provided specific intelligence: Epstein "has an apartment in Paris and he has friends that have the private means of getting him out of the country." He described the inner workings of Epstein's support network: "Mr. Epstein is like a family member to my former employer and they will help him and vice versa." He characterized the network as one where associates "do favors for each other" including access to "private planes and cars."
Rizzo's warning proved prescient — Epstein was denied bail on July 18, 2019, and was found dead in his cell on August 10, 2019, under circumstances that remain disputed. The email demonstrates that people within Epstein's orbit understood the network's capacity for coordinated action to protect its members.
Dr. Letty Moss-Salentijn, Vice Dean at Columbia University's College of Dental Medicine, actively facilitated the irregular admission of Karyna Shuliak — Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend — to the dental program. She intervened directly with the Registrar: "I just met with the Registrar and she promised to..." (EFTA00535421) and "I will ask the Registrar to remove the fo..." (EFTA00539168), and checked admissions status: "Let me check with the admissions office to see where things stand" (EFTA00540166).
Moss-Salentijn arranged special TA tutoring support for Shuliak — TA Jessica Zilo wrote: "Dr. Salentijn asked me to reach out to you for some extra help" (EFTA00529914). Shuliak forwarded Moss-Salentijn's correspondence directly to Epstein, seeking his advice: "Jeffrey, I'd like to ask for your advice regarding Dr. Salentijn's summer vacation email... LOOOOVE YOU!!!" (EFTA00529219), revealing that Epstein was directing Shuliak's academic career.
Moss-Salentijn was listed in Shuliak's personal address book (EFTA00511309). Columbia stripped her of administrative duties in February 2026 after the EFTA documents were released, though she retains her tenured faculty position.
Dr. Samuel Klagsbrun, a New York City psychiatrist at 595 Madison Avenue, treated at least two women in Epstein's orbit — "Dana" and "Jen" — with Epstein paying all bills and directing medication choices. Billing records show $400/session, five sessions in July 2011, with diagnosis "Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety (309.24)" and patient address at 301 East 66th Street — an Epstein-controlled apartment (EFTA01118550).
Epstein personally chose psychiatric medications for these women: "klagburn for zoloft, prozac, ativan? .. should we try" (EFTA00778636, Sept 2010). Bookkeeper Bella Klein sought authorization: "Do I have your permission to pay Dr. Klagsbrun bill for Jen visits in the amount of $2,000?" Epstein: "Yes." (EFTA00918777). In another instance, Epstein told a woman: "just go to him, ill pay, make sure he gives you a prescription for a couple of months" (EFTA00922372).
When "Dana" couldn't get an appointment, Epstein contacted Henry Jarecki: "can you put in a word to sam, its important." Jarecki replied: "He'll do what I ask." (EFTA01828381, June 2009). This reveals Jarecki had leverage over Klagsbrun and Epstein used it. The pattern — a financier controlling his associates' psychiatric care, choosing their medications, and paying their therapist — is consistent with coercive control of trafficking victims.
Natalya Malyshev was named as a defendant in Jane Doe 43 v. Epstein (No. 117-cv-00616, S.D.N.Y. 2017) alongside Ghislaine Maxwell, Sarah Kellen, and Lesley Groff. Court filings state she "was working to recruit young females for Epstein for sex" and "reported to her superiors, Defendants Kellen, Groff and Maxwell, and was paid for her recruitment."
Malyshev recruited the plaintiff (a South African citizen) by describing Epstein as a "wealthy philanthropist who regularly used his wealth, influence and connections to help financially disadvantaged young women." The victim was then sent to South Africa "to recruit aspiring female models supposedly for Defendant Epstein to use as an alleged personal assistant but would, instead, be forced into sexual servitude."
Emails show Malyshev actively sourcing for Epstein: "I just found a great stream of good stuff for you" with a photo attachment (EFTA00752360, Nov 2010). Epstein directed: "give me a number to call" — she responded "Forever grateful." After the civil lawsuit, Malyshev could not be located for service — she effectively disappeared. The SDNY prosecution team eventually coordinated LA interviews near her attorney's office in February 2020 (EFTA00074466).
Nadia Bjorlin, American actress (Days of Our Lives), appears on Epstein's flight logs on March 31, 2001 flying from Santa Fe (Zorro Ranch) to Palm Beach alongside Virginia Roberts (then underage), Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, Henry Jarecki, and Marvin Minsky.
Virginia Giuffre described Bjorlin as a "Yugoslavian model turned aspiring actress" who was "willing to lend her body to Jeffrey and those he sent her to, for the sake of keeping a lifestyle she wanted" (courtlistener depositions). Bjorlin was named in discovery requests alongside Emmy Taylor, Eva and Glenn Dubin, Alan Dershowitz, Jean-Luc Brunel, Sarah Kellen, and Nadia Marcinkova.
The SDNY Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force coordinated three days of Los Angeles interviews (February 26-28, 2020) near Bjorlin's attorney's office (EFTA00074466, EFTA00099174). Protective order materials "From the Bjorlin's" were produced in the Maxwell case under SDNY_GM Bates numbering (EFTA01340296), subject to the most restrictive paragraphs of the protective order.
Peter Listerman, a Russian model scout and self-described "matchmaker," was designated FBI Subject #12 on the numbered subject list of 90 individuals connected to the Epstein investigation (EFTA01248315). An FBI targeting document describes him as "Models matchmaker" (EFTA01682078).
Listerman was publicly described as "the world famous seller of young models to oligarchs" and is connected to Epstein's documented shift toward "importing his playmates from Russia." His role as a professional supplier of young women to wealthy men directly parallels the recruitment infrastructure that Epstein built through Jean-Luc Brunel's MC2, Kira Dikhtyar's casting network, and Naya Shavkunova's music video pipeline.
Listerman's FBI subject designation indicates he was under active investigation as part of the Epstein trafficking probe, not merely a peripheral contact.
Alysia Riabenkova, a Russian painter and artist, maintained an intimate personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and was on his prison mail list during the 2008-09 incarceration (EFTA00306074). Emails reveal the nature of the relationship: "i miss you!!! how are you? kiss" — Epstein responded, and she replied: "I know... I kiss you and I miss you" (EFTA00774702, May 2009).
Riabenkova sought career advancement through Epstein's network, requesting: "I want you to help me with victorias secret, please? is it possible?" (EFTA01154417, April 2009) — leveraging Epstein's connection to Les Wexner's L Brands. She also asked for help with movies and fashion connections (EFTA00635085).
In one exchange, Riabenkova discussed a woman's age with Epstein: "she was 19" (EFTA00711010) — suggesting awareness that age was a relevant detail in Epstein's circle. Epstein's staff tracked her closely: Lesley Groff arranged delivery of her painting to 71st Street (EFTA02523570), and Sarah Kellen maintained her contact information (EFTA02190684). Her forensic contact record shows it was created September 2016, modified November 2017 (EFTA00507197).
Zlata Rybarova, a Czech woman, maintained a sexual relationship with Jeffrey Epstein documented across 22+ emails (2013-2018). She wrote to Epstein: "how have you been after our naked wet pool fun talk :)" and "I was thinking I would love to take her to that swinger party you told us about... as surprise :)" — offering friends "as exchange for REAL LOVE" (EFTA00657593).
Epstein brokered Rybarova to Jonathan Farkas (son of Andrew Farkas). When Farkas failed to follow up, she complained to Epstein: "Your friend Jonathan Farkas still didnt write me :( Can you please remind him of me?" (EFTA00706768). Another Czech woman wrote to Epstein: "i hope zlata was cool ;) oh well I hope I'm still # Czech number 1" (EFTA00628068, April 2013), revealing competition among Czech women for Epstein's attention and a hierarchy of access.
Rybarova brought her friend Liga to Epstein's Palm Beach property: "Me and Liga are going to West Palm" (EFTA01951051, Oct 2013). She was in Epstein's Skype contacts as "Zlata Rybafova" (EFTA00512483). The pattern — sexual access, brokering to associates, bringing friends as offerings — mirrors documented procurement behavior.
Lasma Kuhtarska, a Latvian national born April 30, 1995 (passport LV4601764), traveled repeatedly from Riga and Barcelona to Epstein's properties in Miami, New York, and Paris during 2016-2017 — all on Epstein's American Express Centurion card.
Jeffrey Epstein personally directed her travel in a July 2017 email: "lasma from riga to paris sunday night. then to barcelona tues night" (EFTA02217416). In December 2016, Lesley Groff instructed AmEx: "Jeffrey wants her to fly direct" Barcelona to Miami, January 6-10 (EFTA02199773). The bookings were executed by AmEx Centurion agent Natalia Molotkova at Epstein's expense.
Kuhtarska was 21-22 during these documented travels. The pattern — a young Eastern European woman whose international travel is personally directed by Epstein, paid for by Epstein, and routed through his staff — is consistent with documented trafficking infrastructure. Her surname does not appear in the EFTA corpus through OCR extraction, meaning she was identified through non-OCR sources.
In an October 2016 email to James Tagg (EFTA00664252), Epstein explicitly articulated his policy of excluding wives and girlfriends from meetings at his residences:
"thanks for coming. sorry it was so short... I thought you might have noticed that betsy is emblematic of why i dont allow wives or girlfreinds to attend"
'Betsy' is Dr. Stuart Hameroff's wife, who had accompanied him to a meeting at Epstein's townhouse. Hameroff — a University of Arizona anesthesiologist and Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies — had flown to NYC "mainly to see" Epstein (EFTA00814295), connected through intermediary Gino Yu.
The same email thread documents the Penrose Institute funding pitch: Hameroff proposed explaining why "SSRI antidepressants... take several weeks to act" through quantum consciousness theory, with plans to "test and design drugs" and develop "patents, products and money" (EFTA00667550).
The 'no wives' policy is significant as a documented mechanism for enabling exploitation — removing potential witnesses who might object to the presence of young women at Epstein's meetings.
An email chain from July 2014 (EFTA00366629) captures James Meiskin writing directly to Epstein about rescheduling a meeting with Dr. Daniel Rosenberg and David Carter for a "biotech opportunity." In the same message, Meiskin casually offers:
"I also have a few stunning girls to bring over drinks when your next available."
This email is notable for its seamless blending of legitimate business discussion with the offer to provide young women — a pattern documented throughout Epstein's operation.
Rosenberg himself had pitched Epstein a synagogue investment at 555 West End Avenue ('The Beis'), noting Epstein's "Israel chalkboard in the dining room" (EFTA00717315). He was on the prison mail list (EFTA00306074) and had multiple scheduled meetings at Epstein's residence alongside Steve Cantor and Archana Pinnapureddy (EFTA00635488).
Jake Moross, a young finance professional (Barclays, later Torch Capital), had a round-trip flight from JFK to St. Thomas (USVI) booked by Epstein's executive assistant Lesley Groff on May 2, 2016 for travel May 10-16 (EFTA01795914).
Two American Airlines tickets were purchased at $413.76 each ($827.52 total). The companion's name was redacted by the DOJ. The booking was forwarded to "Jefffrey Epstein" and CC'd to Ann Rodriguez.
Passport/ID photos of Moross were found in Epstein's document collection across Datasets 9 and 10 — consistent with Epstein's known practice of keeping identification documents of visitors to his island properties.
St. Thomas is the gateway airport for Epstein's Little St. James Island in the US Virgin Islands. The combination of (1) Epstein's assistant booking the travel, (2) Epstein being personally notified, (3) the DOJ redacting the companion's name, and (4) passport photos in Epstein's files warrants documentation.
Ekaterina Norton, a Moscow-born UBS Associate Director (First Class BSc from Warwick), was introduced into Epstein's circle in January 2015 at age ~27. Her full CV was found in Epstein's files (EFTA01091381).
Over three months (Jan-Mar 2015), Epstein personally cultivated her through frequent emails, private meetings, and introductions to powerful men:
Epstein gave Norton personal directives: "go to the mount sinai volunteer center and register" (EFTA00865260), "do some resercah on the dubin breast center" (EFTA00865566). Staff confused her with Katya Gusarova — "is this Katya: Gusarova? or Ekaterina Norton" (EFTA00866205) — indicating a pattern of cycling young Russian women through Epstein's circle.
Les Wexner's February 18, 2026 deposition before the House Oversight Committee contains at least 14 statements that are directly contradicted by documentary evidence in the EFTA corpus. Lying to Congress is a federal crime under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (up to 5 years imprisonment).
Wexner testified he never had "not even a clue" about Epstein's behavior. But within the same five-hour deposition, he acknowledged receiving three separate reports: (~1993) an executive told him Epstein was posing as a Victoria's Secret talent scout; (pre-2006) chief of staff Bruce Saul relayed a woman accused Epstein of being "aggressive"; (1997) he was informed about Alicia Arden's allegation that Epstein assaulted her while posing as a VS scout. In each case, Wexner says he called Epstein, who denied it. Three reports about a financial advisor impersonating your company and being aggressive with women are, by definition, clues.
When asked if he had contact with Epstein after 2008, Wexner replied: "What happened in 2008 again?" — feigning ignorance about the most publicized criminal case of his 20-year financial advisor. His own June 2008 email to Epstein proves contemporaneous awareness.
The word "Interlochen" appears zero times in 5 hours of testimony. The Wexner Foundation donated $185,000 (92.5% of total cost) to build the "Jeffrey E. Epstein Scholarship Lodge" at Interlochen Center for the Arts — a summer camp for children as young as 8. The donation came on July 25, 1994, weeks before Epstein traveled there. SDNY prosecutors categorized "Interlochen" under "Potential Victims" in device search warrants. FBI 302 of VP Ambrose confirms Maxwell was "gatekeeper," the cabin was "segregated away from main campus," and Maxwell said "she, EPSTEIN, and their personal masseuse was coming." 247 documents reference Interlochen in the corpus.
Wexner claims total ignorance of Brunel, Epstein's primary modeling industry procurer. 40 documents in the corpus mention both Brunel and Victoria's Secret. Brunel's MC2 Model Management was one of the most prominent agencies in fashion. FBI victim interviews (EFTA01699136) describe Brunel bringing girls with "poor English language skills" to Epstein who "appeared foreign."
Wexner claims total ignorance of $2.3 million transferred from the Wexner Foundation to former Israeli PM Ehud Barak between 2004–2006. FBI documented this in EFTA01249848, noting "Epstein signed personally on few of the transfers' forms."
Wexner claims he never knew about ~$1.3B in stock moved through trusts bearing his name, including the Wexner Children's Trust II where Epstein signed as trustee (EFTA00067272). His own lawyers told DOJ that Epstein's theft accounted for "virtually all of Epstein's wealth." ABC News reported on these trusts publicly in January 2020. The trusts bore his name and held his company's stock.
Wexner denies knowledge of Maria Farmer staying at the property adjacent to his New Albany estate in 1996, where she was sexually assaulted by Epstein and Maxwell. Washington Post reported a member of Wexner's security staff confirmed guarding that property. Franklin County Sheriff confirmed a contractual relationship with Wexner's security detail.
Claims he sold the townhouse for ~$20M at fair market value but cannot explain the payment mechanism: "whether it was a check, money order, or bag of money, I have no idea." FBI profiling (EFTA00139235) states Epstein was "misappropriating more than $46M" from Wexner. The house was worth ~$77M by 2011.
Three weeks after Epstein's plea deal, Wexner emailed: "All I can say is I feel sorry. You violated your own number one rule. Always be careful." Epstein replied: "No excuse." Wexner's explanation: "Hopefully, I was giving him the finger." The tone is that of two people with a longstanding understanding, not a victim confronting a perpetrator who stole hundreds of millions and trafficked minors.
Full transcript with all contradictions: Wexner Deposition Transcript
On December 29, 2017, Lesley Groff emailed building manager Leo Loking about Epstein's guest apartment 10-B in his NYC apartment complex:
"Leo, give them an extra 30 min and go at 11am. Th makes m and dad left and are at work but there are 3 teenage girls there. Let them get out!"
Loking responded at 9:56 PM: "10-B is ready for the next guest."
Apartment 10-B was one of several units in Epstein's NYC building operated as rotating guest accommodations. Pre-printed welcome cards (EFTA00315184–EFTA00315192) were prepared with door codes, WiFi passwords, and Lesley Groff's cell phone as the contact — a hotel-style operation run through Epstein's office. Other apartments in the complex included 10-N, 11-P, and 8-A, all cleaned by Loking on a weekly schedule coordinated by Karyna Shuliak (EFTA00564404).
Groff described Loking as "a representative from our office" (EFTA00318111) — formally part of Epstein's organization. Loking owned ADL Cleaning Services and was bequeathed $500,000 in Epstein's will (EFTA00098341).
On the same day (Dec 29, 2017), Epstein's staff sent a French citizen a plane ticket with explicit instructions: "here is your ticket you can show customs if need be...we will cancel this ticket prior to departure date and receive full refund! :)" (EFTA00465926) — documenting the creation of fake travel documentation for immigration purposes, with Bella Klein CC'd.
A trove of 468+ emails reveals that Celina Dubin — daughter of Glenn and Eva Dubin — had Jeffrey Epstein saved in her BlackBerry contacts as "Uncle F Jeffrey Epstein". These emails span 2010-2011, when Celina was approximately 11-13 years old, and Epstein was a registered sex offender (convicted 2008). The exchanges are intimate and casual:
Epstein to Celina: "what happened to ice cream?"
Celina: "We didn't end up going! You can come for breakfast if you want?"
(EFTA00695166, April 2011)
Epstein to Celina: "did you like"
Celina: "I just ate some of the coconut one. Its my favorite"
(EFTA00902125, January 2011)
Celina: "By the way, I started physics yesterday and I love it!!!!"
Epstein: "great, the thinking is that to understand biology, you must understand chemistry,
to understand chemistry you must understand physics. and to understand physics you must understand
mathematics." (EFTA00756819, September 2010)
In the same email thread, Celina declines a visit because she has school and a soccer game in Westchester, and Epstein writes: "I did not want to get anyone /maya upset" — referencing Celina's younger sister Maya Dubin.
Epstein to Celina: "got you sweatshirt and shorts. from harvard"
Celina: "Yay!!! Will you send it to the house?"
(EFTA00695169, April 2011)
The emails are part of a broader pattern of grooming behavior facilitated by Epstein's staff and enabled by both parents:
Both Glenn and Eva Dubin actively facilitated this access. Eva forwarded the Brunel photo shoot confirmation. Eva regularly requested Epstein's drivers for Celina's transportation. Glenn brought Celina to dinners at Epstein's home with Woody Allen and Soon-Yi (EFTA00307013). Meanwhile, Eva was simultaneously supplying Epstein with controlled substances (Adderall — EFTA00942774), serving as his medical gatekeeper at Mount Sinai, and remained named trustee of the 2017 Epstein Trust.
This continued after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution and while he was a registered Level 3 sex offender. USVI prosecutors subsequently subpoenaed "all documents and communications related to any of your three children, Maye, Celina or Jordan, which also relate in any way to Jeffrey Epstein" (EFTA00149112). Reports state Epstein "openly declared his plans to marry Celina Dubin" and developed "an especially close relationship when Celina was 12."
An 81-page handwritten journal (EFTA02731260, Dataset 12) written by a victim during residential treatment at a Florida facility in May–July 2012 provides contemporaneous documentation of trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The victim, an autistic mother from Virginia, writes repeatedly about her trauma. She names Jeffrey and Ghislaine directly throughout the journal, describing:
The victim was afraid to name Epstein and Maxwell to staff due to Florida mandatory reporting: "I cannot tell her the names because she's staff." She strategically disclosed to a priest via confessional privilege: "A priest! I planned that out so well. He couldn't talk or tell."
Multiple people at the facility — including counselors Miss Erin and Carrie — believed Ghislaine was directly culpable. The victim wrote: "I don't know if Ghislaine should be in there. [Redacted] and Miss Erin thinks so, Carrie thinks so but what am I missing?"
A poem published in the facility newsletter under the victim's name reads: "I don't have to use my body to substitute each spoken word / My voice will be my power / One that will demand to be heard."
The victim eventually disclosed everything to Miss Erin, who gave her a bracelet as a safety symbol and encouraged her to write about the trauma. Three heavily redacted lines on page 57 appear to be the actual trauma narrative, followed by: "It's a horror story that I survived. Why was I allowed to survive? Am I a monster?"
An internal FBI email chain (June 2019 – October 2020) documents the scanning of 22 boxes of physical evidence from case files 31E-MM-108062 and 72-MM-113327 by the FBI Document Laboratory (DocLab).
Key findings:
A Comprehensive Sentinel File Review prepared by FBI New York agents on March 19–22, 2025 — days before the public release — catalogs specific discrepancies across both Epstein case files.
50D-NY-3027571 (SDNY case):
31E-MM-108062 (Palm Beach case):
An FBI New York email chain from March 26, 2025 prepared briefing notes for a Deputy Attorney General meeting. The FBI was reviewing evidence obtained through sealed search warrants.
Key details:
The urgency of the exchange — "I couldn't get hold of you tonight, as expected there are urgent follow up questions that need to be answered before tomorrow's early meeting" — indicates active investigation as of March 2025.
A November 5, 2020 briefing prepared for the Deputy Attorney General reveals prosecutors were "working on potential resolution with another Epstein co-conspirator" beyond Ghislaine Maxwell.
The document was prepared under the heading "Anticipated Charges and Investigative Steps" and mentions the Maxwell case (20 Cr. 330) under "Charged Cases" while referencing the unnamed co-conspirator under a separate section.
The identity of this co-conspirator was not disclosed in the released document.
After whistleblower Garret O'Boyle alleged FBI personnel were 'working night and day to destroy files on these servers' (EFTA00173333), NARA demanded answers within 30 days.
The FBI's Agency Records Officer reported back: 'I have come to a dead end' (EFTA00172146). INSD refused to investigate without specific allegations.
The critical admission from IMD: 'We are not in a position to determine whether records outside of Sentinel have or have not been destroyed, nor are we in a position to conduct an investigation of such an allegation' (EFTA00173330).
This means the FBI formally cannot tell us whether any records stored outside its electronic case management system — physical evidence envelopes, CART forensic copies, local hard drives, DocLab server files — have been destroyed.
On or around February 24, 2020, approximately 400 terabytes of FBI CART (Computer Analysis Response Team) forensic working data were deleted during a 'mandated network replacement.'
The CART NY Coordinator wrote: 'They are tearing out our old network and giving us a new one, they mandated we delete old stuff (about 400 TB worth)' (EFTA00026979).
At the time, CART was processing 62 seized electronic devices from the Epstein case. The USAO had forensic extractions from none of the 33 New York devices and none of the 27 USVI devices. The data is permanently lost. No recovery or audit documents exist in the corpus.
Item #16 on the FD-597 property receipt delivered to ODAG on March 25, 2025 is titled 'List of Absent Items' (EFTA00161465). This is the FBI's official internal accounting of everything identified as missing from the Epstein case files during their inventory reconciliation of all six case files.
The receipt was signed by Acting AAD Darren Cox and received by Coreen Mao at ODAG. Other items transferred included classified material, Samsung drives marked 'contains possible CSAM,' 1D evidence CDs, and a memorandum for the Attorney General.
The companion overview document (EFTA00172473) confirms the FBI was tasked with 'confirming completeness of the file inventory at the onset of the project, identifying any potentially missing serials or documents.' The List of Absent Items itself has never been publicly released.
On March 20, 2025, AUSA Maurene Comey told FBI Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino: 'No videos of any sexual abuse identified at any point in the investigation' (EFTA00164742).
This statement is contradicted by multiple independent corpus sources:
The period when the most consequential decisions were made — the NPA negotiation — has the thinnest evidentiary record:
128,175 email attachments were extracted as empty or blank files from Epstein's seized devices. An internal USAO email chain (Oct 2020) states:
'Because of the platform Epstein was using to check some of his emails, the FBI's technology was not able to extract the full emails and attachments. So what we see on Relativity is what the FBI has as well.' (EFTA00089649)
An additional 109,853 EMLX file attachments are also empty. No re-extraction was attempted. No technical resolution was found. Nearly a quarter million attachments are permanently inaccessible.
Maxwell's defense was told approximately 2,100 highly confidential images existed, then shown ~5,500 HC images on two hard drives at 500 Pearl Street. But an FBI report (SDNY_GM_02742399) documented 33,747 HC images and 895 HC videos — a discrepancy of approximately 35,000 files.
Defense attorney Laura Menninger confronted the AUSA: 'The difference is approximately 35,000 images and videos. Your sentence is inaccurate, given that the number indicated in the 302 is not at all close to the number of images made available for review at 500 Pearl.' (EFTA00075665)
The AUSA admitted: 'Somehow that number was relayed incorrectly to me from the FBI during my verbal conversations with them.' The FBI later confirmed the drives sent to Colorado defense contained 26,947 HC images and videos, with ~7,721 de-designated and produced separately. The original verbal miscount was never formally explained.
Menninger separately reported the HC images were viewable only on a government laptop at an FBI office and are not in the public EFTA corpus (EFTA00068446).
An FBI Special Agent from the Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force confirmed on May 24, 2021 that the metadata overlay's MD5 hash values were wrong:
'I've looked at our files and we do not have for the files listed in the "overlay", we have no matching MD5s. The MD5s from the non-nude index are correct, but not the overlay ones.' (EFTA00090656)
The overlay file ("SDNY PROD011 - Overlay.zip") was supposed to match 40,567 images from CDs seized during 2019 searches of Epstein's residences to their production metadata. Defense analysis found: 24,757 entries with non-matching hashes, 65 production numbers with hash-only mismatches, and 17 entries with no hash values at all (EFTA00089743).
The government's e-discovery vendor claimed no issues, directly contradicting the FBI agent and the defense IT team. As of the last available correspondence (May 2021), the hash mismatch was never conclusively resolved.
In the April 2010 Jane Doe v. Epstein deposition (EFTA00181769), a witness was asked whether a woman was "Story Cowles's girlfriend" and whether Cowles had been "involved sexually with [name redacted] for at least a year." The attorney asked if the witness's "conversations with Story Cowles" would "implicate you in a crime." The witness invoked the Fifth Amendment on all questions.
In a separate March 2010 deposition (EFTA00159250), another witness also refused to answer whether she knew Story Cowles, asserting the Fifth Amendment.
During Epstein's own deposition (EFTA01103374, April 2010), the attorney asked: "Today what role does Story Cowles play in your life?"
The complete 205-page federal prosecution memorandum for Operation Leap Year, addressed to U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta and First Assistant Jeff Sloman, seeking approval for a 60-count federal indictment of Jeffrey Epstein. This indictment was never filed due to the Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA). Key contents:
This document demonstrates the strength of the evidence the government possessed and the scope of the case that was abandoned in favor of the NPA.
In January 2012, Epstein sent Faith Kates (owner of Next Management LLC) a Google Images link of a young Swedish model named Matilda Jansson. Kates responded: "Go to mc2 and put her name it trust me." This email directly links Next Management to Jean-Luc Brunel's MC2 Models — the agency identified as Epstein's primary recruitment pipeline.
This establishes that Kates was not merely a social acquaintance but was actively coordinating model placement with Epstein across competing agencies, including the one run by convicted co-conspirator Brunel. Combined with Epstein's secret offer to lend Kates million to buy out Golden Gate Capital's stake in Next Management (EFTA00863611, Feb 2015: "my name cannot be involved"), this reveals Epstein's hidden financial control over multiple modeling agencies simultaneously.
An 8-page FBI FD-302 interview (EFTA02857849, Aug 21, 2020) documents a Brazilian-born victim (DOB 12/2/1975) who was recruited through a woman named ANA and systematically trafficked to powerful men:
This is the second independent victim to describe being trafficked to George Mitchell at the Beverly Hills Hotel and Four Seasons DC, corroborating earlier testimony.
A 3-page FBI FD-302 interview (EFTA02857857, Jul 15, 2020) documents a Chilean-born victim (DOB 7/2/1986) recruited in her junior year of high school at age 16:
Attorneys Brad Edwards and Brittany Henderson were present during the interview.
A 4-page FBI FD-302 interview (EFTA02857845, Aug 24, 2020) records the testimony of a victim's mother, documenting a recruitment timeline from 1995-1996:
A 3-page FBI FD-302 interview (EFTA02857860, Aug 12, 2020) documents an adult massage therapist who worked for EPSTEIN for approximately six years starting in ~1993:
Attorney Aitan Goelman was present. This is a non-victim witness who provides corroboration of Epstein's properties, travel patterns, and named associates from the early 1990s period.
Four FBI FD-302 interviews from 2019 document a single victim's detailed account of abuse by EPSTEIN and associates including Donald Trump, conducted under case 31E-NY-3027571:
Handwritten interview notes (EFTA02858461) from the FBI interview of housekeeper Janusz Banasiak document his operational role and evidence identification:
A 16-page FBI Tactical Intelligence Report (EFTA02858465, Mar 13, 2020, case 50D-NY-3184048) documents FBI research into Suelyn Medeiros as a known associate and alleged victim of Peter Nygard:
This report was found in the Epstein EFTA corpus, indicating FBI cross-referencing between the Epstein (SDNY) and Nygard investigations.
A 1-page FBI FD-302 (EFTA02857844, Aug 3, 2020) documents FBI agents' unsuccessful attempt to locate and interview Tony Figueroa in Palm Coast, Florida:
Figueroa was a known Epstein associate and recruiter. The FBI's inability to locate him in August 2020 is notable given the active investigation.
A formal written contract titled "Agreement" (attachment: agreement_M+J.DOC) was emailed to Epstein on October 18, 2011 with the subject line "look what a beautiful agreement I made."
The contract — structured with legal clauses — defines the "Apprentice's" obligations to the "Beneficiary" (Jeffrey Edward Epstein, jeevacation@gmail.com):
The contract specifies that "compensation" is the Beneficiary "teaching her new things about adult life, emotional intelligence, interpersonal relations and sex" — classic grooming language framed as mentorship. The contract has unlimited duration (Clause 4) and strict confidentiality (Clause 5).
The email thread reveals Epstein coached the drafting: "as a lawyer, drafting contracts is basic.. draft a sample contract. I may will find beautiful girls." The sender responded with a list of services including "I can find beautiful women for you in Paris — I can strip down for you, make massages and all the things you like... I would love to get dirty in UN building in the huge General Assembly hall."
This is one of the most explicit documents in the EFTA corpus — a literal written agreement for sexual procurement with specified ethnic selection criteria.
Multiple EFTA documents confirm the existence of tunnels and underground spaces on Little St. James Island, spanning at least a decade of construction:
These are construction/architecture documents, not speculation. The underground spaces served documented purposes (screening room, office, mechanical) but their existence on a private island used for trafficking raises questions about concealment infrastructure.
In an April 2013 email to Epstein (EFTA02010302), a woman in his orbit proposed bringing another woman to Little St. James island after an exam, writing:
"there is a possibility that she can come w me to the island after my exam and it would be better to speak to her there (because she wont have a choice only if she jumps to the water and swim away, lol) no but im seriously and she could start her 'training' there :)))) what do you think?"
The same email thread references "Karyna" being present and discusses scheduling a meeting at FAO Schwarz (59th and Fifth). The sender explicitly acknowledges that the island's isolation removes the target's ability to leave — framing this as an advantage. The word "training" in quotes mirrors language used in other recruitment contexts in the corpus.
This email is among 101 documents modified on the DOJ server on March 16, 2026 — all within a 2-minute window. The modifications reduced file sizes, consistent with PDF re-processing or additional redaction.
A series of emails from 2009-2012 — entirely post-conviction — documents a woman actively sourcing young women for Epstein in exchange for financial support. The relationship began through a Martha Graham Company dance grant funded by Epstein.
In September 2011, Epstein emailed asking "Any new Friend?" The woman responded (EFTA02003519):
"There are a couple girls I've recently met that I think you would like. I don't have their #s but should see them again at some point next week at work. If they are good fits for you, would it be possible to ask you for some help?"
In January 2011, the same woman tried to recruit a ballet dancer for "private sessions" with Epstein (EFTA01791918). The dancer asked if the sessions would be for someone named Jeffrey, said she knew someone who worked for him, and refused.
By September 2012 (EFTA00876896), the woman was arranging specific meetings: "She confirmed that tomorrow what time is best for you?" and "should i confirm 3:30 w her and give her your address?" She explicitly framed this as transactional: "I recently arranged to go to [location] for a few months and was wondering if you could help with yoga class cost in exchange for introducing you to my friends?"
The woman was scheduled at Epstein's home by Lesley Groff and used Epstein's "Jeffery Edwards" alias. She also referenced making money "from massage" through the Epstein-funded grant.
FBI FD-302 interview of interior designer Robert Couturier (Nov 17, 2010) reveals Epstein hired him to decorate his USVI island residence. Epstein requested a room with four beds decorated "for his girls" with colorful furnishings, saying the girls were "only interested in Facebook and MySpace." Couturier also observed nude photographs of young women aged 15-20 displayed in Epstein's Manhattan massage room.
Couturier told the FBI that a former Epstein associate (name redacted) confided: "I have seen him do horrific things" but did not elaborate. Couturier said she was now "too old for EPSTEIN even though she is in her 30s."
Despite the lucrative contract ($50,000 deposit), Couturier withdrew, stating his "conscience would not let him continue." Epstein then attempted to sue for the deposit; Couturier settled by returning $15,000.
The interview was conducted as part of the Alfredo Rodriguez obstruction case (72-MM-113327). A separate FBI memo notes Couturier "designed a bedroom in EPSTEIN's island residence with decor and furniture appropriate for teenage girls, with pink furnishings and bunk beds."
Deutsche Bank filed three separate Suspicious Activity Reports on Darren Indyke (September 2016, June 2017, and a supplemental SAR) for structuring cash transactions to evade Currency Transaction Reporting requirements.
On July 20, 2016, Indyke brought two checks to Deutsche Bank's 345 Park Avenue branch — $7,500 from Epstein's personal account and $4,000 from his own business account — telling the teller he would cash the second 'the next business day to avoid all the paperwork.' He returned July 21 to cash it. Deutsche Bank noted: 'it appears that he purposely structured cash transactions in order to avoid the CTR requirement.'
The GVI complaint documents a systematic pattern: 97 separate $1,000 ATM withdrawals from Epstein's account at an ATM near Indyke's office (June 2018–February 2019); 11 checks converting USD to Euros totaling over $126,000, some marked 'Euros for safe'; a single $100,000 cash pickup on January 17, 2018 (Kahn pre-arranged with the bank); and approximately 45 check-cashing withdrawals at $7,500 each (the bank's third-party limit) at a pace of 2–3 per month from 2014 to 2016.
The GVI Second Amended Complaint reveals that Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn were not merely administrators of the Butterfly Trust — they were beneficiaries and authorized signatories on its checking account.
As signatories, they signed trust checks for a combined value of over $1,000,000 made out personally to young women, or their associated entities, who 'in some instances were not beneficiaries of the trust.'
This is separate from the FBI's identification of the Butterfly Trust as a 'conduit for money paid to female victims' (EFTA00037690). The fact that Indyke and Kahn personally benefited from the same trust they used to pay victims creates a direct financial conflict of interest and demonstrates their personal enrichment from the trafficking enterprise.
The GVI Second Amended Complaint alleges that Darren Indyke directly facilitated forced marriages among Epstein's victims to secure immigration status:
'She was forced into an arranged marriage to another victim that was facilitated by Defendant/Co-Executor Indyke to prevent the other victim from being deported. Indyke and a New York immigration lawyer retained by Epstein prepared the victim for communications with U.S. immigration officials almost immediately after the wedding.'
Indyke 'paid the immigration lawyer who applied for citizenship for the women and threatened at least one who indicated that she would seek a divorce.' He 'repeatedly tried to talk her out of a divorce and threatened that she would lose Epstein's and his associates' protection.'
From LSJE, LLC alone, Indyke and Kahn signed company checks totaling almost $300,000 to young women and to the immigration lawyer. Payments from accounts under Indyke's signatory authority totaling over $2,500,000 went to 'dozens of women with Eastern European surnames, purportedly for hotel expenses, tuition, and rent' and to the same immigration lawyer. Another $1,000,000+ from a second account followed the same pattern.
Darren Indyke authorized a majority of wire transfers from Southern Trust's bank account and controlled its day-to-day activities. Richard Kahn, as treasurer, oversaw accounting, invoicing, and tax reporting.
The GVI Second Amended Complaint alleges that the Epstein Enterprise used Southern Trust to 'employ, pay, and conceal the activities of participants in the criminal activities of the Enterprise' while fraudulently obtaining $73.6 million in tax exemptions from the USVI Economic Development Commission (2013–2017).
Separately, the 'Tree entities' — Cypress Inc. (Zorro Ranch, NM), Maple Inc. (9 East 71st St, NY), and Laurel Inc. (358 El Brillo Way, Palm Beach) — all with Indyke as VP/Secretary/Director, filed 'materially false and misleading financial statements' by omitting out-of-state properties they owned.
EFTA02730274 is a 194-page FBI evidence inventory listing the complete contents of the seized Epstein evidence collection ("THE BIG E") stored on FBI servers at \\wds-fs-prod\prod\DCU\THE BIG E\3-TIFs. The document catalogues 8 digitization waves processed on March 12-13, 2025, encompassing physical evidence items 1B001-1B142 and multiple FBI case file imports via the Sentinel case management system.
Cross-referencing the inventory against the released EFTA corpus reveals four FBI case files that are referenced in the inventory but almost entirely absent from the 1.38 million released documents:
| Case File | Classification | Scale | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| 090C-NY-3154599 | Sexual Exploitation of Children (SDNY) | 4,860 TIF pages across 21 sections | 0 documents |
| 050D-NY-3027571 | Public Corruption (NYFO) | 700+ serials across Waves 001-004 | 1 document |
| 72-MM-1133217 | Bribery (Miami) | 568 TIF pages, 64 serials | 0 documents |
| 009A-NY-3144791 | National Security (NYFO) | Unknown | 2 admin emails only |
The inventory also catalogues significant unreleased physical evidence: hard drives (1B073, 1B074), iPads (1B083, 1B084), flash drives (1B038-1B051), SIM cards, voice recorders, VHS and micro tapes (~137 recordings), CDs/DVDs, a "PAPER WITH PASSWORDS" document (1B110), and a disc labeled "NUDES 00-24". Victim-related materials include individual binders for Jane Does 1-19, folders labeled "GIRLS INVOLVED", three "VICTIM BINDER" volumes, and a "VICTIM NAME LIST".
Named individual evidence folders include: Alan Dershowitz, David Rodgers, Ghislaine Maxwell, Alfredo Rodriguez, Larry Visoski, Gerald Lefcourt, and Bradley Edwards.
The 090C sexual exploitation case file — at 4,860 pages the largest single gap — would contain FD-302 interview reports, evidence analysis, and investigative memos from the SDNY investigation. The public corruption file (050D) and bribery file (72-MM) suggest investigations into official misconduct related to the Epstein case that have never been disclosed.
Emails from August 2013 reveal that Aviloop LLC — Nadia Marcinkova’s aviation company — was used to fabricate business income to satisfy U.S. immigration requirements for an E-2 investor visa.
Marcinkova explained the scheme directly to Epstein (EFTA00966384, Aug 4, 2013):
“Aviloop. As payment for services, to show income for the visa. It should have been done 2 months ago because they want bank statements for the last 3 months.”
She needed 00,000 wired to Aviloop to “satisfy the requirement that the E-2 enterprise generate income substantially above what would be considered a living.” She also mentioned needing “evidence that the E-2 investor has other sources of income… which could have been wired to a bank account in Slovakia.”
Epstein confirmed Richard Kahn’s involvement in the scheme (EFTA00966975, Aug 13, 2013):
“I said I was working with rich on showing income to aviloop. In trying to help.”
Marcinkova pressed: “You said you were working with Rich on the 100k wire options. What is the question delaying it?” She warned there was only ONE embassy appointment left on August 23.
The pattern continued for years. In November 2018 (EFTA01015397), Marcinkova requested 3,876, explaining: “Was going to wait till Dec but it would be better now for visa (better bank statements).” When asked which entity, she confirmed: “I think it’s Aviloop income.”
Kahn compiled a 93,649 expense ledger for Marcinkova (EFTA00876637) documenting wires from JEE and Butterfly Trust, flight school tuition, and Aviloop payments — noting “this does not include value of apartment or credit card activity.” Epstein confirmed an additional ~0K/year for rent on top.
This constitutes immigration fraud — fabricating business income to satisfy E-2 visa requirements — coordinated between Epstein, Kahn (his financial manager), and Marcinkova over at least 5 years (2013–2018).
An April 2014 email reveals that Richard Kahn — Epstein’s financial manager — personally carried physical cash and foreign currency for Epstein’s international trips (EFTA01929215):
“Please advise on cash and euro to bring today… valdson / svet ability to withdraw euros for you in paris.”
This shows Kahn was not merely a remote financial administrator but a physical cash courier, personally transporting untraceable currency across borders. The email also references “Valdson” (Valdson Cotrin) and “Svet” (Svetlana) having the ability to withdraw euros locally in Paris on Epstein’s behalf.
This is significant in the context of the USVI government’s allegation (EFTA00161836) that Kahn and Indyke “obtained large and frequent stocks of cash for Epstein which, based on public knowledge, would have funded Epstein’s cash payments for ‘massages’ — code for forced sex.”
On October 18, 2019 — two months after Epstein’s death — the Southern District of New York issued grand jury subpoenas directly to Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke personally, separate from any estate-related subpoenas (EFTA00088989, EFTA00088994).
The subpoena rider demanded: “categories of documents, records, correspondence, and other material (including electronically stored material).”
A separate TD Bank grand jury subpoena (October 3, 2019) revealed 8+ HBRK Associates accounts plus an additional personal Kahn account at TD Bank. TD confirmed it could “close out the accounts referenced.” The communication was marked CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED.
These personal subpoenas indicate that federal prosecutors were investigating Kahn and Indyke’s individual roles — not merely their capacity as estate executors. This is consistent with the USVI government’s later allegation that they “organized, controlled, and directed almost every aspect of the Epstein Enterprise.”
FBI forensic accounting documents trace a complete money trail from UBS to Maxwell's arrest location at 338 East Washington Road, Bradford, New Hampshire.
The chain:
FBI analysis (EFTA01654877) confirmed the Montpelier Trust was funded from three sources totaling ~$4.45M. The trust, property LLC, and law firm (Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP) all shared the same Boston address: 155 Seaport Boulevard.
A FinCEN SAR filed March 11, 2020 (EFTA01654856) flagged Borgerson for incoming wires from Angara Trust and Montpelier Trust via UBS AG. Peak UBS balances reached $23.5 million in April 2016 (EFTA01654929).
A Deutsche Bank presentation to SDNY prosecutors (EFTA01681865, September 2019) includes Exhibit S: "Epstein Links to Other Financial Institutions" revealing Morgan Stanley opened accounts for two Epstein-controlled entities:
Both entities were flagged in Deutsche Bank's own compliance review as Epstein-controlled. Morgan Stanley accepted them years after Epstein's 2008 sex offender conviction and while Deutsche Bank was internally raising AML concerns about the same entities.
A TD Bank SAR (EFTA01656524, filed October 2019) documents a suspicious $1,060,880 wire from the Morgan Stanley account of Bella Klein TTEE (6100 Red Hook Quarter B3, St. Thomas, USVI) to TD Bank on April 1, 2019. Bella Klein was identified as Assistant Controller at HBRK Associates — Epstein's accounting firm run by Harry Beller.
Additionally, a Blue Chip Capital LLC brokerage account at Morgan Stanley (EFTA01279842) held $1.76M as of August 2014, managed by Executive Director Adam Landau in Charlotte, NC. FedEx records from 2001 (EFTA01258824) show shipments from "Jeffrey E Epstein" to "Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Palm Beach FL" — establishing a relationship dating back two decades.
A cluster of 29 emails from Epstein's personal account (jeevacation@gmail.com) dated August 30 – September 1, 2018 — just 10 months before his arrest — document a coercive exchange with an unidentified woman communicating from an Eastern European timezone (+03:00, replies partially in Cyrillic).
The emails reveal a clear quid pro quo pattern: Epstein repeatedly demanded explicit sexual videos via Dropbox, while the woman asked for help with a US visa and employment. Key dynamics:
This exchange demonstrates Epstein's coercive control pattern continued up to months before his July 2019 arrest, leveraging immigration status and economic dependency to extract sexual content. The DOJ redacted 97.5% of these emails in March 2026, blacking out nearly all visual content while the extracted text remained.
Judge Alison Nathan sentenced Ghislaine Maxwell to 240 months (20 years) in July 2022, matching the Probation Office recommendation:
Seven victims submitted impact statements. No restitution sought — all victims had received compensation from the Epstein Victim Compensation Fund and/or civil settlements.
Maria Farmer's victim impact statement at Maxwell's sentencing:
The December 19, 2019 SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456/EFTA02731082) — titled "Investigation into Potential Co-Conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein" — details the investigative steps taken after Epstein's July 2019 indictment. The memo evaluates whether to charge Sarah Kellen, Lesley Groff, Ghislaine Maxwell, and at least one other redacted individual.
While the factual sections contain extensive victim interviews (dozens of witnesses, multiple proffers), the entire Analysis section (pages 76-86) — where prosecutors explain their legal reasoning for declining to prosecute each co-conspirator — is almost completely redacted. Section A ("Evidence That [redacted] Conspired to Sex Traffic Minors") runs 8 pages of pure redaction. Sections B through E (covering each co-conspirator) are similarly redacted.
Maxwell was ultimately charged in a separate indictment in July 2020. The other named co-conspirators — Kellen, Groff, and the redacted individual — were never charged.
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) documents a victim interview in which a victim (name redacted, over 18 at the time) describes being directed by Epstein to massage Harvey Weinstein at Epstein's Paris residence:
This documents a direct operational connection between Epstein and Weinstein — Epstein provided victims for Weinstein's use at Epstein's own property.
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) documents a victim interview describing two incidents in 2011-2012:
Epstein did not pay the victim for these massages but was paying for her massage school, creating financial dependency. This corroborates FBI call notes (EFTA02731488) documenting a third victim describing violent rape by Black.
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) documents a victim's account of being systematically "lent out" by Maxwell and Epstein to other men:
Prosecutors noted they were "in the process of obtaining the name of a lawyer who represents Prince Andrew" and planned to request an interview.
Dr. Gregory Bledsoe, hired by the Secret Service to provide backup medical services for Bill Clinton during a 2002 Africa trip on Epstein's private jet, told SDNY investigators (EFTA00022456):
A separate victim confirmed she "travelled with Epstein and Maxwell as their masseuse, including on their trip to Africa with President Clinton" and that "Epstein raped her approximately a dozen times over the three years she travelled with him."
On October 8, 2019, Maxwell's attorneys provided an attorney proffer to SDNY prosecutors (EFTA00022456). Key claims:
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) documents a proffer in which a former Epstein employee described being instructed to destroy evidence:
This corroborates FBI evidence inventory (EFTA02730486) listing "Disk containing images of Matchmaker shred reconstruction" and "Box containing Shredded paper" — and reports that Sarah Kellen instructed staff to shred massage-related phone books during the 2005-2006 investigation.
Juan Alessi's July 13, 2019 interview with SDNY prosecutors (EFTA00022456) provides the most detailed account of the Mar-a-Lago recruitment:
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) documents systematic evidence destruction directed by Epstein and his associates during the 2005 investigation:
A subject of the investigation — who provided three proffers to SDNY — told prosecutors (EFTA00022456) that Epstein would wire her money whenever negative articles were published:
This 00,000 wire may be one of the two transfers cited in the government's bail letter (us-v-epstein Doc 23) as potential witness tampering.
During a proffer session, a former Epstein employee reviewed message pads recovered from Epstein's Palm Beach residence (EFTA00022456):
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) reveals extraordinary details about Epstein's jail and work release conditions:
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) documents a victim who was recruited at approximately 13 or 14 by a high school friend:
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) documents emails between a victim and Sharon Churcher, a reporter for the Mail on Sunday:
Despite these credibility issues, prosecutors noted her core account of abuse and recruitment was "corroborated in significant part" by employment records, flight records, and other witnesses.
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) documents Jean-Luc Brunel's role in Epstein's operation:
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) contains a second, independent victim account corroborating the Black and Staley findings:
Two victims, interviewed separately, describe identical patterns: Epstein directing them to massage Black and Staley, both men sexually assaulting them, and Epstein dismissing their complaints.
The DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility report (filed as us-v-maxwell Doc 204-att3, 348 pages, 1M+ characters) investigated and explicitly debunked claims about Epstein's intelligence connections:
This directly contradicts the widely reported claim (sourced to an unrecorded 2019 Daily Beast conversation) that Acosta said Epstein "belonged to intelligence."
The OPR report documents the work release scheme:
Villafaña emailed Acosta: "Can I indict him now?"
In March 2009, while Epstein was on work release, Dershowitz met AUSA Sloman in Miami for what Dershowitz called "a relaxed drink and conversation."
This occurred while Epstein was leaving jail 12 hours/day to "work" at a fake foundation at his defense attorney's office.
Government closing arguments at the Maxwell trial documented three payments totaling $30.7 million from Epstein to Maxwell:
Prosecutor asked the jury: "What was Maxwell doing for Epstein that was worth more than $30 million?"
Pilot Larry Visoski confirmed the following passengers under oath during cross-examination at the Maxwell trial:
Pilot David Rodgers confirmed Virginia Roberts flew 32 times on Epstein's planes, and planes flew every 4 days on average (1994-2004) between Palm Beach, New York, Columbus OH (Wexner), New Mexico, and Little St. James.
Carolyn testified at the Maxwell trial (doc 753):
A formal court order in Giuffre v. Maxwell (Doc 1097) explicitly lists all persons "whom Giuffre has testified she was sexually trafficked to by Epstein":
This is a judicial document acknowledging the scope of Giuffre's sworn testimony under oath. All named individuals have denied the allegations.
FBI search of Epstein's Manhattan residence safe revealed (us-v-epstein Doc 11-att1, Doc 23, Doc 32):
Defense claimed Epstein was "given the passport at issue by a friend" and never used it. Defense counsel declined to answer whether Epstein was a citizen or legal permanent resident of a country other than the US.
In Epstein's deposition (Giuffre v. Maxwell Doc 1335-att6), attorney Cassell asked directly:
Q: "Maxwell used the prospect that girls could become models for Victoria's Secret to lure them over to your house, true?"
A: [Invoked Fifth Amendment]
Maxwell was asked the same question in her deposition and also invoked the Fifth.
Palm Beach detective Joseph Recarey testified (Doc 1198-att7) that girls were lured under the pretense of "giving a massage and/or become a model for Victoria's Secrets and/or connections" — creating a "spider web or pyramid."
In a sworn declaration (Giuffre v. Maxwell Doc 0435-att9), Virginia Giuffre stated:
"Epstein required me to describe the sexual events that I had with these men presumably so that he could potentially blackmail them. I am still very fearful of these men today."
A CVRA filing (Doc 1090-att6) elaborated that Epstein's purpose in trafficking girls to powerful men was "to ingratiate himself with them for business, personal, political, and financial gain, as well as to obtain potential blackmail information."
Note: The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA00022456) found no cameras in bedrooms or massage rooms during 2019 FBI searches. However, the OPR report noted investigators believed Epstein's missing computers may have contained surveillance video.
At the August 27, 2019 hearing (us-v-epstein Doc 53), the government confirmed:
The Second Circuit's September 17, 2024 ruling (us-v-maxwell Doc 781-att1) rejected all five of Maxwell's appeal arguments:
Conviction affirmed. 240 months (20 years) + $750,000 fine stands.
JPMorgan's third-party complaint against its own former CEO Jes Staley (doe-v-jpmorgan Doc 59) contains extraordinary allegations from the bank itself:
Emails between Jes Staley and Jeffrey Epstein filed in court (doe-v-jpmorgan Doc 59-att2):
The "Snow White" / "Beauty and the Beast" exchange — referencing Disney characters in the context of Epstein providing young women — was characterized by plaintiffs as coded discussion of trafficking victims.
JPMorgan's own interrogatory responses detail how Staley blocked efforts to drop Epstein as a client:
Between 2008 and 2012, Jes Staley exchanged approximately 1,200 emails with Epstein from his JP Morgan email account. The emails showed a "profound" friendship and "even suggest that Staley may have been involved in Epstein's sex-trafficking operation."
JPMorgan tasked Staley to discuss the human trafficking allegations with Epstein directly — a practice USVI's trafficking expert called a violation of every anti-trafficking best practice.
Mary Erdoes, CEO of JPMorgan Asset & Wealth Management, admitted in her deposition that JP Morgan was aware by 2006 that Epstein was accused of paying cash to have underage girls and young women brought to his home.
Court Order 1097's trafficking list has 3 redacted names (items j, k, l). Analysis of public court filings identifies one with high confidence:
Giuffre's deposition also references "a guy that owns a really large [French] hotel chain" and "another prince" she refused to name for safety reasons — these likely correspond to items k and l.
The USVI First Amended Complaint describes captivity on Little St. James:
The USVI complaint details the Southern Trust Company tax fraud:
At Epstein's last sex offender address verification in July 2018:
The USVI's subpoena to Glen Dubin (Sept 2020) reveals the government's investigation targets:
The USVI complaint describes systematic obstruction built into employment contracts:
This created a legal firewall preventing any employee from cooperating with investigators without first alerting Epstein's defense team.
The USVI's subpoena to Lesley Groff (Sept 2020) specifically requests documents about communications with a defined list that places Yulia Silinskaya in the inner circle:
"All documents reflecting communications with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Erika Kellerhals, Richard D. Kahn, Darren K. Indyke, Yulia Slinskaya, Adriana Ross, Sarah Kellen and/or Nadia Marcinkova."
This puts Silinskaya — a Russian national born 1991, whose passport, bank transfers, and direct emails with Epstein are in the EFTA corpus — on the same level as the four named NPA co-conspirators (Maxwell, Kellen, Ross, Marcinkova) plus the estate lawyers (Indyke, Kahn). The subpoena also asks for immigration documents for "any girl or woman who visited or traveled with Jeffrey Epstein" and living arrangements Groff made for females.
The USVI's subpoena to Eva Anderson-Dubin (Sept 2020) includes disturbing requests:
Sophia Mwuara — who has zero hits in the entire EFTA corpus — was subpoenaed by the USVI as an employee of Epstein's shell companies:
The breadth of the subpoena suggests Mwuara had operational knowledge of both the legitimate-appearing business and the trafficking enterprise. Her complete absence from the EFTA corpus is itself notable.
The USVI complaint alleges Epstein used a straw purchaser to conceal his identity as a registered sex offender when acquiring Great St. James island in January 2016 for "more than $20 million" (three parcels for $5M each + additional costs).
The island was purchased specifically to provide an outer security perimeter — so authorities observing from the water could not see activities on Little St. James.
Epstein created Great St. Jim, LLC (Oct 2015, with Indyke as Secretary) to hold title, and Poplar, Inc. to handle permitting. Subsequent illegal construction drew DPNR citations, but fines were ineffectual against Epstein's wealth.
The USVI's detailed subpoena to Yulia Silinskaya (Aug 2020) treats her as an employee/associate, asking about:
EFTA corpus: Born 1991, Russian passport (EFTA01207006), university diploma (EFTA01207005), emailed Epstein directly (EFTA00814817), emailed Lesley Groff and Richard Kahn (EFTA00831459), bank transfers (EFTA01285214). The subpoena suggests USVI believed she participated in trafficking logistics.
Rinaldo Rizzo was a former employee of Glenn and Eva Dubin who is identified in law enforcement documents as:
"Rinaldo Rizzo (New York) — Former Employee of Glenn Dubin with knowledge of Epstein underage activity" (EFTA00098755)
Both the Glen Dubin and Eva Dubin USVI subpoenas specifically demand documents about "the departure of Rinaldo and/or Debra Rizzo from Your employment, any severance or non-disclosure agreement or payment, or regarding statements or testimony by Rinaldo or Debra Rizzo in any investigation or litigation related to Jeffrey Epstein and/or Ghislaine Maxwell."
Rizzo was deposed June 10, 2016 in Giuffre v. Maxwell. The USVI was trying to get around the NDAs by subpoenaing the Dubins directly for documents about the Rizzos' departure.
FBI expert Shaun O'Neill (former Human Trafficking Program Coordinator), in a report unsealed October 31, 2025 (usvi-v-jpmorgan Doc 384-att10), concluded:
O'Neill: "It shocks the conscience that it was not until Epstein's death in prison that JPMC suddenly recognized Epstein's prior banking transactions as 'suspicious.'"
The USVI Rule 56.1 Statement documents Staley's reaction to Epstein's July 2006 arrest:
Staley knew Epstein admitted to paying for sex with young women — and continued to advocate for keeping him as a client for seven more years.
Maxwell's own lawyers revealed what Rinaldo Rizzo would testify to in their Rule 404(b) motion to exclude his testimony (Giuffre v. Maxwell Doc 730):
"Rizzo's allegations that he saw Defendant [Maxwell], for example, trying to force a 15-year-old Swedish girl to have sex with Epstein"
Rizzo was a former employee of Glenn and Eva Dubin. His witness listing described him as having "knowledge of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein's sexual trafficking conduct and interaction with underage minors." Maxwell fought hard to exclude his testimony. At the civil trial, Judge Preska required live testimony rather than deposition transcript.
Three categories of evidence link David Copperfield to Epstein's operation:
JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank complaints document systematic immigration fraud:
A former anonymous air traffic controller at the St. Thomas airstrip stated in a July 2019 article filed as court exhibit:
"On multiple occasions I saw Epstein exit his helicopter, stand on the tarmac in full view of my tower, and board his private jet with children — female children. One incident in particular really stands out in my mind, because the girls were just so young. They couldn't have been over 16. Epstein looked very angry and hurled his jacket at one of them."
A second employee confirmed Epstein landed "twice a month on average" with girls "who look like they could be in high school... always wearing college sweatshirts. It seemed like camouflage." Employees would joke "How many kids are on board this time?"
Mark Epstein's 2009 deposition (cited in Giuffre v. Maxwell Doc 773-att4):
Mark Epstein "testified that Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein's plane with him (the same plane that Jane Doe 102 alleged was used to have sex with underage girls)"
Jane Doe 43 filed a separate case (1:17-cv-00616, S.D.N.Y.) described as involving Epstein "luring an underage girl into his elaborate sex trafficking enterprise under the guise of using his wealth and connections to get her into a prestige NYC college."
A January 14, 2015 letter to Prince Andrew (doe-v-us-npa Doc 291-att16) explicitly references Jane Doe 43's "claims of your subsequent interactions with her in New York City" — linking her to Prince Andrew allegations separate from Giuffre's.
Alfredo Rodriguez, Epstein's Palm Beach house manager, stole Epstein's contact book and tried to sell it:
Court declarations confirm Maxwell held a helicopter pilot's license:
"Ghislaine had just recently obtained her helicopter pilot's license and wanted to get some practice airtime and flew Jeffrey and [victim] to St. John where we picked up Alexandria Cousteau, the granddaughter of Jacques Cousteau."
Multiple filings reference Giuffre's claim that she flew "in a helicopter piloted by Ms. Maxwell" to Epstein's USVI island. This gave Maxwell direct operational control over victim transport — she wasn't just a recruiter but physically flew victims to the island.
A court hearing transcript confirmed "Doe 144, Tom Pritzker, objects to the unsealing of this document on the ground that it may wrongfully harm his privacy and reputation."
The court granted unsealing: "The document merely shows that a witness did not recall meeting a, quote, Tom Pritzker, name misspelled, but very similar. There is no basis for keeping this document under seal."
Pritzker is on Court Order 1097's trafficking list. A deposition excerpt shows: "Q. Tom Pritzker? A. No." — Giuffre denying being "lent out" to Pritzker when directly asked. Flight manifests place Pritzker on flights with Epstein and Maxwell.
Court filings detail Natalya Malyshev's role (Doe 43 complaint + Ransome deposition):
Alfredo Rodriguez, Epstein's Palm Beach house manager, testified in deposition that Maxwell kept naked pictures of underage girls on her computer, including girls performing sexual acts with other girls.
This is separate from the nude photos found in Epstein's safe (CDs labeled "Young [Name] + [Name]," "Misc nudes 1," "Girl pics nude") and the binders of nude photos the prosecution memo describes Maxwell keeping in her New York home.
Maxwell was charged with two perjury counts (Counts 7-8, 18 USC 1623) based on false deposition testimony. The counts alleged she falsely denied knowing about sex toys, Epstein's sexual activity with minors, and her own involvement in recruiting/grooming.
Judge Nathan severed the perjury counts for separate trial (April 16, 2021). After the jury convicted on 5 of 6 non-perjury counts, the Government moved to dismiss the perjury counts: "in light of the victims' significant interests in bringing closure to this matter and avoiding the trauma of testifying again."
Maxwell's 2025 habeas filing (us-v-maxwell Doc 809) cites AG Barr's August 18, 2025 House Oversight testimony:
Maxwell's defense argues this admission — that the government was looking for "someone" to indict — supports her claim of selective prosecution.
Case No. 9:08-cv-80119-KAM (Jane Doe No. 2 v. Epstein, S.D. Fla.) remains almost entirely sealed:
"The documents that remain sealed are almost exclusively related to a single sealed civil case... This case was almost certainly sealed on Epstein's request after settlement."
Jean-Luc Brunel was served a deposition subpoena in this case but evaded it by claiming to be outside the country. Approximately 65 pleadings from the Giuffre v. Maxwell docket also remain sealed (related to minors' testimony).
Virginia Giuffre's memoir (filed as Exhibit DE 363-2, Doc 1218-att11) describes an encounter with Alexandria Cousteau, granddaughter of Jacques Cousteau:
"Maxwell flew Jeffrey and [Giuffre] to St. John where we picked up Alexandria Cousteau... Jeffrey made it clear that Alexandria was a guest when I was told to adhere to her if she wanted a massage, which I obliged her with several times. It was Jeffrey who instigated that her and I reenact as lovers in lesbian acts of foreplay and penetration. I later found out through Jeffrey that he had donated money to her continuous exploration into marine life and habitats."
Maxwell's witness list (Doc 1320-att40) names "Alexandra Cousteau, Address unknown, may have knowledge concerning Plaintiff's false claims."
Court exhibit (usvi-v-jpmorgan Doc 263-att29, CNN article) confirms: "French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a longtime associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his prison cell... Brunel was found alone, hanged with bedsheets, in his jail cell at the Santé prison" (Paris, February 19, 2022).
Brunel had been arrested in December 2020 on charges of rape of a minor and sexual harassment. He had refused to cooperate with SDNY prosecutors and invoked the Fifth Amendment. His death — like Epstein's — was by hanging while in custody awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
A JPMorgan compliance/due diligence document (usvi-v-jpmorgan Doc 238-att31) states Epstein reportedly "purchased [Marcinkova] at 14 from her parents in Yugoslavia."
This allegation — that Epstein literally bought a 14-year-old girl from her family — appeared in JPMorgan's own internal records, meaning the bank's compliance team was aware of this claim while continuing to service Epstein's accounts.
A June 6, 1991 Columbus Organized Crime Bureau memo (external/Wexner_Mob_Ties_Shapiro_Murder_File_1991.pdf) documents an analytical project linking several entities:
This is a historical organized crime intelligence document, not a prosecution. It establishes a law enforcement interest in Wexner's business network and organized crime connections predating the Epstein relationship.
FBI Vault Part 04 (82 pages, external/JEFFREY_EPSTEIN_PART_04_REDACTED.pdf) contains detailed phone records from Epstein's Palm Beach residence during September 2005 — the month before the police raid:
These phone records document the operational network in the weeks before the investigation became public.
The Office of the Attorney General sent BOP Director Hugh Hurwitz a timeline on August 11, 2019 asking "Is there any reason why this information shouldn't be released to the public?" (EFTA02852705):
Over 6 hours between last confirmed alive and discovery — during which guards falsified check logs.
Acting BOP Director Hugh Hurwitz emailed "Draft language" at 9:53 PM on August 11, 2019 — the night after Epstein's death (EFTA02852705 p.1313):
"As discussed, several options are below. Please note that we should discuss timing of all this. I will need to ensure staff are notified first, and I should let my Executive Staff know so they are not taken off guard as they will no doubt get a lot of questions from their staff and other wardens. Also note that the Warden just called Ray and told him the US Attorney is meeting with him at 10 am tomorrow. So this probably should be some time after that interview."
CBP FOIA request logs (EFTA02848081, 501 pages) show Darren Indyke filed multiple FOIA requests on behalf of Epstein between 2013-2015 seeking Epstein's own Customs and Border Protection records:
This suggests Epstein and Indyke were proactively monitoring what the government had on his travel patterns — intelligence gathering about potential criminal exposure.
CBP records (EFTA02849267) show a person query was executed for "EPSTEIN, JEFFERY" (sic) on July 23, 2019 at 06:41 AM EDT — the same day Epstein was found injured in his cell and placed on suicide watch.
This suggests law enforcement was querying Epstein's travel records in connection with the MCC incident or as part of the ongoing investigation.
MCC Health Services clinical notes (EFTA02852705) document what staff found at 6:35 AM on August 10:
"Upon arrival Inmate was received on the floor of his cell unresponsive with CPR in progress by correctional officers, Inmate was Cold, with circumferential bruising around the neck and posterior mottling, Pupils Fixed and dilated, No Palpable pulses."
The body being "cold" with posterior mottling (livor mortis) at 6:35 AM is forensically significant — suggests death occurred hours before discovery, consistent with the 6+ hour gap after the last confirmed check at midnight.
BOP emails document a 4chan post that appeared before any news outlet reported Epstein's death:
Anonymous (8:47 AM, Aug 10, 2019): "worked asystole arrest for 40 minutes, als intubated in the field/epi/2 liters NS infused. Telemetry advised bicarb and D50 in field. Pt transported to Lower Manhattan ER and worked for 20 minutes and called."
BOP internal timeline (EFTA02853193) documents:
A neighboring SHU inmate (released October 2019) told a BOP psychology staffer (EFTA02852705):
"I actually heard Jeffrey tearing up his sheet before committing suicide"
The same inmate also said the death was not caused by SHU conditions. This is a firsthand account from someone within earshot of Epstein's cell on the night of August 9-10 who claims to have heard the preparation of the ligature.
BOP records clarify the cellmate timeline:
CBP TECS II records (EFTA02848586) reveal Istanbul as Epstein's most frequent international destination — far more than Paris:
The extremely high frequency of Istanbul travel (roughly weekly 2011-2013) is not widely reported and raises questions about what business Epstein had in Turkey.
CBP secondary inspection remarks (EFTA02848586) include officer observations:
CBP officers documented the pattern but took no further action despite Epstein being a registered sex offender.
CBP records show a positive inspection result at Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas on June 26, 2011:
An FBI FD-302 interview (dated 03/17/2011) describes a Turkish girl who frequently traveled with Epstein:
The witness — a woman who ran away from a West Palm Beach rehab facility at age ~14 and was connected to Miami escort operator Ron Eppinger ("The Perfect 10") — describes the Turkish girl as part of Epstein's traveling entourage. Her identity is fully redacted. This corroborates the CBP records showing 69 Istanbul trips (2010-2013) and the civil complaint alleging trafficking from Turkey.
Multiple civil complaints in the EFTA corpus allege Epstein trafficked minors from Turkey:
Separately, victim testimony in the USVI/JPMC cases (1:22-cv-10904-JSR) states:
This corroborates the Rixos Hotels "training programme" documented in the June 2017 email chain.
Epstein's Palm Beach phone logs contained a number left by someone called "Aria" that was answered by a girl who spoke only Turkish, according to a Daily Mail article referenced in Epstein's own emails to his PR fixer Mike Sitrick (March 2011).
Epstein forwarded the article to Sitrick asking for corrections/denials of aspects of the reporting. The presence of a Turkish-speaking girl on the Palm Beach phone log corroborates the FBI 302 describing a "Turkish girl" who frequently traveled with Epstein.
On November 19, 2019, a federal grand jury indicted MCC correctional officers Tova Noel and Michael [Thomas] (19 Cr. 830, SDNY) for conspiracy and making false records. The indictment establishes:
The complete 67-document docket (Doc 1 through Doc 67) of the Noel/Thomas case is now available in the disclosure corpus.
The disclosure corpus contains original Bureau of Prisons 30-minute check sheets from MCC New York's Special Housing Unit (SHU), covering the days surrounding Epstein's death:
These are the source documents underlying the Noel/Thomas indictment's finding that no rounds were conducted between 10:30 PM and 6:30 AM.
MCC intake and administrative records for Jeffrey Epstein (Reg. No. 76318-054) detail his time at the Metropolitan Correctional Center:
The disclosure corpus contains the full appendix to Maxwell's Second Circuit appeal (No. 22-1426), filed July 8, 2022:
While the trial record was already public, this is the first time the complete compiled appendix has been available in the EFTA corpus for full-text searching.
A September 3, 2019 hearing transcript in US v. Epstein (19-cr-490) documents the legal proceedings following Epstein's death: