Newly unsealed Department of Justice documents have revealed harrowing details about Jeffrey Epstein's systematic sexual abuse of underage girls, describing a calculated routine that occurred multiple times daily at his Palm Beach mansion.
Disturbing Pattern of Abuse
According to a civil complaint filed in Florida in 2010 and made public in Friday's document release, Epstein established a chillingly consistent process for victimising young girls. The documents describe how each girl would be transported to his home via private transportation arranged by Epstein himself.
Upon arrival at the Palm Beach property, an assistant would greet the girl and collect her personal information before leading her up what the complaint describes as a 'remote flight of stairs' to a room containing both a shower and a massage table.
The Abuse Process
The complaint details that if it was a girl's first encounter with the convicted sex offender, another victim would be present in the room to 'lead the way' before being dismissed by Epstein. The financier would then begin his massage while 'wearing only a small towel, which eventually would be removed.'
Epstein allegedly gave his victims specific instructions about where and how he wanted them positioned, ordering them to strip completely naked. The documents state he would then perform 'one or more lewd, lascivious, and sexual acts' on the girl or force her to engage in sexual activity with other girls in his presence.
The complaint specifically describes Epstein masturbating, fondling the girls' breasts, touching their genitals, and coercing them into various sex acts with him and each other.
Aftermath and Threats
One alleged victim, who was introduced to Epstein at age 15, claimed that after his climax, the financier would pay her $200 before having her escorted from his home. The documents reveal Epstein allegedly threatened her, warning that if she disclosed what happened at his house, 'bad things could happen'.
The filing states Epstein 'committed such acts regularly on a daily basis and, in most instances, several times a day.' Following massage appointments, Epstein and his associates would repeatedly call the alleged victim at her home. If she didn't answer, he would 'take steps to find out where she was' according to the complaint.
The victim further alleged that Epstein and his associates harassed her to recruit other minor girls and threatened her if she refused to cooperate.
Document Release Details
The civil complaint was made public on Friday as part of the Justice Department's latest release of records from its investigative files on Epstein. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents, along with over 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
These files, being posted to the department's website, include some of the several million pages of records that officials previously withheld from an initial document release in December. The disclosure occurs under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, legislation enacted after months of public and political pressure requiring the government to open its files on the late financier and his confidant Ghislaine Maxwell.
Legal Context and Aftermath
Epstein died by suicide in a New York jail cell in August 2019, just one month after being indicted on federal sex trafficking charges. His criminal history includes serving jail time in Florida during 2008 and 2009 after pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution from someone under age 18.
Investigators had gathered evidence that Epstein sexually abused underage girls at his Palm Beach home, but the US attorney's office agreed not to prosecute him federally in exchange for his guilty plea to lesser state charges.
In 2021, a federal jury in New York convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking for helping recruit some of his underage victims. She is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence at a facility in Texas, having been transferred from a federal prison in Florida. Maxwell continues to deny any wrongdoing.
Wider Allegations and Accusations
The most prominent of Epstein's victims was Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide last year. Giuffre accused Epstein and Maxwell of arranging for her to have sexual encounters at ages 17 and 18 with numerous high-profile individuals including politicians, business leaders, academics, and British royal ex-Prince Andrew. All those accused have denied her allegations.
Prosecutors never charged anyone else directly in connection with Epstein's abuse of girls, though Giuffre's lawsuits named multiple powerful figures. Among Friday's released documents is an email Epstein sent to himself claiming Bill Gates had slept with Russian girls, caught a sexually transmitted disease, and requested help obtaining antibiotics he wished to slip to Melinda Gates. Bill Gates has categorically denied these allegations.
The document release represents the latest development in a case that continues to reveal disturbing details about Epstein's systematic abuse of underage girls and the network that allegedly facilitated his crimes.
