The Epstein Chronicles

Former Playboy Playmate Audra Lynn Christiansen said Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted and trafficked her after she entered his orbit in 2004, describing an experience that she said eventually led her to seek help from Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. Christiansen, Playboy’s Miss October 2003, said she had been living at the Playboy Mansion when she became connected with Epstein and alleged that she...

Jean-Luc Brunel and Prince Andrew were two of the most prominent figures in Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit to come under formal law-enforcement scrutiny as authorities continued examining the network surrounding Epstein. In France, prosecutors opened an investigation in 2019 into allegations involving rape, sexual assault of minors and criminal conspiracy, with Brunel becoming a major focus because of hi...

The nearly six-hour congressional interview focused on why Bill Gates continued meeting with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein's 2008 conviction, what Gates knew about Epstein's conduct, and whether Epstein attempted to gain leverage over him. Gates testified that he met Epstein roughly 12 to 14 times between 2011 and 2014, saying he believed Epstein could help attract major philanthropic donations to...

The nearly six-hour congressional interview focused on why Bill Gates continued meeting with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein's 2008 conviction, what Gates knew about Epstein's conduct, and whether Epstein attempted to gain leverage over him. Gates testified that he met Epstein roughly 12 to 14 times between 2011 and 2014, saying he believed Epstein could help attract major philanthropic donations to...

Glenn Dubin is a billionaire hedge fund manager and major figure in New York’s high society whose long, troubling relationship with Jeffrey Epstein went far beyond casual acquaintance. Even after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for sex crimes involving a minor, Dubin — along with his wife, Eva Andersson-Dubin — kept him close, inviting him into their home, allowing him to spend holidays like Thanksgivin...

Glenn Dubin is a billionaire hedge fund manager and major figure in New York’s high society whose long, troubling relationship with Jeffrey Epstein went far beyond casual acquaintance. Even after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for sex crimes involving a minor, Dubin — along with his wife, Eva Andersson-Dubin — kept him close, inviting him into their home, allowing him to spend holidays like Thanksgivin...

Day one of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing on July 6, 2026, largely centered on prosecutors beginning to construct a timeline of Charlie Kirk’s killing at Utah Valley University and establishing the authenticity of the surveillance footage and investigative records they intended to use against Robinson. Former UVU police officer Chris Bagley described the moment the gunshot rang out during Ki...

A newly unsealed neuropsychological evaluation revealed that Bryan Kohberger had been diagnosed with four conditions during an assessment conducted for his defense in February 2025: Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 1, obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID. Defense neuropsychologist Rachel Lawson Orr evaluated K...

Senator Ron Wyden’s Senate Finance Committee investigation concluded that major Wall Street institutions repeatedly failed to detect, scrutinize, and promptly report financial activity that helped sustain Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. The report focused primarily on JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America, alleging significant failures under federal anti-money-laundering...

Senator Ron Wyden’s Senate Finance Committee investigation concluded that major Wall Street institutions repeatedly failed to detect, scrutinize, and promptly report financial activity that helped sustain Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. The report focused primarily on JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America, alleging significant failures under federal anti-money-laundering...

Cami Clark, the wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, came under scrutiny after previously undisclosed correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein surfaced showing that she had approached him about investing in an adult-content business she was trying to build. The emails dated back to the early 2010s, years after Epstein had pleaded guilty in Florida to charges involving a minor. Clark’s venture was pitche...

Newly released FBI records showed that Sarah Ferguson attempted to pass the contact information of Lady Victoria Hervey, a former girlfriend and longtime defender of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, to FBI Director Kash Patel in March 2025. According to an email from FBI legal attaché David Walker, Ferguson had reached out believing Patel wanted Hervey’s contact details. Patel responded by asking who H...

As more context to our previous episode examining just how many opportunities authorities had to intervene against Jeffrey Epstein, an amended lawsuit brought by 32 Epstein survivors added another extraordinary allegation to the timeline. According to the complaint, former Playboy Playmate Audra Lynn Christiansen told Hugh Hefner in 2005 that Epstein had raped and trafficked her, and that she had...

The nearly six-hour congressional interview focused on why Bill Gates continued meeting with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein's 2008 conviction, what Gates knew about Epstein's conduct, and whether Epstein attempted to gain leverage over him. Gates testified that he met Epstein roughly 12 to 14 times between 2011 and 2014, saying he believed Epstein could help attract major philanthropic donations to...

The nearly six-hour congressional interview focused on why Bill Gates continued meeting with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein's 2008 conviction, what Gates knew about Epstein's conduct, and whether Epstein attempted to gain leverage over him. Gates testified that he met Epstein roughly 12 to 14 times between 2011 and 2014, saying he believed Epstein could help attract major philanthropic donations to...

The nearly six-hour congressional interview focused on why Bill Gates continued meeting with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein's 2008 conviction, what Gates knew about Epstein's conduct, and whether Epstein attempted to gain leverage over him. Gates testified that he met Epstein roughly 12 to 14 times between 2011 and 2014, saying he believed Epstein could help attract major philanthropic donations to...

The Metropolitan Police (London) have opened an active investigation into allegations that Prince Andrew, Duke of York in 2011 asked one of his taxpayer-funded protection officers to dig up personal information on Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual abuse when she was under 18. According to reports, the bodyguard was allegedly given Giuffre’s date of birth and U.S. Social Security number b...

Just days before Ghislaine Maxwell was quietly moved to a cushier minimum-security facility in Texas, anonymous “reports” began circulating that she was under threat at FCI Tallahassee. These claims—conveniently timed—suggested that Maxwell might be in danger for allegedly “cooperating” with the DOJ, though no details were provided about who was threatening her, what was said, or whether there was...

Tyler Robinson’s defense filed its written bindover argument on August 11, 2026, responding to the state’s 28-page memorandum asking Judge Tony Graf to order Robinson to stand trial. The defense filing was submitted after the five-day preliminary hearing, during which Robinson’s lawyers challenged several important parts of the prosecution’s evidentiary presentation, particularly the reliability a...

Digital evidence became one of the central pillars of the case against Bryan Kohberger, with investigators using his cellphone records, surveillance footage and other electronic data to reconstruct his movements before and after the November 13, 2022 murders. According to the probable-cause affidavit, historical cell-site records indicated that Kohberger’s phone had connected to cellular resources...

Kathryn Ruemmler’s congressional testimony exposed the same rot that has defined the Epstein scandal for years: powerful people minimizing obvious relationships while institutions pretend those explanations deserve endless deference. Ruemmler was not some clueless outsider who stumbled into Epstein’s orbit; she was a former White House counsel and elite attorney whose career depended on understand...

Senator Ron Wyden’s Senate Finance Committee investigation concluded that major Wall Street institutions repeatedly failed to detect, scrutinize, and promptly report financial activity that helped sustain Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. The report focused primarily on JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America, alleging significant failures under federal anti-money-laundering...

Senator Ron Wyden’s Senate Finance Committee investigation concluded that major Wall Street institutions repeatedly failed to detect, scrutinize, and promptly report financial activity that helped sustain Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. The report focused primarily on JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America, alleging significant failures under federal anti-money-laundering...

The U.S. Virgin Islands collected a substantial amount of money through civil litigation arising from Jeffrey Epstein’s activities in the territory, most significantly through settlements with Epstein’s estate and JPMorgan Chase. In 2022, Epstein’s estate agreed to pay the USVI more than $105 million to resolve allegations that Epstein had used the territory as a base for his trafficking operation...

Sarah Kellen told Congress that she was not a willing architect of Jeffrey Epstein’s operation but one of his victims, claiming Epstein groomed, abused, isolated, and controlled her for years. She described herself as trapped inside his world through sexual, psychological, and emotional coercion, and said Epstein continued to exert power over her even while he was incarcerated. That testimony matt...