Epstein Chronicles: The Archives

In her deposition on March 15, 2010, Ross was questioned extensively about her relationship with Epstein and individuals in his orbit, including the role of recruiting young women for massages and possible sexual contact. She was asked whether she ever used the term “massage” as a euphemism, whether she personally arranged for young women (including minors) to meet Epstein, and whether she benefit...

In her deposition on March 15, 2010, Ross was questioned extensively about her relationship with Epstein and individuals in his orbit, including the role of recruiting young women for massages and possible sexual contact. She was asked whether she ever used the term “massage” as a euphemism, whether she personally arranged for young women (including minors) to meet Epstein, and whether she benefit...

In her deposition on March 15, 2010, Ross was questioned extensively about her relationship with Epstein and individuals in his orbit, including the role of recruiting young women for massages and possible sexual contact. She was asked whether she ever used the term “massage” as a euphemism, whether she personally arranged for young women (including minors) to meet Epstein, and whether she benefit...

Karyna Shuliak, a 37-year-old Belarus-born dentist, emerged from newly released investigative records as Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime girlfriend and one of the potential principal beneficiaries of his remaining fortune. Shuliak met Epstein in 2011, when she was 21 and living in New York on a temporary student visa, and remained close to him for nearly eight years. Epstein financed her education, hel...

In 2011, years after Jeffrey Epstein’s first conviction, Ghislaine Maxwell attended a high-powered holiday party hosted by one of Silicon Valley’s most influential venture capital firms. Her presence wasn’t accidental or under the radar—she was welcomed into a room full of tech elites, despite well-circulated suspicions that she had played a central role in Epstein’s abuse network. Attendees recog...

Federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff has accelerated litigation brought by a woman who says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, ordering the case against Bank of America (BofA) and The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) onto a fast track. The plaintiff (referred to as “Jane Doe”) alleges the banks knowingly facilitated Epstein’s trafficking operation, pointing to an account opened at BofA at Epstein’s direction...

Epstein is reported to have advised clients on deploying GRATs (Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts)—an estate planning vehicle that lets ultra-wealthy individuals pass appreciating assets to heirs while minimizing gift and estate taxes. Analysts say Epstein used his proximity to billionaires and his aura of financial wizardry to pitch these sophisticated tax-avoidance schemes. The strategy exploits a...

Dr. Michael Baden, a veteran forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother to oversee the autopsy, sharply criticized the U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General’s (OIG) report, which affirmed the official finding that Epstein’s death was a suicide due to “negligence and misconduct” by prison staff. Baden called the report “ridiculous” and accused investigators of ignoring key foren...

In early August 2025, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff sharply cautioned JPMorgan Chase and its attorneys during the discovery phase of litigation over Jeffrey Epstein-related claims. He accused the bank of a “blatant slow walk of evidence,” signaling that delaying or withholding documents would not be tolerated, and explicitly warned that the court would hold JPMorgan in contempt if it failed to co...

The original reporting on Jes Staley’s emails with Jeffrey Epstein revealed that the former JPMorgan executive and later Barclays chief had exchanged roughly 1,200 messages with Epstein between 2008 and 2012, including during the period after Epstein’s 2008 conviction. The emails showed a relationship that was far more extensive and personal than Staley had publicly suggested, with the two men ref...

After learning that Epstein brought at least 8 women with him to the white house to visit then President Bill Clinton, I thought it was time to explore the fact that Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton were so close to Epstein that they used his Zorro Ranch as a vacation destination. According to multiple sources, the whole Clinton family would regularly vacation at Zorro Ranch with the sex offender....

Questions about how Jeffrey Epstein made his money have followed the case for decades because the public record never fully explained how he accumulated a fortune large enough to support multiple mansions, private aircraft, overseas properties and an extraordinarily expensive lifestyle. Epstein worked at Bear Stearns before establishing himself as a private money manager, and he claimed to handle...

Allegations have surfaced suggesting that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was aware of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal activities prior to Epstein's 2019 arrest. Internal communications from 2008 reference a "pending Dimon review" concerning Epstein's accounts, indicating that the CEO may have been informed about Epstein's legal issues following his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a min...

Jeffrey Epstein was surrounded by many people who helped his criminal operation move along but there were several people who were part of his inner circle and who were considered a co-conspirators for his crimes. However, these co-conspirators would end up being protected by the NPA. In this episode, we are once again asking the question that everyone is asking: How did the core four escape justic...

In the early 2000s, Jeffrey Epstein served as the chairman of Liquid Funding Ltd., an offshore financial entity registered in Bermuda, from November 2001 at least through March 2007. The firm was initially about 40% owned by Bear Stearns and specialized in securitizing complex debt instruments—bundling commercial and residential mortgages into AAA-rated securities. This intricate repurchase ("repo...

The 2003 Vanity Fair profile of Jeffrey Epstein painted him as a glamorous, high-flying financier—luxurious Manhattan mansion, exclusive billionaire clientele, and glamorous flights with celebrities like Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey. It framed Epstein as a mythic creature within elite circles, glossing over any deeper scrutiny and leaving the reader with the impression of a mysterious, alluring m...

Jeffrey Epstein had a long history working for and with the government, even if they do not want to acknowledge it. One example of this is when he turned snitch on his former company and helped the feds put some of his colleagues away. Somehow, just like every other time he had a brush with the law, he ended up landing on his feet. The reason? He was being protected by certain elements in the gove...

Joe Rogan has spoken extensively about Jeffrey Epstein across various episodes of his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. Rogan has often expressed skepticism and outrage over the circumstances surrounding Epstein's wealth, his crimes, and his mysterious death. He frequently discusses the alleged connections between Epstein and powerful figures in politics, business, and entertainment, questioning...

In 1997, Jeffrey Epstein quietly became part-owner of a luxurious ski-in, ski-out Euro-style chalet in Vail, Colorado. The property—located at 375 Mill Creek Circle—was transferred to him via a trust he controlled, following an earlier purchase by an heiress of Johnson & Johnson, Elizabeth Ross “Libet” Johnson. This arrangement, formalized in 1998, granted Epstein significant control over the...

Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with figures connected to the United Nations through philanthropy, academic funding, and high-level networking. He presented himself as a financier interested in global policy, science, and development, and he leveraged donations to gain proximity to diplomats, development officials, and nonprofit leaders operating in UN-adjacent spaces. Through events, pri...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has acknowledged that he flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet on two occasions during the 1990s. One flight was a family trip to visit his mother in Palm Beach, and the other was to South Dakota for a fossil-hunting excursion with his wife and children. Kennedy has stated that these trips took place before Epstein’s crimes were publicly known and emphasized that he was never...

Jeffrey Epstein’s entanglement with Leon Black and Larry Summers runs through the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation and its flagship project, the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), born out of the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis. Black, the billionaire Apollo founder, bankrolled INET with roughly $25 million and installed himself as its chief patron, while Summers — fresh off his contro...

Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton were a lot closer than most people know or understand. From all kinds of financial "donations" to Clinton, to visits to various properties to being invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding, you'd have to be blind or playing serious partisan politics to not see how deep the ties run between the Clinton's and Epstein and Maxwell. Yet, there has not been no serious invest...

Jeffrey Epstein earned the reputation as the proverbial king of slime because he thrived in the moral runoff of elite power, operating where money, secrecy, and exploitation overlapped. He attached himself to institutions, governments, financiers, academics, and royalty not through merit, but through usefulness, insinuation, and leverage. Epstein cultivated access by positioning himself as a fixer...

Les Wexner was one of the most important figures in Jeffrey Epstein’s rise from relatively obscure money manager to extraordinarily wealthy and well-connected financier. Epstein became deeply involved in Wexner’s financial affairs in the 1980s and was eventually granted sweeping power of attorney over the retail billionaire’s assets, an extraordinary level of trust that gave Epstein access, legiti...