The Vault: The Epstein Files

Les Wexner’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was not casual, fleeting, or peripheral. It was foundational. Wexner, the billionaire founder of L Brands and longtime head of Victoria’s Secret, handed Epstein extraordinary financial authority in the late 1980s, granting him sweeping power of attorney over his fortune—an almost unheard-of concession for a man with no formal wealth management credent...

There are a number of shocking and lurid messages, uncovered in court documents and police files, that tie Jean-Luc Brunel to Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network. One especially chilling note, seized by Florida investigators in around 2005, reportedly came from Brunel (or at least via Brunel’s associates) offering Epstein a “teacher” to give him “free lessons.” The message reads: “He has a teach...

Lamine N'Diaye, in his interview with the Office of the Inspector General, essentially tried to turn the Metropolitan Correctional Center into a scapegoat while positioning himself as a bystander to its failures. He leaned heavily on the narrative that the facility was already broken—staff shortages, overtime abuse, infrastructure decay—as if that somehow absolved him of responsibility rather than...

Lamine N'Diaye, in his interview with the Office of the Inspector General, essentially tried to turn the Metropolitan Correctional Center into a scapegoat while positioning himself as a bystander to its failures. He leaned heavily on the narrative that the facility was already broken—staff shortages, overtime abuse, infrastructure decay—as if that somehow absolved him of responsibility rather than...

Lamine N'Diaye, in his interview with the Office of the Inspector General, essentially tried to turn the Metropolitan Correctional Center into a scapegoat while positioning himself as a bystander to its failures. He leaned heavily on the narrative that the facility was already broken—staff shortages, overtime abuse, infrastructure decay—as if that somehow absolved him of responsibility rather than...

Lamine N'Diaye, in his interview with the Office of the Inspector General, essentially tried to turn the Metropolitan Correctional Center into a scapegoat while positioning himself as a bystander to its failures. He leaned heavily on the narrative that the facility was already broken—staff shortages, overtime abuse, infrastructure decay—as if that somehow absolved him of responsibility rather than...

Maria Farmer is an American visual artist who rose to public attention not for her artwork initially, but for being among the first whistleblowers to alert authorities about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. In 1996, while working for Epstein and Maxwell in New York, she was allegedly sexually assaulted by both. She went on to submit what is recognized as the first criminal complaint to the N...

Internal communications reveal that U.S. investigators were seeking to question Prince Andrew not merely as a cooperative witness, but as someone whose involvement warranted deeper scrutiny. The language used by officials suggests they did not view him as a peripheral figure, raising questions about why the public narrative consistently framed him as willing to assist while authorities appeared to...