Epstein Chronicles: The Archives

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that FirstBank Puerto Rico and its parent company, First BanCorp, must face most of a lawsuit accusing the bank of helping sustain Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation for more than two decades. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff rejected the bank’s effort to dismiss the central claim brought under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, allowing survivor Juli...

Judge Paul Engelmayer rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s attempt to overturn her conviction and 20-year prison sentence, dismantling the arguments she raised in a sprawling petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Maxwell claimed that newly released Epstein-related records, alleged prosecutorial misconduct, false testimony and withheld evidence demonstrated that her trial had resulted in a miscarriage of justic...

Judge Paul Engelmayer rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s attempt to overturn her conviction and 20-year prison sentence, dismantling the arguments she raised in a sprawling petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Maxwell claimed that newly released Epstein-related records, alleged prosecutorial misconduct, false testimony and withheld evidence demonstrated that her trial had resulted in a miscarriage of justic...

Judge Paul Engelmayer rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s attempt to overturn her conviction and 20-year prison sentence, dismantling the arguments she raised in a sprawling petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Maxwell claimed that newly released Epstein-related records, alleged prosecutorial misconduct, false testimony and withheld evidence demonstrated that her trial had resulted in a miscarriage of justic...

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has called for a formal investigation into how the Justice Department handled the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, arguing that the department may not have fully complied with the law requiring the disclosure of those files. The lawmakers asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct an independent review of the process used to coll...

New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and his siblings are moving to transfer their remaining ownership stake in the NFL franchise to trusts controlled by their children following renewed scrutiny over Tisch’s past association with Jeffrey Epstein. The move comes after newly released Epstein documents revealed hundreds of references to Tisch, including emails from 2013 in which Epstein allegedly di...

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse are continuing to speak out as more documents tied to his network come to light, describing the lasting psychological damage and the years of silence that followed their exploitation. One survivor, Joanna Harrison, explained that going public is not about attention but about reclaiming control after years of trauma and suppression. Others described experiences...

The uncovered emails show that the son of a Democratic senator had direct communication with Jeffrey Epstein and at one point expressed interest in bringing Epstein into his investment fund. The exchanges suggest that Epstein was viewed as a valuable financial contact, with the senator’s son indicating he enjoyed their discussions and saw potential benefit in a professional relationship. The tone...

Amanda Ungaro, a former Brazilian model and former partner of Paolo Zampolli, claimed in a deleted online recording that Melania Trump knew Jeffrey Epstein before she met Donald Trump and that Epstein, not Zampolli, was the person who introduced the couple. The allegations also point to a reported 2019 FBI proffer interview in which a former Epstein assistant allegedly said Epstein introduced Mela...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s claims that her trial was unfair collapse under even minimal scrutiny. Multiple courts, a jury, and an extensive evidentiary record all reached the same conclusion: she was not a peripheral figure but a central facilitator in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse network. Her conviction was the product of years of investigation, corroborated witness testimony, and documented patterns of beha...

A cybersecurity breach exposed files connected to the FBI’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein after a hacker gained unauthorized access to a server at the FBI’s New York Field Office in February 2023. The intrusion occurred at the bureau’s Child Exploitation Forensic Lab when a server used to handle digital evidence was accidentally left vulnerable by an FBI special agent navigating internal proced...

​The document titled "Maxwell Petition" is a legal filing submitted by Ghislaine Maxwell's legal team, seeking a writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court. In this petition, Maxwell challenges the decisions of the lower courts regarding her conviction and sentencing related to charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy. Her attorneys argue that the trial court made significant errors,...

​The document titled "Maxwell Petition" is a legal filing submitted by Ghislaine Maxwell's legal team, seeking a writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court. In this petition, Maxwell challenges the decisions of the lower courts regarding her conviction and sentencing related to charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy. Her attorneys argue that the trial court made significant errors,...

​The document titled "Maxwell Petition" is a legal filing submitted by Ghislaine Maxwell's legal team, seeking a writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court. In this petition, Maxwell challenges the decisions of the lower courts regarding her conviction and sentencing related to charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy. Her attorneys argue that the trial court made significant errors,...

A former inmate who served time with Ghislaine Maxwell at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee claimed Maxwell was widely disliked by both prisoners and staff and frequently clashed with others over her behavior inside the facility. The former inmate, who used a pseudonym while speaking publicly about her time in prison, said Maxwell often acted entitled and ignored normal prison ro...

Several Brazilian women have come forward describing how a modeling recruiter connected to Jeffrey Epstein allegedly attempted to recruit them while they were teenagers pursuing careers in the fashion industry. According to accounts gathered by journalists, French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a longtime associate of Epstein, approached young women in Brazil and other parts of South America with...

Polish prosecutors have opened a formal investigation into potential links between Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network and activities connected to Poland after newly released U.S. documents suggested the possibility that victims may have been recruited there. Authorities from the National Prosecutor’s Office said the probe will examine suspected human trafficking that may have occurred between 2...

Documents released in the Justice Department’s Epstein files include an FBI interview in which a woman described unusual statements Jeffrey Epstein allegedly made about fathering a child. According to the account recorded by investigators, the woman said Epstein showed her a photograph of a blonde woman displayed inside his Manhattan mansion and told her the woman was the “mother of his child.” Th...

French authorities have launched a corruption investigation centered on Fabrice Aidan, a former French diplomat whose name surfaced in more than 200 documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein. As part of that probe, investigators searched the Paris offices of the Swiss private bank Edmond de Rothschild, where Aidan worked after his diplomatic career. The documents include emails Aidan allegedly sent betwee...

a sworn statement given by Juan Alessi to Palm Beach law enforcement during the early phase of the Epstein investigation. In that statement, Alessi describes his role as the house manager at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence and recounts that young girls regularly came to the home to provide “massages.” He stated that these visits were frequent and routine, and that over time he noticed the girls app...

a sworn statement given by Juan Alessi to Palm Beach law enforcement during the early phase of the Epstein investigation. In that statement, Alessi describes his role as the house manager at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence and recounts that young girls regularly came to the home to provide “massages.” He stated that these visits were frequent and routine, and that over time he noticed the girls app...

The Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant Governor John de Jongh Jr.'s Motion to Dismiss, Transfer, and/or Strike is a legal document filed by the defense team to argue for the dismissal, transfer, or striking of the claims against the former governor. The memorandum provides a detailed legal basis for these motions, typically addressing procedural and substantive issues in the case. Key Point...

The Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant Governor John de Jongh Jr.'s Motion to Dismiss, Transfer, and/or Strike is a legal document filed by the defense team to argue for the dismissal, transfer, or striking of the claims against the former governor. The memorandum provides a detailed legal basis for these motions, typically addressing procedural and substantive issues in the case. Key Point...

The Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant Governor John de Jongh Jr.'s Motion to Dismiss, Transfer, and/or Strike is a legal document filed by the defense team to argue for the dismissal, transfer, or striking of the claims against the former governor. The memorandum provides a detailed legal basis for these motions, typically addressing procedural and substantive issues in the case. Key Point...

The Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant Governor John de Jongh Jr.'s Motion to Dismiss, Transfer, and/or Strike is a legal document filed by the defense team to argue for the dismissal, transfer, or striking of the claims against the former governor. The memorandum provides a detailed legal basis for these motions, typically addressing procedural and substantive issues in the case. Key Point...