The Epstein Chronicles

A former Epstein assistant identified as “Anya” describes how she was drawn into his orbit through a modeling contact in Paris and promises that he could advance her career. Instead, she says Epstein gradually built what she calls an “ecosystem of abuse,” housing roughly a dozen female assistants, controlling their money, healthcare and employment, demanding constant availability and repeatedly se...

A former Epstein assistant identified as “Anya” describes how she was drawn into his orbit through a modeling contact in Paris and promises that he could advance her career. Instead, she says Epstein gradually built what she calls an “ecosystem of abuse,” housing roughly a dozen female assistants, controlling their money, healthcare and employment, demanding constant availability and repeatedly se...

The FBI’s Epstein-related accountability problem stretches back to at least 1996, when Maria Farmer reported allegations involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and the exploitation of underage girls. The complaint was documented, yet no prosecution followed, and Epstein was allowed to continue operating for years before Palm Beach police opened a new investigation in 2005. Even after the FBI...

Leon Black has tried to portray his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as primarily professional, limited to sophisticated tax and estate-planning work, while insisting that he knew nothing about Epstein’s criminal activities and eventually realized Epstein had deceived and overcharged him. The record, however, points to a relationship that was far more extensive and personal than that description...

The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report into Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) presents a disturbing portrait of federal cowardice, systemic failures, and deliberate abdication of prosecutorial duty. Instead of zealously pursuing justice against a serial predator with dozens of underage victims, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District...

The class-action lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase was brought on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein survivors who alleged that the bank knowingly benefited from and helped sustain Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation by continuing to provide him with essential financial services despite years of obvious warning signs. The survivors argued that JPMorgan was not merely a passive bank that happened to hold Epste...

A former senior Foreign Office official told lawmakers that he was instructed to move ahead with appointing Peter Mandelson despite raising concerns during the vetting process, including issues connected to Mandelson’s associations and the potential political fallout. According to his testimony, he was effectively told to “get on with it,” signaling that the decision had already been made at highe...

Prince Andrew was effectively pushed out of Pitch@Palace, the entrepreneurship initiative he founded to connect startup founders with investors, after his disastrous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview about Jeffrey Epstein. The interview intensified scrutiny of Andrew’s relationship with Epstein and triggered an exodus of corporate sponsors, including KPMG, Standard Chartered and Barclays. With the init...

Tyler Robinson’s father, Matthew Robinson, has continued operating the family’s successful stone and marble business in St. George, Utah, while his son awaits trial for the alleged murder of Charlie Kirk. The company reportedly relies on word-of-mouth advertising and longstanding relationships with local contractors, many of whom have continued doing business with the family despite the criminal c...

Alan Dershowitz has spent years presenting himself as a fearless defender of due process, loudly attacking Epstein survivors, journalists, and critics while insisting that he was eager to tell Congress his side of the story. Yet when the opportunity reportedly arrived for a transcribed interview about his role on Jeffrey Epstein’s legal team, the Florida non-prosecution agreement, and his public c...

Leon Black used his appearance before the House Oversight Committee to defend his long-running relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and explain the extraordinary $158 million he paid him between 2013 and 2017. Black maintained that the money purchased legitimate tax, estate-planning and family-office services that allegedly saved him between $1 billion and $2 billion. He said Epstein deceived him abo...

Leon Black used his appearance before the House Oversight Committee to defend his long-running relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and explain the extraordinary $158 million he paid him between 2013 and 2017. Black maintained that the money purchased legitimate tax, estate-planning and family-office services that allegedly saved him between $1 billion and $2 billion. He said Epstein deceived him abo...

Virginia Roberts Giuffre named the men she said had abused her or participated in Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s trafficking operation long before the Epstein scandal became a worldwide obsession. Years before Epstein’s 2019 arrest, she had already provided names in sworn testimony, legal filings, interviews and communications with investigators, including Prince Andrew and other wealthy,...

Jeffrey Epstein used the modeling industry as both a recruiting pipeline and a layer of legitimacy, surrounding himself with agents, scouts and young aspiring models who could be brought into his orbit under the promise of castings, introductions, travel or career opportunities. Many of these girls were teenagers, foreign nationals or newcomers with little money, limited support and an intense des...

Jes Staley asked a federal court to dismiss JPMorgan Chase’s third-party lawsuit against him, which arose from the class-action case brought by survivors who accused the bank of enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. JPMorgan sought to make Staley personally responsible for any damages it might owe, arguing that he concealed what he knew about Epstein, protected Epstein’s relationsh...

On August 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released redacted transcripts and audio recordings of a two-day interview it conducted in July with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring. During the interview, Maxwell denied ever seeing any inappropriate behavior by former President Donald Trump, describing him...

On August 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released redacted transcripts and audio recordings of a two-day interview it conducted in July with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring. During the interview, Maxwell denied ever seeing any inappropriate behavior by former President Donald Trump, describing him...

Prince Andrew reportedly used private access to Buckingham Palace as a way to impress women connected to Jeffrey Epstein, with one of the most striking attractions being the opportunity to sit on the monarch’s throne. Accounts have described Andrew leading unauthorized or highly unusual private tours through restricted areas of the palace, treating spaces associated with the Crown as though they w...

Vice President JD Vance said he wants further investigation into certain materials within the newly released Epstein files after encountering emails that he believed raised concerns. While speaking at a public event, Vance referenced a message mentioning “pizza and grape soda,” saying it reminded him of language associated with the “Pizzagate” misdirection. He stated that his reaction was that the...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s federal trial was originally scheduled to begin on July 12, 2021, but it was postponed after prosecutors filed a superseding indictment adding new sex-trafficking charges. Maxwell’s lawyers argued that the additional allegations significantly expanded the case and left them without enough time to examine the new evidence, conduct further investigations and prepare an adequate d...

People like Prince Andrew can use wealth, status and institutional access to create distance between themselves and the consequences that would quickly overwhelm an ordinary person. Money pays for elite lawyers, public-relations teams, private settlements and years of procedural resistance, while social position provides access to influential figures who can manage scandals rather than confront th...

Kathryn Ruemmler faced sharp bipartisan criticism after spending six hours answering questions before the House Oversight Committee about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Lawmakers said they did not believe she had been fully candid, particularly when she attempted to characterize their association as limited or professional. Democratic ranking member Robert Garcia said her answers did not a...

Lesley Groff told the House Oversight Committee that she worked for Jeffrey Epstein from February 2001 until July 2019 as his secretary/administrative assistant, handling scheduling, calls, travel coordination, calendars, and staff logistics. Her central position was that Epstein kept her separated from his criminal life, that she never witnessed abuse, never had a victim disclose abuse to her, an...

Lesley Groff told the House Oversight Committee that she worked for Jeffrey Epstein from February 2001 until July 2019 as his secretary/administrative assistant, handling scheduling, calls, travel coordination, calendars, and staff logistics. Her central position was that Epstein kept her separated from his criminal life, that she never witnessed abuse, never had a victim disclose abuse to her, an...

On August 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released redacted transcripts and audio recordings of a two-day interview it conducted in July with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring. During the interview, Maxwell denied ever seeing any inappropriate behavior by former President Donald Trump, describing him...