The Epstein Chronicles

Day two of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing focused heavily on prosecutors’ effort to connect Robinson to the Utah Valley University campus and to the physical evidence recovered after Charlie Kirk was shot. Investigators introduced additional surveillance footage they said showed Robinson moving around UVU before and after the shooting, while the State also turned to forensic evidence recover...

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...

Two anonymous Jeffrey Epstein survivors are asking a federal court to certify a class action on behalf of people whose images were allegedly acquired, produced, possessed or distributed as part of Epstein’s collection of child sexual abuse material. The lawsuit, filed September 15 in New York, says the named plaintiffs want to represent more than 40 identified people and potentially many more who...

Federal investigators are reportedly examining the Florida Science Foundation as part of the broader scrutiny surrounding longtime Jeffrey Epstein associates Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, focusing on whether the organization was used as another vehicle to facilitate Epstein’s continued access to women and girls. The foundation was created in 2007, during the same period Epstein entered into his...

A St. Croix attorney, Russell Pate, objected to a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve sexual assault and trafficking claims against Jeffrey Epstein’s estate and sharply limit future lawsuits tied to Epstein’s crimes. The proposed deal would cover claims dating from January 1, 1995, through Epstein’s death on August 10, 2019, while releasing the estate and its managers, Darren Indyk...

Ahead of Ghislaine Maxwell’s June 2022 sentencing, her lawyers tried to prevent several Epstein accusers from delivering victim impact statements, arguing that not everyone who had submitted a statement qualified as a “crime victim” under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act. The defense specifically objected to statements from four women and argued that sentencing should not become an unrestricted forum...

Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes did not fit neatly into any political party, ideology or partisan narrative. His network included wealthy and influential people from across the political spectrum, along with figures from finance, academia, royalty, business and entertainment. That breadth is one of the reasons efforts to reduce the Epstein story to a weapon against one party or faction have always missed...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense rested its case on December 17, 2021, after calling only a handful of witnesses and choosing not to put Maxwell herself on the stand. Before the defense concluded, Judge Alison Nathan questioned Maxwell directly outside the presence of the jury to make sure the decision not to testify was hers. Maxwell told the judge that it was, saying she had decided against taking th...

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 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...

Day two of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing focused heavily on prosecutors’ effort to connect Robinson to the Utah Valley University campus and to the physical evidence recovered after Charlie Kirk was shot. Investigators introduced additional surveillance footage they said showed Robinson moving around UVU before and after the shooting, while the State also turned to forensic evidence recover...

Edmund Kemper, known as the “Co-ed Killer,” was an American serial killer who murdered 10 people in California, including his paternal grandparents, six young women, his mother and one of his mother’s friends. Kemper committed his first murders as a teenager in 1964, killing his grandparents before being sent to a psychiatric facility. He was released in 1969, and between 1972 and 1973 he began ta...

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...

Judge Alison Nathan handled the controversy surrounding juror Scotty David in a notably transparent way once questions emerged about inaccurate answers on his jury questionnaire. After David publicly disclosed that he had been sexually abused as a child, despite answering “no” to questions asking whether he or someone close to him had experienced sexual abuse, Nathan ordered a public hearing to de...

The grand jury played a central role in turning the federal investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell into a criminal prosecution. On June 29, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a sealed indictment charging Maxwell with conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to recruit and groom underage girls, transporting minors for illegal sexual activity and committing perjury during earlier civil depositions. Because of t...

The police investigation surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has continued to broaden as Thames Valley Police pursue allegations tied to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and his conduct while serving as a senior royal. Andrew was arrested in February 2026 on suspicion of misconduct in public office, and investigators have since appealed directly for witnesses and potential victims to come...

Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes were sustained by a network of people who helped create the conditions that allowed him to operate across multiple cities and countries for years. In Palm Beach, recruiters brought young girls into his orbit, employees managed access to his home and schedule, and professionals around him handled the legal, financial and logistical machinery that kept his life running even...

The 2019 New York federal grand jury transcripts capture the final prosecutorial push that led to the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein on sex-trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York. The transcripts reflect prosecutors laying out a sweeping pattern of alleged conduct, including the recruitment and exploitation of underage girls, the use of intermediaries, and the systematic nature of the...

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 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...

When Jeffrey Dahmer was finally caught in 1991, his confessions to detectives revealed the full horror of his crimes. He admitted in chilling detail that he had lured men and boys back to his apartment, where he drugged, strangled, and dismembered them. He described how he kept body parts as trophies, including skulls and bones, and in some cases engaged in acts of necrophilia and cannibalism. His...

JP Morgan has responded to the U.S. Virgin Islands' (USVI) motion to strike several of its affirmative defenses in the ongoing lawsuit related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operations. The bank argues that these defenses are crucial to demonstrate the alleged complicity of the USVI government in enabling Epstein’s activities. JP Morgan contends that high-ranking USVI officials, including fo...