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Contents of Epstein’s secret storage locker revealed: Sex slave manuals and photos of naked women
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Jeffrey Epstein filled a hidden storage unit with computers, pornographic magazines, VHS tapes and DVDs of teenagers and training manuals for “sex slaves,” among other items, according to an inventory of the locker obtained by The Telegraph.
The convicted sex offender retained several storage units for over 16 years, and allegedly hired private detectives to move items from his Florida property in an apparent attempt to evade law enforcement before a police raid in 2005.
Epstein’s unit appears to have evaded law enforcement scrutiny while the late financier remained under state and federal investigation. He pleaded guilty to state charges of procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute in 2008 under a controversial plea agreement that avoided federal charges.
The disclosure of the materials — which also include letters, 29 address books and a three-page list of local masseuses, according to The Telegraph — follows growing scrutiny into his crimes and alleged connections to a wider network of powerful figures in the wake of the release of millions of pages of documents stemming from investigations into the pedophile and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
By the time Palm Beach police raided Epstein’s mansion in 2005, most of the evidence they sought had disappeared. Three computers were missing, with only keyboards left behind.
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Documents obtained by The Telegraph suggest Epstein was paying private investigators to remove incriminating evidence from his home into lockers across Palm Beach County and elsewhere.
Credit card statements reveal that he began renting the lockers as early as 2003. He continued making monthly payments to at least one facility until 2019, the year he died while in jail awaiting trial on federal trafficking charges.
The “hidden” storage locker also contained nude photographs of people believed to be of Epstein’s victims, a 2005 calendar, greeting cards, laboratory results, and an 8mm video cassette tape containing footage of someone in the shower and a woman in lingerie, The Telegraph reported.
The contents of the “sex slave” manuals and other media allegedly contained in the lockers are unclear.
It was also not immediately clear whether the items were recovered by federal investigators building the case against him, or if they are subject to release under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Asked whether the materials are being reviewed by federal law enforcement or could be released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the FBI declined to comment to The Independent.
The Independent has requested comment from the Department of Justice .
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The Justice Department published millions of pages of files connected to the predator after blowing deadlines for the full disclosure of all documents in the possession of federal law enforcement.
The files contain thousands of emails, court documents, photos and videos, many of which include images or references to high-profile figures, including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, billionaire Elon Musk and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, among others.
Trump — Palm Beach’s most prominent resident whose name has appeared thousands of times in the files – socialized with Epstein throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Epstein once described himself as the president’s “closest friend.”
The president insists he cut ties with Epstein years before he was under investigation and has repeatedly characterized the files as a “hoax” perpetuated by Democratic officials to distract from his agenda. He has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing, and one’s appearance in the files does not suggest otherwise.
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Following the release of the files, British police arrested the former Prince Andrew and former U.K. ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, in probes tied to their connections to Epstein.
In the U.S., alleged co-conspirator Les Wexner, the billionaire former Victoria’s Secret CEO, testified to members of Congress that he was “conned” by Epstein as he denied wrongdoing in his association the disgraced financier.
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers resigned from Harvard University, billionaire Tom Pritzker stepped down from his role as executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corp, and former White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler resigned from Goldman Sachs after the release of the files.