1 00:00:06,297 --> 00:00:09,377 DESCRIBED IN THE SERIES IN DETAIL - 2 00:00:09,467 --> 00:00:13,557 SEX OF MINORS ACCEPTABLE USE, 3 00:00:13,638 --> 00:00:16,468 WHICH MAY SHOCK SOME VIEWERS. 4 00:00:20,186 --> 00:00:21,306 Raise your hand. 5 00:00:21,396 --> 00:00:25,776 You swear you will truthful statement? 6 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:26,689 Yes, I swear. 7 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:30,609 Tell me your full name. 8 00:00:31,406 --> 00:00:33,446 Jeffrey Edward Epstein. 9 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:36,493 My home address is 6100 Red Hook Boulevard, 10 00:00:36,578 --> 00:00:38,198 US Virgin Islands. 11 00:00:38,413 --> 00:00:41,623 Do you currently own other residential apartments? 12 00:00:42,375 --> 00:00:44,705 I have vacation rentals in New Mexico, 13 00:00:46,046 --> 00:00:48,546 in Palm Beach, in New York and Paris. 14 00:00:50,967 --> 00:00:54,507 Have you ever been convicted of a crime? -Yes it is. 15 00:00:55,138 --> 00:00:57,638 What crime were you convicted of? 16 00:00:59,934 --> 00:01:01,314 On two charges. 17 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:05,324 Prostitution and minors attraction to prostitution. 18 00:01:09,611 --> 00:01:11,451 And did you commit the acts? 19 00:01:12,489 --> 00:01:14,279 I invoke the Fifth Amendment. 20 00:01:14,365 --> 00:01:17,865 How many times did you tempt underage prostitution? 21 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:19,084 Same answer. 22 00:01:19,162 --> 00:01:23,292 How many times did you tempt underage prostitution in Florida? 23 00:01:23,374 --> 00:01:24,424 Same answer. 24 00:01:24,501 --> 00:01:28,301 Have you attracted a minor? to prostitution in the Virgin Islands? 25 00:01:28,963 --> 00:01:29,803 Same answer. 26 00:01:30,965 --> 00:01:33,675 So, are you appealing? to the 5th amendment to the constitution? 27 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,470 Yes, I bet. 28 00:01:35,553 --> 00:01:38,523 Have you engaged in prostitution? in New York? 29 00:01:38,890 --> 00:01:39,810 Same answer. 30 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:43,563 Have you engaged in prostitution? In New Mexico? 31 00:01:43,978 --> 00:01:44,848 Same answer. 32 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:47,768 Have you engaged in prostitution? In Paris? 33 00:01:48,358 --> 00:01:49,228 Same answer. 34 00:01:49,317 --> 00:01:53,527 Have you attracted a minor? to prostitution anywhere? 35 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:55,410 After I invoke my rights. 36 00:01:56,366 --> 00:01:58,076 Let's take a break. 37 00:01:58,159 --> 00:02:02,459 Are you going to suspend issuing the certificate? -We're taking a break from giving it. 38 00:02:05,333 --> 00:02:07,883 NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY 39 00:03:05,226 --> 00:03:08,306 I'm Vicky Ward, an investigative reporter. 40 00:03:08,438 --> 00:03:14,108 I wrote a story about Jeffrey Epstein For Vanity Fair in 2003. 41 00:03:15,778 --> 00:03:19,028 I heard about Jeffrey Epstein long before - 42 00:03:19,115 --> 00:03:22,115 as I was asked to write about him. 43 00:03:22,452 --> 00:03:25,832 He was known in New York - 44 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:29,496 As a mysterious figure like Gatsby. 45 00:03:32,253 --> 00:03:36,973 He was very wealthy and good looking single man 46 00:03:37,425 --> 00:03:43,345 He was known to have earned a lot of money, but no one knew how. 47 00:03:44,849 --> 00:03:47,939 He claimed he would money affairs of the super rich. 48 00:03:48,394 --> 00:03:53,274 He was known to hang out with famous people, 49 00:03:53,691 --> 00:03:57,281 like Prince Andrew's and with Bill Clinton. 50 00:03:57,904 --> 00:04:01,704 He knew famous scientists, such as that of lawyer Alan Dershowitz. 51 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:08,540 Moreover, around him it seemed constantly being beautiful young women. 52 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:15,260 I knew Ghislaine Maxwell, who was Jeffrey's supposed girlfriend. 53 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:20,385 Ghislaine studied at Oxford. He is witty and funny. 54 00:04:21,052 --> 00:04:24,062 He was a good liaison for Jeffrey. 55 00:04:26,015 --> 00:04:31,055 Vanity Fair's editor-in-chief at the time Graydon Carter told me:- 56 00:04:31,312 --> 00:04:34,442 "I've been hearing talk for a long time of Jeffrey Epstein, 57 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:38,526 but no one knows anything about him." 58 00:04:39,362 --> 00:04:41,782 He asked me to write a story, 59 00:04:42,573 --> 00:04:46,663 which was intended describe only social circles. 60 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:52,671 However, there were warning signs in the air immediately. 61 00:04:54,544 --> 00:04:57,764 One of my sources said he knew a woman, 62 00:04:58,172 --> 00:05:03,432 who experienced something unpleasant while working with Jeffrey. 63 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:05,310 And what's worse, 64 00:05:05,388 --> 00:05:09,848 Jeffrey used the woman's younger sister for good when he was a minor. 65 00:05:10,685 --> 00:05:12,895 Maybe women want to talk. 66 00:05:13,563 --> 00:05:19,823 The newspaper story that had been the subject business research - 67 00:05:19,902 --> 00:05:24,372 unexpectedly went in a completely different direction. 68 00:05:36,627 --> 00:05:41,087 I started painting in my last year of college. 69 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:47,474 I devoted myself completely to painting. 70 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:55,309 I thought I was an Olympic athlete, who just worked and trained. 71 00:05:55,730 --> 00:06:00,230 I kept myself refreshed whenever I painted. 72 00:06:03,863 --> 00:06:07,453 This is my graduate school, New York Academy of Art. 73 00:06:07,533 --> 00:06:09,663 I graduated in 1995. 74 00:06:09,744 --> 00:06:15,044 On the evening of the graduation day an art exhibition is usually organized. 75 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:19,378 Dean of Student Affairs Eileen Guggenheim organized the exhibition. 76 00:06:23,716 --> 00:06:26,836 I decided to bring a triptych to the exhibition as well. 77 00:06:27,261 --> 00:06:31,221 I brought three paintings that formed Alice in Wonderland series. 78 00:06:32,475 --> 00:06:36,345 The exhibition went phenomenally well and my painting was sold immediately. 79 00:06:37,563 --> 00:06:40,273 The first painting was sold For $14,000 - 80 00:06:40,358 --> 00:06:43,488 and the other two were sold At $12,000 each. 81 00:06:43,903 --> 00:06:50,033 Of course I was excited until Eileen came to me. 82 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:54,287 Eileen practically twisted my arm and said:- 83 00:06:54,372 --> 00:06:57,542 “This couple to buy your painting. Do you understand?" 84 00:06:57,625 --> 00:07:00,495 I said the paintings have already been sold. 85 00:07:00,586 --> 00:07:05,716 He said that poor thing, but the paintings are sold to the couple. 86 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,430 They were benefactors of the institution. 87 00:07:08,511 --> 00:07:14,431 Eileen said: “Here are my good friends Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. 88 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:19,807 They'll be glad you're selling your painting for them at a discounted price." 89 00:07:20,064 --> 00:07:23,404 I got that night $6,000 instead of $12,000. 90 00:07:23,901 --> 00:07:27,451 Jeffrey Epstein said, that they will reimburse me. 91 00:07:28,781 --> 00:07:29,621 "No worries." 92 00:07:33,077 --> 00:07:37,577 I heard nothing from Jeffrey for a couple of months. 93 00:07:37,665 --> 00:07:41,875 One day he called and said, that he had work for me. 94 00:07:43,212 --> 00:07:46,592 Jeffrey had bought the palace off 71st Street. 95 00:07:47,550 --> 00:07:51,140 He said it was part of my new job description door monitoring. 96 00:07:51,220 --> 00:07:56,560 I was supposed to supervise those coming in interior designers and visitors. 97 00:07:58,269 --> 00:08:03,269 One day Jeffrey Epstein asked how many siblings did i have 98 00:08:03,357 --> 00:08:05,647 I told about my two sisters. 99 00:08:06,068 --> 00:08:09,738 I told him that my sister Annie was really smart. 100 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:14,872 Annie had big dreams for her career and he wanted to go to an Ivy League university. 101 00:08:16,579 --> 00:08:20,369 I was 16 years old and in the first grade of high school. 102 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:23,463 Maria lived in Manhattan. 103 00:08:23,544 --> 00:08:28,844 He said he got a good job From Jeffrey Epstein. 104 00:08:28,925 --> 00:08:31,835 Epstein wanted to help me somehow. 105 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:37,642 He suggested that I should to go abroad. 106 00:08:37,725 --> 00:08:40,935 Trip to Thailand and Vietnam would bring important experience, 107 00:08:41,020 --> 00:08:43,810 with which I could get to a high-quality school. 108 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:47,358 Jeffrey promised to pay for the trip. 109 00:08:47,443 --> 00:08:52,073 The trip sounded really expensive at the time. 110 00:08:52,782 --> 00:08:55,492 I was grateful for his offer. 111 00:09:03,626 --> 00:09:07,916 The trip was supposed to be organized in July, so he suggested 112 00:09:08,005 --> 00:09:12,255 that I would go see him and Ghislaine Maxwell - 113 00:09:12,468 --> 00:09:14,598 to their ranch in New Mexico. 114 00:09:15,429 --> 00:09:20,309 My mother thought I would meet for a visit other students, 115 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:23,353 who were leaving for similar trips. 116 00:09:24,564 --> 00:09:28,944 When I arrived at the ranch, I noticed being alone with them. 117 00:09:30,111 --> 00:09:32,411 They showed me places. 118 00:09:32,488 --> 00:09:35,618 It felt like they showed off their assets - 119 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:38,870 to gain respect. 120 00:09:41,372 --> 00:09:47,002 Ghislaine was interested in whether there was a professional massaged me before. It wasn't. 121 00:09:47,753 --> 00:09:52,763 They took it like this, that I was lucky to get a massage. 122 00:09:57,096 --> 00:09:59,176 Ghislaine asked me to undress. 123 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:01,805 The room had a table with a sheet on it. 124 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:07,654 In part, the massage was quite ordinary. 125 00:10:07,732 --> 00:10:13,152 Then he asked me to turn onto the back. 126 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:18,531 She pulled down the sheet, when my breasts came out. 127 00:10:19,827 --> 00:10:25,077 House layout and open doors so I knew Epstein saw me. 128 00:10:25,833 --> 00:10:32,303 I think the massage was inappropriate, especially when Ghislaine rubbed my chest. 129 00:10:34,967 --> 00:10:41,217 The scariest moment of the weekend was when Jeffrey came into my room in the morning. 130 00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:43,387 He wanted to cuddle. 131 00:10:45,227 --> 00:10:47,557 Jeffrey crawled into bed with me. 132 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,740 He touched me. 133 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:58,028 I don't remember how long it took, because my consciousness was lost at times. 134 00:10:59,742 --> 00:11:03,662 However, I remember coming up with that I had to go to the bathroom. 135 00:11:03,746 --> 00:11:07,996 I got out of bed, went to the bathroom and I closed the door. 136 00:11:08,918 --> 00:11:12,208 I was scared of what happened. 137 00:11:13,756 --> 00:11:15,716 Later I avoided it. 138 00:11:16,133 --> 00:11:20,143 I didn't tell my friends about what happened, To Maria or my family. 139 00:11:20,221 --> 00:11:23,811 I just thought I'd focus on the summer trip. 140 00:11:25,726 --> 00:11:27,806 I went to Thailand and Vietnam. 141 00:11:32,233 --> 00:11:34,153 Annie was on a course in Thailand. 142 00:11:34,235 --> 00:11:39,065 Jeffrey called me and said wanting to help me with my career. 143 00:11:39,448 --> 00:11:42,658 I was invited to an artist residency. 144 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:50,750 I was asked to Ohio where I would live in a 2,400 square meter house - 145 00:11:51,085 --> 00:11:52,745 Behind Les Wexner's house. 146 00:11:53,504 --> 00:11:56,264 I asked Jeffrey who Les Wexner was - 147 00:11:56,507 --> 00:11:59,337 and he answered: "He's a client and a good friend of mine. 148 00:11:59,427 --> 00:12:02,507 He's a billionaire who will do anything for me." 149 00:12:03,431 --> 00:12:08,271 I rented a van, because I took my painting supplies with me. 150 00:12:09,770 --> 00:12:12,440 I organized my things and started painting. 151 00:12:12,857 --> 00:12:16,527 The subject of my paintings was adolescence. 152 00:12:17,111 --> 00:12:19,951 They featured partially nude girls - 153 00:12:20,030 --> 00:12:24,030 filmed in intimate moments, in which there was nothing sexual. 154 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:28,120 My painting process starts from photographs, based on which I paint. 155 00:12:28,205 --> 00:12:31,205 My two sisters were models. 156 00:12:34,545 --> 00:12:37,045 Jeffrey and Ghislaine came to visit. 157 00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:42,641 Ghislaine looked for me in his arms in the evening. 158 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,640 He said Jeffrey wants to foot massage. 159 00:12:46,307 --> 00:12:48,137 There was a nasty feeling in the pit of my stomach. 160 00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:53,107 I didn't want to be ungrateful, but I thought the proposal inappropriate. 161 00:12:53,481 --> 00:12:56,611 I rubbed her feet for a while. 162 00:12:57,735 --> 00:12:59,565 He said, "Come here." 163 00:13:00,863 --> 00:13:04,373 He clapped beside him, to sit on it. 164 00:13:04,867 --> 00:13:07,367 Ghislaine sat on the other side of me. 165 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:10,657 Jeffrey started by doing this. 166 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:15,540 It felt weird and kind of mechanical. 167 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:17,248 Ghislaine did this again. 168 00:13:17,338 --> 00:13:20,548 They touched my chest in different ways. 169 00:13:22,218 --> 00:13:24,638 It felt wrong and I didn't like it. 170 00:13:25,971 --> 00:13:30,481 I started to tear up and Ghislaine whispered, that everything will be alright. 171 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:37,269 With his other hand, he stroked my hand and assured me that everything would be fine. 172 00:13:38,859 --> 00:13:44,569 I had left my body, and I was no longer involved in the moment. 173 00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:46,951 At some point - 174 00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:50,245 I was somehow able to throw myself off the bed. 175 00:13:51,455 --> 00:13:53,745 I fortified myself in my room. 176 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:57,843 I pushed furniture in front of the door and I hid in the room, 177 00:13:57,962 --> 00:14:00,552 until Jeffrey and Ghislaine had left. 178 00:14:03,759 --> 00:14:08,559 When I woke up, I went to see were the pictures of my sisters still there? 179 00:14:09,056 --> 00:14:11,476 Three photographs had been stolen. 180 00:14:11,934 --> 00:14:14,944 I was very scared, so I called Annie. 181 00:14:16,814 --> 00:14:22,444 Maria asked me, had something happened at the ranch? 182 00:14:22,736 --> 00:14:26,196 I told him I did uncomfortable situations, 183 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:28,282 but I didn't want to talk about it. 184 00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:33,407 I assured Annie they weren't they don't bother him anymore. 185 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:36,326 I was sad, that he had to experience it. 186 00:14:37,001 --> 00:14:43,341 I felt uncomfortable when I heard, that Jeffrey had photos of us. 187 00:14:44,341 --> 00:14:49,851 My younger sister's pictures worried me, because he was only 12 years old in the pictures. 188 00:14:51,015 --> 00:14:53,055 It was shocking. 189 00:14:55,185 --> 00:14:58,055 I found it shocking, that Jeffrey took the pictures, 190 00:14:58,397 --> 00:15:01,437 because we don't know what he needed pictures for. 191 00:15:02,276 --> 00:15:04,776 Maybe he uses them to masturbate. 192 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:12,826 Jeffrey called me the next day. 193 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:17,122 He tried to pretend that he had had fun. 194 00:15:17,791 --> 00:15:21,631 Just a show. I said it wasn't fun. 195 00:15:22,129 --> 00:15:25,129 He offered to give me whatever i want 196 00:15:25,215 --> 00:15:28,045 so as not to make a fuss about it. 197 00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:31,764 He offered me money and his help. 198 00:15:33,515 --> 00:15:36,515 I didn't say anything but I put the phone in my ear. 199 00:15:38,854 --> 00:15:41,654 When I returned to New York, 200 00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:44,612 i told the police everything what had happened. 201 00:15:44,693 --> 00:15:47,073 I said I had to victim of abuse. 202 00:15:47,154 --> 00:15:50,664 They said it doesn't belong to their domain, 203 00:15:50,741 --> 00:15:53,541 for the deeds were done Ohio and New Mexico. 204 00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:55,079 "Call the FBI." 205 00:15:56,372 --> 00:16:00,542 I called the FBI and made my case in detail. 206 00:16:00,834 --> 00:16:04,964 I said my report Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. 207 00:16:05,589 --> 00:16:08,759 I told everything and found out agent to believe me. 208 00:16:08,842 --> 00:16:12,052 I really believed he would start investigate the matter. 209 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:15,345 However, we heard nothing from them. 210 00:16:22,189 --> 00:16:27,649 The sisters were ignored for so long 211 00:16:27,736 --> 00:16:31,986 that they were afraid of giving an interview. 212 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:37,791 They dared not speak of it, what Jeffrey had done to them. 213 00:16:38,414 --> 00:16:43,044 They didn't think they could do anything to an influential man. 214 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:51,085 Reluctantly, after a family meeting, 215 00:16:51,593 --> 00:16:54,603 we decided to take the bull by the horns and talk about it. 216 00:16:57,307 --> 00:17:01,557 I was talking to my younger sister, who had been molested by Epstein. 217 00:17:01,645 --> 00:17:03,265 He lived in fear. 218 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:09,105 After telling our story to Vicky, 219 00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:13,284 Vanity Fair had to shows the writing to Epstein. 220 00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:17,285 He was asked to check the facts and to give their own point of view. 221 00:17:17,619 --> 00:17:19,959 Epstein returned his own version. 222 00:17:20,622 --> 00:17:23,882 According to him we were infatuated with him. 223 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:30,093 He claimed that our narrative was revenge for one-sided feelings. 224 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:37,887 He said, "Vicky, if I don't like the story, you and your family are not doing well." 225 00:17:38,766 --> 00:17:41,476 I had just gotten pregnant and I was expecting twins. 226 00:17:42,019 --> 00:17:45,689 He asked where I was going to give birth. To which he added:- 227 00:17:45,773 --> 00:17:50,243 "I know the doctors at all the hospitals. I'll figure it out, even if you don't tell. 228 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:51,949 If I don't like your article, 229 00:17:52,029 --> 00:17:55,699 I ask the witch doctor to curse your unborn children." 230 00:17:59,161 --> 00:18:03,671 I scared him just because of the conversation. 231 00:18:03,999 --> 00:18:05,749 I can only imagine 232 00:18:06,585 --> 00:18:10,375 how the women felt. 233 00:18:11,006 --> 00:18:13,216 Graydon called me. 234 00:18:13,801 --> 00:18:19,141 He was shocked to find out the severed head of a cat from his garden. 235 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:22,305 In addition, he found a bullet on his doorstep. 236 00:18:22,726 --> 00:18:26,056 Surprisingly, my editor-in-chief told me, 237 00:18:26,146 --> 00:18:29,316 that girls narrative will be removed from the article. 238 00:18:30,317 --> 00:18:32,817 I was upset and didn't understand the decision, 239 00:18:32,903 --> 00:18:35,703 for the girls put I brave everything. 240 00:18:36,532 --> 00:18:38,412 I was answered, 241 00:18:38,492 --> 00:18:42,912 that the girls are clearly a touchy subject for Epstein. 242 00:18:44,915 --> 00:18:48,535 I will never forget the words of Graydon Carter: "I believe in Jeffrey Epstein." 243 00:18:48,627 --> 00:18:52,207 THE TALENTED MR EPSTEIN 244 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:58,219 I bought an issue of Vanity Fair. 245 00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:01,973 There was a more open story in the newspaper "The Talented Mr. Epstein". 246 00:19:02,599 --> 00:19:06,349 His interest in girls not a word was mentioned. 247 00:19:08,313 --> 00:19:12,193 I think Jeffrey bribed Vanity Fair. 248 00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:20,084 “HE IS CONSTANTLY REVEALED NEW SIDES." 249 00:19:20,909 --> 00:19:24,619 The reason was said to be that the newspaper story was about business life. 250 00:19:24,955 --> 00:19:29,495 True, but like life the story was much more complicated. 251 00:19:29,543 --> 00:19:31,753 "HE LET YOU CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON." 252 00:19:31,962 --> 00:19:35,802 Former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair Graydon Carter released a statement. 253 00:19:35,883 --> 00:19:40,763 "Nti Ward brought his point of view too late, and the text did not meet our requirements." 254 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:43,016 I cried in public. 255 00:19:45,392 --> 00:19:51,402 I worked a lot for the article, and the girls were brave, but in vain. 256 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:57,784 The case provided further evidence that, 257 00:19:57,863 --> 00:20:01,583 that he had power and he could fix anything. 258 00:20:03,118 --> 00:20:07,868 The story of Jeffrey Epstein is an extreme example - 259 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:12,250 abuse of power and money. 260 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:18,180 None of us knew though, that the girls I interviewed - 261 00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:22,354 were only the tip of the iceberg. 262 00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:30,942 The situation in Florida was even worse. 263 00:20:43,450 --> 00:20:47,000 Jeffrey Epstein bought the mansion From Palm Beach in 1990. 264 00:20:48,830 --> 00:20:53,630 Epstein was nouveau riche. His roots were in Palm Beach, 265 00:20:54,044 --> 00:20:56,714 and he did not sail on the Intracoastal Waterway. 266 00:20:57,464 --> 00:20:58,804 He had enough money. 267 00:20:58,882 --> 00:21:03,682 With a large enough amount of money can buy yourself into clubs. 268 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:09,141 I learned truths from Palm Beach as a child. 269 00:21:10,394 --> 00:21:14,064 The place feels protective and from a kind of clan. 270 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:20,240 It's an isolated world, like an inward-warming society. 271 00:21:21,154 --> 00:21:25,034 The place is not just an area for the wealthy but an island. 272 00:21:25,450 --> 00:21:29,750 I think it has a psychological effect to rich people, 273 00:21:29,830 --> 00:21:32,790 who move to the island or have grown up there, 274 00:21:32,874 --> 00:21:35,964 or whose estates run in the family. 275 00:21:36,044 --> 00:21:41,264 Island safe and private one wants to preserve the atmosphere of one's own peace. 276 00:21:44,261 --> 00:21:46,721 Epstein was my neighbor. 277 00:21:48,432 --> 00:21:53,442 Why Jeffrey Epstein would you like to come here? 278 00:21:54,021 --> 00:21:57,191 We are at peace and on a secluded beach. 279 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:03,453 I came here in 2007. 280 00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:08,662 Then about Jeffrey Epstein not much was known. 281 00:22:09,578 --> 00:22:12,658 He was known to be amazingly rich. 282 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:17,085 Epstein lived life, which many only dream of. 283 00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:21,258 He owned a $15-20 million home in Palm Beach, 284 00:22:21,548 --> 00:22:24,468 one of New York's largest palaces, 285 00:22:24,551 --> 00:22:29,261 a huge apartment in Paris, private island in the Caribbean, 286 00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:31,888 a giant ranch in New Mexico, 287 00:22:32,309 --> 00:22:36,229 as well as a helicopter and two airplanes, one of which was a Boeing 727. 288 00:22:36,813 --> 00:22:38,233 AIRPORT NO PASSAGE 289 00:22:39,399 --> 00:22:43,199 Passenger planes land there. 290 00:22:43,737 --> 00:22:47,067 Private planes land on the west side of the airport. 291 00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:49,622 Jeffrey's planes were there. 292 00:22:50,744 --> 00:22:53,834 I was a reporter In Palm Beach for 25 years. 293 00:22:54,289 --> 00:22:56,169 I covered Epstein extensively. 294 00:22:56,249 --> 00:22:59,799 He was like a ghost, for no one saw or knew him. 295 00:23:01,630 --> 00:23:03,800 He had great success in the 80s. 296 00:23:04,091 --> 00:23:07,721 Many influential men trusted him with money matters. 297 00:23:10,972 --> 00:23:14,982 Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump were rich men from New York. 298 00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:18,480 They ended up living near each other to the area of the wealthy. 299 00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:22,194 They knew each other and Epstein frequented Mar-A-Lago. 300 00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:26,613 There's one going around these days quote from Donald Trump, 301 00:23:26,696 --> 00:23:29,026 which he may regret:- 302 00:23:29,116 --> 00:23:32,156 “I've known Jeff for 15 years. Great guy. 303 00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:35,214 He likes beautiful women as much as me. 304 00:23:35,330 --> 00:23:37,040 Many of them are young." 305 00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:40,245 Palm Beach is a small town. 306 00:23:40,335 --> 00:23:43,955 It is almost impossible to imagine living in that world - 307 00:23:44,047 --> 00:23:47,927 without hearing rumors about Epstein or without knowing 308 00:23:48,009 --> 00:23:50,299 that something bad is happening in his house. 309 00:23:57,018 --> 00:23:58,728 PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT 310 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:02,147 I'm Michael Reiter. I have lived here for 38 years, 311 00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:04,572 and in the police department for 28 years. 312 00:24:04,651 --> 00:24:09,611 I was the police chief of Palm Beach in the years 2001-2009. 313 00:24:10,198 --> 00:24:13,738 I met Jeffrey Epstein first time around 2001. 314 00:24:14,077 --> 00:24:15,997 He came to visit my office - 315 00:24:16,079 --> 00:24:20,169 and wanted to do for the police department donation of necessities, 316 00:24:20,250 --> 00:24:22,500 which was worth nearly $100,000. 317 00:24:23,128 --> 00:24:26,468 The visit was short and we rupped these and these. 318 00:24:26,548 --> 00:24:30,338 I got that image of him, that he was wealthy and private. 319 00:24:32,095 --> 00:24:37,425 Almost two years later we heard from his neighbors, 320 00:24:37,517 --> 00:24:42,727 that his house ransacked many young women. 321 00:24:43,607 --> 00:24:46,187 We found the activity suspicious, 322 00:24:46,276 --> 00:24:49,066 so we sent the police to interview them. 323 00:24:49,613 --> 00:24:52,203 We talked to four or five grown woman, 324 00:24:52,282 --> 00:24:56,162 who said doing office work for Mr. Epstein. 325 00:24:56,828 --> 00:25:01,878 They were adults, so no seemed to belong to the police. 326 00:25:07,422 --> 00:25:12,262 A parent of a young girl called the police station in 2005. 327 00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:19,179 Hello. -Hey, how are you? 328 00:25:19,267 --> 00:25:23,187 Good. I will call you back, although unfortunately I don't know why. 329 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,570 No problem. I called about the case, 330 00:25:25,649 --> 00:25:28,779 which happened to my daughter's side three weeks ago. 331 00:25:28,985 --> 00:25:33,405 He got into a fight at school and had over $300 in cash. 332 00:25:34,324 --> 00:25:38,204 I quizzed him about it and it dawned on me 333 00:25:38,453 --> 00:25:41,543 that they went to a man's house in Palm Beach. 334 00:25:41,748 --> 00:25:45,038 The girls gave the man a massage at first. 335 00:25:45,126 --> 00:25:48,506 He paid the girls for it. If the girls please him, 336 00:25:48,672 --> 00:25:50,802 he asks them to do more. 337 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,760 I didn't know if you were aware of that and is it already being investigated. 338 00:25:55,971 --> 00:26:01,021 I am hearing this for the first time and I need more information. 339 00:26:01,101 --> 00:26:04,651 Would your stepdaughter like come to give their statement? 340 00:26:06,314 --> 00:26:10,154 When a young person reports having been a victim of a sexual crime, 341 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:13,242 the police department takes the matter seriously. 342 00:26:14,114 --> 00:26:17,244 A parent was requested to bring the victim to the police department. 343 00:26:17,325 --> 00:26:19,485 A detective conducted an interview. 344 00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:26,418 We found the victim's account credible, so we started the investigation right away. 345 00:26:28,295 --> 00:26:31,715 The first victim was 14 years old at the time. 346 00:26:33,091 --> 00:26:37,011 Based on the interview, we found out, where the house was located. 347 00:26:37,804 --> 00:26:42,144 From the description given by the victim, it became clear that that it was Mr. Epstein. 348 00:26:44,519 --> 00:26:47,229 The investigation was postponed to the criminal investigation unit - 349 00:26:47,731 --> 00:26:50,441 partly because of the quality of the crime - 350 00:26:50,525 --> 00:26:55,525 and partly because Mr. Epstein was an influential person. 351 00:26:57,115 --> 00:26:59,775 The investigation was led by Joe Recarey. 352 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,540 Unfortunately, he died a couple of years ago. 353 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:07,002 He believed at the time, that there were more victims. 354 00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:11,383 He contacted them and listened to their stories. 355 00:27:13,214 --> 00:27:18,474 Thanks for coming to chat with me. I want to emphasize that you will not get into trouble. 356 00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:22,268 How did you meet Mr. Epstein? -Through a friend. 357 00:27:22,515 --> 00:27:24,345 About two years ago. 358 00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:27,939 Is that when you met for the first time? -Yes. 359 00:27:28,563 --> 00:27:30,073 You were 17 at the time. 360 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:32,857 What did he want you to do? 361 00:27:33,943 --> 00:27:35,903 I had to give a massage. -Clear. 362 00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:39,115 During the massage, did she ask - 363 00:27:41,451 --> 00:27:43,541 you to take off your pants? 364 00:27:45,246 --> 00:27:46,076 Yes. 365 00:27:47,123 --> 00:27:50,293 Each victim's story was the same. 366 00:27:50,752 --> 00:27:55,092 They thought they were giving a massage, for so they were told. 367 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:59,007 Thus they were lured into the house for a small compensation. 368 00:27:59,094 --> 00:28:02,064 What else happened during the massage? 369 00:28:02,138 --> 00:28:05,138 He took off his towel and began to satisfy himself. 370 00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:06,845 I was extremely annoyed. 371 00:28:07,227 --> 00:28:10,187 I wanted to leave right away. -Clear. 372 00:28:12,399 --> 00:28:16,739 Our biggest concern was, that the operation should continue. 373 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,860 That's why we started monitoring right away. 374 00:28:20,949 --> 00:28:22,579 We monitored the airport - 375 00:28:25,286 --> 00:28:26,116 and a house. 376 00:28:27,997 --> 00:28:32,087 We found more victims, who told us about other victims - 377 00:28:32,377 --> 00:28:37,127 and through them we heard of others. The number grew in a geometric series. 378 00:28:38,591 --> 00:28:41,301 I understand that this is difficult for you. 379 00:28:42,387 --> 00:28:45,387 Take a deep breath. - I'll try. 380 00:28:46,141 --> 00:28:50,401 I didn't know I would be alone with him. I thought I was going to die. 381 00:28:52,147 --> 00:28:55,777 Did you have sex with him? -Yes. 382 00:28:57,861 --> 00:29:02,911 After a couple of months we were afraid, that there would be a huge number of victims. 383 00:29:08,788 --> 00:29:09,788 Raise your hand. 384 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:14,592 Do you swear to tell the whole truth? - I swear. 385 00:29:15,378 --> 00:29:17,918 Could you tell me your name? -Michelle Licata. 386 00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:26,221 I found a calendar from December 2004, when I met Jeffrey Epstein. 387 00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:30,136 I wrote down my first party, 388 00:29:30,226 --> 00:29:33,686 where I talked to some boy to three in the morning. 389 00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:38,612 The weekend before Christmas changed my whole life. 390 00:29:42,155 --> 00:29:44,315 Would you tell me in your own words, 391 00:29:44,407 --> 00:29:48,617 how you were introduced For a man named Jeffrey in Palm Beach? 392 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:52,041 My friend told me at school, 393 00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:55,791 that he knew a way to make money before Christmas. 394 00:29:56,753 --> 00:29:59,803 I didn't know what he meant but i agreed. 395 00:30:02,258 --> 00:30:06,718 I was a good kid. I thought my life was ordinary. 396 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:09,558 There were seven children in my family. 397 00:30:10,058 --> 00:30:11,138 Michelle Licata. 398 00:30:12,227 --> 00:30:14,647 I did well at school. 399 00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:17,402 I had a lot of friends. 400 00:30:18,608 --> 00:30:22,818 I was awarded in Huutosaki for good team spirit. 401 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:28,538 I was a normal teenage girl. 402 00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:31,623 What are we going to do? - Shopping! 403 00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:38,132 One day I got a note from my classmate in the middle of class. 404 00:30:38,211 --> 00:30:42,341 He asked if I wanted to earn some pocket money rubbing old men. 405 00:30:42,423 --> 00:30:45,593 It sounded strange to me, but i agreed. 406 00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:49,928 I had to go to an older man's house - 407 00:30:50,223 --> 00:30:54,063 and massage him for 45 minutes, so that I could get $200. 408 00:30:56,104 --> 00:30:57,984 How old were you? -I was 16. 409 00:30:58,648 --> 00:30:59,478 All right. 410 00:31:02,026 --> 00:31:05,486 The drive took at least 45 minutes. 411 00:31:06,197 --> 00:31:11,157 We drove the big and expensive looking one to the manor yard. 412 00:31:12,078 --> 00:31:14,208 In the yard my friend said, 413 00:31:14,289 --> 00:31:18,079 that when asked I must say I'm over 18 years old. 414 00:31:18,167 --> 00:31:21,497 He didn't think anyone would ask, but just in case. 415 00:31:25,466 --> 00:31:29,846 I had only been in the room for a couple of minutes, when the man entered. 416 00:31:31,139 --> 00:31:33,139 He went to lie on his stomach. 417 00:31:33,516 --> 00:31:35,936 He pointed to the massage creams and said, 418 00:31:36,019 --> 00:31:40,109 that I would start with a massage his legs. 419 00:31:40,189 --> 00:31:45,949 He turned around and started complimenting my appearance. 420 00:31:46,321 --> 00:31:48,871 He said I was beautiful. 421 00:31:49,699 --> 00:31:53,409 During my school days, I didn't like myself especially pretty. 422 00:31:54,287 --> 00:32:00,077 I had braces. Suddenly someone paid attention to me. 423 00:32:00,209 --> 00:32:04,839 He complimented me, though never thought of myself that way. 424 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:12,806 Then he grabbed me by the hips - 425 00:32:13,056 --> 00:32:16,056 and moved me to be able to look at me better. 426 00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:20,859 He asked me to undress my shirt and pants. 427 00:32:21,230 --> 00:32:24,150 He asked me to undress to my underwear. 428 00:32:24,317 --> 00:32:29,487 I started thinking about what would happen, if i tried to leave - 429 00:32:30,406 --> 00:32:33,446 or prohibit him from doing so. 430 00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:35,948 How could you get out of there? 431 00:32:36,037 --> 00:32:39,957 Did he have a hidden gun, who was going to pull out? 432 00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:45,875 As a young girl, I obeyed adults. 433 00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:49,014 I did what I was told. 434 00:32:50,385 --> 00:32:54,255 Then he grabbed my thigh - 435 00:32:55,306 --> 00:32:57,516 and masturbate at the same time. 436 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,610 He tried to rub my crotch. 437 00:33:03,398 --> 00:33:04,228 Clear. 438 00:33:06,734 --> 00:33:10,954 That's when I noticed 439 00:33:11,030 --> 00:33:14,030 how scared I really was. 440 00:33:14,450 --> 00:33:18,250 I just wanted it to be over soon. 441 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:22,920 Everything felt unreal. I couldn't believe it. 442 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:28,971 I thought he was a scary and sick man. 443 00:33:31,175 --> 00:33:32,295 I thought he was... 444 00:33:33,636 --> 00:33:37,766 I can still picture his face. 445 00:33:39,183 --> 00:33:43,233 I backed away from him and said, that I don't want to do it. 446 00:33:43,938 --> 00:33:47,278 I got scared. I hesitated and was afraid a lot. 447 00:33:48,985 --> 00:33:53,235 The man acted wrongly, as I explained before for you and your mother. 448 00:33:54,490 --> 00:33:55,320 Clear. 449 00:33:57,535 --> 00:34:00,455 I want you to understand that. 450 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:10,550 When he was done, he wrapped towel around him and said: - 451 00:34:10,631 --> 00:34:14,341 “There's $200 in there. I would like to see you again.” 452 00:34:14,427 --> 00:34:17,387 Outwardly I seemed agreeable, 453 00:34:17,513 --> 00:34:23,193 but I thought in my mind, that I will never return to the house again. 454 00:34:23,269 --> 00:34:29,359 I went downstairs and I felt taken advantage of. 455 00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:35,362 I felt like a dirty person. 456 00:34:37,575 --> 00:34:40,825 Before Epstein, I was... 457 00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:45,078 I was... 458 00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:49,593 I was - 459 00:34:50,671 --> 00:34:52,511 quite different. 460 00:35:00,807 --> 00:35:04,977 A long time ago I saw myself - 461 00:35:05,812 --> 00:35:08,482 as a kind of flower. 462 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:14,322 As one that was about to burst into flower. 463 00:35:15,363 --> 00:35:18,243 Afterwards it felt like 464 00:35:19,033 --> 00:35:21,703 that someone just - 465 00:35:22,829 --> 00:35:24,499 pick a flower from the ground, 466 00:35:25,248 --> 00:35:30,338 tear it up by the roots and trampled to pieces. 467 00:35:34,882 --> 00:35:39,012 I understand that it was difficult for you chat with me today. 468 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:43,391 Do you have anything to add to the statement? -No. 469 00:35:44,183 --> 00:35:48,353 Alright, I'll end the interview at 5:25 p.m. 470 00:35:58,531 --> 00:36:01,911 Many of the girls were brought over the bridge from the mainland, 471 00:36:01,993 --> 00:36:03,413 from West Palm Beach. 472 00:36:03,786 --> 00:36:06,746 There is on the other side of the bridge a different world. 473 00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:14,417 Like other coastal communities Workers live in West Palm Beach. 474 00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:17,589 The area is not necessarily wealthy. 475 00:36:19,093 --> 00:36:20,303 It's a reality. 476 00:36:20,761 --> 00:36:24,431 Some live in modest conditions - 477 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,600 and some residents family life is broken. 478 00:36:28,769 --> 00:36:30,859 Palm Beach is like the Wonderland of Oz. 479 00:36:31,147 --> 00:36:34,897 You can't experience it in West Palm such a world. 480 00:36:40,781 --> 00:36:44,331 My name is Shawna Rivera. This is my childhood home. 481 00:36:47,205 --> 00:36:52,535 We often sat outside. We had a hammock on the porch. 482 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:54,881 This was my room. 483 00:36:55,671 --> 00:36:59,761 When I first met Jeff, my friend came to visit - 484 00:37:01,344 --> 00:37:03,804 and pick me up here at Jeff's. 485 00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:06,392 After this street - 486 00:37:07,350 --> 00:37:10,310 there's a channel over there and behind it caravan site. 487 00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:12,524 My friend walked here - 488 00:37:13,147 --> 00:37:14,937 and persuaded me to join him. 489 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:19,822 My childhood was not good. 490 00:37:21,489 --> 00:37:24,869 I ran away from home for two years. 491 00:37:26,786 --> 00:37:30,036 My mother used drugs heavily throughout my life. 492 00:37:30,957 --> 00:37:33,577 My father went to prison when I was three years old. 493 00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:37,760 When I was 10 years old, father was released from prison. 494 00:37:38,798 --> 00:37:45,258 At some point my father had a girlfriend, who had children. 495 00:37:45,346 --> 00:37:49,176 The children had clearly been abused in the past. 496 00:37:49,684 --> 00:37:55,444 I think it was about a week after my 12th birthday - 497 00:37:55,523 --> 00:38:00,033 my father and his female friends abused me to the death of the woman's 8-year-old son - 498 00:38:01,821 --> 00:38:02,781 in front of my eyes. 499 00:38:03,656 --> 00:38:05,366 After that - 500 00:38:07,827 --> 00:38:09,037 I ran away from home. 501 00:38:10,329 --> 00:38:12,579 I lived in homeless shelters. 502 00:38:13,457 --> 00:38:16,377 My grandmother eventually got custody. 503 00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:20,550 I was 14 years old, when I met Jeffrey Epstein. 504 00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:28,262 My friend said he was going to a man's house. 505 00:38:28,764 --> 00:38:32,894 He asked me to come with him, because you couldn't go into the house alone. 506 00:38:33,227 --> 00:38:35,347 I agreed and left with him. 507 00:38:36,647 --> 00:38:40,067 I didn't know what would happen. I was just following my friend. 508 00:38:43,237 --> 00:38:47,657 After the bridge to Palm Beach luxury yachts are starting to appear - 509 00:38:47,742 --> 00:38:49,792 and huge mansions. 510 00:38:51,203 --> 00:38:55,253 I wasn't used to seeing that. 511 00:38:58,085 --> 00:39:02,835 We walked to the back door, where a young girl stood. 512 00:39:03,382 --> 00:39:08,722 He spoke with emphasis. I didn't know him but he knew my friend. 513 00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:13,811 We went to a room and the man entered. 514 00:39:14,435 --> 00:39:16,725 I thought he was rude. 515 00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:19,476 He greeted quickly and spoke on the phone. 516 00:39:20,149 --> 00:39:21,569 He went to lie down. 517 00:39:22,151 --> 00:39:26,201 My friend said we will a massage for a man. 518 00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:30,331 He added: "We need to take off our clothes." 519 00:39:31,827 --> 00:39:32,787 I didn't understand. 520 00:39:34,872 --> 00:39:37,422 I asked if mine here need to undress? 521 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:41,750 He replied that both of us must take off all our clothes. 522 00:39:43,297 --> 00:39:46,007 Me and my 14 year old friend - 523 00:39:46,092 --> 00:39:49,472 we gave to an older man as massage nudes. 524 00:39:51,013 --> 00:39:53,723 Then my friend said he was leaving. 525 00:39:53,808 --> 00:39:57,728 I didn't understand why the hell he wanted to leave me there 526 00:39:57,812 --> 00:40:00,192 I couldn't believe he left. 527 00:40:01,982 --> 00:40:04,822 Then the man asked how old I was. 528 00:40:05,611 --> 00:40:10,741 I told him I was 15 years old. 529 00:40:11,158 --> 00:40:12,988 Actually, I was only 14. 530 00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:15,326 He wasn't scared. 531 00:40:16,205 --> 00:40:19,415 He didn't seem to care about my age. 532 00:40:20,084 --> 00:40:21,634 Then he turned around. 533 00:40:22,169 --> 00:40:28,629 He wanted me to rub the cream his chest. 534 00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:32,560 She asked me to touch her nipples - 535 00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:36,767 and squeeze and pinch them as hard as I could. 536 00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:41,725 I remember standing still. 537 00:40:42,356 --> 00:40:45,276 The situation was strange and I didn't understand it. 538 00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:49,609 I couldn't fathom it. I wondered what the hell was going on. 539 00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:53,830 I was 14 years old and a virgin. 540 00:40:56,078 --> 00:41:00,078 It went on for a few minutes and the man finished himself. 541 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:05,380 There was money on the table, and the man urged me to take them. 542 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:08,093 I got dressed and left. 543 00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:10,216 I was ashamed. 544 00:41:10,593 --> 00:41:14,223 I didn't know how I would be could refuse. 545 00:41:20,102 --> 00:41:24,232 I don't remember how much of the first one it had been a while since my visit. 546 00:41:25,232 --> 00:41:29,492 One day I got a call at home. 547 00:41:30,362 --> 00:41:33,282 I had a taxi called, which would lead to Jeff. 548 00:41:33,949 --> 00:41:38,999 It was not explained in any way. I had to take a cab to Jeff's. 549 00:41:43,375 --> 00:41:48,085 I assumed I would get more money, if I went back to the house. 550 00:41:50,132 --> 00:41:54,182 I had no money, for my family was not wealthy. 551 00:41:56,347 --> 00:42:00,847 I didn't know at all how to deal with it. 552 00:42:00,935 --> 00:42:03,595 I think I started to act - 553 00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:07,815 with autopilot, because I was shocked by the situation. 554 00:42:09,401 --> 00:42:13,321 I was just trying to bite the tooth and get home soon. 555 00:42:15,824 --> 00:42:21,464 I couldn't say out loud, that it wasn't right or normal, 556 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:24,079 or that the man was sick. 557 00:42:24,750 --> 00:42:29,050 I visited him constantly for three or four years. 558 00:42:33,634 --> 00:42:37,144 ACCORDING TO POLICE, JEFFREY EPSTEIN ABUSES TEENAGE GIRLS 559 00:42:38,305 --> 00:42:41,385 I am a school psychologist and a mental health therapist. 560 00:42:41,976 --> 00:42:46,106 I have helped many victims of sexual trauma. 561 00:42:46,188 --> 00:42:50,938 When I first read I thought about the Jeffrey Epstein case, 562 00:42:51,026 --> 00:42:54,696 that his target were vulnerable girls. 563 00:42:55,155 --> 00:42:59,405 Sexual predation works exactly this way. 564 00:42:59,994 --> 00:43:04,464 The first step in attracting a child is the choice of a vulnerable victim. 565 00:43:04,540 --> 00:43:07,290 The financial situation of the victims is often weak - 566 00:43:07,501 --> 00:43:11,301 or they have already received sexual trauma. 567 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:15,010 The likes of Jeffrey Epstein sexual predators - 568 00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:19,432 know how to choose a victim, who needs something. 569 00:43:19,888 --> 00:43:23,308 They find out the need of the victim and use it to their advantage. 570 00:43:24,518 --> 00:43:31,478 Teenage girl and smart, narcissistic billionaire are a dangerous combination. 571 00:43:31,775 --> 00:43:35,235 The adolescent brain cannot - 572 00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:39,073 to understand what happened or react to it. 573 00:43:46,582 --> 00:43:50,462 We were frustrated because whatever some cooperated with us, 574 00:43:51,128 --> 00:43:55,588 most of the victims feared Epstein and did not want to press charges. 575 00:43:56,550 --> 00:44:02,600 They knew Mr. Epstein was influential and extremely wealthy. 576 00:44:02,681 --> 00:44:04,181 They were reluctant. 577 00:44:05,184 --> 00:44:08,904 We decided to talk to his subordinates. 578 00:44:11,982 --> 00:44:14,862 Good morning, is Mr. Alessi on the phone? -Yes. 579 00:44:14,943 --> 00:44:18,033 Hi, I'm Detective Joe Recarey from Palm Beach Police. 580 00:44:18,113 --> 00:44:22,833 I am investigating the case of your former employer, Against Jeffrey Epstein. 581 00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:28,620 I don't want to get into this, because I'm not a part of it. 582 00:44:28,707 --> 00:44:33,837 I understand, but you might have information that is helpful in the investigation. 583 00:44:35,422 --> 00:44:38,182 I don't want to get in trouble. 584 00:44:38,467 --> 00:44:42,387 I don't want Mr. Epstein sue me. 585 00:44:44,473 --> 00:44:47,943 Is Alfredo Rodriguez on the phone? -Yes it is. 586 00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:48,848 Good. 587 00:44:48,977 --> 00:44:53,857 I would like to talk to you about my research of the case involving Mr. Epstein. 588 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:55,230 All right. 589 00:44:56,402 --> 00:45:01,282 My biggest concern is girls, who worked for him. 590 00:45:02,658 --> 00:45:03,488 Or so. 591 00:45:04,076 --> 00:45:07,706 Can you tell me something about them? -He went to a lot of massage therapists. 592 00:45:07,788 --> 00:45:13,838 Epstein has a list of women, from whom you prefer to get a massage. 593 00:45:13,919 --> 00:45:16,549 He is massaged in the morning and in the afternoon. 594 00:45:16,630 --> 00:45:18,380 The massages were secret. 595 00:45:18,465 --> 00:45:22,755 I do not know what behind closed doors happened behind. 596 00:45:23,011 --> 00:45:26,181 It was part of my job description not to attract attention. 597 00:45:26,807 --> 00:45:28,807 Did you think the girls were young? 598 00:45:32,354 --> 00:45:34,194 You put me in a tough spot. 599 00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:42,951 The incident was one battle. 600 00:45:43,782 --> 00:45:46,032 His subordinates did not speak, 601 00:45:46,869 --> 00:45:49,329 so we disposed of his waste. 602 00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:54,537 We found the school certificate, which belonged to one of the victims. 603 00:45:56,170 --> 00:46:00,340 In addition, we found out that his messenger - 604 00:46:01,216 --> 00:46:07,256 took flowers to school, because one of the victims had been involved in the show. 605 00:46:09,183 --> 00:46:13,853 West Palm Beach has dozens of middle schools and high schools. 606 00:46:13,937 --> 00:46:17,067 There are thousands of children in the area and also private schools. 607 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,900 Schools changed as hunting grounds for a predator. 608 00:46:28,535 --> 00:46:32,495 Everyone is vulnerable in high school 16-17 years old. 609 00:46:32,873 --> 00:46:33,923 SURVIVED 610 00:46:34,208 --> 00:46:37,498 I went to this school, Royal Palm Beach High School. 611 00:46:37,628 --> 00:46:39,378 It was not a nice time. 612 00:46:41,256 --> 00:46:45,506 I'm Haley Robson and I met Jeffrey Epstein at 16. 613 00:46:46,970 --> 00:46:50,180 I grew up in West Palm Beach, and our family was big. 614 00:46:50,265 --> 00:46:51,675 I have two sisters. 615 00:46:52,643 --> 00:46:56,063 My father was a policeman and mother worked in a bank. 616 00:46:57,606 --> 00:47:01,526 I love horses I started riding when I was 11 years old. 617 00:47:02,110 --> 00:47:04,240 After a couple of years, I started competing. 618 00:47:04,446 --> 00:47:07,446 It was probably the happiest time of my life. 619 00:47:09,326 --> 00:47:13,156 I had already experienced trauma before I met Jeffrey Epstein. 620 00:47:13,872 --> 00:47:17,292 I was raped the summer before My 16th birthday. 621 00:47:18,293 --> 00:47:20,553 It was the first time I was with a man. 622 00:47:21,380 --> 00:47:22,590 He was 21 years old. 623 00:47:22,673 --> 00:47:24,513 I completely shut down. 624 00:47:25,467 --> 00:47:30,507 I started using drugs, drinking alcohol and I smoked marijuana. 625 00:47:31,557 --> 00:47:34,347 I just wanted to disappear. 626 00:47:37,855 --> 00:47:41,685 I was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein by a girl, who attended the same high school. 627 00:47:42,734 --> 00:47:47,454 He said he knew a man, who charges $200 for a massage. 628 00:47:48,657 --> 00:47:54,077 My first reaction and thought was, that it will help me get out of West Palm. 629 00:47:56,123 --> 00:47:58,633 We drove to the island of Palm Beach. 630 00:48:00,794 --> 00:48:07,514 We did not enter the house through the front door, but from the side door leading to the kitchen. 631 00:48:09,845 --> 00:48:13,135 A spiral staircase led to the upper floor. 632 00:48:13,807 --> 00:48:18,017 The first thing I noticed were the boards, for they caught my attention. 633 00:48:20,272 --> 00:48:21,692 There were a lot of nude photos. 634 00:48:22,649 --> 00:48:24,859 Nude statues and photos. 635 00:48:25,652 --> 00:48:27,282 I felt uncomfortable. 636 00:48:27,988 --> 00:48:30,528 Then I saw a picture of children. 637 00:48:31,533 --> 00:48:32,873 It wasn't normal. 638 00:48:35,329 --> 00:48:39,209 The massage started as a massage, until the man turned around. 639 00:48:40,125 --> 00:48:41,585 He was naked on the table. 640 00:48:42,502 --> 00:48:45,342 I remember being scared. 641 00:48:46,548 --> 00:48:49,838 The situation brought up unpleasant feelings. 642 00:48:51,929 --> 00:48:55,519 Was he attracted to you? -Yes, in inappropriate places. 643 00:48:56,934 --> 00:49:02,064 Did he use his hands? -Hands and some kind of vibrator. 644 00:49:02,689 --> 00:49:03,519 But I - 645 00:49:04,524 --> 00:49:06,234 I refused it. 646 00:49:08,403 --> 00:49:10,993 He tried to touch me inappropriately. 647 00:49:12,491 --> 00:49:13,741 I refused. 648 00:49:14,242 --> 00:49:17,662 I said I was uncomfortable and I don't want that to happen. 649 00:49:18,038 --> 00:49:21,418 At the same time, he started to offer something else. 650 00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:24,290 He understood that he cannot get his way and said:- 651 00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:28,835 "If you have friends, bring them here and you'll get $200." 652 00:49:29,466 --> 00:49:31,716 You would get paid for bringing a girl. -So. 653 00:49:31,802 --> 00:49:35,432 Did the girl who brought you know about massage? -He knew everything. 654 00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:40,187 How long did you work for Epstein? -For about a year. 655 00:49:42,396 --> 00:49:43,806 I recruited approximately - 656 00:49:45,190 --> 00:49:46,440 24 girls. 657 00:49:47,818 --> 00:49:49,698 Those girls brought others too. 658 00:49:50,862 --> 00:49:53,202 Clear. -It's like a chain. 659 00:49:53,615 --> 00:49:54,945 Was anyone a minor? 660 00:49:55,993 --> 00:49:57,083 Under 18? 661 00:49:57,744 --> 00:50:00,004 All of them. - Or so. 662 00:50:01,456 --> 00:50:05,836 I recruited my friends who I told half carelessly about it. 663 00:50:06,795 --> 00:50:09,165 We drove to his house together. 664 00:50:10,674 --> 00:50:13,804 I took them to the massage room and I went away myself. 665 00:50:14,469 --> 00:50:16,719 Sometimes I waited by the pool. 666 00:50:17,472 --> 00:50:20,932 When the girls left, Jeffrey came out to pay me. 667 00:50:22,436 --> 00:50:26,436 He asked what for me and my family belonged. 668 00:50:26,523 --> 00:50:29,823 He wanted me to believe that he was a caring friend. 669 00:50:32,821 --> 00:50:34,951 I talked to my boss for a while. 670 00:50:35,323 --> 00:50:36,913 That's why I'm here. -Clear. 671 00:50:40,037 --> 00:50:42,907 You have shown that you are involved in a crime. 672 00:50:42,998 --> 00:50:47,338 You have taken girls to someone's house because of prostitution. 673 00:50:47,878 --> 00:50:51,298 More significantly, one of the girls was 14 years old. 674 00:50:51,381 --> 00:50:54,631 That's a pretty serious second-degree felony. 675 00:50:56,887 --> 00:51:01,557 The criminal investigators gave me a hard time and at some point I started to cry. 676 00:51:01,933 --> 00:51:03,983 I was very scared. 677 00:51:04,061 --> 00:51:08,441 I was treated like I was Jeffrey's right hand man. 678 00:51:09,566 --> 00:51:11,936 What about the girl who recruited me? 679 00:51:12,277 --> 00:51:15,857 What happened to him? What about the girl who recruited him? 680 00:51:17,949 --> 00:51:21,039 I have blamed myself for a long time. 681 00:51:21,787 --> 00:51:24,957 I've been barking at myself and been hard on myself. 682 00:51:25,707 --> 00:51:29,207 I shouldn't feel guilty because I was 16 years old. 683 00:51:29,628 --> 00:51:30,878 Epstein was an adult. 684 00:51:31,505 --> 00:51:36,965 I shouldn't feel guilty because of him. 685 00:51:37,636 --> 00:51:41,216 I've never talked about it so openly. 686 00:51:42,349 --> 00:51:45,059 This brings the emotions to the surface. 687 00:51:51,691 --> 00:51:58,531 The girls who recruited others are victims of Jeffrey Epstein. 688 00:51:59,324 --> 00:52:01,994 They were cleverly manipulated. 689 00:52:03,495 --> 00:52:06,955 They felt special. 690 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:11,340 In addition, the girls were offered opportunities, 691 00:52:11,670 --> 00:52:16,760 with which they could to have a different life. 692 00:52:16,842 --> 00:52:20,892 The added benefit was that they didn't have to do anything sexual - 693 00:52:20,971 --> 00:52:22,641 with a middle-aged man. 694 00:52:24,641 --> 00:52:29,561 Jeffrey Epstein created the sexual exploitation pyramid scheme. 695 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:39,570 The investigation had continued for months. 696 00:52:39,656 --> 00:52:44,116 We understood that this was Mr. Epstein's lifestyle. 697 00:52:45,078 --> 00:52:48,498 He must have thought to never get caught. 698 00:52:50,333 --> 00:52:55,553 It was important for us to reach to Mr. Epstein's home. 699 00:52:55,630 --> 00:52:58,760 We wanted to look for more evidence - 700 00:52:58,842 --> 00:53:02,432 and confirm the information of the victims' accounts. 701 00:53:05,056 --> 00:53:06,726 We had to be careful. 702 00:53:06,850 --> 00:53:11,270 We didn't want to reveal to Mr. Epstein, that he was investigated, 703 00:53:11,354 --> 00:53:13,574 until we had solid evidence. 704 00:53:13,940 --> 00:53:14,900 HOME SEARCH LICENSE 705 00:53:14,983 --> 00:53:19,073 After seven months we finally decided 706 00:53:19,154 --> 00:53:21,454 that the time for the house search had come. 707 00:53:22,908 --> 00:53:26,368 OCTOBER 20, 2005 708 00:53:26,912 --> 00:53:29,922 Here, the search object is described apartment in - 709 00:53:29,998 --> 00:53:31,748 including its yard. 710 00:53:31,791 --> 00:53:33,131 HOME INVESTIGATION MATERIALS 711 00:53:33,585 --> 00:53:36,245 You will receive a list of goods, which we will include. 712 00:53:39,049 --> 00:53:44,679 We were totally surprised that what was found in Epstein's home. 713 00:53:50,393 --> 00:53:55,073 GHISLAINE MAXWELL DENIES EVERYTHING ALLEGATIONS MADE ABOUT HIM. 714 00:53:56,024 --> 00:53:57,864 Statement from Graydon Carter:- 715 00:53:57,943 --> 00:54:02,073 “Every article in Vanity Fair will be legally reviewed. 716 00:54:02,155 --> 00:54:07,325 Nti Ward brought his perspective too late and the text did not meet our requirements. 717 00:54:07,410 --> 00:54:10,500 In addition, he tells in the article incorrect information. 718 00:54:10,580 --> 00:54:14,830 If Epstein had brought charges, and we would have three witnesses, 719 00:54:14,918 --> 00:54:16,878 we would have published the article." 720 00:55:21,276 --> 00:55:23,106 Subtitles: Alma von Creutlein