July 9, 2025 • 23 mins
A deep-dive into the shroud of mystery and criminality of Jeffrey Epstein. How an unqualified teacher became the gatekeeper to the world’s most powerful and why his secrets still remain sealed. -- Readable version and source material is available at Autopsyofacrime.substack.com -- Thank you BetterHelp for supporting this podcast. My listeners can save 10% on their first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/Terin
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(00:02):
Hello, Clarisse. Welcome, welcome.
Welcome to Welcome back to Autopsy of a Crime.
Arguably, I'm crushing it with uploads lately.
I know I said in my last episodethat I wasn't quite sure what
the next episode would be about.However, as fate would have it,
(00:24):
we're talking about Jeffrey Epstein again.
Because exactly what is going onthis episode is going to be a
deep dive into the rise, the reach, and the outright rot of
Jeffrey Epstein. Because we're all curious how an
(00:46):
unqualified teacher became the gatekeeper to the world's most
powerful and why his secrets still remain sealed.
So let's get into it. When I partner with companies
(01:06):
for the podcast or the sub stack, it's really important for
me that I partner with companiesand brands that I believe in.
And that's why I'm so excited totell you about our sponsor,
Better Help. Better Help is the largest
online therapy platform, and youheard that right.
(01:30):
Online, it's completely virtual.Your therapist.
Is at the tips of your fingertips.
Getting to therapy or finding a good therapist can be so hard.
And we all have busy lives. We have work, we have kids,
maybe we're dog moms, and it canbe really difficult to find
(01:52):
someone that's in your network and someone whose office is
close enough that you can fit itinto your busy schedule.
Betterhelp eliminates all of that by taking just a quick
quiz. They can match you with a
therapist in as little as a few days, completely tailored.
(02:13):
To your needs. And what you want to focus on,
and you don't have to worry about who's in your network.
What the commute? Is going to be to this
therapist's office because it's entirely virtual and sometimes
therapy can be like dating. If the first.
Therapist you get matched with is not a good fit for you.
(02:34):
You can change therapist at no additional cost.
Better Help is there for you to help you feel better and enjoy
life because we all deserve. To be happy.
And taking care of our mental health is.
Just as important. As our beloved skin care
routine, even if you don't have insurance, you can still sign up
(02:55):
for better help. They actually offer special
discounts for those who are uninsured.
So really, there's no excuse. Take care of yourself.
And feel better. Listeners of Autopsy of a Crime
can save 10% on their first month of better help by visiting
betterhelp.com/terran. That's.
(03:17):
Betterhelp HELP. Dot.
Com. Forward slash T.
Erin. When the name Jeffrey Epstein
first made national headlines, it was wrapped in scandal, a
mysterious financiere with linksto billionaires, presidents,
(03:38):
scientists and royalty. Epstein's 2019 arrests on sex
trafficking charges felt like a long overdue reckoning.
But as new information emerges and old questions remain
stubbornly unanswered, his storyis increasingly less about
justice and more about power, silence and what lurks behind
(04:04):
closed doors. This is a case that resists
simplicity. The deeper you dig, the darker
it gets. Jeffrey Epstein was a man with
no credentials and too many connections.
Epstein's beginnings were unremarkable.
(04:26):
He was born in Brooklyn in 1953.He attended Cooper Union and
later New York University, but never completed a degree.
Despite his lack of formal education, he somehow landed a
job teaching math and physics atthe prestigious Dalton School in
Manhattan. This wasn't a coincidence,
(04:49):
though. Dalton's headmaster at the time,
Donald Barr, father of future Attorney General Bill Barr,
hired Epstein in 1974. It was an odd appointment, made
even more unsettling by allegations that Epstein behaved
inappropriately toward female students during his time there.
(05:12):
Dismissed from Dalton after justtwo years, Epstein made a leap
that defies explanation, quite frankly.
With no background in finance, he was hired by Alan Greenberg
at Bear Stearns, reportedly on arecommendation from a Dalton
parent. Within four years, Epstein rose
(05:36):
through the ranks before leavingunder vague circumstances.
He later claimed he struck out on his own to manage money for
billionaires only, a claim as unverifiable as it was
suspicious. No one ever fully understood
where Epstein's wealth came from.
(05:59):
The only publicly known client of his financial firm, J Epstein
and Co, was Leslie Lexner, the billionaire behind the L Brands
like LL Bean and Victoria's Secret.
Wexner not only gave Epstein sweeping financial authority,
including power of attorney, butalso transferred him ownership
(06:21):
of a lavish Manhattan town hall,one of the largest private
residences in the city. What did Epstein do to earn that
trust? No one seems to know.
The truth is that Epstein built an empire not only on financial
(06:42):
wizardry, but on relationships, many of them questionable, many
of them very well protected. Epstein's private contacts
included former presidents, royal family members, Silicon
Valley elites and Nobel winning scientists.
(07:04):
His quote Little Black Book, published by Gawker in 2015,
reads like a who's who of globalinfluence.
But proximity doesn't equal complicity.
What matters is how often these names appear, in what context,
and what has been denied or deflected.
(07:25):
Since Bill Clinton, for example,he flew on Epstein's private jet
at least 26 times, including trips to Africa.
Clinton has publicly denied evervisiting Epstein's private
island, though flight logs suggest otherwise.
Donald Trump once called Epsteina quote, terrific guy, End
(07:48):
Quote. And admitted they shared a taste
for, quote, beautiful women, many of them on the younger
side. End Quote.
The two were photographed together at multiple events in
the early 2000s, and Epstein wasa guest at Mar a Lago.
Eventually, Trump banned Epsteinfrom the club for allegedly
(08:09):
harassing a staff member's daughter.
Prince Andrew, of course, faced a civil lawsuit from Virginia
Goffrey, who claimed that she was trafficked to him by Epstein
and Elaine Maxwell when she was 17.
The case settled out of court, but Andrew's reputation never
(08:29):
quite recovered. Virginia Goffrey was notably one
of the most outspoken victims. She was outspoken and demanded
awareness, even going on to helpother victims of sex
trafficking. Virginia made a declaration in
2019, posted to her ex, formerlyTwitter accounts, stating that
(08:53):
she was quote making it publiclyknown that in no way, shape or
form am I suicidal. End Quote.
However, on April 25th, 2025, she was found deceased.
Death by suicide. Authorities claim another
(09:13):
associate of Epstein, Jean Luc Brunel, who was accused of rape
and supplying girls to Epstein. He too committed suicide inside
of his jail cell in Paris. Coincidence.
Who can tell with all of the sealed files?
(09:35):
What all of these connections show is that Epstein was a man
deeply embedded in global power structures.
He wasn't just invited to the party, he often hosted it.
And his associates have a suspicious.
History of committing. Suicide.
And then we have the conspiracies, if you will, of
(10:03):
Epstein's potential involvement with intelligence AG agencies,
Israel and blackmail. In recent months, Candace Owens
has reignited public suspicion with her claim that Epstein may
have been working as a blackmailoperative, potentially for
Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency.
(10:27):
Candace alleges that Epstein's deep ties to high-ranking
officials and his unusually lenient plea deal in 2008 only
makes sense if he was being protected.
She suggests that the US Israel relationship has in part been
shaped by secrets Epstein helpedcollect.
(10:50):
While these claims while these claims remain speculative,
they're not without precedent. Epstein donated heavily to
Harvard's Hillel and other Jewish organizations.
His alleged partner in abuse, Elaine Maxwell, is the daughter
of Robert Maxwell, a British publishing powerhouse with well
(11:12):
documented ties to Israeli intelligence.
There is an eerie pattern of influence and evasion here, one
that continues to frustrate investigators and journalists
alike. In 2019, Epstein was arrested at
(11:34):
Teterboro Airport and charged with trafficking of minors
across state lines. His arrest came after years of
rumors, lawsuits and a controversial 2008 plea deal in
Florida, where he served just 13months.
On charges that typically carry decades in prison, he was given
work release privileges, allowedto leave jail six days a week,
(11:59):
and was placed in a private wing.
The man lived better in jail than most live outside of it.
His second arrest felt different, though.
This time, it seemed the system would finally catch up.
But just one month later, on August 10th, 2009, Epstein was
found dead in his Manhattan jailcell.
(12:21):
The official cause was suicide, but the circumstances were murky
at best. The cameras near his cell
malfunctioned, guards fell asleep on the job, and key
evidence was lost. Days before his death, Epstein
signed a new will, transferring his assets to a trust in the US
(12:46):
Virgin Islands, thus making it that much harder for victims to
access restitution. And there is still so much that
we don't know. In July of 2025.
This month this year, the Department of Justice released a
(13:08):
memo, a memo stating definitively that there is no
Epstein client list. The memo also declared that
there is no evidence of murder or conspiracy surrounding
Epstein's death. But this sudden closure has only
raised more questions. Why then did former Florida
(13:31):
Attorney General Pam Bondi tell Fox News earlier this year that
the client wait list was, quote,sitting on her desk to review
and quote? What did she see?
Why was that narrative then walked back so quickly?
The explanation of the missing time on the surveillance camera
(13:51):
outside of Epstein's jail cell was embarrassing to say the
least. A vague answer that a minute is
seeming seemingly missing every night from every video since the
90s. And why are so many files from
(14:12):
the Epstein and Maxwell cases still sealed?
Why are journalists and members of Congress still being denied
access to key documents? Why have so few of Epstein's
powerful associates faced legal scrutiny?
The truth may not be that there is one client list.
(14:36):
The truth may be that Epstein was part of a system of silent
complicity, network of people who either looked the other way
or more directly involved, protected by layers of money,
influence and secrecy. And then we have Elaine Maxwell,
(14:59):
the gatekeeper of seemingly all of Jeffrey Epstein's secrets.
No story of Jeffrey Epstein is complete without examining the
woman who stood by his side for decades, the Elaine Maxwell
often described as Epstein's partner, confidante and
(15:22):
recruiter. Maxwell was much more than an
accessory. She was a vital architect of his
inner circle, a socialite with an elite European pedigree, deep
ties to British royalty and a disarming charm that helped mask
the horrors she allegedly facilitated.
(15:48):
Elaine Maxwell was born into wealth and media power.
Elaine is the daughter of RobertMaxwell, a British publishing
tycoon who owned the Daily Mirror.
She moved in elite circles from a young age and had close ties
to Buckingham Palace and Oxford.But in 1991, her father's
(16:12):
mysterious death would change the trajectory of her life and
possibly lead her into Epstein'sorbit.
Robert Maxwell died after falling from his yacht Lady
Elaine near the Canary Islands. The official cause of death was
ruled accidental drowning, though theories of suicide or
(16:35):
even assassination have long circled.
At the time of his death, RobertMaxwell was under investigation
for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from his
company's pension fund, a scandal that left his empire in
ruins and his family name and disgrace.
(16:56):
I suppose that people fall off their yachts and accidentally
drown, right? Elaine reportedly fled to the
United States not long after, where she was soon linked
romantically and professionally to Jeffrey Epstein.
Their partnership was unsettlingfrom the start.
(17:18):
While Epstein held the money andproperty, it was Maxwell who
opened doors, hosting dinners with scientists and
billionaires, managing Epstein'shomes, and, most damningly,
allegedly recruiting young girlsunder the guise of modeling or
massage jobs. Multiple survivors testified at
(17:43):
Maxwell's trial that she not only facilitated their abuse but
directly participated in it. She was the one who gained their
trust, sometimes posing as a bigsister figure before drawing
them in to Epstein's twisted web.
In 2020, nearly a year after Epstein's death, Maxwell was
(18:08):
arrested by the FBI in a secluded New Hampshire mansion
she had purchased under an alias.
Her trial began in November 2021, and in December she was
found guilty on five of six federal charges, including sex
trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to entice minors to
travel and engage in illegal sexacts.
(18:31):
In June of 2022, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison,
a sentence many believed fell short considering the magnitude
of her crimes in the global scope of Epstein's operation.
Maxwell has since claimed she isa scapegoat for Epstein,
maintaining that she did not believe the relationships were
exploitive. She has also shown no real
(18:55):
remorse. While many feel that her
sentence fell short, others question why she is paying for
Epstein's crimes. Why Maxwell became the face of
humiliation for Epstein's twisted world.
Others speculated and expected asuicide mirroring that of
(19:17):
Epstein's, a suicide that perhaps was not a suicide at
all. Allegedly, Maxwell's silence
since sentencing has been deafening and strategic.
Despite widespread speculation, Maxwell has never named names.
(19:38):
No clients, no Co conspirators, no revelations from inside the
ring she helped maintain. Her reasons are unclear.
Perhaps it's fear, loyalty, blackmail, insurance or a deal
we don't know about. But her silence ensures that
(20:00):
many of Epstein's secrets remainburied, along with any real
accountability for the powerful men who visited his homes.
Flew on his jet or attended his now infamous parties.
And perhaps, just perhaps, that's why she's still alive.
(20:22):
Maxwell's fall from elite heiress to convicted trafficker
is potentially one of the most stunning collapses in modern
criminal history. But what it didn't bring was was
closure, like her father's suspicious death and financial
crimes. The story ends in more questions
(20:42):
than answers, a reoccurring theme in the Epstein saga.
Jeffrey Epstein wasn't just a predator.
He was a social engineer who built his life around access.
Access to money, to information,to power.
(21:03):
His story is not just about the abuse of minors.
It's about the abuse of trust. How society, systems and
institutions enabled one man to operate with impunity and
continue to hide his secrets, and perhaps their own, long
after his death. The Client List may or may not
(21:26):
exist, but what does exist is a long, ugly shadow that Epstein
left behind and the many names that are still hiding in it.
We can assume this isn't the last we'll hear of Epstein and
Maxwell, although President Trump recently appeared shocked
(21:48):
that people are still talking about that guy after the DO JS
announcement. That guy that President Trump
once referred to as terrific. Maxwell's trial was shrouded in
curiosity and conspiracies. Questions whether it was a trial
for show, if she would be convicted.
(22:09):
And now we must wonder again, was it all a public charade?
Following the DO JS announcement, there are now
individuals calling for President Trump to grant Maxwell
a pardon. Because if there is no list, why
is she in jail? If there were no real crimes, no
(22:32):
complicity, why is Elaine Maxwell in jail so?
We have. To wonder was that the plan all
along? Thank you guys so much for
listening. To autopsy.
Of a crime. I hope you enjoyed this episode,
please subscribe if you haven't.Already and be.
(22:54):
Sure to rate the show. I will be back soon with a new
episode and until then, please stay safe out there.
It is a big bad, scary world. Talk to you guys soon.
Bye.
Hello, Clarisse. Welcome, welcome.
Welcome to Welcome back to Autopsy of a Crime.
Arguably, I'm crushing it with uploads lately.
I know I said in my last episodethat I wasn't quite sure what
the next episode would be about.However, as fate would have it,
(00:24):
we're talking about Jeffrey Epstein again.
Because exactly what is going onthis episode is going to be a
deep dive into the rise, the reach, and the outright rot of
Jeffrey Epstein. Because we're all curious how an
(00:46):
unqualified teacher became the gatekeeper to the world's most
powerful and why his secrets still remain sealed.
So let's get into it. When I partner with companies
(01:06):
for the podcast or the sub stack, it's really important for
me that I partner with companiesand brands that I believe in.
And that's why I'm so excited totell you about our sponsor,
Better Help. Better Help is the largest
online therapy platform, and youheard that right.
(01:30):
Online, it's completely virtual.Your therapist.
Is at the tips of your fingertips.
Getting to therapy or finding a good therapist can be so hard.
And we all have busy lives. We have work, we have kids,
maybe we're dog moms, and it canbe really difficult to find
(01:52):
someone that's in your network and someone whose office is
close enough that you can fit itinto your busy schedule.
Betterhelp eliminates all of that by taking just a quick
quiz. They can match you with a
therapist in as little as a few days, completely tailored.
(02:13):
To your needs. And what you want to focus on,
and you don't have to worry about who's in your network.
What the commute? Is going to be to this
therapist's office because it's entirely virtual and sometimes
therapy can be like dating. If the first.
Therapist you get matched with is not a good fit for you.
(02:34):
You can change therapist at no additional cost.
Better Help is there for you to help you feel better and enjoy
life because we all deserve. To be happy.
And taking care of our mental health is.
Just as important. As our beloved skin care
routine, even if you don't have insurance, you can still sign up
(02:55):
for better help. They actually offer special
discounts for those who are uninsured.
So really, there's no excuse. Take care of yourself.
And feel better. Listeners of Autopsy of a Crime
can save 10% on their first month of better help by visiting
betterhelp.com/terran. That's.
(03:17):
Betterhelp HELP. Dot.
Com. Forward slash T.
Erin. When the name Jeffrey Epstein
first made national headlines, it was wrapped in scandal, a
mysterious financiere with linksto billionaires, presidents,
(03:38):
scientists and royalty. Epstein's 2019 arrests on sex
trafficking charges felt like a long overdue reckoning.
But as new information emerges and old questions remain
stubbornly unanswered, his storyis increasingly less about
justice and more about power, silence and what lurks behind
(04:04):
closed doors. This is a case that resists
simplicity. The deeper you dig, the darker
it gets. Jeffrey Epstein was a man with
no credentials and too many connections.
Epstein's beginnings were unremarkable.
(04:26):
He was born in Brooklyn in 1953.He attended Cooper Union and
later New York University, but never completed a degree.
Despite his lack of formal education, he somehow landed a
job teaching math and physics atthe prestigious Dalton School in
Manhattan. This wasn't a coincidence,
(04:49):
though. Dalton's headmaster at the time,
Donald Barr, father of future Attorney General Bill Barr,
hired Epstein in 1974. It was an odd appointment, made
even more unsettling by allegations that Epstein behaved
inappropriately toward female students during his time there.
(05:12):
Dismissed from Dalton after justtwo years, Epstein made a leap
that defies explanation, quite frankly.
With no background in finance, he was hired by Alan Greenberg
at Bear Stearns, reportedly on arecommendation from a Dalton
parent. Within four years, Epstein rose
(05:36):
through the ranks before leavingunder vague circumstances.
He later claimed he struck out on his own to manage money for
billionaires only, a claim as unverifiable as it was
suspicious. No one ever fully understood
where Epstein's wealth came from.
(05:59):
The only publicly known client of his financial firm, J Epstein
and Co, was Leslie Lexner, the billionaire behind the L Brands
like LL Bean and Victoria's Secret.
Wexner not only gave Epstein sweeping financial authority,
including power of attorney, butalso transferred him ownership
(06:21):
of a lavish Manhattan town hall,one of the largest private
residences in the city. What did Epstein do to earn that
trust? No one seems to know.
The truth is that Epstein built an empire not only on financial
(06:42):
wizardry, but on relationships, many of them questionable, many
of them very well protected. Epstein's private contacts
included former presidents, royal family members, Silicon
Valley elites and Nobel winning scientists.
(07:04):
His quote Little Black Book, published by Gawker in 2015,
reads like a who's who of globalinfluence.
But proximity doesn't equal complicity.
What matters is how often these names appear, in what context,
and what has been denied or deflected.
(07:25):
Since Bill Clinton, for example,he flew on Epstein's private jet
at least 26 times, including trips to Africa.
Clinton has publicly denied evervisiting Epstein's private
island, though flight logs suggest otherwise.
Donald Trump once called Epsteina quote, terrific guy, End
(07:48):
Quote. And admitted they shared a taste
for, quote, beautiful women, many of them on the younger
side. End Quote.
The two were photographed together at multiple events in
the early 2000s, and Epstein wasa guest at Mar a Lago.
Eventually, Trump banned Epsteinfrom the club for allegedly
(08:09):
harassing a staff member's daughter.
Prince Andrew, of course, faced a civil lawsuit from Virginia
Goffrey, who claimed that she was trafficked to him by Epstein
and Elaine Maxwell when she was 17.
The case settled out of court, but Andrew's reputation never
(08:29):
quite recovered. Virginia Goffrey was notably one
of the most outspoken victims. She was outspoken and demanded
awareness, even going on to helpother victims of sex
trafficking. Virginia made a declaration in
2019, posted to her ex, formerlyTwitter accounts, stating that
(08:53):
she was quote making it publiclyknown that in no way, shape or
form am I suicidal. End Quote.
However, on April 25th, 2025, she was found deceased.
Death by suicide. Authorities claim another
(09:13):
associate of Epstein, Jean Luc Brunel, who was accused of rape
and supplying girls to Epstein. He too committed suicide inside
of his jail cell in Paris. Coincidence.
Who can tell with all of the sealed files?
(09:35):
What all of these connections show is that Epstein was a man
deeply embedded in global power structures.
He wasn't just invited to the party, he often hosted it.
And his associates have a suspicious.
History of committing. Suicide.
And then we have the conspiracies, if you will, of
(10:03):
Epstein's potential involvement with intelligence AG agencies,
Israel and blackmail. In recent months, Candace Owens
has reignited public suspicion with her claim that Epstein may
have been working as a blackmailoperative, potentially for
Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency.
(10:27):
Candace alleges that Epstein's deep ties to high-ranking
officials and his unusually lenient plea deal in 2008 only
makes sense if he was being protected.
She suggests that the US Israel relationship has in part been
shaped by secrets Epstein helpedcollect.
(10:50):
While these claims while these claims remain speculative,
they're not without precedent. Epstein donated heavily to
Harvard's Hillel and other Jewish organizations.
His alleged partner in abuse, Elaine Maxwell, is the daughter
of Robert Maxwell, a British publishing powerhouse with well
(11:12):
documented ties to Israeli intelligence.
There is an eerie pattern of influence and evasion here, one
that continues to frustrate investigators and journalists
alike. In 2019, Epstein was arrested at
(11:34):
Teterboro Airport and charged with trafficking of minors
across state lines. His arrest came after years of
rumors, lawsuits and a controversial 2008 plea deal in
Florida, where he served just 13months.
On charges that typically carry decades in prison, he was given
work release privileges, allowedto leave jail six days a week,
(11:59):
and was placed in a private wing.
The man lived better in jail than most live outside of it.
His second arrest felt different, though.
This time, it seemed the system would finally catch up.
But just one month later, on August 10th, 2009, Epstein was
found dead in his Manhattan jailcell.
(12:21):
The official cause was suicide, but the circumstances were murky
at best. The cameras near his cell
malfunctioned, guards fell asleep on the job, and key
evidence was lost. Days before his death, Epstein
signed a new will, transferring his assets to a trust in the US
(12:46):
Virgin Islands, thus making it that much harder for victims to
access restitution. And there is still so much that
we don't know. In July of 2025.
This month this year, the Department of Justice released a
(13:08):
memo, a memo stating definitively that there is no
Epstein client list. The memo also declared that
there is no evidence of murder or conspiracy surrounding
Epstein's death. But this sudden closure has only
raised more questions. Why then did former Florida
(13:31):
Attorney General Pam Bondi tell Fox News earlier this year that
the client wait list was, quote,sitting on her desk to review
and quote? What did she see?
Why was that narrative then walked back so quickly?
The explanation of the missing time on the surveillance camera
(13:51):
outside of Epstein's jail cell was embarrassing to say the
least. A vague answer that a minute is
seeming seemingly missing every night from every video since the
90s. And why are so many files from
(14:12):
the Epstein and Maxwell cases still sealed?
Why are journalists and members of Congress still being denied
access to key documents? Why have so few of Epstein's
powerful associates faced legal scrutiny?
The truth may not be that there is one client list.
(14:36):
The truth may be that Epstein was part of a system of silent
complicity, network of people who either looked the other way
or more directly involved, protected by layers of money,
influence and secrecy. And then we have Elaine Maxwell,
(14:59):
the gatekeeper of seemingly all of Jeffrey Epstein's secrets.
No story of Jeffrey Epstein is complete without examining the
woman who stood by his side for decades, the Elaine Maxwell
often described as Epstein's partner, confidante and
(15:22):
recruiter. Maxwell was much more than an
accessory. She was a vital architect of his
inner circle, a socialite with an elite European pedigree, deep
ties to British royalty and a disarming charm that helped mask
the horrors she allegedly facilitated.
(15:48):
Elaine Maxwell was born into wealth and media power.
Elaine is the daughter of RobertMaxwell, a British publishing
tycoon who owned the Daily Mirror.
She moved in elite circles from a young age and had close ties
to Buckingham Palace and Oxford.But in 1991, her father's
(16:12):
mysterious death would change the trajectory of her life and
possibly lead her into Epstein'sorbit.
Robert Maxwell died after falling from his yacht Lady
Elaine near the Canary Islands. The official cause of death was
ruled accidental drowning, though theories of suicide or
(16:35):
even assassination have long circled.
At the time of his death, RobertMaxwell was under investigation
for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from his
company's pension fund, a scandal that left his empire in
ruins and his family name and disgrace.
(16:56):
I suppose that people fall off their yachts and accidentally
drown, right? Elaine reportedly fled to the
United States not long after, where she was soon linked
romantically and professionally to Jeffrey Epstein.
Their partnership was unsettlingfrom the start.
(17:18):
While Epstein held the money andproperty, it was Maxwell who
opened doors, hosting dinners with scientists and
billionaires, managing Epstein'shomes, and, most damningly,
allegedly recruiting young girlsunder the guise of modeling or
massage jobs. Multiple survivors testified at
(17:43):
Maxwell's trial that she not only facilitated their abuse but
directly participated in it. She was the one who gained their
trust, sometimes posing as a bigsister figure before drawing
them in to Epstein's twisted web.
In 2020, nearly a year after Epstein's death, Maxwell was
(18:08):
arrested by the FBI in a secluded New Hampshire mansion
she had purchased under an alias.
Her trial began in November 2021, and in December she was
found guilty on five of six federal charges, including sex
trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to entice minors to
travel and engage in illegal sexacts.
(18:31):
In June of 2022, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison,
a sentence many believed fell short considering the magnitude
of her crimes in the global scope of Epstein's operation.
Maxwell has since claimed she isa scapegoat for Epstein,
maintaining that she did not believe the relationships were
exploitive. She has also shown no real
(18:55):
remorse. While many feel that her
sentence fell short, others question why she is paying for
Epstein's crimes. Why Maxwell became the face of
humiliation for Epstein's twisted world.
Others speculated and expected asuicide mirroring that of
(19:17):
Epstein's, a suicide that perhaps was not a suicide at
all. Allegedly, Maxwell's silence
since sentencing has been deafening and strategic.
Despite widespread speculation, Maxwell has never named names.
(19:38):
No clients, no Co conspirators, no revelations from inside the
ring she helped maintain. Her reasons are unclear.
Perhaps it's fear, loyalty, blackmail, insurance or a deal
we don't know about. But her silence ensures that
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many of Epstein's secrets remainburied, along with any real
accountability for the powerful men who visited his homes.
Flew on his jet or attended his now infamous parties.
And perhaps, just perhaps, that's why she's still alive.
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Maxwell's fall from elite heiress to convicted trafficker
is potentially one of the most stunning collapses in modern
criminal history. But what it didn't bring was was
closure, like her father's suspicious death and financial
crimes. The story ends in more questions
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than answers, a reoccurring theme in the Epstein saga.
Jeffrey Epstein wasn't just a predator.
He was a social engineer who built his life around access.
Access to money, to information,to power.
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His story is not just about the abuse of minors.
It's about the abuse of trust. How society, systems and
institutions enabled one man to operate with impunity and
continue to hide his secrets, and perhaps their own, long
after his death. The Client List may or may not
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exist, but what does exist is a long, ugly shadow that Epstein
left behind and the many names that are still hiding in it.
We can assume this isn't the last we'll hear of Epstein and
Maxwell, although President Trump recently appeared shocked
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that people are still talking about that guy after the DO JS
announcement. That guy that President Trump
once referred to as terrific. Maxwell's trial was shrouded in
curiosity and conspiracies. Questions whether it was a trial
for show, if she would be convicted.
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And now we must wonder again, was it all a public charade?
Following the DO JS announcement, there are now
individuals calling for President Trump to grant Maxwell
a pardon. Because if there is no list, why
is she in jail? If there were no real crimes, no
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complicity, why is Elaine Maxwell in jail so?
We have. To wonder was that the plan all
along? Thank you guys so much for
listening. To autopsy.
Of a crime. I hope you enjoyed this episode,
please subscribe if you haven't.Already and be.
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Sure to rate the show. I will be back soon with a new
episode and until then, please stay safe out there.
It is a big bad, scary world. Talk to you guys soon.
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