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JUAN ALESSI, was interviewed at 
Present for the interview were AUSA 
III, Task Force Officer 
Detective 
and Special Agent 
. After being advised of 
the identity of the interviewing agents and the nature of the interview, 
JUAN ALESSI provided the following information: 
It has been over 17 years since JUAN ALESSI stopped working for EPSTEIN. 
Prior to working for EPSTEIN, JUAN ALESSI was a repairman for millionaires 
throughout Palm Beach. JUAN ALESSI had about 20-30 customers, one of which 
was LESLIE WEXNER. It is through WEXNER, that EPSTEIN learns of JUAN 
ALESSI. EPSTEIN reached out to JUAN ALESSI around 1989 and asked him to 
come work at his house. JUAN ALESSI agreed to work for him as a part time 
contractor which lasted for about a year and a half. Around 1990, EPSTEIN 
asked JUAN ALESSI to come work at his house full time which he agreed. JUAN 
ALESSI was paid about $45,000 a year at this time. Between 1990-1992/1993 
JUAN ALESSI's primary duties were maintaining the exterior of the house and 
it's property. Around 1992/1993 JUAN ALESSI became the estate manager and 
his primary duties moved inside the house. His job then changed from a 
simple maintenance job to cleaning and taking care of everything. There was 
a Jamaican girl who worked as a chef at that time, who had quit. JUAN 
ALESSI's responsibilities then expanded further so he requested that his 
wife (MARIA ALESSI) come to work at this house. EPSTEIN agreed to hire her 
and her responsibilities would be shopping and taking care of the girls who 
come to clean the house. She would buy books, magazines, tickets for shows 
and do shopping for the house. JUAN ALESSI had a cleaning crew, gardener 
and pool service that he was in charge of managing. It was important that 
EPSTEIN's house had to run like a 5-star hotel. 
JUAN ALESSI recalled EPSTEIN having a girlfriend around this time named 
EVA ANDERSON. Around 1993, GHISLAINE MAXWELL came to the house and she took 
over, becoming in charge of the whole house. "She was a bitch" and was on 
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top of them day and night. JUAN ALESSI called it "slavery" and when EPSTEIN 
was in town they worked from 5am-lOpm. EPSTEIN was typically in town for 
about 3-4 days a week. MAXWELL also took over all of EPSTEIN's residences 
at that time including New York, New Mexico, 
and Ohio. JUAN ALESSI 
was then told by EPSTEIN to go to MAXWELL for his orders. 
Around the year 2000, JUAN ALESSI started to notice things changing. He 
often fought with EPSTEIN. JUAN ALESSI stated EPSTEIN was very nasty with 
them, which he had previously never been. All of the blame for things that 
went wrong was put on JUAN ALESSI. JUAN ALESSI was made to take on more 
responsibilities like cooking if the chef wasn't around. EPSTEIN did not 
want to see workers in the same room that he was in. If JUAN ALESSI was 
working in a room, and EPSTEIN walked in, then they would have to leave. 
EPSTEIN would call MAXWELL and have her call JUAN ALESSI to have workers 
leave. EPSTEIN would get very upset over little things like if a bedroom 
did not have a new toothbrush in it. MAXWELL would tell JUAN ALESSI that he 
is not to look EPSTEIN in the eyes. 
JUAN ALESSI and his wife had an apartment inside of the house which they 
would stay in whenever EPSTEIN was in town. Sometime later, a separate 
building off of the house was built, which were the staff quarters, where 
JUAN ALESSI and his wife would stay. JUAN ALESSI and his wife stopped 
working for EPSTEIN December 31 of 2002. 
EPSTEIN would always arrive at the house with people, lots of girls and 
his assistants. III 
was an assistant who would come to the house. 
was another assistant who would regularly come to the house. 
JUAN ALESSI stated that 
was not a nice girl; she was nasty to him. 
never spoke to JUAN ALESSI and she took over the job of scheduling 
the massages. JUAN ALESSI recalls him and his wife quitting about 2 weeks 
after 
started there. Prior to quitting JUAN ALESSI noticed EPSTEIN 
was receiving about 3 massages a day. JUAN ALESSI believes many of these 
were from regular massage therapists from around Palm Beach. Sometimes they 
would massage EPSTEIN's guests, business partners and various prominent 
people. 
JUAN ALESSI recalled being in his office one day and MAXWELL requested he 
compile a list of all the best local spas and hotels. After compiling the 
list, she had JUAN ALESSI drive her to all the local spas. JUAN ALESSI would 
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wait outside at each location, while MAXWELL would then go inside for 
sometime, each time exiting with massage therapists' business cards. Around 
August or September of 2O02, JUAN ALESSI was made to drive MAXWELL to Mar-a-
Lago so she could get a massage. While there, JUAN ALESSI was made to wait 
in the car until she was done. He recalled it was a very hot day; he was 
very uncomfortable as he was made to wait in a parking lot in a convertible 
car. After about an hour and a half of waiting, MAXWELL exited and got back 
into the car. As they were exiting the property MAXWELL noticed a girl in a 
white uniform dress. MAXWELL told JUAN ALESSI to stop, and she gets out of 
the car to approach this girl. JUAN ALESSI did not hear their conversation 
but saw MAXWELL speak with her for about 20-25 minutes. JUAN ALESSI believed 
she was a very young girl, about 15-16 years old. MAXWELL then got back 
into the vehicle and they drove back to EPSTEIN's house. Later that day, 
the girl MAXWELL was just talking to is observed coming into EPSTEIN's 
house. JUAN ALESSI eventually learned her name was 
ended up becoming a regular at EPSTEIN's house, and JUAN ALESSI 
would always observe her whenever either EPSTEIN or MAXWELL was there. JUAN 
ALESSI believed 
was living with her boyfriend at the time. They 
started to treat 
as a massage therapist. 
then started 
traveling with EPSTEIN to New York, Virginia and England. JUAN ALESSI knew 
this because when EPSTEIN would travel, JUAN ALESSI would drive him and 
everyone traveling with him to the plane. 
JUAN ALESSI recalled a girl named 
coming to the house. She 
was a beautiful girl, 
She often came to the house with her mother to meet EPSTEIN. They would all 
have dinner together. Sometimes 
would come by herself. On 
occasion, JUAN ALESSI would drive her to school or his wife would pick her 
up. Sometimes, JUAN ALESSI would pick her up from her home. 
may 
have traveled with EPSTEIN once. 
JUAN ALESSI believed she was a friend of EPSTEIN's. 
JUAN ALESSI had observed EPSTEIN kiss her on the cheek and pat her on her 
butt. He would observe EPSTEIN do this with other girls as well. 
JUAN ALESSI has seen hundreds of girls come to EPSTEIN's house but 
believed the majority were in their 20's. Towards the end of his employment 
with EPSTEIN (last 4-5 months) JUAN ALESSI started seeing younger girls 
coming. 
would bring girls. Employees were not to engage in 
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conversation with any of the guests or ask them any questions. 
This was an 
instruction given by MAXWELL who stated they are not supposed to ask ages or 
talk to them. MAXWELL would hire younger girls to come to the house. JUAN 
ALESSI recalled two girls coming that were in high school. Some girls were 
in their 20's but he recalled it being difficult to judge their age because 
they were all tall and beautiful. JUAN ALESSI believeed many of these women 
were professional masseuses. They would come in through the kitchen, or 
through the front door. They would go up the stairwell. The left door at 
the top of the stairs was supposed to be closed as it was a guest room. 
Another door on this floor would lead to EPSTEIN's massage room. JUAN 
ALESSI was sometimes told to set up the massage table inside of this room. 
Sometimes, he would take the girl up into this room and have her wait for 
EPSTEIN. As JUAN ALESSI would leave the massage room, he was made to close 
all of the doors behind him so he never observed what actually happened 
inside of this room. After the massage was done, JUAN ALESSI would 
sometimes clean up inside the room. He would put the table away, pick up 
the towels and often remake the bed inside the bedroom that was connected to 
the massage room. Sometimes JUAN ALESSI would clean up sex toys/ dildos 
inside of the massage room. JUAN ALESSI recalled washing a double dildo in 
the sink. Inside of MAXWELL'S room was a basket filled with toys. MAXWELL 
was going out and looking for girls for EPSTEIN. MAXWELL would be in the 
massage room with these girls on occasion and she would go upstairs with the 
underage girls. 
JUAN ALESSI observed, on one occasion, 
bringing a girl that was 
the same age and same size as her into the massage room. They went through 
the kitchen and up the stairs. 
Naked and topless women were often observed by the pool. If they were 
ever to come inside the house this is where JUAN ALESSI would draw the line, 
and request they put a towel on. Some of these girls were European. This 
was around the time he and EPSTEIN were fighting, and believed EPSTEIN 
wanted him to leave. JAUN ALESSI believed they wanted him out. JUAN ALESSI 
was receiving faxes in his office of people sending job applications, and 
requesting interviews for his position. They wanted younger people to take 
his job and recalled that being a requirement. JUAN ALESSI never met the 
person who took over his job, but believed his name was HERNANDEZ or 
RODRIGUEZ. This person called JUAN ALESSI sometime later asking him how he 
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survived working inside this house. Around this time, JUAN ALESSI believed 
the people caring for EPSTEIN's New York residence was JOJO and LYNN 
FONTANELLO or FONTANELLI. 
JUAN ALESSI and his wife received a $50,000 severance payment when they 
left. Everyone had to sign an employment agreement to work for EPSTEIN. 
This gave JUAN ALESSI the impression that he could never say what happened 
inside of the house. When leaving, EPSTEIN stated to JUAN ALESSI "Juan, I 
hope you never open your mouth, because you can get in trouble". 
JUAN ALESSI recalled having a conversation with EPSTEIN in which EPSTEIN 
stated he was not feeling well. JUAN ALESSI told EPSTEIN that he needed to 
slow down. He told EPSTEIN, "One of these girls are gonna get you in 
trouble". EPSTEIN responded by stating, "Juan they only want money". After 
this conversation, JUAN ALESSI was cut off from talking to EPSTEIN 
directly. 
When Palm Beach Police Department initially started investigating 
EPSTEIN, JUAN ALESSI was given a subpoena to talk with police. At this time 
JUAN ALESSI was not working for EPSTEIN and was scared. He called EPSTEIN's 
office in New York and asked to talk to EPSTEIN. He asked EPSTEIN about 
what was going on. EPSTEIN told JUAN ALESSI that there was an investigation 
going on into himself that does not concern JUAN ALESSI, and then EPSTEIN 
hung up. JUAN ALESSI was questioned by private investigators that he 
believed worked for EPSTEIN. 
About 7 years ago, someone from England offered JUAN ALESSI $200,000 to 
play the part of himself and a movie they were producing about EPSTEIN. 
JUAN ALESSI told them he was not interested. 
JUAN ALESSI was willing and open to speaking further. 
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