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AO 106 (SDNY Rev. 01/17) Application for a Search Wanam 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
for the 
Southern District of New York 
In the Matter of the Search of 
(Brieflydescribe the proper°, to be searched 
or ielentifr the person by name and address) 
See Attached Affidavit and its Attachment A 
cant aitht,6439 
APPLICATION FOR A SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANT 
I, a federal law enforcement officer or an attorney for the government, request a search warrant and state under 
penalty of perjury that I have reason to believe that on the following person or property (idemi)" the person or describe the 
property to be searched and give.its location): 
located in the  
Southern 
 District of 
person or describe the property to be seized): 
See Attached Affidavit and its Attachment A 
New York 
The 
for the search under Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(c) is (check one or more): 
idence of a crime; 
• cor‘traband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed; 
O property designed for use, intended for use, or used in committing a crime; 
O a person to be arrested or a person who is unlawfully restrained. 
The search is related to a violation of: 
, there is now concealed (identify thethe 
Code Section(s) 
Offense Description(s) 
18 U.S.C. §§ 1591 & 371 
Sex trafficking of minors; sex trafficking conspiracy 
The application is based on these facts: 
See Attached Affidavit and its Attachment A 
ar Continued on the attached sheet. 
O Delayed notice of 
days (give exact ending date if more than 30 days:  
 ) is requested 
under 18 U.S.C. § 3103a, the basis of which is set forth on the attached sheet. 
Applicant's signature 
Special Agent 
FBI 
Printed name and title 
Sworn to before me and signed in my presence. 
Date:  7-- 
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City and state:  New York, NY 
 
Hen. Henry Pitman, U.S. Magistrate Judge 
Printed name and title 
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EXHIBIT A 
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UNITED"STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
VOITEE'STATES OF AMERICA 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 
Defendant. 
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SEALED 
INDICTMENT 
19 Cr. 
19 CRIM 490 
COUNT ONE 
(Sex Trafficking Conspiracy) 
The Grand Jury charges: 
OVERVIEW 
1.  As set forth herein, over the course of many 
years, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, segually exploited and• 
abused dozens of minor girls' at his homes in Manhattan, New 
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York] and Palm Beach, Florida, among other locations. 
2. 
Ip.partioular, from at least in or about 2002, up 
to and including at least in or about 2005, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the 
defendant, enticed and recruited, and Caused to be enticed and 
recruited, minor girls to visit his mansion •in Manhattan, New 
York (the "New York Residence") and his estate in Palm Beach, 
Florida (the "Palm BeaCh Residence") to engage in sex acts With 
him, after whiCh he Would give the vidtIMS hundreds of dollars 
in Cash, Wireovezi and in order to ntaintaib and increase his 
supply of v'ictims, EPSTEIN also paid certain of his victims to 
recruit additional girls to be similarly Abused by EPSTEIN. In 
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this way, EPSTEIN created a vast network of underage victims for 
him to sexually exploit in. locations including New York and 
Palm Beach. 
3. 
The victims described herein were as young as 14 
years old at the time they were abused by JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the 
defendant, and were, for various reasons, often particularly 
vulnerable to exploitation. EPSTEIN intentionally sought out 
minors and knew that many of his victims were in fact under the 
'age of 18, including because, in some instances, minor victims 
expressly told him their age. 
4. 
In creating and maintaining this network of minor 
victims in Multiple states to sexually abuse and exploit, 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, worked and conspired with 
others, including employees and associates who facilitated his 
conduct by, among other things, contacting victims and 
scheduling their sexual encounters with EPSTEIN at the New York 
Residence and at the Palm Beach Residence. 
FACTUAL BACKGROUND 
5. 
During all time periods charged in this 
Indictment, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, was a financier with 
multiple residences in the continental United States, including 
the New York Residence and the Palm Beach Residence. 
6. 
Beginning in at least 2002, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the 
defendant, enticed and recruited, and caused to be enticed and • 
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recruited, dozens of minor girls to engage in sex acts with him, 
after Which EPSTEIN paid the victims hundreds of dollars in 
cash, at the New York Residence and the Palm Beach Residence. 
7. 
In both New York and Florida, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 
the defendant, perpetuated. this abuse in similar ways. Victims 
were initially recruited to provide "massages" to EPSTEIN, whiCh 
would be perforMsd nude or partially 'nude, would become 
increasingly Sexual in nature, and would typically include one 
or more set acts. EPSTEIN paid his victims hundreds of dollars 
in dash for each encounter. Moreover; EPSTEIN abtiveLy 
enocuraged certain of his victims to recruit additional girls to 
be similarly sexually abused. EPSTEI.N incentivized his victims 
to become recruiters by paying these victim-recruiters hundreds 
of dollars for each girl that they brought t0 EPSTEIN. In so 
doing, .EPSTEIN maintained a steady supply 0 'nem victims to 
eXpldit. 
The New York Residence 
8. 
At all times relevant to this indictment, JEFFREY 
EPSTEIN,• the defendant, iosseased and controlled a multi-story 
pritate residence on. the Uppet EaSt Side of Manhattan, New York, 
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York ResidendS: Between at least in or about 2002 
and in of about 2005, EPSTEIN abused numerous minor victims at 
the New York Residence by cat4ing these victims to be recruited 
to engage in paid sex acts With him. 
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9. 
When a victim arrived at the New York Residence, 
she typically would be escorted to a room with a massage table, 
where she would perform a massage on JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the 
defendant. The victims, who were as young as 14 years of.age, 
were told by EPSTEIN or other individuals to partially or fully 
undress before beginning the "massage." During the encounter, 
EPSTEIN would escalate the nature and scope of physical contact 
with his victim to include, among other things, sex acts such as 
groping and direct and indirect contact with the victim's 
genitals. EPSTEIN typically would also masturbate during these 
sexualized encounters, ask victims td touch him while he 
masturbated, and touch victims' genitals with his hands or with 
sex toys. 
10. In connection with each sexual encounter, JEFFREY 
EPSTEIN, the defendant, or one of his employees or associates, 
paid the victim in cash. Victims typically were paid hundreds 
of dollars in cash for each encounter. 
11. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, knew that many of 
his New York victims were underage, including because certain 
victims told him their age. Further, once these minor victims 
were recruited, many were abused by EPSTEIN on multiple 
subsequent occasions at the New York Residence. EPSTEIN 
sometimes personally contacted victims to schedule appointments 
at the New York Residence. In other instances, EPSTEIN directed 
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employees and associates, including a New York-based employee 
("Employee-1"), to communicate with victims via phone to arrange 
for these victims to return to the New York Residence for 
additional sexual encounters with EPSTEIN. 
12. Additionally, and to further facilitate his 
ability to abuse minor girls in New York, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the 
defendant, asked and enticed certain of his victims to recruit 
additional girls to perform "massages" and similarly engage in 
sex acts with EPSTEIN. When a victim would recruit another girl 
for EPSTEIN, he paid both the victim-recruiter and the new 
victim hundreds of dollars in cash. Through these victim-
recruiters, EPSTEIN gained access to and was able to abuse 
dozens of additional minor girls. 
13. In particular, certain recruiters brought dozens 
of additional minor girls to the New York Residence to give 
massages to and engage in sex acts with JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the 
defendant. EPSTEIN encouraged victims to recruit additional 
girls by offering to pay these victim-recruiters for every 
additional girl they brought to EPSTEIN. When a victim-
recruiter accompanied a new minor victim to the New York 
Residence, both the victim-recruiter and the new minor victim 
were paid hundreds of dollars by EPSTEIN for each encounter. In 
addition, certain victim-recruiters routinely scheduled these 
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encounters through Employee-1, who sometimes asked the 
recruiters to bring a specific minor girl fog EPSTEIN. 
The Palm Beach Residence • 
14. In addition to recruiting and abusing minor girls 
in New York, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, created a similar 
network of minor girls to victimize in Palm. Beach, Florida, 
where EPSTEIN owned, possessed and controlled another large 
residence, i.e., the Palm Beach Residence. EPSTEIN frequently 
traveled from New York to Palm Beach by private jet, before 
which an eeployee or associate would ensure that minor victims 
were 'Satiable for'encounters upon his arrival in Florida. 
15. At the Palm Beach Residence( JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the 
defendant, engaged in a similar course of abudive conduct. 
When a victim initially arrived at the Palm Beach Residence, she 
would be escorted to a room, sometimes by an eMployee of 
EPSTEIN's, including, at times, two assistants (*EMplOyee-2" and* 
"Employee-3") who, as described herein, were also responsible 
for scheduling sexual encounters with minor victims. Once 
inaidd, the victim would provide a nude or •semianude massage for 
EPSTEIN, who Would himself typically be naked. During these 
encounters, EPSTEIN would escalate the nature and scope of the 
physical contact to include sex acts Such as grOping'and direct 
and indireet 
with the victim's genitals' EPSTEIN would 
alsp typically masturbate during these encounters, ask victims 
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to tough him while he masturbated, and touch 'victims' genitals 
with his hands or with sex toys\
10. In connection with each sexual. encounter, JEFFREY 
EPSTEIN, the defendant, or one of his employees or associates, 
paid the victim in cash. Victims typically were paid hundreds 
of &alert for each encounter. 
17. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, knew that certain 
of hit victims were underage, including because certain victims 
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told him their age.' In addition, as with New York-based 
victims, many Florida victims, once recruited, were abused by 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, oh Multiple additional. 
occasions. 
18. JEFFREY.EPSTEIN, the defendant, who during the
relevant time period was frequently in New York, would arrange 
for avioyee-2 ox other emPloYeee to contact victiMs by phone in 
.advance of EP0TEIN's travel to Florida to ensure appointments 
were scheduled 'for when he arrived. II particular, in certain 
instances, Employee-2 placed phone calls to minor victims ih 
lor10# to schedule encounters at the Palm Beach Residence. At 
the time Of certain of those phone calls, ITSTEIN and Employee-'2 
were ih New York, New York. Additionally, certain of the 
individuals 
at the Palm Stiaeh Residence were 
contacted by phone by Employee-,3 to schedule these encounters. 
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