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AFFIDAVIT 
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the "Affiant"), being duly sworn, depose and state: 
1. 
I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") and have been 
so employed for the past ten(10) years. I am currently assigned to PB-2, the Violent Crimes and 
Major Offenses Squad of the Palm Beach County Resident Agency, Miami Division. Among my 
responsibilities as a Special Agent are investigating crimes against children, particularly offenses 
involving child pornography and the exploitation of children. 
2. 
I make this affidavit in support of an application by the United States of America for 
issuance of a warrant to search and seize evidence of violations of Title 18, United States Code, 
Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A; 2422, and 2423; instrumentalities of such violations; and any 
fruits of those crimes located within electronic media, specifically two 128MB CompactFlash 
memory cards, seized in October 2005 by The Town of Palm Beach Police Department("PBPD") 
during the execution of a State of Florida search warrant at the premises located at 358 El Brillo 
Way, Palm Beach, Florida 33480, owned by Jeffrey Epstein (hereinafter, "Epstein's residence"). 
3. 
The facts set forth in this affidavit are based on my personal knowledge, information 
obtained in this investigation from others, including other law enforcement officers, my review of 
documents and records related to this investigation, and information gained through my training and 
experience. Since this affidavit is being submitted for limited purpose of securing a search warrant, 
I have not included each and every fact known to me concerning this investigation, but have set forth 
only those facts necessary to establish probable cause to believe that evidence of violations of Title 
18, United States Code, Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423 will be found stored 
within the electronic media, specifically two 128MB CompactFlash memory cards. 
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The Statutes Involved 
4. 
The investigation involves possible violations of Title 18, United States Code, 
Sections 371, 1591, 2252, 2252A, 2422, and 2423, which provide as follows: 
a. 
18 U.S.C. § 371 makes it an offense for two or more persons to conspire to 
commit an offense against the United States; 
b. 
18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) makes it an offense for anyone to knowingly, in or 
affecting interstate commerce, recruit, entice, provide, or obtain by any means a person , knowing 
that the person has not attained the age of eighteen and will be caused to engage in a commercial 
sex act; 
c. 
18 U.S.C. §§ 2252 and 2252A prohibit the manufacture, possession, 
distribution, and receipt of child pornography; 
d. 
18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) prohibits the use of a facility of interstate commerce, 
including the telephone, to persuade, induce, or entice a minor to engage in prostitution or any 
sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense; and 
e. 
18 U.S.C. § 2423(b) makes it an offense for anyone to travel in interstate 
commerce for the purpose of engaging in any illicit sexual conduct with another person. "Illicit 
sexual conduct" includes a commercial sex act with a person under eighteen or other sexual conduct 
with a person under the age of sixteen. 
5. 
Section 2422(b) refers to activity "for which any person can be charged with a 
criminal offense." Pursuant to: 
a. 
Florida Statutes Section 794.05, a "person 24 years of age or older who 
engages in sexual activity with a person 16 or 17 years of age commits a felony of the second 
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degree;" 
b. 
Florida Statutes Section 794.021, "ignorance of the age [of the victim] 
is no defense," and that neither "misrepresentation of age by [the victim] nor a bona fide 
belief that such person is over the specified age [shall] be a defense;" 
c. 
Florida Statutes Sections 800.04(5)(a) and 800.04(5)(c)(2), an adult 
"who intentionally touches in a lewd or lascivious manner the breasts, genitals, genital area, 
or buttocks, or the clothing covering them, of a person less than 16 years of age, or forces or 
entices a person under 16 years of age to so touch the perpetrator, commits lewd or lascivious 
molestation," which is a felony of the second degree if the victim is 12 years of age or older 
but less than 16 years of age; 
d. 
Florida Statutes Sections 800.04(6)(a) and 800.04(6)(b), an adult "who 
[i]ntentionally touches a person under 16 years of age in a lewd or lascivious manner or 
[s]olicits a person under 16 years of age to commit a lewd or lascivious act commits lewd or 
lascivious conduct," which is a felony of the second degree; 
e. 
Florida Statutes Sections 800.04(7)(a) and 800.04(7)(c), an adult "who: 
(1) [i]ntentionally masturbates; (2) [i]ntentionally exposes the genitals in a lewd or lascivious 
manner; or (3) [i]ntentionally commits any other sexual act that does not involve actual 
physical or sexual contact with the victim, including, but not limited to ... the simulation of 
any act involving sexual activity in the presence of a victim who is less than 16 years of age, 
commits lewd or lascivious exhibition," which is a felony of the second degree. 
f. 
Florida Statutes Section 800.04(2), "[n]either the victim's lack of 
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chastity nor the victim's consent is a defense to the crimes proscribed by [Section 800.04" 
g. 
Florida Statutes Section 800.04(3), "[t]he perpetrator's ignorance of the 
victim's age, the victim's misrepresentation of his or her age, or the perpetrator's bona fide 
belief of the victim's age cannot be raised as a defense in a prosecution under [Section 
800.04]." 
h. 
Florida Statutes Section 800.02, a "person who commits any unnatural 
and lascivious act with another person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree." 
The Epstein Investigation 
4. 
In the Spring of 2006, Detective Joseph II.% 
t th the Town of Palm Beach Police 
Department contacted me about the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's solicitation of minors to 
engage in prostitution and his lewd and lascivious conduct with minors. The FBI opened a case file 
in July 2006, and your Affiant is the case agent assigned to the investigation. 
5. 
At around the same time that the FBI opened its investigation, the U.S. Attorney's 
Office began a grand jury investigation. Your Affiant is one of the agents on the Federal Rule of 
Criminal Procedure 6(e) list, that is, someone who is authorized to have access to the facts of the 
investigation and the materials related thereto. 
6. 
As part of the Federal Grand Jury investigation, a subpoena was issued for all of the 
physical evidence obtained by PBPD during the course of its investigation, including the evidence 
seized when PBPD executed the search warrant at Epstein's residence in October 2005. Included 
in the evidence seized during the search of the Premises were two I 28MB CompactFlash memory 
cards, further described in ATTACHMENT A. I have reviewed that evidence, which included a 
number of photographs of topless and nude young women taken at Epstein's residence. 
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7. 
I note that I am aware that Epstein's attorneys have alleged that Detectiv 
made misstatements in his application for the state search warrant, but they have not moved to 
suppress any of that evidence in connection with the prosecution of Epstein by the State Attorney's 
Office for felony solicitation of prostitution. No federal agency was involved in the application for 
or execution of the search warrant, and this application is based upon evidence obtained through the 
FBI's independent investigation. 
8. 
During the course of the federal investigation, federal agents have interviewed more 
than two dozen young women who have reported engaging in sexual activity with Jeffrey Epstein 
while they were under eighteen. All of those girls have reported essentially the same information. 
While they were under the age of eighteen (between the ages of fourteen and seventeen), they were 
approached by a colleague — either an acquaintance at school, a co-worker, a "friend of a friend," 
or the like — who told them that they could make a lot of money performing a "massage" for a 
wealthy older man who lived on Palm Beach island. In some cases the girls were told that they 
would have to remove some clothing during the massage, other girls were not told about this. The 
girls traveled to Epstein's residence and entered through a side door into the kitchen of the 
residence. There they were met by Epstein and/or one of his personal assistants, usually 
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girls would be led up to the master bathroom area of Epstein's bedroom. The bathroom 
had a separate mom similar to a dressing area where a massage table would be set up. The girls 
described the presence of nude and topless photographs of young women throughout the house. 
Epstein would lie face down on the massage table and the girl would begin by massaging his back 
and legs. Epstein would then turn over and begin to masturbate while instructing the girl to pinch 
his nipples or to straddle him. In some cases, Epstein would place a large back massager/vibrator 
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on the victim's vagina. With some girls, he would digitally penetrate her vagina while he 
masturbated. The sexual activity with some minors progressed to oral sex, sexual intercourse, and 
the introduction of an adult female into the activity. With some girls, the sexual activity began with 
the first massage; with others, there was no sexual activity at first; but in all cases, Epstein pushed 
the girls to engage in more and more sexual activity with each visit. 
9. 
All of the sexual massages ended the same way, when Epstein ejaculated. Epstein 
or one of his assistants would pay the girl $200 or more, depending on how much sexual activity 
occurred. A fee of $200 also would be paid to the "recruiter" who brought the girl for the visit. If 
Epstein liked the girl, he or his assistant would ask for the girl's telephone number. Later, one of 
Epstein's assistants would call the girl directly to arrange for the girl to return the next time that 
Epstein was in Florida. During those calls, the assistant would invite the girl to return to Epstein's 
home to "work," which was a euphemism for performing a sexual massage. None of the girls ever 
spontaneously went to Epstein's home to provide a sexual massage. All of the appointments were 
set up over the telephone. 
10. 
The victims interviewed by the federal agents were asked about Epstein's knowledge 
that they were minors. Many of the victims specifically discussed their ages with Epstein, and he 
provided them with birthday gifts, made statements about trips that he wanted to take them on when 
they were eighteen, and discussed high school events and college plans with them. For other 
victims, the subject of age was never discussed, and for others, their "recruiter" instructed them to 
lie and say they were eighteen. 
I I. 
One of the young women interviewed during the course of the FBI's investigation was 
"C" who stated that she first met Epstein at the age of fourteen. Epstein paid C $200 - $400 to 
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provided him with massages. According to C, during the three years that she saw Epstein, all but 
three of the over one hundred massages she provided were sexual in nature. The sexual activity 
ranged from self masturbation on Epstein's part to Epstein touching C's vagina. On a separate 
occasion, Epstein introduce an unidentified female during a massage, who performed oral sex on 
C while Epstein had sexual intercourse with the unidentified female. 
12. 
When C was approximately sixteen years old, 
Epstein's assistant, 
contacted C and told her that Epstein wanted a 
take some photographs of her. 
utilizing a digital camera, took nude photographs of C in several different locations in and around 
Epstein's Palm Beach residence. aid 
C $500 for posing for the nude photographs. Other 
victims whom I have interviewed have described a sense that they were being photographed while 
they were in Epstein's residence, although they cannot state for certain that pictures were taken and 
they repeatedly pointed to the existence of the pictures of nude and semi-nude women throughout 
the residence. 
13. 
Efforts have been made to corroborate the statements of C and the other young 
women who have described their sexual relationships with Epstein. With respect to C, there are 
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calls to and from C during the time period that she was 
seeing Epstein. C also described receiving gifts from Epstein via Federal Express. A grand jury 
subpoena issued to Federal Express contained records of a number of packages sent by Epstein or 
his assistants to C. Likewise, the statements of other victims have been corroborated through 
telephone records, Western Union records, travel records, credit card receipts, sales records of 
theaters, and rental car records. 
14. 
Also, during the FBI's investigation, I interviewed a young woman, "M," who had 
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known Epstein several years ago, when she was in her late teens/early twenties. The woman was 
a struggling artist in New York who was specializing in painting nude portraits. Prior to preparing 
a portrait, M would take several photographic studies. Epstein was very interested in her work and 
her photographs, and also expressed an interest in the artist's younger sister, "A," who was sixteen 
years old at the time. 
15. 
Epstein and an associate/companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, made arrangements and 
paid for A to travel to one of his homes, located in New Mexico. One morning during that visit, 
Epstein got into bed with A. Mr. Epstein told A that he felt like "cuddling". A described Mr. 
Epstein's actions as "spooning" and constantly hugging her. 
16. 
Epstein and Maxwell also made arrangements and paid for M to fly home to Arizona 
for the primary purpose of taking artistic photographs of her family members in the nude. This 
included the artist's younger siblings, two sisters, A and a younger sister, age 9 or 10, and two 
brothers. Due to the sensitive nature of the photographs, M created a photo log to document each 
image and the order it was taken. Later, M learned that seven photographs, two of A and five of the 
9 or 10 year old, were missing. M, who was very upset, contacted Epstein's office and asked for one 
of Epstein's assistants to look for the missing photographs. M also confronted Epstein and Maxwell 
about the missing photographs which they claimed they did not possess. A few weeks later M 
received a telephone call from an unidentified caller who stated that the missing photographs were 
in Epstein's briefcase. The missing photographs, although artistic and not pornographic in nature, 
were not recovered and M believes that Mr. Epstein is in possession of them. 
17. 
I have interviewed M and A about their experiences with Epstein. Both M and A are 
reluctant to divulge their experiences publically. During the interview with A, she was visibly 
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disturbed when recalling an incident with Epstein at his ranch in New Mexico when she was sixteen 
years old. A stated that one evening Epstein had come into her bedroom and sat on the bed. Epstein 
stroked her hair and told her she was beautiful. A was unable to recall the remainder of any events 
that evening. M has also expressed her concern of speaking publicly against Epstein for fear of 
reprisals against her or her family. 
The Items to Be Searched and the Items Sought 
18. 
This application seeks permission to forensically examine two CompactFlash 
memory cards. Your Affiant knows that electronic media, i.e. CompactFlash memory cards, may 
be important to a criminal investigation because the objects may be used as storage devices that 
contain contraband, evidence, instrumentalities, or fruits of a crime in the form of electronic data. 
Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permit the government to search for and seize 
computer hardware, software, and electronic files that are evidence of crime, contraband, 
instrumentalities of crime and/or fruits of crime. I know that CompactFlash memory cards are most 
often used in digital cameras to store photographs taken with the cameras. However, memory cards 
can be used to store any type of digital data, including computer files. 
19. 
The nature of electronic media, i.e. CompactFlash memory cards, requires forensic 
analysis to employ a variety of different search techniques. These techniques include, but are not 
limited to, opening files, reviewing directories of files, and searching for and analyzing deleted 
and/or hidden information. While conducting the analysis, data will be continuously evaluated as 
to whether or not it is within the scope of the issued search warrant. Only information within the 
scope of the search warrant will be acknowledged, shared with, or provided to, the investigators 
involved in this matter. All other information will be closed and maintained within the analytical 
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unit. Forensic analysis will be conducted in close consultation with the United States Attorney's 
office for specific legal guidance throughout the analytical and reporting process. 
20. 
I understand that reviewing the contents of the CompactFlash memory cards was 
within the scope of the State search warrant that gave rise to the seizure of the cards from Epstein's 
residence, and that PBPD conducted a cursory review. I also understand that a federal agent 
conducted a similar review when all of the items were taken into federal custody pursuant to the 
federal grand jury subpoena. Those reviews did not involve a forensic examination to determine if 
there were any deleted or corrupted files, which could be recovered only via such a forensic analysis. 
I understand that the cursory reviews performed by the other law enforcement officers did not delete 
or add any files to the CompactFlash memory cards and, therefore, they contain the same 
information that they had at the time they were removed from the Epstein residence. 
21. 
As explained above, Epstein instructed one of his assistants to photograph C using 
a digital camera, and several of the victims have described a sense of being photographed. In light 
of Epstein's display of photographs of nude and semi-nude young women throughout his residence, 
your Affiant avers that there is probable cause to believe that photographs or other evidence of the 
victims' visits to Epstein's residence may be found on the CompactFlash memory cards. 
Accordingly, your Affiant seeks permission to forensically examine the CompactFlash memory 
cards for evidence of the crimes listed above, including: electronic files containing photographs, 
owner identification information; date and time information; names; addresses; and information 
regarding the source of any photographs or the persons depicted in any photographs. 
22. 
Although the cursory reviews did not reveal any of the items sought, your Affiant 
avers that there is probable cause to believe that a thorough forensic examination, which would 
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include the recovery of any deleted or corrupted files, would result in the discovery of the data listed 
above, which is evidence of the crimes under investigation. 
WHEREFORE, your Affiant requests that this court issue a search warrant for the 
CompactFlash memory cards described in the Application for Search Warrant and for the seizure 
of the items listed above. 
FURTHER YOUR AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT. 
eras tsureau of Investigation 
Subscribed and sworn to before me 
this 
day of March, 2008 
LINNEA R. JOHNSON 
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 
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