The investigators visited Epstein's Palm Beach mansion in October 2005, when he was under investigation by Florida authorities but not yet arrested. Items taken included an array of lewd, sexual items such as 'super strap alternate bed posts,' a large number of vibrators and sex toys, pornographic tapes, and over $2,200 in cash. Epstein's personal attorney Darren Indyke confirmed in a deposition last week that three private investigators obtained the hard drives from Epstein's home.
Epstein allegedly hired private detectives to move items from his Florida property in an apparent attempt to evade law enforcement before the raid. Documents suggest Epstein was paying private investigators to remove incriminating evidence from his home into lockers across Palm Beach County and elsewhere. Credit card statements reveal that Epstein began renting the lockers as early as 2003 and continued making monthly payments to at least one facility until 2019.
The 'hidden' storage locker also contained nude photographs of people believed to be Epstein's victims, a 2005 calendar, greeting cards, laboratory results, and an 8mm video cassette tape containing footage of someone in the shower and a woman in lingerie. Epstein filled a hidden storage unit with computers, pornographic magazines, VHS tapes and DVDs of teenagers and training manuals for 'sex slaves,' among other items. The FBI declined to comment on whether the materials are being reviewed by federal law enforcement or could be released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
It remains unknown whether the items from the hidden storage unit were recovered by federal investigators building the case against Epstein, and whether the materials are subject to release under the act.