The Nondescript Condo Building Where Jeffrey Epstein Kept His Victims

"Everyone knows about the Gilded Age mansion gifted to Jeffrey Epstein by Les Wexner, where he hosted dinner parties for famous men and lured underage girls to his massage room. That mansion, like Epstein's Palm Beach compound and the complex on his private Caribbean island, was opulent and filled with creepy décor, including a bronze bride statue hanging in the stairwell, a taxidermied tiger and poodle, and cameras mounted in the corners of bedrooms."

"Some of the apartments were for Epstein's "girls," as the emails refer to his victims - marked in Epstein's address book as "Apts. for models," The Wall Street Journal reported in 2019 - but he offered other units to visiting friends, acquaintances, foreign dignitaries, employees, and any number of people in his orbit. The use of these otherwise unremarkable studio and one-bedroom apartments was yet another of the many favors Epstein bestowed to gain leverage over people and keep them in his debt."

"(As the emails illustrate, staying a few nights for free at a clean, furnished apartment in a Manhattan doorman building was a sought-after perk, even among people of considerable means.) Between 2009 and 2019, his assistants and housekeepers seem to have essentially been running the equivalent of an Airbnb operation at about 15 different apartments in the building. The comings and goings were sometimes so busy at 301 that Epstein couldn't put people up and comped their stays at hotels instead."

Jeffrey Epstein used more than a dozen units in a 200-unit postwar condo at 301 East 66th Street to house victims, guests, and acquaintances. Some apartments were designated for his victims, noted as "Apts. for models" in his address book, while other units were offered to friends, dignitaries, employees, and people in his orbit. Assistants and housekeepers managed these furnished, short-term stays between 2009 and 2019, effectively running an Airbnb-style operation across roughly 15 apartments. The use of these unremarkable studio and one-bedroom units served as favors that generated leverage and indebtedness.

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