Grainy “secret camera” footage allegedly recorded inside Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion appears to show a young woman kneeling beside the convicted paedophile at his desk.
The disturbing clips seem to capture the disgraced financier inside his Palm Beach, Florida, home office, with young women moving around him.
The videos were released as part of the latest tranche of Epstein files, though the identities of those shown and the dates of the recordings remain unclear. Credit: US Department of Justice
In one clip, an unidentified woman kneels next to Epstein while he rests his feet on the desk.
The footage provides a clear view of his desk, with people appearing to sit on or around it. The video quality is poor, and those filmed have not been identified. It is also unknown when the recordings were made.
Police raided Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion in 2005 and discovered a camera concealed inside a clock in his office, according to a report by The New York Times.
Authorities reportedly found another device near the garage.
Several of Epstein’s victims have long said they believed he maintained a network of hidden recording devices across his properties in Florida and New York, fueling speculation that he may have gathered compromising material on powerful associates.
Epstein claimed the hidden office camera was installed for security purposes.
A Palm Beach detective testified in a 2010 deposition that Epstein said he set up the camera because he suspected someone was stealing from him.
Emails from 2014 show Epstein directed an employee to purchase “three motion detected hidden cameras.” The employee replied that the devices were being installed inside Kleenex boxes.
Photos published in 2019 showed at least three surveillance cameras mounted inside Epstein’s New York townhouse bedroom and adjacent rooms, with monitors displaying live feeds. A sign on one door read “24 Hour Video Surveillance.”
However, federal prosecutors in New York reportedly stated in a memo last year that they did not find surveillance cameras in Epstein’s bedroom or other areas beyond the entryway.
Epstein denied installing hidden cameras. In a 2006 email to himself, he described reports of covert surveillance as “misleading,” claiming police knew about the cameras and that they had an “innocent explanation.”
The latest footage surfaced after the United States Department of Justice released millions of unsealed documents connected to Epstein last month.
The materials — more than three million pages, 180,000 images and 2,000 videos — reference several high-profile figures previously linked to Epstein, including Prince Andrew and Bill Gates.
Neither man is accused of criminal wrongdoing in the files.
The developments follow claims by California Congressman Ted Lieu, who alleged during a congressional hearing that the woman seen on the floor beneath Prince Andrew in a widely circulated image from Epstein’s New York mansion has been identified as a sex-trafficking victim. Lieu pressed US Attorney General Pam Bondi over why the former royal has not faced prosecution.
Separate documents have also revived allegations that Epstein may have acted as a foreign intelligence asset.
According to The Times, a confidential FBI informant claimed to be “convinced that Epstein was a co-opted Mossad agent” and alleged he had been “trained as a spy.”
An October 2020 FBI report reportedly referenced Epstein’s ties to US and allied intelligence circles through his longtime lawyer, Alan Dershowitz.
Dershowitz rejected the claims, saying: “No intelligence agency would really trust him. That’s not something he would keep from his lawyers.”
There is no clear evidence that Epstein worked for Mossad or any other intelligence service.
US authorities have repeatedly stated there is “no credible evidence” that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals or maintained a “client list.”
Still, emails show he instructed staff to install hidden, motion-activated cameras and included a cryptic message: “Remember what we spoke about if you want to put cameras in the house. It will have to be very discreetly done. The Russians may come in handy.”
The documents do not explain what role, if any, Russians allegedly played.
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