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Epstein’s massage table ‘used to abuse victims’ shown at Ghislaine Maxwell trial as jury told he kept schoolgirl outfits
JEFFREY Epstein's massage table was shown at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial as jurors were told he kept "small" schoolgirl outfits.
Prosecutors have said of Epstein's abuse of teenage victims began as massages before escalating, with the term used as a ruse to get girls to touch him.
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The jury in Maxwell's sex trafficking trial were told the millionaire also kept photos of young girls outside the bedroom he shared with her.
Maxwell, 59, is accused of preying on vulnerable young girls and luring them to massage rooms to be molested by her former lover between 1994 and 2004.
The green massage table was seized from Epstein's Palm Beach mansion, where Maxwell also lived, as part of a 2005 investigation into claims he molested children.
It was wheeled into the court for the jury to see as Maxwell looked on.
Jeffrey Parkinson, a retired police officer involved in the 2005 search as part of the investigation, told the court he carried out the massage table.
Prosecutor Maurene Comey also showed jurors a photo of a box labelled 'Twin Torpedos', another cop said contained sex toys taken from an upstairs closet.
"We were looking for massage tables, we were looking for massage oils, we were looking for sex toys, we were looking for correspondence," Michael Dawson told the jury.
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But Judge Alison Nathan, sitting in New York, ruled that supposed semen stains found on one of Epstein’s massage tables was not admissible as evidence.
Earlier, prosecutors said they wanted the pictures and outfits to be used in evidence to show the millionaire's “interest in underage girls”.
Epstein would make staff take down pictures of Maxwell when he attended his home in Florida with women and girls, the court heard today.
The jury was also shown police videotape of the interior of Epstein's Florida home which will not be made available to the media or public.
Shot during a 2005 raid at the Palm Beach home, the footage shows the property decorated with nude photos and paintings of young women.
Federal lawyers claim the decor is proof of a sexualized atmosphere encouraged by Maxwell.
A photo of the paedophile's goddaughter sitting across his lap as he appears to be "pulling her underwear" and biting her bum was also submitted as evidence.
According to prosecution lawyers, the photo hung outside his bedroom in Palm Beach which he shared with Maxwell.
The picture was found in 2005 by cops during the FBI raid.
SCHOOLGIRL OUTFITS
Prosecutor Maurene Comey said it showed a "deeply disturbing oversexualizing of a young girl".
Another prosecutor Alison Moe said the schoolgirl outfits found at the mansion "speaks to a preference for underage girls".
She said: "Schoolgirl costumes, small ones, were found on the same floor of the house by the massage rooms where underage girls were abused."
Following Epstein's arrest in 2019, police found a "vast trove" of nude photos at his New York mansion along with CDs of images showing girls who were underage.
However, this is the first time it has emerged the sex offender kept schoolgirl outfits at one of his homes.
The government alleges Maxwell groomed girls by taking them on shopping trips and movie outings and encouraging them to accept financial help from Epstein.
It is also alleged she talked to the girls about sex and encouraged them to give Epstein massages. She denies all the allegations.
The financier’s former housekeeper Juan Alessi was cross-examined by Maxwell’s defence counsel Jeffrey Pagliuca on Friday, in which he described his employment as “slavery”.
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He also said he wished alleged victims had complained to him at the time he worked there, telling the court in Manhattan: “I wish they had, I would have done something.”
The housekeeper admitted driving 14-year-old ‘Jane’ – Maxwell’s youngest accuser – to Epstein’s house in Florida, and seeing Prince Andrew’s accuser Virginia Roberts there when she was “14 or 15”.
This follows Epstein's former pilot Larry Visoski claiming he thought Virginia looked like an adult, saying: "she didn't look young."
The prosecution submitted two pictures of the alleged sex slave as evidence today.
Mr Alessi confirmed he was handed a household manual by “lady of the house” Maxwell when he managed Epstein’s Palm Beach home between 1994 and 2002.
The Charges
GHISLAINE Maxwell faces six charges over her alleged involvement with Jeffrey Epstein:
- Conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts
- Enticement of a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex
- Conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity
- Transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity
- Sex trafficking conspiracy
- Sex trafficking of a minor
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The highly-detailed 58-page booklet, which was written by a “countess”, the court heard, was released today.
It told Epstein’s staff to “try and anticipate the needs of Mr Epstein, Ms Maxwell and their guests”, adding: “Do not discuss personal problems with guests. Unobtrusive is the key.”
In capital letters it told them to: “SMILE!”
It detailed what Maxwell and Epstein liked for breakfast and even that she had ‘Lady Ghislaine’ note paper around the house in Florida.
Lady Ghislaine was the name of the boat owned by her father Robert Maxwell who fell off the vessel and drowned near the Canary Islands in 1991.
The household manual warned staff: “NEVER disclose Mr Epstein or Ms Maxwell’s activities or whereabouts to anyone.
“Remember that you see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing, except to answer a question directed at you. Respect their privacy.”
Mr Alessi, 71, testified: “It was a warning. I was supposed to be blind, deaf and dumb, to say nothing.”
The manual also specified that a gun was “placed in beside table drawer” in the master-bedroom shared by Epstein and Maxwell in Palm Beach home.
After calling the booklet “degrading”, Alessi, speaking of the 24/7 work he did for Epstein and Maxwell, said: “It was slavery.”
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Ecuadorian Alessi testified on Thursday that he had placed a “large dildo” back in Maxwell’s closet and found a black leather “costume” in there too.
The British socialite faces six charges linked to Epstein’s sex trafficking ring and has pleaded not guilty.
Ghislaine appeared in court this week along with her sister Isabel, her brother Kevin and a small group of supporters.
Epstein and Maxwell rubbed shoulders with the world's rich and famous - allegedly hiding in plain sight amid a web of sex abuse.
Multi-millionaire Epstein would keep a "little black book" of powerful contacts as he jetted around the world allegedly with Maxwell.
Prosecutors argue Maxwell "served up" young girls to her former lover and also allegedly participated in some of the attacks.
She is also alleged to have lied under oath by hiding her participation in Epstein's offences during a separate civil case.
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Her lawyers deny all charges against her and claim she is being made a proxy for Epstein and have painted the alleged victims as money-hungry.
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