A recently released video depicts Jeffrey Epstein’s butler attempting to sell an alleged list of victims and clients during an FBI sting operation in 2009.
He disclosed information about the billionaire’s activities long before the public became informed over ten years later.
The video from 2009 features Alfredo Rodriguez, Epstein’s former house manager in Palm Beach, attempting to sell a small black book filled with addresses and phone numbers.
He asserts that it includes names of influential individuals and victims associated with Jeffrey Epstein, to an undercover agent. “You will find many significant people listed here,” Rodriguez states in the video, further noting that the book contains contact information for underage girls.
This footage was recorded two years after the FBI requested that Rodriguez submit any documents related to Epstein, as indicated in court records. Instead, Rodriguez sought to sell the book for $50,000, according to those records.
Rodriguez also alleged in the video that Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s long-time accomplice who has since been convicted for her involvement in the crimes and is currently incarcerated, maintained a database of girls, which contained nude photographs.
“The teenagers, they had braces,” Rodriguez states. However, he did not provide any proof of the alleged database’s existence.
The video depicts the undercover individual handing Rodriguez a bag of cash before concluding.
The former house manager was subsequently arrested for not submitting the book as evidence but contended that it was his property and an “insurance policy”.
Epstein’s butler further expressed concern that Epstein would cause him to “disappear” as per court documents.
He ultimately admitted guilt to obstruction charges and received an 18-month prison sentence. Rodriguez passed away in 2014.
This is not the first occasion on which the Justice Department has neglected to redact specific information in the millions of documents made public regarding Epstein.
Federal inquiry into the Epstein files
As the Justice Department encountered increasing pressure to disclose the Epstein files last year, FBI personnel were assembling what one referred to as “salacious” accusations against individuals connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
They also prepared a presentation featuring a compilation of “prominent names” from the investigative documents.
The 21-slide presentation which was made public alongside over 3 million documents in the Epstein files, details the numerous federal inquiries into the deceased convicted sex offender, his demise, and his long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of child sex trafficking.
