Jeffrey Epstein paid private detectives to remove items from his Palm Beach property and store them in a secret storage locker shortly before he was raided by police in 2005. The storage unit contained three computers, 29 address books, a three-page list of Florida masseuses.
The stash also included nude photographs believed to be of Epstein's victims, VHS tapes, DVDs 'eroticising teenagers' and porno mags, The Telegraph reports.
An 8mm video cassette tape was also locked away in the storage unit, apparently containing footage of someone in the shower and a woman in lingerie, as well as a 2005 calendar, greeting cards, letters and laboratory results.
The investigators also hid sex toys, body massagers, lingerie, cash, a concealed weapon permit, and a Harvard ID card. The inventory was emailed to Epstein and his lawyers in August 2009, a month after he was released from jail for soliciting a minor for prostitution.
Also interesting, some of the computer material 'appeared to be missing,' including 'equipment that would have linked to surveillance cameras.'
That fuelled speculation that Epstein might have been recording explicit covert material without people’s knowledge, either for his own sexual gratification or for blackmail purposes.
And what do we have here? A guy who was installing recording equipment on Epstein's island in 2014, and was named as a $1 million beneficiary in Epstein's trust.
Ruan worked for Epstein on the island property known as “LSJ” and was the primary technology person handling cameras and networking. He later transitioned the island to Ubiquiti equipment starting in late 2017.
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Ruan was also named as a $1 million beneficiary in Epstein’s trust…
According to the report, the FBI did have copies of the two computer drives.
The Palm Beach storage unit was just one of at least six such lockers across the United States that Epstein used to store files, computers and other items from his multiple properties - but search warrants reviewed by The Telegraph "suggest that US authorities never raided these lockers, raising the possibility that they contained unseen evidence relating to Epstein and his associates."
US authorities have long suspected that Epstein was tipped off before the October 2005 raid at his Palm Beach mansion, with former Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter commenting that "the place had been cleaned up."
Meanwhile, French Police have released previously unseen pictures from Epstein's Paris apartment, including one featuring a massage table and pictures of naked women hanging on the wall.
Many victims have long alleged that Epstein secretly recorded encounters inside his homes, possibly for blackmail.
Yet an internal FBI memo released in a later document tranche stated that investigators found no evidence supporting the theory that Epstein maintained video recordings of abuse involving other powerful figures.
“We are aware of the theories circulated in the media and online that Epstein video recorded the abuse of his victims, including by other men, but we have found no evidence to support that theory,” the memo said.
The agency added that if such material had existed, it would have been used in criminal prosecutions.
Copies of two hard drives from the Palm Beach locker were eventually recovered at Epstein’s New York residence following his 2019 arrest, but the original computers are believed to have never been found. An FBI forensic analyst later testified that the drives contained photos of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and a job advertisement written by “GMax” seeking a massage therapist - but no explicit recordings of abuse.
Meanwhile, emails show Epstein repeatedly ordered staff and associates to wipe computers and shred tapes in the years leading up to his death.
In a 2014 email, associates discussed destroying computer equipment housed in a server room at his Manhattan mansion. That same year, according to previously reported emails, Epstein allegedly directed staff to install hidden cameras inside Kleenex boxes - with one message noting, “The Russians may come in handy.”
