Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime butler, Juan Patricio Alessi, once testified he ferried underage girls to Palm Beach, stocked massage tables, and lived by convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s “rule book.”
Yet the sweeping immunity in Acosta’s “sweetheart deal” with Epstein extended protection to Epstein’s staff, such as Alessi.
Yet the sweeping immunity in Acosta’s “sweetheart deal” with Epstein extended protection to Epstein’s staff, such as Alessi.
Alessi worked for Epstein from 1991 to 2006. He was first a maintenance worker at his homes, and then as a driver and housekeeper in Palm Beach, Florida.
Virginia Giuffre, who was trafficked by Maxwell and Epstein once said she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew. A claim which he has denied.
Alessi said that Andrew visited Epstein’s home in Palm Beach, two or three times while he was working there.
Andrew (reportedly with the financial assistance of his mother, The Queen) paid Giuffre a large settlement, without ever admitting guilt or taking accountability.
Giuffre, a vocal advocate who fought for the full release of the Epstein Files and accountability for Epstein’s network, reportedly died by suicide this year.
Alessi said that Andrew visited Epstein’s home in Palm Beach, two or three times while he was working there.
Andrew (reportedly with the financial assistance of his mother, The Queen) paid Giuffre a large settlement, without ever admitting guilt or taking accountability.
Giuffre, a vocal advocate who fought for the full release of the Epstein Files and accountability for Epstein’s network, reportedly died by suicide this year.
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Epstein’s longtime butler Alessi testified that Ghislaine Maxwell gave staff a 58-page “Household Manual” with orders to see nothing, say nothing, and never look Epstein in the eye.
He admitted driving Virginia Giuffre at just 14 from Mar-a-Lago to Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion.
Epstein’s butler Alessi told jurors during Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial that one of his jobs was to clean the vibrators and sex toys after Epstein’s “massages,” wrapping them in towels and putting them in Maxwell’s closet.
Alessi described dozens of young girls cycling through the house for multiple daily “massages” while Maxwell ran the home “like the lady of the house.”
Alessi described Epstein’s Palm Beach house in detail during Maxwell’s trial. He said there were prominently displayed photos of Epstein and Maxwell with Donald Trump, the Pope, and Fidel Castro.
Alessi said a witness named Jane was at the house numerous times, starting in 1994, and that she looked like she was 14 or 15 years old at the time.
He said he sometimes drove her to Epstein's house because she didn't have a driver's license.
Courtroom sketch of Jane testifying in Maxwell’s trial
He said he sometimes drove her to Epstein's house because she didn't have a driver's license.
Courtroom sketch of Jane testifying in Maxwell’s trial
Alessi, who was born in Ecuador, said during Maxwell’s trial that he saw underage Jane with luggage "maybe twice" at Epstein's house, and described an occasion where he drove Jane, along with Epstein, Maxwell and Maxwell's dog, a Yorkie named Max, to the Palm Beach airport to board Epstein's private plane.
Jane testified on Tuesday that she traveled to both New York and New Mexico with Epstein and Maxwell, where she suffered further abuse, and that her travel was sometimes arranged by Maxwell.
Courtroom sketch of Alessi on the stand
Jane testified on Tuesday that she traveled to both New York and New Mexico with Epstein and Maxwell, where she suffered further abuse, and that her travel was sometimes arranged by Maxwell.
Courtroom sketch of Alessi on the stand
One of Alessi's key responsibilities, according to a "Household Manual" that Alessi testified was updated and presented to him near the end of his tenure, to include discretion. See nothing and say nothing.
"I am sorry to say that it was degrading to me," he said.
"I am sorry to say that it was degrading to me," he said.
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