The striking blonde, the remote New Mexico ranch and visits by Prince Andrew
VICTIMS SAY HIGH SOCIETY WOMAN
Epstein & Ghislaine we hope to co-operate with us as a witness. She hasn’t responded yet. I think she may very well refuse, although she is not a target.” The woman, a regular on the high class London social scene, was seen at Epstein’s side at Zorro, where staff say she stayed in the “bunkhouse”. There is no suggestion she took part in any physical abuse of victims. Records show she flew to New Mexico on at least five occasions – once from Palm Beach, Florida, where Epstein had a €12million home.
Documents show she also jetted between his other properties – a £62million New York townhouse and his 70-acre island in the Caribbean.
And further records show a trip between Epstein’s home and Ohio.
In New Mexico, the tycoon’s former staff say they looked after Andrew on at least two occasions after he flew into Albuquerque airport with his bodyguard and Ghislaine.
They claim he spent “several days” there as girls provided massages. Ex-ranch hands – banned from the main house when he was staying – acknowledge they saw nothing untoward by Andrew. But they found it
“impossible” he could not have known of Epstein’s perversion towards young girls or have suspicions about him.
One ex-employee said: “The reason why Mr Epstein would use Zorro was for privacy. It’s why he bought the place. The nearest anyone can get is a mile away unless you work there or were a guest. Mr Epstein and his guests could do anything. No one would never find out.
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“Whenever His Highness was at the ranch, preparation began days before.”
Former Zorro housekeeper Deidre Stratton previously claimed Andrew, who US investigators say has given “zero co-operation” in the ongoing FBI investigation into Epstein, spent time with a “beautiful young neurosurgeon” when he stayed at the ranch.
She claimed the Duke was “kept company” by the woman for three days. Turning to the secret cameras inside the home, the employee added: “They were everywhere. The only place they weren’t was in the Lodge House where Andrew slept.
“As soon as he stepped out he was on film. There were pinhole cameras everywhere, all of which recorded.
“We suspected Mr Epstein could view the footage even when not there.”
During Andrew’s calamitous interview with BBC’S Newsnight last year, which ultimately ended his public duties, he admitted staying with the paedophile in New York, Palm Beach and on his private Caribbean island.